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It's the AFL's penultimate match; The Brisbane Lions are trying to claim their third consecutive Grand Final, but standing in their way are the Fremantle Dockers, vying for their first premiership ever.

Our Friday political panel discuss the week that was.

The Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development discusses the guardrails needed for artificial intelligence.

The federal government is demanding answers after an artificial intelligence agent infiltrated a Medicare website.

A federal government investigation is underway after it was revealed an OpenAI agent hacked into a Medicare data portal in June.

Fighting between the Iran-backed Houthis and Yemen's government forces has continued to escalate this week.

Pomp and pageantry were on full display as Donald Trump welcomed Xi Jinping to the White House for the first time in more than a decade.

The Nepali government has requested the funds board rapid response to the disaster.

Coverage and analysis of national and international events.

Australia's last grower-owned sugar mill in Queensland is seeking $18 million in state and federal government support.

Almost 60% of people - aged between 18 and 35 - have experienced strangulation during sex at least once, according to a 2024 study from the Melbourne University Law School and The University of Queensland.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed an OpenAI agent hacked into an Australian Medicare data portal earlier this year.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed an AI agent hacked into an Australian Medicare data portal earlier this year.

As the Middle East conflict continues to affect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Australians are seeing petrol and diesel prices soar to levels not seen in months.

In his address, President Masoud Pezeshkian accused the US and Israel of terrorism in their war against Iran.

From today, the Chinese President Xi Jinping will be in Washington for a three-day summit with US President Donald Trump.

Australians are having fewer babies than ever before, according to the government's intergenerational report.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is launching a government review.

Coverage and analysis of national and international events.

Noongar man Kim Scott is one of Australia's most distinguished authors.

The Trump administration's policy on deporting immigrants to third countries has faced a major setback this month with a federal appeals court ruling the policy is unlawful.

Co-operative housing makes up less than one per cent of Australia's total housing stock, yet some believe it could be a solution to the housing crisis and help forever renters find security.

The US Embassy has called on the Australian government to exclude US social media companies from its plans to give users the option to opt into algorithms.

The Trump administration is calling on the Australian government to exclude US social media companies from its proposed changes to social media algorithms.

The Senate inquiry continues today in the Melbourne inner suburb of Yarraville.

Some telcos have claimed an independent authority would make no difference to reliability of the service.

Donald Trump also defended the US war with Iran and described the International Criminal Court as quote "evil."

American news networks CNN, ​MS NOW and Politico are taking the Trump administration to court over US President Donald Trump's decision to ban them from the White House grounds.

Is Australia prepared for the challenges in the decades ahead for the nation? The federal government has just released the latest Intergenerational Report which shows how an aging population is expected to reshape the economy in the next 40 years. The report predicts that for the first time, deaths will outpace births in Australia by the mid 2060s. As the number of tax-paying Australians potential shrinks, the next four decades will see successive budget deficits. This comes as a Senate Inquiry has delivered 11 recommendations in the wake of last year's massive Optus Triple-Zero outage, which has been linked to two deaths.

Ministers and Indigenous leaders will meet this week for a child-safety roundtable following reports of alleged child neglect in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

And as Western Australia's longest serving chief scientist, Professor Peter Klinken became a fierce advocate for building the state's local manufacturing and sovereign capabilities.

A national authority to answer emergency calls in lieu of Telstra is one of the recommendations made by a senate inquiry into the triple zero emergency call crisis.

The IGR report predicts an older and bigger population and that the nation will be more indebted and have what increasingly appears to be a permanent budget deficit.

According to the projections in the intergenerational report, more Australians will die than be born in 2066.

Cynthia Gebert says people need to know they have 'somewhere to turn to hold big techs to account.'

Talks are set to ​focus on the Middle East conflict and the risks of artificial intelligence.

US President Donald Trump has reportedly called off planned US strikes on the Houthis in Yemen at the weekend.

Two of Australia's biggest banks - the Commonwealth Bank and ANZ - have updated their interest rate outlook for this year.

Coverage and analysis of national and international events.

For more than 30 years, Uncle Don Rowlands has been the keeper of the Simpson Desert, as the ranger in charge of Munga-Thirri National Park in Central Australia.

Victoria's new Premier is promising a tough-on-crime government if re-elected in November, promising to introduce a maximum penalty of life imprisonment for rape.

The Coalition has proposed to halve the fuel excise whenever the global price of Brent crude oil averages more than $100 US a barrel over a fortnight.

The Coalition has proposed to halve the fuel excise whenever the global price of Brent crude oil averages more than $100 US a barrel over a fortnight.

The Coalition's new fuel policy would see the fuel excise halved whenever the global price of Brent crude oil averages more than $100 US a barrel over a fortnight.

German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, says a weekend state election result is a 'disaster', but vows he will stay on.

