Australia news LIVE: Tax bill passes lower house; Pickering speaks on Tame comment
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The SpaceX IPO Will Be the Theft of the Century
Article URL: https://montanaskeptic.substack.com/p/the-spacex-ipo-will-be-the-theft
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48394034
Points: 28
# Comments: 6 ⌘ Read more
‘Had an absolute crack’: Top player in Big Build clean-up steps down
Top official Steve Dargarvel has been regarded as one of the most effective players in attempting to fix Victoria’s scandal-ridden construction sector. ⌘ Read more
Australia news LIVE: Tax bill passes lower house; Thomas Sewell loses early bid to shield neo-Nazis from ban
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Budget tax changes to pass lower house
The federal government’s controversial tax changes are set to clear their first hurdle by passing the lower house but will face a sterner test in the Senate. ⌘ Read more
Neo-Nazis lose fight to shield themselves from ban. But their High Court fight isn’t over
Neo-Nazis have lost a bid to temporarily shield themselves from arrest under federal hate speech laws, as they mount a constitutional challenge in the High Court – represented by a former Liberal MP. ⌘ Read more
Australia news LIVE: Tax bill passes lower house; Thomas Sewell loses early bid to shield neo-Nazis from ban
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Australia news LIVE: Tax bill passes lower house; Israel, Lebanon agree to ceasefire, US says
Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and beyond here on our national news blog. ⌘ Read more
‘She never responded’: Daughter tells murder trial of fear when mother went silent
Priscilla Brooten, a former beauty queen in the US, disappeared from her Brisbane home in July 2018. Her body has never been found. ⌘ Read more
American capitalism has taken an apocalyptic turn
Article URL: https://economist.com/business/2026/06/03/american-capitalism-has-taken-an-apocalyptic-turn
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48393043
Points: 4
# Comments: 1 ⌘ Read more
Notorious Australian paedophile released after 25 years
One of Australia’s most notorious paedophiles has been released from prison after 25 years behind bars. ⌘ Read more
‘It’s quite impressive’: Man shot by home owner in violent home invasion, couple fight for life
Police have praised the home owner’s response to the attack. The alleged home invader has been charged with two counts of wounding with intent to murder as he remains under police guard in hospital. ⌘ Read more
Kacie Stephens talks about being detained at Sydney airport
Kacie Stephens, the partner of Kris Stephens, recounts how the family was unexpectedly stopped at Sydney Airport while trying to leave the country for a trip to Thailand. ⌘ Read more
Elderly couple fighting for life after NSW home invasion
An elderly couple are fighting for their lives after a home invasion in Torrington, NSW, during which the alleged attacker was shot. ⌘ Read more
Australian fugitives and pilot who flew them to Indonesia sentenced
The trio have been sentenced over a “black flight” from Queensland to a remote and dangerous Indonesian province late last year. ⌘ Read more
Why Brenton Thwaites wants to buy a Brisbane council bus
Two Years Later is a show to make you fall in love with Brisbane. Its movie-star leading man certainly did. ⌘ Read more
World in pictures, June 4, 2026
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors ⌘ Read more
How Melbourne became car theft capital of the country
Insurance payouts for stolen cars in Victoria last year totalled $243 million – more than the rest of Australia combined. ⌘ Read more
OpenAI and Anthropic Sign Letter to Prevent AI-Developed Biological Weapons
Leading AI labs, executives, and scientists are sending a letter to lawmakers urging them to improve tracking of synthetic DNA sequences that could be used for bioweapons. ⌘ Read more
‘I thought I might lose him’: Neale Whitaker on why he had to walk away from his hit TV show
Interior design expert Neale Whitaker and hair and make-up artist David Novak-Piper on a 2023 health shock, design disagreements – and their forever home. ⌘ Read more
I built a vulnerable app and spent $1,500 seeing if LLMs could hack it
Article URL: https://kasra.blog/blog/i-spent-1500-seeing-if-llms-could-hack-my-app/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48392343
Points: 4
# Comments: 0 ⌘ Read more
Australia news LIVE: One Nation support grows among women, according to polls; Trump confirms fiery, expletive-laden call with Netanyahu
Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and beyond here on our national news blog. ⌘ Read more
‘It’s quite impressive’: Man shot by home owner in violent home invasion, couple fight for life
Police have praised the home owner’s response to the attack. The alleged home invader has been charged with two counts of wounding with intent to murder as he remains under police guard in hospital. ⌘ Read more
The ways we contain Claude across products
Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/how-we-contain-claude
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48392082
Points: 4
# Comments: 0 ⌘ Read more
@movq@www.uninformativ.de what are your thoughts after reading it?
