1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (458+ words) September 13, 2026 — 10:46am School students will be limited to as little as 15 minutes of screen time per day in NSW classrooms as the Minns government seeks to arrest the alarming drop in Australia’s global reading and writing standards. The new policy, announced…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (412+ words) September 10, 2026 — 3:36pm Liberal MP Scott Buchholz has taken aim at online trolls who leave fatphobic comments on his social media, questioning how those who hurl abuse online treat their partners and children in real life. “Too long at the trough,” reads…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (980+ words) September 10, 2026 — 5:00am A $1.47 billion data centre proposed for the foot of the West Gate Bridge would draw more power than an entire regional city and has sparked local opposition, as the state government flagged new rules to rein in the booming…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1436+ words) The loss of entrepreneurs to larger markets worries industry leaders, but some experts are choosing to advance their careers in the city’s growing start-up sector instead of the Silicon Valley or other global hubs. Melbourne’s celebrated liveability is its secret…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (251+ words) September 8, 2026 — 6:24am OpenAI’s top scientist has warned that artificial intelligence is evolving so rapidly that it is becoming increasingly difficult for humans to understand and control, and said he expects AI labs to voluntarily slow development for safety reasons. In a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1234+ words) September 3, 2026 — 5:00am One of the nation’s biggest power companies has paused the rollout of five-storey power poles through suburban Melbourne streets following a fierce community blockade that has opened a fresh front in the fight against the data centre boom. Electricity…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (548+ words) August 25, 2026 — 8:00pm After urging pessimistic business chiefs to talk up Australia’s economy at Tuesday’s Business Council of Australia dinner, Albanese will head a meeting of state leaders seeking buy-in on regulation of artificial intelligence, a faltering gun buyback and fresh moves…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (705+ words) August 25, 2026 — 12:01am The number of Australian data centres in development has doubled since 2025, but their strain on the nation’s power supply is expected to accelerate even further over the next decade. The rapid growth of the artificial intelligence industry has resulted…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (41+ words) Jacob Liddle of the Dragons is assisted by trainers to the sheds after suffering a lower leg injury. August 22, 2026 — 8:29pm...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (684+ words) August 21, 2026 — 5:04pm When Maxine Beneba Clarke attended book events in Geelong and Bendigo last week, there was one thing missing – the books she was there to discuss. The poet, memoirist and children’s writer, who is a regular on school syllabuses, is…...