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> Reporting steady progress on the Bankstown extension, Sydney Metro West and the Western Airport Line, Sydney Metro’s Acting Chief Executive Hugh Lawson explains to Benjámin Zelki how Australia’s first metro has changed ridership patterns and supported housing development.

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AI company Anthropic has signed an agreement to use part of a $32 billion data centre proposed for a site on Queensland's Western Downs.

The data centre is set to be the largest in Australia and will draw as much power as about 1.5 million average Australian households.

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The lease is subject to approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board.

> Broadcaster Peta Credlin has hit out at Anthony Albanese after an actor turned Labor staffer referred to her as a “strap-on fantasy”.

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> The federal government this week released draft legislation to ban non-compete clauses for workers earning less than $190,100 a year, which would cover about nine out of every 10 employees.

A major rail shutdown on the Sydney to Melbourne rail corridor will enable freight transport times to be cut by up to 30 minutes, the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has said.

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The NSW premier's top chief of staff, James Cullen, is in a High Court showdown over whether he can be arrested and forced before a parliamentary inquiry.

Last December, powers dating back to the 19th century were declared non-existent by the NSW Court of Appeal.

Other witnesses have used the ruling to dodge questioning by the state's elected representatives.