Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)
WA's top child advocate watched in horror as the government referenced her "glowing" assessment of the youth detention centre where another teenage boy died in custody, and was devastated her observations were taken "out of context".
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Bill Shorten never achieved his ultimate aim to become prime minister. But reflecting on his career in politics, the former Labor leader still counts himself lucky, and says what matters is "whether we leave the place better than we found it".
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The Climate Change Authority says Australia has a decade to remove 75 per cent of its emissions if it wants to have any chance to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius — and with such a mammoth task, it is keeping its mind open to nuclear.
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With looming elections in the US and Australia, the online battle for truth is increasingly becoming more difficult as artificial intelligence and deepfakes become more sophisticated. David Speers speaks with the former Executive Director of Homeland Security's Disinformation Governance Board and CEO of The American Sunlight Project Nina...
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Former South Australian Liberal leader David Speirs has not held back in his assessment both of his successor's fledgling leadership and his party's chances at the next state election, saying there is a "level of shambolic-ness about what's going on".
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New figures published today are expected to again show the Australian economy growing weakly overall but shrinking in per person terms, highlighting the strain on households which economists say has been masked by migration.
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The federal government has signalled it is willing to make its proposed environmental protection agency more business-friendly, in a major concession designed to win Coalition support that environment groups have branded a "betrayal."
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The government has hit the brakes on international student enrolments announcing new caps this week. It follows a post-pandemic jump in migration numbers which has caused Labor a political headache. But is limiting the foreign student intake - for a sector that's been one of Australia's biggest export earners - the answer? Professor Michael...
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