Two Carlton players treated in hospital after off-season night out
Club issues brief statement about Lachie Cowan and Will Hayward, saying latter suffered minor cut to head after a fallAn off-season night out for Carlton football club teammates ended with two players admitted to hospital for treatment on Sunday morning,…
‘A real-life moment from The Castle’: the retired Australian couple who took on a coal giant and won
Wendy Wales and Tony Lonergan’s four-year fight over MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine went all the way to the high courtSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereWhen Wendy Wales and Tony Lonergan and a…
Flydubai co-pilot’s time in Australia being investigated by security agencies after alleged cockpit attack
Police confirm investigation into period the man reportedly spent in Australia before alleged attempted terrorist attackGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian security agencies have launched an investigation after it…
Whales on Australia’s ‘humpback highway’ are at growing risk of injury from boat and propellor strikes
Exclusive: Images show deep cuts and damage to tails and fins, as experts warn the migrating species often aren’t able to avoid a collision Gruesome images of adult and juvenile humpback whales along Australia’s east coast with slash and gouge injuries…
Five-year-old girl and man, 67, in critical condition after car hits crowd in Newcastle
Driver arrested at the scene after vehicle strikes multiple people in a crowd, leaving 10 injured including three childrenGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTen people have been injured, two critically, after a car crashed into a…
AI threatens to destroy so much of our culture. Our greatest loss might be our ability to listen | Shirleene Robinson
Australians are conversing less every year, with a recent study showing we lost an average of 338 spoken words each day between 2005 and 2019We talk a lot about losing our ability to write as a result of AI. I’m convinced our greatest loss might be our…
I was focused on becoming the first Aboriginal tennis champion. Then one remark changed something in me
As a teenager in Sydney, the would-be Wimbledon champion was working towards a singular goal when an act of racism shattered her naivetyIt was a regular match. Until it wasn’t. In 1969, I was 17 and had been living in Sydney with my tennis coach, Vic…
Heads of OpenAI and Anthropic called to face Senate inquiry after rogue agent incidents
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have been invited to appear before the Greens-led inquiry into AI and datacentresFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastThe chief executives of OpenAI…