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Friend, tutor, doctor, lover: why AI systems need different rules for different roles

What we want from AI systems depends on the kind of relationships they are trying to simulate.

Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

MyMedicare promises better health care. But only 1 in 10 patients has signed up

Patients have been slow to sign up for MyMedicare. But what is MyMedicare? And how could we learn from other countries to help patients enrol?

Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Reform clock is ticking – the big policy challenges the next government must urgently address

Our special election series on the major reform challenges facing the nation begins with an overview of the policy priorities the next government must pursue.

Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Should you brush your teeth before or after breakfast? It depends

It's possible you've received conflicting advice from dentists over the years about whether to brush your teeth before or after your morning meal. We explain why.

Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Trump officials say some tariffs could last 'days or weeks'

Officials also outline why the US president decided to place tariffs on uninhabited islands, as investors wait for major Asian stock markets to open.

Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Is eating farmed salmon worth snuffing out 40m years of Tasmanian evolution? | Tim Flannery

Without the strongest conservation efforts, it can’t be long before the Maugean skate – and other marine living fossils in Australia – are wiped outExplore the series – Last chance: the extinction crisis being ignored this electionGet Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an emailAustralia is justly famous as a place where ancient species, long extinct elsewhere, live on. After aeons...

Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Dutton has changed his tune on forcing public servants back into the office – again. Here’s what you need to know

Women could be $740 a week worse off, according to Labor, if they switch from three days in the office to a three-day working week because of the policyElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon...

Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

From blackening skies to barely casting a shadow – the Carnaby’s cockatoo faces a bleak future

Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystemsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignExplore the series – Last chance: the extinction crisis being ignored this electionGet Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an emailLess than a...

Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Last chance: the extinction crisis this election is ignoring (series trailer) – video

Australia is facing an extinction crisis. Over the next week, we will bring you stories of hope, resilience and determination as passionate volunteers across Australia stand up for Australia’s endangered species. Most parliamentarians might be surprised to learn it, but Australians care about nature. Late last year, the not-for-profit Biodiversity Council commissioned a survey of 3,500 Australians to gauge what they...

Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?

Some of the country’s most loved native species, including the koala and the hairy-nosed wombat, are on the brink. Is this their last chance at survival?Explore the series – Last chance: the extinction crisis being ignored this electionGet Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an emailMost parliamentarians might be surprised to learn it, but Australians care about nature. Late last...

Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Last chance: the extinction crisis this election is ignoring – video

Australia is facing an extinction crisis. Over the next week, we will bring you stories of hope, resilience and determination as passionate volunteers across Australia stand up for Australia’s endangered species. Most parliamentarians might be surprised to learn it, but Australians care about nature. Late last year, the not-for-profit Biodiversity Council commissioned a survey of 3,500 Australians to gauge what they...

Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Election Diary: Dutton backs down on working-from-home crackdown after outcry threatens to cost votes

The move to try to return public servants to the office full time has been a bugbear for the opposition from the start.

Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Labor gains 52–48 lead in Newspoll and Redbridge as poll trend to Labor continues

The latest Newspoll continues the movement towards Labor, and while Anthony Albanese’s approval rating remains low he still leads as preferred prime minister.

Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

The Coalition has announced an even more radical plan to cut international students than Labor. Here’s how it would work

The Coalition estimates its policy would see 30,000 fewer new international students per year than Labor’s policy. It would also hike visa fees to $5,000 for some unis.

