14 September 2026
Pauline Hanson’s ABC paywall threatens our shared culture Independent Australia
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14 September 2026
If the predicted fourth and fifth rate hikes do happen, Australians could be hit with significantly higher mortgage repayments.
14 September 2026
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14 September 2026
STC’s 2027 program also features Celeste Barber in Amy Sedaris and David Sedaris play, Tim Minchin as Scrooge and the return of The Picture of Dorian Gray Six years after the Australian historian Jenny Hocking won her legal battle to release secret correspondence between Queen Elizabeth II, Malcolm Fraser and the governor general John Kerr, her fight to reveal the truth about Gough Whitlam’s dismissal is being adapted for the stage. The Palace Letters, announced on Monday as part of Sydney Theatre Company’s 2027 program, will have its world premiere at Sydney Opera House in April. It will star Georgie Parker as Hocking, with Jonathan Biggins playing Whitlam.
14 September 2026
Finland’s ESL Shipping has secured a long-term transport agreement with Swedish green steel developer Stegra covering raw materials and finished steel products for its new industrial complex in Boden. The deal adds a maritime leg to the logistics network Stegra has been assembling around the northern Swedish project, where it is building integrated green hydrogen, …
14 September 2026
India’s Transworld Shipping Lines has struck a deal to sell one of its two dry bulk carriers, agreeing a $9. 25m sale of the 2011-built TBC Kailash. The Mumbai-listed owner is selling the 35,152 dwt unit to Mandarine Ocean, according to an exchange filing. The Chinese-built vessel joined the company, then known as Shreyas Shipping and …
14 September 2026
COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry has taken its first formal step towards an A-share listing in Shanghai. China’s securities regulator disclosed that the shipbuilding and repair giant registered for listing guidance on September 12, with CICC and China Merchants Securities appointed as advisers. The Shanghai-headquartered company, wholly owned by state-controlled COSCO, completed its conversion into a …
