Children exposed to disturbing chatbot conversations
AI-driven chatbots are exposing Australian children to interactive content across a range of topics from sex to drug-taking, self-harm, suicide and serious illnesses,
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Police respond to 4200 airport incidents over holidays
Police were called to more than 4000 incidents at Australia’s major airports over the Christmas-New Year holiday period.
Australian Federal Police (AFP) Aviation
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ATO clarifies smokescreen around sunscreen
If the price of your favourite skin care product goes up, don’t blame the ATO.
That’s the message the Australian Taxation Office after recent reports suggested the
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Beefed up housing ban on foreign investors
Foreign investors will be banned from buying established homes in Australia for at least two years.
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers said foreign purchases of established
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De Jersey new chair of Legal Aid Queensland Board
Former Queensland Governor Paul de Jersey is the new Chair of the Legal Aid Queensland Board.
State Attorney-General Deb Frecklington said Mr de Jersey would succeed
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Brisbane the centre of Asia-Pacfic agricultural technology
Thousands of Australian and international agricultural technology leaders will converge on Brisbane this week.
AgriFuture’s evokeAG, the Asia-Pacific region’s
Read more17 February 2025
Capped interest rate call for first home buyers
An interest rate cap for first-home buyers would provide a much needed boost to those struggling to enter the housing market, according to the Property Council.
Chief
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Aussie firm to develop world’s first mobile full-body CT
An Australian company will build the world’s first mobile full-body CT, which will be rolled out in rural America.
Adelaide-based Micro-X will develop the scanner
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Road safety messaging targets “other drivers”
A new road safety campaign in the United States is leaning into research that shows most drivers think other road users are the problem.
Transurban, which operates toll
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Agriculture sector in prime position to feed Asia
Expanding markets and better understanding of the industry’s positive environmental impacts will position Queensland’s agriculture sector for future growth.
AgForce
Read more14 February 2025