English – The Conversation | AI decides what we see online. It’s time digital platforms tell us exactly how they do it by Sora Park, Professor of Communication, News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra

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The article argues that opaque AI‑driven algorithms on social media, search engines and chatbots now determine what Australians see online, undermining the accuracy, quality and trustworthiness of news and fueling misinformation. A recent News Futures round‑table of 45 industry, government, academic and civil‑society leaders warned that this lack of transparency threatens journalism and public confidence, especially as “zero‑click” AI search results bypass traditional news sources and reduce revenue for news outlets. The participants called for five priority actions: (1) mandatory transparency and labelling of algorithmic curation and AI‑generated content; (2) fair licensing and copyright rules so AI developers must compensate news organisations for using their work; (3) nationwide media‑and‑AI literacy programmes for both students and adults; (4) sustainable public funding for journalism, such as tax offsets for journalists’ salaries; and (5) a common industry code and training for news influencers and digital‑first outlets. Without these reforms, the article warns, an information ecosystem dominated by invisible AI could cause the collapse of public‑interest journalism essential to democracy and social cohesion.

Read more: https://theconversation.com/ai-decides-what-we-see-online-its-time-digital-platforms-tell-us-exactly-how-they-do-it-281327

#NewsFutures #Australiangovernment #AIcompanies #medialiteracy

US Top News and Analysis | Microsoft expands AI footprint in Australia with $18 billion investment

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Microsoft announced a record A$25 billion ($18 billion) investment in Australia, its largest ever in the country, aimed at expanding Azure cloud capacity, bolstering cybersecurity, and training three million Australians in AI by 2028. The deal builds on a prior A$5 billion commitment and includes partnerships with the Australian Signals Directorate and the Department of Home Affairs, as well as a memorandum to align data‑center and AI infrastructure development with national interests and sustainable water use. The investment follows Australia’s National AI Plan and comes as the government attracts other AI hyperscalers, such as Amazon Web Services and OpenAI, while seeking to position the nation as a hub for responsible AI innovation.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/23/microsoft-expands-ai-footprint-in-australia-with-18-billion-investment.html

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The Australian government has announced gambling advertising reforms

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62492e925lo

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Australian government backs National Vineyard Register project

The Australian government is funding the development of a National Vineyard Register, a project led by Wine Australia aimed at improving planning across Australia’s wi…
#wine #Australianwine #Australia #AustralianGovernment #NationalVineyardRegister #onegrape&winesectorplan #Wine #WineAustralia #WinefromAustralia #WineofAustralia
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2533445/australian-government-backs-national-vineyard-register-project/

NT environmentalists ‘gobsmacked’ at federal green light to bulldoze nearly 3,000 hectares of tropical savanna https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/24/federal-green-light-bulldoze-tropical-savanna-northern-territory-threatened-species

#Australia #EnvironmentalDestruction #Environment #AusPol #AustralianGovernment

Is Australia Ready For A Black Prime Minister?

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/sjXDAZQjhCWmDzCnbqqx5U

Reddit Is Challenging The Australian Government’s Social Media Ban #australia #australiangovernment #reddit #socialmedia

https://www.lowyat.net/2025/376320/reddit-australia-social-media-ban/

Wow!!
Watch this.
I think it's brilliant we dominate in this. An adult country, with adults running the show.
Ok so they don't get everything right but long may it continue to be the case.

https://youtu.be/cvyhLgIlsPg?si=JOjJYsWXx55oXYLj

#australianpolitics #auspol #auspol2025 #Auspharmaceuticals #australiantechnology #australianlabourparty #australiangovernment

Here's the thing
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/02/trump-russ-vought-government-shutdown

The ultra RW operators in America have clearly planned this and are rapidly advancing Project 2025.
What's patently obvious (of course) is that Trump is NOT the mastermind behind this. Nor Stephen Miller alone.

Project2025 lists dozens of fascists as "authors" which means that WHEN they've all had enough of Trump and he's outlived his usefulness, they'll continue to break USA. America is lost and cannot come back from this.

For us non-Americans the problem is that USA is in all our global homes: internet platforms + apps, media, SocMed, devices, food, sport, banks, tv, music, transport, pharma, energy, military ...

Far from USA having been "ripped-off by nasty countries taking America for granted" as Trump would have us believe, it's actually the other way around. America has reeled us all in, taken us over and used us as rich pickings to feed their banks and make their 1% untouchable. (Arguably we are now allowing China to do the same)

The only way we will survive America is to cut loose from it. Break the addiction to the drug that will kill us.

#auspol #australiangovernment #ukpolitics #canpol #eupolitics #nzpol #america #usafascism #GlobalDestruction #globalfascism #greenfuture #greentech #project2025 #WillYouSurviveProject2025