Has the great AI backlash begun? | Fiona Katauskas
The signs are there See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading…
Albanese has been defensive and irritable at times – it’s not helping to sell a difficult budget | Tom McIlroy
British MP Wes Streeting has given a simple and arresting explanation of the need for tax reform – something that continues to elude the Labor government Get our breaking news…
Tony Abbott wants to slay the dragon – but is blind to the beasts of Australia’s past | Ben Doherty
The former PM can be eloquent and erudite about Australia – but he has a very particular conception of what this nation is and how it came to be Get…
‘Maybe the suffering is the point’: what does it take to run 163km up and down a mountain?
Guardian Australia joins ultrarunner Joanne Walker in an excruciating race through the Blue Mountains, where men outnumber women four to one Somewhere before the finish line the body starts to…
The biggest budget myths: why claims of ‘massive tax bills’ and an investor exodus fall short
In the backlash to changes to capital gains tax, many claims have been made and not all of them stack up Get our breaking news email, free app or daily…
Wuthering Heights director regrets not showing Margot Robbie’s ‘extremely hairy armpits’
Emerald Fennell says period-realistic scene emphasising Cathy’s lack of razors was shot but did not make final cut The Wuthering Heights director Emerald Fennell said it was “unfortunate” that a…
Money trail leads to obscure Israel lobby entity, then runs dry
Atop the maze of Israel lobby charities in Australia is the Executive Council of Australian Jewry yet ECAJ cannot account for the use of its government grants. Stephanie Tran reports.…
Substandard. The Auditor General’s verdict on Collins Class extension
The Auditor General’s report on Defence’s project to extend the life of the Collins Class submarines declares it a grand fail. Former submariner Rex Patrick on the report and its…
SpaceX launches biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet
SpaceX has launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight, an upgraded version that NASA is counting on to land astronauts on the moon. The redesigned mega…
Australia’s remaining solarless roofs harder to crack
On a mission to investigate solar, battery and electrification retrofits for the block of flats she lives in, Coco Venaglia has faced hurdle after hurdle. The building’s strata committee is…