The young, autistic, black academic Jason Arday took his own life after intense media bullying. Aleta Moriarty and Michael West report. The race wars have taken a life. Whose career could survive an establishment press onslaught of 188 articles in 9 days, 249 articles in 22 days? Whose life? An
Have you resisted drinking the AI cool aid? Or is it really coming for you, your job, and your chickens? Monte Dwyer sallies forth on AI. Professor Geoffrey Hinton, the man considered to be the godfather of AI, reckons if you want to know what it’s like to live under
“The AUKUS Inquiry reports on 30 October. Its demand is simple. A real parliamentary inquiry. A published threat assessment.” Andrew Brown. Australians passed a hat around to scrutinise a $368 billion defence deal. The largest procurement in our history, and the only formal examination of it is a crowdfunded citizens’
The Albanese and Minns bailout of Rio Tinto’s aluminium smelter is the 5th large corporate rescue in two years. Aleta Moriarty works it out at $2.5M per job. Today it was announced that a $2.5 billion rescue package, the largest ever for an Australian smelter, built around a subsidised long-term
Former Army lawyer David McBride has been released from prison after serving his full two years and three months non-parole period. Michael West reports. David McBride was released from prison this morning, to the great joy of his family, friends and supporters, after serving the full two years and three
“A toddler was locked up for the first two years of her life. These are the people the ruling in NZYQ protects, not just non-citizens with criminal records. Human rights lawyer Alison Battisson on creeping totalitarianism. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke delayed a key speech to the National Press Club
How was a Chinese Communist Party-connected Shanghai businessman allowed to purchase property within a stone’s throw of possible AUKUS nuclear sub bases in Newcastle or Wollongong? Rex Patrick seeks answers. When media first reported that Chinese businessman Wang Yongxin, president of the Shanghai Xinyangg Chamber of Commerce, had bought significant
Charities put their registration at risk if their activities breach Australian law, but breaking international law may not pose a problem. Stephanie Tran reports. The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) says an activity being contrary to international law did not necessarily mean a charity had a “disqualifying purpose”. “A
Part 1 traced how Anthony Albanese built an unelected censorship apparatus for Jillian Segal without a vote, a bill or a debate, while the Coalition demanded more. It ended with a question polite Australia refuses to ask. Today, the answer. Andrew Brown reports. The architecture would be scandal enough on
Private health insurers are making their way into your doctor’s office and the specialists they refer you to. It may not be to your benefit, Claudia Weisenberger reports. A private health insurer makes more money the less it spends on your healthcare. Increasingly, they own the GP clinic you visit
Defence is refusing to release a report on the links between unlawful killings by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan and their senior commanders. Rex Patrick reports. In June 2021, six months after the War Crimes (“Brereton”) report was released, Inspector General ADF James Gaynor commissioned a second ‘command accountability’ report at
Jillian Segal holds power over what Australians may say, teach, report and believe. No election gave it to her. No Parliament ratified it. Nothing like her office has existed in the federation. Labor built it. The Coalition wants it bigger. Nobody asked you. Andrew Brown – The Segal State, Part
The young, autistic, black academic Jason Arday took his own life after intense media bullying. Aleta Moriarty and Michael West report. The race wars have taken a life. Whose career could survive an establishment press onslaught of 188 articles in 9 days, 249 articles in 22 days? Whose life? An
Have you resisted drinking the AI cool aid? Or is it really coming for you, your job, and your chickens? Monte Dwyer sallies forth on AI. Professor Geoffrey Hinton, the man considered to be the godfather of AI, reckons if you want to know what it’s like to live under
“The AUKUS Inquiry reports on 30 October. Its demand is simple. A real parliamentary inquiry. A published threat assessment.” Andrew Brown. Australians passed a hat around to scrutinise a $368 billion defence deal. The largest procurement in our history, and the only formal examination of it is a crowdfunded citizens’
The Albanese and Minns bailout of Rio Tinto’s aluminium smelter is the 5th large corporate rescue in two years. Aleta Moriarty works it out at $2.5M per job. Today it was announced that a $2.5 billion rescue package, the largest ever for an Australian smelter, built around a subsidised long-term
Former Army lawyer David McBride has been released from prison after serving his full two years and three months non-parole period. Michael West reports. David McBride was released from prison this morning, to the great joy of his family, friends and supporters, after serving the full two years and three
“A toddler was locked up for the first two years of her life. These are the people the ruling in NZYQ protects, not just non-citizens with criminal records. Human rights lawyer Alison Battisson on creeping totalitarianism. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke delayed a key speech to the National Press Club
How was a Chinese Communist Party-connected Shanghai businessman allowed to purchase property within a stone’s throw of possible AUKUS nuclear sub bases in Newcastle or Wollongong? Rex Patrick seeks answers. When media first reported that Chinese businessman Wang Yongxin, president of the Shanghai Xinyangg Chamber of Commerce, had bought significant
Charities put their registration at risk if their activities breach Australian law, but breaking international law may not pose a problem. Stephanie Tran reports. The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) says an activity being contrary to international law did not necessarily mean a charity had a “disqualifying purpose”. “A
Part 1 traced how Anthony Albanese built an unelected censorship apparatus for Jillian Segal without a vote, a bill or a debate, while the Coalition demanded more. It ended with a question polite Australia refuses to ask. Today, the answer. Andrew Brown reports. The architecture would be scandal enough on
Private health insurers are making their way into your doctor’s office and the specialists they refer you to. It may not be to your benefit, Claudia Weisenberger reports. A private health insurer makes more money the less it spends on your healthcare. Increasingly, they own the GP clinic you visit
Defence is refusing to release a report on the links between unlawful killings by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan and their senior commanders. Rex Patrick reports. In June 2021, six months after the War Crimes (“Brereton”) report was released, Inspector General ADF James Gaynor commissioned a second ‘command accountability’ report at
Jillian Segal holds power over what Australians may say, teach, report and believe. No election gave it to her. No Parliament ratified it. Nothing like her office has existed in the federation. Labor built it. The Coalition wants it bigger. Nobody asked you. Andrew Brown – The Segal State, Part
