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Great article.
I find it absurd Governments allow these companies to make these claims with no statistically significant data to back them up.
Great article.
I find it absurd Governments allow these companies to make these claims with no statistically significant data to back them up.
It’s time for a reality check about the safety of self-driving cars
As Waymo accelerates plans to launch its for-hire autonomous vehicles in Australia, we still do not know if robotaxis are safer than human drivers.
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January 20, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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Great article.
I find it absurd Governments allow these companies to make these claims with no statistically significant data to back them up.
Great article.
I find it absurd Governments allow these companies to make these claims with no statistically significant data to back them up.
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Can we stop sanewashing this crazy old man and put him in a dementia unit already?!?!?
Can we stop sanewashing this crazy old man and put him in a dementia unit already?!?!?
Even some Trump advisers are wary of a military pursuit of Greenland. Is an off-ramp possible? | CNN Politics
Flying home this month from an extended Christmas vacation in Palm Beach, President Donald Trump was momentarily taken aback when a reporter asked him about the ice-covered island he’s openly trying t...
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January 20, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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Can we stop sanewashing this crazy old man and put him in a dementia unit already?!?!?
Can we stop sanewashing this crazy old man and put him in a dementia unit already?!?!?
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Can't see how the fascists could possibly be on the wrong side of history here...
(Sarcasm obviously).
Can't see how the fascists could possibly be on the wrong side of history here...
(Sarcasm obviously).
The right wants ICE to crush the wine mom insurgency
We’re now seeing an outpouring of misogynist rage driven by both political expedience and psychosexual grievance, writes Michelle Goldberg.
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January 18, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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Can't see how the fascists could possibly be on the wrong side of history here...
(Sarcasm obviously).
Can't see how the fascists could possibly be on the wrong side of history here...
(Sarcasm obviously).
I've never seen ads before for corporate booths at a World Cup. Sales must suck.
January 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I've never seen ads before for corporate booths at a World Cup. Sales must suck.
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Not even the pretense that the death and destruction caused by the U.S. was about Democracy.
Not even the pretense that the death and destruction caused by the U.S. was about Democracy.
Trump meets with Venezuelan opposition leader after praising its government
US President Donald Trump meets with Venezuelan opposition leader at the White House, their first in-person meeting.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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Not even the pretense that the death and destruction caused by the U.S. was about Democracy.
Not even the pretense that the death and destruction caused by the U.S. was about Democracy.
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He makes a bloody good point. Western media are by and large utter hypocrites.
He makes a bloody good point. Western media are by and large utter hypocrites.
Iran, Gaza and the politics of counting the dead
As Western media accepts death tolls from Iran at face value, Palestinian deaths in Gaza remain endlessly questioned.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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He makes a bloody good point. Western media are by and large utter hypocrites.
He makes a bloody good point. Western media are by and large utter hypocrites.
Another misinformed AFR opinion piece.
1) SMSFs already contribute to the CSLR as clients of the financial intermediaries that are levied (advisers, brokers etc).
2) The massive losses in Shield and Guardian were mostly (c90%) under APRA regulated retail platform funds.
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1) SMSFs already contribute to the CSLR as clients of the financial intermediaries that are levied (advisers, brokers etc).
2) The massive losses in Shield and Guardian were mostly (c90%) under APRA regulated retail platform funds.
www.afr.com/policy/tax-a...
Self-managed super investors should pay a fee for bailout insurance
The more one thinks about it, the more convincing it becomes that the 650,000 SMSFs should pay an annual levy if they want to be covered for losses.
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January 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Another misinformed AFR opinion piece.
1) SMSFs already contribute to the CSLR as clients of the financial intermediaries that are levied (advisers, brokers etc).
2) The massive losses in Shield and Guardian were mostly (c90%) under APRA regulated retail platform funds.
www.afr.com/policy/tax-a...
1) SMSFs already contribute to the CSLR as clients of the financial intermediaries that are levied (advisers, brokers etc).
2) The massive losses in Shield and Guardian were mostly (c90%) under APRA regulated retail platform funds.
www.afr.com/policy/tax-a...
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This has to be the stupidest op-Ed I've ever read. Yes you might not have to pay a lease cost to Greenland to base military assets there but I imagine the current lease cost (if any) is an absolute fraction of the US$600m subsidy that Denmark gives to Greenland p.a.
This has to be the stupidest op-Ed I've ever read. Yes you might not have to pay a lease cost to Greenland to base military assets there but I imagine the current lease cost (if any) is an absolute fraction of the US$600m subsidy that Denmark gives to Greenland p.a.
Economics explains Donald Trump’s bid for Greenland
The United States has realised that leasing military access from Denmark is an incomplete contract fraught with intolerable transaction costs.
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January 11, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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This has to be the stupidest op-Ed I've ever read. Yes you might not have to pay a lease cost to Greenland to base military assets there but I imagine the current lease cost (if any) is an absolute fraction of the US$600m subsidy that Denmark gives to Greenland p.a.
