Data centres must be "on terms that work for Australians", according to draft national standards on AI. To understand what that means, let's look overseas.

Big means high migration; small means modest migration. It is a political and economic choice, one that needs to be actively made, not sidestepped and left to its own devices.

They could build a chair lift on a slope like that.

Plus: The master plan to put Ben Roberts-Smith at the top of Seven West Media.

Though he "isn't a Mamdani", David Shoebridge seems to be in your good books. And with his deputy, Steph Hodgins-May, readers are hopeful for the Greens' future.

Data centres must be "on terms that work for Australians", according to draft national standards on AI. To understand what that means, let's look overseas.

Big means high migration; small means modest migration. It is a political and economic choice, one that needs to be actively made, not sidestepped and left to its own devices.

Israel’s prime minister has claimed a pilot stabbed another and attempted to crash the plane. Meanwhile, new Greens leader David Shoebridge is getting seriously stuck into Labor.

Plus: When Australia's prime ministers were asked for their favourite book, one answer certainly stood out.

Plus: When Australia's prime ministers were asked for their favourite book, one answer certainly stood out.

When countries stop manufacturing, they stop being able to innovate in manufacturing. But the answer isn't to prop up industries, rather to use allies who are good at building things. Tony Abbott…

After a crushing loss in 2024, the Democrats are still lost in the wilderness. Here's what insiders think is the party's path back to the White House, and how it can win in 2026.

Sure, it's short for "national conference". But CPAC Australia would be well aware it's also the name of another very prominent European conference for national conservatism.

Plus: When Australia's prime ministers were asked for their favourite book, one answer certainly stood out.

The Greens need Polanski-Mamdani-style leadership. We'll have to wait and see if David Shoebridge and Steph Hodgins-May can pull that off.

When countries stop manufacturing, they stop being able to innovate in manufacturing. But the answer isn't to prop up industries, rather to use allies who are good at building things. Tony Abbott…

After a crushing loss in 2024, the Democrats are still lost in the wilderness. Here's what insiders think is the party's path back to the White House, and how it can win in 2026.

Sure, it's short for "national conference". But CPAC Australia would be well aware it's also the name of another very prominent European conference for national conservatism.

As the economic blame game escalates, the Albanese government can't stop mentioning the war, while the RBA wants to talk about domestic pressures. Meanwhile, Greens leadership candidates come forward.

Plus: Have you ever wondered just how much your local coal mine contributes to global heating?

At one time, there was "no Republican Party. Just Trump". Now, as the 2026 midterms approach, a sudden independence seems to be infecting GOP candidates.

Plus: Have you ever wondered just how much your local coal mine contributes to global heating?

In 2025-26, Labor lost control of its spending, and its rhetorical tricks can't hide it. It's having very clear impacts on inflation and interest rates, and at the worst possible time.

AI does not create vulnerabilities in ageing systems. But it may change how quickly, persistently and autonomously those vulnerabilities can be discovered and acted upon.

In seeking to become more aligned with the United States and its military, the Australian government has forfeited our chance to hold ourselves to a higher standard.

At one time, there was "no Republican Party. Just Trump". Now, as the 2026 midterms approach, a sudden independence seems to be infecting GOP candidates.

Plus: Have you ever wondered just how much your local coal mine contributes to global heating?

In 2025-26, Labor lost control of its spending, and its rhetorical tricks can't hide it. It's having very clear impacts on inflation and interest rates, and at the worst possible time.

AI does not create vulnerabilities in ageing systems. But it may change how quickly, persistently and autonomously those vulnerabilities can be discovered and acted upon.

As New Yorker cartoonist Jason Chatfield writes, staff cartoonists used to be the only ones in the building paid to point at the building. Everyone else eventually answers to the owner, but they…

In seeking to become more aligned with the United States and its military, the Australian government has forfeited our chance to hold ourselves to a higher standard.

The Greens will hold a partyroom meeting to decide who will succeed Waters, who has stepped down due to worsening kidney disease. Meanwhile, it's an inflation blame game ahead of the interest rate…

Plus: Do AI models have rights? AI companies seem to think so.

Nobody wakes up to sudden authoritarianism. We relinquish ourselves to it by allowing our favoured government to get away with bending norms and rules. Over time, these bends become clean breaks.

Plus: Do AI models have rights? AI companies seem to think so.

The UK's new prime minister's urgent brand of retail politics is the antithesis of Anthony Albanese's plodding, cautious centrism.

While it’s instructive and illuminating in parts, Waleed Aly’s Quarterly Essay, Time of Monsters, is ultimately unable to fully interrogate where the threats to liberalism come from.

Journalists getting back on the inside isn’t the answer. We need reporting that looks beyond the hot takes and gotchas and focuses on people and communities.

Plus: Do AI models have rights? AI companies seem to think so.

While the Albanese government stays silent on plans to hand citizens' biometric data to the Trump administration, the Europeans have publicly released a framework that illuminates what the US is…

Nobody wakes up to sudden authoritarianism. We relinquish ourselves to it by allowing our favoured government to get away with bending norms and rules. Over time, these bends become clean breaks.

The UK's new prime minister's urgent brand of retail politics is the antithesis of Anthony Albanese's plodding, cautious centrism.

While it’s instructive and illuminating in parts, Waleed Aly’s Quarterly Essay, Time of Monsters, is ultimately unable to fully interrogate where the threats to liberalism come from.

Journalists getting back on the inside isn’t the answer. We need reporting that looks beyond the hot takes and gotchas and focuses on people and communities.

AI bosses have been told to put their money where their mouths are when it comes to defending against the dangers of developing technologies. Meanwhile, everyone expects an interest rate rise…

Why did Australia withdraw from recent West Bank sanctions talks? The ABC didn’t speculate, but I will.