Government and opposition joined in criticising Pauline Hanson over her comments on a podcast last year declaring that Australia’s original occupants had “achieved nothing”. Hanson’s derogatory remarks about First Nations people became a fresh issue for her on Monday, hard on the heels of the row over her criticism of
New South Wales parliament is reconvening for its spring session on Tuesday, 15 September 2026, and before it is the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Further Organised Crimes Reforms) Bill 2026, which the NSW Council for Civil Liberties has warned that despite its organised crime title should rather be called the NSW State Surveillance ...
Mary Genevieve Gaudron, the first woman judge on the High Court of Australia, has died aged 83. Known for her courage, integrity and compassion, Gaudron brought her fierce intellect to bear on some of the nation’s most significant legal cases. In the process, she helped change the legal profession and
AUKUS is costing Australia billions while serving U.S. strategic interests, undermining sovereignty and making the nation less secure. read now...
Zan WimberleyIn the beginning, there is a stage: glowing lilac with fluorescent floor lights downstage and upstage, four blue blocks and one silver wedge. A figure appears: an Auslan interpreter, who signs the recorded Acknowledgement of Country. We are on Gadigal land. Another figure appears: Bundjalung (Australia) and Ngāpuhi
Da-kuk / Getty ImagesOver the weekend, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei called for artificial intelligence (AI) companies, including his own, to slow down their work. Sam Altman and Elon Musk, heads of rivals OpenAI and xAI respectively, agreed. The move reflects concern across the AI industry and more broadly about
Jens Büttner/Picture Alliance via Getty ImagesCountries like Australia have long struggled to tax the global tech giants. Now, a new approach could significantly increase tax collected from multinationals such as Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon. These companies earn significant revenue from Australian consumers. However, much of the profit is ultimately
Iranian Presidency/Handout/Photo by Press Information Bureau (PIB)/Anadolu via Getty ImagesOver the past two weeks, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin staged a major diplomatic blitz. Across three events in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East and New Delhi, India, as well as a state visit by Vietnam’s leader, he met with
The Financial Reporting Council has published an advertisement seeking applications from people interested in serving on technical standard-setting boards under External Reporting Australia (ERA). ERA replaces the Financial Reporting Council, the Australian Accounting Standards Board, and the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. The advertisement is ...
One Nation on Monday released a radical policy proposing Australia net overseas migration (NOM) be negative over three years, as the country reduced its temporary migrant population by 750,000. Under its plan, the student intake would be dramatically cut, the opportunity for temporary students, graduates and temporary workers to
The Australian Public Service Commission has released a circular about genuine and effective workplace consultation, giving employees and relevant unions a “voice on matters that affect them”. The circular, published last week, includes three scenarios concerning AI tools that reflect new requirements of a revised statement of common conditions following
Calls for regulation of AI coming from big tech companies should be treated with deep suspicion, especially when linked to a US program to contain China. Why don't they start
Government and opposition joined in criticising Pauline Hanson over her comments on a podcast last year declaring that Australia’s original occupants had “achieved nothing”. Hanson’s derogatory remarks about First Nations people became a fresh issue for her on Monday, hard on the heels of the row over her criticism of
New South Wales parliament is reconvening for its spring session on Tuesday, 15 September 2026, and before it is the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Further Organised Crimes Reforms) Bill 2026, which the NSW Council for Civil Liberties has warned that despite its organised crime title should rather be called the NSW State Surveillance ...
Mary Genevieve Gaudron, the first woman judge on the High Court of Australia, has died aged 83. Known for her courage, integrity and compassion, Gaudron brought her fierce intellect to bear on some of the nation’s most significant legal cases. In the process, she helped change the legal profession and
AUKUS is costing Australia billions while serving U.S. strategic interests, undermining sovereignty and making the nation less secure. read now...
Zan WimberleyIn the beginning, there is a stage: glowing lilac with fluorescent floor lights downstage and upstage, four blue blocks and one silver wedge. A figure appears: an Auslan interpreter, who signs the recorded Acknowledgement of Country. We are on Gadigal land. Another figure appears: Bundjalung (Australia) and Ngāpuhi
Da-kuk / Getty ImagesOver the weekend, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei called for artificial intelligence (AI) companies, including his own, to slow down their work. Sam Altman and Elon Musk, heads of rivals OpenAI and xAI respectively, agreed. The move reflects concern across the AI industry and more broadly about
Jens Büttner/Picture Alliance via Getty ImagesCountries like Australia have long struggled to tax the global tech giants. Now, a new approach could significantly increase tax collected from multinationals such as Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon. These companies earn significant revenue from Australian consumers. However, much of the profit is ultimately
Iranian Presidency/Handout/Photo by Press Information Bureau (PIB)/Anadolu via Getty ImagesOver the past two weeks, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin staged a major diplomatic blitz. Across three events in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East and New Delhi, India, as well as a state visit by Vietnam’s leader, he met with
The Financial Reporting Council has published an advertisement seeking applications from people interested in serving on technical standard-setting boards under External Reporting Australia (ERA). ERA replaces the Financial Reporting Council, the Australian Accounting Standards Board, and the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. The advertisement is ...
One Nation on Monday released a radical policy proposing Australia net overseas migration (NOM) be negative over three years, as the country reduced its temporary migrant population by 750,000. Under its plan, the student intake would be dramatically cut, the opportunity for temporary students, graduates and temporary workers to
The Australian Public Service Commission has released a circular about genuine and effective workplace consultation, giving employees and relevant unions a “voice on matters that affect them”. The circular, published last week, includes three scenarios concerning AI tools that reflect new requirements of a revised statement of common conditions following
Calls for regulation of AI coming from big tech companies should be treated with deep suspicion, especially when linked to a US program to contain China. Why don't they start