• BMW Thinks Its High-End EVs Are Immune To Electric Downturn

    Firm expects top-end BMW and Rolls Royce EVs to contribute to growth even when its luxury rivals are seeing electric sales slow

  • Global heating, land clearing and the ‘extinction vortex’: the fight to save Australia’s koalas

    A century ago, the sheer volume of koalas meant they were hunted for fur in the hundreds of thousands; today a dwindling population faces threats from continued logging and heatwavesBill Ellis thinks koalas have somehow managed a giant con on the people of the world – one that has made them fodder for countless marketing campaigns with their round, cartoon-like faces.“Have you ever seen their skulls?” he asks. “They’re long and flat but yet they’ve got this face that looks cute and cuddly with a...

  • BRI, PGII, and Global Gateway: Infrastructure Development Goes Global

    Will capital-starved developing nations be the ultimate winner amid an overhaul of China’s Belt and Road and new Western forays into global infrastructure development?

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    Local Shreveport business, “Outerlink Global Solutions” secures $26M for Air Force Global Strike Command

    A $26M partnership between Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) and local Shreveport technology powerhouse Outerlink Global Solutions officially launched this August with the announcement of a four-year Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract award.

  • The Spectator Australia

    Remember when Friends Reunited was a thing? Twenty-something years ago, before Facebook even existed, this primaeval social networking site connecting…What to read next: Princess Kate, photographs, and the great thirst for significance | All hail the abolition of the ‘non-doms’ | Keir Starmer should think twice before shunning Marine Le Pen | The real problem with Jonathan Glazer

  • The Spectator Australia

    Persistent thumping and early morning glare woke Anton. As he opened his eyes, through a torn and flimsy curtain, he…What to read next: Bitcoin: not a fad, not a scam | Gasp! The Christians are voting in Tasmania | The unions are at war with NAPLAN (and why it must be saved) | Tony Abbott warns against complacency in the face of ‘creeping Wokeness’

  • The Spectator Australia

    ‘Belief Bashing’… That is what some have nicknamed Greenwich Bill sitting before the NSW Parliament. I would argue it is…What to read next: The unions are at war with NAPLAN (and why it must be saved) | Tony Abbott warns against complacency in the face of ‘creeping Wokeness’ | Neonicotinoid prawn cocktail, anyone? | Senate votes against vaccine-injured Australians

  • The Spectator Australia

    It was former Labor foreign minister Gareth Evans who coined the term ‘relevance deprivation syndrome’ after Labor lost the federal…What to read next: Keating’s cuckoo clock | A tale of two interviews | Europe’s anti-Green farmers’ revolt | China on the slide

  • The Spectator Australia

    Which part of ‘No thanks’, many Australians may be wondering, does our Prime Minister not understand? Six months after the Voice to parliament was kicked comprehensively into touch by every state

  • The Spectator Australia

    It sounds irresistible, doesn’t it? A National Theatre Live version of a play by Jack Thorne (the magician who conjured…What to read next: Strange bedfellows | Another popular feast | Moody shifts of tone | A tale of two interviews

  • The Spectator Australia

    A vital anti-Trump smear dissolved a few days ago with the release of suppressed evidence that the former president had…What to read next: Media misfire on the Big Lie | The Big Lie vs Stop the Steal | The big steal | A tale of two interviews

  • The Spectator Australia

    On 15 March, Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong announced Australia would resume funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency…What to read next: A tale of two interviews | Europe’s anti-Green farmers’ revolt | China on the slide | Playing the suicide card