This has to be the stupidest op-Ed I've ever read. Yes you might not have to pay a lease cost to Greenland to base military assets there but I imagine the current lease cost (if any) is an absolute fraction of the US$600m subsidy that Denmark gives to Greenland p.a.
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The "serious" people sure are slow to wake up. But gradually yes everybody is realising it's insane to be an ally of the United States and expect them to live up to their obligations when the time comes.
The "serious" people sure are slow to wake up. But gradually yes everybody is realising it's insane to be an ally of the United States and expect them to live up to their obligations when the time comes.
Australia’s suddenly emerging Greenland dilemma
Denmark has been a steadfast US ally. That this appears to count for so little in Washington should give Australia pause.
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January 10, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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The "serious" people sure are slow to wake up. But gradually yes everybody is realising it's insane to be an ally of the United States and expect them to live up to their obligations when the time comes.
The "serious" people sure are slow to wake up. But gradually yes everybody is realising it's insane to be an ally of the United States and expect them to live up to their obligations when the time comes.
I've never seen so many advertisements to visit the United States.
Seems like false advertising though...should probably be more like:
"America...we shoot people observing our fascist brownshirts in the face"
Seems like false advertising though...should probably be more like:
"America...we shoot people observing our fascist brownshirts in the face"
January 8, 2026 at 7:45 AM
I've never seen so many advertisements to visit the United States.
Seems like false advertising though...should probably be more like:
"America...we shoot people observing our fascist brownshirts in the face"
Seems like false advertising though...should probably be more like:
"America...we shoot people observing our fascist brownshirts in the face"
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Seizing Russian flagged vessels that are being shadowed by one of their subs.
I'm no fan of Russia but this seems like a high probability approach of sparking conflict with a nuclear superpower!
I thought the Orange Shitler was supposed to keep the U.S. out of WW3!?
Seizing Russian flagged vessels that are being shadowed by one of their subs.
I'm no fan of Russia but this seems like a high probability approach of sparking conflict with a nuclear superpower!
I thought the Orange Shitler was supposed to keep the U.S. out of WW3!?
US forces seize Russian-flagged oil tanker with Venezuela links
The tanker has been evading an American blockade of sanctioned vessels linked to Venezuela's oil industry since December.
www.abc.net.au
January 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Seizing Russian flagged vessels that are being shadowed by one of their subs.
I'm no fan of Russia but this seems like a high probability approach of sparking conflict with a nuclear superpower!
I thought the Orange Shitler was supposed to keep the U.S. out of WW3!?
Seizing Russian flagged vessels that are being shadowed by one of their subs.
I'm no fan of Russia but this seems like a high probability approach of sparking conflict with a nuclear superpower!
I thought the Orange Shitler was supposed to keep the U.S. out of WW3!?
Remember the U.S. are the good guys!
Trump was merely deposing a vicious left wing dictator in Venezuela...while paying a vicious right wing dictator in El Salvador to illegally hold renditioned prisoners in inhumane conditions!
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Trump was merely deposing a vicious left wing dictator in Venezuela...while paying a vicious right wing dictator in El Salvador to illegally hold renditioned prisoners in inhumane conditions!
www.amnesty.org/en/location/...
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Human rights in El Salvador
Stay up to date on the state of human rights in El Salvador with the latest research, campaigns and education material from Amnesty International.
www.amnesty.org
January 6, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Remember the U.S. are the good guys!
Trump was merely deposing a vicious left wing dictator in Venezuela...while paying a vicious right wing dictator in El Salvador to illegally hold renditioned prisoners in inhumane conditions!
www.amnesty.org/en/location/...
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Trump was merely deposing a vicious left wing dictator in Venezuela...while paying a vicious right wing dictator in El Salvador to illegally hold renditioned prisoners in inhumane conditions!
www.amnesty.org/en/location/...
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Trump is so incompetent that he clearly didn't even listen to the oil companies he briefed before illegal attacking Venezuela and abducting its President.
Trump is so incompetent that he clearly didn't even listen to the oil companies he briefed before illegal attacking Venezuela and abducting its President.
Big Oil doesn’t share Trump’s dream of making Venezuelan oil great again | CNN Business
President Donald Trump may have made a major miscalculation about Venezuela’s oil.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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Trump is so incompetent that he clearly didn't even listen to the oil companies he briefed before illegal attacking Venezuela and abducting its President.
Trump is so incompetent that he clearly didn't even listen to the oil companies he briefed before illegal attacking Venezuela and abducting its President.
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How ridiculous. Livingstone Shire council are a bunch of utter morons.
Weeds can be introduced with the soil in the plantings?
Come off it. If it's that sensitive nobody should be allowed anywhere near the dunes for fear of contamination.
How ridiculous. Livingstone Shire council are a bunch of utter morons.
Weeds can be introduced with the soil in the plantings?
Come off it. If it's that sensitive nobody should be allowed anywhere near the dunes for fear of contamination.
Rebel tree planters' work removed after beachfront poisonings
A Queensland council is being criticised for uprooting unauthorised saplings from sand dunes amid a long-running vegetation battle.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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How ridiculous. Livingstone Shire council are a bunch of utter morons.
