Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Anthropic urges AI pause, sees risk of losing control. Anthropic says artificial intelligence could soon improve without human intervention and wants to co-ordinate a way to pause development of advanced...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol New Zealand PM’s Olympic vision in Australia visit. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is eyeing opportunities for his nation to capitalise on the Brisbane 2032 Olympics during a visit to Au...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol US jobs notch third straight month of solid growth. The unemployment rate in the United States has held at 4.3 per cent for a third consecutive month, government statistics indicate....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Australia urged to step up climate leadership on oceans. Australia is facing calls to elevate the ocean degradation agenda at upcoming climate talks to prevent ongoing harm to reefs, coastlines and fisheri...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol ‘Dark shadow’ recalled at ex-governor-general’s funeral. The family of a former governor-general and archbishop has described how he became a "lightning rod" for institutional failures to prevent child sex...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol NDIS cuts could restrict some people from work access. The health department has not explained how budgets for travelling to work or medical appointments would be preserved under sweeping changes to the ...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Wider watchdog inquiry launched into consulting firm. The head of ASIC has confirmed a broader investigation is under way into Big Four consulting firm KPMG following allegations from whistleblowers....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Probiotic firm hopes for great things from new strain. A clinical trial is underway at La Trobe University and its Athens counterpart for an Australian-made probiotic, its owners hope will be used for in...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol ‘Trainwreck’: One Nation forced to clarify housing plan. One Nation's most prominent figures have scrambled to clarify details of the party's housing policy after a senator stumbled through a "trainwreck" ...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Scammers fleece Aussies of almost $250m in three months. Cybercriminals are continuing to target Australians online to scam them out of their savings, but efforts to foil the swindlers appear to be working...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Aussie shares dip as commodity prices drag miners lower. Miners and banks are weighing heavily on the ASX, as softer commodity prices and a lumbering economy dampen the outlook for earnings growth....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Labor denies tax-revamp rush after ‘exhaustive’ debate. The government is brushing off claims large tax reforms in the federal budget are being raced through parliament too quickly....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol ‘Zero votes’: premier’s bold $50 million strategy. A state government is investing an initial $50 million to address a major productivity challenge that its premier says the nation is failing to addr...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol ‘No way’ for Australia to talk way out of fresh tariffs. Australia will ramp up protests against the Trump administration's "unjustified" proposed tariffs but diplomats face an up-hill battle to secure a c...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol ‘No way’ for Australia to talk way out of fresh tariffs. Australia will ramp up protests against the Trump administration's "unjustified" proposed tariffs but diplomats face an up-hill battle to secure a c...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol UK bans financier Greensill from being company director. Australian businessman Lex Greensill is barred from UK company directorships for nine years over the multibillion-dollar collapse of Greensill Capit...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Liberals mull Greens alliance to kill off tax changes. An unlikely political alliance could put the government's contentious changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount in jeopardy....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Tobacco tax cut lit up as black market trade ‘solution’. A state government minister has conceded tobacco tax is fuelling rampant illegal trade as his federal Labor counterpart denies a cut would be a silv...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Australia to host Asia-Pacific’s biggest data centre. Bitcoin miner turned AI data centre company IREN Limited has announced it will build a massive 800 megawatt hub, supporting hundreds of jobs in one ...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Foreign minister sees red over Greens’ Gaza questioning. A Senate hearing examining Australia's support for Palestine was twice shut down due to unruly exchanges between Foreign Minister Penny Wong and the...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Shares tumble as miners and banks slide on Iran woes. Miners and banks are leading the ASX lower, as renewed US-Iran hostilities weigh on risk sentiment and after Wall Street's recent rally ran out of m...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Penfolds maker eyes ‘power’ wines as palates shift. Treasury Wine Estates believes its future lies in focusing on its top 10 "power" brands, including its flagship Penfolds reds, to improve shareholde...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Asia stocks slide on flare-up of Mideast hostilities. Stocks on Wall Street tumbled overnight, with the S&P 500 falling 0.7 per cent and oil prices rising as hostilities in the Middle East erupted anew....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Australia caught in US plans for ‘anti-slavery’ tariffs. Sixty countries including Australia could be slapped with new US tariffs over Washington's claims they are not properly responding to reduce modern ...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol SpaceX’s public offering could make Musk a trillionaire. SpaceX's decision to publish a ‌price a week ahead of its landmark offering has few if any precedents among major US initial public ‌offerings....