This bill makes fossil fuel companies liable for climate change damage, giving victims of climate change, such as the 2019–2020 bushfire survivors, the right to bring an action against thermal coal, oil and gas companies for climate change damage. Major emitters of greenhouse gases, including fossil fuel producers and owners or operators of coal-fired power … Read more
12.39am BST00:39 A new Google artificial intelligence tool that claims it can identify skin conditions based on photos has alarmed health experts. They say it could lead to overdiagnosis, or rare and complex skin conditions being missed. Google has developed an artificial intelligence “dermatology assist tool” for people with concerns about their skin. Users of … Read more
11.52pm BST23:52 Domain site the victim of phishing attack Real estate website Domain has alerted customers that it has been the victim of a phishing attack – where an email is made to look official and gets a user to hand over their login details. It means hackers had access to the company’s administrative system … Read more
1.23am BST01:23 Prime minister indicates international sports bubbles may not be enough to allow athletes to skip quarantine in Australia. Morrison has thrown cold water on the idea that tennis players or formula one drivers could come to Australia without hard quarantining because they have been travelling internationally in “bubbles”. In case you haven’t been … Read more
About half of the passengers due to board a repatriation flight from Delhi to Darwin on Friday were barred from travelling, but questions have now been raised over the accuracy of results. Follow all the latest news live 11.01pm BST A nine-year-old girl who sometimes uses a wheelchair was described as not having mobility concerns … Read more
Anthony Albanese will deliver his budget reply speech which is expected to continue the opposition’s attack over sluggish wages growth • Moderna signs deal with Australia to supply 25m vaccine doses • Why the budget was light on climate and environment measures • Albanese’s budget reply to focus on entrepreneurs, renewable energy • The secret … Read more
This budget is delivering on the promises we made at the last election. We went to the last election saying that we would invest in the economy, to grow jobs and to fund the essential services that Australians rely on. That’s why we have the focus on growing jobs. Yes, we didn’t see at the … Read more
You’ve got to have the preconditions there, which is keeping Australians safe is the first priority. And that means getting quarantine right, getting vaccination right. We should be, as well, producing our own mRNA vaccines. We should have started that process last year. And one of the things that concerns me about this budget is … Read more
A very good morning to you all on this dreary autumn’s Thursday (well, at least it’s dreary where I am, so I demand everyone suffer because of that). Sydney is dealing with a worrying case of mystery Covid community transmission. The NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian says it’s likely there will be more community cases to … Read more
12.38am BST00:38 Department of health secretary Brendan Murphy and Aged care minister Richard Colbeck are fronting a Senate estimates committee this morning. Colbeck has been asked about the new sanctions on returning Indian citizens, saying “there is not a specific sanction in relation to [India]”, but said those sanctions were a result of the Biosecurity … Read more