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‘Wake-up call’: Labor considers changing Australian laws after OpenAI Medicare hackExpert says Australia’s criminal laws should be clarified to determine how fault is applied to a corporation when its AI agent commits a crimeGuardian Australia
Australia news live: Liberal MP proposes using super to secure mortgages; ingredient in cold and flu supplements banned over allergy riskFollow the day’s news live • Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Jim Chalmers was also asked earlier if the government would support a national royal commission into violence against women and children. He said the government had chosen to increase resourcing for child and family violence and domestic violence, adding to the ABC: We’re trying to deal with the sources of all of this violence, whether it be more security in the housing system, whether it be the monetised misogyny that we see online – there are a whole range of factors feeding in here. We do acknowledge that all of this violence is obviously entirely unacceptable. It’s horrific in every way. That’s why we’ve increased the resources and that’s why we all need to do better to do everything we can to make a difference here. Continue reading...Guardian Australia
Albanese launches bid for UN security council seat and names former Murdoch aide to top diplomatic postAustralia and Finland are vying for a spot on the council, and the PM needs two thirds of member states to back himFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese launched a formal bid for Australia to serve a two-year term on the UN security council in 2029 and 2030.Albanese also unveiled former News Corp head of broadcasting Siobhan McKenna as Australia’s next consul general to New York. Continue reading...Guardian Australia
Australia unveils new rules to trim immigration, targeting students’ families and visa overstayersMost international students unable to bring dependants or family members to Australia under migration policy announced by Tony Burke at National Press Club • Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates • Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Foreign citizens staying in Australia without a valid visa face new enforcement measures to force them to leave the country, with Labor’s changes to immigration also set to prevent international students extending their stay indefinitely. The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, has unveiled long-awaited changes to immigration rules, promising to bring down net overseas migration (Nom) to 245,000 this financial year, and 225,000 in 2027-28. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...Guardian Australia
Australia’s Indigenous population estimated at 2.2m before ‘demographic catastrophe’ of colonisationStudy finds earlier numbers were underestimated, suggesting impact of diseases and massacres were much greater than previously thought • Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia before colonisation was dramatically underestimated, according to new research that suggests many more of them were killed. Modelling by a national research group puts the population levels before the 1788 first fleet arrived at 2.2 million, compared with early estimates of 250,000 people. Continue reading...Guardian Australia
Politics live: Joyce backs Hanson on comments about Albanese’s mother; electrifying push for Australians to save $5,000 a yearFollow the day’s news liveGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastHanson’s comments on Albanese’s mother ‘gratuitous and unnecessary’: HumeJane Hume has joined the pile on, blasting Pauline Hanson for her comments about Anthony Albanese’s mother.I think that these comments were gratuitous and unnecessary. And the idea that you would disparage people that have grown up in social housing, I think, is a little distasteful. I mean, it doubles down on the fact that Senator Hanson has also disrespected our veteran community with her atrocious comments about Andrew Hastie in that cartoon. Calling a veteran a traitor, I think, is possibly the worst thing you can do.But this does seem to be a common theme in One Nation now, that sort of unnecessarily provocative rhetoric. Continue reading...Guardian Australia
Sydney man jailed for 3.5 years over fake defence reports prepared for Chinese spiesAlexander Csergo sentenced over reckless foreign interference after preparing documents for duo who approached him on LinkedIn • Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A seemingly innocuous message on a social media platform has snowballed into a Sydney man being jailed for foreign interference. Alexander Csergo, 58, was jailed for three years and six months on Thursday, after being found guilty by a jury in March of helping Chinese spies. Continue reading...Guardian Australia
