Optus admits process not followed after it missed at least five warnings of triple zero outage | Optus

Optus failed to immediately respond to at least five calls from customers unable to contact triple zero in the hours before it realised its systems had failed, as the embattled telco confirmed... Read more »

AI won’t align with Future Made in Australia without the dollars

Welcome back to Neural Notes, a weekly column where I look at how AI is affecting Australia. In this edition: does AI have a place in the government’s Future Made in Australia... Read more »

Why Queensland coal companies are cutting jobs in the Bowen Basin

A wave of job cuts is sweeping through Queensland’s lucrative coal mining industry. On Wednesday, behemoth BHP announced it would cull 750 jobs at its Saraji mine in the state’s coal-rich Bowen... Read more »

‘Not exactly glamorous’: The ‘disheartening’ reality of dating in rural Australia

Grace Smith lives on acreage west of Barraba, around an hour from Tamworth in north-eastern NSW. The picturesque and historic rural town offers everything she loves — friends, community, her home and... Read more »

what we know about who will attend and speak

Thousands of people will gather on Sunday (Monday AEST) to honour the life of assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a memorial service expected to underscore his indelible influence on American politics.... Read more »

How Indian Premier League investors would seek to transform Australian cricket if allowed buy into Big Bash League teams

However, KKR group boss Mysore explained in an exclusive interview with this masthead that he and other potential investors would want an exclusive window for all players to appear in the entire... Read more »

El Fasher is the worst battleground of Sudan’s brutal civil war

Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Nairobi, Kenya: The city’s last functioning hospital has been bombed more than 30 times. Between 30 and 40 severely malnourished children arrive every day,... Read more »

‘We should kill him’: AI chatbot encourages Australian man to murder his father

Experts are calling for new regulations to require artificial intelligence chatbots to remind users they are not speaking with a real human, after an investigation by triple j hack uncovered a disturbing... Read more »

Men’s 4x400m relay team disqualified after national record, Mackenzie Little wins bronze at World Championships

Australia’s men’s 4x400m relay team thought they had powered into the world championship final in a new national record of 2:58.00. However, the celebrations were cut short soon after when the team... Read more »

Charlie Kirk death shows dangers of weaponising grief for political gain – Shane Te Pou

As of writing, Kirk’s killer has not stated his motives. The point is: it doesn’t matter. The awful actions of this individual do not damn entire sections of society. They do not... Read more »