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One Nation romps home in Farrer
Michelle Grattan | May 10, 2026One Nation’s storming victory in the Farrer by-election has fired up the insurgent party and cast fresh doubts over the future of the beleaguered Liberal Party.
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Your kid’s been hacked
Mohiuddin Ahmed | May 10, 2026We tell our children to stay safe online, but hackers just stole vast amounts of data from every student at 9,000 schools and universities around the world, including Sydney and Melbourne universities in Australia, by penetrating a commonly used platform for online learning.
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No money, no friends and no trust in others
Kate Lycett | May 10, 2026New survey results show that Australians are less trusting and more financially stressed than every before, underlining the need for the Federal government to take wellbeing measures more seriously.
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Bringing it all back home
Jon Richardson | May 9, 2026Ukraine’s success in holding off the Russian invasion and launching daring attacks deep into Russia itself has forced Putin to radically scale back his May 9 propaganda parade amid signs that domestic opposition to the war is growing.
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Mushroom clouds
Jane Rawson | May 9, 2026Romy Ash’s new novel Mantle explores the idea that a pathogen might make us wake up to ourselves and change course to save both the environment we depend on and ourselves.
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“Just looping you in” may leave you out
Daniel Angus | May 9, 2026If you can’t be bothered doing the job you get paid for, or don’t like interacting with your friends, then using AI to communicate for you seems an easy time saving, but letting AI write our emails might create more work and erode the human relationships we ultimately depend on.
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How to enter the art world
Benedict Carpenter van Barthold | May 9, 2026How to Enter the Art World by Hettie Judah offers a smørgasbord of sage advice for budding artists of all ages looking to navigate their way in a world where the human creation of art is threatened as never before.
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Mind wars
Lorraine Finlay | May 8, 2026China’s newly released 15th five‑year plan offers a revealing insight into how Beijing understands the future of military power as a combination of brute force and advanced technology, including brain‑computer interfaces.
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The stars look up
Graeme Austin | May 8, 2026You and I can’t do much to stop the AI companies from stealing everything we do and using it against us, but Taylor Swift and Bollywood stars are turning to the civil courts to fight deepfakes and protect their own identities.
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Growing pains
Carla Liuzzo | May 8, 2026Economic growth, particularly in energy-intensive nations, is slowing as the Middle East war continues to throttle exports of oil, plastics and fertiliser but is it time to rethink the concept of economic growth from its core?
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‘Fed up, fired up, and finally heard’
Open Forum | May 8, 2026One Nation seems poised to win the regional seat of Farrer in the by-election caused by the resignation of deposed leader Sussan Ley to deliver another shocking blow to the Liberals.
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How computers decide who gets care
Laura Davy | May 7, 2026The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is moving towards computer-guided planning tools to generate budgets after participants’ support needs are assessed but many worry this amounts to a form of “robo-planning”.
