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Tadpoles collected from puddles in East Gippsland were transported to Melbourne zoo, where they were raised to metamorphosis and successfully bred in captivity for the first time
Read moreCentre for Public Integrity report calls for audit and public register of all automated decision-making Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The federal government is “sleepwalking its way into another robodebt” scandal amid a lack of transparency and legislation around the use of algorithms and AI in decisions, the chief executive of the independent thinktank the Centre for Public Integrity said. Dr Catherine Williams launched the centre’s “Computer Says No” report on Thursday, which examines the use of automated decision-making (ADM) tools by the government and calls f
Read moreCost of living and AI outrank climate change and war as top concerns for future, but support for multiculturalism remains strong Get our daily political email, free app or daily news podcast The vast majority of Australians support immigration and multiculturalism despite more feeling poorer – and increasingly pessimistic and distrustful of government, the annual Scanlon report on social cohesion has revealed. People are more worried about artificial intelligence than climate change or going to war, but a global economic downturn and cost-of-living pressures are Australians’ key concerns. Cont
Read moreExclusive: Advocacy group will put volunteers on the ground in Labor-held outer suburban seats that could swing towards Pauline Hanson’s party
Read moreExclusive: Police will allege the woman, 40, is the former partner of Steele-John and she is expected to face court in Perth on Thursday
Read moreThe Democrats have taken control of the Senate and the House of Representative in a historic midterms result. Hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy examine what went wrong for the Republicans and why voters turned out in droves to deliver the blue wave so many predicted
Read moreUS voters, their Australian partners and British spectators crowd around pub TVs to watch the historic election results roll in
Read moreReport led by Peter Garrett and former defence chief Adm Chris Barrie says agreement should be suspended and calls for royal commission
Read moreAward-winning investigative journalist says she ‘probably’ texted an alleged victim’s mother saying ‘I hope the shit does hit the fan for him’, court hears
Read moreReddit is challenging the Albanese government’s ban in high court, arguing legislation is ‘ill-thought-out’ and ‘over-broad’
Read morePolice also allege Torquay man was attacked with a ‘blunt weapon’ rather than a baseball bat as originally reported
Read moreExclusive: Community and Public Sector Union denounces ‘privatisation by stealth’, joining growing number of unions refusing to back Carroll government
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