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Labor frontbencher Jason Clare has jumped on reports that nuclear energy could send electricity bills soaring by up to $1000 a year as the government defends using memes with three-eyed koalas to attack the Liberal’s new policy. Liberal leader Peter Dutton announced this week he wants Australia to go nuclear, with a wishlist of up […]

I appreciate the opportunity today to talk specifically about the impact social media is having on the news industry, but to also touch on the broader issues your committee has been asked to confront. Social media has become a toxic force in our society – with online scams and blackmail; cyber-bullying and trolling; deep fakes […]

A Queensland public servant who was stood down for using a racist slur at the pub with workmates has failed to have the decision overturned after arguing it was “just a word” that was even used as a greeting by young people. Bryce Waite, 61, an agriculture officer with the Queensland Department of Environment and […]

An Australian is among the hundreds of people who have died during a Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia when temperatures soared to 50C. Each year hundreds of people die while undertaking the pilgrimage, with some counts placing mortality rates as high as 900. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) confirmed the death in […]

The head of News Corp has urged federal parliamentarians to force social media giant Meta to renew funding news, saying the social media giant was “preparing to blackmail” Australia. Meta – the parent company of Facebook – announced in March it would not renew commercial deals with Australian media companies at a cost of an […]

A young girl who witnessed her mother being shot in her Queensland driveway is struggling to come to terms with the “devastating” incident. Natalie Jane Frahm, 34, was sitting in her car in the driveway of her Robb Place home in South Mackay when she was allegedly killed by her neighbour Ryan Geoffrey Cole, 31, […]