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Left Focus
Friday, March 8, 2024 - 16:08
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Digitopoly
Friday, March 8, 2024 - 13:25
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The commercial future of AI will soon be bigger than the actions of any firm, individual, research team, or open-source community. In the near term, a massive tailwind of potential use cases and nearly completed projects will determine the rate of progress in creating value for users and suppliers. Still, the source of the next frontier commercial breakthrough and the distribution of profits look undetermined and, for reasons to be explained, underdetermined. |
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AustralianPolitics.com
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 - 15:03
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Scott Morrison, the former Prime Minister (2018-22), has delivered his valedictory speech to the House of Representatives. Morrison will resign as the Liberal member for Cook later this week. First elected to parliament in 2007, Morrison was re-elected five more times. He served nearly six years in opposition before becoming a Cabinet minister upon election of the Abbott coalition government in 2013. Becoming prime minister on August 24, 2018, Morrison won the 2019 election, but was defeated at the election of May 21, 2022. |
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 - 13:12
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AustralianPolitics.com
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 - 13:12
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The Defence Minister, Richard Marles, has announced an upgrade and expansion of the Australian Navy to give it an “enhanced lethality surface combatant fleet”. Flanked by the Pat Conroy, the Minister for Defence Industry, Marles announced an additional $11 billion over the next decade. The money will be used to expand the Navy’s fleet of warships to 26 vessels, an increase of 15 craft. Commitments to the construction of naval vessels in South Australia and Western Australia were reiterated, with ship workers being promised work for deacdes. |
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AustralianPolitics.com
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 - 19:37
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Jeremy Rockliff, the Liberal Premier of Tasmania, has announced that negotiations with two former Liberal MPs have broken down and he will call an early election tomorrow. Rockliff said John Tucker and Lara Alexander had “failed to commit to a new, enduring agreement”, following their resignations from the Liberal Party in May, 2023. The former Liberals had concerns relating to the proposed Macquarie Point Stadium project. Their resignations sent the government into minority status in the House of Assembly. |
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 - 15:02
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AustralianPolitics.com
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 - 15:02
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The Reserve Bank of Australia today made no change to the cash rate, leaving it at 4.35%. The 4.35% rate has been in force since November 2023. The bank’s decision is its first in a restructured process. As part of the new processes, the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Michele Bullock, held a press conference an hour after the bank’s decision was announced. Watch Michele Bullock’s press conference (45m) |
AustralianPolitics.com
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 - 14:18
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The coalition will support the Albanese government’s tax cuts, the Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton, confirmed today. Flanked by the Shadow Treasurer, Angus Taylor, and the Shadow Finance Minister, Senator Jane Hume, Dutton said “the coalition is not going to stand in the way of people who are doing it tough”. With repeated references to “the liar in The Lodge” and the government’s “egregious lie”, Dutton said the coalition would take “a significant tax policy” to the next election. Watch the Dutton-Taylor-Hume press conference (35m) |
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Monday, February 5, 2024 - 14:31
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AustralianPolitics.com
Monday, February 5, 2024 - 14:31
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The Chinese Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been sentenced to death by a court in China.
Yang Hengjun, a pro-democracy activist, has been detained for the past five years. His death sentence will likely be commuted to life imprisonment after two years of “good behaviour”. |
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Monday, February 5, 2024 - 14:31
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AustralianPolitics.com
Monday, January 29, 2024 - 12:01
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Greg Combet, a former minister in the Rudd-Gillard governments, has been appointed Chairman of the Future Fund.
The Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, made the announcement at a press conference today. Combet replaces Peter Costello, the Future Fund’s founder and current Chairman. |
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Monday, January 29, 2024 - 12:01
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AustralianPolitics.com
Saturday, January 27, 2024 - 20:44
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This is the video of Governor-General David Hurley’s 2024 Australia Day Address. The Address was shown on ABC television at 6.55pm on Australia Day. |
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Saturday, January 27, 2024 - 20:44
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Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 18:26
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Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 18:26
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AustralianPolitics.com
Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 18:26
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The Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton, has responded to the Prime Minister’s Press Club appearance today. The rhetoric could charitably be described as over-the-top: |
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Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 15:08
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - 14:59
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AustralianPolitics.com
Saturday, January 20, 2024 - 18:37
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The libertarian economist and newly-elected President of Argentina, Javier Milei, has delivered a strident defence of capitalism at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Reflecting a growing view being expressed by emerging right-wing leaders around the world, Milei said: “Unfortunately, in recent decades, the main leaders of the Western world have abandoned the model of freedom for different versions of what we call collectivism. Some have been motivated by well-meaning individuals who are willing to help others, and others have been motivated by the wish to belong to a privileged caste.” |
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Friday, January 19, 2024 - 14:55
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AustralianPolitics.com
Friday, January 19, 2024 - 14:55
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This is the official timetable of key dates for the Dunkley by-election on March 2, 2024. The dates show the election is being conducted within the minimum timeframe whereby polling day must be no less than 33 days from the issue of the writ. 2024 Dunkley By-Election Timetable Event |
