{"id":872436,"date":"2025-09-12T02:11:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T07:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/12\/australia-news-live-albanese-to-include-youtube-in-social-media-ban-uk-reveals-path-to-palestinian-recognition\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T02:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T07:11:55","slug":"australia-news-live-albanese-to-include-youtube-in-social-media-ban-uk-reveals-path-to-palestinian-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/12\/australia-news-live-albanese-to-include-youtube-in-social-media-ban-uk-reveals-path-to-palestinian-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia news LIVE: Albanese to include YouTube in social media ban; UK reveals path to Palestinian recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section data-testid=\"key-posts-section\">\n<h3>Key posts<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<nav data-testid=\"post-navigation\">\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span data-testid=\"current-page\">1<\/span> of <span>6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<div>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<p>Pinned post from<\/p>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-07-30T18:09:24+10:00\">6.09pm on Jul 30, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">What we covered today<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Alexander Darling<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Thanks for joining us this afternoon, that\u2019s a wrap for today. We\u2019ll be back tomorrow with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/link\/follow-20170101-p5mj4v\">more live coverage<\/a>. Here\u2019s a quick recap.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Treasurer Jim Chalmers is celebrating after the latest inflation figures showed it was 2.1 per cent in the three months to July \u2013 the lowest in almost four years.<\/li>\n<li>The co-founder of a highly successful Australian tech startup addressed the National Press Club about the benefits of AI, on the same day that same startup, Atlassian, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/link\/follow-20170101-p5miv7\">fired 150 workers<\/a> whose jobs were exposed to AI innovation. That didn\u2019t win Atlassian any friends at the Australian Council of Trade Unions. AI\u2019s impact on the workforce is shaping up to be a major point of discussion at the treasurer\u2019s productivity roundtable in Canberra next month.<\/li>\n<li>The Middle East conflict continues to dominate the local political scene: At question time in parliament today a group of protesters chanted \u201cSanction Israel Now!\u201d and unfurled a banner with the same words.<\/li>\n<li>It followed the UK announcing it will recognise Palestine in September unless Israel ends its war in Gaza. Australia issued a statement with 14 other countries on Wednesday saying it would consider Palestinian statehood as a step towards a two state-solution.<\/li>\n<li>YouTube has slammed the federal government over revelations it will now also be banned for Australians under 16 come December 10. The planned ban already applies to other major social media sites like Facebook and Instagram, but online gaming and some messaging apps are exempt.<\/li>\n<li>In NSW, convicted rapist and state MP Gareth Ward has been taken <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/link\/follow-20170101-p5miwy\">into custody<\/a> after he was found guilty last week of sexually assaulting two young men.<\/li>\n<li>And we continue our dedicated coverage of the tsunami alerts across the Pacific following the massive Russian earthquake today. Follow our live blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/link\/follow-20170101-p5miy0\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><h3 data-testid=\"latest-posts-header\">Latest posts<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-07-30T17:43:48+10:00\">5.43pm on Jul 30, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">ASX nears all-time high as inflation figures open door for rate cut<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Staff reporters<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><span><span><\/span><span>Loading<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The benchmark S&#038;P\/ASX 200 index on Wednesday came within less than a point of eclipsing its July 18 record for its highest-ever close, rising 51.8 points, or 0.6 per cent, to finish at 8756.4. Three of the 11 sectors ended the session in the red.<\/p>\n<p>In late afternoon trading, the index also moved less than four points away from breaking its intraday record of 8776.4, also set July 18. The broader All Ordinaries on Wednesday gained 48.7 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 9015.4.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian dollar was buying US65.14\u00a2, down from US65.25\u00a2 at 5pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-07-30T17:32:44+10:00\">5.32pm on Jul 30, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">A premier, a former MP and a case of blackmail<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Abe Maddison<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The secret blackmailing of premier-in-waiting Peter Malinauskas has been revealed in an Adelaide court.<\/p>\n<p>But the perpetrator \u2013 herself a former MP \u2013 was never sentenced after the charges were dropped in a deal with prosecutors.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"417\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"433\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SA Premier Peter Malinauskas.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.204%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_155%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/4709fd3dcd4544aecbdca47e0793a2da92e9adad\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>SA Premier Peter Malinauskas.<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>AAPIMAGE<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Annabel Digance is now suing Malinauskas and the state of South Australia for $2.3 million for allegedly instigating what she claims was a malicious prosecution mounted to damage her reputation.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2023, prosecutors elected not to proceed with blackmail charges against Ms Digance and her husband Greg, after they agreed to a ban on contacting Malinauskas and his family.<\/p>\n<p>That decision was made in a closed session of the District Court, and the details emerged for the first time during separate proceedings for Ms Digance\u2019s lawsuit in the South Australian Supreme Court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The blackmail charges stemmed from a meeting between Mr Digance and then-opposition leader Malinauskas in February 2020, which was recorded by Malinauskas and handed to police.<\/p>\n<p>Defence documents filed by the state government say at that meeting, Mr Digance demanded Ms Digance \u201cbe secured an upper or lower house seat in the SA parliament, and that a failure to do so would result in Mr Malinauskas\u2019 career being deliberately damaged\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In her statement of claim, Ms Digance states Malinauskas reported the meeting to police in March 2020, \u201cclaiming he was a victim of blackmail\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In her lawsuit, Mrs Digance also alleges trespass, wrongful arrest and false imprisonment by SA Police.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"417\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"433\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Annabel Digance.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.3%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/c3e6d79fc7384b8eeccf8b1f8e13281f76b1c211\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Annabel Digance.<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>Fairfax Media<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Wednesday, Malinauskas\u2019 counsel Michael Abbott, KC, asked the court to order that the government hand over files from SA Police and the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions that explain the agreement reached for the Digances to avoid sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>Associate Justice Graham Dart said \u201cmuch turns on\u201d any agreement between the DPP and the Digances in the prior criminal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott and Todd Golding, for the state government and SA police, indicated they planned to lodge applications for the lawsuit to be dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>The matter returns to court in September.<br \/><strong>AAP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-07-30T17:13:49+10:00\">5.13pm on Jul 30, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">\u2018Quite shocking\u2019: Union chides Atlassian boss over video sacking<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Alexander Darling<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Returning to the debate around worker protections against artificial intelligence, the president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions just rebuked an Australian tech executive for apparently sacking his staff via video message.<\/p>\n<p>Michele O\u2019Neil was asked on ABC\u2019s <em>Afternoon Briefing<\/em> about how realistic it was to try and limit AI replacing skilled workers when it was already happening, including at the Commonwealth Bank.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"417\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"433\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ACTU president Michele O\u2019Neil.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.475%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_119%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/7e72009fc3cb40ba61315e3d97b574b788af02e5\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>ACTU president Michele O\u2019Neil.<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>Ben Searcy<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is unfolding as we speak, and a lot of industries and sectors and often workers don\u2019t even know they\u2019re being impacted until they\u2019re told their job is gone. I understand a company sent out a video message to 150 workers today telling them their job was gone and that was partly related to AI,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><span><span><\/span><span>Loading<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not a good way to talk to people or deal with the impact on their job. It\u2019s actually quite shocking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company in question was Atlassian, an Australian company that makes software for team collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Coincidentally, their co-founder Scott Farquhar addressed the National Press Club earlier today calling for Australia to more enthusiastically embrace AI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we know is that if you involve workers, there\u2019s different ways that you can introduce change and we want a human-centred approach to AI,\u201d said O\u2019Neil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know how Commonwealth Bank customers are going to feel when they\u2019ve got complex questions and advice needed, whether they\u2019re going to be happy that that\u2019s not being given by someone that can have that personal touch that people bring to it &#8230; it might be cheaper, [but it] doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s better. And it doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s going to deliver for the customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-07-30T16:59:47+10:00\">4.59pm on Jul 30, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Net zero scepticism not climate change denial, says Nationals MP<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Alexander Darling<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A prominent regional Australian MP says net zero has become a \u201cproxy war\u201d, with people not in favour being automatically dismissed as climate change sceptics.<\/p>\n<p>Darren Chester was just on ABC\u2019s <em>Afternoon Briefing<\/em>, where he was asked about what message his colleague Barnaby Joyce was sending to young voters in introducing a bill this week to repeal the government\u2019s net zero target.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"417\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"433\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nationals MP Darren Chester, the member for Gippsland in Victoria\u2019s south-east.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.355%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_573%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/f2fd08a468e850e1da39d69f95fd60ab30838d98\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Nationals MP Darren Chester, the member for Gippsland in Victoria\u2019s south-east.