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Teens say they’ve been sidelined in the social media ban debate, saying that adults don't seem to want to know about how they use it and what fixes they want.
Facing a ban, teens are sick of adults ignoring what they think about social media
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December 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Teens say they’ve been sidelined in the social media ban debate, saying that adults don't seem to want to know about how they use it and what fixes they want.
Think One Nation's poll surge won't translate into seats? Our modelling suggests otherwise.
How Pauline Hanson's One Nation could scoop up seats at the next election — and who they could oust
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December 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Think One Nation's poll surge won't translate into seats? Our modelling suggests otherwise.
It turns out the easiest way to get around Australia's teen social media ban is simply asking your mum for help.
How teens are already using their parents to get around Australia's social media ban
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December 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
It turns out the easiest way to get around Australia's teen social media ban is simply asking your mum for help.
Snap says it can correctly guess a user’s age 70-75% of the time just by analysing language on their profile. Cam Wilson reports.
How social media companies use data and AI to figure out your age without you even knowing
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December 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Snap says it can correctly guess a user’s age 70-75% of the time just by analysing language on their profile. Cam Wilson reports.
The Australian media industry isn’t exactly in the best health. @daanysaeed.bsky.social breaks down the numbers.
Paint by Numbers: A health check on the Australian media industry
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December 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The Australian media industry isn’t exactly in the best health. @daanysaeed.bsky.social breaks down the numbers.
Australia's climate ambitions are being completely screwed by the tech industry’s panicked data centre frenzy.
How data centres are killing Australia’s climate progress
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December 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Australia's climate ambitions are being completely screwed by the tech industry’s panicked data centre frenzy.
Voting for the 2025 Arsehat of the Year is officially open! Will Tim Nicholls, Pauline Hanson, or the BOM get your vote?
Vote now for Crikey's 2025 Arsehat of the Year — and boy, it's a crowded field
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December 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Voting for the 2025 Arsehat of the Year is officially open! Will Tim Nicholls, Pauline Hanson, or the BOM get your vote?
Opinion | YouTube and Reddit are due to be banned for under-16s from December 10. For Ada Konstantine, the sites were a lifeline.
My life was saved by YouTube and Reddit. A ban for under-16s could be disastrous
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December 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Opinion | YouTube and Reddit are due to be banned for under-16s from December 10. For Ada Konstantine, the sites were a lifeline.
Labor might think it's set for elections to come because younger voters are more progressive. But the young see the world very differently, writes Bernard Keane.
Yes, young people are different. The political class has no idea how different
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December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Labor might think it's set for elections to come because younger voters are more progressive. But the young see the world very differently, writes Bernard Keane.
Even Andrew Hastie could be under threat if the surge in One Nation's popularity continues to increase towards the next federal election.
How Pauline Hanson's One Nation could scoop up seats at the next election — and who they could oust
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December 6, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Even Andrew Hastie could be under threat if the surge in One Nation's popularity continues to increase towards the next federal election.
How much more evidence do we need that Trump will put his own interests ahead of protecting Australian security?
Labor pulls us deeper and deeper in Trump's moral and strategic swamp
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December 5, 2025 at 7:18 AM
How much more evidence do we need that Trump will put his own interests ahead of protecting Australian security?
Reshuffling executives will do little to solve the core problems at Australia's beleagured national carrier.
Hudson reveals major Qantas restructure, redundancies, as regional aviation shudders
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December 5, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Reshuffling executives will do little to solve the core problems at Australia's beleagured national carrier.
Liz Truss is going back-to-back-to-back like some kind of Michael Jordan of failure.
A matter of Truss: The strange afterlife of a short-lived PM — as she launches her own show
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December 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Liz Truss is going back-to-back-to-back like some kind of Michael Jordan of failure.
At this point, we're fairly convinced Liz Truss is some kind of Nathan Fielder-style social experiment in humiliation.
