Motorists to lose fuel discount from Monday
Drivers will lose the fuel excise discount as planned, despite escalating pressure on global oil prices and warnings the world has depleted reserves. Source link
What belongs in your FOGO bin? Definitely not Ozempic needles
A north-west Tasmanian waste management company says it has a $700,000 per year problem, and council ratepayers are picking up the tab. Source link
Hunter transmission line approved after rerouting around homes, frogs
The Hunter Transmission Project will see more than 100 kilometres of large transmission lines built from the NSW Upper Hunter to Lake Macquarie, with the route amended to minimise impacts to private landholders and an endangered frog. Source link
Australia's biggest gold miner called to help stabilise WA's power issues
Australia’s biggest gold miner is being asked to carry a bigger load to resolve decades of power capacity and reliability woes on what WA Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson has described as the “largest and most isolated grid in the world”. Source link
Judge slams law firm over delayed $120m payout to sacked Qantas staff
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers has been handling a $120 million payout that Qantas agreed to pay its illegally sacked workers in 2024, with a judge rebuking the delayed compensation. Source link
Without more oil a new refinery makes no sense
Experts say a new refinery would still need to use imported oil and question how it would be competitive. Source link
OpenAI's Hugging Face hack mixed technical brilliance with incoherent noise
Post-mortem by nearly 700 CISOs shows AI took “paths no humans would take”. Source link
Burnham invites Tories and Lib Dems to social care talks
In a speech, the PM is expected to say finding common ground across party lines will be key to fixing social care. Source link
Okta details 'Work Panel', a turnkey SaaS platform for vishing crews
Automates domains, hosting and lookups via legitimate tools. Source link
Israel says it asked Canada for permission for Netanyahu to use Canadian airspace
The Israeli government has told CBC News that it requested permission for wanted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to overfly Newfoundland and Nova Scotia on Monday en route to a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. Canadian officials are again refusing to comment on how Netanyahu was able to enter and leave Canadian airspace, or […]