Federal and state politics, policy, and governance
Anthony Albanese has backed US and Israeli strikes on Iran, saying the regime posed a nuclear threat to global peace, while urging Australians in the country to leave immediately.
Victoria Crawford 
Angus Taylor has refused to rule out a preference deal with One Nation in the Farrer by-election, even as Labor prepares a Senate censure motion over Pauline Hanson's 'no good Muslims' comments.
Samantha Blake 
PM Albanese says Khamenei 'will not be mourned' as US-Israeli strikes kill Iran's supreme leader and threaten global oil supplies.
Victoria Crawford 
California now requires every operating system to collect user ages at setup. Discord's botched rollout shows how badly tech and governments are handling this.
Riley Fitzgerald 
Trump's new pledge demands Big Tech generate its own electricity for AI data centres. The policy has supporters and sceptics — and lessons for Australia.
Aisha Khoury 
Anthropic has been designated a US national security 'supply chain risk' after refusing Pentagon demands to remove guardrails preventing Claude's use in mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
Mitchell Tan 
The US military's LOCUST laser system shot down a CBP drone near Fort Hancock, Texas, after it entered military airspace unannounced, raising fresh concerns about command-and-control failures at the border.
Zara Mitchell 
OpenAI secured a Pentagon deal with the same safety conditions Anthropic was ejected for demanding, as the US government escalates an unprecedented corporate blacklisting.
James Callahan 
OpenAI has vowed to alert authorities of credible threats sooner, after Canada's deadliest school shooting exposed critical gaps in the company's safety protocols.
Marcus Ashbrook 
Anthropic has been designated a national security supply chain risk after refusing to lift AI guardrails on autonomous weapons and mass surveillance, raising urgent questions for Australian firms.
Mitchell Tan 
California lawmakers are pushing to legally separate true e-bikes from powerful e-motos sold deceptively as bicycles, amid rising injuries among young riders.
Zara Mitchell 
President Trump has moved to ban Anthropic from US government work after the Defence Department clashed with the AI firm over restrictions on military applications.
Aisha Khoury The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has replaced its acting director amid staff cuts, security allegations, and a year of internal dysfunction.
Sophia Vargas 
Queensland's LNP government has expanded its flagship youth sentencing laws to include 12 new offences, raising the total to 45 under the 'adult crime, adult time' framework.
Victoria Crawford 
Two people have died and more than 30 others were hospitalised following a series of crashes and assaults on Queensland roads.
Megan Torres 
Queensland's second Human Rights Commissioner, Debbie Platz, says she wants to move the watchdog role away from confrontation and toward practical partnership.
Oliver Pemberton 
Australia has issued urgent travel warnings for multiple Middle East countries following US-Israel strikes on Iran and retaliatory attacks on US bases.
Victoria Crawford 
US President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI tools after a dispute over military applications, with a six-month phase-out period announced.
Aisha Khoury 
US Democrats are demanding an immediate congressional vote after President Trump ordered strikes on Iran, accusing him of unconstitutionally usurping Congress's power to declare war.
James Callahan 
Victoria will extend a security crackdown at Northland, Eastland, Highpoint and Fountain Gate after a trial yielded hundreds of arrests.
Sarah Cheng