Prime Minister caught in hot mic moment at COP31
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Energy Minister Chris Bowen were caught on camera joking about phone radiation and private parts during a break at the COP31 climate summit.
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Two in hospital after car veers into house in north Brisbane
Six fire crews helped free the driver from his vehicle and stabilise the two-storey home it crashed into.
Out of the bubble: How a world-first gene therapy gave Matthew a second chance at life
Until recently, Matthew Rozek has spent his life avoiding everyday germs. This has meant avoiding parties, shopping malls, flights, and public transport. But a new gene therapy treatment has given him a new lease on life.
In person, in writing and in a weekly newsletter: WorkSafe details CFMEU warnings to minister
The claims in a submission to the royal commission cast further doubt on the government’s claims it was unaware of the CFMEU’s conduct on major projects.
Police seek witnesses after suspected serial arsonist hits City Hill a third time
The alleged arsonist attacked again on Friday, November 13.
AI company behind FAA's SMART tool denies link to ground stop, Duffy confirms
Air Space Intelligence (ASI), the company behind a recently deployed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) AI tool, denied any link to the nationwide ground stop issued Friday afternoon. “The current ground stop is not based on or a result of the SMART system, any product of ASI or our integration with FAA and ATC,” the company...
Cleaner, smarter, big data: the PLA’s bet on ‘sunshine’ military recruitment
The Chinese military is mining big data to get better recruits and stamp out corruption in the march towards its centenary next year. As part of an overhaul called “end-to-end sunshine” recruitment, the People’s Liberation Army has been commanded to use data-driven systems across the the enlistment process to build a military “focused on war readiness”. The orders came this month from the general offices of the Central Military Commission and State Council and mark a renewed push to eradicate...
Police investigating scrub fire that threatened homes in Aveley and Ellenbrook
The fire was reported at about 6.15pm on Friday and quickly spread out of control.
Duffy, Mullin call for $50B air travel 'overhaul' in fiery ground stop briefing
Trump administration officials reupped their calls for a multi-billion-dollar investment into updating the U.S.'s "incredibly old" air traffic control systems, calling out Congress for "[kicking] the can down the road" on improvements they argued could have prevented Friday night's nationwide ground stop. “What we have is an incredibly old air traffic control system,” Transportation Secretary...
FBI disrupts crypto theft scheme by North Korean hacking group; billions stolen so far
The FBI said the North Korean hacking group is targeting cryptocurrency executives, Web3 industries, as well as people involved in the development and maintenance of open-source software.
Four bidders vie for $2.26m Edwardian house in Melbourne’s east
The winning bidder, a couple who also have a home on the Bellarine Peninsula, paid $200,000 over reserve to secure the property located in a leafy suburb.
Li Haitao: AI Cooperation is a "multiplication effect"
Li Haitao: AI Cooperation is a "multiplication effect"
Don’t take Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s ‘sex’ scandal at face value
“I thought spooks were supposed to be stealthy,” the uncouth, flatulent anti-hero Jackson Lamb complains in the hit British spy series Slow Horses as an annoying underling loudly enters his rundown office building, known to fans as Slough House. I have no idea if Alice Huang, the alleged love interest of billionaire Jensen Huang – who resigned as Nvidia CEO on Thursday – is really a Chinese Mata Hari. My own knowledge of espionage is confined to reading John le Carre and Robert Ludlum, and...