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Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles says the government has set up a taskforce to investigate the Medicare portal hack.
He says the government is taking the issue seriously, but the impact of the breach is minor.
Mr Marles says they will investigate if laws were broken during the incident.
"This will be a taskforce that will be rapid; it will look at this incident thoroughly, but it will also examine our … respect of emerging AI cyberthreats; it will look at the security of government networks; it will look at the legal arrangements that we have in place in respect of an incident of this kind."
Just this week, Australia joined more than 20 other world leaders to call for better artificial intelligence safety regulations.
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OpenAI says it has done an extensive review after its AI agent breached Australia's Medicare system.
The company says several Australian government websites and services were impacted.
In a statement, an OpenAI spokesperson said its models tried to look up answers and statistics for questions about Australia during an internal evaluation.
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The government has announced another $10 million to help protect humanitarian workers in conflict zones.
The funding comes as an Australian-led declaration protecting aid workers reaches 130 countries.
The money will support security training, legal and financial assistance for victims and their families.
Australia started the initiative in honour of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, who was killed in Gaza in 2024.
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First Nations workers are earning 16 per cent less per hour than Australian workers overall, according to a new report.
The research, by the University of Technology Sydney and Indigenous Business Australia, found Indigenous employees earn an average of 84 cents for every dollar earned by other workers.
Researchers say differences in education, experience and hours worked do not explain most of the gap.
The report is calling for employers to have a legal duty to prevent racial discrimination in the workplace.
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An eight-year-old girl from Lake Macquarie in New South Wales has been celebrated as a hero after jumping into a dam to save her friend from drowning.
Aylah Redshaw was wearing heavy motorbike gear when her friend Mason fell from a rope swing into the water.
She says she remembered the water safety message “think or sink” from her school swimming lessons.
"We were at our friend's party on this property, and we were going to check the yabby trap, but Mason swung out on the rope swing and fell into the water. So, I rushed in and helped him, but he was dipping my head in, and it was hard for me to stay above the surface. And I was telling him, 'Float on your back,' but he wouldn't listen because he was too scared. So, I forced him onto his back, and I paddled him back to shore."
Her Dad Chris says he couldn't be prouder.
