The Latest Breaking News from Guardian Australia

Sydney academic used AI to write SMH opinion piece urging students to avoid using tech to ‘cut corners’

Sydney Morning Herald removes piece by Cath Ellis, despite Western Sydney University saying her use of AI was ‘appropriate’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 3

Victorian minister regrets character references for taxi driver who assaulted women, DV accused men and Iran regime supporter

Labor’s Luba Grigorovitch wrote 33 character references but says she regrets providing them for six individuals and will never write another

The Guardian - AU · Jun 2

Damaged, deserted, dilapidated … what comes next for the Great Barrier Reef island resorts lying in ruins?

Rather than dreaming of restoring past glory, some are advocating for a future with a lighter footprint. And there are signs of renewal

The Guardian - AU · May 29

Anti-abortion activist concedes pictures of human foetuses may have been sugar glider joeys

Joanna Howe posts on social media that if purported images of human foetuses are in fact sugar gliders, ‘it doesn’t actually matter’

The Guardian - AU · May 28

Reuters executive Simon Robinson to replace Justin Stevens as ABC news director

Hugh Marks refuses to confirm or deny to Senate estimates that he threatened to terminate Stevens if he didn’t resign

The Guardian - AU · May 27

Ed Husic calls on Labor to establish ‘red line’ on Israel’s actions, including treatment of flotilla activists

‘At some point the statements have got to end and the action needs to begin’, member for Chifley says

The Guardian - AU · May 27

Paul Keating urges Labor to stick with capital gains tax overhaul and avoid exemptions that would hurt economy

Exclusive: Former PM says changes to tax rates are ‘so marginal that no entrepreneurial initiative is likely to be thwarted’

The Guardian - AU · May 27

Image of ‘twin babies’ used by anti-abortion activist appears to show sugar gliders

Joanna Howe says the image was sent to her by a woman ashamed of her abortion, and used it to support ‘rally for Emma and Ruth’ in favour of NSW bill

The Guardian - AU · May 26

One Nation’s banning of the ABC and abuse of journalists is shameful. It’s time other media took a stand

The day before the Farrer byelection on May 9 in which Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party delivered a seismic shock to the Australian political landscape, her party apparatchiks banned the ABC from attending its election-eve press conference.

The Conversation · May 25

After years of waiting for help, Liam and Rachel are cutting their Lismore home in half and moving to higher ground

Damning NSW auditor general’s report finds $100m scheme has not delivered a single home or lot since devastating 2022 floods

The Guardian - AU · May 25