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The incident will fan concerns about how developers can contain increasingly capable AI systems, after similar incidents at rival companies Anthropic and OpenAI.
Farmers in Victoria's west have been issued infringement notices after they refused access to authorised officers looking to continue planning for the VNI West transmission line project.
Australian producers flag biosecurity worries as the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry considers importing pineapples from India and Indonesia.
A mining company says it has found a way to access a mineral lode discovered under Broken Hill more than 40 years ago, but once deemed too difficult to reach.
An interim report has confirmed a runaway coal train reached speeds well in excess of the safe limit and rolled backwards for 5 kilometres before coming to a halt.
The Australian share market is set for another day of gains after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could happen by "tomorrow". Follow live.
Jetstar has announced it will charge passengers to stow carry-on luggage in overhead lockers from next year, allowing only a small under-seat bag at no extra cost.
Australia's first new oil refinery in decades is touted for WA. A site under consideration in the state's Mid West faces a big hurdle in connecting to power.
Doctors at some of Melbourne's biggest public hospitals will walk off the job next week as part of a pay and conditions dispute with the state government.
Glas Energy is planning a $400 million renewable diesel refinery, south-east of Perth, which will turn thousands of tonnes of straw into millions of litres of fuel.
The struggle for control of the world's rare earths market will be front of mind as thousands of mining industry figures descend on Western Australia's Goldfields.
A west Victorian stock agent lists his 2009 Toyota LandCruiser for sale, having driven it 300 metres shy of 1 million kilometres.
BHP is facing renewed industrial action at its Port Hedland operations in Western Australia, with unions planning a 24-hour strike against the mining giant on August 9.
US stocks lifted, and the ASX 200 is set to follow despite fresh conflict in the Middle East. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
Poultry farmers and coastal communities are on alert after confirmation of the local spread of H5 bird flu in South Australia.
A north-west Tasmanian waste management company says it has a $700,000 per year problem, and council ratepayers are picking up the tab.
Australia's biggest gold miner is being asked to carry a bigger load to resolve decades of power capacity and reliability woes on what WA Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson has described as the "largest and most…
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers has been handling a $120 million payout that Qantas agreed to pay its illegally sacked workers in 2024, with a judge rebuking the delayed compensation.
Jenolan, Oberon and Lithgow businesses cling on after Sydneysiders stop visiting due to the failure of a convict-built bridge and closure of the Great Western Highway.
A man's body has been recovered from the site of a landslide at Solomon Islands's only large-scale gold mine.
ACT independent MLA Thomas Emerson calls for more transparency from energy provider ActewAGL after learning the company is not explicitly revealing the best possible plans on its bills.
Further doubt has been cast over the future of an aluminium smelter in Tasmania's north-east after a federal MP said it would not be eligible for a green energy scheme.
The two businesses misled customers into taking out credit cards and paying additional fees in a 60-month interest-free payment scheme, the corporate regulator says.
Origin Energy says it started reviewing a "potential security threat" early this month but deemed it not credible, before new information indicated a breach.
China has the market sewn up in everything from solar panels to battery manufacturing and wind turbines. And now it is challenging America's commanding role in technology.
One of Australia's biggest tomato brands and two major supermarkets are selling products that exclusive forensic testing shows have misleading labelling.
Factory-built homes could solve Australia's housing crisis and drive reindustrialisation, a Labor think tank report says.
Two men have been seriously injured after their vehicle was struck by a giant mining truck at a Central Queensland coal site.
Donald Trump went to war with Tehran to stop it enriching nuclear fuel. Now he's approved a deal that analysts warn could open the door for another Middle Eastern power to potentially do exactly that.
Energy company Origin confirms there has been unauthorised access to and disclosure of some customers' data, a day after it announced it was investigating a "potential" breach.
With Tweed's housing shortage at critical levels, plans for higher density housing has been welcomed, but community leaders want more done on affordable and social housing.
The Australian share market is likely to fall in morning trade, following a negative session on Wall Street. Oil prices remain near a one-month high as Yemen's Houthis threaten to impose a naval blockade on Saudi…
The corporate regulator is concerned about the risks posed by private credit for Australians with superannuation.
There are calls for the government to dump a scheme that has more than doubled the cost of some degrees.
There is a rapidly escalating supply crunch that has yet to show up on oil markets. While the price of crude has risen in the past week as the fragile Iran war ceasefire has crumbled, the remarkably restrained price…
Telstra CEO Vicki Brady is set to be grilled over the nationwide outage, and potential compensation. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
A coalition of conservationists, artists and forest industry figures wants an end to old-growth logging in Tasmania but major environmental groups have distanced themselves from the "shared vision statement", saying it…
A proposed extension to a major NSW coal mine has been slammed by climate activists, despite strong support from the local community.
The Aussie share market is set to rise as SpaceX shares plunge, wiping more than a trillion dollars. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
The United States International Trade Commission is investigating sheep meat imports, including from Australia, as American farmers struggle.
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