Opinion

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Anthony Albanese’s attempt to push back against the combined might of Wall Street, Silicon Valley looms as a futile task.
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Australia
Tom Richardson

PM sets himself impossible task to tame AI and big tech

The Prime Minister spelt out the need to control AI’s development within Australia, but delivering on this task looks nearly impossible.

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The Australian National University in Canberra had the longest-running Gaza solidarity encampment of 21 Australian universities in 2024. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Anti-Semitism probe must be a line in the sand

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BHP workers strike in Port Hedland. Port Hedland Port. Jackson Flindell

Labor inaction on strikes may bring IR chaos

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The Albanese Government needs to provide the legislative framework in which AI can be harnessed safely and fairly so big tech companies pay for what they use.

Rules needed for effective and fair use of AI revolution

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Anthony Albanese on the Bush Deep podcast with host Nikki Osborne.
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Budget, interest rates, sex talk. Albo should be toast

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The Front Dore

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Post Budget Breakfast with Rita Saffioti at Crown Ballroom, Crown Towers on Friday May 8th, 2026. Rita Saffioti. Picture by John Koh.

There’s always next year’s Budget

The Front Dore
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Matt Holcz (Chief Executive - Rio Tinto Iron Ore ) pictured at the Leadership Matters breakfast at Crown. Ian Munro

We are all living in a political air bubble

Opinion
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It is not an exaggeration to state that neither Anthony Albanese nor Peter Dutton have managed to capture the imagination of Australian voters.
opinion

Outrageous, shameless, deceitful, brilliant: The Albo method

The Front Dore
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Andrew Forrest at Leadership Matters.

How national leadership has been lost to fear and fashion

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Political

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Telstra CEO Vicki Brady leaves a press conference at Telstra HQ after returning from leave
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Why Telstra’s crisis response shows its corporate arrogance

Opinion
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Anthony Albanese on the Bush Deep podcast with host Nikki Osborne. Nikki Osborne

Senior Labor figures refuse to criticise PM’s podcast gaffe

Political
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An anti-corruption body could potentially destroy Opposition Leader Angus Taylor even if he is found to have done nothing illegal.
analysis

How ICAC hearing could bring down Angus Taylor

Politics
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Opposition leader Angus Taylor recovered from a poorly received speech at Canberra’s mid-winter ball by launching an aggressive attack on One Nation’s policies and ability to govern.
analysis

‘Column of smoke’: Taylor launches attack on One Nation

Australia
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Sport

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Jarome Luai.
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Eels deal is more than a stopover for Luai

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Brendon McCullum has been sacked as England’s Test coach.
opinion

Why Aussies should mourn the overdue death of Bazball

Sport
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Australian swimming superstar Kaylee McKeown has medically withdrawn from the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

‘Gutted’ Aussie champ ‘medically withdraws’ from Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games
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The Lions have now won their past four games.
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Brisbane couldn’t pull off a three-peat, could they? 

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Up Late

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“Paranoia over China? Even village idiot can see there COULD have been a link” with Ben Harvey.

China paranoia? Village idiot can see there COULD be a link

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Ben Harvey explains what happens to our hip pockets when the new financial year begins on July 1.

A one-stop shop for new financial year changes

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In tonight’s show, as worries grow that Australian real estate could be in free fall, Ben Harvey skewers the absurd logic that housing can become more affordable without the price of homes dropping substantially.

Why housing policy means we’re all about to become poorer

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As Australia braces itself for a bird flu epidemic, Ben Harvey traces the history of the H1N1 virus and gives an idiot’s guide to how it is transmitted.

Bird flu so infectious a seagull fart could spark outbreak

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Cartoon

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Bondi Tragedy...

The Nightly cartoon: ‘In tragedy, innocence is not enough’

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‘...For real life Qantas?...’

‘... For real life, Qantas? ...’

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Sam Mostyn: ‘...DESPITE our difference ... (Janet) ...’

‘...DESPITE our difference ... (Janet) ...’

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Cheech and Chong 27.03.24 Author: Thomas La Verghetta

‘I’m loving this Aussie Rules thing man ...’

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