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Dubai's rags-to-riches miracle built on the toil of exploited foreign workers

Today, in the Arabian emirate of Dubai, the great and good of the Australian Football League will slap the backs of local expatriates and home-grown potentates in a dollar-drenched celebration of all things Australian, Dubaian and corporate

Hot spots, pot shots and gold pots for the brazen and the bold 
Compile a fake CV, head for a war zone, and a fortune in taxpayers' dollars can be yours

Ship of fuels

The US fears a P&O terror takeover, but Middle East petrodollars are welcome in Australia

Singapore v Dubai

The Battle of the (Very Hot) City-States

Making Dubai an Aviation Hub

At Dubai's airport Emirates rules the runways

Reach for the Skies

Aviation gas is up. Ticket prices are up and United is in trouble – again. But Emirates is thriving and with 90 new planes landing soon, its boss is expecting competitors to squeal