The Prime Minister uses a UN address to warn about AI; A second child dies after alleged domestic violence stabbing; AFL Grand Final preparations underway.
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- The Prime Minister uses a UN address to warn about AI.
- A second child dies after alleged domestic violence stabbing.
- AFL Grand Final preparations underway.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used his address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York to officially launch Australia’s bid for a seat on the UN Security Council in 2029-30.
Climate change, emerging technology and the breakdown of “trust and civility” were top of the PM's agenda.
He says AI is evolving at a “furious pace”, describing an AI agent’s infiltration of an Australian government website as “unacceptable”.
Mr Albanese also reaffirmed his respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty, while calling for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
He says broader conflict in the Middle East has had a “devastating impact on the global economy”.
Mr Albanese saying Australia doesn't believe in abandoning multilateralism, but rather reforming it to adapt to global challenges.
"We understand that the UN mission cannot be entrusted solely to the great powers, or the biggest countries, or even the loudest voices alone ... Clearly, the multilateral system that we have all known and benefited from is under immense strain. To protect the peace, to create a world of human dignity, to do justice to the UN's mission, we must embrace change, and we must embrace reform."
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SBS Chief Political Correspondent Anna Henderson has more from New York.
"It's a week where the civilian death toll from wars in multiple continents continues to climb, and Australia's Prime Minister has appealed to the 193 member states of the United Nations to ensure that quest for peace is not left to the loudest voices alone. He says the multilateral system is under immense strain. Earlier this week, he launched Australia's bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council in 2029 and 2030, and his message from the podium echoed the pitch already being made by his middle power partners, Canada and the European Union. The Prime Minister said that the UN mission cannot be entrusted solely to the great powers, the biggest countries, or the world's richest companies. It's a clear sign as well that Anthony Albanese wants to see a world where countries are equals rather than dominant and dominated."
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NSW Minister Rose Jackson has offered her condolences to the family of a police officer who was killed in an early morning crash in Sydney.
Police say the female constable was a passenger in a fully marked police car, which was driving under lights and sirens when it crashed into a tree in Redfern.
The male officer who was driving was treated by paramedics at the scene before being taken to hospital in a stable condition.
The incident has been declared a critical incident and is under investigation.
Rose Jackson says it's an absolute tragedy.
"Any time a police officer puts on that uniform and goes to work for our community they are ,putting themselves right out there to defend us, look after us, make sure we’re safe, and it is beyond tragic when we lose a member of our police force, those people who go out there to look after us every day. Obviously, this crash has just happened the news is just coming through. It occurred earlier this morning. The police are going to be investigating, but my strongest and sincerest condolences, obviously, to the victims and their families."
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A long-term study of women's health is seeking women from South and Southeast Asian backgrounds to improve the diversity of its research.
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health is celebrating 30 years this year, and it is considered unique globally.
One of the Directors, Professor Gita Mishra from the University of Queensland, says the background of the study's participants has evolved across the past three decades.
“What happened was that in 1996, when the three main cohorts were recruited, we were broadly representative of Australian women at that time. But as you know, in the last two, three decades, there's been a lot of migration, and so we want to include all women in the community. And as you know, there was a huge number of women from South and Southeast Asia that migrated to Australia, and yet our study didn't capture their needs, health, and wellbeing.”
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In sport, the AFL's traditional Grand Final parade has wound its way through the streets of Melbourne, ahead of tomorrow's match.
The Brisbane Lions will be hoping to make it three in a row when they take on Fremantle.
Lions star player Lachie Neale has been cleared to play after having a one-game ban for striking Hawthorn's Jack Ginnivan downgraded in a drama-filled hearing on Thursday.
The finals series for the NRL is also underway this weekend, with the Dolphins taking on the Roosters and the Panthers facing off against the Knights, with the winners to face off in next weekend's Grand Final.
