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CEO of Tech Council of Australia and Atlassian founder’s argument hinges on whether AI goes on to create something ‘new and novel’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia should adopt US-style copyright law to allow artificial intelligence to suck up all creative content or risk harming investment in the industry in Australia, according to Atlassian founder, Scott Farquhar.Farquhar, the Tech Council of Australia CEO, told ABC’s 7.30 program on Tuesday: “all AI usage of mining or searching or going across data is probably illegal under Australian law and I think that hurts a lot of investment

About 50% of people use the same password for more than one account. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEV drivers could soon face road user chargesOn Monday the federal treasurer, Jim Chalmers, flagged the possibility electric car drivers being hit with a road tax as more people switch to battery-powered vehicles. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/aug/14/news-live-australia-cybercrime-ev-electric-vehicle-road-tax-anthony-albanese-jim-chalmers-productivity-summit-ntwnfb Author : Nick Visser Publish date : 2025-08-13 21:22:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Commission approves limited season despite calls of cruelty over use of bows and arrows, food traps and dogsWildlife groups have condemned a decision by regulators in Florida to allow the hunting of black bears for the first time in a decade, and to permit “barbaric” practices including the use of bait traps, archery and dog packs.The unanimous vote by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) on Wednesday to approve a limited hunting season in December followed a presentation from staff insisting that a rising bear population and increasing encounters with humans warranted a reduction in numbers. Continue reading...

Trump says ‘we’re going to be asking for extensions’ on 30-day limit to takeover of DC police as he announces himself as the host Kennedy Center HonorsWe can expect to hear from Donald Trump at least a few times today. According to the president’s daily schedule, he’ll make an appearance at the Kennedy Center at 11am ET, and make an announcement.He’ll then head back to the White House and sign executive orders at 4pm ET. For now this will be closed press, but could very well open up.Will be speaking to European Leaders in a short while. They are great