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Liberals Ditch Net Zero Target, Vow Energy Affordability Over Climate Goals
The Liberal Party will abandon Australia’s net zero by 2050 emissions target and scrap legislated climate goals if elected, Deputy Leader Susan Ley announced Thursday, marking a dramatic shift in the coalition’s climate policy as power bills dominate voter concerns.
The decision reverses policy set by former Prime Minister Scott Morrison and puts the Liberals at odds with most developed nations. The party will remove the 43% emissions reduction target for 2030 and the net zero by 2050 goal from the Climate Change Act but remain in the Paris Agreement.
Prime Minister Condemns Anti-Semitic Display, Flags Party Registration Concerns
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned a neo-Nazi rally outside New South Wales Parliament as “anti-Semitic” Thursday and indicated the federal government is monitoring efforts by the group to register as a political party, though primary responsibility rests with state authorities.
Albanese responded to questions about the demonstration and subsequent reports that participants are attempting to establish formal political party status in New South Wales, declaring there is “no place in Australia” for such displays.
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Greens Slam Liberal Climate Retreat as 'Train Wreck,' Demand Labor Choose Partners
Greens Environment spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young launched a blistering attack on the Liberal Party’s climate policy reversal Thursday, declaring the Opposition “a bunch of nutters” controlled by climate deniers and demanding the Labor government choose between working with the coalition or the Greens on environmental legislation.
The South Australian senator delivered one of the most aggressive parliamentary press conferences in recent memory, characterizing the Liberal Party’s abandonment of net zero emissions targets as worse than the climate policies of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who famously brought a lump of coal into Parliament House.
Regulators Sue Financial Firms Over $677M Superannuation Collapse
Australian regulators filed federal lawsuits Wednesday against two financial firms over a superannuation scandal that put $677 million in retirement savings at risk, marking the first time authorities have pursued legal action against an investment research house.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission accused Interprac Financial Planning and SQM Research of separate failures that exposed thousands of Australians to collapsed investment funds. Around 6,843 clients invested their superannuation through Interprac into the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund, both of which have since failed. Another 5,800 people invested in Shield following reports from SQM Research.
Albanese Blasts Liberals as 'Clown Show' Over Climate Divisions, Turkey Blocks Pacific COP Bid
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese launched a blistering attack Wednesday on the Liberal Party’s climate divisions, accusing the opposition of abandoning science and describing their coordinated entry into a party room meeting as a “clown show” that signals deep fractures on energy policy.
Speaking after signing a defense treaty with Indonesia, Albanese said the coalition is “walking away from climate action because they fundamentally do not believe in the science in climate change,” warning that retreating from emissions targets would damage regional relationships and hurt the economy.
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A researcher’s view on using AI to become a better writer
Writing can be hard, equal parts heavy lifting and drudgery. No wonder so many students are turning to the time-saving allure of ChatGPT, which can crank out entire papers in seconds. It rescues them from procrastination jams and dreaded all-nighters, magically freeing up more time for other pursuits, like, say … doomscrolling.
Of course, no one learns to be a better writer when someone else (or some AI bot) is doing the work for them. The question is whether chatbots can morph into decent writing teachers or coaches that students actually want to consult to improve their writing, and not just use for shortcuts.
Maybe.
Jennifer Meyer, an assistant professor at the University of Vienna in Austria, has been studying how AI bots can be used to improve student writing for several years. In an interview with The Hechinger Report, she explained why she is cautious about the ability of AI to make us better writers and is still testing how to use the new technology effectively.
WATCH THIS
A year after the Wakeley church stabbing shocked Australia, a former secret agent who worked undercover in the country’s jihadist underworld reveals his identity.
In a one-of-a-kind Four Corners exclusive, a former ASIO agent tells investigative reporter Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop how an Islamic State (IS) network that is coming back is radicalising Australian teens.
He shows how the network is connected to a worldwide web of terrorist leaders.
For years, the agent was in extremist groups, helping the police stop attacks and catch IS terrorists.
He is now coming out of the shadows to raise the alarm about the rise of teenage terrorism and hate crimes in Australia and around the world.
PICK OF THE DAY
Why aging causes flu-like body aches in women
You wake up feeling like you’ve run a marathon, even though you didn’t work out. Your body feels heavy, sore, and achy—almost like you’re coming down with something. But you’re not sick. What’s happening?
More than 70% of women in midlife experience body aches, whole-body muscle soreness, muscle fatigue, stiff or swollen joints, aching bones, and other pain symptoms.
“These kinds of discomforts are a very real and often frustrating part of the journey that can come on gradually and insidiously,” explains Natalie Kunsman, M.D., a family medicine physician who treats women in this age group.
Many chalk it up to old age or arthritis, but hormones are often to blame, Hone Health reports.
If you’re in your 40s and have never felt these sensations before, plus you’re having perimenopause symptoms—irregular periods, hot flashes, sleep disruption, mood swings, sexual dysfunction, loss of libido, and cholesterol changes—then signs point to hormonal fluctuations.
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