Production to return to 90 per cent within weeks

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Plans emerge for country’s biggest AI data centre in Western Australia

Plans are underway to build the nation’s biggest data centre in Western Australia’s remote far north to support large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) training, including systems like ChatGPT. Powered by wind, solar and... Read more »

Green Party issues ‘human catastrophe’ warning in ‘State of the Planet’ address

Chlöe Swarbrick delivers her ‘State of the Planet’ speech. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2019031632/green-party-reveals-new-plan-to-electrify-country The Green Party is calling for a national plan to electrify homes, transport and industry with natural... Read more »

Milk, bread, meat and vegetable prices set to surge due to fertiliser and fuel shortages caused by war in Iran

The price of fresh food is set to rise as the war in the Middle East continues to disrupt Australia’s supply of fuel and fertiliser. The effects of the shortages are being... Read more »

Remote NT communities appeal to governments for fuel security assurances, price relief as costs soar

People in Australia’s most remote and vulnerable communities are calling for help to deal with the highest fuel and food prices in the country, as they soar amid the war in Iran.... Read more »

Don’t call me a teal: independent Michelle Milthorpe carves a fresh path as she takes on One Nation in Farrer byelection | Farrer byelection 2026

Michelle Milthorpe has come a long way since 29 February 2024 when she first typed “how to become an independent” in her phone’s browser while sitting in her car. The teacher from... Read more »

ACOSS, Oxfam Australia, among 50 community organisations demanding 25pc gas tax and CGT reform

Key welfare groups are calling on the Albanese government to make major changes to the tax system, including establishing a 25 per cent gas tax, to help Australians struggling with the cost... Read more »

Over 60 per cent of popular Cheaper Home Batteries Program installations ‘substandard’

In brief A new report has found that 60 per cent of installations under a popular government energy program are substandard.More than a quarter of a million small-scale battery systems have been... Read more »

Most people will do anything to get away from danger. Kate Geraghty runs into it for photos like these

What makes a photo stand out when so many of us have become desensitised to images of war and suffering? Emotion, according to Gold Walkley Award-winning photojournalist and Sydney Morning Herald chief... Read more »

Australia’s EV market ‘flipped on its head’ by fuel crisis

Damaged electric vehicles are selling for the price of a new diesel or petrol car, as EV sales more than double since global oil prices began to rise. EV sales still represent... Read more »