Queensland to create outback boot camps for youth offenders – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Sep 16
Mascots, merchandise and Mixue: the new wave of Asian fast food chains in Australia Since 2023, a slew of fast food and quick service restaurants from east and south-east Asia have debuted in Australia, capturing the youth market and ‘little treat’ culture The Guardian - AU · Sep 16
Labor seats get more than 90% of funding distributed under controversial multimillion-dollar grants program Guardian Australia analysis adds to concerns over the federal scheme, which is to be the subject of a Senate inquiry The Guardian - AU · Sep 16
Health officials in turmoil over 11th-hour backflip on aged care algorithm override powers, emails reveal Ministers given emergency briefing about changes to algorithm decisions just three days before tool rollout The Guardian - AU · Sep 16
AFL finals: where the Hawthorn v Brisbane preliminary final will be won and lost The Hawks meet the modern-day Lions in a final for the first time as they aim to end the back-to-back premiers’ bid for a rare three-peat The Guardian - AU · Sep 16
The dominance of AI is not inevitable. We can choose to change things for the better Countries have come together before to make international agreements in the face of existential threats The Guardian - AU · Sep 16
Everything Australians put online could be scraped for AI under proposed new rules. How will you be affected? The Albanese government is considering reforms that give US big tech unrestricted access to Australian content The Guardian - AU · Sep 16
Aboriginal land councils fear new NSW law will cut amount of land open to traditional owners’ claims Chair of Indigenous land group says his organisation was not consulted before the bill was introduced in parliament The Guardian - AU · Sep 16
In such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty Lifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives The Guardian - AU · Sep 16
From the Pocket: Nick Watson makes his case as AFL’s best small forward – just when Hawthorn need him most Small forwards terrorise the opposition, and the Hawks’ Wizard is well on his way to doing it better than anyone ever has The Guardian - AU · Sep 16
Anthropic lands deal in $31bn datacentre in western Queensland, David Crisafulli says Premier describes deal as ‘major win’ that will deliver more jobs for the state and put more energy into its grid The Guardian - AU · Sep 16
‘Anywhere, anytime’: Victoria police and PSOs to get random stop and search powers after Labor backflip Premier Ben Carroll adopts Coalition’s stance on Jack’s Law, which gives police and PSOs power to randomly search people for knives with metal detectors The Guardian - AU · Sep 16
‘Made a mistake’: One Nation’s NSW leader says party wants to restrict abortions, not stop them Mark Newman clarifies comments made at rally where he said ‘we want to make sure that … abortion is stopped’ The Guardian - AU · Sep 16
‘It’s how Jean does business’: fugitive developer left Jeremy Greenwood ‘high and dry’, Icac hears Greenwood denies that invoices for almost $1m sent in a single day in September 2021 were ‘bogus accounts’ to cover up political donations The Guardian - AU · Sep 16
The Guardian - AU · Sep 16 Saudi Arabia warns of ‘red line’ after Houthi drone intercepted close to holy city of Mecca Iran-aligned group rejects claim it targeted Mecca, while Organisation of Islamic Cooperation condemns attack
The Guardian - AU · Sep 16 Foreign students to face tough restrictions on bringing in family under Labor’s immigration plan Home affairs minister Tony Burke will detail long-awaited changes as support for One Nation surges amid immigration debate
The Guardian - AU · Sep 16 Alice Springs heavy metal music venue raises $1m in donations in fight to stay open Supporters from around Australia back the Black Wreath, a volunteer-run centre far off the beaten touring track
The Guardian - AU · Sep 16 Your photos, your words and your work: will Labor make it easier for AI companies to take them for free? Every family photo you ever posted would be fair game for AI companies unless you choose to opt out
The Guardian - AU · Sep 16 Singapore pays people to pick up a book in battle against doomscrolling Affluent city-state hopes plan will improve critical thinking and imagination ‘in a world of extraordinary abundance of stimulation’
The Guardian - AU · Sep 16 Ukraine war briefing: New anti-drone weapon scores hit amid race against Shahed jets Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps announces Vivaldi counter-offensive is recapturing Russian-held territory. What we know on day 1,666
The Guardian - AU · Sep 16 Yvonne Whear’s car found in river as mystery surrounding NSW woman’s disappearance continues Police say personal items thought to belong to Whear recovered from waterlogged vehicle
The Guardian - AU · Sep 15 Queenslanders’ rights to oppose mining projects ‘gutted’ by new laws, activists say As minister says process needs to be ‘streamlined’, Greens and Lock the Gate say the legislation is ‘corrupt’ and tears up environmental protections
The Guardian - AU · Sep 15 Labor accused of throwing creatives ‘under the bus’ with proposal to ease copyright protections for AI giants Compromise revealed as senior personnel from OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, meets Albanese ministers
The Guardian - AU · Sep 15 Morning Mail: Hanson’s daughter faces scrutiny, Alzheimer’s anxieties, and AI’s ‘surreal’ Joycean dialect Lee Hanson works remotely for NSW senator without required official permission; alarm that tech language could circumvent monitoring
The Guardian - AU · Sep 15 Minns says Molly Ticehurst’s murderer deserved longer sentence for ‘vicious’ crime’ – as it happened This blog is now closed