Royal commission into artificial intelligence launched in South Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Breaking: SA launches royal commission into artificial intelligence

South Australia is launching a royal commission into artificial intelligence, with the state's premier saying society is at a "fork in the road".

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A very thoughtful statement from the NSW Education Minister Prue Car on why she’s asked the NSW Education Standards Agency for urgent advice on academic integrity in relation to AI and whether at-home assignments should be ruled out for senior school students lnkd.in/p/gzxwz6F3

Artificial intelligence is one of the most significant technological advances of our time. It has enormous potential to improve lives, boost productivity and analyse data for potentially life-saving… ...

Artificial intelligence is one of the most significant technological advances of our time. It has enormous potential to improve lives, boost productivity and analyse data for potentially life-saving s...

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How come we're still taxing the winners of arts prizes and not the winners of The Block?

Miles Franklin winners are taxed but winners on The Block aren't. How's that fair?

Last night, Queanbeyan local Omar Musa won the 2026 Miles Franklin award for the 'novel with the highest literary merit which presents Australian life.' He received a $60,000 prize, only he won’t get ...

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It’s science week. It’s also guy with no knowledge thinks he knows everything month.

Julie Taylor@snarkymimi.bsky.social · 4d ago

This inquiry is really important. I wish it would be acknowledged much more widely

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 4d ago

Racism entrenched in youth justice and child protection systems, inquiry hears

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Book returned to Australian library – 150 years overdue

The book, Antiquities of Athens, was handed back to Kiama library by a man who found it bricked into a wall

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++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...

Fee Free TAFE gets a lot of attention but unfortunately data released last week shows TAFE enrolments are declining - and the same is true across a lot of the VET sector Details on my website of an upcoming webinar that explains the latest enrolment data & more: clairefield.com.au/webinar-vet-...

Today experienced the 24th day of year hitting 30C in London. For perspective in whole of 1980s we had 21 days.

The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign

ALT: The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign

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Canadian politician Bill Oliver has gone viral after he appeared to accidentally read AI-generated editing instructions aloud, not once, but twice, during a speech to lawmakers in early June.

So good to speak with Emma King OAM & Natalie Turmine on the ‘What now? What next?‘ podcast. So much to learn from their perspectives as Jobs & Skills Council CEOs - incl how their industries are changing Out now in your favourite podcast app or listen online: whatnowwhatnext.buzzsprout.com

Nope. No, you haven’t.

Traces of grass used in Indigenous rituals 25,000 years ago unearthed in Victorian cave

Grass 'skeletons' hint at 25,000-year-old Indigenous fire ritual in cave

Evidence of ancient burnt grasses unearthed in a Victorian cave on GunaiKurnai country suggest old ancestors used the cave for fire rituals during the Ice Age. 

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Good morning to Spain, Lamine Yamal and his brother Keyne

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) put out a little infographic for International Moon Day. It compares the diameter of Australia to the diameter of the Moon. This always throws me because in my mind, the Moon is actually bigger!

His mother, María Arthuer, crossed the Sahara Desert barefoot in 1994. She climbed over Melilla’s border fence penniless and pregnant with Iñaki. Today, her son is a world champion. #respect

Luis Endera@luisendera.bsky.social · 3w ago

Su madre, María Arthuer, cruzó el desierto del Sahara a pie y descalza en 1994. Saltó la valla de Melilla embarazada de Iñaki y sin recursos. Hoy su hijo, es campeón del mundo. #respect

I promise not to keep posting about travel - but I visited Rapa Nui in 2024 and it's an incredible place with a remarkable history and wonderful people. This story is so moving - long overdue but well done to the staff at the Australian Museum for finally acting: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...?

Ancestral remains returned to Polynesian island after 143 years in museum

The remains of members of the Rapa Nui people from Easter Island are "finally going home" after sitting in the Australian Museum's collection for over a century.

