4+ hour, 45+ min ago   (41+ words) The Age Tech leaders are calling for an urgent global slowdown on artificial intelligence and warning self-training AI is evolving faster than safety guard rails can handle. September 13, 2026 — 6:43pm...

12+ hour, 33+ min ago   (1278+ words) September 13, 2026 — 10:55am When roadside patrol mechanic Yep Yap was sacked in 2022, he’d been put on a performance management plan and failed to meet three key performance indicators. But the Fair Work Commission found the targets set for Yap were unrealistic, unachievable…...

8+ hour, 36+ min ago   (711+ words) September 13, 2026 — 2:53pm The escalation of the US-Iran war, now in its seventh month, is expected to put more upward pressure on airfares, petrol and diesel as the higher cost of fuel filters through the economy. Fears of further oil supply disruptions…...

8+ hour, 40+ min ago   (675+ words) September 13, 2026 — 2:48pm Australia’s assistant technology minister has called the behaviour of OpenAI’s rogue AI agents “unquestionably dangerous” after a private briefing from one of the independent investigators looking into a hacking incident in July. Andrew Charlton, assistant minister for science, technology…...

9+ hour, 59+ min ago   (783+ words) September 13, 2026 — 1:30pm During five years’ trading in Melbourne’s west, Phil Gaby’s business has had just as many homes. Nan’s Bakehouse began at the markets, then moved to Footscray Plaza before expanding into the business next door. A coffee van followed, then…...

13+ hour, 10+ min ago   (1121+ words) September 13, 2026 — 10:18am Leaders of the world’s biggest artificial intelligence platforms say it’s time to slow the development pace of their most advanced — and most lucrative — models, citing escalating risks of the technology. Anthropic PBC chief executive officer Dario Amodei issued a…...

18+ hour, 5+ min ago   (748+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:23am Former Mirvac chief executive officer Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz and her husband Stuart Lloyd-Hurwitz have listed their upper north shore Sydney home for $10 million to $11 million, local sources say, after holding it for more than a decade. Records show the couple…...

18+ hour, 29+ min ago   (347+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am However, I cannot find any advice on how best to access the monies, what the full tax implications may be on both ends, and how to transfer them in a tax-efficient way. I suggest you talk to the fund…...

18+ hour, 29+ min ago   (1132+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Last week we saw the enticing, vote-buying idea of being able to raid our super contributions, raised again. Previously a Coalition thought bubble, One Nation’s Pauline Hanson has been spruiking it this time. Because gee it’s a sugar hit....

18+ hour, 29+ min ago   (726+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Richard Yetsenga is the chief economist of the ANZ Bank. He refuses to be alarmist about the global economy, but he does sound one big alarm. I spoke to him this week. Fitz: Richard, I know you as my…...