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Australian army soldier killed and five others injured in training exercise in the Northern Territory
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Australian army soldier killed and five others injured in training exercise in the Northern Territory

Australian defence force identifies soldier killed in a vehicle rollover near Darwin as Corporal Brendan Hannam • Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Brendan Hannam has been named as the Australian soldier who died in a vehicle rollover during a training accident near Darwin on Monday. Five others were injured. Chief of the army, Lt Gen Susan Coyle, confirmed two of the five others injured remained in hospital in a stable condition in Darwin, while the other three are currently in Robertson Barracks in a hospital ward being monitored. Continue reading...

Australian consumer confidence plunges to worst level since 1990s after RBA rate rise
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Australian consumer confidence plunges to worst level since 1990s after RBA rate rise

Key indicator dropped about 20% after the Reserve Bank last month announced the highest interest rates since 2011 Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australian households are the most persistently pessimistic they have been since the early-1990s recession, after a fourth rate rise this year. Confidence among Australian consumers has plunged about 20% since the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted interest rates to the highest levels since 2011, according to the Westpac–Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index. Continue reading...

Anthropic tells AI inquiry it ‘never tried to dictate’ Australian copyright rules
WorldThe Guardian

Anthropic tells AI inquiry it ‘never tried to dictate’ Australian copyright rules

OpenAI acknowledges ‘more work to do to rebuild trust with the Australian people’ as ABC says copyright laws do not need changing Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthropic has told a parliamentary inquiry on AI that it is not seeking to dictate copyright law on model training, but the current rules make it “impossible” to train AI in Australia. OpenAI has used an appearance before the parliamentary committee to apologise again to Australia about the hack on Medicare last month, on the same day media and entertainment organisations argued weakening Australian copyright law for AI model training would leave artists as “roadkill”. Continue reading...

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