<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>Simon Schluter<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, the question around net zero and climate change has become a proxy war,\u201d Chester said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t believe in net zero, you don\u2019t believe in climate change. That\u2019s a false parallel. We\u2019re talking about a target 25 years from now being used to say you don\u2019t believe in climate change at all which I don\u2019t think is where most of my colleagues sit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think my colleagues, by and large, agree we need to do more to reduce emissions. The questions they\u2019re asking is at what cost to the economy can you achieve it and will the world move in unison with you? Keep in mind that Australia\u2019s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions is less than 1.5 per cent. We have to be part of a world effort if it\u2019s going to have any impact at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-07-30T16:45:16+10:00\">4.45pm on Jul 30, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Chalmers an optimist about AI, dismisses Cash\u2019s Palestine stance<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Alexander Darling<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Staying with Treasurer Jim Chalmers on ABC\u2019s <em>Afternoon Briefing<\/em>, he was also asked about artificial intelligence (AI), and unions calling for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/link\/follow-20170101-p5micp\">a rule<\/a> that employers guarantee workers\u2019 job security before introducing AI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we need to recognise that when a change is as consequential as artificial intelligence is,\u201d he said, \u201cit will be contentious and contested and that\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing right now. I welcome the fact that so many people have so many perspectives on artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"417\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"433\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jim Chalmers.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.289%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_183%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/e0f1de875a4dd00c8f198f96801d1aacc9a1750e\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Jim Chalmers.<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>Alex Ellinghausen<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI saw part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/australia-news-live-albanese-to-include-youtube-in-social-media-ban-uk-reveals-path-to-palestinian-recognition-20250730-p5mit7.html?post=p590wm#p590wm\">Scott Farquhar\u2019s contribution<\/a> at the National Press Club today which made a heap of unsurprisingly important points. This will be a game-changer for our economy and it\u2019s for us to decide whether Australians are ultimately beneficiaries or victims of this game-changing influence on our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsn\u2019t the truth that they will be both and you need to say that?\u201d interrupted host Patricia Karvelas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m an optimist about artificial intelligence,\u201d replied Chalmers. \u201cI believe we can maximise the opportunity and manage the risks.<\/p>\n<p><span><span><\/span><span>Loading<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m certainly alive to the risks in the labour market but historically, we\u2019ve seen big changes in technology and this will be transformational, a game-changer in the economy, I believe it shouldn\u2019t be beyond us to work out the best version of this for Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chalmers was also asked about ppposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Michaelia Cash, who said earlier today that recognition of a Palestinian state should only come once peace has been reached in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t pay a lot of attention to what Michaelia Cash says about this,\u201d he said. \u201cI think she\u2019s always looking for the most divisive sound-bite.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-07-30T16:32:00+10:00\">4.32pm on Jul 30, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Chalmers: \u2018No shortage\u2019 of economic issues despite inflation positives<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Alexander Darling<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Treasurer Jim Chalmers is continuing to spruik today\u2019s inflation figures, just appearing on ABC\u2019s <em>Afternoon Briefing.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>He wouldn\u2019t be drawn when asked by host Patricia Karvelas if he was worried the Reserve Bank of Australia wasn\u2019t cutting rates.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"417\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"433\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jim Chalmers\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.427%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_423%2C$y_1\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/7f55fadb147a87c3334a2172799e392ba263003c\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Jim Chalmers<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>Alex Ellinghausen<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Karvelas: <\/strong>The Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Sally McManus has said every day the RBA waits before it cuts rates makes it more likely that unemployment will go up. Do you agree with that, broadly? That unemployment, you know, has had a spike and there is more risk if we wait any longer?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chalmers: <\/strong>Look, I respect Sally and I work closely with her, but I choose my own words when I describe the situation.<\/p>\n<p><span><span><\/span><span>Loading<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Karvelas: <\/strong>Reflecting on unemployment then and the impact it\u2019s having on unemployment?