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For every $100 in data centres, $80 leaves Australia almost immediately

There’s a number the data centre industry doesn’t love talking about. For every $100 poured into a fully loaded hyperscale facility in Australia – the kind Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building to serve new AI tools – somewhere between $70 and $80 leaves the country almost immediately. It flows to semiconductor …

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Human Rights Commission accepts racial discrimination complaint against NSW minister

NSW Multiculturalism Minister Stephen Kamper is accused of appointing a group to the state's Faith Affairs Council despite being aware of an active Australian Human Rights Commission complaint, as well as "being provided with materials evidencing anti-Muslim and caste-based discrimination and intimidation" from the …

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Lionel Fernando-a farewell to a Legendary Cricketer - DailyNews

My loving first cousin, Lionel Fernando’s first love cricket is more than just a sport. It transcends boundaries and unites hearts. It is not just about the players on the field, it is a celebration of talent, hard work, and passion. Lionel epitomized all these qualities in the arena of cricket and achieved much mor…

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‘Soul-crushing’: Rapist’s ‘good character’ retrial highlights call for urgent law change

A rapist who won a retrial because he wasn’t given the chance to tell a jury about his “good character” has been sentenced to nine years’ jail in a case that survivor campaigners say highlights the urgent need for fast-tracked law reform.

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MPerspective by Matt Eaton

Matt Eaton is a Brisbane-based reporter and producer for ABC News Digital. Over a career of nearly 30 years at the national broadcaster he has worked as a reporter and newsreader at Triple Jay and more recently as a radio news producer and newsreader in Brisbane across the ABC's various Queensland networks. He is al…

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