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Young Australians are increasingly choosing exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over property as high prices, borrowing costs and the expense of home ownership reshape the traditional path to wealth. Brielle Basmadjian, a 29-year-old technology worker in Melbourne, recently decided not to buy the near-identical apartment she rents in Malvern, despite being able to afford it. “I certainly looked at it because it’s not beyond the realms of possibility for me to purchase the apartment that I’m in,” she said. “But running the numbers, it didn’t make a lot of sense for me.” Ms Basmadjian has previously owned property, having bought a home…

One person is in critical condition after being struck and run over in the car park of a White Castle restaurant in Warren, Michigan, police said. The incident happened at about 9.30pm on Wednesday near Eight Mile Road and Sherwood Street. The victim was walking through the car park when a Chrysler 300 reversed from a parking space and hit them. Police sources said the vehicle then ran over the victim’s head and body before the driver fled the scene. Emergency services took the victim to hospital, where they remain in a critical condition. Officers were investigating at the restaurant.…

Right Resources has identified a tungsten exploration target near Tumbarumba in southern New South Wales after mapping a mineralised structural corridor stretching for more than 3km at its Moonlight prospect. Early rock-chip sampling at the Blue tungsten-gold-bismuth project returned grades of up to 0.61 per cent tungsten trioxide, with anomalous gold of as much as 0.25 grams per tonne. Several samples contained more than 0.1 per cent tungsten trioxide. The corridor trends north-west and reaches up to 500 metres wide in places. Right Resources said the results had outlined several priority areas for further investigation. Ongoing fieldwork has also located…

An Italian chef’s workplace claim has been dismissed after he refused to put pineapple on pizzas at a Brisbane restaurant, saying the topping was an insult to his culture. Davide Tamburella was dismissed from La Costa Restaurant and Bar in Fortitude Valley on May 20, following concerns raised by management about his conduct and performance. At a meeting two weeks before his dismissal, Mr Tamburella acknowledged that his employer, managing director Elliot Ingram, had instructed him to add pineapple to pizzas being prepared for a function. He refused, saying the combination was offensive to him as an Italian. He also…

Brooks Nader has been photographed filming scenes for the upcoming Playboy film Playmates at a mansion in Beverly Hills, wearing the brand’s recognisable bunny costume. Nader was seen in a black bodysuit with a bow tie, bunny ears and a fluffy tail while working on the production. She reportedly spent around five hours on set. The model and actress joins a cast including Jessica Biel, Lily-Rose Depp and Bill Pullman, who is set to portray Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. Playmates will mark the feature directorial debut of Lorraine Nicholson, the daughter of actor Jack Nicholson. Details of Nader’s role have…

The family of Nicole Mabon-Brewer, who was found shot dead in her Gary, Indiana, home, has accused her estranged husband, former city councilman Ron Brewer, of possibly playing a role in her death. Ms Mabon-Brewer, 47, was discovered on 3 September 2025. Her death remains officially classified as undetermined and no criminal charges have been brought. Her daughter, Kayla Green, and father, George Mabon, said she had repeatedly warned them that Brewer had threatened to kill her and make the death appear to be suicide. “My mom came to them and said that Ron said he would kill her, cover…

Commonwealth public servant wages outpaced those of their state counterparts in the last financial year, complicating Labor’s efforts to meet its savings goals. The increase comes as the federal government continues to struggle to stamp out spending on consultants, adding pressure to its efforts to control public sector costs. The contrast between Commonwealth and state wage growth places the focus on the cost of federal employment as Labor seeks to rein in expenditure and deliver savings.

Former Israeli military generals have offered help to Palestinian olive farmers in the occupied West Bank, voicing frustration over violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians harvesting their olives. The group spoke out as Palestinian farmers faced what they described as settler violence during the olive harvest. The former generals’ intervention centres on support for the farmers and criticism of the violence affecting olive harvesting in the West Bank.

Oil and data centre stocks fell after the US midterm elections, marking a sharp reaction in markets following the vote. The decline affected both energy companies and firms linked to data centre infrastructure, with the two sectors among those to register losses after the US midterms.

Tori Spelling and Brian Austin Green are to reunite for a new thriller microseries being made for VertTV, with production having wrapped on Wednesday. The project will also feature Carol Potter, who played Cindy Walsh, the mother of Brandon and Brenda Walsh, in the 1990s teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210. Details of the microseries are being kept confidential. Its title, storyline and release date have not been announced. Spelling and Green, both 53, appeared together throughout all 10 seasons of Beverly Hills, 90210, which ran from 1990 to 2000. They returned to the screen in 2019 for BH90210, a one-season…