Published on: April 06, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Aussie Masters hopeful using hypnotic approach in bid to to avoid 'choker's mentality'

Cam Davis desperately wants to perform at the Masters, but has lent on his hypnotherapy sessions to understand it will be best not to think that way at Augusta National.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Properties completely 'washed away' as outback takes stock of flood damage

Fixing fences and clearing dead livestock are just some of the tasks necessary as rebuilding an area double the size of Victoria begins after record-breaking floods in outback Queensland.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

NT principal sues over 'damaging but baseless whispering campaign'

The principal of a Top End primary school is suing his government employer over what he claims was a "damaging but baseless whispering campaign" along with "ongoing harassment" from other staff and school council members.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Luke has honoured his late father with a headstone he made himself

People struggling to afford the cost of a headstone for a loved one are learning the concreting skills to make one themselves.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

School holidays can be confusing. Here's why they vary across the country

If Easter holidays have got you confused this year, you are not alone. Here’s why the Easter school holidays are a little bit different this year and why school holidays differ state by state.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Almond Ashes brings together Aussie growers and their Indian buyers

The famed cricketing rivalry between Australia and India has at times become a heated affair. The Almond Ashes between the two nations faced no such problems.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Aussie snowboarder Clift makes World Cup podium

Australia's Mia Clift claims a silver medal in the women's snowboard cross at the World Cup event held in Mont St Anne, Canada.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Garden stores a 'hot mess' of what could be the next invasive weeds

There are tens of thousands of exotic ornamental plants sold in Australian nurseries but fewer than a quarter have been assessed for their potential to become an invasive weed.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Coalition vows to cap international student enrolments at 240,000 a year

Peter Dutton will pledge to cap the number of international students able to start study in Australia each year at 240,000, after blocking Labor's attempts to introduce legislation to limit enrolments last year.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

'Mind-boggling': Abuse victim reported priest but he was never defrocked

Peter Cotton told Tasmania's Catholic Church it had a paedophile priest in its ranks. More than 20 years on, he's worried the church hasn't learnt from the experience.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Live: Coalition details international student cuts as Labor targets Queensland

The prime minister will spend the day on the hustings in Queensland, where the government holds just five of the state's 30 seats. Follow live.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Council moves to revive New Year's Eve music festival on Bondi Beach

Local officials hope to bring back a New Year's Eve festival on Sydney's famous Bondi Beach that last blasted beats out over the waves more than a decade ago.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

How a rent-to-buy scheme will allow Leon to own his home of 49 years

Generations of families on Palm Island have never had an opportunity to purchase their own home, but a new life-changing housing initiative is set to change that.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Police officer who caused deadly Sydney bus crash allowed to keep job

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb decided to keep Sergeant Justone Wong on the force after he was convicted of dangerous driving causing death over an incident that happened while on duty.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

A 'national spotlight' will be on these two electorates on election day

Two of Australia's marginal seats may have become "more marginal" after the recent redrawing of boundaries. The ABC visited the electorates ahead of the federal election to find out what issues some of those voters cared most about.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Inside the notorious American jail where inmates are learning Vedic meditation

After a devastating family tragedy in her early 30s, journalist Joh Jarvis found solace in mediation. Now, she teaches the spiritual practice to prisoners in America's most notorious jails.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

'Deals to be had' as US tariffs send steel prices plummeting

Some Australian steel businesses have seen the price of steel drop sharply in the wake of Donald Trump's steel tariffs, but there are fears the glut of imported steel is threatening the viability of Australian manufacturers.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Inside these homes, the cost of alleged NDIS fraud is laid bare

People with mental illness are getting lost in the NDIS system, isolated from friends and family and abandoned while their lucrative government funding is drained. This is how they're living.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

As a man confesses to punching a wall, 1.8 million Australians are watching

As millions of people worldwide tune in to this year's season of Married at First Sight, audiences, experts and politicians have questioned the reality TV show's response to a violent incident, less than a year after a domestic violence national emergency was declared.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Aussie star Levi breaks another record at Singapore Sevens

Australian star Maddison Levi sets another try scoring record at the Singapore Sevens, helping her side reach the semifinals.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Eid and elections often collide. But this week something was different

It's not unusual for a federal election campaign to overlap with Eid al-Fitr, one of the most important days in the Muslim calendar. It is the absence of many senior politicians at traditional community events that raises eyebrows.

Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia