RAAF flare incident was straight raised with Chinese language premier, Albanese says
Albanese says the seventh assembly between the PM and Chinese language premier Li was “optimistic”.
When requested whether or not he introduced up the flare incident between the Chinese language navy and an RAAF airplane, Albanese confirms he did. However he doesn’t give us particulars on what was stated.
We have now disagreements and associates are capable of talk about points. That’s what we’re capable of do. It’s necessary that we interact and that we interact diplomatically and we clarify our place, which I did straight, which we did when the incident occurred. He heard the message very straight. I’m not right here to report in on what conferences that, on what individuals say when I’ve conferences. I’m accountable for what I say. I made the place straight clear, that this was an incident of concern for Australia.
Requested a follow-up on whether or not the incident makes it tougher to belief China (after, a reporter factors out, Albanese has stated President Xi has given him no cause to not belief him), Albanese says this was a “nation to nation concern” that was raised straight.
I interact straight, I’m a straight man. I discuss to leaders the best way that I discuss to the Australians. Straight, clear, unambiguous however in a optimistic [way] in order that the place there are variations, I speak about that.
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US-Australia relationship mentioned with China premier, Albanese says
The assembly with China comes off the again of the assembly between Albanese and Donald Trump, the place the 2 signed a giant important minerals settlement.
The PM is requested if premier Li introduced up the settlement. Albanese says that, extra broadly, the connection between the US and Australia was mentioned.
I clearly have indicated the success of my go to to the US and we talked in a standard means about that it was a superb factor that President Trump and President Xi have a gathering over the subsequent little interval.
RAAF flare incident was straight raised with Chinese language premier, Albanese says
Albanese says the seventh assembly between the PM and Chinese language premier Li was “optimistic”.
When requested whether or not he introduced up the flare incident between the Chinese language navy and an RAAF airplane, Albanese confirms he did. However he doesn’t give us particulars on what was stated.
We have now disagreements and associates are capable of talk about points. That’s what we’re capable of do. It’s necessary that we interact and that we interact diplomatically and we clarify our place, which I did straight, which we did when the incident occurred. He heard the message very straight. I’m not right here to report in on what conferences that, on what individuals say when I’ve conferences. I’m accountable for what I say. I made the place straight clear, that this was an incident of concern for Australia.
Requested a follow-up on whether or not the incident makes it tougher to belief China (after, a reporter factors out, Albanese has stated President Xi has given him no cause to not belief him), Albanese says this was a “nation to nation concern” that was raised straight.
I interact straight, I’m a straight man. I discuss to leaders the best way that I discuss to the Australians. Straight, clear, unambiguous however in a optimistic [way] in order that the place there are variations, I speak about that.
Anthony Albanese speaks from Asean summit
Having completed a bilateral sit-down with Chinese language Premier Li Qiang, Albanese is chatting with press from Kuala Lumpur.
He begins, speaking concerning the significance of the summit.
We converse concerning the proximity of alternative and that’s what south-east Asia represents for us. That’s what residing proper close to the quickest rising area on the planet in human historical past represents for us. A chance to develop jobs, to develop our economic system, to diversify our markets and our commerce, to achieve Australia, which is the premise of why I’m right here. Asean alone represents almost 700 million individuals.
Albanese has introduced funding, together with $175m going to a pool of funding for funding in south-east Asia, and 1 / 4 of a billion {dollars} to “kickstart Australian investments within the area”.
Sarah Henderson on AI copyright exemption being dominated out
Liberal senator Sarah Henderson, who’s had a bone to choose with tech corporations pushing without spending a dime use of artistic materials to coach generative AI, could be very pleased with the federal government’s dedication to not create a textual content and information mining exemption.
The Victorian senator, who prosecuted tech companies and the Productiveness Fee (who had mentioned an exemption in its interim report) at a Senate listening to, tells Sky Information an exemption would have “successfully legalised the theft of the work of creators”.
The large tech corporations had been very joyful to principally steal the work of Australian creatives and never pay them for it. There’s a very subtle licensing scheme underneath our legal guidelines on this nation. If any huge tech firm desires to make use of the work of any artist or author or musician, they’ll pay for it. That’s the underside line. And so they had been successfully attempting to see a change within the regulation, which might imply that they might principally steal it. So we actually raised a really huge crimson flag.
Creatives have stated there must be higher protections in place to cease their work being taken without spending a dime.
Earlier right now, Michelle Rowland was requested on ABC radio whether or not works created by AI ought to be clearly labelled so underneath Australian copyright legal guidelines, however she wouldn’t say.
Quite a lot of individuals whom now we have consulted with over the previous few months have had a wide range of views on that. And these are very legitimate. They’re clearly teams which were intimately concerned with licensing and with guaranteeing their very own copyright safety. So we’ll let that run … We’ll guarantee that there’s correct session on that.
Monique Ryan requires three-year ban on MPs working for lobbyists after quitting
Unbiased MP Monique Ryan has launched a non-public member’s invoice aimed toward implementing a code of conduct round lobbying. The invoice features a crackdown on ministers and public servants going to work for lobbyists of their portfolio areas.
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Albanese meets Chinese language premier Li Qiang at Asean
Whereas all of the drama takes place round Parliament Home, the prime minister is in Kuala Lumpur and has simply held a gathering with Chinese language Premier Li Qiang, on the sidelines of the Asean summit.
