As the Australian parliament debates tougher laws for social media, Hegseth’s execution proposal is a bridge too far

Communications Minister Anika Wells is the first guest of host Amanda Copp, who joins POLITICO from Nine.

Greens and public sector union blast expensive outsourcing for ‘core work’ on childcare grants

Opposition promises no cuts to minimum wages in "biggest" migration cut in Australia’s history

ICE-linked contractor has been hit with millions in fines for its handling of immigration detention.

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…

OpenAI agents searched for health spending data, leading to Medicare breach

If Friday’s debate was all about OpenAI losing control, and whether the prime minister wasted time telling us, the second round of analysis is about Australia’s cyber defenses and the legal liability ...

As debate rages over whether Australia’s enthusiastic embrace of educational technology was a mistake, one of NSW’s top schools is sticking with what it’s always done.

The company took weeks to notify officials. Canberra could now set another tech policy precedent — around liability for rogue agents.

Data breach prompts concerns laws have not kept pace with artificial intelligence

MPs want a crackdown on social media and AI, despite U.S. labeling Australia’s plans ‘censorship’

The treasurer says an aging population, weaker growth and rolling global shocks demand a longer view on migration, productivity and AI.

Australia’s migration system must be ‘tight’ without throttling the future

Big Tech companies and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are backing Reddit’s High Court challenge to strike down Australia's world-leading law

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One Nation’s plan for partly voluntary retirement savings would wreck Australia’s “national treasure” superannuation system, says Daniel Mookhey.

One Nation’s plan for partly voluntary retirement savings would wreck Australia’s “national treasure” superannuation system, says Daniel Mookhey.

Barnaby Joyce has melted down (again) when asked for simple answers over One Nation's superannuation policy in an ABC interview, while Labor pushes ahead with plans to put controls over what people se...

Woollahra’s deputy mayor has said opposition to density is “silly”, sparking civil war on the NIMBY council.

Australia’s under-16 social media age ban cannot be propped up by rules narrowing its application and purpose, Reddit has told the High Court in a legal challenge.