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Treasurer Jim Chalmers says artificial intelligence is central to his aim to turn around Australia’s lagging productivity, which could ultimately help lower interest rates. Productivity and real wages growth have been generally stagnant in Australia for more than a decade, with business investment also generally weak, albeit with recent signs that capital expenditure is starting…
The United States expanded its air strike campaign against Iran early Friday by increasingly hitting bridges, part of President Donald Trump’s threats to start striking infrastructure to pressure Tehran to ease its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. The tankers that reignited the war The commercial tankers struck as they transited the Strait of Hormuz…
US President Donald Trump has used a prime-time speech to accuse China of trying to influence the 2020 election and stop him from winning the presidency. The claim goes against a joint report by US intelligence agencies, which found Russia and Iran ran influence campaigns during the 2020 election cycle, but China decided not to….
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who fatally shot a Colombian man in the US this week never should have been given a badge and gun, according to several close relatives. They say David Brouillette, an army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, has a history of terrifying…
Tasmanians lost $208.27 million to poker machines in 2025-26, or around $360 per person, a 6.9 per cent increase on last financial year. According to the state’s Treasury Department, which has published monthly figures for the last 15 years, it surpasses 2011-12, when $208.15 million was lost. Over those 15 years, Tasmanians have lost $2.79…
PHOENIX — Video footage of two Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tackling a man at the airport in the Las Vegas metro area drew public outrage and criticism from elected officials. One video posted on social media showed an elderly man yelling and crying on the ground in Terminal 3 at Harry Reid International Airport…
Australian DJ and music producer Josh Fawaz has added AI credits to his music following an ABC investigation into his chart-topping single Like a Prayer. The Madonna cover has been in the number one spot on the Australian national airplay charts for four weeks, sparking conversations within the music industry and among fans over Fawaz’s…
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A Canberra childcare centre has been suddenly closed and a staff member has been terminated over a serious incident involving a child’s medical episode. Families at Edge Early Learning in Higgins received an email on Thursday advising the ACT childcare regulator, the Children’s Education and Care Assurance (CECA), had issued a notice requiring the centre…
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