Sarah Hanson-Young
Beyond Trump’s corruption, reckless war in the Middle East and the soaring cost of living, there’s another frustration bubbling beneath the surface, the unchecked expansion of AI data centres. As Politico in the US reported overnight, “the big winners” in the mid-terms were the candidates who campaigned against data centres.
Australia’s global climate leadership has come under heavy scrutiny just days before COP31, with United Nations human rights experts calling for the country to match its international climate ambitions with stronger action at home.
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The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has warned against further interest rate rises, with new research estimating that almost 900,000 fewer Australians would be in full-time work if the country had followed New Zealand’s economic path.
Australians working full-time in essential services are being priced out of almost the entire rental market, with a new Anglicare Australia report revealing just how far housing costs have outstripped wages.
Australia’s growing divide over gun reform has drawn criticism from public health experts, who say the country’s patchwork of laws is putting communities at risk. It comes as New South Wales begins its biggest firearms buyback in three decades.
Woodside Energy is pushing ahead with plans for underwater surveys at Scott Reef, more than two years after Western Australia’s environmental watchdog raised serious concerns about irreversible damage from its proposed Browse gas development.
Australia risks falling short of its global pledge to protect 30 per cent of the country’s land by 2030, with a new national review warning the biggest challenge isn’t just how much land is safeguarded, but whether it includes the ecosystems and species most at risk.
Motor racing could be permitted in parts of the long-awaited Great Koala National Park precinct, sparking outrage among conservationists who say the NSW Government is putting recreational activities ahead of protecting endangered koalas.
Australia has agreed to take responsibility for highly radioactive nuclear waste from its AUKUS submarines without publicly naming where it will be disposed of, an arrangement inquiry lead commissioner Peter Garrett has labelled “astonishing, reckless and cavalier”.
The independent inquiry, led by former Labor minister Peter Garrett, has called for the nuclear-powered submarine deal to be scrapped immediately and a royal commission be established to investigate how Australia got into 'this mess'.
Veteran political cartoonist Cathy Wilcox has been named Cartoonist of the Year at the Stanley Awards, just months after drawing the curtain on her 37-year career with the Sydney Morning Herald.
