Sarah Hanson-Young
Australia urgently needs rules governing not only what AI can do, but the physical infrastructure required to house and power it. Yet the Albanese government is still refusing to put a moratorium on new data centres while Parliament works out what those rules should be.
The Fremantle Dockers are facing a battle off the field ahead of this weekend’s preliminary final against Sydney. Their number-one ticket holder – Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker – has added fuel to the fire by covering the Woodside logo on his Freo guernsey with black tape while onstage in Denver this week.
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Australia is set to ban non-compete clauses for workers earning under $190,100, with the government eager to do away with what it describes as “massive productivity and wage killers”.
Independent MLA Thomas Emerson introduced the Electoral (Gambling Industry) Amendment Bill 2026 in June, which would ban donations from entities connected to the gambling industry. His proposal comes amid an ongoing ACT Government push to reduce gambling harm within the Territory.
Speaking at the fourth annual Climate Integrity Summit, Tuvalu’s climate change minister, Dr Maina Vakafua Talia, said Australia’s climate policies don’t match its claims of supporting and helping to protect its neighbours.
Opening the Climate Integrity Summit in Sydney, economist Richard Denniss accused the Albanese government of saying it accepted climate science while continuing to approve and subsidise new coal and gas projects.
Three Greens Senators have crossed the floor to support a disallowance motion which would stop a new method to increase the supply of carbon credits. It comes after Greens Leader Senator Larissa Waters said her party would vote with the government this afternoon to allow the method.
It’s official: not even the World Cup can make Australians travel to the United States anywhere close to the degree they did before Trump came to power. As I have noted before, when a World Cup is held in a country, the number of Australians travelling there usually spikes. For the USA, the opposite occurred.
It isn’t always easy to keep up with what’s happening in the US. “Shorter America” is a series where Dr Emma Shortis loops you in on what’s going on in America and shares news and analysis that you can trust.
Triple R station manager Dave Houchin on 50 years of Triple R, the power of volunteers and why community radio remains vital in the age of social media and streaming platforms.
Seventeen thousand people voluntarily pay for a Melbourne radio station they could listen to for free. At a time when traditional media is shrinking and Big Tech algorithms increasingly decide what information audiences see, Melbourne radio station Triple R is showing there’s still strong demand for local, independent media.
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Senator for Quebec Rosa Galvez and Tuvalu’s Climate Change Minister Dr Maina Vakafua Talia joined the Australia Institute and several federal crossbenchers on Wednesday to launch a new roadmap for Australia’s transition away from fossil fuels.
Santos boss Kevin Gallagher has claimed it’s a 'myth' that Australia gets less from its oil and gas resources than countries such as Norway and Qatar, despite figures showing the two nations reap substantially more public revenue from comparable LNG exports.
Australia’s gas industry is harming communities across the Asia-Pacific, with new research warning its aggressive expansion is fuelling human rights violations, environmental destruction and health crises.
On Tuesday, Bob Brown told ABC’s 730 that the NSW Government’s plan to make the creation of the Great Koala National Park dependent on being able to sell carbon credits “a scam”. And Bob Brown is right, these credits do not represent actual carbon abatement.
Musicians, performers and other artists may worry that being too political will alienate their audiences. But polling shows that audiences are far more likely to take action if their favourite Australian artists invite them to.
