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Afternoon Update: Biden to visit Israel; RBA’s rate rise warning; and rating Australian olive oils

The US president’s visit will come amid growing concerns the Israel-Hamas war could spiral into a regional conflict

The Guardian - AU

Labor senator condemns Israel’s military action in Gaza – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Key Labor MP urges new independent watchdog for job services providers

Julian Hill has warned the National Employment Services Association the era of ‘massive multibillion-dollar “set and forget” tenders’ is over

The Guardian - AU

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Job services must shift from merely clipping tickets to actually changing lives

Let’s hope Labor’s new model overcomes the barriers to work and ceases the endless churn of the unemployed

The Guardian - AU

AI could ‘turbo-charge fraud’ and be monopolised by tech companies, Andrew Leigh warns

Assistant competition minister highlights risk of deepfake videos and voice clones in speech

The Guardian - AU

ADF’s fighting ability could be ‘degraded’ by burden of responding to natural disasters, inquiry says

Parliamentary committee warns ‘over-reliance’ on personnel could be exploited amid climate crisis

The Guardian - AU

Julian Assange supporters in Australian parliament urge US to get him out of maximum security prison

Supporters Julian Hill, Andrew Wilkie and Bridget Archer respond after US secretary of state Antony Blinken claims WikiLeaks founder ‘risked very serious harm’ to national security

The Guardian - AU

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Labor eyeing changes to ‘punitive’ mutual obligations for jobseekers, draft party platform suggests

Commitment to review welfare rules for unemployed people has lifted expectations the government will axe requirements such as work for the dole

The Guardian - AU

Rules should be tightened to stop ‘unjustifiably partisan’ grants programs such as car park rorts, review finds

Audit committee calls for crackdown on politicised funding schemes following controversy over urban congestion and building better regions funds

The Guardian - AU

Chris Perkins: Dolphins don’t necessarily want a receiving tight end; I understand that now

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Miami Dolphins don’t want a receiving tight end as badly as I do.

Tribune News Service

Labor MP calls for ‘nuclear’ reforms to stop international education providers teaching poor quality courses

Speaking to parliament, Julian Hill warned of Australia’s student visa being used as a ‘low-rent work visa’

The Guardian - AU

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor's Julian Hill on employment, AI, Julian Assange and TikTok

The federal budget gave a much-needed, but very modest, increase to those on JobSeeker and associated payments. However, it didn’t address that other important issue of the unemployed: how to help as many JobSeekers as possible to get into work, whether full- or part-time.

The Conversation

International education providers ‘gaming the system’ undermine Australia’s reputation, inquiry hears

Labor MP Julian Hill says behaviour of some providers is harming students and could ‘destroy the social licence’ of the sector

The Guardian - AU

Paul Bongiorno: Cruel stereotypes won’t help a broken jobs market

The Opposition believes these bald numbers prove the point: The jobs are there if only the bludgers (wink wink, nudge nudge) would step up.

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The Guardian - AU

BAE Systems tries to bill Australian taxpayers $55,000 for Christmas cards and decorations

Defence department rejects military contractor’s claim but allows ‘adventure room’ event as audit finds navy frigate project in Adelaide faces cost blowout

The Guardian - AU

Julian Assange: Australian MPs urge US ambassador to end extradition bid

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie was ‘grateful’ for the opportunity to meet Caroline Kennedy to discuss broad concern for the WikiLeaks founder

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RAS scores for every Dolphins draft pick, some UDFAs

Miami got some impressive athletes.

The Canberra Times

'Deeply concerning': committee report probes DFAT's role during pandemic

Comments made by Scott Morrison led to 'confusing and misleading' messaging for Australians stranded overseas.

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Scrap ‘punitive’ mutual obligation system for Australia’s jobseekers, job agency tells inquiry

Another key industry player suggested government should shut down the work-for-the-dole scheme

The Guardian - AU

Labor attacks regional grants program that delivered 96% of funding to Coalition-held seats

Former government’s regional growth fund delivered 16 projects in Coalition-held electorates and one in a Labor-held seat

The Canberra Times

YWCA welcomes report to scrap ParentsNext program

YWCA Canberra CEO slammed the program for putting parents under surveillance.

AAP

Easy work over bang for buck in taxpayer cash splash

An inquiry has heard taxpayers aren't getting value for money under procurement rules which make work easy for government agencies but limit competition.

ABC News

Why one of the most popular Australian politicians on TikTok won't allow the app on his phone

Labor MP Julian Hill says he won't use TikTok on his government or personal phones due to cybersecurity concerns, as Home Affairs reviews the privacy risks of social media platforms.

AAP

Labor MP calls time on Cambodian prime minister

A government backbencher has called out Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen for shutting down one of the last independent news outlets in the country.

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: ChatGPT is in the world, and defying expectations and regulations

Everybody is having a lot of fun at the moment playing with ChatGPT – asking it to explain itself and say whether it’s going to take our jobs.

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