The PM’s stated trajectory is a rebuke to past Tory and Labour governments. The challenge now is to make his project progressive in word and deed, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Time magazine list includes Australian communications minister after her efforts to take on big tech The federal communications minister, Anika Wells, has been named as one of Time magazine’s “world’s most influential rising stars” in recognition of her work on Australia’s under-16 social media ban and taking on big tech companies. Australia’s world-leading restrictions on social media for children, which came into force last year, have garnered international attention, with governments across Europe and Asia, and in some American states, enacting or proposing similar measures. Continue reading...

Even before adding solar panels, your roof can help you keep cool and lower your energy bills * Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint * Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.com With an historic El Niño under way in the Pacific, Australia could face record temperatures this summer. For those in hot homes, reflective roof coatings can be a cost-effective way to beat the heat. The upstairs bedrooms and office in Nic Jacobsen’s two storey home in inner-suburban Adelaide used to get unbearably hot, even when his large air-conditioning system was running flat out. Continue reading...

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Prime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breach

Prime minister says he told chief executive he was disappointed it had taken company ‘way too long’ to inform government of breach

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

Lifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives

She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.

Two 17-year-olds accused of subjecting teenage girl to hours-long sexual assault granted bail

In the second week of this parliamentary sitting, there was something of a tandem bicycle act as the Coalition jumped on board for a display of effective bipartisanship, delivering new restrictions on gambling promotion and legislating demands on international tech giants for news media support and tough disability care reform.

When famous men or private schoolboys are accused of sexual assault, victim blaming is a disturbingly familiar misogynistic reflex.

Three women at the centre of the Sydney Swans sexual assault scandal are suffering "severe trauma" but are receiving support, their lawyer says.

Exclusive: Federal government notified after whistleblower says controllers have ‘minimal confidence in their ability to handle’ rule changes related to second airport

Spending on aged pension will be stable for decades to come, experts argue, despite claims by Bragg and Hanson * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Is Australia’s superannuation system “one of the biggest policy failures since federation”? Is “the whole system broken”? Australia’s $4.4tn compulsory super regime is generally considered among the best in the world, yet conservative politicians such as Andrew Bragg, the Coalition’s putative shadow housing minister, and Pauline Hanson, One Nation’s leader, seem to hate it. Continue reading...

Canada and New Zealand have never recovered from their pre-COVID property market records. It is worthwhile examining what we can learn.

Meta’s smart glasses are just the latest example of technology being used in ways developers should have anticipated

High schoolers join university walkouts in major cities and several smaller locations amid urge to fight against racism

ANALYSIS: Labor’s new position on the use of telehealth for voluntary assisted dying would help end unnecessary suffering, if the Catholic Church and the prime minister would support it.

Solar railways could soon become commonplace in Europe, following a successful trial in Switzerland.

EDITORIAL. The anger and frustration expressed over the destruction caused by wildfires and other climate disasters are legitimate. Yet these emotions should be directed at the lack of sufficient coll...

Bob Montgomery, 82, and his grandson Tom Malcolm, 18, have completed an epic cross-country cycling journey to raise money for research into motor neurone disease.

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