Month: February 2026

Newly released documents detail convicted sex offender’s early backing of bitcoin and Coinbase Millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein have brought to light his ties to the highest echelons of the cryptocurrency industry.Documents published last week by the US Department of Justice reveal Epstein bankrolled the “principal home and funding source” for bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, during its nascent stages; he also invested $3m in Coinbase in 2014, […]

Under proposed changes in response to Bondi terror attack only Australian citizens will be able to obtain a gun licence, with no cap on number of weaponsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland will be left with “the weakest guns laws in Australia”, according to gun control advocates, after the premier rejected increased limits on the number or type of firearms that people can own.On Monday, […]

Australia needs a balance between protecting the privacy of donors and preserving the transparency of how political parties are fundedWant to get more charts in your inbox every fortnight? Sign up for The Crunch hereIn the latest round of political donation disclosures there was a curious detail. It appeared as if Scott Farquhar, the billionaire co-founder of Atlassian, had donated $22,250 to the Queensland Greens in addition to giving $1.5m […]

Thinktank analysis suggests Japan campaigns to prolong the carbon industry in Australia and hinder move to clean energyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian government ministers met Japanese gas company executives more than 20 times in the last term of parliament as Labor encouraged investment in the fossil fuel industry.The list of meetings is detailed in a report by the thinktank InfluenceMap that argues Japanese liquefied […]