SMH columnist Peter FitzSimons tells Alan Jones trial alleged victim was ‘revolted’ by abuseFitzSimons tells court that complainant C told him Jones, who has pleaded not guilty, would touch his penis and he ‘kept pushing it away’ • Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates • Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Sydney Morning Herald columnist Peter FitzSimons has told the Alan Jones trial an alleged victim he spoke to in 2019 was “tearful” and sounded “emotionally traumatised” when detailing alleged assaults by the 2GB broadcaster. The commentator and author gave evidence in the Downing Centre local court on Thursday about a telephone call he had with the alleged victim known as complainant C in October 2019. Continue reading...Guardian Australia
Social media users could opt out of the algorithm if Australian government has its way – but that’s a big ifEven if the legislation passes, tech companies may still find ways to frustrate its intent and keep Australians hooked on their feed Social media could become a “choose your own adventure” between the doom-scrolling status quo, or just the feed of the friends you want to see, if the government’s planned digital duty of care legislation passes, and the tech companies don’t muck around on compliance. But that’s a big if. Continue reading...Guardian Australia
Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’Human health, water supplies, nature, cities, infrastructure and economies could all be severely damaged by temperature risesGuardian Australia
China warns of ‘consequences’ over Taiwan presence at Pacific Islands ForumBeijing-Taipei tensions a feature at meeting in Palau, with Australia and New Zealand saying the forum – not another country – will determine who attends China said it had serious concerns about Taiwan’s presence at the annual Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, warning of “consequences” after the democratically ruled island attended the group’s opening ceremony on Monday. China views Taiwan as its own territory, and China-Taiwan tensions have featured prominently at the meeting, which is intended to demonstrate regional unity. Continue reading...Guardian Australia
Australians missing in the Nepal floods: what we know so farThere are 43 Australians among the thousands of people missing as rescue efforts continue after deadly flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet borderGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPilgrims trekking to a holy site in Tibet make up the majority of Australians who have been reported missing after deadly flash floods and landslides tore through valleys on the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday.The total number of Australians missing in the disaster remained 43 on Tuesday, with most travelling with Himalayan Glacier Adventures, Kailash Journeys, and the Isha Foundation. Continue reading...Guardian Australia
It is now almost certain the world will warm past 1.5C. But ‘net-negative’ emissions are still possible | Wesley Morgan for the ConversationClimate change is the greatest threat to the Pacific, with fuel shortages and missile tests also on the agenda as Anthony Albanese heads to PalauAnthony Albanese is in Palau this week for the annual Pacific Islands Forum and regional security is expected to top the agenda.China is testing nuclear-capable missiles in the Pacific, prompting talk of a new regional agreement. The United States-Iran war has exposed a reliance on costly fossil fuels that is undermining Pacific economies. Continue reading...Guardian Australia
News live: number of Australians missing in Nepal floods rises; Penny Wong announces $3m additional aid for disasterNepali and Chinese authorities confirmed an updated death toll of at least 810 on Sunday. Follow the day’s news live • Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australian personnel still unable to access Nepal flood zone Australian personnel has not been able to get access to the Nepal flood zone yet, the assistant minister for immigration, Matt Thistlethwaite , confirmed. There has been about eight power stations that have been affected as well, so it’s very difficult to get into the area. They’ve said at this stage they don’t require that support. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) will transport the first of these supplies from Queensland in the coming days. Continue reading...Guardian Australia
‘So desperately loved’: ADF member among dozens of Australians missing in Nepal floods as families pray for safe returnRelatives ‘really worried, but hopeful’ as they wait anxiously for news in the aftermath of the flash flooding disaster • Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates • Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The families of an Australian defence force member and two Sydney boys who went missing with their parents in Nepal remain hopeful they will be found safe. Dozens of Australians are missing after devastating flooding on the Nepal-Tibet border. Nepal police on Friday said more than 1,500 people remained missing and 469 have been confirmed dead after massive flash floods and landslides tore through the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river basins. Continue reading...Guardian Australia
