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Smelter's wage lifeline fails to allay viability fears

A support package has given three weeks of pay certainty for 200 workers at Australia's only manganese alloy smelter, which is on the hunt for a new owner.

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'Better world': inside Australia's pact with AI giant

A Silicon Valley tech boss has warned of the consequences should AI fall into the wrong hands as he signed an agreement with Australia on related safety.

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BBC and NWA: the day ABC staff went on strike – and left Aunty looking ‘a bit different’

Triple J signed off with the hip-hop anthem Express Yourself while other radio and TV networks filled the air with BBC broadcasts, re-runs and soothing music

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Industry bailouts defended as Iran war smashes markets

Industry Minister Tim Ayres has outlined the government's industry-science strategy, saying global instability and the conflict in Iran demands stronger ties.

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Billions for Rio smelter rescue hailed as 'slam dunk'

An aluminium smelter will get billions of dollars in government funding to stay open and save thousands of jobs in the latest bailout of a metals manufacturer.

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Labor mulls early parliament sitting after Bondi attack

Politicians will be back in Canberra sooner than planned to pass key security reforms after the nation's worst mass shooting in decades.

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'Horse has bolted' on cheap gas, even with reservation

Businesses and households want cheaper gas but it remains unclear how effective a plan to reserve more supply for domestic use will be at lowering prices.

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Albanese government announces gas reservation plan to address supply and price

The federal government has announced its much-anticipated gas reservation scheme, to provide security for Australia’s domestic supply and put downward pressure on prices.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Ayres on the AI rollout’s looming ‘bumps and glitches’

The federal government released its National AI Strategy this week, confirming it has dropped its earlier proposal for mandatory guardrails for high-risk artificial intelligence (AI).

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National AI plan must move fast to protect Australians

A national AI road map "uses all the right language", but experts are questioning when the Albanese government's plan will be followed by concrete action.

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Climate of fear: are CSIRO’s sweeping job cuts a sign Australia doesn’t care about the extinction crisis?

Ever decreasing funding for the globally respected government agency mirrors an industry-wide trend that could hinder scientific breakthroughs

The Guardian - AU

Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize

Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’

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The year of the bailout: Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter next in line for taxpayers’ cash

More than $3bn in public money has been given to Australia’s smelters and steelworks in an alarmingly ad-hoc way

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Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding

CEO Doug Hilton says the agency’s budget allocation ‘has not kept up with the cost of doing science’

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Labor 'dreaming' with Gaza claim, activists vow rallies

The opposition has ridiculed the government's claim that Australia's recognition of Palestine has helped build momentum towards peace in Gaza.

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Aussie researchers look to space to help on earth

Emergency services, agricultural projects and defence operations are expected to benefit from eyes in the sky provided by Australian space innovations.

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AI 'energy trilemma' in sights of data centre boss

Keeping data centres running to support the AI boom will require investment in low-emission energy generation, possibly including nuclear, proponents argue.

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Everyone in Canberra agrees action is needed on AI. But what to do and how? And at what cost?

Balancing productivity gains with the potentially negative impact on jobs and our way of life will be a defining issue for Labor

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Australia’s potential surrender of creative content to tech giants for free is shocking. Labor must decide where it stands

The Productivity Commission appears to have bought into tech companies’ brazen arguments – and caught the Australian government off-guard

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Smelter owners urged to put more on the table

The federal government has not ruled out any support measures as it calls on a mining giant to step up and save a copper smelter in regional Australia.

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'Strong interest' as steelworks sales process opens

There is "strong early interest" in the Whyalla Steelworks as the sale process begins and millions of dollars flow into the region from a $2.4 billion package.

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Secret examination of agency running Aukus submarine program handed to government – as it happened

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View from The Hill: Albanese shifts Tanya Plibersek from environment, in favour of ‘can-do’ Murray Watt

The reshuffle announced by Anthony Albanese is a mix of continuity and change, with those in the government’s top rank staying in their previous ministries, as the prime minister had earlier flagged, but some big movements down the line.

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Anthony Albanese reveals new cabinet with Tanya Plibersek named as minister for social services

PM has named his new frontbench, including Michelle Rowland as the new attorney general, after a factional brawl over positions

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Australian election called for 3 May – as it happened

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