Telstra under fire over the Triple Zero outage, Australia and India move closer to a uranium export deal, FIFA’s president faces an ethics complaint over Donald Trump’s World Cup intervention.
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- Telstra under fire over the Triple Zero outage...
- Australia and India move closer to a uranium export deal...
- FIFA’s president faces an ethics complaint over Donald Trump’s World Cup intervention.
Telstra says Australians can again rely on Triple Zero, after fixing a second fault that affected emergency calls following yesterday's nationwide outage.
The telco says the problem was caused by the same software defect that disrupted its mobile network, and was not a cyber attack.
During the fault, customers who couldn't get through to Triple Zero were advised to redial immediately or use another phone while engineers worked to restore the service.
Chief Financial Officer Michael Ackland says Telstra takes its responsibility for the emergency call system seriously.
"I think customers can trust the triple zero system it is a very robust system, no system is completely immune from impacts of outage we take this obligation incredibly seriously we invest heavily in the resilience of our system it is unacceptable what has happened and our focus is on how we have addressed it through our processes through the welfare calls and following up with customers as quickly as we can."
ABC's Editorial Director Gavin Fang has rejected claims the public broadcaster disproportionately favours anti-Israel voices in its coverage of conflict in the Middle East.
Mr Fang is among senior representatives from the ABC and SBS speaking on day 8 of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism's third round of hearings.
Earlier, Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal [[see-gl]] told the hearing there is a strong perception from the Australian Jewish Community that the conflict in Gaza has been over-represented in the public broadcasters' coverage compared to other global conflicts.
Speaking to the inquiry, Mr Fang rejected this claim, as well as Ms Segal's suggestion that the ABC disproportionately favours critical perspectives on Israel.
"I think that in all of our reporting, um, our goal is to meet our standards and to be accurate, uh, to be impartial. Um, we, uh, we seek to, where relevant, uh, hear from affected parties on a variety of sides of the conflict, and that means hearing from both Palestinians and from, uh, Israelis, uh, from hearing from government sources and from non-government, and from hearing from people that have, um, a relevant perspective, uh, to be included in, in a story so that Australians can understand what's accurately, accurately what's happening."
The United States says it has completed its latest round of strikes on Iran and is reinstating oil sanctions after attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
The US military says it hit around 90 targets, including missile launchers and military infrastructure, to reduce Iran's ability to threaten one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
President Donald Trump says Iran has been weakened and is now seeking a deal with Washington.
"We have many ways we could win, but we've already won militarily. They have very little. They have very little left and they want to make a deal so badly. They called a little while ago. They want to make a deal so badly. I just don't know if they're worthy of making the deal. I don't know that they're going to honor the deal. That's the problem."
Iran has not claimed responsibility for the attacks on the ships but says any further U.S. military action will trigger an immediate response.
Australia and India are moving closer to a major uranium export deal, as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues his visit to Melbourne.
Mr Modi has received a ceremonial Guard of Honour at Government House Victoria, before holding talks with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
The deal could pave the way for regular Australian uranium shipments to India, more than a decade after the two countries signed a civil nuclear co-operation pact.
Mr Albanese says the Indian PM's personal involvement has helped drive that shift.
Mr Modi is expected to attend a community event at Melbourne's Marvel Stadium tonight, before meeting Governor-General Sam Mostyn tomorrow.
Australians are embracing artificial intelligence in record numbers, but many remain concerned about the risks.
A report by the Australian National University and Google has found almost half of Australian adults now use A-I, with uptake expected to grow, particularly among younger people.
The research has also found eight in 10 Australians are concerned about the use of generative A-I in politics, citing fears of misinformation, deepfakes and data security.
Lead researcher Jessica Herrington says Australia is becoming increasingly reliant on A-I models developed overseas, which may reflect cultural biases, and that greater investment in Australian-developed AI would help address those concerns.
In the World Cup
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is being referred to Olympic ethics investigators over his links to Donald Trump during the World Cup.
The complaint follows FIFA’s decision to allow U-S striker Folarin Balogun [[ FOH-luh-rin BAL-uh-gun ]] to play against Belgium, despite receiving a red card in his previous match.
The sports and human rights group FairSquare says Mr Infantino may have breached political neutrality rules.
Trump had claimed credit for the intervention, saying he asked for Balogun’s suspension to be reviewed.
