Rare indeed is the headline-and-dek combo worth noticing, or caring about. In many publications, these aren’t even written by the same person who wrote the actual blog; at any rate they’re many hundre...

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

Chief executive of the Australian entertainment company, Matt Stanton, refuses to comment on potential acquisitions of podcast or radio assets or outdoor advertising * Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter here * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Nine Entertainment will spend $50m digitising 200 years of newspaper archives and 60 years of TV and invest in new AI tools but has stopped short of revealing what media assets it may acquire with a cash windfall from the sale of Domain. Speaking at Nine’s full-year results, the chief executive, Matt Stanton, said the sale of Nine’s 61% stake in the real estate portal went through on Wednesday and provided a significant capital return to shareholders as well as a stronger balance sheet for Australia’s biggest media company. Sign up to get Guardian Australia’s weekly media diary as a free newsletter Continue reading...

Nationals leader rails against regional Australia becoming littered with transmission lines, solar panels and wind turbines at LNP conference The Nationals are vowing to introduce nuclear power to Australia’s energy mix, promising to take the policy to the next election after it contributed to a split in the Coalition. Nationals leader David Littleproud explained to party faithful on Saturday what led to his party’s week-long decoupling from the Liberals following the May federal election rout. Continue reading...

In a new video, Microsoft CVP and Windows boss Pavan Davuluri has teased that the future of Windows will consist of a truly ambient and multi-modal experience made possible by AI that will redefine…

Western United appears on the brink of collapse after the embattled A-League club was stripped of its licence to compete in the A-League Men and A-League Women.

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LNP member for Mermaid Beach says absence of legislative power to remove tents set up in his electorate is ‘unacceptable’ * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A Gold Coast Liberal National party MP has called for the return of vagrancy laws to allow police to prosecute homeless people amid an ongoing crackdown on tent cities in Queensland. Ray Stevens, the member for Mermaid Beach, made the call in a speech to parliament last week. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...