‘We praise God’: Australian woman feared missing in Nepal flooding makes contact with familyCara Severino calls parents – but still faces trek of more than 110km to reach Kathmandu on foot • Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An Australian woman has made contact with her family, more than two days after she was reported missing in flash flooding in Nepal. At least 469 people have been killed and more than 1,500 are missing after a catastrophic flash flood hit the China-Nepal border on Wednesday. Cara Severino, 25, is the first of 39 Australians who had been reported missing in the tragedy to have been confirmed safe. Continue reading...Guardian Australia
Dolphin dies from H5 bird flu in SA as researchers withdrawn from sub-Antarctic island over ‘psychosocial risk’Expeditioners at research station on Macquarie Island will be evacuated over possible ‘psychological stress’, while 100 dead little penguins found on Tasmanian island • Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A dolphin has died from H5 bird flu in South Australia, marking the second native mammal species known to have contracted the virus. On Friday afternoon, the Tasmanian government said it was assessing the discovery of about 100 dead little penguins on King Island but it was unable to test them for H5 bird flu due to their “decayed condition”. Continue reading...Guardian Australia
Morning Mail: inside the political ‘meme factories’; China questions detainee’s death; Netanyahu rejects Trump’s Gaza planWant to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterGood morning. Today we speak to a member of a “meme factory” in Indonesia who is busy trading outrage about Australian politics online as Facebook’s owner, Meta, pays for her efforts.Another exclusive story reveals that Chinese officials have raised serious questions about whether a Chinese citizen was properly monitored before she died in a Melbourne detention centre run by a US prison giant.Exclusive | Chinese officials have expressed “grave concern” as documents reveal a suicide warning before a woman’s death in a Melbourne immigration detention centre run by a US private firm.Cash for clicks | Workers in Indonesia’s “buzzer” economy are propagating outrage on social media – including about Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party – not for any political motive, but because Meta pays for engagement.Clearing out | Recent falls in auction clearance rates are resulting in dramatic headlines featuring words like “horror”, “failure” and “wipe out”. Is Australia’s love affair with auctions coming to an end?The Agenda | As the spring parliamentary session begins, Labor’s gambling reforms face pressure from all sides. Will they hold ’em, fold ’em or walk away?Body discovered | The body of a woman was found in a suitcase by the side of a road at Oallen, south of Goulburn, in regional New South Wales. Continue reading...Guardian Australia
Morning Mail: Oil hits US$100 as Trump threatens Iran, Musk muses on ‘meaningless’ money, Commonwealth Games beginWant to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterMorning everyone. The cost of living issues clouding Labor’s national conference could become more acute after oil soared over US$100 a barrel again overnight and Donald Trump threatened “a massive attack” on Iran. We have full reports on the worsening situation in the Middle East.We also look at how Pauline Hanson is mining the US president’s playbook after a week of controversy, Elon Musk says money might become meaningless and speculates that the universe is a computer simulation created by aliens, and – speaking of which – the Commonwealth Games have opened in Glasgow with King Charles stepping out of Doctor Who’s Tardis.The Games begin | The Commonwealth Games have opened in Glasgow in a scaled down event forced on the organisers by the late withdrawal of Victoria. Follow the opening ceremony live, while the Commonwealth’s fastest man on two wheels, Matt Richardson, has brushed off the impact of his controversial switch to England as having “zero effect” on him.Labor ‘allergic’ | Outspoken Labor backbencher Ed Husic claims the party has become “allergic” to dissent and dispute, warning the unity on show at its tightly controlled national conference could backfire.Bird song | Seven-year-old Miles Phillips’ song about the eastern rosella has gone viral and been compared to the Strokes, the B-52s and Taylor Swift. He tells Rafqa Touma how he wrote it.Origin hack | Origin Energy customers’ addresses, phone numbers and partial bank account data have been accessed in a hack, the company has confirmed.Poles apart | A Northern Territory minister has been criticised for scientifically inaccurate claims that groundwater in the territory needs to be used to prevent the Earth’s magnetic poles from flipping. Continue reading...Guardian Australia