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17 August 2026

Australia politics live: Greens say Labor and Coalition deal on gambling ad laws a ‘smokescreen’

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Source reporting: Guardian Australia Politics

Australia politics live: Greens say Labor and Coalition deal on gambling ad laws a ‘smokescreen’

Greens spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young says opt-out system doesn’t acknowledge ‘how the internet actually works. Follow today’s news live In a speech to the Australian National University this morning, Charlton – the assistant minister for science, technology and the digital economy – estimates up to 20% of Australians are already paying for an AI subscription, as well as one in three businesses, for a “reasonable estimate” of between $5-8 billion and year, and rising by up to 40% each quarter. Australia faces two tasks in the age of AI. First, use it. Adopt AI everywhere we can, to lift the productivity of Australian workers and Australian businesses.

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17 August 2026

Melbourne’s Armenian-Lebanese eatery Zareh named Gourmet Traveller’s restaurant of the year

Previous winners of the award have included Saint Peter, Attica, Orana by the late Jock Zonfrillo, and Quay Armenian-Lebanese eatery Zareh has been named Gourmet Traveller’s restaurant of the year, in a category of the annual industry awards that has historically been dominated by European-leaning cuisine and fine-dining establishments. The restaurant’s menu pulls from the Armenian, Egyptian and Lebanese backgrounds of co-owners Tom Sarafian and Jinane Bou-Assi: aish baladi (Egyptian flatbread) is made with a flour milled in the Mornington Peninsula; kafta nayyah comprises raw minced lamb from Tasmania and Victoria; hummus is crowned with spanner crab.

Source: The Guardian WorldOriginal source

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