Australia is building a lot of new homes. But is the datacentre boom holding us back? Housing construction is at its strongest level since 2016, but it’s AI that is sucking up resources for builders The Guardian - AU · Oct 7
Sydney’s ‘king of town hall’ ended up in a pauper’s grave. His support workers are shocked they weren’t told Exclusive: The rough sleeper with a ‘massive personality’ now lies buried in a plot with four strangers, despite being well known to local homelessness services The Guardian - AU · Oct 7
Gnomes review – Asa Butterfield takes on murderous garden ornaments in pulpy horror-comedy Rightly described as ‘Gremlins meets Hot Fuzz’, this fun series has the high-spirit and gusto one hopes for in a show about evil killer gnomes The Guardian - AU · Oct 7
Overseas, Albanese sees ‘the very definition of climate injustice’ – but at home, he still wants coal It isn’t hard to see a contradiction between the PM’s message in Fiji and his opposition to legal action to stop a NSW coalmine The Guardian - AU · Oct 7
‘A real-life moment from The Castle’: the retired couple who took on a coal giant and won Wendy Wales and Tony Lonergan’s four-year fight over MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine went all the way to the high court The Guardian - AU · Oct 7
Constitutional expert labels Albanese government’s golf club grant ‘grey corruption’ Prof Anne Twomey says $6m for Marrickville Golf Club was ‘misuse of public money’ made under a ‘farcical scheme’ The Guardian - AU · Oct 7
Constitutional expert labels Albanese government’s golf club grant ‘grey corruption’ Anne Twomey says $6m for Marrickville golf club given under ‘farcical scheme’, which Labor has defended as within rules The Guardian - AU · Oct 7
‘Lawyers should be running to courts’ to stop coal approvals after landmark ruling, NSW MP says High court finding in favour of Hunter Valley community group sets precedent other environmentalists should follow, advocate says The Guardian - AU · Oct 7
Coalition MPs concede immigration pledge not fully costed by independent watchdog Angus Taylor says opposition ‘worked closely’ with Parliamentary Budget Office but Liberal sources say it has not yet conducted a full analysis of the policy The Guardian - AU · Oct 7
‘He loved that little bat’: Richard Morecroft’s passion for wildlife rescue praised in tributes Former ABC presenter, who died aged 70 after a cancer diagnosis, kept an infant flying fox tucked under his shirt The Guardian - AU · Oct 7
Queensland man charged with murder after three-month-old son dies from ‘significant internal injuries’ Uneeb Ullah, 28, from Ipswich, has been remanded in custody after his arrest on Tuesday evening for the alleged murder of the child The Guardian - AU · Oct 7
Flydubai attack investigation widens as alleged hijacker’s training in New Zealand scrutinised Hamam al-Hammami spent 175 days in New Zealand until May 2019, as Australian Jewish group calls for full investigation into his time in Melbourne The Guardian - AU · Oct 7
Naval drone hits oil tanker off Russian resort city Sochi, triggering massive blaze Russian officials said a Liberian-flagged tanker was attacked and a crew of 23 Indian nationals rescued The Guardian - AU · Oct 7
What’s left to say about Australia’s ball-tampering? The answer is everything The story from the 2018 Test in South Africa will stay alive for years more, unless it is finally put to sleep with the truth of what happened The Guardian - AU · Oct 7
The Guardian - AU · Oct 7 Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy blames Russia for attack on Bulgarian vessels in Black Sea as investigation launched Bulgarian authorities investigating origin of drone attack on two vessels in Nato member’s exclusive economic zone. What we know on day 1,687
The Guardian - AU · Oct 7 Comedian Dave Hughes to stop speaking at Liberal party events over political donation concerns Entertainer alleges complaint made about ‘in-kind’ donations over Victorian fundraisers, where he has been railing against Labor
The Guardian - AU · Oct 7 OpenAI came to Australia to apologise. It will leave without answering these key questions We don’t accept drugs killing a few people because they cure most patients. Or a few planes crashing because most land safely. AI should be no different
The Guardian - AU · Oct 7 Pornhub returns to Australia after banning access due to age verification rules Australian adults again able to access the world’s most popular porn site after parent company introduces age checking via Apple devices
The Guardian - AU · Oct 7 Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case over coalmine Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group says
The Guardian - AU · Oct 6 ‘Rip it open’: Big Girls Don’t Cry director explores wounds of early love in film festival hit Director Paloma Schneideman explores issues of consent and queerness in coming-of-age film set in New Zealand
The Guardian - AU · Oct 6 New Zealand greenhouse gas levels hit record highs threatening catastrophic glacier melts Government report finds the country could be hit with more frequent and intense heatwaves, as well as damaging storms and cyclones
The Guardian - AU · Oct 6 Privacy watchdog launches investigation into China-based company behind Kmart ‘pervert glasses’ app Commissioner says Shenzhen Qingcheng, the app maker behind the HeyCyan app in the smartglasses, failed to respond to her inquiries
The Guardian - AU · Oct 6 Sarah Macdonald returns to ABC radio after being sacked in 2024 Manager who removed Macdonald announces she will replace the late James Valentine from March
The Guardian - AU · Oct 6 Angus Taylor’s immigration plan misses the target – on politics and on policy The most surprising aspect of the Coalition’s policy is that in six pages of detail there is not a single mention of the labour market
The Guardian - AU · Oct 6 Morning Mail: Mourning on 7 October anniversary; Coalition policy may risk India relations; and vale Richard Morecroft Israelis who lost friends or were held captive tell of their grief and rebuilding; trade fears over proposed immigration crackdown