The Ü Programming Language
Article URL: https://github.com/Panzerschrek/U-00DC-Sprache/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48391838
Points: 3
# Comments: 0 ⌘ Read more
WA news LIVE: Details emerge of daring beach rescue as ‘record storm’ smashed WA coast
Follow our live coverage of the day’s news here. ⌘ Read more
How Melbourne became car theft capital of the country
Insurance payouts for stolen cars in Victoria last year totalled $243 million – more than the rest of Australia combined. ⌘ Read more
NSW couple fighting for life, man shot in violent home invasion
The alleged home invader has been charged with two counts of wounding with intent to murder as he remains under police guard in hospital on Thursday. ⌘ Read more
Elderly couple fighting for life after home invasion
An elderly couple are fighting for life and a man has been shot in a home invasion in NSW’s New England region. ⌘ Read more
Journey to JPEG XL: open-source experiments shaped the future of image coding
Article URL: https://opensource.googleblog.com/2026/06/journey-to-jpeg-xl-how-open-source-experiments-shaped-the-future-of-image-coding.html
Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48390688](https://news.ycombinator.com/ite … ⌘ Read more
A Mathematician’s Lament – Paul Lockhart (2002) [pdf]
Article URL: https://worrydream.com/refs/Lockhart_2002_-_A_Mathematician%27s_Lament.pdf
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48390400
Points: 9
# Comments: 0 ⌘ Read more
The Christmas Day text that got former CFMEU boss John Setka charged
Police have accused Setka of telling people to sleep with their mothers, get liposuction and stop sucking up to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. ⌘ Read more
Australia news LIVE: One Nation support grows among women, according to polls; Trump confirms fiery, expletive-laden call with Netanyahu
Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and beyond here on our national news blog. ⌘ Read more
Show HN: Mnemo – local-first AI memory layer for any LLM (Rust, SQLite,petgraph)
Article URL: https://github.com/zaydmulani09/mnemo
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48389586
Points: 4
# Comments: 0 ⌘ Read more
Extreme heatwaves making it harder to grow our food, and not only in summer
Record-breaking heatwaves decimated crops in Australia this year and served as a “real wake up call” for the urgent need to develop more heat-resistant crops and research into food security. But it’s not only in summer heatwaves are occurring and causing crops to fail. ⌘ Read more
Wild weather forecast across Victoria
A severe weather warning has been issued for parts of Victoria today. ⌘ Read more
Three teenagers charged over Melbourne brawl
Police have charged three teenagers who were allegedly armed over a brawl at a Melbourne shopping mall. ⌘ Read more
A Man Who Reads Books for a Living (One Every Two Days)
Article URL: https://lithub.com/the-man-who-reads-books-for-a-living-one-every-two-days/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48389284
Points: 6
# Comments: 1 ⌘ Read more
Women voters flocking to One Nation
More female voters are backing One Nation, new polling shows. ⌘ Read more
Two accused car thieves charged in Queensland
Two men have been charged with car theft after their dramatic arrest in Ipswich. ⌘ Read more
Renewed Pokémon craze sparks crime wave
Police are on the hunt for the Pokémon card thief behind a toy store ram raid in Perth, as the childhood craze sparks thefts across the nation. ⌘ Read more
next-20260603: linux-next
Version:next-20260603 (linux-next)Released:2026-06-03 ⌘ Read more
