Anthropic is a company that’s having it every which way. Prudent: it warns about the dangers of the AI products that can be produced. Principled: it tells the Trump administration it will not partake in creating AI software that aids mass surveillance — a move that earned it an order
A major win by truckies at the federal Fair Work Commission to force major fuel buyers like Coles and Woolworths to stop cost shifting of inflated fuel prices to the national line-haul industry will bite hundreds of councils on the bottom line, the sector’s peak body has warned. As the
One of the great inheritances of outer ministry in any government is having to salvage causes that a solid evidence base might otherwise find wanting. But what’s a humble elected representative to do about those who die with riches? As Australia continues to marvel at the stupendous cost of litigation
The Federal Court is blaming an “administrative oversight” for its underreporting of $2.5 million worth of procurement contracts last year. Responses to questions on notice reveal the court updated its procurement contract notices three days after Senate estimates. AusTender notices published on February 28 reveal the previously unreported $2.5 million
Former Parramatta Council staff will face corruption hearings amid serious allegations against its former CEO. The Independent Commission Against Corruption NSW (ICAC NSW) has announced four weeks of public hearings into the actions of former CEO Gail Connolly and council employees Angela Jones-Blayney and Roxanne Thornton. ICAC NSW’s media release
Domestic travel has long been a key feature of the Australian summer. Nearly 60 per cent of Australians take a holiday during the peak season, and the coastline alone records more than 600 million visits each year. For public safety agencies, travel and tourism are not secondary considerations. They are
One local government entity submitted its financial statements to the WA auditor-general’s office for review 19 times before it passed muster, according to the latest review of local government reporting released in the past week by the Office of the Auditor-General. The latest report notes that the audit teams have
Australia’s privacy watchdog repeatedly warned that the government’s $6.5 million teen social media ban tech trial overstated how the technology used protected people’s privacy, given it hadn’t been tested or assessed against Australian privacy law. The people behind the trial ignored most of those warnings and continued to include the
The High Court this year will decide on the validity of significant changes to Commonwealth electoral laws passed last year after a deal between the Labor government and the Liberal-Nationals coalition that will crucially limit campaign spending by minor parties and independents. Parties challenging the Commonwealth law had hoped that
Australia is now feeling the effects of a global fuel shock in its own transport and gas markets. Petrol and diesel prices have jumped. The Commonwealth has had to respond. The east coast gas market is tightening again ahead of winter. That is a sensible time to take another look
Are mistargeted government policies a bug or a feature of our policymaking system? You’re familiar with the story: a policy is ostensibly designed to assist one group in the community. But, economists note, the real beneficiaries are another group, because the government has failed to take into account how markets
A week of loudly broadcast Australian Defence Force posturing signals has been rounded off by the weekend signing of an official deal with Japan to deliver at least three mid-sized frigates built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to gradually replace the Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac-class frigates. At the conclusion of a
Anthropic is a company that’s having it every which way. Prudent: it warns about the dangers of the AI products that can be produced. Principled: it tells the Trump administration it will not partake in creating AI software that aids mass surveillance — a move that earned it an order
A major win by truckies at the federal Fair Work Commission to force major fuel buyers like Coles and Woolworths to stop cost shifting of inflated fuel prices to the national line-haul industry will bite hundreds of councils on the bottom line, the sector’s peak body has warned. As the
One of the great inheritances of outer ministry in any government is having to salvage causes that a solid evidence base might otherwise find wanting. But what’s a humble elected representative to do about those who die with riches? As Australia continues to marvel at the stupendous cost of litigation
The Federal Court is blaming an “administrative oversight” for its underreporting of $2.5 million worth of procurement contracts last year. Responses to questions on notice reveal the court updated its procurement contract notices three days after Senate estimates. AusTender notices published on February 28 reveal the previously unreported $2.5 million
Former Parramatta Council staff will face corruption hearings amid serious allegations against its former CEO. The Independent Commission Against Corruption NSW (ICAC NSW) has announced four weeks of public hearings into the actions of former CEO Gail Connolly and council employees Angela Jones-Blayney and Roxanne Thornton. ICAC NSW’s media release
Domestic travel has long been a key feature of the Australian summer. Nearly 60 per cent of Australians take a holiday during the peak season, and the coastline alone records more than 600 million visits each year. For public safety agencies, travel and tourism are not secondary considerations. They are
One local government entity submitted its financial statements to the WA auditor-general’s office for review 19 times before it passed muster, according to the latest review of local government reporting released in the past week by the Office of the Auditor-General. The latest report notes that the audit teams have
Australia’s privacy watchdog repeatedly warned that the government’s $6.5 million teen social media ban tech trial overstated how the technology used protected people’s privacy, given it hadn’t been tested or assessed against Australian privacy law. The people behind the trial ignored most of those warnings and continued to include the
The High Court this year will decide on the validity of significant changes to Commonwealth electoral laws passed last year after a deal between the Labor government and the Liberal-Nationals coalition that will crucially limit campaign spending by minor parties and independents. Parties challenging the Commonwealth law had hoped that
Australia is now feeling the effects of a global fuel shock in its own transport and gas markets. Petrol and diesel prices have jumped. The Commonwealth has had to respond. The east coast gas market is tightening again ahead of winter. That is a sensible time to take another look
Are mistargeted government policies a bug or a feature of our policymaking system? You’re familiar with the story: a policy is ostensibly designed to assist one group in the community. But, economists note, the real beneficiaries are another group, because the government has failed to take into account how markets
A week of loudly broadcast Australian Defence Force posturing signals has been rounded off by the weekend signing of an official deal with Japan to deliver at least three mid-sized frigates built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to gradually replace the Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac-class frigates. At the conclusion of a