It follows a current incident within the South China Sea final week, the place the federal government stated a Chinese language fighter jet launched flares “very shut” to an RAAF surveillance plane.
Anthony Albanese made some remarks earlier than the assembly obtained underneath means, emphasising the “shared pursuits” between the 2 nations.
We have now a lot shared pursuits – commerce, local weather change, individuals to individuals hyperlinks, tourism – and I welcome the continued tempo which continues to rise of our excessive degree engagements.
Every time there are variations we navigate these properly, together with on regional strategic points, in boards similar to Asean and naturally Apec.
The assembly right now additionally follows a important minerals deal signed between the US and Australia final week.
Yesterday the PM met along with his new Japanese counterpart, Sanae Takaichi.
Caitlin Cassidy
ACCC to hunt compensation for round 2.7m Australian Microsoft subscribers
Gottlieb stated the investigation had been “very fast” and the ACCC had moved rapidly after being notified of the alleged breaches.
She stated the ACCC would search a spread of courtroom orders, penalties and redress for shoppers for any loss that they had suffered as a result of being unable to make an knowledgeable selection on their subscription choices.
What I can say is we see this as very severe conduct, when it comes to key parts that decide the extent of penalty, we see this as affecting a really vital variety of Australian shoppers, as being the motion by a really main company … in respect of companies which might be important for the operation of households in Australian houses.
We shall be in search of a penalty that identifies non-compliance with the Australian shopper regulation … we’ll search a penalty that achieves each particular deterrence of such conduct taking place once more by Microsoft, and likewise common deterrence for all corporations, whether or not corporations working within the tech sector or extra broadly.
Microsoft ‘disadvantaged’ Australian shoppers of knowledgeable selection, ACCC alleges
Caitlin Cassidy
Chair of the Australian Competitors and Shopper Fee (ACCC), Gina Cass-Gottlieb, has addressed the media in Sydney after the physique declared it will take federal motion in opposition to Microsoft over allegedly deceptive round 2.7m Australians with Microsoft 365 subscriptions.
Gottlieb alleged that since 31 October final yr, Microsoft informed auto-renewing subscribers to the Microsoft 365 Private and Household plans that that they had solely two choices.
The primary: with a view to keep their current companies, they need to settle for the Copilot integration and pay increased costs. The second: can cancel their subscription. We allege that this was deceptive as a result of, in truth, there was a 3rd, hidden possibility, which allowed subscribers to proceed their current plan with out Copilot and with none worth improve.
Following an in depth investigation, the ACCC allege that Microsoft intentionally hid this third choice to retain the outdated plan on the outdated worth with a view to improve the uptake of Copilot and the elevated income from that Copilot-integrated plans.
She stated the worth improve for a Private plan was an annual improve from $109 to $159 yearly, or 45%, and $139 to $179 for a Household plan, or 29%.
We have now taken these proceedings right now as a result of we allege tens of millions of Australian shoppers had been disadvantaged of the chance to make an knowledgeable selection concerning the subscription choices accessible to them.
Greater than 100 Australian shoppers made complaints to the ACCC in late 2024 and early 2025, Gottlieb stated, contributing to the investigation.
Andrew Messenger
Queensland public college lecturers to vote on pay provide
Queensland public college lecturers will vote this week on whether or not to finish a long-running industrial dispute with the state authorities.
Hundreds of members of the Queensland Lecturers Union (QTU) struck in August, disrupting class for tens of hundreds of scholars. It was the primary strike in 16 years.
After months of bargaining, the union has agreed to place a state authorities pay provide to members. It’s going to symbolize an 8% pay rise, the identical as provided to all public servants.
The union has not endorsed the provide however says it agreed to take action “to find out whether or not the union can attain in-principle settlement with the federal government”. A spokesperson stated:
The federal government has suggested that if the provide is rejected, it should search the QTU’s consent to refer the matter to arbitration.
Queensland training minister John-Paul Langbroek stated it was a “historic provide that backs our lecturers with increased wages, higher situations, and a decreased workload”.
The Crisafulli authorities has delivered a proposal with the very best instructor salaries in Queensland’s historical past.
Israeli authorities names Iranian commander allegedly behind antisemitic assaults in Australia
The Israeli authorities has named a senior Iranian commander it alleges was accountable for at the very least two assaults on Jewish Australians, which led to the Iranian ambassador being expelled from the country and a transfer to record Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation.
In a Sunday statement from the Israeli prime minister’s workplace, Mossad claimed {that a} senior commander of the IRGC, Sardar Ammar, was behind assaults in Australia, Greece and Germany.
Mossad stated Ammar instructions 11,000 operatives in finishing up covert operations.
The assertion alleged:
Beneath Amar’s command, a major mechanism was established to advertise assaults in opposition to Israeli and Jewish targets each in Israel and overseas. This mechanism is straight accountable for the tried assaults uncovered in Greece, Australia, and Germany prior to now yr alone, and its quite a few failures led to the wave of arrests and its publicity.
Australia’s spy company, Asio, has alleged the IRGC was behind at least two attacks, on the Lewis Continental Kitchen in Sydney on 20 October 2024, and Melbourne’s Adass Israel Synagogue on 6 December 2024.
The division of international affairs and commerce has been contacted.
