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Trump opposes Albanese’s tech agenda
United States President Donald Trump has delivered a major blow to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s tech agenda by telling world leaders he would oppose a push to create an international body to oversee AI regulation. Source: The Australian.
Albanese joins world leaders in call for AI safeguards
Australia has joined a call for international safeguards on artificial intelligence amid warnings from scientists and industry executives that the rapid development of powerful systems could outpace governments’ ability to control emerging risks. Source: The Age.
Labor rejects new for new ‘baby bonus’
Labor says investment in early childhood education and care, such as a possible move to universal access for families, is a better way to address Australia’s declining birthrate, rejecting the need for a new “baby bonus”. Source: The Guardian.
Australians will live longer and retire with more super in 2066: Report
Australians will live longer and retire with more super in 2066 despite the world becoming “more unpredictable, more unequal”, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will say in a speech today. Source: The Australian.
Albanese puts cyber safety at heart of bid for UN Security Council seat
Australia will put technology and online safety at the heart of its campaign for a seat on the United Nations Security Council as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prepares to argue that cyberattacks, AI and digital threats are matters of international peace and security. Source: The Age.
International students to be barred from bringing family to Australia
International students would effectively be banned from bringing family members to Australia under a long-awaited overhaul of the immigration system to be unveiled by Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke today. Source: ABC News.
Labor to spend $300m on new homes for family violence victims
An additional 500 homes for Australians facing homelessness will be delivered as part of a $300 million cash splash by Labor, as state and territory leaders face renewed pressure over violence against women and girls. Source: News.com.au.
Labor frontbencher plays down threat of AI extinction
Labor frontbencher Andrew Charlton has played down doomsday forecasts over an AI extinction threat, insisting Australians should not be overly focused on public warnings from tech bosses. Source: The West Australian.
Labor offers to scale back ministerial power over internet safety laws
Deciding what “seriously harmful” material is under proposed internet safety laws could fall to Parliament and not a government minister, Communications Minister Anika Wells said, in a bid to placate the Coalition’s censorship concerns. Source: News.com.au.