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chalmers: <\/strong>There are good reasons, whether on this or other occasions, I don\u2019t say anything that could be misconstrued as second-guessing the decisions taken independently by the Reserve Bank. My job is to focus on the fight against inflation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Karvelas: <\/strong>But you must be concerned about the broad health of the economy and on growth and, you know, the heartbeat of the economy, given the kind of delicate balancing act we\u2019re in at the moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chalmers: <\/strong>I mean it\u2019s certainly the case that growth in our economy is softer than we would like. It\u2019s certainly the case that even though we\u2019ve averaged the lowest unemployment rate of any government in the last half century, that there is softness around the edges of the labour market. That is true. It is the case that people are under pressure despite this quite remarkable progress that we\u2019ve made on inflation. We\u2019re upfront about that. There\u2019s no shortage of economic challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-07-30T16:22:25+10:00\">4.22pm on Jul 30, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">\u2018Everything to play for\u2019: Australian tech baron\u2019s call on AI<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Sebastian Tan<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Australia has a big opportunity to develop artificial intelligence, but the technology could have major economic ramifications if firms and governments don\u2019t adapt, a billionaire entrepreneur has warned.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Farquhar, the co-founder of tech giant Atlassian, said Australia was on the edge of a \u201cgreat industrial revolution\u201d with AI in a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"494\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"512\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scott Farquhar, co-founder of Atlassian and chair of the Tech Council of Australia, at the National Press Club in Canberra.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.182%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/530749c355a4090b351841243229f6f251718c60\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Scott Farquhar, co-founder of Atlassian and chair of the Tech Council of Australia, at the National Press Club in Canberra.<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>Dominic Lorrimer<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He said taking advantage of existing AI infrastructure could contribute up to $115 billion per year to Australia\u2019s economy by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as the government prepares to host an economic roundtable in August, where development of AI to enhance productivity is on the agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe scoreboard of the AI era is blank,\u201d Farquhar said. \u201cThe race is still on, and Australia has everything to play for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><span><\/span><span>Loading<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Farquhar said the place to kickstart Australia\u2019s productivity with AI was in data centres: massive facilities that process data from cloud servers, with complex operations serving millions of customers.<\/p>\n<p>Farquhar said Australia\u2019s strategic location close to Southeast Asia, as well as having a lot of land, could lead the country to become a world leader in AI storage.<\/p>\n<p>He called for the government to change copyright laws to give exceptions for text and data-mining to boost AI\u2019s capacity, for which the US and Europe already have exceptions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s huge opportunities for people that are great at what they do, at creating content to sell in a totally new way,\u201d Farquhar said.<\/p>\n<p>Atlassian cut 150 jobs on Wednesday, to be replaced by AI, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/companies\/financial-services\/cba-cuts-dozens-of-call-centre-jobs-citing-ai-20250728-p5migk\">Commonwealth Bank<\/a> this week confirmed it is doing the same in its customer call centres.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the impact of AI taking away jobs, Farquhar said it was inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>He compared the arrival of AI to the introduction of electric trains following the era of steam locomotives, noting while people at the time were concerned they would lose jobs, it advanced the country in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe amount we spend is an early canary into how productive and innovative we are going to be in the next decade or two,\u201d Farquhar said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AAP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-07-30T16:07:48+10:00\">4.07pm on Jul 30, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Rock (n\u2019 roll) and a hard place: Owner of iconic music venue issues challenge to politicians<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Alexander Darling<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>It\u2019s not easy putting on live music in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Rising rents, taxes, insurance, gentrification and post-COVID setbacks have made it difficult to keep venues financially viable. These pressures have seen some places close for good.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"494\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"512\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shane Hilton (left) and co-owner Leanne Chance at The Tote in Collingwood.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.136%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/25784daaa0a6f2bc05318bf3ca5a606e7ebd14f4\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Shane Hilton (left) and co-owner Leanne Chance at The Tote in Collingwood.<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>Justin McManus<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Tote, in Melbourne\u2019s inner north, was saved by a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/link\/follow-20170101-p5e2do\">crowdfunding campaign<\/a> in 2023, but now its owner Shane Hilton has been taking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=omFYru42Eys\">YouTube,<\/a> calling for people to attend shows and bring their friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to issue a challenge to Tony Burke, the federal Minster for the Arts, and Colin Brooks, the Minister for Arts in Victoria, to come work one shift with me, so I can show them why our industry is really important, why these bands and our community is important,\u201d he told <em>ABC Radio Melbourne<\/em> this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for them to actually do something, and the benefits of having a strong local music scene outstrips anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"417\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"433\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arts Minister Tony Burke\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.39%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_357%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/f7bbfd20ec98e68e3c8b01cf18811f88504cfae3\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Arts Minister Tony Burke<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>Alex Ellinghausen<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Brooks has since accepted Hilton\u2019s offer, federal minister Burke told <em>The Age<\/em> that the government was already doing its bit.