Albanese creates Office of AI so Australia can be ‘more than a data warehouse’

“We should not treat AI as a threat to good jobs, we must use it as an instrument to create them.”

Featured

Anthropic, OpenAI, Google respond to Albanese’s AI announcement

Australian startups punch above their weight. As an American, I think I know why

Sharon AI co-founder and chief executive James Manning. Image: Supplied

Australia doesn’t need copyright change to win data centre billions, AI boss says

Workers spend up to 15 hours a week in meetings. Here’s a better way

Bondi to Baroque: Camilla Franks’ palatial, but distilled, evolution

Life

New Zealand-born actor Sam Neill died suddenly in Sydney on Monday, his family confirming he remained cancer free after his 2022 blood cancer diagnosis.

Tributes pour in for legendary actor Sam Neil

IWC embraces island time with the ‘pool’ coloured Ingenieur Automatic 35

What $10,000 buys you on the Mediterranean’s newest luxury ship

Bentley teases its first luxury EV – The Torcal

‘The Odyssey’ early critic reviews render a unanimous verdict

Sole Beneficiary: Footwear to step back to work in

Issue 23

Swipe right: Meet the self-made billionaire trying to fix how the world gets hired

The $500 million offer Lorna Jane refused – and the $28 million ‘bargain’ that followed

This former elite swimmer built a $300 million property empire in six years

Inside this $2 billion founder’s bid to reinvent advertising with AI

Graphic illustration of dice and board game

Where I’m putting the money: Qiao Ma

Meet the sisters reshaping one of Australia’s fastest rising wine brands

Billionaires

How Bending Spoons built a $18.4 billion empire by buying internet has-beens like AOL

AI data centres are set to electrify this $13 billion family’s 76-year-old company

Taylor Swift ans Travis Kelce are engaged.

Everything we know about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding extravaganza

The top 10 richest people in the world (July 2026)

Larry Ellison’s net worth plunges $100 billion amid Oracle slide

Airwallex mega raise nearly doubled its valuation in a year

Australia’s Richest People

57 Billionaires in Australia· $242.2B Combined Wealth· $53B Total Wealth of Women Billionaires· 13 Made Their Fortune in Mining· Biggest Gainer (24 hrs): Andrew Forrest, +$154.9M· Biggest Loser (24 hrs): Scott Farquhar, -$335.8M· Youngest Billionaire: Ed Craven, 30· Oldest Billionaire: Frank Lowy, 95· Richest Australian: Gina Rinehart, $24.8B· 57 Billionaires in Australia· $242.2B Combined Wealth· $53B Total Wealth of Women Billionaires· 13 Made Their Fortune in Mining· Biggest Gainer (24 hrs): Andrew Forrest, +$154.9M· Biggest Loser (24 hrs): Scott Farquhar, -$335.8M· Youngest Billionaire: Ed Craven, 30· Oldest Billionaire: Frank Lowy, 95· Richest Australian: Gina Rinehart, $24.8B