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Trump

Trump's 100% pharma tariffs hit Australia's $1.3bn export pipeline

White House frames drug import levies as national security. Health Minister Butler says PBS pricing non-negotiable. CSL likely exempt.
5 min read 2 months ago
Trump's 100% pharma tariffs hit Australia's $1.3bn export pipeline
Defence

Government denies SAS deployment to Middle East reported by News Corp

Energy Minister Bowen calls claim 'untrue.' Defence Minister Marles declines comment. Penny Wong leads 40-nation Iran coalition. Historical precedent: Australia denied SASR in Iraq before 2003 invasion.
5 min read 2 months ago
Government denies SAS deployment to Middle East reported by News Corp
Technology

Five social media giants face A$49.5M fines over teen ban failures

Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube under investigation as 70% of under-16s retain accounts
5 min read 2 months ago
Five social media giants face A$49.5M fines over teen ban failures
Work

Victoria Passes World-First Law Giving Workers Two WFH Days a Week

From September 1, Victorian employees whose roles can be done remotely will have a legal right to work from home. Small businesses get until July 2027.
5 min read 2 months ago
Victoria Passes World-First Law Giving Workers Two WFH Days a Week
Technology

SK hynix Files $14B US IPO to End the Memory Chip Crisis Choking AI

The world's HBM shortage has a name: RAMmageddon. South Korea's memory giant just filed for Wall Street's biggest tech listing in five years to fix it.
9 min read 2 months ago
SK hynix Files $14B US IPO to End the Memory Chip Crisis Choking AI
News

Israel Locked Cardinal Pizzaballa Out on Palm Sunday

On March 29, 2026, Israeli police prevented Cardinal Pizzaballa from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday. For the first time in centuries, church leaders couldn't celebrate Mass there.
8 min read 2 months ago
Israel Locked Cardinal Pizzaballa Out on Palm Sunday
AI

Anthropic Signs AI Safety Deal With Australia, Opens Economic Tracking

The first agreement under the National AI Plan gives Canberra access to Anthropic's economic index data and commits both sides to joint safety evaluations.
5 min read 2 months ago
Anthropic Signs AI Safety Deal With Australia, Opens Economic Tracking
AI

What Anthropic's Second Source Code Leak Reveals

Anthropic accidentally published a 59.8MB source map file. The contents reveal an ambitious product roadmap and a persistent supply chain vulnerability.
4 min read 2 months ago
What Anthropic's Second Source Code Leak Reveals
News

The Architecture of Timidity: Fuel and Gambling Policy

The Prime Minister's national address on fuel and the compromised gambling reforms reveal a government unwilling to intervene decisively in markets that extract wealth from the lowest income quintiles.
10 min read 3 months ago
The Architecture of Timidity: Fuel and Gambling Policy
Geopolitics

Australia Joins Hormuz Summit Without US

Penny Wong represents Australia at a UK-led virtual summit. The diplomatic track negotiates the reopening of a strait carrying 20 per cent of global oil.
6 min read 3 months ago
Australia Joins Hormuz Summit Without US
News

Vaping Causes Cancer: UNSW Study Dismantles the Safe Alternative Myth

A landmark review of more than 100 global studies finds nicotine-based e-cigarettes are likely to cause lung and oral cancers. The financial and human costs are just beginning.
7 min read 3 months ago
Vaping Causes Cancer: UNSW Study Dismantles the Safe Alternative Myth
News

ATO grants payment relief as fuel crisis drives record business slump

Tax office launches three-year payment plans as industry conditions plunge 19.9 points
6 min read 3 months ago
ATO grants payment relief as fuel crisis drives record business slump