Australia news LIVE: Coalition leaders rubbish backbencher’s suggestion of seat sharing deal with rising One Nation; Optus breached privacy rules in White Pages data bungle
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Australia news LIVE: One Nation continues to dominate political debate; Optus breached privacy rules in White Pages data bungle
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Australia news LIVE: Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises more than $1.5 million on first day; One Nation continues to dominate political debate
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Australia news LIVE: Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises more than $1.5 million on first day; JB Hi-Fi to refund 200 customers over misleading prices
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Australia news LIVE: Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises more than $1.5 million on first day; Chalmers launches most impassioned defence of budget yet
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Australia news LIVE: Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises more than $1.5 million on first day; Iranian officials confirm Strait of Hormuz closed as US strikes Iran
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Australia news LIVE: Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises more than $1.5 million on first day; Iranian officials confirm Strait of Hormuz closed as US strikes Iran
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Bluey’s World pulls in half a million visitors
Brisbane can expect 19 more months of duck cake and keepy-uppy as the attraction announces an extension to 2028. ⌘ Read more
Australia news LIVE: Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises more than $1.5 million on first day; Iranian officials confirm Strait of Hormuz closed as US strikes Iran
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Australia news LIVE: Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises more than $1.5 million on first day; Iranian officials confirm Strait of Hormuz closed as US strikes Iran
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Australia news LIVE: Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises more than $1.5 million on first day; Iranian officials confirm Strait of Hormuz closed as US strikes Iran
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Australia news LIVE: Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises more than $1.5 million on first day; Trump threatens to hit Iran again
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Warmer Kiwi Homes insulation funding scheme up in the air
An $80 million government scheme helping low-income families insulate their homes looks set for the chop, after no more money was allocated to it in the Budget.
Warmer Kiwi Homes was set up in 2018 under the Labour Government and provides grants covering up to 90% of the cost of insulation and heating for eligible homes. ⌘ Read more
Ford NZ books $25m tax bill after IRD settles dispute with US authorities
Ford Motor Company New Zealand has paid $25 million in tax after Inland Revenue and US tax authorities settled a dispute over the handling of the car importer’s income.
A financial statement published by Ford’s NZ operations on Tuesday shows the years-long dispute over its tax payments had been resolved, resulting in a $25m tax bill and a $4.7m loss for the year to Dec 31. ⌘ Read more
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Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises more than $1 million on day of launch
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s latest fundraising play underscores her surging popularity. ⌘ Read more
Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises more than $1 million on day of launch
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s latest fundraising play underscores her surging popularity. ⌘ Read more
Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises over $945,000 on day of launch
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s latest fundraising play underscores her surging popularity. ⌘ Read more
One Nation says anti-Albanese campaign raised nearly $1m in one day
One Nation claims its anti-Albanese fundraiser has raked in nearly $1 million in a single day. ⌘ Read more
Home Affairs could pay out tens of millions to former detainees, criminals, after High Court ruling
The judgment could pave the way for more cases against the government. ⌘ Read more
Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises half a million in eight hours
Pauline Hanson’s latest fundraising play raised more than half-a-million dollars in just eight hours, underscoring the renegade politician’s surging popularity. ⌘ Read more
Government puts up $51m to push adoption of on-farm methane technologies
The Government is launching a $51 million Early Adoption Accelerator to push take-up of on-farm methane reduction technology.
