AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoAI & Copyright: PM Albanese says Australia will not allow companies to train AI on books, music, art or news without artists’ control, backing an “Office of AI” and new rules for data centres and copyright. Telco Accountability: Telstra’s nationwide outage that hit triple-0 calls and EFTPOS is headed to a parliamentary grilling, with critics arguing “profits ahead of safety.” Children Online Safety: UN freedom of expression expert Irene Khan warns youth social media bans are a “blind and blunt” response that punishes children without forcing platform change. Health & Tobacco: New AIHW data shows daily smoking is down to 5.6% (from 8.3%), while daily vaping holds at 3.6%, with illicit tobacco use rising. Central Australia Environment: Record rain has turned the Red Centre green, but buffel grass growth is raising alarms for Central Australia’s ecology and grazing future. Queensland Energy: A rush for the Taroom Trough oil jackpot faces a key hurdle: where the water for extraction would come from.
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