'On par with North Korea': Three out of four requests to leave Australia refused

The Australian Border Force has granted permission for 22,640 citizens and permanent residents to depart Australia, out of 91,950 applications in total. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 3 years ago

Tom Cruise's jacket says a lot about Hollywood's craven attitude to China

Hollywood is increasingly self-censoring in a bid to get a piece of the Chinese movie market. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 3 years ago

Mass arrests after BlackBerry cracked five years after seizure

Police have finally cracked an encrypted BlackBerry device five years after it was first seized. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 3 years ago

Telstra backtracks on claim network was hit by cyber attack

Telstra has backtracked from its claim it was the victim of a cyber attack after thousands of people across Australia reported outages on Sunday. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 3 years ago

WA Health information was published for months by teenage 'script kiddie'

An unencrypted pager network had been used by WA Health for more than 12 years before it was accessed by a 15-year-old, who published confidential messages for months before police intervened. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 3 years ago

In a first, UAE spacecraft blasts off to Mars from Japan

A United Arab Emirates spacecraft blasted off to Mars from Japan, starting the Arab world’s first interplanetary trip. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 3 years ago

Melbourne, some regional areas to re-enter lockdown after 191 new coronavirus cases

Melbourne and several towns north of the city have been ordered back into lockdown for six weeks from midnight on Wednesday as COVID-19 cases continue to soar. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 3 years ago

'Alchemy of energy': Breakthrough offers mass hydrogen storage options

The promise of low-cost hydrogen storage to power our homes and businesses may be a lot closer to becoming a reality if new technology can make a speedy transition from the lab. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 3 years ago

NSW hospitals' electronic systems and patient records knocked out

Doctors switched to paper and pen as they checked on the health of their patients after a major power outage on Tuesday morning. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 3 years ago

'It does happen here': Calls to address police brutality in Australia

Protests against police brutality in the US should be a wake-up call about the plight of Indigenous Australians in the justice system, justice advocates say. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 3 years ago

Ausie court holds media responsible for defamatory comments of readers on FB

Media companies are legally responsible for allegedly defamatory comments of readers on their corporate Facebook pages, the NSW Court of Appeal has ruled. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 3 years ago

Humpbacks bounce back from near extinction to help fight climate change

Australia's humpback whale population is bouncing back from near extinction with 40,000 expected off the Australian east coast this breeding season, while helping the world fight climate change. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 3 years ago

Zuckerberg slams Twitter as Trump plans to sign executive order on social media

Facebook shouldn’t be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online, Zuckerberg says. "We have a different policy than, I think, Twitter on this." | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 3 years ago

A job that can be done from home, is a job that can be outsourced

A job that can be done anywhere is a job that can be outsourced. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 3 years ago

Wuhan lab phone records show 'possible shutdown' in October

The document could be what Donald Trump was referring to when he recently said he had seen evidence giving him a "high degree of confidence" the pandemic began accidentally at the Wuhan laboratory. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Roaming 'robodog' tells Singapore park goers to keep their distance

The robot named SPOT has been deployed in a two-week trial to enforce coronavirus social distancing rules. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Australian intelligence knocks back US government's Wuhan lab virus claim

Australian intelligence agencies are struggling to find the evidence trumpeted by the United States that supposedly pins the coronavirus on a Wuhan laboratory. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

New York City aims to open 160km of streets to pedestrians during pandemic

Streets will be closed to vehicle traffic and temporary bike lanes created to offer New Yorkers more space to stay apart outside during the lockdown. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Trump threatens to unilaterally suspend Congress

The President's remarkable threat - which came on the day US recorded its highest number of coronavirus deaths - drew immediate criticism from constitutional experts. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Tuberculosis vaccine could help protect health workers from Covid-19

A century-old vaccine used to prevent tuberculosis will be trialled on thousands of Australian doctors and nurses in an attempt to protect them from becoming infected with COVID-19. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

The booze epidemic: with no boss in sight, workers can drink from home

Public health advocates are concerned about the potential for lockdown drinking habits to become long-lasting. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Coronavirus outbreak: How the Covid-19 vaccine is being made

Scientists around the world are working at lightning speed to make a COVID-19 vaccine – and Australian experts are bringing breakthrough technology to the effort. How do you make a vaccine and what's new about this Australian innovation? | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Prisoners to get tablet computers in cells in bid to cut reoffending rates

More than 600 Android tablets will be handed out to women at Dillwynia and men at John Morony prisons in Sydney's north-west in the $1.5 million trial program. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Australian Information Commissioner takes action against Facebook

Australia's information and privacy commissioner has accused the social media giant of "serious and/or repeated interferences" with user privacy in breach of the law. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Bookmarks: The Dingo with an eye for a story

Wild Dingo Press has made a name for itself publishing stories by voices not often heard. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

What role did rumour play in Australia's toilet paper frenzy?

