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Victoria’s Parliament Sits As Jacinta Allan’s Leadership In Question

Big challenges for new Victorian Premier Ben Carroll

By Zareh Ghazarian After a tumultuous 24 hours, the Labor Party in Victoria has decided it will have Ben Carroll as its new leader and therefore Premier of

Australia could become dumping ground for unsafe EVs

By Milad Haghani Australia risks becoming a dumping ground for electric cars following the introduction of new Chinese safety rules from next year, a report for

US wildfires spark a sobering warning for Australia

By Steve Turton California is once again confronting a rapidly escalating wildfire season fuelled by extreme heat, drying vegetation, drought and strong winds. As of

Job ready scheme leads to $54,000 arts degrees

By Mark Warburton By 2027, just under one third of Australian university students will be paying more than A$18,000 for a single year of full-time study. This makes a

Sam Neill inspired a generation of palaeontologists

By Nic Rawlence The sudden death of actor Sam Neill prompted tributes from colleagues and fans worldwide. But the news also resonated strongly with many

Progress patchy on AI safeguards and duty of care

By Henry Fraser This week, a group of ministers issued a joint media release outlining a a series of artificial intelligence (AI) “safety priorities” for the

Nuclear cloud drifted over Australian mainland

By Elizabeth Tynan One winter’s day in June 1956, Britain detonated the largest weapon ever exploded in Australia. The test, code-named Mosaic G2, was conducted at

Growing Islamophobia a threat to social cohesion

By Fethi Mansouri The Albanese government has handed down its response to its special envoy’s report on Islamophobia in Australia, ten months after it was

‘Catastrophic’ Telstra outage exposes big risks in old tech

By Andrew Cullen At a two-and-a-half-hour Senate grilling on Friday, Telstra executives revealed just how bad their catastrophic outage earlier this month was. At its

Narcissistic leaders most likely to reject work from home

By Libby Sander Have you ever wondered why your boss wants you back in the office full-time, rather than allowing hybrid work, where you can combine work from home and

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