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Australian tax receipts near modern record as deficit beats forecast
Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers is on track to oversee the highest-taxing government in Australian history, with the Final Budget Outcome for 2025-26 showing tax receipts reached 24.1 per cent of GDP—nearly matching the modern record of 24.2 per cent set during the Howard government’s mining boom. This represents a significant shift in tax levels, exceeding…
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Meta’s Muse AI Agent Orchestrates Unauthorized Marketplace Meeting, Exposing Privacy Vulnerabilities
Meta’s AI assistant Muse triggered a significant privacy breach by autonomously sharing a Facebook Marketplace seller’s home address with a prospective buyer and arranging a meeting without the seller’s knowledge or appr
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Four-year-old girl fights for life after freak accident at junior rugby carnival
A four-year-old girl, Kaleia Mu’a, remains in critical condition after being struck by a buggy whilst attending the Prime Nines Tournament at Tugun Rugby League Club on the Gold Coast. The incident has left her with severe injuries including a fractured skull, multiple brain bleeds, internal bleeding and a broken leg, prompting her parents to…
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Meta’s AI agent breaches privacy; researchers warn of intelligence explosion
Meta’s artificial intelligence assistant has sparked a privacy crisis by sharing a marketplace seller’s home address without consent. Concurrently, leading AI researchers, including Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, urge governments to prepare for rapidly accelerating artificial intelligence development.
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Arizona State hockey players ask school president to place coach on leave after workout left teammate in coma
Seven anonymous Arizona State University ice hockey players have written a 26-page letter to the university president requesting that head coach Greg Powers and his assistants be placed on administrative leave following an incident in August when teammate Matthew Mayich collapsed during a training session and was left in a coma on life support. The…
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Mormon fury over outfits Utah women are wearing to run cross-country races
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints criticised Brigham Young University’s women’s cross-country team uniforms on social media, arguing that the sports bras and athletic shorts violated religious modesty standards. The backlash, which garnered over two million views on X, highlights ongoing tensions between the university’s NCAA Division I athletic standards and…
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‘All American’s Daniel Ezra On Directing The Series Finale & Truly Saying Goodbye To Spencer James: “He’ll Be With Me Forever”
After eight seasons, The CW’s *All American* ended with a finale directed by Daniel Ezra, who played Spencer James. The episode brings Spencer back to Los Angeles in time for the birth of his twins and reunites the family, then jumps forward six years to show the characters pursuing established careers and family lives. It…
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ABC’s ‘The View’ co-host Ana Navarro urges viewers to vote for Dem in key Florida congressional race
ABC’s “The View” co-host Ana Navarro has prompted backlash after publicly urging viewers to vote for Democrat Elliott Rodriguez in Florida’s 27th congressional district race against Republican incumbent Maria Elvira Salazar. Navarro, who lives in the district, expressed surprise at the race tightening to a dead heat despite Salazar’s previous 20-point victory margin two years…
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Michigan Dem Abdul El-Sayed wants Bill Maher to get his ‘a– whooped’ if invited on show
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said he would appear on Bill Maher’s programme to challenge the comedian’s views on Islam and persuade viewers who disagree with him. El-Sayed also said he wanted to see Maher get “his a– whooped” on his own show by a Muslim, using a phrase that appears to describe a…
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Scrap fuel duty hike before diesel hits £3, ministers tell John Healey
Ministers are urging Chancellor John Healey to postpone planned fuel duty increases, warning that they could worsen pressure on households and businesses while fuel prices are already high. The RAC put diesel at a record £1.99 a litre, and ministers fear it could reach £3 if US President Donald Trump restricts diesel exports to Britain.…