Elixir v1.20 released: now a gradually typed language
Article URL: https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2026/06/03/elixir-v1-20-0-released/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48388324
Points: 79
# Comments: 14 ⌘ Read more
More cars stolen in Melbourne than in all other capital cities combined
Insurance payouts for stolen cars in Victoria last year totalled $243 million – more than the rest of Australia combined. ⌘ Read more
What it’s really like to have a big family today
Stares at the supermarket. 3am starts. Batch cooking champions. As Australia’s fertility rate falls to a record low, families with four or more children are becoming a rare species. ⌘ Read more
The plan to transform this quiet suburban street with almost 200 units
Five properties would be bulldozed to build the 15-storey tower, as part of a wider push to accommodate Brisbane’s booming population. ⌘ Read more
Barking mad: Pin pulled on Fed Square paw patrol that warded off flying chip thieves
People power is calling for the dog squad that protected Federation Square visitors from swooping, chip-thieving seagulls to be renewed. ⌘ Read more
Tear it down or go to jail: Council escalates fight with owner of unlawful Sydney mansion
Two years after the Land and Environment Court ordered Sarah Malass to vacate and demolish her unlawfully built Strathfield home, it still stands, in pristine condition. ⌘ Read more
Experts fear WA’s nature is ‘unravelling before our eyes’. A new report sets out to turn the tide
The state’s peak conservation body has put forward a suite of recommendations, including expanding the EPA and reviewing WA’s prescribed burning program. ⌘ Read more
What punk icon Malcolm McLaren told Kate Ceberano in just four brutal words
After a 40-year career, Ceberano is to be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. There is, however, one thing the singer would like to tell her younger self. ⌘ Read more
Rootshell: A new E2EE email service hosted in Iceland
Article URL: https://rootshell.is
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48388253
Points: 8
# Comments: 4 ⌘ Read more
xAI Asks Court to Strip Alleged Grok Deepfake Nudes Victims of Anonymity
Four people suing Elon Musk’s AI firm under pseudonyms due to the risks of being identified may face a difficult choice: Reveal your real names, or drop the lawsuit. ⌘ Read more
Elon Musk and America’s Far Right Stoke Anger Over Murder of UK Teen
Influential figures, including Nick Fuentes, have been accused of “hijacking” the murder of Henry Nowak to push a racist agenda. ⌘ Read more
Amazon Employees Show Up to City Council Meeting to Demand Limits on Data Centers
Activists say it’s the first time big tech employees have publicly called for regulations governing data center projects. ⌘ Read more
‘Deep state’ had nothing to do with ‘Disclosure Day’, says Spielberg
The legendary director has played down conspiracy theories concerning the influences behind his latest movie. By now, we’ve covered the impending rele… ⌘ Read more
The Humanoid Robot of the Future Is a 6-Foot-Tall Beefcake With a Chinese Body and an American Brain
Spencer Huang, Nvidia’s robotics lead, tells WIRED that the new bot combines the best of both worlds. ⌘ Read more
Launch HN: Hyper (YC P26) – Company brain to power agentic development
Hey HN, we’re Shalin & Kanyes, best friends who’ve been hacking together for 10+yrs, and now founders of Hyper ( https://heyhyper.ai/). Hyper is a shared “company brain” that plugs into information flowing inside a company to make AI agents and automations better and ultimately save people time.