A matter of Truss: The strange afterlife of a short-lived PM — as she launches her own show
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December 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
At this point, we're fairly convinced Liz Truss is some kind of Nathan Fielder-style social experiment in humiliation.
Evidence keeps accumulating that Donald Trump will always put commercial interests ahead of security. But we tell ourselves to believe otherwise, writes Bernard Keane.
Labor pulls us deeper and deeper in Trump's moral and strategic swamp
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December 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Evidence keeps accumulating that Donald Trump will always put commercial interests ahead of security. But we tell ourselves to believe otherwise, writes Bernard Keane.
The man wrote a reply to a LinkedIn post that criticised Angus Taylor, including the comment: “This is what their agenda has always been. The LNP has never built anything that builds for all.”
Union boss appointed to board by Labor did nothing wrong posting anti-Liberal content to social media, minister says
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December 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The man wrote a reply to a LinkedIn post that criticised Angus Taylor, including the comment: “This is what their agenda has always been. The LNP has never built anything that builds for all.”
Through all this, the Palestinian capacity to hold joy in the most ordinary of things resists.
It's graduation season in Gaza
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December 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Through all this, the Palestinian capacity to hold joy in the most ordinary of things resists.
“The whole area feels like we’re doing a lot of sitting around sort of hoping things don’t go too badly wrong.” Listen to the Cut Through wherever you get your podcasts.
This expert advised on mandatory AI guardrails. The government's national plan doesn’t include them
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December 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
“The whole area feels like we’re doing a lot of sitting around sort of hoping things don’t go too badly wrong.” Listen to the Cut Through wherever you get your podcasts.
The Qantas restructure comes during an already shaky period for Australia’s regional travellers. Meanwhile the Flying Roo continues to struggle with internal dysfunction.
Hudson reveals major Qantas restructure, redundancies, as regional aviation shudders
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December 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The Qantas restructure comes during an already shaky period for Australia’s regional travellers. Meanwhile the Flying Roo continues to struggle with internal dysfunction.
“I won’t be rushing out of here to ring him up, no,” Tim Ayres said.
Union boss appointed to board by Labor did nothing wrong posting anti-Liberal content to social media, minister says
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December 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
“I won’t be rushing out of here to ring him up, no,” Tim Ayres said.
On the podcast: The government is following the US and UK examples of low regulation for the aggressive AI sector. But as Canada shows, it’s not the only way.
This expert advised on mandatory AI guardrails. The government's national plan doesn’t include them
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December 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
On the podcast: The government is following the US and UK examples of low regulation for the aggressive AI sector. But as Canada shows, it’s not the only way.
Tasmania's Parliament has approved the state's controversial new 23,000-seat stadium, and it's the Summer of Sussan as Ley fights for her job.
Tasmania gets its stadium as $1.13bn Macquarie Point venue passes upper house
Tasmania's Parliament has approved the state's controversial new 23,000-seat stadium, and it's the Summer of Sussan as Ley fights for her job.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Tasmania's Parliament has approved the state's controversial new 23,000-seat stadium, and it's the Summer of Sussan as Ley fights for her job.
Voting is now open for Arsehat of the Year 2025 in the 20th annual Crikey Awards.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Voting is now open for Arsehat of the Year 2025 in the 20th annual Crikey Awards.
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More than 75% of Australians say they want regulations on AI. So why has the government’s National AI Plan taken such a “hands-off” approach?
Australia’s national AI plan has just been released. Who exactly will benefit?
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December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
More than 75% of Australians say they want regulations on AI. So why has the government’s National AI Plan taken such a “hands-off” approach?
As the calamities pile up, Donald Trump has returned to a familiar tactic: hurling his subordinates under the bus.
Amid Hegseth fallout, Trump returns to what he does best — hurling subordinates under the bus
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December 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
As the calamities pile up, Donald Trump has returned to a familiar tactic: hurling his subordinates under the bus.