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Should gambling companies be able to target young Aussies? No one's really stopping them.
Gambling
Jun 19, 2025

Should gambling companies be able to target young Aussies? No one's really stopping them.

Retired F1 star Daniel Ricciardo the new face of an app "that's WhatsApp and Instagram meets sports betting”.

Archie Milligan
The devil is in the detail as Australian social media ban looms
Analysis
Jun 18, 2025

The devil is in the detail as Australian social media ban looms

Verifying whether someone is 16 or younger without using a passport or other official ID is a massive challenge.

Archie Milligan
Tabcorp fined $4 million for sending illegal marketing messages to VIP customers without consent
Gambling
Jun 18, 2025

Tabcorp fined $4 million for sending illegal marketing messages to VIP customers without consent

Australia’s media watchdog says the gambling giant breached spam laws more than 5,700 times — in what’s believed to be the first major penalty targeting a VIP gambling program.

Archie Milligan
No chat, no clarity, no deal: Trump skips G7 early, meeting with Albanese canned
Defence
Jun 17, 2025

No chat, no clarity, no deal: Trump skips G7 early, meeting with Albanese canned

Archie Milligan

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“People think they’ve got 99 years between floods, and that’s just not true”
Analysis
Jun 17, 2025

“People think they’ve got 99 years between floods, and that’s just not true”

This historian says applying labels such as “1-in-100-year” to extreme weather events doesn’t reflect reality, and the sooner we drop them, the better.

Archie Milligan
The NSW Nationals have scrapped Net Zero. What does that mean for the Coalition's fractured climate divide?
New South Wales News
Jun 16, 2025

The NSW Nationals have scrapped Net Zero. What does that mean for the Coalition's fractured climate divide?

A vote at the state conference has reignited tensions over emissions policy — and put pressure on federal Nationals leader David Littleproud to pick a side.

Archie Milligan
Croc wars: why the Irwins and Katters are clashing in Queensland
Queensland News
Jun 13, 2025

Croc wars: why the Irwins and Katters are clashing in Queensland

The Katter party wants culls and hunts. The Irwins say that’s reckless.

Archie Milligan
US launches review of AUKUS sub deal as doubts grow over $368B plan
Defence

US launches review of AUKUS sub deal as doubts grow over $368B plan

The nuclear submarine agreement between Australia, the UK and the US is under fresh scrutiny — this time from Washington.

Archie Milligan
Jun 12, 2025
Want a house in Sydney? That'll be 14.7x the average wage.
housing

Want a house in Sydney? That'll be 14.7x the average wage.

Sydney’s price-to-income ratio isn’t just bad — it’s worse than anywhere else in the world. And yes, it went up again last month.

Archie Milligan
Jun 10, 2025
"A Cruel Blow": Wind Farm Rejection Ends Family’s Renewable Vision
Queensland News

"A Cruel Blow": Wind Farm Rejection Ends Family’s Renewable Vision

The Richards family saw clean energy as the future for their Central Queensland cattle property. Now, a sudden government decision has left that future in tatters.

Archie Milligan
Jun 10, 2025
Australia’s AI future might depend on U.S. politics
Analysis

Australia’s AI future might depend on U.S. politics

A 10-year freeze on state regulation in the U.S. might sound distant — but it could shape how AI is used (and controlled) here too.

Archie Milligan
Jun 6, 2025
Tasmania’s government might collapse, the AFL team could die and a Doomsday Fish just washed up on the beach
Tasmania News

Tasmania’s government might collapse, the AFL team could die and a Doomsday Fish just washed up on the beach

The opposition is pushing a no-confidence vote, the Premier’s refusing to quit, and even the state’s AFL team is warning this could all end in disaster.

Archie Milligan
Jun 4, 2025
She was elected with Greens support – but now Dorinda Cox is a Labor senator
Western Australia News

She was elected with Greens support – but now Dorinda Cox is a Labor senator

The WA senator's political pivot has left voters (and her former party) asking: why?

Archie Milligan
Jun 3, 2025
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