Has the Queensland election campaign become a bizarre game of political chicken? The economic debate has veered sharply to the left. The Liberal National party’s “small target” plan has involved adopting many of Labor’s policies, including cheap public transport fees and other cost-of-living handouts. Desperate to create a point of difference, Steven Miles and Labor…

A Choice analysis of carmaker privacy policies has found some of the biggest car sellers in Australia collect and share a range of driver data, including in some cases video and biometric data, with third parties. The consumer group analysed the privacy policies of Toyota, Ford, MG, Mazda, Kia, Hyundai, Tesla, Subaru, Isuzu and Mitsubishi…

Airlines that strategically cancel flights to block competition at Sydney airport could face civil penalties as the Albanese government moves to crack down on the Qantas-Virgin duopoly. A new bill, to be introduced on Wednesday, will focus on Sydney airport’s controversial slot allocation system, which restricts the airport to 80 takeoffs and landings per hour…

An influential Philippine pastor who is wanted by the FBI for sex trafficking children has registered to run in the senate election despite being in prison. Apollo Quiboloy, who claims to be the “appointed son of God” and is an ally of the former president Rodrigo Duterte, was until recently one of the country’s most…

The US’s former longtime top public health official Anthony Fauci says his recent bout with West Nile virus “nearly took [him] down”. In an opinion piece published Monday by the New York Times, Fauci explained how he likely contracted the virus – which spreads through mosquito bites – outside his home in Washington before he…

Shein, the online fast-fashion retailer founded in China, doubled profits at its UK arm last year as sales jumped nearly 40% to £1.5bn – making it about the same size as its rival Boohoo. The company, which is considering a £50bn float on the London Stock Exchange, said pre-tax profits at Shein Distribution UK rose…

Jenrick sabotaged his Tory leadership chances at conference, survey of members suggests, with Cleverly rising fast Conservative members were more likely to be turned off by what they saw of Robert Jenrick at the party conference than impressed, a survey suggests. Jenrick arrived at the conference as the clear bookmakers’ favourite. But, according to a…

Police have expanded a cold-case campaign aimed at identifying dozens of women who were murdered or who died in suspicious circumstances across Europe, taking in three new countries and more than doubling the number of cases. The international policing organisation Interpol said on Tuesday that forces from France, Italy and Spain had joined those in…