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2026-09-29 · The Guardian

Guardian Essential poll: Coalition’s primary vote sinks to lowest ever as majority support hardline immigration ideas

🔮 But 70% of poll respondents said that, even if the government built enough homes and expanded public services to keep pace with population growth, they would still want immigration reduced. assertive

2026-09-30 · The Guardian

David Shoebridge wants the Greens to ‘seize this moment’. Is his more combative style the answer?

🔮 David Shoebridge, in his first comments as the new Greens leader, seemed to acknowledge the party should, and could, be doing better. assertive

2026-10-01 · The Guardian

Anika Wells named on Time100 list as one of ‘world’s most influential rising stars’ after social media ban

🔮 Future generations will look back on her landmark changes as courageous and trail-blazing.” assertive

2026-10-01 · The Guardian

Anthropic pushes for opt-out model for Australian content as ABC warns of ‘cannibalisation’ of news

🔮 The ABC and SBS also suggested the government include AI companies in the news bargaining incentive, which would require them to make commercial deals with large media outlets to support journalism. “As publishers, AI-based services are currently unregulated and receive more favourable treatment than established Australian media. mixed

2026-10-05 · The Guardian

OpenAI must explain action taken to stop AI hacking Australians’ private data, chair of federal inquiry says

🔮 OpenAI must explain how they will stop their models from inappropriately accessing Australian data, the Labor chair of the parliament’s committee on artificial intelligence has warned, ahead of federal inquiry hearings which will grill the tech company alongside Anthropic, Microsoft and Google. assertive

2026-10-06 · The Guardian

Australian soldier killed and five others injured in training exercise in the Northern Territory

🔮 The department did not immediately confirm the nature of the incident or the cause of death, saying only: “Defence will provide further updates when possible.” Guardian Australia has contacted the defence department for further information about the nature of the incident and injuries. assertive

2026-10-06 · The Guardian

OpenAI delivers a mea culpa to the Australian government in person – but answers still elude

🔮 Asked why Altman wasn’t informed before his meeting with Marles, and why the company didn’t fess up there, Kwon said: “I agree the process by which people became aware of this incident inside our company could have been much better”. mixed

2026-10-08 · The Guardian

OpenAI used AI to help write email warning Australian government AI had hacked its websites

🔮 Kwon indicated during the hearing that OpenAI would provide specific responses to more technical queries in answers to questions on notice. assertive

2026-10-08 · The Guardian

One Nation’s AI video is vile and tired – but the ensloppification of Australian politics doesn’t stop there

🔮 It could also be pointed out how tired the gags are. assertive

2026-10-11 · The Guardian

A Trump impersonator and opera singers: CPAC was a spectacle, but the right still can’t agree how to take down Labor

🔮 Many mainstream Australians would feel as if they’d been dropped in a foreign country at the Conservative Political Action Conference, lost amid oblique references to transgender swimmers, blue hair, women’s bathrooms, jokes about falling off stages and Matt Canavan in hi-vis and speed dealer sunnies. assertive

2026-10-13 · The Guardian

The return of the prodigal son? Why speculation is rising over Josh Frydenberg’s future

🔮 His addition to what is often a tired Coalition partyroom would certainly spice things up, and give a new weapon in their arsenal. assertive

2026-10-15 · The Guardian

‘Manosphere’ podcasts and moon-landing conspiracy theories to remain online under new laws, Wells says

🔮 Australians could still “listen to manosphere podcasts” or “say the moon landing was fake” under proposed new online safety laws, Anika Wells has stressed as she rubbished claims they would lead to government censorship The communications minister also said she was considering updates to the digital duty of care laws to allow individual Australians to directly sue big tech companies flouting the new rules. assertive

2026-10-19 · The Guardian

David Shoebridge responds to Jordon Steele-John’s explosive statement as Greens hold emergency meeting

🔮 Nine newspapers reported last week that seven party members had demanded an investigation into allegations Steel-John had acted inappropriately towards women between 2017 and 2025. Steele-John, in his Sunday night statement, said he was not on leave, contrary to Shoebridge’s comments last week, and claimed he had been pressured by the leader to request leave on Thursday as Nine’s story was breaking. “I feel that he used those meetings to repeatedly pressure me to say that I would take leave,” Steele-John said on Sunday. assertive

2026-10-19 · The Guardian

Who is Helen Haines, the MP allegedly attacked in Victoria?

🔮 Whether you agree with her or you don’t on issues, you would be proud to see how she approaches issues in the Parliament; with compassion, with rigour, everything that you would want from a politician.” assertive

2026-10-21 · The Guardian

Soft-spoken David Pocock has big ambitions – but first he wants politicians to ‘double down’ on kindness

🔮 At his first speech to the national press club on Wednesday, he said he wasn’t launching a bid for prime minister – no matter how much some people might like the softly spoken senator to have more say in federal politics. assertive

2026-10-21 · The Guardian

Australian politicians say they are paying thousands for their own security upgrades amid rising threats

🔮 Security agencies will review safety precautions for MPs’ homes and offices after numerous federal politicians told police and Asio in safety briefings that they were worried about widening threats after the alleged attack on Helen Haines. assertive

2026-10-27 · The Guardian

Guardian Essential poll: One Nation and Labor’s primary vote on par as discontent with Albanese rises

🔮 But Australians are still not convinced One Nation or the Coalition would do a better job than the current government, with Labor still the most trusted party on the economy and managing the country. assertive

2026-10-28 · The Guardian

‘Emotional intimacy’ from AI chatbots would be banned under Australia’s digital duty of care laws

🔮 The digital duty of care bill passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday and will be debated by the Senate in coming weeks. assertive

2026-10-29 · The Guardian

Defence backed claim that social media footage of public servants could invite bullying

🔮 The secretary of the defence department approved a senior official’s controversial idea to tell a Senate hearing that footage of public servants giving evidence should not be shared on social media because it could invite online bullying and raise national security concerns. assertive

2026-10-30 · The Guardian

Experts warn AI copyright changes could breach Australian constitution and spark huge compensation rights case

🔮 Altering copyright law to allow AI companies to scrape music, books and journalism could trigger a constitutional breach, Coalition senators and the recording industry have warned, as they raise new fears it could open Australia to massive legal action and compensation claims from rights holders worldwide. mixed

2026-11-02 · The Guardian

Guardian Essential poll: record number of Australians are turning their backs on the Melbourne Cup

🔮 Just 12% of voters in October’s poll said they regularly wagered on horse races and would bet on Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup, down 5 points from 2025. assertive

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