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Albanese and Morrison shake hands after Morrison’s farewell speech.

Albo is secretive and unaccountable – just like ScoMo

Government secrecy is the worst in a decade. Are we in the third term of the Morrison government?

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Attorney-General Michelle Rowland.

Tax on truth: Coalition, Greens team up to block Labor’s controversial laws

Coalition and Greens senators are set to reject the bill once it reaches the Senate.

  • Nick Newling
A massive trove of (mostly old) data has been uploaded to Have I Been Pwned.

Panic as breached details of 183m accounts, including Gmail, emerge

The news isn’t nearly as bad as some online would have you believe, but it’s always a good idea to check your security.

  • Tim Biggs
An AWS outage has crippled the global internet.

Why one company’s glitch just broke half the internet

When Amazon sneezes, the world catches a cold. It’s time we stopped accepting that as normal.

  • David Swan
Greater Western Water customer Tony Way.

The glaring errors that caused a $150 million water billing bungle

Missteps and missed opportunities at nearly every step of the launch of Greater Western Water’s botched new billing system have spiralled into a 16-month-long, expensive mess.

  • Rachel Eddie
Attorney-General Michelle Rowland will introduce the FOI bill on Wednesday.

‘A tax on truth’: Ley slams Labor move to charge for government docs, bury debate

The Albanese government will seize time usually allocated to the Coalition to raise issues for debate in parliament.

  • Brittany Busch
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Even senior ministers in the federal government are concerned that AI could lead to major job cuts.

A $200 billion boost to the economy – but it may mean losing your job

It could be the biggest change to our lives since the invention of steam engines. But even the Productivity Commissions concedes AI could cost jobs.

  • Shane Wright
Composite of Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner in his days as an air force pilot, with decorated American pilot John R Alison.

Lord Mayor reinvented as US fighter pilot on X, claims account was hacked

A hacker appeared to have taken over an account run by Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner, only reverting to his original profile name on Thursday night.

  • Felicity Caldwell and William Davis
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It’s a $US450 billion industry, and Australia is in prime position to become a player

There is an accelerating need for nations to establish trusted supply chains for sensitive goods such as AI technology. Australia ticks many boxes.

  • Peter Hartcher
Sorry, Auckland Airport, but I’m not really interested in receiving marketing updates from you.

No, I don’t want emails from the world’s most boring airport thanks

Everywhere travellers go these days, someone is demanding their email address – in return for free Wi-Fi or to be able to buy something. Here’s how I dodge it.

  • Ben Groundwater

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