This week we pressed the rewind button on the Pauline tape, back to Hanson maxing out with inflammatory statements about Muslims, attracting a blaze of publicity and widespread outrage. Or, given One Nation’s surging polls, have we pushed the fast forward button, to when Hanson’s party joins the big
The Survivors/NetflixMembers of the Australian screen industry have been shocked to learn one of the nation’s most successful and prolific production companies, Matchbox Pictures – and its subsidiary Tony Ayres Productions – will shut their doors this week. Matchbox was closed by its parent company, Universal International Studios, and
The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will hold its first public hearing next Tuesday. Royal commissioner Virginia Bell will open proceedings by explaining how she will approach the inquiry’s terms of reference. “I plan to conduct the inquiry as expeditiously as possible so that I can deliver a
SBS staff and the union representing them have torn into management's latest pay offer, which includes a one-off $1,500 carrot. The post SBS staff, union criticise $1,500 cash offer
In the wake of the Bondi terror attack, multiple state governments have passed laws to restrict mass protests. Most notably, the New South Wales government introduced controversial legislation giving police the power to restrict public protests for up to 90 days after a terrorist incident. This unprecedented restriction was
Canva, Pexels, The Conversation, CC BY-NCYou might have heard the common claim that electric cars aren’t really green – that their lithium-ion batteries rely on “blood” minerals such as cobalt, mined in terrible conditions. The critique had some truth to it. But this claim is no longer accurate. Electric
There is a growing number of “serious incidents” in Australian early childhood services, including day cares. A serious incident is one that seriously compromises the health, safety or wellbeing of a child. There were 160 such incidents per 100 services in 2024–25. This is up from 148 and 139
A Darwin-based Commonwealth public servant has been arrested and charged over an alleged $5 million in fraud and corruption against the National Disability Insurance Scheme in the latest sting conducted by the multi-agency Fraud Fusion Task Force that targets government payments theft. The Australian Federal Police and Northern Territory Police
After a coup by the Liberals’ conservative faction, the party has dumped its first female leader Sussan Ley, who had dire polling, in favour of Angus Taylor. Jane Hume, from the moderate side of the party, won the position of deputy leader. Before entering politics Hume worked in the financial
OpenAI said artificial intelligence could create $115 billion of economic growth for Australia in five years. But internal briefings show public servants warned Treasury that the wider benefits of AI
This week we pressed the rewind button on the Pauline tape, back to Hanson maxing out with inflammatory statements about Muslims, attracting a blaze of publicity and widespread outrage. Or, given One Nation’s surging polls, have we pushed the fast forward button, to when Hanson’s party joins the big
The Survivors/NetflixMembers of the Australian screen industry have been shocked to learn one of the nation’s most successful and prolific production companies, Matchbox Pictures – and its subsidiary Tony Ayres Productions – will shut their doors this week. Matchbox was closed by its parent company, Universal International Studios, and
The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will hold its first public hearing next Tuesday. Royal commissioner Virginia Bell will open proceedings by explaining how she will approach the inquiry’s terms of reference. “I plan to conduct the inquiry as expeditiously as possible so that I can deliver a
SBS staff and the union representing them have torn into management's latest pay offer, which includes a one-off $1,500 carrot. The post SBS staff, union criticise $1,500 cash offer
In the wake of the Bondi terror attack, multiple state governments have passed laws to restrict mass protests. Most notably, the New South Wales government introduced controversial legislation giving police the power to restrict public protests for up to 90 days after a terrorist incident. This unprecedented restriction was
Canva, Pexels, The Conversation, CC BY-NCYou might have heard the common claim that electric cars aren’t really green – that their lithium-ion batteries rely on “blood” minerals such as cobalt, mined in terrible conditions. The critique had some truth to it. But this claim is no longer accurate. Electric
There is a growing number of “serious incidents” in Australian early childhood services, including day cares. A serious incident is one that seriously compromises the health, safety or wellbeing of a child. There were 160 such incidents per 100 services in 2024–25. This is up from 148 and 139
A Darwin-based Commonwealth public servant has been arrested and charged over an alleged $5 million in fraud and corruption against the National Disability Insurance Scheme in the latest sting conducted by the multi-agency Fraud Fusion Task Force that targets government payments theft. The Australian Federal Police and Northern Territory Police
After a coup by the Liberals’ conservative faction, the party has dumped its first female leader Sussan Ley, who had dire polling, in favour of Angus Taylor. Jane Hume, from the moderate side of the party, won the position of deputy leader. Before entering politics Hume worked in the financial
OpenAI said artificial intelligence could create $115 billion of economic growth for Australia in five years. But internal briefings show public servants warned Treasury that the wider benefits of AI
