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The two WA regions where the world’s AI companies want to build data centres
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (514+ words) September 8, 2026 — 11:35am AI companies and data centre builders have approached the WA government with proposals to build data centres in WA’s Mid West and North West regions, Premier Roger Cook has confirmed. Speaking at a Committee for the Economic Development of…...
Out of the mine and onto the screen: How WA can add to the $4.2b gaming boom
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (906+ words) September 7, 2026 — 1:00am Once the domain of a younger audience and considered a pastime for a younger generation, the video game industry in Australia has grown from strength to strength. A boom in the consumption of the medium during the COVID years…...
AI biggest ‘sovereignty moment since World War II’
2+ week, 14+ hour ago (821+ words) August 31, 2026 — 3:00am Defence Minister Richard Marles says Australia’s place in the AI race is the most critical moment for national self-reliance since World War II, as he heads to San Francisco to advance a $21 billion deal that would boost Australia’s stake…...
ASX set to edge up, Wall Street gets AI boost; Virgin, Harvey Norman results ahead
2+ week, 3+ day ago (736+ words) Updated August 28, 2026 — 4:26am,first published 3:16am Technology stocks led Wall Street on Thursday after Nvidia, Salesforce and others reported even fatter profits for the spring than analysts expected. The S&P 500 rose 0.7 per cent and pulled closer to its all-time high set…...
Cyberattack sparks chaos for Australian bookshops and authors
3+ week, 3+ day ago (684+ words) August 21, 2026 — 3:04pm When Maxine Beneba Clarke attended book events in Geelong and Bendigo last week, there was one thing missing – the books she was there to discuss. The poet, memoirist and children’s writer, who is a regular on school syllabuses, is…...
‘The office is primary’: Real estate boss defends end of hybrid work
3+ week, 5+ day ago (576+ words) August 19, 2026 — 10:25am Domain owner CoStar has told its Australian staff to default to working from the office full-time, but has denied that its retreat from the hybrid model adopted by most white-collar firms after the pandemic would reduce flexibility for workers....
‘Don’t overthink it’: Simone Young on Mahler, AI and the SSO’s fearless future
3+ week, 5+ day ago (707+ words) August 19, 2026 — 3:30am For a conductor known for the fearsomely intellectual rigour and depth with which she approaches every score, Simone Young has an unusual message for those attending Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Mahler’s Seventh Symphony. For the SSO’s chief conductor,…...