
Banks and miners make up more than half the ASX, meaning their movements – even if minor – can steer the direction of the wider market. Retailers also traded lower. Wesfarmers, the... Read more »

Dr David Cowley, men’s health clinical stream leader at Active Rehabilitation Physiotherapy, says prostate cancer – accounting for about 28 per cent of cancers diagnosed in males – and its associated surgery... Read more »

Hollywood icon Robert Redford has died aged 89, leaving a legacy of classic films with a career that stretched over decades. Here’s a look back at some of his movies from the... Read more »

The TV cliffhanger has been a dying art for almost a decade now, but Australia’s teen social media ban is single-handedly reviving it. Questions as to how the saga will end have... Read more »

MetService’s current warnings and watches cover much of the South Island and lower North Island. Photo: MetService screenshot Heavy rain and gale orange wind warnings are in place for parts of the... Read more »

A Pilbara pastoralist says the West Australian government needs to intervene amid growing fears for the region’s water supplies. Mike Thompson owns the sprawling Mundabullangana (Munda) Station, 100 kilometres south west of... Read more »

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature ABC journalist explains clash with US president Donald Trump The ABC’s John Lyons explained more about his clash... Read more »

In February, Meanjin’s performance and sustainability were the focus of a review commissioned by Melbourne University Press (MUP). Its report, delivered a month before the publisher’s controversial axing of the 85-year-old journal,... Read more »

Hollywood actor and director Robert Redford has died at his home in Utah aged 89, his publicist confirmed. Cindi Berger, his publicist, said he died at his home “in the mountains of... Read more »

Social media companies will be required to take “reasonable steps”, such as deactivating underage accounts, to comply with Australia’s under-16 social media ban, but they won’t be compelled to verify the age... Read more »