Are AI companies getting away with crime? | Fiona Katauskas
They’re making an art of stealing intellectual property See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading…
As an Australian Jew who publicly supports Palestinian freedom, I’m targeted by my own community – and neo-Nazis | Sarah Schwartz
Jews should be able to criticise the actions of Israel without risking exclusion from communal life As a teenager, I walked through concentration camps in Poland, where the Nazis industrialised…
David beats Goliath: the biggest upsets of the World Cup so far | Nick Evershed
Results with the greatest rankings difference at the tournament in North America Ghana and Cape Verde were ranked 73rd and 67th in the world respectively heading into the World Cup.…
Report: privatisation of Northern Beaches Hospital a threat to public health
A NSW Government report into the privatised Northern Beaches Hospital has confirmed what many suspected, a conflict of interest in privatising essential service monopolies, particularly in public health. MWM first…
Warning ‘dire combination’ poses regional food crunch
Choked fertiliser supply chains teamed with an El Nino event could trigger food shortages and instability in the Indo-Pacific region, former national security leaders are warning. The Australian Security Leaders…
Aussies face ‘poverty premiums’ on insurance payments
Some Australians are being charged a “poverty premium” by insurers because they can’t afford to make annual payments on policies. Industry group Financial Counselling Australia and the Financial Rights Legal…
Housing costs crisis needs ‘decades’ of falling prices
Australia’s housing downturn might need to continue for a generation if home ownership is to become affordable again. Home prices fell 0.4 per cent nationwide in June after a 0.3…
Rocky year in shares as miners dig market out of a hole
Australia’s stock market has lagged well behind its global peers during the past year, with two sectors racking up heavy losses. Overall, the local bourse ended the 12 months to…
NDIS price caps. The ceiling became the flaw
The NDIS was meant to create competition to keep disability service prices low. Instead, most service providers charge the maximum allowed. Claudia Weisenberger reports. The majority of NDIS providers who…
Mining town denied Coles store as watchdog tests powers
Supermarket giant Coles has been blocked from setting up a new store in a regional mining town in an unprecedented move to protect local competitors. Australia’s second-largest supermarket chain has…