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The Sydney Morning Herald

Breaking news from Sydney, Australia and the world. Features the latest business, sport, entertainment, travel, lifestyle, and technology news.

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smh.com.au > technology > tech-leaders-call-for-urgent-global-slowdown-on-ai-20260913-p60wyp.html

Tech leaders call for urgent global slowdown on AI

7+ hour, 58+ min ago   (40+ words) smh.com.au Tech leaders are calling for an urgent global slowdown on artificial intelligence and warning self-training AI is evolving faster than safety guard rails can handle. September 13, 2026 — 6:43pm...

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smh.com.au > business > consumer-affairs > humans-make-mistakes-insurer-offers-discount-to-self-driving-car-owners-20260911-p60wkk.html

‘Humans make mistakes’: Insurer offers discount to self-driving car owners

2+ hour, 41+ min ago   (751+ words) September 14, 2026 — 12:01am Self-driving cars have successfully developed to a point where a major insurer believes they reduce the risk of collision enough to warrant offering some owners using the technology cheaper insurance premiums. Most Australians may not realise they’re already sharing…...

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smh.com.au > business > consumer-affairs > oil-spike-puts-pressure-on-airlines-and-their-passengers-20260911-p60wlv.html

Oil spike puts pressure on airlines and their passengers

11+ hour, 49+ min ago   (709+ words) September 13, 2026 — 2:53pm The escalation of the US-Iran war, now in its seventh month, is expected to put more upward pressure on airfares, petrol and diesel as the higher cost of fuel filters through the economy. Fears of further oil supply disruptions…...

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smh.com.au > environment > climate-change > cannot-claim-to-be-taking-climate-seriously-pressure-on-uk-to-extract-last-north-sea-oil-20260913-p60wwi.html

Heat on Britain to extract last dregs of North Sea oil despite climate pledge

8+ hour, 39+ min ago   (1092+ words) September 13, 2026 — 6:02pm Aberdeen: The British North Sea, once a hub for oil and gas drilling, has faced a quarter-century of declining production, depriving communities along a foggy stretch of Scottish coastline of their economic core. Now applications for two new offshore…...

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smh.com.au > business > workplace > you-ve-been-put-on-a-performance-management-plan-are-you-on-the-way-out-20260729-p60jiu.html

You’ve been put on a performance management plan. Are you on the way out?

15+ hour, 47+ min ago   (1278+ words) September 13, 2026 — 10:55am When roadside patrol mechanic Yep Yap was sacked in 2022, he’d been put on a performance management plan and failed to meet three key performance indicators. But the Fair Work Commission found the targets set for Yap were unrealistic, unachievable…...

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smh.com.au > national > true-scale-of-australia-s-cost-of-living-crisis-exposed-20260913-p60wyn.html

True scale of Australia’s cost of living crisis exposed

8+ hour, 7+ min ago   (32+ words) SMH.com.au The true scale of the nation's cost of living crisis is being exposed in a devastating report. September 13, 2026 — 6:35pm...

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smh.com.au > national > victoria > phil-wanted-to-rent-a-shop-in-footscray-the-owner-would-rather-it-sits-empty-20260910-p60w4v.html

Phil wanted to rent a shop in Footscray. The owner would rather it sits empty

13+ hour, 12+ min ago   (783+ words) September 13, 2026 — 1:30pm During five years’ trading in Melbourne’s west, Phil Gaby’s business has had just as many homes. Nan’s Bakehouse began at the markets, then moved to Footscray Plaza before expanding into the business next door. A coffee van followed, then…...

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smh.com.au > national > western-australia > over-100-new-social-and-affordable-homes-to-be-built-in-perth-cbd-20260913-p60wxz.html

Over 100 new social and affordable homes to be built in Perth CBD

9+ hour, 49+ min ago   (555+ words) September 13, 2026 — 4:52pm Perth’s CBD is set to become home to over 100 new social and affordable rental apartments. Set to be constructed by 2029, the 30-storey development will bring 174 new apartments to Roe Street. Housing and Works minister John Carey said the state…...

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smh.com.au > world > north-america > new-level-of-sophistication-hidden-crypto-farm-discovered-in-remote-mexican-mountains-20260913-p60wwh.html

‘New level of sophistication’: Hidden crypto farm discovered in remote Mexican mountains

8+ hour, 55+ min ago   (679+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:47pm Tlaola, Mexico: Few people had reason to wander close enough to hear the loud, mechanical whirring of a clandestine cryptocurrency farm nestled in the lush green mountains of central Mexico, next to a sparsely travelled gravel road. What led…...

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smh.com.au > property > news > former-mirvac-boss-to-sell-11m-killara-home-with-tennis-court-20260907-p60v0t.html

Former Mirvac boss to sell $11m Killara home with tennis court

21+ hour, 18+ min ago   (748+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:23am Former Mirvac chief executive officer Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz and her husband Stuart Lloyd-Hurwitz have listed their upper north shore Sydney home for $10 million to $11 million, local sources say, after holding it for more than a decade. Records show the couple…...