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I had some down time on a study tour a couple of years ago and got to visit the Vasa Museum while we were in Stockholm - it's incredible. The ship is enormous and in such pristine condition - a fascinating afternoon

Philip K. Allan - Author@philipkallan.bsky.social · 4w ago

The Swedish ship Vasa. She sank shortly after launch in 1628, but thanks to the conditions in the Baltic, which is tide free and has brackish water, her hull was almost perfectly preserved when raised in 1961. #SwedishNavy #Stockholm #Ageofsail

Also: it’s harmful + naive for the govt to conflate machine learning for cancer research with sycophantic chatbots. This broad “AI” umbrella terminology is some misleading spin that only benefits companies like Anthropic.

Deepcut News@deepcutnews.bsky.social · 4w ago

Albanese's AI investment won't create mass jobs - the 'big AI boost' is essentially imports to plug into data centres, writes @grogsgamut.bsky.social. www.deepcutnews.com/p/albaneses-...

· #AcademicSky · Evolution in the role of research universities: Lessons from three continents

Evolution in the role of research universities

President of KAUST University, Sir Edward Byrne, shares lessons from three continents

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🙏 @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social for your interview with Yasmine Johnson after her evidence to the Royal Commission: "There is something deeply sick and harmful happening in this world, and it’s not opposition to genocide. It’s the genocide itself." www.lamestream.com.au/an-inside-ac...

University administration needs to be returned to a focus on what matters most, teaching, research and serving Australian society, not corporate greed and profits and the myopic, meaningless pursuit of deeply flawed rankings. www.crikey.com.au/2026/07/14/u...

Leaders at Australian universities have lost their moral compass

Nothing is stopping our well-paid university leaders from having second jobs — even with organisations that benefit from the university. Is this the kind of industry we want?

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Really important update out today from TEQSA & ASQA. Advertisements colleagues have shared with me are blatantly in breach of the intent of the legislation (& yes I’ve passed them on). Must read if you’re an international ed provider: www.teqsa.gov.au/about-us/new...

Absolute must read - difficult to believe any public university would apparently condone this 👇

bylinepodcast.bsky.social@bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 4w ago

A @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation has uncovered a sprawling right wing network linking Reform's Head of Policy James Orr, Peter Thiel, & students at Cambridge Uni @nafeez.bsky.social @peterjukes.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social 🎧 pod.fo/e/446f58 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=Zbsk...

A @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation has uncovered a sprawling right wing network linking Reform's Head of Policy James Orr, Peter Thiel, & students at Cambridge Uni @nafeez.bsky.social @peterjukes.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social 🎧 pod.fo/e/446f58 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=Zbsk...

BYLINE TIMES PODCAST: James Orr: Reform's Cambridge Kingmaker

Adrian Goldberg highlights a brilliant Byline Times investigation by Nafeez Ahmed and Peter Jukes which exposes the links between Cambridge University, Reform UK and the Trump-supporting US tech bi...

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Tune in Monday at 12 pm to hear Yasmine's evidence at the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion at: asc.royalcommission.gov.au

Discouraging an activity with a benefit-to-cost ratio of nearly 10:1. A triumph of policymaking.

Fall in international student numbers ‘cost UK £2.9 billion’

Latest cost-benefit analysis finds overseas enrolments generate nearly 10 times more money for UK than they take away

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For 6 months, Byline Times has investigated Reform policy chief & Cambridge Professor James Orr's 'political pipeline' to recruit students, some of whom he houses – & his links to Palantir's Peter Thiel. Cambridge sent our queries straight on to Orr's lawyers. What's going on at the institution? 👇

Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed

The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...

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Opinion | NSW ICAC's interrogation of the former interim vice chancellor of the University of Wollongong is the latest controversy to befall Australian university managers. www.crikey.com.au/2026/07/06/j...

John Dewar's very public humiliation

The former vice chancellor of La Trobe University was once held in high regard. It's hard to imagine him ever regaining that standing.

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We are judging the success of Australia’s housing system using the wrong measures.

Australia’s housing market is cooling. Perhaps our expectations should too

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