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An AI cop could help keep tech in check, inquiry hears

The government should appoint an artificial intelligence commissioner to oversee the technology, an inquiry has heard, amid concerns over unfair uses.

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Deportation, travel ban and dogs in detention laws pass

Three migration bills giving the government extensive powers to deport non-citizens and bar entry to Australia for some nationalities have passed the Senate.

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Thirty bills still before Parliament in final sitting week

The government is scrambling to pass, scrap or delay dozens of bills in the last sitting week of the year, and developing countries are incensed by the ‘bad faith’ climate deal struck at COP29.

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‘Being rushed through’: Human rights commissioner sounds alarm on teen social media ban

The teen social media ban bill asks Australians to ‘to place an enormous amount of trust and faith in both government and the tech companies’, said Lorraine Finlay.

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Albanese must not rush social media ban, human rights commissioner says

Ms Finlay criticised a 'piecemeal' approach to online reforms.

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'Can't censor stupidity': some embrace conspiracies

A crackdown on misinformation and disinformation online is being criticised for overreach and stifling free speech while others want the laws to cover politics.

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Potential IS rise shows need for terror laws: spy chief

The peak human rights body has raised concern about anti-terror laws being too broad but Australia's intelligence agency insists they're needed to curb threats.

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PM says Dutton yet to detail ‘a single costed policy’ in three budget replies – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Boost drug search powers, make immigration detention ‘last resort’, watchdog says

Watchdog argues drug search powers should be boosted to fix system that is ‘not fit for purpose’ as home affairs department rejects multiple recommendations

The Guardian - AU

Drugs, lack of care make immigration detention 'unsafe'

An Australian Human Rights Commission report has flagged serious concerns over safety and care at a high-security WA immigration detention centre.

AAP

Secret Serco rating system for immigration detainees must be scrapped, say Greens

Senator Nick McKim says company’s ‘opaque’ SRAT security assessment tool ‘has severe implications for fundamental human rights’

The Guardian - AU

Australian Human Rights Commission staff say organisation’s position on Israel-Gaza war is inadequate

Open letter urges commission to take stronger action over Israeli actions in Palestine as organisation says focus is on issues within Australia

The Guardian - AU

More nurses, midwives pushed for vaccine mandates

A federal inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic has been told thousands of nurses were very pro-vaccine mandate as they saw it as a first-line of defence.

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Rights chief pans delay in releasing UN report on jails

A confidential UN report on conditions inside Australian jails and detention centres must be released by the government, the human rights commissioner says.

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Peak medical body labels Covid-19 review ‘half an inquiry’ after Albanese government excludes states

AMA joins human rights commissioner, legal and health experts in criticising narrow terms of reference announced by federal Labor

Newcastle Herald

Australia needs to be a world leader in responsible and ethical AI

Here's an edited version of Lorraine Finlay's speech to the AI conference held in Newcastle on Thursday.

Newcastle Herald

Minister says government 'playing catch-up' on fast-moving artificial intelligence

'It was expected that it would take a lot longer for AI to be able to generate image, and the way it's happening now is a serious issue.'

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s use of hotels for immigration detention found to have ‘devastating’ health effects

At the time of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s inspections, the longest continuous detention in a hotel was 634 days

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‘Our responsibility is clear’: emails reveal Human Rights Commission split on Voice

Internal documents show the divide between the commissioner and other Australian commission staff over the Voice to Parliament.

Newcastle Herald

Inflicting a rent freeze on landlords would miss source of the pain

LAND valuations have been raised to abnormal levels. The consequences will have considerable impact for both land owners and renters.

The Guardian - AU

Mark Dreyfus rejects human rights commissioner’s claim Indigenous voice would undermine principles of equality

Attorney general declines to comment on calls for commissioner Lorraine Finlay to consider her future in the role

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s powers to detain ‘terrorist offenders’ to prevent future crime must be abolished, watchdog says

Preventive detention regime is disproportionate to the threat of terrorism and makes us a ‘harsher society’, report says

The Guardian - AU

Human rights commissioner’s view of Indigenous voice ‘likely to mislead voters’, five predecessors say

Exclusive: In joint statement former Australian human rights commissioners say opinion piece by Lorraine Finlay made ‘serious error’

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Australia's human rights record in the spotlight ahead of FIFA Women's World Cup starting in July

Qatar's spotty human rights record was a constant talking point during the men's World Cup last year. Now the Australian Human Rights Commission wants a proper conversation about Australia's record before the Women's World Cup in July and August.

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Calls for national body to protect whistleblowers

Australia risks being left behind the rest of the world if it doesn't set up a national body to protect whistleblowers, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.

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