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AI

ABC trials AI to write digital news, picks Claude for staff

The ABC is trialling AI to turn regional radio bulletins into digital news and rolling out Anthropic's Claude, with a July pilot and a July 28 town hall.
8 min read 2 months ago
ABC trials AI to write digital news, picks Claude for staff
Media

Meta fronts Australia's antisemitism royal commission

Meta and Facebook Australia appeared before the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion on 6 July 2026 over online hate.
6 min read 2 months ago
Meta fronts Australia's antisemitism royal commission
Sport

Australia beat England by seven wickets to win seventh T20 World Cup

Australia beat England by seven wickets at Lord's to claim a record seventh Women's T20 World Cup, with Beth Mooney's 64 sealing the chase.
5 min read 2 months ago
Australia beat England by seven wickets to win seventh T20 World Cup
AI

America's first AI shutdown: inside the 19 days Fable 5 went dark

Dario Amodei spent a year asking Washington for the power to stop unsafe AI. Two days after his essay, it was used on his own models. The full story, before Monday's deadline.
8 min read 2 months ago
America's first AI shutdown: inside the 19 days Fable 5 went dark
Business

ASX fined $20.5m over misleading CHESS replacement update

The Federal Court has ordered ASX Ltd to pay $20.5m after it admitted a 2022 claim that the CHESS replacement was 'progressing well' misled the market.
7 min read 2 months ago
ASX fined $20.5m over misleading CHESS replacement update
Geopolitics

China hits back as Australia hardens its Pacific line

China's 55 per cent beef tariff, an angry ambassador and the Darwin port fight: the events behind the NYT's verdict on Australia's China pushback.
7 min read 2 months ago
China hits back as Australia hardens its Pacific line
Finance

Australia now owns one of the rich world's worst inflation problems

Australia's trimmed mean inflation now outpaces the US, UK, euro area, Canada and Japan. Economists say the RBA moved too late. All eyes on August 11.
7 min read 2 months ago
Australia now owns one of the rich world's worst inflation problems
Politics

Albanese lands in Suva to sign Vuvale Union treaty with Fiji

Albanese lands in Suva to sign the Vuvale Union with Sitiveni Rabuka, Australia's latest Pacific treaty as competition with China sharpens.
6 min read 2 months ago
Albanese lands in Suva to sign Vuvale Union treaty with Fiji
Marketing

The 10 top Australian PR agencies for 2026, ranked

Ten Australian PR agencies for 2026, ranked on breadth of discipline, digital PR and AEO capability, and third-party recognition.
8 min read 2 months ago
The 10 top Australian PR agencies for 2026, ranked
AI

Trump administration lifts export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5

Nineteen days after the Commerce Department cut off access, Anthropic's most powerful Claude models are back.
7 min read 2 months ago
Trump administration lifts export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5
AI

Claude Fable 5 is back in Australia, but the 7 July cliff looms

Claude Fable 5 is back for Australian users, but the 50 per cent weekly usage window at Pro and Team tiers ends 7 July.
9 min read 2 months ago
Claude Fable 5 is back in Australia, but the 7 July cliff looms
Business

Westpac's Peter Nash quits board as KPMG audit-leaks scandal closes in

Peter Nash retired from the Westpac board on 1 July 2026, three weeks after his private ties to KPMG became a public problem.
7 min read 2 months ago
Westpac's Peter Nash quits board as KPMG audit-leaks scandal closes in
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