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- How Angus Taylor's tech bill rejection hands power to the Greens When Communications Minister Anika Wells appeared on television on Sunday to put the case for the government's digital duty of care bill.
- Push to get injured public servants back to work sooner as Comcare costs blow out The Albanese government wants to get injured public servants back to work sooner and rein in the cost of the Comcare scheme.
- From school metalwork to world welding stage: CIT grad to represent Australia Cooper Thornely discovered his love of welding at age 12. Mr Thornely will fly to Shanghai on Friday and begin the four-day welding event next Wednesday, September 23.
- Local business in 'death spiral' after staff defraud hundreds of thousands of dollars Ricky John Byrne, 50, Lisa Quilter, 46, and Steven Quilter, 46, faced a sentencing hearing in the ACT Supreme Court last week.
- Canberrans asked to consider paying extra $400 for water and sewerage Icon Water is asking Canberrans if they are willing to pay up to $400 more a year to fund improvements to water and wastewater services and protect the environment.
- Libs sound warning over plan issued by 'minister for closing clubs' Opposition Leader Mark Parton said he hoped Dr Paterson was not remembered as the minister who closed local clubs but he feared that might be the result of the plan.
- Cool for cats (and dogs) - how to get your pet to sleep in a Canberra icon After a career in the public service, Gilmore mum Priscilla Sheppard is loving her later-life job as a woodworker, making cool pet beds, among other items.
- Influencers use parliament house showcase to spruik MONAT brand Under-fire multi-level-marketing company MONAT, accused of misleading selling practices, has used an industry showcase at Parliament House to promote its legitimacy.
- Why domestic violence cases are 'disproportionately high' in country communities A detail emerged in the aftermath of Molly Ticehurst's murder: her killer and ex-partner Daniel Billings threatened to exploit her small country town's lack of an after-hours police presence.
- 'Australia first' senator Ralph Babet's new fashion line not made in Australia Senator Ralph Babet's new clothing line was not made in Australia. Senator Babet confirmed the products were manufactured offshore, with screen printing done in Australia.
- In Australia's most incarcerated place, most inmates have a mental illness A study published in Australasian Psychiatry has found that almost two-thirds of NT prisoners have a mental illness.
- Three categories under new heart attack definition could improve outcomes for women Australian experts welcome a new global definition of heart attack, which they say will make it easier to diagnose women.
- A playful, retro look at a dystopian world where minifigs rule Welcome to Relics: A New World Rises, the brainchild of Perth mates Jackson Harvey and Alex Towler which they won in 2020.
- Volunteers' offer to fix up 20 government houses faces hurdles Thomas Emerson will seek support in the Assembly for the effort.
- Norman Swan, Split Enz and an epic saga set 300 years in the future Plus plant stories and WWII war correspondents.
- The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it Relay, an AI-powered workflow automation tool built as an alternative to Zapier, shut down on Monday. The result is an AI graveyard.
- 18-year-old dies of measles in PA from severe neurological complication A fourth person in Pennsylvania has died of measles, the state health department confirmed Tuesday. The latest death was in an unvaccinated 18-year-old resident of Mifflin County.
- The next 30 to 40 years to be 'very difficult', famed economist warns Goodhart is an emeritus professor at the London School of Economics and a former senior official at the Bank of England.
- Suncorp's debt collector engaging in 'worst kind' of bullying, former ACCC chair says Debt collector ARMA Group spent months harassing and intimidating 81-year-old Diane Walker into paying an insurance claim she was not responsible for.
- SpaceX declares Starship ready for orbit, sets launch date next week Pending regulatory approval, SpaceX said today it intends to launch its 14th Starship mission as early as September 22.
- Labor encouraged council to ask for millions of dollars in grants process Labor approached an Adelaide local council to submit a multi-million-dollar sports club upgrade proposal before the project had been formally costed, scoped or designed.
- Agility’s new humanoid robot will stop, squat to avoid harming human coworkers Agility Robotics has debuted its first humanoid robot engineered to work safely near humans without risking harm to flesh-and-blood coworkers.
- US data centers could consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035 The AI race has grown so frenzied that, by 2035, U.S. data centers are projected to consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined.
- SpaceX will try to put Starship in orbit for the first time on September 22 SpaceX is ready to perform the 14th test flight of its Starship mega-rocket, and now the company will try to put the upper stage into Earth’s orbit for the first.
- Boston dumps Flock, says it shared data nationwide in violation of contract The Boston city government abandoned Flock Safety's license-plate reader cameras after the company shared data nationwide in violation of a contract provision, according to city officials.
- Iranian spies hit Windows machines with Chosen Brick data-stealing malware Iranian state cyber actors are targeting people using social messaging apps to deploy surveillance and data-stealing malware on their Windows machines, three Western governments warned.
- The safety and privacy concerns of storing your driver's license in a digital wallet Putting your driver's license in a digital wallet doesn't mean storing a picture of the plastic card on your phone.
- Google's latest Pixel drop will keep you more connected to your VIPs Google has revealed the new features coming to its Pixel devices this month, including an update to VIPs that will make them easier to reach.
- Demand for EV chargers is outstripping supply, says ChargePoint report More than 1.8 million EVs had already been sold between the start of this year and the end of August, according to analysts.
- Could AI wipe out humanity – six experts spell out the risks We examine claims and counterclaims about the risks and calls to slow down the pace of AI development. OpenAI’s chief executive Sam Altman has said it could take until 2035.
- DOJ says companies used Binance to funnel $1.5 billion in crypto to Iran The US Department of Justice is accusing several companies of using the crypto exchange Binance to send money to Iran to fund its military.
- X-viewing services Nitter and XCancel shut down after threats of legal action X filed a cease-and-desist against Nitter last month. Nitter is an open-source platform that allowed people to read posts without being logged into X or having an X account.
- Louise Haigh: UK must heed warnings from AI experts In a speech at the TUC conference on Tuesday, Haigh said that the public was worried about jobs and their children’s future.
- A Googlebook 'celebration' event is set for October 5 Google's latest lineup of AI-centric laptops could start shipping in a few weeks.
- AI agents now have a place to snitch The AI Contact Hotline is designed to be a discreet place where agents that have witnessed misbehavior can tip off authorities.
- Higher-enriched uranium for datacenters has DoE all aglow Utah-based Nusano announced on Monday that the DoE had selected it for its Nuclear Energy Launch Pad Program designed to help companies commercialize their nuclear power concepts.
- What is IMAX Enhanced and do you need it? On Disney+, for instance, some movies now carry the IMAX Enhanced label. What's more, you don't need an IMAX Enhanced-certified TV or sound system to realize its benefits.
- US military says it has launched weapons into space The U.S. military has for the first time said that it deployed space weapons into Earth’s orbit.
- Meta expands subscription push with new AI-focused plans Meta on Tuesday introduced a new subscription service called Meta One, offering expanded AI usage and other premium features across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
- Health benefits platform Thatch reaches $1B valuation as healthcare costs surge Thatch, a platform that lowers healthcare costs for employers while expanding plan choices for workers, has raised $108 million at a $1 billion valuation from existing investors: The General Partnership.