Federal and state politics, policy, and governance
Seven tenders for Australia's most expensive infrastructure project have been opened, as the government commits $659.6 million to the development phase of the Sydney-Newcastle high-speed rail link.
Riley Fitzgerald 
One hundred and sixty-nine Senate committee reports are sitting without a government response. The Coalition and crossbench are now using procedural tools to force the issue.
Riley Fitzgerald 
EA's Javelin anti-cheat is reporting a 94% success rate against cheat vendors in Battlefield 6, but players are pushing back on how that number is actually measured.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
The Allan government has ruled out a small business exemption from Victoria's planned work-from-home legislation, setting up a sharp election-year fight with business groups.
Rachel Thornbury 
Prime Video's God of War series has locked in a serious cast, with production now underway in Vancouver and a two-season order already secured.
Jimmy O'Brien 
A deleted LinkedIn post from a former Santa Monica Studio writer has sent the God of War community into a spin, pointing to a new franchise starring Kratos' wife Faye.
Jake Nguyen 
Lenovo has confirmed it will continue driver and BIOS updates for the original Legion Go until October 2029, pushing back against viral claims that AMD had dropped support for its Ryzen Z1 chip series.
Yuki Tamura 
Cherry's first TMR-powered keyboard impresses on performance but faces tough questions about value at $249.99 USD in a crowded market.
Mitchell Tan 
Lenovo's Legion Go Fold concept is equal parts fascinating and baffling. Here's everything you need to know about the foldable handheld PC shown at MWC 2026.
Jake Nguyen 
Australia's international student cap has cost the university sector more than $1 billion in projected revenue. Was the housing rationale ever solid enough to justify it?
Kate Morrison 
A leaked Liberal Party review has blamed Peter Dutton for the party's historic 2025 election loss, finding he sidelined his own campaign director and relied on flawed polling.
Aisha Khoury 
The Senate has voted to formally censure One Nation leader Pauline Hanson after her Sky News remarks that there are 'no good Muslims', with two Liberal senators crossing the floor.
Priya Narayanan 
NSW Premier Chris Minns has publicly confirmed he will not lead Labor beyond the 2027 state election, flagging his political retirement in candid press conference remarks.
Daniel Kovac 
NSW Premier Chris Minns has, for the first time, publicly indicated when he intends to leave office, triggering questions about Labor's future heading into the 2027 election.
Samantha Blake 
Redland City Council's CEO has a decade-long family connection to developer Fox and Bell but has declined to say when the conflict was formally registered.
Oliver Pemberton OpenAI has struck a deal to deploy its AI models in Pentagon classified systems, hours after rival Anthropic was designated a national security risk for refusing the same demands.
Tom Whitfield 
President Trump has ordered all US federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI products after the company refused to remove safeguards against autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance.
Oliver Pemberton 
Iowa legislators are pushing right-to-repair laws for farm equipment, threatening John Deere's grip on the repair market — and Australian farmers are watching closely.
Mitchell Tan 
US lawmakers estimate $20.9 billion in consumer losses from four data broker breaches, after an investigation exposed firms hiding legally required opt-out tools from search engines.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
A Somali asylum seeker hides in a Minneapolis home as Operation Metro Surge reshapes daily life for a community that is overwhelmingly legal.
Zara Mitchell