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What makes a good search engine? These 4 models can help you use search in the age of AI

AI-enhanced search is marketed as convenient. But, together with other changes in the nature of search over the last decades, it raises the question: what is a good search engine?

Australian foreign aid budget rises to $5.1 billion: Do you know who are we helping?

The aid budget makes the bold claim that Australia is “reprioritising our development investments to bolster support to our region”.

Albanese government bids for votes with ‘top-up’ tax cuts for all

Delivering his fourth budget on Tuesday night, Treasurer Jim Chalmers described the tax relief as “modest”.

Renewables are cheap, So why isn’t your power bill falling?

As Australia heads for a federal election campaign likely to focus on the rising cost of living, many of us are wondering when, exactly, cheap renewables will bring cheap power.

Passports, prosperity and problems: Vanuatu’s CBI scheme in the media

While there are genuine issues to address, particularly around due diligence, the media’s failure to explain the economic benefits of CBI creates a risk that the public and policymakers misunderstand why the scheme persists in Vanuatu.

Women’s sexual pleasure is still taboo – but the Kamasutra tells a different story

Composed in the ancient Sanskrit language in the 3rd century by the Indian philosopher Vatsyayana, the Kamasutra is more than a book about sexual positions.

The next round in the US trade war has the potential to be more damaging for Australia

The Trump reference to non-tariff barriers raises two main concerns for Australian products: meat and pharmaceuticals.

Treasurer Chalmers promises ‘meaningful and substantial’ cost of living help in Tuesday’s budget

"In a world of retaliation and escalation, the impacts of tariffs are amplified, they linger for longer, resulting in a bigger reduction in GDP and a bigger increase in prices.”

More women at work, fewer in power: India’s leadership divide

Women still struggle to achieve equal participation in senior positions and boardrooms, despite recent advancements

Scientific misconduct is on the rise. But what exactly is it?

Academic journals retract papers when they are concerned that the published data is faked, altered, or not “reproducible” (meaning it would yield the same results if analysed again).

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Knife rampage ends in fatal police shooting after woman stabbed and officers attacked in NSW

“We have had to use lethal force by firing of a firearm, but that was only after multiple attempts to stop this man using a Taser, and there was a direct threat to the police officer’s life.”

“All of you are putrid f…ing dogs”: Alleged racist slurs and spitting at Uber Eats driver by teenage girls at Sydney supermarket as police...

One of the girls is seen throwing a shopping basket towards the woman, continuing the verbal abuse, making offensive gestures and appearing to spit in the direction of the person filming.

Open Mosque Day turns into political flashpoint as Islamic Council of Victoria accused of selective exclusion despite $400,000 taxpayer funding

“Victoria is a place where people of all faiths can and do worship freely. But incitement to harm is not worship, it is hate speech,” he said.
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