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Why stolen Australian books are being used to train AI

Why stolen Australian books are being used to train AI

Novels from best-selling Australian authors including Trent Dalton are being used to improve generative AI without their knowledge or consent.

ATO to name and shame businesses over unpaid debts

ATO to name and shame businesses over unpaid debts

ATO to name and shame businesses over unpaid debts

ATO to name and shame businesses over unpaid debts

The tax office is coming after businesses owing more than $100,000 by threatening to name and shame them in a bid to recoup more than $5 billion it is owed.

Talks to focus on fixes to Australia's housing crisis

Talks to focus on fixes to Australia's housing crisis

Talks to focus on fixes to Australia's housing crisis

Talks to focus on fixes to Australia's housing crisis

Housing advocates, unions, think tanks, academics and politicians will meet to talk about possible solutions to the escalating housing affordability crisis.

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Young people 'key' to voice success as PM casts vote

Young people 'key' to voice success as PM casts vote

Political leaders have called on young people to be the voice of their generation ahead of the referendum, as the prime minister cast his vote early.

Older Australians face ongoing 'ageism' discrimination

Older Australians face ongoing 'ageism' discrimination

Ageism is rife and needs to be more broadly acknowledged, according to advocates who are calling for a national awareness campaign.

Trump denies telling Aussie billionaire sub secrets

Trump denies telling Aussie billionaire sub secrets

Donald Trump says allegations he disclosed confidential information about US submarines to Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt are "false and ridiculous".

Watchdog hits back at Forestry Corp over glider search

Watchdog hits back at Forestry Corp over glider search

Forestry authorities say they met all necessary requirements when they held daytime searches for an endangered nocturnal glider before logging a NSW forest.

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Female activists face physical threats, vile taunts

Female activists face physical threats, vile taunts

Female activists face physical threats, vile taunts

Female activists face physical threats, vile taunts

Shocking new data has revealed the vile abuse being directed towards Australian female activists ahead of International Day of the Girl.

Why electric vehicles get better tech than petrol peers

Why electric vehicles get better tech than petrol peers

Why electric vehicles get better tech than petrol peers

Why electric vehicles get better tech than petrol peers

Australians purchasing electric cars are being rewarded with higher-grade entertainment technology featuring as standard in their vehicles.

Syrian Armenian refugees in Australia fear for homeland

Syrian Armenian refugees in Australia fear for homeland

Syrian Armenian refugees in Australia fear for homeland

Syrian Armenian refugees in Australia fear for homeland

Syrian Armenian refugees who fled to Australia are fearing for those left behind amid a fresh conflict that has been condemned as a modern-day genocide.

Against the odds, tiny town bookshop spreads the love

Against the odds, tiny town bookshop spreads the love

Against the odds, tiny town bookshop spreads the love

Against the odds, tiny town bookshop spreads the love

Bricks-and-mortar stores like Nice Stack of Books in the town of Meeniyan, Victoria - population 840 - are helping people re-discover the magic of book shops.

Purple House provides model of what 'yes' could achieve

Purple House provides model of what 'yes' could achieve

Purple House provides model of what 'yes' could achieve

Purple House provides model of what 'yes' could achieve

Aboriginal health experts say the success of community-controlled health organisations shows what could be achieved with a 'yes' vote in the voice referendum.

Boost to early education to entice workers to stay

Boost to early education to entice workers to stay

Boost to early education to entice workers to stay

Boost to early education to entice workers to stay

The federal government's $72.4 million investment into early childhood education will allow workers to grow, upskill and hopefully remain in the job.

War crimes probes shouldn't 'endlessly pursue' veterans

War crimes probes shouldn't 'endlessly pursue' veterans

War crimes probes shouldn't 'endlessly pursue' veterans

War crimes probes shouldn't 'endlessly pursue' veterans

The UK's minister of state for veterans' affairs says war criminals will be held to account but pursuing soldiers if evidence does not exist shouldn't happen.

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Agriculture ministers on the march against fire ants

The spread of an ant that can kill native species and livestock has dominated a meeting of senior ministers, with power poles above farmland also on the agenda.

Australian shares gain ahead of crucial US jobs report

The ASX200 rose 0.4 per cent on Friday to finish the week down 1.2 per cent, before a non-farm payrolls report in the United States.

Forestry Corp looked for nocturnal glider at daytime

A harvesting ban has been extended in a NSW forest after authorities said the Forestry Corporation failed to identify den trees for an endangered glider.

CFMEU blasts industry 'hysteria' on workplace reforms

Tradies have no reason to be worried the federal government's workplace reforms will force them to become employees, the construction union says.

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Sexism and harassment rife at crucial economic agency

An independent review into the Productivity Commission has uncovered sexism, harassment and bullying, prompting a range of workplace reforms.

Consulting firms' problems fuelled by pursuit of growth

A Senate committee has been told stories of toxic work culture and conflicts of interest, which experts say are driven by the "aggressive pursuit of growth".

Santos in the dock over 'clean gas', net-zero by offset

Australia's biggest gas supplier Santos faces many months of costly wrangling with shareholder activists in the federal court over allegations of greenwashing.

Doctors call for private help in at-home rehab reforms

Doctors say expanding out-of-hospital care to more patients in the private health system could save millions of dollars and free up thousands of hospital beds.

Higher repayments eating deep into borrower incomes

Mortgage holders are funnelling more of their incomes into monthly repayments but are well placed overall to weather challenging economic conditions.

Aussie billionaire reportedly told nuclear sub secrets

Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt was allegedly told potentially classified information about nuclear submarines by former US president Donald Trump.

Student safety body touted after horrid allegations

Education ministers have been briefed on a possible independent body to oversee student safety after shocking allegations of widespread sexual assault.

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