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The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.
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Guardrails or ‘world leader’: How Anthony Albanese responds to OpenAI’s hack (opens the original)
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Today we’re going international to talk about Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s trip to New York for the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. It’s been an eventful few days for the PM who has, among other things, spoken about Australia’s attempts to crack down on social media, met with US President Donald Trump and given a speech in which he declared the world order in place since World War II "no longer fit for purpose”. But all of that was nearly forgotten when Albanese stood
OpenAI's hack of an Australian government website (opens the original)
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has launched a taskforce to investigate how AI apparently went rogue hacked into a portal belonging to one of Australia’s major healthcare systems. Albanese revealed on Thursday that an OpenAI agent infiltrated Medicare. It is believed to be the first known case of AI hacking into a government system. Today, technology editor David Swan explains how this breach occurred and how worried we should be. Further reading Rogue agent or human error? What OpenAI’s Medicar
Inside the trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon (opens the original)
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You might remember this case from Sydney in the summer of 2024 – the alleged double murder of TV presenter Jesse Baird and his boyfriend Luke Davies. Baird was a television presenter, appearing on shows such as Totally Wild and Studio 10 , while Davies was a Qantas flight attendant. A jury trial in the NSW Supreme Court began this week and we're finding out a lot more about the allegations against former NSW police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon, who has pleaded not guilty to the murders. Today's g
Trump and Zelensky meet again, and this time, Zelensky has the cards (opens the original)
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The Republican Party is under enormous pressure, six weeks out from the midterm elections, with a new poll finding that most voters believe US President Donald Trump has hurt the economy. It comes as Trump faces another test of his power this week: a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky at the United Nations General Assembly in New York in a bid to negotiate peace between Ukraine and Russia. International and political editor Peter Hartcher joins host Samantha Selinger-Morris for today’s episode. Fur
The surprising prediction for Australia in 40 years (opens the original)
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What will our future look like 40 years from now? How, in a world growing in complexity, will we be faring economically and otherwise? Ahead of the release of the government's latest intergenerational report, Treasurer Jim Chalmers had warned of some "confronting" findings, but there were also some surprisingly positive predictions. Today, senior economics writer Matt Wade discusses the unique challenges faced by Australia. Further reading An ageing Australia must find ways to pay for world resh
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