Being drunk in public will no longer be a crime in Queensland but advocates still worry about policing
Warning: this article contains the name of an Aboriginal person who has died. Tanya Day, a Yorta Yorta mother and grandmother, was arrested for being drunk in public on a train in December 2017. Seventeen days later she was dead, after sustaining a serious head injury when she fell while being held in a police […]
Cabinet reshuffle looms as ministers Linda Burney and Brendan O'Connor resign
Senior government ministers Linda Burney and Brendan O’Connor will retire from federal politics at the next election and immediately vacate their cabinet positions, prompting a reshuffle. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the ministers’ resignations on Thursday, after weeks of speculation that a ministerial overhaul was on the cards. “In recent times I’ve had discussions with […]
An outpouring of love, respect and gratitude has greeted Linda Burney's retirement announcement
After more than twenty years in politics Wiradjuri woman Linda Burney had butterflies in her tummy after . When Burney walked onto the floor of the NSW Lower House in 2003 she was the first Aboriginal person to have been elected to parliament in that state. She quickly moved up the ranks of the tough-as-nails […]
Nine builds out single view of customer on GCP foundation
Nine Entertainment is continuing to refine a single view of customer capability it has built on a Google Cloud foundation, using it to inform content direction, marketing and advertising, among other uses. Nine’s chief data officer Suzie Cardwell. Chief data officer Suzie Cardwell told the recent Google Cloud Summit 2024 in Sydney that the […]
Australians will vote in Venezuela’s tense election amid claims they’re being ‘dissuaded’
Maria Margarita Ruiz migrated to Australia with her husband in 2010, hoping to start a better life. She left Venezuela during the term of the now-deceased former president Hugo Chávez, whose successor Nicolas Maduro, 61, is seeking a third term in office in Sunday’s election. The incumbent is seeking another six-year term, while his main […]
NSW gov asked to employ multiple 'chief AI officers'
The NSW government has been asked to appoint ‘chief AI officers’, both at a whole-of-government and department and agency level, as one outcome of a wide-ranging inquiry into AI in the state. The committee that led the inquiry also wants to see a central ‘NSW Office of AI’ established, a regulatory gap analysis, and a […]
Joe Biden says his 'personal ambition' can't stand in the way of saving America's democracy
Joe Biden said the “soul of America” is at stake in his first speech since dropping out of the United States presidential race, in which he defended his political record and reiterated his support for vice-president Kamala Harris’ White House bid. Biden, who has been recovering from COVID-19, addressed Americans from the White House Oval […]
Datacom opens new Canberra office
Ed Husic and Mike Fuller, DatacomSupplied Datacom which bills itself as Australasia’s largest homegrown tech company has officially opened a new office in Canberra, with the Minister for Industry and Science officiating and speaking at the ceremony. He was joined by Datacom’s managing director for Australia, Mike Fuller. The new office is located in the […]
The Australian passport is now more powerful. Here's where you can travel visa-free
The Australian passport is among the top five most powerful in the world, according to new rankings, with the number of destinations those who hold it can access visa-free having grown. Australia placed joint fifth alongside Portugal in the 2024 Henley Passport Index, up from joint eighth spot last year. The Australian passport is now […]
Insured losses from CrowdStrike outage could reach US$1.5 billion
Global insured losses from last week’s massive IT outage are likely to range from US$400 million to US$1.5 billion ($612 million to $2.3 billion), cyber analytics firm CyberCube said. A software bug in cyber security firm CrowdStrike’s quality-control system caused the software update that crashed computers globally, the US firm said this week, as losses […]