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Housing slowdown sharper than Treasury forecast: CBA. Reserve Bank officials will respond to economic growth figures and a home price slowdown as they front a parliamentary hearing on Thursday....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol ‘Budget is cooked’: debt pressure bites into spending. A state government is set to deliver a belt-tightening budget that cuts jobs and limits spending, as it focuses on reducing its ballooning debt burd...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Vance, Rubio would be unbeatable in 2028 race: Trump. With formal talks of succession plans downplayed, US President Donald Trump said Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Global economic body weighs in on Australian rate rises. The OECD expects Australia's economic growth rate to slow to 1.8 per cent in 2027, which might require the Reserve Bank to lower interest rates....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol New data lights up enormity of tobacco black market. New wastewater analysis of nicotine consumption in Australia shows black market tobacco makes up a much larger share of sales than previously though...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol ‘Need to do more’: PM pleads case for budget tax change. Taxpayers have been working against first home buyers at auctions due to generous concessions, the prime minister says....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Big lottery operator plans to step up the fun factor. The company that runs Powerball believes its digital operations have done a poor job of capturing the fun and joy of playing the lottery....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Shifting gears: electric cars surge during fuel crisis. Australian motorists bought a record number of electric and hybrid vehicles for the third month in a row, while petrol and diesel vehicle sales slow...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Aussie shares lift as weak growth softens rate outlook. Australia's share market is edging higher on the back of miners and energy stocks, as March quarter economic growth came in softer than expected....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol ‘You guys have no idea’: Air Force blasted on planes. The Air Force is yet to announce how it will replace planes that began operating just over a decade ago....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Oil jumps on Mideast missiles, AI bulls carry stocks. The artificial intelligence theme seems impervious to war worries and Wall Street stock indexes have eked small gains overnight, led by AI....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol SpaceX plans to raise $US75 billion in IPO, source says. The proposed initial public ‌offering by SpaceX is ⁠widely viewed as one of the most consequential offerings ​in recent history....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol ‘Capability that matters’: submarine switch played down. The government is being forced to defend the multibillion-dollar AUKUS deal after it was revealed Australia won't receive new submarines from the US...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Unsafe toys reaching kids hands through online giants. Online retailers like Amazon and Temu are continuing to stock potentially unsafe products targeted at children and infants, consumer advocates claim...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Tardy approvals leaving clean energy dollars in limbo. Australia's most populous state and biggest energy user still ranks among the slowest approval times for renewables, suggesting further reform is ne...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Home prices dip another speed bump for slowing economy. The latest data is expected to show Australia's economic growth rate slowed even before the effects of interest rate hikes and the Iran war were ful...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Solomons PM to meet Albanese with China pact in focus. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale will hold talks with Anthony Albanese in his first overseas visit as the leader of the Pacific nation....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol ‘Scambling’: the scam on the rise catching out punters. Australia's biggest telco is ramping up its defences against "scambling" - one of the fastest-growing scams used by bad actors trying to steal your ...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol CSIRO moves ahead with plan to cut hundreds of jobs. Hundreds of job losses will go ahead at the national science agency, as officials revealed during parliamentary hearings the plan is in its final st...

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Businesses still in dark on tax carve outs from budget. Business owners are still yet to find out what exemptions could apply to them in changes to capital gains tax....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol ‘Unexplained gap’ in case against ex-Rex directors. Four former regional airline directors will soon know their fate as the corporate watchdog's case against them draws to a close....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol System that cancelled welfare payments taken offline. The government's targeted compliance framework unlawfully cancelled welfare payments for almost 1000 people....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Labor downplays budget’s impact on house price decline. The treasurer has tried to allay concerns proposed tax changes in the budget were the only reason house prices were falling in major capital cities....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Labor downplays budget’s impact on house price decline. The treasurer has tried to allay concerns proposed tax changes in the budget were the only reason house prices were falling in major capital cities....

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol OpenAI rival Anthropic races toward a Wall Street debut. Anthropic is moving toward going public on Wall Street, the latest chapter in its rise from a little-known research laboratory to one of the leading...