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Can’t catch the train, can’t use Eftpos, can’t charge your car: how Telstra’s outage wreaked havoc across Australia

Trains, mobile phones, triple-zero calls and even EVs – if it communicates, Telstra bricked it

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Coal is back in AustralianSuper’s portfolio. What happened to that net zero pledge?

In 2020 Australia’s biggest super fund dumped its Whitehaven shares. Fast forward to 2026 and it is now the coalminer’s single biggest investor

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NSW Labor toughens pokies stance as Sydney inner west mayor points to ‘unstoppable’ momentum for reform

State Labor conference passes motion committing to higher taxes on some clubs and moratorium on licenses for new machines

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Doctors’ soaring use of AI scribes prompts Australian government warning over privacy

Exclusive: With the technology fast becoming popular in GP surgeries, regulators are monitoring its implementation and potential pitfalls

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Jail and a $10,000 fine: former political staffer shares fear over MP complaint system

An Australian parliamentary workplace watchdog was created to clean up bad behaviour in the seat of government – but some are questioning its efficacy

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‘Don’t kill music’: Anthony Albanese’s favourite bands beg PM to stop AI companies from stealing their work

A potential deal with the government would allow international tech companies to mine the creative work of Australian musicians. Some of the prime minister’s favourite artists told the Guardian how they feel about it

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Afternoon Update: human oversight of aged care tool could return; Neil the seal safety concerns; and a valuable painting left on the street

The Senate passes a bill to reinstate human override in all aged care assessments, due to concerns it was consistently under-assessing need and priority

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Political lobbyists, NSW Liberals and a fugitive developer are facing corruption allegations. Here’s what you need to know

Anti-corruption body examining allegations Liberal figures accepted donations to recruit members and also received money from fugitive Toplace developer Jean Nassif

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Labor’s ‘cruel’ algorithm-based aged care funding tool could have human override reinstated after Senate passes bill

Tool used to determine level of home support funding has frequently under-assessed people and left them without adequate care

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Creatives sound alarm on copyright as Pocock calls $50bn datacentre proposal ‘ultimate dirty deal’

Proposal has been put to cabinet to allow AI companies to mine content, in exchange for investment and $350m fund to compensate artists, sources say

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Like being ‘stabbed in the back’: abuse survivors left without trials after Christian Brothers’ unprecedented legal tactic

Order wants to set up its own scheme outside of court to pay survivors, who have been told they will not get what they are owed in full

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Queensland government admits vulnerable children slept on floor of public service offices

LNP denies claims that recent changes to child safety practices have led to an increase in the use of office space

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Pauline Hanson’s One Nation withdrew more than $800,000 of election spending claims after AEC inquiries

The Australian Electoral Commission is examining if party breached laws in its $6m public funding claim after the last election, documents show

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Pro-One Nation Facebook groups appear to be run by foreign ‘meme factories’ that monetise content

Exclusive: Guardian analysis suggests several groups with thousands of members run by what expert calls ‘engagement farm’ operations in south-east Asia

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Christian Brothers sold real estate worth millions for $1. Now it claims in court it lacks money to pay abuse survivors

Exclusive: Guardian Australia investigation reveals transfer of assets for nominal sums despite Catholic order telling court it is broke and seeking a halt to victims’ civil claims

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Journalists at Nine ‘really angry’ about Karl Stefanovic’s podcast well before Tommy Robinson interview

Sources say former Today show star panicked after interview with UK far-right figure was rebuked by management

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Karl Stefanovic won’t appear on Friday radio show with Eddie McGuire amid Tommy Robinson interview fallout

Nine Entertainment is expected to sever ties with the Today show host but is yet to make details of the separation public

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Victorian Liberal MP Matthew Guy denies accusation he assaulted Moira Deeming in incident allegedly captured by CCTV

Police confirm they are investigating as sources close to Guy say he vehemently denies the allegations and is considering legal action

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The pianist from the audience at La La Land in Concert was a global feelgood story – but all was not what it seemed

Two orchestra members from the Sydney performance allege tensions behind the scenes were the cause of pianist failing to appear after intermission

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Walkley awards judging chair quits after alleged disparaging remark about ABC colleague

Ben Butler allegedly made the comment while he was working in the broadcaster’s Melbourne newsroom

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Australia ‘sleepwalking’ into AI crisis and ‘tech bro free-for-all’, says Greens senator

Sarah Hanson Young’s warning comes as David Pocock urges government to prevent firms using Australian content to train AI models

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Child safety changes risk separating Australia’s First Nations children from their culture – and causing even more harm

Indigenous advocates say culture is safety for children. But proposals in Queensland and the Northern Territory could weaken that link

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Is Pauline Hanson a liar or the only truth-teller? What voters think on Melbourne’s margins

After Pauline Hanson’s controversial speech at the National Press Club, Guardian Australia headed to Pakenham, one of the electorates One Nation is targeting in the Victorian state election, to see how the message landed

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Pauline Hanson’s media attacks are not just Trump-inspired. For 30 years she has sought to control the press

The One Nation leader’s anger at reporters reflects an intolerance towards anyone who challenges her preferred, self-crafted reality

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Fears doctors criticising Israel may be silenced as health watchdog adopts contested antisemitism definition

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency to use International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition for ‘regulatory work’

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