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You joined social media to communicate — when did you agree to let an algorithm choose what you see?

There was once a fairly simple bargain at the heart of social media. You joined a network. You chose people to follow. They chose whether to follow you. You published photographs, opinions, news, invitations or obs...

Australia wants to give you back control of your internet
Iran war squeezes the world’s oil escape routes — what happens to Australia if Hormuz and the Red Sea are both threatened?

America takes the oil war directly to Iran’s tanker fleet

The United States has struck three Iranian crude-oil tankers after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards lau...

Australian housing affordability hits record low even as prices fall

Australia has reached a troubling point in its housing crisis: homes are becoming cheaper in sever...

When taxation becomes prohibition: Australia’s tobacco policy reaches breaking point
The Coalition’s plan to cut tobacco excise by 80 per cent is confronting Australia with …
Australia has switched on a giant new gas resource — and Hormuz has changed what it means
Gas has begun flowing from the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin for the first time. T…
Australia’s economy grew — so why doesn’t it feel like it?
Australia has avoided recession and recorded another quarter of economic growth. Yet for…
Iran threatens tighter Hormuz restrictions as oil passes US$95 — Australia’s fuel relief moves further away
Just days ago, there were credible signs that the global oil crisis centred on the Strai…

Daylight saving 2026: when the clocks change and why Australians do not get a direct say

Daylight saving will begin in participating Australian states and territories on Sunday, 4 October 2026. At 2am local...

Is immigration creating the illusion of Australian economic growth?

Australia’s economy grew during the June quarter, but much of the political comfort offered by the headline figure dis...

Tim Jarvis AM Named Inaugural Patro…
Regenerate Australia, a Perth-based environmental charity, today announced the appointment of environmental scientist and conser…
Chatswood Library Faces 24/7 Push a…
Local libraries have long been the quiet cornerstones of Australian communities, but a new push by the Willoughby City Council c…
The International Student Funding Q…
Funds can be genuine - but genuine access to them is a harder question to answer. International education is one of Australia’s gr…
US strikes Iran at Hormuz as new mi…
The United States has attacked Iranian military positions beside the Strait of Hormuz after US officials said Revolutionary Guar…