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WASHINGTON — When Cliff Beckford learned in December 2020 that John Wall, the former No. 1 overall draft pick and decade-long face of Washington’s NBA franchise, had been traded to Houston in a swap of former All-Star point guards, his reaction was swift.

Stocks advanced on Tuesday as weak economic data suggested that the Federal Reserve's hawkish monetary policy is having an impact and benchmark Treasury yields were falling, which fueled the surge. Tuesday’s moves add to the rallies in previous sessions that have driven the S&P 500 4% higher in the last five…

Tributes have poured in for seven-time motorcycle GP world champion Phil Read

A firm co-owned by MP Angus Taylor has failed to overturn orders it remediate critically endangered NSW grasslands that were illegally sprayed.

Opponents say the Brighton Savoy is in an ‘inappropriate location’ for such a facility, but others claim the backlash is ‘a political beat-up’

Consumers are back to tossing up whether they should buy cheap or local

A federal judge is concerned by the "vanishingly small" number of wronged people who've been compensated for being placed on unsuitable AMP insurance policies.

Texas may be a fossil-fuel capital, but wind and solar power have been dominating the growth in electricity generation, and storage batteries are coming on fast.

Billionaire’s costs will not similarly be paid by WA premier, as judge finds ‘asymmetry of responsibility’ for ‘long and costly’ case

West Australian taxpayers are set to be spared some of the cost of the Premier Mark McGowan's defamation case against billionaire litigant Clive Palmer.

Reforms to bail laws and Crown Casino are among the priorities on the West Australian government's to-do list as parliament returns after the winter recess.