Nauru refugees. Indefinite detention a definite breach of High Court ruling
Despite a High Court ruling declaring the indefinite detention of refugees unlawful, the Federal Government has started sending refugees back to Nauru indefinitely. Janet Pelly reports. In November 2023, the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…