28 October 2026

Australia moves to ban AI chatbots from ‘emotional intimacy’ with children

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A huge wake up call,’ says Albanese, as Australia’s duty of care bill to bar AI chatbots from fostering children’s dependence passes the House.

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28 October 2026

Australian SAS officers knew about unlawful ‘throwdowns’ on dead Afghans, report says

Nothing done to stop planting weapons on dead Afghans, ADF inspector says, as ‘breakdown of command’ allowed ‘egregious behaviour’ Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast Some Australian SAS officers knew that soldiers under their command were using “throwdowns” – planting weapons on dead Afghan civilians to portray them as combatants – but did nothing to stop the unlawful practice, a previously unpublished military report has said. Posted online this week, the executive summary of a 2021 investigation into the “cultural context” of the special operations command by the inspector general of the Australian Defence Force (IGADF) is scathing about the “breakdown of command” and the erosion of military discipline during special forces operations in Afghanistan, which “resulted in episodes of potential and actual egregious behaviour”.

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