A wanding operation aimed at curbing knife crime is being planned for a shopping precinct near Newcastle, in the wake of two stabbings on the same day, one of them deadly. Peter... Read more »
It’s the “transition technology” that isn’t going away. For years, sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), which can burn fuel or run off a battery, have been tipped to fall as... Read more »
The gun lobby claims it is “winning” the fight against Australia’s longstanding crackdown on firearms, pointing to a sharp increase in licensed gun owners and weapons since new laws were introduced in... Read more »
Australia’s teen social media ban won’t have “critical” online safety measures because of the government’s rush to meet its own self-imposed deadline, according to internal government comments. Once parliament passed Anthony Albanese’s... Read more »
Welcome back to Neural Notes, a weekly column where I look at how AI is affecting Australia. In this edition: theft dressed up as ‘innovation’. Tech giants are pushing for relaxed copyright... Read more »
The nation’s $20 billion childcare industry has been thrust into the spotlight after explosive allegations of neglect, abuse and profit-driven malpractice aired on 60 Minutes on Sunday night. Reporter Dimity Clancey described... Read more »
The federal government says it has the balance right between sustainability and energy standards and removing red tape to speed up building approvals.A suite of changes to construction guidelines aimed at reducing... Read more »
Huge numbers of pro-Palestine protesters have marched across multiple cities in Australia in one of the movement’s biggest rally days to date. Organisers say as many as 290,000 gathered in total, including... Read more »
Federal Greens leader Larissa Waters addressed the crowd, along with ousted Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather and representatives from unions, and community and faith leaders. Other Greens and Labor politicians were also spotted... Read more »
Shortly before 2pm, the crowd stopped outside Flinders Street Station, where protesters chanted, “in our thousands, our millions, we are all Palestinians” and “Israel out of Palestine”. The crowd marching stretched from... Read more »