New Super PAC Aims to Rally Tech Workers to Help Limit AI: ‘the Guardrails Alliance’
“A grassroots movement is forming among everyday tech workers who are demanding their companies develop and deploy AI responsibly,” reports TechCrunch.
Hoping to leverage that discontent is a new super PAC called the Guardrails Alliance. The New York Times reports that it launched Thursday with backers t … ⌘ Read more
What does the centre of politics look like?
Readers question what each of the major parties really stands for. ⌘ Read more
Truth submerged? AUKUS will cost us $368 billion, so this is no time for secrecy
Secrecy in policy development is rarely justified – and it certainly isn’t for AUKUS, our eye-wateringly expensive defence deal with the US and UK. ⌘ Read more
‘I don’t earn enough to rent anything’: How Sydney’s grand housing vision was whittled away
For nurse Talei Williams, a 90-minute commute is her only option. ⌘ Read more
Stalled Ukraine security pact could leave Australia ‘fighting with one hand behind its back’
Australia’s ability to tap into Ukraine’s expertise in drones and other advanced technologies is being hampered by delays in striking a security pact. ⌘ Read more
‘Watch your back’: Hanson’s family succession plan leaves Barnaby as a spare heir
The One Nation leader’s suggestion that her daughter could succeed her has prompted Coalition MPs to warn her about Barnaby Joyce’s leadership plans. ⌘ Read more
The next federal poll is two years away, everyone, cool down
As the political temperature rises, it is worth noting the next election isn’t until 2028. ⌘ Read more
Senior Liberal warns party to stop talking about One Nation as Hanson hits back at PM
The One Nation leader posted a report about its fundraising campaign on social media after Albanese questioned its veracity, Hanson saying it proved the money was “ridgy-didge”. ⌘ Read more
Following The Bride! Flop, Maggie Gyllenhaal Is Set for a ‘Dark Humor’ Spy Movie
After the box office disappointment of The Bride!, Maggie Gyllenhaal is already moving toward a dramatically different project. This time, it takes her into the world of espionage, dark humor, and political intrigue. Maggie Gyllenhaal to adapt Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake next Warner Bros. is continuing its collaboration with Maggie Gyllenhaal despite the commercial performance […]
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Trump, Iran and political footballs: One World Cup match-up could fixate the planet
If results fall a certain way, the United States and Iran could meet in the knockout rounds – compressing decades of geopolitical tension into 90 minutes of football. ⌘ Read more
Hanson scoffs at Albanese’s scepticism of One Nation fundraising, releases audit
The One Nation leader posted the report on social media and said it proved the millions raised in her Fire the Liar campaign were “ridgy didge”. ⌘ Read more
Reading the riots: Belfast reveals a nation at boiling point
In the aftermath of this week’s shocking scenes in Northern Ireland, some say they sympathise with the rioters, revealing the moral and political complexity of the migration debate across Britain. ⌘ Read more
Firefighters’ union boss unmasked over bid to suppress corruption report
United Firefighters Union secretary Peter Marshall has lost a court bid to keep his identity a secret as he fights to block the publication of an IBAC investigation. ⌘ Read more
‘Hands Off Our NHS’: Anti-Palantir Protests Break Out in UK Over Deal With National Health Service
Crowding the gates of a major health care conference, protesters called for Palantir to be booted out of the UK’s National Health Service over privacy concerns and political grievances. ⌘ Read more
Why One Nation can win the next federal election
People keen to write off One Nation as the party of angry, old, white men are now demonstrably wrong in the same way Democrats were wrong about Donald Trump in 2024. ⌘ Read more
(g+) Russian Politics: How the FSB cut Russia off from the internet
Shutdowns have made one of the world’s most online nations resort to cash, paper maps and pet cams ( Russland, Internet)
Jon Stewart Compares Donald Trump to Iron Man, Jokes About Doctor Doom Return
Jon Stewart recently used the Marvel Cinematic Universe to make a point about Donald Trump‘s political influence. He compared the president’s role within MAGA to Iron Man‘s importance to Marvel. During a recent Daily Show event, Stewart questioned whether the movement could maintain the same level of support under a different leader. Jon Stewart uses […]
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Labor ramps up Hanson attacks, as Taylor rebukes ally in phone call
The Coalition has also gone on the attack about Pauline Hanson’s admission on the Inside Politics podcast that her party was being “infiltrated by extremists”. ⌘ Read more
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‘Simply wrong’: former Queensland premier says Hanson was not jailed in a ‘witch hunt’
The One Nation leader on Thursday accused Beattie and Liberal Party president Tony Abbott of orchestrating a “political witch hunt” that led to her 11-week imprisonment. ⌘ Read more
Hanson opens up on domestic violence, prison and racism claims
While detailing her life running a small business prior to politics, Hanson admitted that she had experienced domestic violence in her life but refrained from going into detail. ⌘ Read more
‘Significant risk’: Disability ministers defy Butler’s NDIS overhaul
State and territory ministers say NDIS participants will be left in inappropriate settings under Mark Butler’s reforms. ⌘ Read more
Shorten’s Trump fears on AUKUS revealed
