Society

The diligence of Westpac Private Wealth Banker Diane Zhou saved a customer from losing $1,200,000.
Technology
Dominique Tassell

‘Can happen to anyone’: Westpac worker’s intuition saves man more than $1 million

Peter was transferring money to a trusted conveyancer while purchasing a new home when things went awry.

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Jacqui Lambie urged Peter Dutton not to “fall for” the Albanese Government’s rushed social media legislation.
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Australia
Katina Curtis

‘Ghost bill’: Social media ban slammed as dissent grows

Social media companies will be barred from demanding people given them copies of government-issued IDs under changes to the age limit bill designed to placate worried Coalition backbenchers.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Parliament had a particular responsibility to young people and an opportunity now to act.
Politics
Bethany Hiatt & Katina Curtis

Fears social media ban being fast-tracked without scrutiny

Parents are none the wiser on how a proposed social media ban for children under 16 would be enforced after law makers grilled experts and policy writers.

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Anthony Albanese and Michelle Rowland are keen to press on with the social media ban for teens. But it’s not just Elon Musk resisting it.
analysis
Australia
Nicola Smith

Amid the social media ban backlash: Does Musk have a point?

NICOLA SMITH: Tech tycoon Elon Musk isn’t the only one calling for the Albanese Government to put the brakes on the social media ban. And the calls are getting louder.

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Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
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Australia
Katina Curtis

MPs fear rush on kids social media ban will see it fail

A handful of Coalition MPs are expected to air concerns to colleagues about the rushed ban on children using social media but the laws will pass in one of the few bipartisan deals tipped for this week.

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Professor Gemma Carey.
Australia
Max Corstorphan

High profile Aussie author dies after ‘long COVID’ battle

A high profile Australian author and child sex abuse survivor has suddenly died after taking years off work battling ‘long COVID’ symptoms.

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Over half of Australians exposed to asbestos outside a work setting said they had undertaken a major home renovation, the latest mesothelioma report found. File image
Health
Hayley Taylor

The DIY trend exposing children to deadly material

Exposure kills more people each year than road accidents.

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Video
7NEWS reporter, Bill Hogan, spoke to police about their operation in Udon Tahani.
Australia
Rhiannon Lewin and Bill Hogan

Inside look at police operation in Thailand after suspected methanol poisonings

At least six people have died as a result of a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos.

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A prominent psychologist has sounded the alarm on the perils of teens falling in love with virtual girlfriends or boyfriends powered by artificial intelligence.
Technology
Bethany Hiatt

Urgent warning after teen’s suicide following AI bot romance

A prominent psychologist has sounded the alarm on the perils of teens falling in love with virtual girlfriends or boyfriends powered by artificial intelligence.

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Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp. I-Hwa Cheng
Business
The Economist

Has AI finally hit a wall? Nvidia’s boss doesn’t think so

But it’s ‘urgent’ to get to the next level, says tech billionaire Jensen Huang.

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Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said it was clear there was “no pathway” to get the laws through the Senate.
Australia
Katina Curtis

Albanese Government dumps controversial misinformation laws

The Government has dumped its controversial misinformation and disinformation bill as Communications Minister Michelle Rowland recognises it has no support in the Senate.

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Stuttering is not just getting stuck on words or having a hard time saying a sentence.
Opinion
The Washington Post

I’m 16 and I have a stutter. It’s not what you think it is

Stuttering is not just getting stuck on words or having a hard time saying a sentence. There is a hidden part to it. Here’s what most people don’t understand.

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Countries have clinched a deal to inject $US300 billion annually to combat climate change and help poor nations cope with the impact of global warming.
Climate Change
Kate Abnett, Valerie Volcovici and Karin Strohecker

COP29 clinches $US300 billion climate compromise deal

Countries have clinched a deal to inject $US300 billion annually to combat climate change and help poor nations cope with the impact of global warming.

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Thousands of UK women are set to sue Johnson & Johnson over claims talcum powder gave them ovarian cancer.
Health
Steve Boggan

Thousands to sue pharmaceutical firm over ovarian cancer cases

Are decades of denial the reason asbestos is still claiming thousands of lives today?

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Labor hasn’t addressed the social media algorithms that fuel misinformation online, the Greens say.
Politics
Kat Wong

‘The bill fails’: Labor crackdown killed by Greens

A federal government push to stem the flow of deliberate lies online is dead in the water after the Greens said they wouldn’t support it.

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