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Qantas Bets on AI for On-Time Performance as Project Sunrise Nears
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Qantas Bets on AI for On-Time Performance as Project Sunrise Nears

CEO Vanessa Hudson says technology is already improving reliability, while confirming Singapore stopovers will stay.
4 min read 6 months ago
Victoria Park to close as Brisbane's $3.8b Olympic stadium build begins
Geopolitics

Victoria Park to close as Brisbane's $3.8b Olympic stadium build begins

Queensland's government has issued closure notices for Victoria Park, with early site preparations set to begin on June 1 ahead of the 63,000-seat Brisbane Olympic stadium.
5 min read 6 months ago
Meta Ordered to Pay $375 Million in New Mexico Over Child Safety Failures
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.
7 min read 6 months ago
Cory Booker Wants to Talk About Congress's War Powers Problem. Not Just Trump's.
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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.
6 min read 6 months ago
Philip Lowe's new job: rewriting the rules for how ASX companies are run
Finance

Philip Lowe's new job: rewriting the rules for how ASX companies are run

The former RBA governor is chairing a panel that wants to simplify corporate governance rules for 2,200 listed companies by the end of the year.
7 min read 6 months ago
EU and Australia seal trade deal worth $6.9 billion a year after eight years of talks
Geopolitics

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.
6 min read 6 months ago
China's $120 Billion Critical Minerals Play Is About Security, Not Hostility
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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.
9 min read 6 months ago
IEA Chief: World faces worst energy crisis in decades
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IEA Chief: World faces worst energy crisis in decades

IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol addressed Australia's National Press Club on March 23, warning the world has lost 11 million barrels of oil per day since the Strait of Hormuz closure. The figure exceeds both 1970s oil crises combined.
6 min read 6 months ago
The US-Japan Critical Minerals Pact Has a Gap Shaped Like Australia
Technology

The US-Japan Critical Minerals Pact Has a Gap Shaped Like Australia

Washington and Tokyo signed a rare earths deal that barely mentions the world's largest lithium producer. Beijing noticed.
7 min read 6 months ago

Selling Your Identity to Train AI: The Gig Economy's Unsettling Trade

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Gold's worst week since 2011: the Australian headlines miss half the story

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Trump AI framework tells states to back off as critics warn of accountability gap

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Musk offers to pay TSA salaries as shutdown chaos enters day 36

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Naomi Osaka and the question that haunts every working mother

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Cuba's Power Grid Collapses Again as US Oil Blockade Tightens

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Rocky and Grace: What Project Hail Mary Gets Right About the Limits of Intelligence

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Project Hail Mary and the Economics of Competence Porn

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Petrol at $2.40? No wonder BYD's phones are ringing off the hook

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The case against AI therapists is now in evidence

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The Heretic of Silicon Valley

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DoorDash Now Pays Couriers to Film Themselves Training AI

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The $2.5 Billion Back Door: Why the Super Micro Scandal Surprised No One in Taiwan

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McCormick Eyes $30 Billion Bet on Unilever's Food Empire

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Russia Moves to Ban ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini Under New AI Laws

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Taylor Swift's Australian Return Signals the End of the Touring Drought

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Artemis II Moon Rocket Arrives at Launch Pad for Historic April Mission

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Tinder's AI rebrand scans your camera roll and reads your star chart

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Super Micro Co-Founder Charged With Smuggling $2.5 Billion in AI Chips to China

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Iran War Day 21: Trump Floats 'Winding Down' as Pentagon Ships 2,500 More Marines

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Arizona Shatters US Temperature Record for March as Heat Dome Arrives Two Months Early

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