Politics
The Prime Minister promised to legislate data centre rules his government already published in March, while copyright reform got one line and no timeline.
world
Unmanned speedboats packed with explosives hit an Iranian naval base this week, and America is the last major power to the party.
National
The Prime Minister is expected to announce a new Office of AI inside his own department today, as Labor stays deadlocked over whether to trade copyright for data centres.
Melbourne
Public school staff will strike statewide after knocking back a pay deal the government calls the best in the country, over workloads it says amount to 12 unpaid hours a week.
world
The subpoenas against New York Times journalists are a warning about what leaders do to the press when embarrassed — and Australia has fewer protections than the United States.
National
Rayann El Houli is fighting for bail over videos that allegedly show her coaching her children to act like IS fighters. Her case is what a decade without a policy looks like.
Melbourne
The arrest of an alleged syndicate figure is Melbourne’s most consequential yet. The federal settings that built the black market he allegedly served are untouched.
National
Two women and two girls were allegedly killed by men they knew this week. The country found time for the Reserve Bank, Modi and the oil price, and barely a moment for them.
National
Payday super’s seven-day clock lands hardest on the volunteers who run festivals and gigs, chasing fund details from casual workers who don’t have them.
Melbourne
Kmart has opened its first standalone homewares store in Box Hill South, and the hype is louder than the 3,800-square-metre reality.
National
A 9.5 per cent oil spike is set to squeeze fuel prices and rattle markets after Donald Trump declared a toll on the strait the US had called Iran illegal for threatening.
Politics
Peak business groups say a two-day work-from-home right will drive investment interstate. Their own numbers say three-quarters of Victorian businesses already offer it.