Solid and safe: why the Greens chose Shoebridge David Shoebridge won the Greens' first-ever contested federal leadership ballot and promises a more adversarial and prosecutorial path for the party. AAP · Oct 2
‘Politics can be brutal’: Sarah Hanson-Young speaks out about divisions within Greens Greens sources say the relationship between new leader David Shoebridge and runner-up Mehreen Faruqi is seriously strained The Guardian - AU · Oct 1
David Shoebridge says ‘we’re here to replace Labor’ in first remarks after being elected new Greens leader Shoebridge, a senator from New South Wales and former upper house state MP, won the role over Mehreen Faruqi and Sarah Hanson-Young The Guardian - AU · Sep 30
Sarah Hanson-Young and Mehreen Faruqi announce Greens leadership tilt after Larissa Waters’ shock resignation New leader expected to be chosen imminently, with David Shoebridge, Faruqi and Hanson-Young among frontrunners The Guardian - AU · Sep 29
Australia is run on legacy systems that AI agents can easily exploit, former UN cyber negotiator warns Federal cabinet will discuss the OpenAI breach on Monday as the AI giant pauses testing of latest models amid fallout The Guardian - AU · Sep 27
OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian AI probe OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei have been sent written requests to appear at the inquiry, which is to hold public hearings in the capital Canberra on Thursday, said a spokesperson for Senator Sarah Hanson-Young of the Australian Greens party, who chairs the probe. The Economic Times · Sep 27
OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs summoned by Australia Senate over AI agent breach OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have received written requests to appear at a public hearing in Canberra on Thursday, according to a spokesperson for Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, the Australian Greens lawmaker chairing the inquiry. Neither company immediately responded to requests for comment outside business hours. Earlier,… The Times of India · Sep 27
Heads of OpenAI and Anthropic called to face Senate inquiry after rogue agent incidents Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have been invited to appear before the Greens-led inquiry into AI and datacentres The Guardian - AU · Sep 26
Councils fear data centres 'coming at us' on prime land Local councils have called for state and federal governments to crack down on data centre developments, as potential residential land is snapped up. AAP · Sep 21
Call for triple-zero guarantee as telco revamp urged Triple zero should be government-operated and all should have access to mobile roaming, according to a report calling for major changes to the telco system. AAP · Sep 21
Trump administration to confront Australia over Labor’s social media algorithm plan White House warns trading partners against ‘imposing digital services taxes, fines, and other forms of extortion’ on US tech sector The Guardian - AU · Sep 9
Three-day manhunt ends as man charged over family axe attack – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Sep 8
Labor wants Australians to be able to opt out of online algorithms. How will it change your feed? The prime minister has predicted blowback to the scheme, which will affect social media, search engines and AI chatbots The Guardian - AU · Sep 8
Call to embed algorithm opt-in for social 'cesspit' The Greens are vowing to hold back laws to strengthen Australia's under-16s social media ban until the government introduces digital duty-of-care measures. AAP · Sep 6
The Conversation · Sep 3 Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on why progressives need to ‘take on’ One Nation First elected to parliament in 2007 at the age of 25, Sarah Hanson-Young is now the Greens’ longest serving federal politician.
AAP · Aug 25 Tough personal issues cut short Greens senator's career First-term senator for South Australia Barbara Pocock will not run for a second term in 2028 as her partner battles a brain cancer diagnosis.
AAP · Aug 19 'We have your back': support for media bargaining code A fresh push to force massive tech giants to pay news media companies for their journalism has secured the support it needs to pass the parliament.
AAP · Aug 19 'Still have a punt': Labor spruiks gambling reforms Contentious gambling reforms are finally within sight of the winning post for the government as its brushes off criticism from the cross bench and advocates.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 17 Severe weather warning for northern Victoria – as it happened This blog is now closed
AAP · Aug 17 'Disgusted': coalition rift as gambling changes blasted Two coalition MPs have crossed the floor in protest against gambling laws which they say don't go far enough to protect vulnerable people.
AAP · Aug 9 'Do it ourselves': ultimatum for Labor on gambling laws A red line has been drawn on a key sticking point in negotiations over Labor's contentious gambling reforms as the Greens flag their preparedness to do a deal.
AAP · Aug 8 'Simple fix': doctors plead to modernise assisted dying A decades-old ban that has little to do with health care is hindering how the terminally ill end their lives in more ways than people realise, doctors say.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 7 Amid a week of sex and drug allegations, Pocock summed up Albanese’s gambling plan with one word Independent senator says it is a ‘tragedy’ that PM is standing in the way of strong public and bipartisan support for tougher laws
The Conversation · Aug 4 Media and political complacency is letting Pauline Hanson re-write the rules on accountability “Disappointing” was the best Guardian Australia could muster when Pauline Hanson’s One Nation banned it from a press conference, this time called to announce the party’s candidates for the forthcoming Victorian state election.
AAP · Aug 3 Escorts, drugs: big-spending gamblers' inducements Gambling reform advocates have issued a plea to the government to stamp out the predatory behaviour of major betting companies.