Weeds can be introduced with the soil in the plantings?
Come off it. If it's that sensitive nobody should be allowed anywhere near the dunes for fear of contamination.
How ridiculous. Livingstone Shire council are a bunch of utter morons.
Weeds can be introduced with the soil in the plantings?
Come off it. If it's that sensitive nobody should be allowed anywhere near the dunes for fear of contamination.
Ahh yeah there is the weak as piss response from Albanese to the blatantly illegal U.S. operation in Venezuela.
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When is this useless excuse for a leader going to recognise the U.S. is no longer (if it ever was) a reliable ally?
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When is this useless excuse for a leader going to recognise the U.S. is no longer (if it ever was) a reliable ally?
Australia urges diplomacy as Venezuelan leader captured - Michael West
The prime minister has urged all parties to prevent an escalation of the crisis in Latin America as the US revealed it would tap and sell off Venezuela's oil.
michaelwest.com.au
January 3, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Ahh yeah there is the weak as piss response from Albanese to the blatantly illegal U.S. operation in Venezuela.
michaelwest.com.au/australia-ur...
When is this useless excuse for a leader going to recognise the U.S. is no longer (if it ever was) a reliable ally?
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When is this useless excuse for a leader going to recognise the U.S. is no longer (if it ever was) a reliable ally?
Quite apart from the blatant illegality it's hard to understand the U.S. strategy in Venezuela. The U.S. is a major net petroleum exporter so increasing Venezuelan production is a negative (even using U.S. capital). The alternative is Venezuela continues to be a failed state but now with a raging...
January 3, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Quite apart from the blatant illegality it's hard to understand the U.S. strategy in Venezuela. The U.S. is a major net petroleum exporter so increasing Venezuelan production is a negative (even using U.S. capital). The alternative is Venezuela continues to be a failed state but now with a raging...
You know the U.S. has gone to the dogs when China is the voice of reason.
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When the hell are Albo and the rest of the Australian body politic going to recognise that our security "guarantor" is a rogue nation run by a kakistocracy?
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When the hell are Albo and the rest of the Australian body politic going to recognise that our security "guarantor" is a rogue nation run by a kakistocracy?
Trump says US will take temporary control of Venezuela
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January 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
You know the U.S. has gone to the dogs when China is the voice of reason.
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When the hell are Albo and the rest of the Australian body politic going to recognise that our security "guarantor" is a rogue nation run by a kakistocracy?
global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202601/04/...
When the hell are Albo and the rest of the Australian body politic going to recognise that our security "guarantor" is a rogue nation run by a kakistocracy?
“Something has changed in the United States,” he said.
No shit. It's now run by a bunch of disgusting racists and bigots.
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No shit. It's now run by a bunch of disgusting racists and bigots.
www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
U.S. removal of panels honoring Black soldiers at WWII cemetery in the Netherlands draws backlash
The panels’ removal at the Netherlands American Cemetery comes after President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:45 AM
“Something has changed in the United States,” he said.
No shit. It's now run by a bunch of disgusting racists and bigots.
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No shit. It's now run by a bunch of disgusting racists and bigots.
www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
Really seems like if we need this role there should be a debate about whether we develop AGI at all???
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OpenAI offers $828,000 salary to protect humans from rogue AI
The maker of ChatGPT is recruiting for a “head of preparedness” to address the fast-evolving technology’s rising threat.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Really seems like if we need this role there should be a debate about whether we develop AGI at all???
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Have these shit for brains forgotten that Trump is currently levying illegal tariffs on Australia in complete breach of our FTA?
Go f@#k yourselves you sycophants. Albo needs to grow some and ignore them.
Have these shit for brains forgotten that Trump is currently levying illegal tariffs on Australia in complete breach of our FTA?
Go f@#k yourselves you sycophants. Albo needs to grow some and ignore them.
US tech lobby firms raise spectre of Trump in Albanese’s news levy
Groups representing Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple, Adobe, Microsoft and other US multinationals say the News Bargaining Incentive is a breach of free trade laws.
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December 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Have these shit for brains forgotten that Trump is currently levying illegal tariffs on Australia in complete breach of our FTA?
Go f@#k yourselves you sycophants. Albo needs to grow some and ignore them.
Have these shit for brains forgotten that Trump is currently levying illegal tariffs on Australia in complete breach of our FTA?
Go f@#k yourselves you sycophants. Albo needs to grow some and ignore them.
Vegemite and melted Colby cheese on toast. Just the thing for when you want a hit of umami.
December 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Vegemite and melted Colby cheese on toast. Just the thing for when you want a hit of umami.
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How dystopian.
I can't imagine why young people aren't satisfied with their lives!
How dystopian.
I can't imagine why young people aren't satisfied with their lives!
I stayed in a $40 capsule hotel as return to office mandates drive workers back to the city
RTO mandates has workers who don't live in cities scrambling to find inexpensive ways of staying in the city without resorting to hostels.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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How dystopian.
I can't imagine why young people aren't satisfied with their lives!
How dystopian.
I can't imagine why young people aren't satisfied with their lives!