Murray Watt

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will allocate additional funds to the agency to support a year-long transition period, after the ban — which was set to come into effect on November 30 — came under heavy criticism

OpenAI has temporarily halted training of some of its most advanced artificial intelligence models following an unusual incident in which an AI agent managed to bypass restrictions in its testing environment and communicate with an external service on the internet

News this week that the Australian public health service website was hacked by an OpenAI “agent” sparked alarm around the globe about the increasing risks artificial intelligence poses to cybersecurity

The move follows neighboring New Zealand's decision in July to begin a vaccination program for 300 core breeding birds from five of its most endangered species

Bird flu has become established on the Australian mainland, with the federal government confirming that dozens of greater crested terns at Boudin Rocks off Cape Jaffa in South Australia have tested positive for the H5NI, which has killed more than 300 million animals around the world

Tareq Kamleh, who was presumed to have been killed in Syria almost a decade ago, has been revealed to be one of 13 men linked to the terror group who are imprisoned in Iraq and hope to return to Australia

The H5N1 variant of the virus was confirmed in a sick brown skua found on a remote beach near Esperance in Western Australia, about 700km southeast of Perth

Prime Minister Burnham only promises more chaos

The case was detected in a remote part of the country’s southwest in Australia’s Cape Le Grand National Park Close

Six out of nine species on Heard Island have now tested positive for the H5N1 strain, including southern elephant seals, king penguins, gentoo penguins, Antarctic fur seals and South Georgia diving petrels

Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt rejected two First Nations appeals, made under section 9 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act, to urgently prevent work associated with the planned 65,000-seat stadium and National Aquatics Centre from starting from Monday

A vaccine produced by University of Sunshine Coast microbiologist Professor Peter Timms was called historic last year by federal environment minister Murray Watt, and widely celebrated as a cure to one of the endangered species’ biggest threats

Critics warn move may alienate centrist voters, risking further decline

The Bureau of Meteorology executive who led the agency during last year’s heavily criticised $96 million website redesign that left users unable to navigate the site during a spate of bad weather has resigned

The Britons, who were evacuated on Monday (May 11) from the ill-fated vessel at the centre of an international healthcare scandal, have been required to undertake a 42-day isolation period upon returning to the UK, beginning with a 72-hour stay at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral

Two Irish people who had been on board the MV Hondius hit by hantavirus returned home on Sunday on an Air Corps plane that landed at Baldonnel military airbase in Dublin just after 9pm

Richard Marles reveals when Australia will assist US

Australia could be facing the possibility of a recession if the conflict in the Middle East drags on through to the second half of 2026

Major energy company Shell has begun producing 200 barrels of oil a day capable of domestic use from the Taroom Trough, about 300 kilometres west of Brisbane

Since then Pauline Hanson has become as well known for her inflammatory anti-immigration rhetoric as much as her parliamentary stunts, while support for her right-wing populist One Nation party has ebbed and flowed

Their troubles could cascade across Asia because they export a majority of their products

Their troubles could cascade across Asia because they export a majority of their products

On Tuesday, Bowen also rolled out another ⁠relaxation of fuel standards that would allow more diesel into the market ​after earlier lowering sulphur standards

The federal Liberals and Nationals had so far steered clear of joining their calls on Wednesday

Alex Osipovich has a mechanical workshop at BP Clovelly and also owns an independent service station, Bobbinhead Petrol Station

Nat Barr clashed with Environment Minister Murray Watt in a fiery live TV interview as tensions rise over fuel shortages and parts of regional Australia run dry

The $55m penalty, which relates to more than 2,000 hectares of cleared land, requires Alcoa to fund environmental and research measures, including $40m to secure permanent ecological offsets to compensate for the habitat destruction

New Coalition leader Angus Taylor and his deputy Jane Hume are on the press circuit this morning but have so far offered few details about the makeup of the opposition frontbench

Sussan Ley wore a white power suit in a symbolic nod to the suffragette movement and female solidarity as she called time on her 25-year career in politics

The Coalition’s week started with an agreement on legislation, but ended with a historic split

The emergency meeting of the LNP's Queensland state executive will consider whether to preserve the party's long-standing joint Senate ticket — a decision that could determine whether Canavan retains a safe position or is pushed into a far less secure one

The Coalition’s week started with an agreement on legislation, but ended with a historic split

The new designation was announced by Environment Minister Murray Watt on Thursday, sounding the alarm on the river’s health and setting up a potential conflict with big agribusiness and a political battle with the federal Opposition, as the Albanese government blames their predecessors for a decade of inaction on conservation