Disney invests $1b in OpenAI, deal licenses characters
Disney is investing $US1 billion in OpenAI and will bring characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Luke Skywalker to the AI company’s Sora video generation tool, in a licensing…
Health ministers on hospital funding collision course
Tense public hospital funding negotiations will be high on the agenda at a meeting of the nation’s health ministers. Health Minister Mark Butler will convene with his counterparts in Brisbane…
Climate targets cooked without methane action: report
Improved methane capture at six high-emission coalmines appears one state’s best bet to hit climate targets. A report released by climate advisory group Common Capital said NSW could help reach…
Social media ban ‘devastating’ for teen influencers
A Melbourne teen is clinging to her creative future but fears Australia’s social media ban will impact her income and opportunities. Carlee Jade Clements, 15, has 37,000 followers on Instagram…
Treasurer ‘making room’ in budget as programs blow out
The federal government is bracing Australians for reduced spending elsewhere in the budget to make room for unavoidable payment blow-outs. In his mid-year budget next week, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will…
Hypocrisy Blitzkrieg: Anika Wells’ expenses meltdown opens can of worms
The media pile-on over Anika Wells’s excessive expenses has again underlined mass media and political hypocrisy. Andrew Gardiner exposes the triumph of politics over policy. Communications Minister Anika Wells spent…
Coca-Cola names a company veteran as its new CEO
Coca-Cola’s chief operating officer will become its next CEO in the first quarter of 2026. The US beverage giant said its board elected Henrique Braun as CEO effective on March…
Travel expenses saga takes flight as PM defends rules
Politicians and their families could keep their snouts in a generous trough as the prime minister dismisses calls to rein in travel perks with a growing furore over MP expenses.…
Businesses spared rising costs as peace deal struck
Businesses have been offered relief from skyrocketing premiums after a peace deal ended a war over Australia’s biggest workers’ compensation scheme. The months-long impasse came to an end on Thursday…
‘No value’: bank defends dropped no-deforestation plan
Australia’s oldest bank has copped criticism for backing away from commitments made under its previous leadership to stop lending to customers involved in deforestation or fossil fuel extraction. The deforestation…