Like all military acquisition programs worth billions of dollars, Australia's decision to buy a new submarine fleet was expected to be a torturous process. But no one could have predicted the trail of...

Allison Butler and Nolan Higdon discuss the "ed-tech" systems eroding minors’ privacy rights and discriminating against students of color. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost Any technology created by the U.S....

Trumps early appointments to senior posts suggest Trump means what he says, and his rhetoric will be policy.

One thing people that people can agrees with is there can be no moral equivalence between the Israeli government and Hamas.

Laws that would force social media companies to police misinformation and outright lies on their platform have been formally abandoned by the federal government. Laws to restrict gambling advertising ...

Georgia officials fired the Maternal Mortality Review Committee members after ProPublica revealed preventable deaths due to abortion restrictions.

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Careful management including weed control and a burn laid the groundwork for floral abundance in Boorhaman reserve Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Thousands of native daisies, aromatic lilies, milkmaids, billy buttons and rare orchids have blossomed in a pocket of north-east Victorian grassland in one of the best wildflower displays in years. Glen Johnson, an ecologist at Wild Research, said Boorhaman reserve, located north of Wangaratta, was “an amazingly diverse environment from the knees down”. Continue reading...

Prior to Nov. 5, Threads had five times more daily US users than Bluesky.

When Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle takes the stand in his cri… Jo Dyer needs your support for Support ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle

The men formerly known as the Central Park Five before they were exonerated on Monday filed a defamation lawsuit against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

The Heritage Foundation’s “Project Esther” claims to combat antisemitism but in fact, aims to destroy the Palestine solidarity movement as a first step in a crusade against all domestic dissent in the...

The Heritage Foundation’s “Project Esther” claims to combat antisemitism but in fact, aims to destroy the Palestine solidarity movement as a first step in a crusade against all domestic dissent in the...

Educators are appalled—but not surprised—that Donald Trump has nominated another grossly unqualified candidate to run the U.S. Department of Education.

The Heritage Foundation’s “Project Esther” claims to combat antisemitism but in fact, aims to destroy the Palestine solidarity movement as a first step in a crusade against all domestic dissent in the...

Musk has taken his new role to unhinged levels.

@criprights: Okay, I have spent some time analysing the kids' social media ban Bill and holy hell, this is bad. You have one day (til COB tomorrow) to get a letter of submission in and I...

The president-elect selected the author of a chapter of Project 2025 for a senior administration posting.

Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.

Brian Fisher, an economist employed for decades by the Australian government, was essential to obstructing not just climate policy in Australia but global climate action.