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- National News Current Affairs, Transport Automotive
- 13/05/2026
- 08:52
92% of Australians know phone use maims and kills, yet one in three young drivers check notifications within minutes
Key Facts: NRSW 2026 National Driving Behaviour report commissioned ahead of National Road Safety Week 2026 92% of Australian drivers agree mobile phone use…
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- General News, Sport Recreation
- 13/05/2026
- 08:27
TEAMS ANNOUNCED – Maroons Out for revenge as Blues chase history in PBR Origin 2026
Maroons Out for revenge as Blues chase history in PBR Origin 2026 The toughest rivalry in Australian sport is back in the chutes, with…
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- Information Technology, Political
- 13/05/2026
- 08:10
A Tale of Two Cities: Singapore beating Canberra in AI Budget Imagination
Key Facts: Singapore consistently outranks Australia in most categories of AI readiness. Singapore has a population 1/4 the size of greater Sydney. Its area is 1/17 the size of greater Sydney. Singapore outperforms Australia in cumulative AI-related private investment by a factor of 2 to 1.Australia's national budget released last night does not match Singapore's 2026 budget commitments to address the AI revolution. Yet Singapore is a country far smaller in population and area than greater Sydney. "Singapore understands that in the AI economy, the scale of technological ambition matters far more than population size or geographic spread", according to…
- Telecommunication
- 13/05/2026
- 07:58
Media Release – Budget a boost for comms infrastructure delivery, digital services – but leaves regional Australians wanting
ACCAN, the peak national body representing communications consumers, has welcomed the Federal Government’s Budget announcement to ease telecommunications infrastructure approvals, describing the measures as…
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- Agriculture Farming Rural, Government Federal
- 13/05/2026
- 07:29
Federal Budget acknowledges climate drag on productivity, but climate funding fails to match the scale of escalating risk
Farmers for Climate Action welcomes release of 2026-27 Budget FCA acknowledges investment in EPBC implementation, nature repair markets, and fuel and fertiliser security for farmers FCA expresses concern that the measures contained within the budget fail to match the scale of the climate challenge Farmers for Climate Action (FCA) has welcomed the release of the 2026-27 Federal Budget, acknowledging some positive outcomes for agriculture and noting that the Budget clearly identifies climate change as a continued drag on productivity. “On the positive side - we welcome funding for the establishment of the new national Environmental Protection Agency andEPBC implementation, investment…
- Manufacturing, Science
- 13/05/2026
- 07:28
Researchers unlock smarter way to recycle plastics
Monash University engineers have developed a new filtering material that could make plastic recycling cheaper, easier and more environmentally friendly by helping recover and…
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- Federal Budget
- 13/05/2026
- 07:10
ALERT: Edward Cavanough available on CGT and negative gearing reforms
McKell Institute CEO Edward Cavanough is available for interview to discuss the Government's reforms to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount. The McKell Institute lit the path to the Government's negative gearing and CGT reforms. The McKell track record on the Budget's reforms: In 2015, McKell published Switching Gears: Reforming negative gearing to solve our housing affordability crisis. The paper rejected the binary "keep it or scrap it" debate, instead proposing that existing investors be grandfathered and future negative gearing be restricted to newly built housing to drive supply. In 2025, McKell published Harnessing Aspiration which proposed a…
- Government QLD, Industrial Relations
- 13/05/2026
- 07:06
‘Hidden tax’: Health workers call for hospital parking relief as cost-of-living pressures bite
Key Facts: VISION: Health workers rallying outside Prince Charles Hospital Campaign signs and banners at the main road by the hospital sign Together Secretary Alex Scott available for interviews Crowd shots outside hospital entrance DETAILS:What: Health workers rally for hospital parking reliefWhen: Wednesday 13 May, 12pm–1pmWhere: Rode Rd, near Prince Charles Hospital sign, ChermsideFrontline Health workers will rally outside Prince Charles Hospital today calling on political parties and candidates to back cost-of-living relief for hospital staff and patients by ending hospital parking fees. The lunchtime rally comes days out from the Stafford by-election and amid growing frustration from health workers…
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- Finance Investment
- 13/05/2026
- 07:00
Monash experts: The Federal Government is proposing to cap specialist doctors fees
Health Minister Mark Butler has indicated the government is considering capping specialists’ fees to reduce the gap between what Medicare covers and what specialists charge patients. The Australian Medical Association strongly opposes the idea and is threatening legal action. Mark Butler says the government is willing to “test the boundaries” of constitutional limits. Monash University experts have provided a critique in The Conversation (Constitutional Law expert Luke Beck, Health Economics expert Anthony Scott) and can explain whether the government should cap specialist fees, how it could be done and what the Constitution has to do with doctors’ fees. Available to…
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