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ATMs? Women getting the vote? It seems no parallel is too tenuous for our grand AI vision

Charlie Lewis — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 02:05:50 +0000

Anthony Albanese (and Jane Hume at one point) sure made a lot of grandiose, not always coherent points about AI yesterday.

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The Snoop: ANU’s prolonged silence, bad news for Andrew Wilkie, and more

Crystal Andrews — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:44:31 +0000

Plus: Pauline Hanson and Gina Rinehart take a gals' trip to Italy!

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Why a broken ceasefire suits Iran just fine

Shahram Akbarzadeh — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:03:35 +0000

The Iranians have discovered that the Strait of Hormuz offers Tehran significant leverage, and they are determined to hold on to it.

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Hanson rose because the ‘Grand Bargain’ has failed. We must understand why

Tim Dean — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:31:11 +0000

Get a good education, work hard, play by the rules and keep your head down — then society will reward you with a good life. That was the promise that today rings hollow.

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Albanese understands Australia’s AI reality. His path forward is less convincing

Sinclair Davidson — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:02:39 +0000

With the prime minister's vision of an Office of AI and a national framework, the government risks designing rules around the most visible firms and the largest data centres, while overlooking the fundamental changes occurring throughout the economy.

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Calls for data centre pause following Albanese’s big AI speech

Rich James — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:17:02 +0000

Anthony Albanese’s AI announcements have resulted in calls for a pause on data centre approval and construction. Elsewhere, outgoing UK prime minister Keir Starmer has signed off just two years after Labour’s historic election victory.

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Journalists, please ‘rule out’ this silly gotcha question to politicians

Rachel Withers — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:17:26 +0000

An incessant Sarah Ferguson demanded Angus Taylor 'rule out' governing with One Nation on ABC's 730 — an inane ask about a hypothetical situation. She’d be better off asking him about things he is actually doing.

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What the hell is happening to Australian theatre?

Daanyal Saeed — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:10:37 +0000

The Australian theatre industry is struggling, with runs of globally best-selling musicals cut short. Industry insiders tell us why.

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The Snoop: Malinauskas’ cozy News Corp dinner, a radical new US ambassador, and more

Crystal Andrews — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:08:26 +0000

Plus: The government dodges a document request on the antisemitism royal commission.

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Jillian Segal’s circular logic on ‘modern-day antisemitism’

Michael Bradley — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:16:05 +0000

The antisemitism envoy's appearance before the royal commission proved she remains — like all of us — confused as to what she believes constitutes antisemitic reporting by the public broadcasters.

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