Australia backs an international push for tougher AI regulation; Media outlets take the Trump administration to court over White House bans; Collingwood superstar Nick Daicos claims his first Brownlow Medal.
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- Australia backs an international push for tougher AI regulation.
- Media outlets take the Trump administration to court over White House bans.
- Collingwood superstar Nick Daicos claims his first Brownlow Medal.
Australia is among more than 20 countries backing a joint statement calling for additional safeguards to regulate AI.
The statement says the rapid growth of artificial intelligence needs to be brought under control to ensure the technology is reined in and stays under human oversight.
The statement was issued ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where AI measures are set to be on the agenda.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says it is important that countries work together to co-ordinate their actions.
"Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve lives to strengthen our economy and productivity - and to massively advance science and medical breakthroughs. But humans need to be in control of it. If it is going be successful, than we need to make sure that humans are at the centre of everything that occurs."
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Major American television networks have suspended their involvement in a rotation of broadcasters covering President Donald Trump.
It comes as CNN, MS NOW and Politico sued Donald Trump for banning them from White House grounds, saying it violated their rights under the US Constitution to cover him.
In a complaint filed in the Washington DC, federal court, the media outlets said Mr Trump can't ban them solely because he dislikes what he calls their "negative" coverage, and reserve coverage for media who offer praise.
Vice President JD Vance defended President Trump's decision, saying the media outlets have not been banned, but rather refused 'special access' to the White House.
"So he's not banning media outlets. What he's doing is saying: 'We're not going to give you special access to the White House if you engage in what is effectively propaganda.' We have to remember those three outlets account about 92% of the stories that they have on the president of the United States on the administration are negative."
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A long-running Senate Inquiry into the Triple Zero service outages has recommended stripping Telstra of its management of the emergency services line.
The inquiry was prompted by an Optus outage last year linked to two deaths, and was later expanded to also cover a Telstra outage in July.
The report makes 11 recommendations, including mandating domestic roaming, minimum performance standards, and compensation for those impacted by outages.
Greens Senator and Inquiry Chair Sarah Hanson Young says Australia's telecommunications system is failing.
"There needs to be some guarantees. If you sign up with Telstra or Optus and you pay 100 bucks a month to use your mobile phone, it should work, it should work. And if it doesn't work, the company should be held liable and responsible and there should be compensation."
The inquiry also recommends an alternative for Australians to access essential services, including reaching triple-zero through text.
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A Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners, this story contains references to an Aboriginal person who has died.
A Northern Territory coroner has found the death of a woman in a hospital psychiatric ward followed "string of cascading failures" by health staff.
34-year-old woman Kumanjayi Brogus Ungwanaka, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, died in Alice Springs Hospital in November 2023, hours after being admitted to hospital.
Northern Territory Coroner Elisabeth Armitage says Kuminjayi was given too many drugs, and not enough care, and this fatal combination caused her death.
She says NT Health Staff failed to document and reconcile Kuminjayi's medicine, over-sedated her, and failed to monitor her when she was sedated.
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A new Australian-first brain institute has opened at Macquarie University, bringing doctors and researchers under one roof.
The centre will focus on motor neurone disease, dementia and Parkinson’s, with the aim of speeding up diagnosis and treatment.
It comes as new research shows fewer than half of people living with dementia are diagnosed within the first year.
Professor Dominic Rowe says putting researchers closer to patients could lead to better care and faster breakthroughs.
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Collingwood superstar Nick Daicos has won his first Brownlow Medal in record-breaking fashion.
The 23-year-old polled 47 votes, the highest tally in the award’s history, beating the previous record of 45 set by Patrick Cripps in 2024.
Daicos finished 11 votes clear of Geelong’s Bailey Smith, with Western Bulldogs captain Marcus Bontempelli third.
Daicos says he’s still struggling to believe he’s now a Brownlow medallist.
"I never thought I'd be up on this stage, it's something that I genuinely have to pinch myself and as I said it's a massive award and I'm so privileged to be up here and I can't believe I'm a Brownlow medalist to be honest."
