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Welcome to SBS News in Easy English, I'm Camille Bianchi.
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Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is set to unveil the federal government's plans for a migration overhaul, which could include targeting family visas for foreign students and the work rights of those on bridging visas.
Australian Hotels Association chief executive James Goodwin told 2GB radio he supports changes to stop misuse of the system, but he is worried cuts to migration will hurt hotel owners.
"Australia does need the right migration settings that meet both business and community expectations. The hotel industry needs migration due to workforce shortages."
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More than 80 people have been killed in a gold mine collapse in Sudan.
The gold mine is one of thousands of mines scattered across Sudan as the RSF continues its fight against the Sudanese military.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres [[GU-tair-ESH]] says countries must be held responsible for their part in the conflict.
"We have no intelligence services, but this was analysed by the panel of experts at the Security Council and the conclusions are clear. And in my opinion, there should be accountability for the kind of interference in which some countries provide weapons to parties to a conflict when those weapons are used massively to attack civilians."
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Animals at the national zoo and aquarium in Canberra will begin receiving vaccinations against bird flu from next week.
Agriculture Minister Julie Collins says littlepenguins and some parrots have been chosen.
"We are only able to vaccinate captive birds or managed populations of birds. This is because the birds require two vaccines. They need to have the first vaccine to be monitored, and then have a second vaccine a few weeks apart. So we have been working with all the states and territories who have been prioritising the vaccination of particular species in their jurisdictions."
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A group of tech experts says time is running out, to make laws around the use and development of artificial intelligence.
The Australian Human Rights Institute, has discussed the growing challenges A-I created for law, politics and rights.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman agrees protections must come in quickly.
"These models have gotten so good so fast, that we need to treat the alignment and monitoring and security with a new level of rigor, and we have to be willing to pace our development of capabilities such that capabilities always, such that alignment, safety and monitoring are always ahead of capabilities."
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That's the latest SBS News in Easy English.
