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The Murujuga Rock Art monitoring program finds pollutants from previous industrial activity have damaged a larger area of ancient rock art on the Burrup Peninsula than previously thought. Source link

Inflation is continuing to cool with the annual headline rate rising to 3.5 per cent in July, but some economists say it has increased the risk of another interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank of Australia this year. Source link

Inflation eases even as retail giant Woolworths sees its headline profit surge by 18 per cent to $1.1 billion, while Australia’s private credit woes deepen as a large investment firm imposes redemption limits. Follow live. Source link

The US tech giant behind popular AI chatbot Claude wanted to meet with the NSW government earlier this year about locating up to five gigawatts of data centres in the state, the ABC can reveal. Source link

Wealth inequality is becoming extreme. Political corruption is rampant in the United States. So will the response to AI and automation be redistribution or repression? Source link

When America’s national debt surged to $US40 trillion last week it led to a bond market sell-off which was countered by the US government. It’s become an epic battle. Source link

Users of eHarmony’s website and app were conned with fake free dating services and then forced to pay, the Federal Court of Australia has found. Source link

The looping sound of the Woolworths jingle outside a Darwin store has irritated customers, but the supermarket giant says the music is a tactic to reduce anti-social behaviour against staff and customers. Source link

A former radio colleague of Alan Jones has admitted joking about the veteran broadcaster being generous and giving attention to a younger colleague at a Christmas lunch, but has denied seeing an indecent assault. Source link

Bathla Group says tax changes, softening sales and construction costs have led to its plight. Source link