The University of Sydney is currently in the middle of enterprise bargaining negotiations with staff, where AI is a sticking point.

Coverage and analysis of national and international events.

Our Friday political panel discuss the week that was.

The government plans to crack down on visa overstayers, and tighten visa rules for international students and backpackers.

Amanda Rishworth has said the migration shake-up was about "getting the right skills mix".

The federal government's Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence will begin public hearings today.

The federal government is clamping down on backpackers and the families of international students as part of its shake-up to Australia's migration system.

European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen has backed a proposal for Canada to become the EU's first "associate member".

The Iran-backed Houthis have increased their attacks against Saudi Arabia this week, raising questions about how the United States will respond.

International students would effectively be banned from bringing family members to Australia, under the federal governments shake-up to Australia's migration system.

The son of Iran's former shah - Reza Pahlavi - has accepted an invitation from the Coalition to visit Australia.

From fertilisers to the use of resin in packaging perishable products, the price of oil is being close watched by the dairy industry.

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They started as an Indie-folk duo known as the Little Stevies.

The meeting was attended by Opposition Leader Angus Taylor and its shadow foreign affairs minister Ted O'Brien - who have invited Reza Pahlavi to Australia.

Tony Burke is expected to unveil a tightening of temporary visa rules today in a bid to reduce net overseas migration to 225,000 people by 2028.

The Coalition is still finalising the details of its own migration policy. It has flagged it will link migration to housing completions.

A group of Federal opposition MPs are this morning hosting a virtual meeting with the exiled crown prince of Iran.

University of Sydney staff went on strike - in part - over AI concerns earlier this month, with students demonstrating against the new agreement yesterday.

Thousands are fleeing to neighbouring Djibouti.

China's leader Xi Jinping will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington next week.

The exiled crown prince has positioned himself as someone who could lead a democratic transition in Iran if the current Islamic regime falls.

Coverage and analysis of national and international events.

James Vlassakis was found guilty of four murders in the series of killing sprees that horrified the country in the late 1990s.

Paul Keall has helped pioneer imaging technology that's now a global standard for lung and abdominal cancer radiotherapy used in millions of treatments.

The federal government is considering workarounds to allow AI companies to train their models on Australian intellectual property.

Brent crude has surged to more than $108 US a barrel overnight - due to increased tension in the middle east and the closure of a critical pipeline in Saudi Arabia.

One Nation is proposing to cut migration by about 750,000 places over three years, by heavily restricting student visas and blocking visas for family members of skilled workers.

Richardson said a more forceful response to the rise of antisemitism in Australia would have drawn a clearer line on what's deemed "acceptable".

'Russia's not going to stop unless it's given a bloody nose,' former NATO deputy commander Sir Richard Shirreff says.

The government is considering a workaround to copyright laws to facilitate AI companies.

Leaked government documents - seen by the ABC - explore options which would see companies pay artists indirectly.

Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.

The backlash continues over One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's comments about Indigenous Australians.

Multiple inquiries and media reports over the years have exposed major failures — including the abuse of children — within the child protection system.

Hundreds of jobs have been cut from the Whyalla Steelworks in South Australia after the blast furnace was cut for good… putting an end to structural steel from scratch manufacturing in Australia.

One Nation's migration policy plans to reduce migration by 766,000 places over three years which industry groups are warning risks COVID-level economic shocks.

The support package comes after the closure of the blast furnace at the regional city's steelworks.

Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for AI companies, including his own, to slow their work.

Leading industry groups --  including the Australian Chamber of Commerce, the Business Council of Australia and the Australian Industry Group -- have warned that One Nation's proposed immigration policy could damage the Australian economy.

CO2 emissions - from the fires - amounted to 19.7 million metric tonnes in the first week of this month.

There are concerns the forced shutdown of Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline could last for weeks, affecting global oil supplies.

Coverage and analysis of national and international events.

Experts are warning the invasive flower thrips could also spread to vegetables and flowers, potentially pushing up food prices.

The last few years in Australia have been a reckoning, as we learn more about the impacts of silica dust and its link to serious and sometimes fatal lung disease.

The charges are part of an ongoing investigation into a group of Australian men allegedly accessing and distributing ISIS propaganda online.

Environment Minister Murray Watt has called for Pauline Hanson to apologise for remarks she made about the prime minister's mother.

One Nation is set to release its migration policy this morning.

With the Strait of Hormuz largely at a standstill, analysts are warning the Houthi's latest development could further impact fuel prices globally.

Today, Independent MP for Bradfield Nicolette Boele will introduce a bill to establish a national definition of affordable housing.

For the first time, girls in Papua New Guinea will have access to the life-saving HPV vaccine.

The head of the Artificial Intelligence company Anthropic has called for a global slowdown in AI development, as concerns mount over the technology's potential risks.

Coverage and analysis of national and international events.