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Afternoon Update: Senate hears social media ban report could contain AI hallucinations, Hayden Panettiere dies, and ‘ugly dogs’

A section of a report supporting Australia’s teen social media ban appears to include links to academic articles that do not exist, a Senate inquiry has heard

The Guardian - AU · Aug 17

Report supporting Australia’s teen social media ban appears to contain AI hallucinations, Senate hears

Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds one section of report includes links to academic articles that do not exist, but authors deny the references were made up by AI

The Guardian - AU · Aug 17

Nazi artefacts still being sold online years after trade outlawed across Australia

One seller says second world war memorabilia containing banned Nazi symbols is legal under exemptions to the laws

The Guardian - AU · Aug 16

The melons rolled quite gently out of the gate – then suddenly became an avalanche for Albanese

Most of the media initially ignored the prime minister’s innuendo as they went to town on his crass Kylie comment. Plus: Victoria drowning in AI

The Guardian - AU · Aug 14

Victorian police investigate allegation a car drove deliberately at speed towards anti-racism protester

‘Peaceful community rally’ of more than 150 people was walking in Broadmeadows when car travelling in same direction allegedly approached

The Guardian - AU · Aug 12

Sydney’s sugar rush: how the colony’s most powerful profited from Australia’s slave trade

Australia likes to think its history is untainted by slavery but a new book traces how a who’s who in the NSW capital profited from the capture and sale of ‘blackbirded’ Pacific Islanders

The Guardian - AU · Aug 9

A Queensland domestic violence victim was promised a voice – then told she was no longer welcome to call the minister’s office

Some of the victim-survivors who produced an official report for the state critical of police say their work has been buried and their members ignored

The Guardian - AU · Aug 7

Amid a week of sex and drug allegations, Pocock summed up Albanese’s gambling plan with one word

Independent senator says it is a ‘tragedy’ that PM is standing in the way of strong public and bipartisan support for tougher laws

The Guardian - AU · Aug 7

Journalists at Alan Jones’s trial off to ‘inauspicious’ start as spelling error and rogue mobile phone antagonise judge

Awkward moments in court as media companies dedicate significant resources to the coverage. Plus: a new boycott campaign targets the Tele

The Guardian - AU · Aug 7

Nearly 1,500 properties bought using first home buyers’ 5% deposit scheme converted into investments

New data shows the federal government scheme has been used by high-income borrowers, including one couple earning an annual $674,000

The Guardian - AU · Aug 5