Is it stockpiling hysteria? Or prudent preparation? Whatever the cause, our interest in the humble loo roll has skyrocketed since coronavirus reached our shores. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

iPad app tracked wanted men in fatal police chase

Two men killed during a police chase in Melbourne’s north were being tracked from the air via the 'Find My' app after an iPad was stolen in an earlier home invasion. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Nike, Apple among dozens of major brands implicated in report on forced labour

The report comes amid growing international concern over the treatment of the Uighur people in China. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Australia defied global health authority on coronavirus

Why was Australia ahead of the world in acting against the virus? For the simple reason it didn't trust the World Health Organisation, which it believed was succumbing to China's pressure. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Bookmarks: Singing the Bologna blues

The big book fair that caters to publishers of children's titles has been postponed - there is no certainty it will go head on its new dates. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

'Feels like a reckoning': Tech humbled as US startup boom falters

US tech startups grew so quickly that they couldn't hire people fast enough but now the lay-offs have started and scepticism abounds in an industry once known for its irrational optimism. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

The breakthrough material that can turn any surface into a solar cell

Researchers have developed quantum dot solar cells that can be made into thin, flexible films and used to generate electricity even in low-light conditions. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

With $30b in wealth, why is the Catholic Church struggling to pay for justice?

While the Catholic Church has accumulated staggering wealth, governments continue to exempt it from almost all rates and taxes | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

NSW and Victoria just jumped 1.8 metres north

On New Year’s Day, NSW and Victoria jumped north by 1.8 metres – while the rest of the country remained firmly fixed in place. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Two probable coronavirus cases in NSW

Three men have been confirmed to have the disease in NSW with another four people being tested. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Reserve Bank has been warned it may have to buy up coal mines

As the IMF warns global warming is a major financial risk, the RBA has been told it may have to buy coal mines and fossil-fuel power stations to save the economy. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Accessibility will define technology in the 2020s

While immersion was the catch-cry of the 2010s, the 20s look set to be the decade where everyone can get involved. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Cattle have stopped breeding, koalas die of thirst: Vet on climate change

The paddocks are bare, the dams dry. A veterinarian describes the devastation of climate change in the northern NSW community of Inverell. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Dropbox class action brought by shareholders claiming misleading IPO

Dropbox investors have lost billions since the group's 2018 float. Now they have launched legal action against the company and the underwriters of its IPO. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

'Raining embers': South Coast residents reeling from horror NYE fires

As a blaze ripped along the Princes Highway destroying everything in its path, Grant was submerged in a dam. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Major roads remain closed with motorists urged to 'delay holidays' in bushfire horror

There was no access to western NSW from Sydney at times and the south of the state was cut off in the afternoon. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

US department deletes Wakanda from list of free trade countries

Before it was removed, US tariff codes listed various categories of goods traded between it and the fictional country including live animals and alcohol. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Greeks set to face fines if they don't spend 30% of their income electronically

The scheme is an unprecedented bid by the new government to stamp out rampant tax evasion. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Australian government unveils 'world-leading' regulation of tech giants

Facebook and Google face a legal crackdown on privacy, market power and their dealings with traditional media outlets. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Taste the ash, see our pink sun: Sydney's dead future is here

It is as if the smoke and ash is going so deep into our lungs it is entering our bloodstream and our consciousness. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Put your back into it: No evidence straight-back lifting is safer, say experts

Researchers found no evidence people who lifted with a straight back or a bent back  were more likely to get back pain. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Defecting Chinese spy offers information trove to Australian government

Wang “William” Liqiang is the first Chinese operative to ever blow his cover and he has taken his story to ASIO. | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago

Power and Paranoia: Why China aggressively pushes beyond its borders

The Chinese government’s covert operations in Australia are considerable. Can Australia push back without economic consequences? | Continue reading


@smh.com.au | 4 years ago