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• Western Power employees sacked for backing rapist

  24-09-2026 10:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Three Western Power employees who provided a character reference for a colleague convicted of rape are sacked after an external investigation.
  
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• More than a wolf warrior: China’s top diplomat begins Canberra charm offensive

  24-09-2026 09:27 via smh.com.au
  
  Liu Jinsong’s first Australian speech was not a time to emphasise differences, but to accentuate the positive – and implore both sides to pursue deeper ties. 
  
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• Unemployment just jumped. It’s unlikely to stop a rate hike

  24-09-2026 07:54 via smh.com.au
  
  All four major banks expect the RBA to hike the cash rate for the fourth time this year next Tuesday.
  
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• Judge orders reversal of Trump's White House media ban

  24-09-2026 07:35 via abc.net.au
  
  A federal judge has ordered US President Donald Trump to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
  
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• Breaking: Judge orders reversal of Trump's White House media ban

  24-09-2026 07:35 via abc.net.au
  
  A federal judge has ordered US President Donald Trump to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
  
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• OpenAI ‘climbed the fence’: taskforce scrambles after long delays flagging Medicare hack

  24-09-2026 07:17 via smh.com.au
  
  No penalty has been imposed on US artificial intelligence corporation OpenAI after one of its AI agents infiltrated Medicare in June, as the government scrambles to learn if any laws have been broken.
  
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• Three months for OpenAI to alert Australia on Medicare hack, six days to alert ministers

  24-09-2026 04:51 via smh.com.au
  
  No penalty has been imposed on US artificial intelligence corporation OpenAI after one of its AI agents infiltrated Medicare in June, as the government scrambles to learn if any laws have been broken.
  
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• Albanese’s digital crusade puts him on a collision course with Washington. The Medicare hack gives him ammunition

  24-09-2026 02:27 via smh.com.au
  
  If one were being overly cynical, Albanese could not have been handed a more potent demonstration of the dangers of AI at a more useful moment.
  
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• Albanese establishes taskforce to investigate AI Medicare hack

  24-09-2026 01:53 via smh.com.au
  
  “Our models took actions we did not intend,” an OpenAI spokesperson said, stating that they alerted Services Australia on September 10.
  
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• Unacceptable: PM reveals details of AI hack on Medicare

  24-09-2026 01:04 via smh.com.au
  
  Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI agent breached Medicare back in June, accessing public and non-public files.
  
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