The Daily Aus

Today's headlines include: 

• Federal Communications Minister Anika Wells has shut her electorate office in Brisbane following a security incident.
• U.S. President Donald Trump says SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has restored Ukraine’s access to Starlink, a satellite internet service Ukraine uses in its war with Russia.
• Tens of thousands of supporters of Serbia’s opposition student movement have rallied in central Belgrade ahead of Sunday's parliamentary election.
• And today’s good news: A world-first trial overseen by leading Australian scientist Professor Georgina Long could drastically change how cancer is treated.

Host: Billi FitzSimons
Producer: Imogen Abbott

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Content warning: Today's episode includes references to sexual violence and strangulation. It's not explicit, but if you've got kids in the car, you might want to save it for later. If you need support, 1800 RESPECT is available on 1800 737 732.

In both Australia and the UK, there have been major developments in the regulation of porn access. Here at home, Pornhub came back this month, but only for Australians who’ve proved their age through Apple. And in two weeks, England and Wales will make some types of porn illegal to possess.

One common theme across all three landscapes is strangulation. In one Australian study, more than half of the young people surveyed said they’d been strangled during sex, often called choking. Porn was the most common place they’d learned about it. On today’s podcast, we’re explaining what’s changing, and the question underneath it all: can you keep kids away from explicit content without asking adults to give up more of their privacy?

Listen: The Govt's plan to turn off the algorithm

Watch: Testing how long it takes TikTok to turn misogynistic 

Host: Sam Koslowski and Billi FitzSimons
Producer: Imogen Abbott

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Today's headlines include: 

• Former Bachelor reality TV star Sam Wood is set to again apply for bail, taking his fight to the state's highest court.
• NSW has become the first state to legalise ‘terramation’, a process also called human composting, as an alternative to burying or cremating remains.
• A judge in the U.S. state of New Mexico has ordered Meta to pay $US25 billion for misleading Facebook users about their data privacy.
• And today’s good news: The Australian men’s ten-pin bowling team has taken home silver at the International Bowling Federation’s World Cup in Munich.

Hosts: Billi FitzSimons and Sam Koslowski
Producer: Imogen Abbott

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It’s nearly been one year since Australia introduced a world-first social media ban for under 16s. And it turns out, that was just the beginning of the Australian Government’s campaign against social media. But, is it actually working? And with all the focus on social media, what are they doing about AI?

Today, Billi sits down with the Minister for Communications Anika Wells. 

Listen: The Govt's plan to turn off the algorithm
Listen: Interview with eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant 

Host: Billi FitzSimons and Zara Seidler
Guest: Anika Wells
Producer: Orla Maher
Video Editor: Rosa Bowden

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Today's headlines include: 

• Independent MP Helen Haines remains in a critical but stable condition after being run down outside her electorate office in the regional Victorian town of Wangaratta on Monday.
• A Queensland teen has been accused of hate crimes after allegedly threatening a family.
• The United Nations (UN) is launching a new initiative on the military uses of AI, aimed at addressing concerns about the threat the technology could pose to humanity. 
• And today’s good news: Australia will field its first women’s wheelchair rugby team this December, when 15 nations will compete at the inaugural Women’s World Championship in Paris.

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Zara Seidler
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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Independent MP Helen Haines is in a critical condition after she was hit by a car outside her electorate office in regional Victoria on Monday. The Prime Minister has described it as a “deliberate” attack, and a joint counter-terrorism team is now investigating. 

On today’s podcast, we’re going to go through who Helen Haines is, what we know about the attack, and how the country has responded.

Host: Elliot Lawry and Sam Koslowski
Producer: Orla Maher
Video Editor: Rosa Bowden

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Today's headlines include: 

• Federal MP Helen Haines has lost her leg and is fighting for life after being rammed by a vehicle in what’s been labelled a deliberate attack.
• Thousands of jobs will be cut at National Australia Bank (NAB) as part of the major lender’s plans to “simplify its operation model” and “support NAB’s strategic ambition”.
• A Japanese spacecraft is rocketing towards Mars on an unprecedented quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring back samples. 
• And today’s good news: Researchers in the U.S. say they can predict a cancer patient’s chances of survival from just a single image, thanks to an AI breakthrough.

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Billi FitzSimons
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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A letter from party members has sparked an investigation into Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John, who’s been accused of behaving inappropriately towards women over several years. Now the senator says he is the victim of a years-long smear campaign coming from within his own party. Today we're diving into the allegations against Jordon Steele-John, and the Senator’s lengthy response.

Host: Emma Gillespie and Zara Seidler
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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Today's headlines include: 

• Italian police have used tear gas and water cannons while detaining at least 160 people in Milan, after clashes broke out on the sidelines of peaceful youth-led protests in several European cities.
• Victorian Labor has promised to introduce a weekly public transport cap if it wins re-election next month. 
• Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, the developer of Claude, says it will commit 5% of its shares to a new public benefit fund – to be set up as a separate company, fully owned by Anthropic.
• And today’s good news: The world’s oldest known shipwreck has been found off the coast of Türkiye by a team of international archaeologists.

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Adella Beaini
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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Through her company Theranos, Holmes vowed to replace blood tests with a tiny finger prick test that could produce real time results, to be rolled out in supermarkets and pharmacies. Some of the world’s richest people and companies went all in on the vision, propelling Holmes from Stanford dropout to industry disruptor and entrepreneur. But Elizabeth Holmes’ claims that she’d solved one of medicine's biggest problems using a few drops of blood turned out to be nothing more than an elaborate deception. Today, we’re taking you through the story of Elizabeth Holmes, the fraudster who fooled Silicon Valley.

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Billi FitzSimons
Producer: Orla Maher and Emma Gillespie

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