Morning Mail: how One Nation bypasses traditional media; Australia’s Cop criticism; and the Roosters’ big win

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Good morning. In the final episode of The Populist, Sarah Martin looks at how One Nation is bypassing traditional media to capitalise on voters’ economic pain and tries to unpick the thorny issue at the heart of the party’s rise: immigration. Also in Queensland, residents of the rural town of Dalby have watched the boom and bust of big projects for decades.
They share their scepticism after revelations that a $31bn datacentre to power AI tech is now planned for their area. Datacentre next door | Residents of Dalby in rural Queensland may soon live beside a $31bn datacentre. The state premier, David Crisafulli, sees it as an “opportunity” – but others fear AI’s global creep .
‘I won’t give up’ | The mother of a robodebt victim who ended his life says she is experiencing “injustice of another kind” after she was told she would be excluded from a $475m class action settlement. Cop31 | The hosts of the next major UN climate conference, Turkey and Australia, are facing criticism for being partners in a coal supply chain while doing little to back nations wanting to get off fossil fuels.
Analysis | Would slashing net overseas migration “trash the economy” or deliver the necessary population “reset” to restore Australia’s stagnant living standards? Canada may offer some clues . Newcastle crash | A driver whose car careered into a crowd of...
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