Katy Gallagher
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Snowy Hydro 2.0 has blown out to 12 times its original cost – but the CEO says it ‘could have been worse’
New projections by the Snowy Hydro company show tunnelling work is now 65% complete, but the completion date has been pushed back to 2029
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OpenAI’s Medicare attack has exposed Australia’s ‘tech debt’. Fixing it could bring a big bill for taxpayers
Home affairs department orders all federal government agencies to conduct review of ‘legacy technology’ amid fallout from AI agent hacks
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Million-dollar public servants: 11 staff at Australia’s Future Fund paid significantly more than the PM
One executive received a $1.5m package last year, while 10 other staff received remuneration exceeding $1m each
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Anthropic will not appear at Senate inquiry into AI and datacentres amid fallout from OpenAI hack
Company behind Claude chatbot expected to attend separate Australian government hearing on AI next week
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Australia news live: Chalmers and Gallagher to present final budget outcome; RBA interest rate hike looms
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OpenAI hack on Australian government reveals anxiety at heart of global artificial intelligence dilemma
As the UN warns traditional safeguards are ‘unravelling’, Donald Trump says he will encourage, not restrain, the AI race
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PM rejects ‘nonsense’ suggestion he delayed revealing OpenAI Medicare hack as Labor considers changing laws
Expert says Australia’s criminal laws should be clarified to determine how fault is applied to a corporation when its AI agent commits a crime