Models have gotten good enough that they can (mostly) take on long-horizon, complex tasks. We believe the bottleneck now is that these … ⌘ Read more
Skyvern (YC S23) Is Hiring Open-Source Loving DevRel Engineers
Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/skyvern/jobs/1qRTlVx-founding-developer-marketing-open-source-ai
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48386588
Points: 0
# Comments: 0 ⌘ Read more
ESP32-S31
Article URL: https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32-s31
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48385965
Points: 23
# Comments: 3 ⌘ Read more
Gemma 4 12B: A unified, encoder-free multimodal model
Article URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/introducing-gemma-4-12b/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48385906
Points: 47
# Comments: 10 ⌘ Read more
This Is How Trump Finally Signed the AI Executive Order
After shelving the original executive order last month, Donald Trump finally got on board Monday night. ⌘ Read more
He Blew the Whistle on DOGE. Then His Brakes Were Cut
Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/he-blew-the-whistle-on-doge-then-his-brakes-were-cut/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48385104
Points: 13
# Comments: 5 ⌘ Read more
Scientists map universe’s invisible force to show sky as you’ve never seen it
Australian researchers have created the biggest and most detailed image of a colossal cosmic mystery. ⌘ Read more
Greg Bovino Was the Star at a European Remigration Conference
The man who headed Trump’s invasions of US cities joined the US and European far-right in Portugal to preach “remigration”—a plan to expel all minorities and immigrants. ⌘ Read more
When I’m about to leave and CI finally goes green after eight failed runs ⌘ Read more
Mystery as groups of people seen climbing out of New York City sewers
Local authorities have been left perplexed following numerous sightings of people emerging from manholes. Someone has been repeatedly venturing beneat… ⌘ Read more
Shopify Is Down
Article URL: https://www.shopifystatus.com
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48384221
Points: 16
# Comments: 10 ⌘ Read more
When I realize a file called temp.js is running half the site in prod ⌘ Read more
Five people, including four boys, charged with murder and kidnapping of bikie’s relative
Police allege the group broke into Patrick Longordo’s house last month before abducting and killing him, then dumping his body in a Tarneit park. ⌘ Read more
Claude Opus 4.8 Max responding to an empty message
Article URL: https://xcancel.com/davidad/status/2061858258046898518
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48383564
Points: 8
# Comments: 0 ⌘ Read more
Take Action: LAPD Removed Crime Location Data. Here’s Why It Matters
Article URL: https://blog.spotcrime.com/2026/06/take-action-lapd-removed-crime-location.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48383451
Points: 4
# Comments: 1 ⌘ Read more
Bun Has Been Converted to Rust. Now What?
Article URL: https://bytecode.news/posts/2026/06/bun-has-been-converted-to-rust-now-what
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48383018
Points: 26
# Comments: 16 ⌘ Read more
Piramidal (YC W24) – Software Engineers – NYC Onsite
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48382853
Points: 0
# Comments: 0 ⌘ Read more
When the intern suggests a solution and it’s objectively better than mine ⌘ Read more
How to Block Spam Calls and Spam Texts on iPhone and Android (2026)
Fight the scourge of unsolicited rings and pings from spammers, scammers, and telemarketers. ⌘ Read more
Contraceptive pill to be made available over the counter
Women will be able to skip the GP and get their contraceptive pill prescribed by a trained pharmacist from Friday. ⌘ Read more
Brisbane’s dawn economy is leading the world. Is this our unique identity?
If Brisbane is looking for a distinctive story to tell the world over the next decade, new research shows it could start with our penchant for rising early. ⌘ Read more
Push to include AI chatbots in Australia’s under-16 social media ban
Cyber experts concerned about unregulated AI chatbots linked to a series of mass tragedies in the US are pushing for them to be included in Australia’s under-16 social media ban. ⌘ Read more
Minister forced to apologise after teen spent five days in emergency department
The 17-year-old’s mum said she was helpless to get her daughter the care she needed because there were no available mental health beds across the state. ⌘ Read more
Not exactly poles apart
But don’t dine out on it. ⌘ Read more
Nvidia’s RTX Spark Laptops Look Hell-Bent on Disruption
The company’s RTX Spark chips might finally turn the “AI PC” into reality. ⌘ Read more