Sir Paul McCartney blasts COP30 for serving meat
Sir Paul McCartney has urged COP30 organisers not to serve meat at the climate change conference. The Beatles legend – a prominent vegetarian and animal rights activist – has written…
Brazen lies, ballot box bullies among election antics
Misinformation during Australia’s election is being spurred by right-wing trolls, raising concerns about integrity. Prominent accounts with a high number of followers “constantly, shamelessly post nonsense about preferential voting”, election…
Media giant wants compo if gambling ads are punted
Australian taxpayers should compensate the costs of a gambling advertising ban to media companies’ bottom lines, Nine’s chair says. Nine Entertainment operated gambling ads in a heavily regulated environment and…
Lawsuits claim ChatGPT drove people to suicide
Tech company OpenAI has been accused of ignoring warnings that ChatGPT was psychologically manipulative, in lawsuits claiming some people were driven to suicide and harmful delusions. Seven lawsuits filed in…
Trump broadens access to weight-loss drugs
Americans will have better access to popular weight-loss drugs Zepbound and Wegovy, after US President Donald Trump unveiled a deal with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. Known as GLP-1…
Bank manager ‘gatekeeper’ of $200m fraud syndicate
Dodgy mortgage brokers, real estate agents and solicitors are all being targeted by investigators after the latest arrest linked to a $200 million fraud syndicate. A NAB insider was charged…
Souring mood on tech weighing on Asian markets
Tech-heavy stock markets are bracing for their heaviest weekly falls in seven months with investors uneasy about how far the rally in artificial intelligence stocks has run, while safer assets…
Uni chief slams ‘unfair’ $51k degrees as jobs in peril
A major university boss has lambasted the tertiary sector for becoming too bloated, failing students and losing sight of its purpose to serve the public good. The sector had become…
Glimpse of Qantas long-haul jet to New York and London
Qantas has offered a first glimpse of its first, specially configured plane that will fly Australians non-stop to London and New York in 2027. The A350-1000ULR is on the Airbus…
Elon Musk’s $878 billion Tesla pay plan wins approval
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has scored a resounding victory with shareholders approving a pay package of as much as $US878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing…