Westend61 / Getty ImagesNew, more powerful artificial intelligence (AI) models are announced pretty regularly these days: the latest version of ChatGPT or Claude or Gemini always has new features and new capabilities that its makers are eager for customers to try out. But now Anthropic has announced a new model
Anadolu/GettyFor weeks now, the world economy has been on tenterhooks, waiting for one outcome: reopening the Strait of Hormuz. In response to war with Israel and the United States, Iran has effectively closed the narrow waterway, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil and gas normally passes.
The regulatory and industry failures behind Australia’s Triple Zero outages were not only foreseen, they are entirely rectifiable. read now...
Hungary’s most consequential election in decades has just delivered an important victory for democracy and accountability. For Hungarians, opposition leader Péter Magyar’s emphatic defeat of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his ruling Fidesz Party ends 16 years of corruption and quasi-authoritarianism. The outcome will also be felt widely,
The Australian National Audit Office is considering a request from Coalition Senator Andrew Bragg for a deep dive into the implementation of recent amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999). Bragg wrote a letter to Auditor-General Caralee McLiesh, suggesting the EPBC legislation should be looked at on March
Gregg Newton / Getty ImagesThe successful Artemis II trip around the Moon was a historic achievement – the first crewed lunar fly-by in more than 50 years, and the greatest distance yet travelled by humans from our “pale blue dot”. The mission was marked by engineering, scientific and technical feats,
The Albanese government has elevated the current chief of navy, Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, to become the nation’s next chief of defence force in a changing of the guard at the top of the military that underscores Australia’s pivot towards acquiring nuclear-propelled submarines and the AUKUS agreement amid a rapidly
ABCAustralian kids’ TV shows are now few and far between. During the pandemic, the Australian government scrapped decades-old quotas for minimum hours of children’s content to try and bail out flailing commercial television networks. They were never reinstated. In 2023, the Australian Communications and Media Authority reported the local
Vitally Gariev/UnsplashHave you ever tasted a word, or seen colours while listening to music? If you have, you may be among the 1% to 4% of people who have a fascinating trait known as synaesthesia. Synaesthesia is a neurological phenomenon where the activation of one sense, such as hearing,
Australia will get its first female chief of army, with the appointment of Lieutenant General Susan Coyle to the post. Coyle, currently chief of joint capabilities, is the first woman to be appointed head of any of the services in the Australian military. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the
With peace negotiations between the United States and Iran breaking down in Pakistan, the fragile ceasefire is again on the brink of collapse. US President Donald Trump has again upped the war rhetoric, saying the US navy will now blockade the Strait of Hormuz. The president said the US would
We now have an idea of what kind of impact the energy crisis will have on inflation in Australia, after US data showed inflation surging in March. The post Mad
Westend61 / Getty ImagesNew, more powerful artificial intelligence (AI) models are announced pretty regularly these days: the latest version of ChatGPT or Claude or Gemini always has new features and new capabilities that its makers are eager for customers to try out. But now Anthropic has announced a new model
Anadolu/GettyFor weeks now, the world economy has been on tenterhooks, waiting for one outcome: reopening the Strait of Hormuz. In response to war with Israel and the United States, Iran has effectively closed the narrow waterway, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil and gas normally passes.
The regulatory and industry failures behind Australia’s Triple Zero outages were not only foreseen, they are entirely rectifiable. read now...
Hungary’s most consequential election in decades has just delivered an important victory for democracy and accountability. For Hungarians, opposition leader Péter Magyar’s emphatic defeat of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his ruling Fidesz Party ends 16 years of corruption and quasi-authoritarianism. The outcome will also be felt widely,
The Australian National Audit Office is considering a request from Coalition Senator Andrew Bragg for a deep dive into the implementation of recent amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999). Bragg wrote a letter to Auditor-General Caralee McLiesh, suggesting the EPBC legislation should be looked at on March
Gregg Newton / Getty ImagesThe successful Artemis II trip around the Moon was a historic achievement – the first crewed lunar fly-by in more than 50 years, and the greatest distance yet travelled by humans from our “pale blue dot”. The mission was marked by engineering, scientific and technical feats,
The Albanese government has elevated the current chief of navy, Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, to become the nation’s next chief of defence force in a changing of the guard at the top of the military that underscores Australia’s pivot towards acquiring nuclear-propelled submarines and the AUKUS agreement amid a rapidly
ABCAustralian kids’ TV shows are now few and far between. During the pandemic, the Australian government scrapped decades-old quotas for minimum hours of children’s content to try and bail out flailing commercial television networks. They were never reinstated. In 2023, the Australian Communications and Media Authority reported the local
Vitally Gariev/UnsplashHave you ever tasted a word, or seen colours while listening to music? If you have, you may be among the 1% to 4% of people who have a fascinating trait known as synaesthesia. Synaesthesia is a neurological phenomenon where the activation of one sense, such as hearing,
Australia will get its first female chief of army, with the appointment of Lieutenant General Susan Coyle to the post. Coyle, currently chief of joint capabilities, is the first woman to be appointed head of any of the services in the Australian military. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the
With peace negotiations between the United States and Iran breaking down in Pakistan, the fragile ceasefire is again on the brink of collapse. US President Donald Trump has again upped the war rhetoric, saying the US navy will now blockade the Strait of Hormuz. The president said the US would
We now have an idea of what kind of impact the energy crisis will have on inflation in Australia, after US data showed inflation surging in March. The post Mad