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Queensland introduces carbon target bill; Tasmanian premier calls election – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

High-risk AI use could be banned by new task force

Using artificial intelligence technology in risky tasks such as social scoring and biometric identification could be banned in Australia by a new group.

AAP

Urgent changes needed to support women in STEM jobs

A new report recommends changes to support more diversity in science, engineering and technology jobs, as the industry fails to embrace change.

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First CEO appointed to national reconstruction fund

Ivan Power has been named chief executive of the $15 billion national reconstruction fund, aimed at boosting manufacturing capability.

AAP

Nine's 'sexist' AI image of MP labelled a wake-up call

Nine News' inappropriate use of AI imagery of a Victorian MP during a bulletin has been called a wake-up call for how businesses use the technology.

AAP

Brain implant fears, as Newcastle University warns AI bans may be needed

Do we really want AI to know our most intimate thoughts?

Newcastle Herald

Australia May Ask Tech Companies To Label Content Generated By AI Under New Laws

A survey showed only a third of Australians believe there are adequate "guardrails" for the design and development of AI.

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'Disinformation takeover' a source of worry as AI grows

Voluntary regulations for AI are on the cards as concerns mount about the emerging technology's impact on jobs, copyright and disinformation.

AAP

Labor MP Josh Burns says Australia’s UN Gaza ceasefire vote not relevant to ‘people on the ground’

Speaking from Israel, MP plays down significance of UN resolution, saying violence won’t end ‘without Hamas being removed from power’

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: far north braces for Jasper; US ‘concerned’ by reports of Israeli use of white phosphorus; and love life after dating apps

Steven Miles to become new Queensland premier as Tropical Cyclone Jasper approaches state’s coast

The Guardian - AU

Ed Husic says Israel action in Gaza ‘very disproportionate’ and children shouldn’t bear brunt of conflict

Labor minister immediately criticised by Peter Dutton who says Husic’s comments are ‘ill-considered’ and ‘offensive’

The Guardian - AU

'Crucial' research funding to end plastics, cut methane

Almost $130 million in federal grants to end widespread use of plastics and cut methane emissions in farming are part of a push for a less harmful economy.

AAP

Minister calls out 'blacklisting' for airing Gaza views

People who express sympathy for civilians in Gaza should be able to make their feelings known without risking "professional retribution", a minister says.

AAP

The week in parliament: things get ugly on immigration detention with political blood spilled on both sides

Only one more joint sitting day to go in a brutal year, Ed Husic weighs in on theatre controversy and a hint of Christmas cheer

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MPs seek to turn down heat on Israel-Gaza debate

Politicians have called on Australians to search for humanity among the violence in the Middle East and show kindness to diasporas caught in the crossfire.

AAP

Australia works to secure citizens as hostages released

The situation in Gaza remains dire as Hamas releases hostages during a temporary ceasefire, Assistant Foreign Affairs Minister Tim Watts says.

AAP

Money for Aussie minerals on the conveyor belt

The rollout of a multi-billion investment fund to boost onshore manufacturing will aim to make Australia less reliant on Chinese supply chains.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter in prime position for Australian battery manufacturing industry: report

Australia supplies half of the world's lithium for battery manufacture.

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The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Israeli forces enter al-Shifa hospital; Qantas accused of strategically cancelling flights; and Xi lands in US

Israel claims Hamas has built headquarters in bunkers and tunnels under hospital, which Hamas strenuously denies

The Guardian - AU

‘Red-hot anger’: Why Labor is on a ‘tightrope’ over its response to the Israel-Hamas war

Calls for ALP to support a ceasefire grow as rank and file members quit and migrant communities in heartland seats threaten to turn away

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Australia ‘at the back of the pack’ in regulating AI, experts warn

Albanese government yet to announce response to artificial intelligence safety inquiry

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Albanese’s failure on Gaza isn’t just opportunism, it’s a return of the ALP’s White Australia racism

Labor only changes if you tear it a new one and make it wear it as a hat. Middle East groups must break away and run against it.

AAP

Pact puts handbrake on 'defining technology of our age'

A pact on artificial intelligence is intended to protect people from harm without stifling breakthroughs in vaccines, computing and defence.

The Conversation

Australian MPs walk a difficult line on Israel-Hamas conflict

The failure of the Voice referendum appeared to confirm Australians broadly reject propositions they believe to be characterised by divisiveness. There are few geopolitical circumstances more polarising than the drastic flaring of conflict between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza.

The Canberra Times

Funding to improve research at the Australian National University

$23 million will go towards upgrading ANU facilities.

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