Working a four-day week without taking a pay cut reduces burnout

A four-day work week boosts performance, reduces burnout, and improves the physical and mental health of employees — as long as there’s no change in income. These are the findings from new... Read more »

‘Repeatedly outbid’: readers share stories of housing despair as Australia’s prices reach record highs again | Housing

Dozens of Guardian Australia readers have shared their experiences of trying to buy a home in a rising market, as fear-of-missing-out fervour takes hold. After a short reprieve, property prices have surged... Read more »

News Corp, Coalition attacks of Albanese China trip hypocritical

Whatever else you might think of him, Tony Abbott has a lot of chutzpah. Australia’s worst prime minister, a leader so awful he couldn’t even make it two years into his prime... Read more »

Employment Hero sues investor Seek over job platform access

Employment Hero is taking one of its own investors to court, accusing Seek of anticompetitive behaviour after the recruitment giant moved to terminate the startup’s access to a key integration. Founded in... Read more »

Bali’s Bigin Beach ‘ruined’ after demolition begins, destroying businesses along the iconic stretch of ocean

One of Bali’s most iconic surf destinations will never be the same again, as Indonesian authorities have begun demolishing more than 40 businesses along the famous beach. The destruction began on Monday... Read more »

Nelli lives with chronic pain. It took her 20 years to find the right help

Nelli Stevenson has been living with chronic pain since she was a teenager — but it has taken her many years, and a serious medical emergency, to find the help she needed.Stevenson,... Read more »

Police are ‘one phone call away’ from finding those responsible for Melbourne house fire which killed ‘innocent’ woman

Investigators say they are “one phone call away” from finding those responsible for a house fire that killed an innocent Melbourne woman earlier this year. Katie Tangey, 27, was housesitting for her... Read more »

How Sydney brought the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise back from the dead

Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size ″This place is creepy as f—,” a character in the new instalment of slasher franchise I Know What You Did Last Summer nervously utters... Read more »

Xi Jinping has more than Donald Trump on his mind

The problem in EVs, solar panels, batteries and other industries that supply them – and it’s not a problem confined to those sectors – is that China’s economic model has prioritised investment,... Read more »

Temu doubles Australian advertising spend in response to US tariffs

Online shopping platforms based overseas are spending millions of extra dollars on advertising in Australia as they seek to expand their presence outside the US, following the introduction of President Donald Trump’s... Read more »