As Australian data centre operator Firmus prepares to ​launch a $5 billion initial public offering, the country's second-largest ever, prospective investors are questioning the firm's surging valuatio...

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October 4 is the anniversary of the ‘Battle of Cable Street’. This post, adapted from my book, looks at how this event in 1936 influenced anti-fascists and the student left in the 1970s in their ad…

It's a bird! It's a plane! Wait, no, it's an Elbit Hermes 900 tactical drone.

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1,439 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and 5,052 injured since the 'ceasefire' began in October 2025.

A coal mine in the Hunter Valley region has sparked debate among politicians, environmental advocates and local residents.

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The latest corporate tax data released today by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) showed that once again, major gas producers are paying no company tax, and despite claims that changes to the Petroleum ...

“Of course, if AI can cure cancer, bravo. I’m all for it. But even with cancer cured, death will still arrive somehow.”

Union figures and leading academics want big tech companies building Australian data centres to help fund the local AI industry through a levy.

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.