Lawyer for Transport Workers’ Union calls record penalty the ‘darkest day’ in airline’s 105-year history Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Qantas has been fined a record $90m
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As more states make it illegal for offenders to publish footage of their crimes on social media, critics say the laws will be ineffective and harmful Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast It is 1.30am in the
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Judge criticises lawyers acting for boy accused of murder for filing misleading AI-created documents
Documents filed included references to nonexistent case citations and inaccurate quotes from a parliamentary speech, judge says Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A judge has criticised lawyers acting for a boy accused of murder for filing
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There is no chance of Australia becoming more economic resilient if we don’t have robust national laws that set clear environmental standards One Big Idea is a new series on how to transform Australia’s economy ahead of Jim Chalmers’ economic roundtable Get
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News Corp tabloid reproduces event flyer complete with slogans. Plus: a landmark defamation ruling Want to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter here It can be a wicked problem, working out how to
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CEO of Tech Council of Australia and Atlassian founder’s argument hinges on whether AI goes on to create something ‘new and novel’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast
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Staff in the childcare sector who suspect or see abuse should first ‘report it to police’ and not the regulator, the head of the New South Wales police child abuse squad, Det Supt Linda Howlett, said during a public inquiry into the
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Exclusive: Plans for ban on ‘face coverings’ at protests, with fines of up to $2,000, have been scaled back, sources say Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Proposed
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Prosecutors ultimately dropped charges relating to Simon Patterson before triple murder trial over mushroom lunch started Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Triple murderer Erin Patterson would have been unfairly prejudiced if a jury heard allegations she
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Our Productivity Commission is considering to include an exemption for text and data mining into our Copyright Act. This extractive industry may well put us out of business The year was 1987. The location: a busy Brisbane newsroom. I was tapping away
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