The lack of incentives was a major talking point at the Agriculture and Climate Change Conference in Wellington in late April. ⌘ Read more
New Zealand invests $143m in agricultural productivity
The New Zealand government has announced a $143 million investment in six commercial projects aimed at optimising land use and boosting productivity in the food and fibre sector.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay highlighted the importance of the sector, which accounts for over 80% of the country’s exports. ⌘ Read more
Great White Sharks Have Been in the Mediterranean Sea for Millions of Years—but Sightings Are Incredibly Rare
A recent video of a great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea offers the possibility of deriving valuable information for conservation strategies. ⌘ Read more
Blake Lively’s Controversial Movie Comes to Hulu Today
Sony Pictures’ 2024 romantic drama movie starring Blake Lively has been added to Hulu‘s library. During its theatrical run, the film grossed around $351 million worldwide against a budget of $25 million. What Blake Lively movie is now on Hulu? Starting today, Lively’s controversial film It Ends with Us is now available to stream on […]
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Hulu Adds Kate Beckinsale’s Divisive Action Movie Today
A Sony Pictures action horror movie starring Kate Beckinsale has been added to Hulu‘s library. During its theatrical run, the 2017 movie received negative reviews from critics. It only grossed over $81 million worldwide against a reported budget of $35 million. What Kate Beckinsale movie is now on Hulu? As of today, 2017’s action horror […]
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NHS Prescribes Half a Million Copilot Licenses For Its Paperwork Headache
NHS England plans to roll out Microsoft Copilot to 505,000 clinicians and support staff after a 30,000-person pilot claimed the AI assistant saved users an average of 43 minutes a day on administrative work. The Register reports: The rollout won’t happen overnight. NHS England said that each trust will receive a central allocation of … ⌘ Read more
Solar Energy Saves Europeans $135M a Day
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Couple donate $40 million to MND research
Queensland couple Quentin and Kylie Birt donated $40 million to motor neurone disease charity Fight MND after Neale Daniher’s death. ⌘ Read more
CityFitness fined $1.12m for misleading ‘transaction fee’
The biggest gym business in New Zealand, CityFitness, has been fined $1.12 million for charging customers a misleading “transaction fee”.
The company was found to have misled customers about the price of its gym memberships and the reason for charging an additional fee. ⌘ Read more
Lululemon NZ profit jumps 45% despite US brand challenges
Retailer Lululemon athletica has had a 45% increase in the net profit of its New Zealand segment year on year.
The Canadian brand reported net profit after tax of $3.2 million in NZ for the period ended Feb 1, 2026, up from $2.21m the previous year. ⌘ Read more
Kylie Kwong among consultants dumped as Powerhouse cuts controversial program
The $2.6 million program sparked concerns that consultants were supplanting the roles of professionally accredited curators. ⌘ Read more
Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App
Last Thursday, Wired reported that Meta had quietly embedded an unreleased facial recognition system called NameTag into software installed on millions of phones. In a follow-up report, Wired says the tech giant has now removed the face-recognition-related code, while saying “no final decision” has been made about whether the feature will launch. Fr … ⌘ Read more
Scary Movie’s Box Office Success Reveals Key Lesson That Hollywood Struggles With
Scary Movie is off to a great start at the box office following a successful opening weekend. Unfortunately, there is a key lesson from the movie that Hollywood continues to struggle with. After 26 years, audiences still love Scary Movie. The sixth movie in the parody franchise opened to $55 million at the domestic box […]
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Auckland Council’s PC120 decision could be revisited in RMA reforms
The Auckland Council’s decision on contentious housing intensification could be for naught, as resource management reform looms.