<\/p>\n<p><span><span><\/span><span>Loading<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Tote is a really important venue. That\u2019s why we gave it $60,000 of taxpayers\u2019 money,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really pleased we\u2019ve announced an extra $25 million for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arts.gov.au\/funding-and-support\/revive-live\">Revive Live<\/a> across the live music sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tote has always been something of a canary in the coalmine for Melbourne\u2019s music scene.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, when new state laws mandating security guards left the venue at risk of closing, 20,000 Melburnians <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/entertainment\/music\/they-cant-shut-us-down-fans-rally-for-live-music-20100224-ge89fi.html\">famously marched<\/a> down in the CBD demanding the measures be repealed, which they ultimately were.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-07-30T15:41:01+10:00\">3.41pm on Jul 30, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">NAPLAN: \u2018Worrying\u2019 student test results spur fresh funding plea<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Allanah Sciberras<\/span> and <span data-testid=\"byline\">Rachael Ward<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Stagnating literacy and numeracy levels have fuelled calls for an urgent increase in funding as test results reveal about one-tenth of students need help to meet basic standards.<\/p>\n<p>While two-thirds of Australian primary and high school students performed well in latest NAPLAN testing, children in remote areas and from disadvantaged families continue to lag behind their peers.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"417\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"433\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"All Australian students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are assessed annually for their reading and writing skills.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.129%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_110\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/cf328e0fe8ecd88f6dcf3f9751d6ac34e1742169\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>All Australian students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are assessed annually for their reading and writing skills.<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>Dion Georgopoulos<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Girls again outperformed boys in literacy, but boys did better in numeracy, with the gaps emerging in early secondary and late primary school, according to results released on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Grattan Institute\u2019s Amy Haywood said teachers and schools needed greater investment to provide practical support to students.<\/p>\n<p><span><span><\/span><span>Loading<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe results can be sobering \u2026 we should be asking governments what they are doing to support teachers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA teacher working on their own can\u2019t do the impossible. They need support from government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms Haywood, who previously worked as a secondary teacher, said it would be incredibly difficult to provide ongoing support to the growing number of students who are falling behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you keep falling behind, it\u2019s harder to catch up as you go through school. That has a flow-on impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\"00 role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"494\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"512\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Minister for Education Jason Clare during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.177%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/f8b6b2aa54aa0d5ad26d9e6015cb3a365f2f673a\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Minister for Education Jason Clare during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday.<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>Alex Ellinghausen<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Education Minister Jason Clare acknowledged there was more work to do to improve results.<\/p>\n<p>He said the federal government had committed to the biggest investment in public schools in Australian history, worth $16 billion over the next 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority, which runs the annual tests, said results in all subjects were relatively stable.<\/p>\n<p>But Indigenous students, as well as children in remote and rural areas, remained well behind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AAP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<nav data-testid=\"live-article-pagination\">\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span data-testid=\"current-page\">1<\/span> of <span>6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<nav>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<section aria-busy=\"true\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<header>\n<h2>Most Viewed in National<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p><span><span><\/span><span>Loading<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/national\/australia-news-live-albanese-to-include-youtube-in-social-media-ban-uk-reveals-path-to-palestinian-recognition-20250730-p5mit7.html?ref=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_source=rss_feed\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key posts 1 of 6 Pinned post from 6.09pm on Jul 30, 2025 What we covered today By Alexander Darling Thanks for joining us this afternoon, that\u2019s a wrap for today. 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