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Australia's AI war machine is being built in the shadows
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (156+ words) Crikey Congratulations! Your registration was successful. Welcome to our Community! We are sorry to see you go We would like to hear your feedback If you like this article, share it with your friends. Australia's AI war machine is being…...
Is James Murdoch the 'good billionaire' we've been waiting for?
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (185+ words) Just when we thought the Murdoch family feud had run out of twists, a new plotline pops up, with recently disenfranchised younger brother James set to pitch his own new-media properties against the hand-me-down legacy that older brother Lachlan inherited…...
Our FOI system is broken " just the way government likes it
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (179+ words) The auditor-general can deliver surprises, sometimes even a scandal: political, financial or personal. Political? Think the "sports rorts" performance audit, which revealed Senator Bridget Mc Kenzie had overridden Sports Australia's selection for sports facility grants, directing the grants toward marginal…...
Albanese open to changes on trusts " but not on capital gains plan
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (170+ words) Labor has said it won't budge on its changes to the capital gains tax, but may throw opponents a bone by tinkering with its plan to tax discretionary testamentary trusts by at least 30%. The possible tax on those trusts has…...
Project Hail Mary: when apocalypse films get too optimistic
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (239+ words) Apocalypse Tau: Ryan Gosling and the overly optimistic nature of end-of-the-world movies Crikey Congratulations! Your registration was successful. Welcome to our Community! We are sorry to see you go We would like to hear your feedback If you like this…...
The literary uncanny valley will not last, and publishing knows it
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (152+ words) There's still, for now, a particular feeling you get when you read AI writing. If you've spent even a little time with large language models like Chat GPT, or been exposed to enough high schoolers and university students trying to…...
Donald Trump's taxes, a $1. 7 billion slush fund and a smashed Overton window
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (169+ words) Crikey Congratulations! Your registration was successful. Welcome to our Community! We are sorry to see you go We would like to hear your feedback If you like this article, share it with your friends. Donald Trump's taxes, a $1. 7 billion slush…...
Donald Trump's taxes, a $1. 7 billion slush fund and the ruptured limits of the Overton window
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If the White Australia Party win in the High Court, it'll be the government's own fault
4+ day, 40+ min ago (149+ words) Nazis taking the Australian government to the High Court, and winning " is such a bizarre outcome possible? In fact, it's probable, and that will be entirely the government's own fault. The White Australia Party (WAP) is a new entity, an…...
Saving the NDIS or shrinking it? History has a warning for Mark Butler
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (145+ words) On May 14, Health Minister Mark Butler introduced the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill to federal parliament. He called it an act of stewardship, a necessary intervention to protect a scheme under unsustainable fiscal…...