AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoSupermarket crackdown: From July 1, Australia’s new ban on supermarket price-gouging targets Coles and Woolworths, but the rules are still being tested in practice. Tech and privacy: Age-verification flaws are undermining Australia’s under-16 social media ban, and regulators are also moving to rein in data brokers. AI and power demand: Experts warn “AI cowboys” are racing ahead with data centres, while communities push back over noise and electricity strain. National security: ASIO says Iranian IRGC agents lived in Australia before directing arson attacks on Jewish targets in Sydney and Melbourne. Law and order: WA’s police chief calls for graduated mandatory sentencing for serious crime. Media shake-up: Karl Stefanovic is set to leave Nine “immediately” after the network axes his contract following a fallout from a podcast with Tommy Robinson. Business and investment: Hancock Prospecting backs Lumitron with $50m to scale world-first cancer imaging tech.
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