Geopolitics
Geopolitics
Meta Ordered to Pay $375 Million in New Mexico Over Child Safety Failures
A Santa Fe jury found Meta liable for concealing predator risks on Facebook and Instagram, marking the first time a state has prevailed at trial against a major tech company over child harm.
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Cory Booker Wants to Talk About Congress's War Powers Problem. Not Just Trump's.
A senator's resolution exposes 53 years of abdication. Both parties have enabled it.
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Food bills set to spike as diesel crisis leaves farmers stranded
Diesel topped $3 a litre in every capital except Darwin last week. Farmers in Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria say they can't get enough to run their machinery.
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EU and Australia seal trade deal worth $6.9 billion a year after eight years of talks
The deal eliminates 98 per cent of EU tariffs on Australian goods. Wine, dairy, wheat, barley and seafood all get duty-free access.
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China's $120 Billion Critical Minerals Play Is About Security, Not Hostility
A new report reveals China has invested $120 billion USD into global mining since 2023. Australian headlines call it a threat. Beijing calls it risk management.
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Southeast Asia's Energy Scramble and What It Means for Australia
As dominoes fall across the region, Australia sits at the end of a broken supply chain
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Super Contribution Caps Rise July 2026: A Four-Month Window Worth $510,000
Higher caps create a rare opportunity to contribute $510,000 in under four months. Here's how the numbers work, and what you should do before 30 June.
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Sydney's Property Market Turned in a Week
After two rate rises and geopolitical chaos, buyer FOMO has become seller panic. The numbers tell the story.
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Australia's China Trade Surplus Shrinks to $19 Billion as Import Dependence Deepens
The bilateral surplus has collapsed from $45 billion to $19 billion in four years. Australia keeps buying Chinese manufactures while China quietly diversifies its iron ore sources.
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IEA Chief: World faces worst energy crisis in decades
Fatih Birol tells National Press Club the Hormuz closure has cost 11 million barrels per day, more than both 1970s oil shocks combined
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Selling Your Identity to Train AI: The Gig Economy's Unsettling Trade
People in developing countries are earning a few dollars filming their walks and selling their phone calls. They're signing away rights to their biometric identity forever.
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The AI Tax on Your Power Bill: Data Centres Are Driving Up Electricity Costs
Tech giants promise a revolution, but Australian households are footing the bill for the water and power their data centres consume.