The former Labor leader raised concerns about the prospect of Donald Trump being elected and compromising the AUKUS deal in a cabinet meeting in 2023. ⌘ Read more
One Nation has six more months to raise uncapped political donations
Nobody can see detail of who donated what to Pauline Hanson’s party this financial year until February 1. ⌘ Read more
One Nation has six more months to raise uncapped political donations
Nobody can see detail of who donated what to Pauline Hanson’s party this financial year until February 1. ⌘ Read more
One Nation has six more months to raise uncapped political donations
Nobody can see detail of who donated what to Pauline Hanson’s party this financial year until February 1. ⌘ Read more
National security risk as parliamentary network fails seven out of eight basic cyber checks
A damning report from the auditor-general reveals deep vulnerabilities across critical federal government safeguards, amid warnings the system may no longer be fit for purpose against sophisticated foreign espionage. ⌘ Read more
One Nation has six more months to raise uncapped political donations
Nobody can see any detail of who donated what to Pauline Hanson this financial year until February 1. ⌘ Read more
‘Significant risk’: Disability ministers defy Butler’s NDIS overhaul
State and territory ministers say NDIS participants will be left in inappropriate settings under Mark Butler’s reforms. ⌘ Read more
Chalmers mocks Taylor for ‘failing upwards’ in most impassioned defence of budget yet
The Treasurer has justified his contentious tax changes on the basis that “not everybody is born already at the top of the ladder like Angus Taylor”. ⌘ Read more
Australia news LIVE: One Nation continues to dominate political debate; Optus breached privacy rules in White Pages data bungle
Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and beyond. ⌘ Read more
Australia news LIVE: Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises more than $1.5 million on first day; One Nation continues to dominate political debate
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‘Don’t blow this opportunity’: Labor legends split over AUKUS
Labor’s longest serving foreign minister says the submarine plan is likely to be regarded as one of Australia’s worst foreign policy and defence errors. ⌘ Read more
‘Don’t blow this opportunity’: Labor legends split over AUKUS
Labor’s longest serving foreign minister says the submarine plan is likely to be regarded as one of Australia’s worst foreign policy and defence errors. ⌘ Read more
‘Significant risk’: Disability ministers defy Butler’s NDIS overhaul
State and territory ministers say NDIS participants will be left in inappropriate settings under Mark Butler’s reforms. ⌘ Read more
Zoos Victoria to cut up to 70 jobs, including in conservation and wildlife
The organisation in charge of Victoria’s biggest zoos is proposing job cuts that could affect operations, conservation and wildlife services. ⌘ Read more
‘No plan’: Taylor shoots down One Nation seat-sharing deal
Liberal frontbencher Tony Pasin has urged his party to negotiate with Pauline Hanson so that Liberal and One Nation candidates do not cannibalise each other’s vote. ⌘ Read more
Dumping Jacinta Allan would make sense if the Coalition was the real threat to Labor. It isn’t
Now that Pauline Hanson’s army of the dead is on the march, Labor MPs need to stop plotting against their own queen and prepare for the battle to come. ⌘ Read more
Brittany Higgins returns to frontline politics to fight ‘rising tide’ of misogyny
The former Liberal staffer has been appointed executive director of the progressive Vida Fund, launching a direct campaign against One Nation and the “new right”. ⌘ Read more
Chris Minns is taking an uncharacteristic risk with new drug driving laws
The famously risk-averse NSW premier has announced “commonsense” changes to the laws around THC and driving. Not everyone is happy. ⌘ Read more
Labor counters Chinese threats to sea cables, as it creates hacking ‘human firewall’
Office workers who fall for hacking attempts are to blame for nearly two-thirds of all successful online attacks, which cost the economy $25 billion per year. ⌘ Read more
Warmer Kiwi Homes insulation funding scheme up in the air
An $80 million government scheme helping low-income families insulate their homes looks set for the chop, after no more money was allocated to it in the Budget.
Warmer Kiwi Homes was set up in 2018 under the Labour Government and provides grants covering up to 90% of the cost of insulation and heating for eligible homes. ⌘ Read more
The jets are cool, but inflation keeps coming
One of the perils of living within a fractured political and geopolitical environment is that the next crisis is seemingly always just around the corner.
This came through very clearly in a recent survey commissioned by telco 2degrees, the Shaping Business Study, which appeared to show many business owners had gi … ⌘ Read more
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Labor to force data centres to wind down energy use at peak times
As US states block data centre construction, Labor’s AI guru Andrew Charlton says Australia’s approach should be “neither boosterism nor alarmism”. ⌘ Read more
Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises more than $1 million on day of launch
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s latest fundraising play underscores her surging popularity. ⌘ Read more
Hanson’s fundraising blitz raises more than $1 million on day of launch
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s latest fundraising play underscores her surging popularity. ⌘ Read more