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Australia news LIVE: One Nation reveals migration plan; Trump downplays AI threat; voters lose faith in PM on economy
13+ hour, 37+ min ago (1076+ words) Here is what’s making news today. Liberal backbencher Andrew Wallace has attempted to table a stack of papers which he said contained more than 10,000 signatures from Australians opposing Labor’s plan to cut back the private health rebate for over-65s. He…...
Will AI kill us all? I doubt it, but let’s reduce the risk... now
5+ hour, 54+ min ago (762+ words) September 14, 2026 — 3:00pm It’s been a ridiculous week for artificial intelligence. On Monday, OpenAI reported an incident to the European Commission in which its agents hijacked a German website and turned it into a message board for other agents. On Tuesday, Anthropic…...
Forrestania doubles down with second 2Mt WA gold ore deal
7+ hour, 14+ min ago (473+ words) September 14, 2026 — 1:40pm Forrestania Resources has secured a significant ore supply stream for its Western Australian gold processing hubs, executing a deal that gives it the right to purchase and process up to two million tonnes of ore over the next two…...
Debt and migration won’t derail $55b transport spend: minister
8+ hour, 42+ min ago (447+ words) September 14, 2026 — 12:12pm The Queensland transport minister says neither a credit rating cut nor a potential slashing of overseas migration will get in the way of his government delivering the infrastructure it has promised. The state will spend $55.9 billion on transport projects…...
Geological smoke leads PLC Resources to bigger WA gold target
9+ hour, 2+ min ago (620+ words) September 14, 2026 — 11:52am PLC Resources has kicked off follow-up reverse-circulation (RC) drilling at its Rochefort gold prospect, part of the company’s Abbotts North gold project in Western Australia’s Murchison region, chasing what it believes could be a larger gold system lurking beyond…...
Major private hospital operator to be broken up after lenders back consortium bid
10+ hour, 14+ min ago (437+ words) September 14, 2026 — 10:40am Australia’s second-largest private hospital operator Healthscope is set to be broken up, with Sydney’s Prince of Wales Private Hospital and Melbourne’s Knox Private Hospital to be sold to private equity under a deal announced on Monday. Lenders to the…...
WA news LIVE: Woodside board member quits after seven months
11+ hour, 15+ min ago (249+ words) Woodside Energy director Mark Cutifani has resigned from his position on the oil and gas giant’s board after just seven months in the role. In an announcement on the ASX this morning, Cutifani said the decision was made after careful…...
Premium economy is getting better, but is it actually worth the price?
15+ hour, 54+ min ago (381+ words) September 14, 2026 — 5:00am Emirates has just announced its premium economy flyers will get adjustable privacy screens between seats, the first of its kind for PE flyers. The electrically operated screen rises from the armrest to the full height of the seatback. It’s…...
In this suburb you need to earn $2.3m to be in the top 1%: How does your area compare?
15+ hour, 54+ min ago (776+ words) September 14, 2026 — 5:00am In one Brisbane suburb, the top 1 per cent of income earners take home more than $2.3 million a year on average, while half-a-dozen other riverside neighbourhoods bring in more than $1.5 million. But how wealth is distributed across Brisbane is changing…...
From emergency to new normal: How Labor supercharged use of contingency funding for major projects
15+ hour, 54+ min ago (1072+ words) September 14, 2026 — 5:00am Opposition Leader Jess Wilson has pledged to overhaul the way the state government funds and accounts for major infrastructure projects as a step towards restoring integrity to Victoria’s finances if the Coalition is elected on November 28. Documents obtained under…...