The Guardian
An OpenAI agent hacked Medicare, Qantas staff walked off the job, and Australia signed a bunch of deals - all while the OECD gently suggested inflation might stick around like a bad houseguest.
The Guardian
Australia throws another $60m at Ukraine, because apparently freedom isn't free - it's just heavily subsidized by embarrassed world leaders.
The Guardian
Instagram's CEO warns that without algorithms, you'll be drowning in brand content - which is exactly what algorithms already do, just more efficiently.
The Guardian
Australia's new digital duty of care bill promises to give users control over their social media feeds, punish big tech with massive fines, and maybe - just maybe - save us all from the algorithm's relentless grip.
The Guardian
Australia's resources minister celebrates the opening of a massive gas basin, proving that some politicians are willing to bet against the planet's future for a photo op.
The Guardian
Pacific leaders gather to fret about missiles, but the real bombshell is the climate crisis burning a hole in their budgets and their islands.
The Guardian
15 Australians aged 11-63 vanish in Nepal floods; PM offers help, but numbers remain unclear, so it's a bit of a guessing game.
The Guardian
Rachael 'Raygun' Gunn finally watched her zero-point Olympic breakdance routine and, in a stunning display of optimism, declared it 'not as bad as I thought!'
The Guardian
Australia's first home buyers are thriving under a government scheme while investors step back, proving that sometimes policy actually does what it says on the tin.
The Guardian
Japan's defence minister visits Australia to talk frigates, while a melon-related hand gesture controversy threatens to overshadow everything.
The Guardian
Pauline Hanson wants Australians to raid their retirement savings for groceries, while the PM talks guns. Priorities, people.
The Guardian
Coalition backbenchers want tougher gambling laws, but the real scandal is Albanese's melon gift. Priorities, people.
The Guardian
Nikki Osborne drops a rhyming response to the 'shag, marry, date' controversy, calling it recreational outrage while Australia spirals over other news.
The Guardian
Australia's PM Albanese offers CGT exemptions to 2.7 million small businesses after backlash, costing $475 million but buying some peace.
The Guardian
Fifteen years after Julia Gillard was called a witch on a sign, a truck-mounted billboard in Melbourne brings the same tired trope back, complete with AI-generated warts and a brothel ad sponsorship.
The Guardian
Treasury modelling says 90% of young Australians win under Labor's tax reforms; the other 10% are probably property investors with a podcast about negative gearing.
The Guardian
Question time gets spicy with a suspension, the NACC boss resigns amid bias claims, and stranded Australians in Syria finally book plane tickets home - all while the PM masterfully dodges a question about gas lobbyists.
The Guardian
Queensland minister refers himself to federal police over electoral allegations; PM plays coy on fuel excise; Avalon Airport evacuated over suspicious item.
The Guardian
Australia's budget debate features shouting matches, a senator who can't rule out conspiracy theories without a spreadsheet, and bank stocks taking a dive because property speculators might actually have to pay tax.
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Julie Bishop resigns as ANU chancellor amid ongoing turmoil, Anika Wells repays $10k for travel oopsies, and the PM defends both while plugging a $3.8bn train project.
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