Tenants in two capital cities are paying more than 30 per cent of their income, on average, towards their rent — for the first time since the SGS Economics Rental Affordability Index was first published a decade ago.

A former insider calls it the "side hustle" of Australia's superannuation funds – where the handling of thousands of death and disability claims from injured workers and grieving families falls to underpaid, overworked staff away from the main game. 

Basel voters are expected to decide on Sunday whether they should spend tens of millions of dollars to host the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, with opponents decrying a "waste" of public funds for a "blasphemous" music performance.

In an operation planned for well over a month, protesters took to Newcastle Harbour as a large bulk carrier entered the vital export port.

In a statement, the mining company confirmed "all three employees are safe and well and have departed the country".