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Sam Neill, New Zealand actor who starred in 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Piano,' dies at 78
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Nicole Kidman, Richard E. Grant, Cillian Murphy mourn death of Sam Neill
Spain advances to World Cup final with 2-0 win over France
Angus Taylor warns One Nation would bring 'an eternity of pain'
Australia's government has woken up to the risks of AI
With El Niño looming, Australia has new laws to stop water market manipulation
Derryn Hinch was a bombastic journalist fuelled by righteous outrage
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Sam Neill, New Zealand actor who starred in 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Piano,' dies at 78
Trump backs away from plan to charge fees in the Strait of Hormuz
Nicole Kidman, Richard E. Grant, Cillian Murphy mourn death of Sam Neill
Spain advances to World Cup final with 2-0 win over France
Angus Taylor warns One Nation would bring 'an eternity of pain'
This week, Andrew Charlton, the federal assistant minister for science and technology, issued a stark warning about artificial intelligence (AI). Speaking at the AI Safety Forum at the University of Sydney, he said powerful AI models "are already doing things their creators never intended: cheating, deceiving, going their own way".
It might feel strange to talk about being able to trade water as a financial asset, in the same way as company shares or bonds. But water is big business. Australia leads the world on the size, extent and adoption of formal water markets, especially in our largest river system, the Murray-Darling Basin.
It was May 1999 and Derryn Hinch had been called into the manager's office at Adelaide's 5DN. The ratings for his morning program had been tumbling, and after less than a year on air he was told to pack his things. At the time, I was writing a profile of him for The Australian newspaper and happened to be in his office as he gathered his belongings.
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Weeks after the end of a historic term, Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett are making a rare appearance before Congress, and facing wide-ranging questions as the high court seeks millions of dollars to beef up security amid a rise in threats to the judiciary.
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