Councillors on Tuesday are set to vote on PC120, a plan change to meet housing intensification requirements, after the Government in April passed a law to downgrade the city’s house planning target from two million dwellings [to 1.4m dwellings](https://busin … ⌘ Read more
Italy’s Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files For Nasdaq IPO
Bending Spoons, the Italian app studio behind acquisitions like Eventbrite, Vimeo, WeTransfer, Evernote, and AOL, has filed to go public in the U.S. after growing into a subscription-heavy app conglomerate with more than 500 million monthly active users. TechCrunch reports: In its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bending Spoons … ⌘ Read more
‘I Kick Myself Every Single Day’: Obsession Art Director Criticizes Pay After Box Office Success
Obsession is expected to make $250 million, but its art director is not happy with the pay. The indie horror breakout hit, made on a budget of just $750,000, has rewritten box office rules with strong word-of-mouth. However, some crew members involved with the film are not celebrating its success. What did Obsession’s art director [ … ⌘ Read more
Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain’s ‘Core Algorithm’
Jeff Bezos is backing Flourish, a new “neuro AI” startup with $500 million in funding and a reported $2.5 billion valuation, that aims to reinvent AI by studying the brain’s architecture and building systems that learn continuously while using far less power than today’s large language models. The company’s long-term bet is that neuroscientis … ⌘ Read more
Nintendo paie 35 millions d’euros et clôt un litige pour pratique commerciale trompeuse
La justice française reprochait au fabricant japonais une «communication tardive et parcellaire»” “au sujet d’un dysfonctionnement de sa console de jeu vidéo Switch. Une enquête avait été ouverte en 2020 après une plainte de l’UFC-Que choisir pour pratique commerciale trompeuse. ⌘ Read more
Peacock Scores Another Hit as Love Island USA Sets Huge Streaming Record
The new season of Love Island has hit it off in an unprecedented way, as it tallied 824 million minutes viewed since it launched on June 2, 2026. The viewership marks a sharp 74% increatment from Season 7 of the show. This also makes Love Island Season 8 the Peacock’s most-streamed original season ever through […]
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Taylor Swift’s Toy Story 5 Music Video Has Already Broken Historic Records
Taylor Swift’s new Toy Story 5 single has broken multiple streaming records within hours of release. The track, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” was released with an exclusive music video that drove millions to streaming platforms overnight. The song, co-written with longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff, is Swift’s return to her country origins. It accompanies […]
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Zuru grows annual profit to $2.49m despite flat external sales
New Zealand-owned global toy manufacturer Zuru has grown its net profit 34.8% year on year, latest results show.
The toy and consumer goods business reported a net profit of $2.4 million for 2025, up from last year’s profit of $1.8m. ⌘ Read more
Masters of the Universe’s Box Office Makes It Very Tough to Break Even
Masters of the Universe‘s opening weekend numbers paint a tough picture for the film’s road to profitability. Its global debut and reported budget reveal a significant gap between earnings and its break-even threshold. Masters of the Universe’s box office struggles to justify its budget Masters of the Universe opened to $54.3 million globally during its […]
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Obsession Is Focus Features’ Biggest Movie Ever With Massive Profitability
Curry Barker’s $750K horror romance just shattered a major studio record that stood for nearly a decade. The film’s unprecedented box office run and massive profitability continue rewriting history across global markets. Obsession becomes Focus Features’ highest grossing movie worldwide Curry Barker’s horror romance Obsession has crossed $224.7 million worldwide, Deadline reports. The Blumhouse Ato … ⌘ Read more
Three-bedroom lower north shore home sells for $2.39 million
Three young upsizers battled it out at Saturday’s auction to buy a classic redbrick house in Lane Cove, with the buyer going $40,000 above reserve to secure the keys. ⌘ Read more
Michael Creates a Record No Lionsgate Ever Movie Did, Not Even Hunger Games
No Lionsgate movie has ever done what Michael just did. The Jackson biopic crossed a worldwide box office threshold no film in the studio’s history has reached before. Michael almost reaches $900 million, will also beat Bohemian Rhapsody Lionsgate’s Michael Jackson biopic Michael now stands at $897.9M worldwide after its seventh weekend, according to Deadline. The Antoine Fuqua film earned a $ … ⌘ Read more
Ryman launches $100m bond offer
Retirement village and aged care provider Ryman Healthcare has launched a $100 million retail bond offer, which will be increased to $150m if the offer is oversubscribed.
The offer of six-year, secured, unsubordinated bonds opened on Monday and closes on June 11. The bonds will be issued on June 22. ⌘ Read more
Bright Dairy extends $130m loan to Synlait for two years
Bright Dairy’s shareholder loan to Synlait Milk will be pushed out for another two years as the Dunsandel processor looks to refinance by the end of the month.
In the lead-up to its recapitalisation, Bright provided Synlait with a $130 million shareholder loan as it worked to deleverage its balance sheet. ⌘ Read more