He says there should have beeen 48 hours\u2019 notice.<\/p>\n
Wale says China is a \u201cgood friend\u201d of Solomon Islands but \u201cthis is not something a friend does\u201d.<\/p>\n
double quotation markWe don\u2019t want anybody testing the ICBMs [intercontinental ballistic missiles] in the Pacific Islands region. That\u2019s the bottom line.<\/p>\n
Be our friend, but don\u2019t threaten us.<\/p>\n
Albanese says the world needs \u201cless nuclear weapons, certainly not more\u201d.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.54 EDT<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n AFL great Tony Modra recovering at home after June truck crash<\/p>\n The former AFL great Tony Modra was hospitalised in Adelaide with head injuries in June after an accident on his cattle property.<\/p>\n In a statement released on Tuesday, Modra said he has left hospital and is continuing his recovery at home. He has asked for privacy.<\/p>\n He said:<\/p>\n double quotation markI remain deeply grateful to the members of the public who gave me vital first aid until professional help arrived, to others who offered reassurance, and to the emergency responders, medical staff and specialists who have cared for me since the accident.<\/p>\n My progress has been encouraging and we kindly ask that our privacy continues to be respected as we focus on my rehabilitation. Thank you.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n One in 25 Australian teenagers affected by online sexual victimisation involving AI, study finds<\/p>\n Breakthrough research released by the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children Australia detailed the prevalence of AI in the online sexual victimisation of children, AAP reports.<\/p>\n At least one in 25 Australians has experienced, or has a close friend who has experienced, online sexual victimisation involving AI before the age of 18.<\/p>\n That is at least one young person in every Year 12 classroom across the nation.<\/p>\n Children seeking support have turned to the technology responsible for their abuse.<\/p>\n About 19% of victims told an AI chatbot they had been abused.<\/p>\n That compared with about 13% who told authorities, including a teacher, doctor, counsellor, police officer or helpline.<\/p>\n More than a third of victims told no human at all, disclosing only to AI or to no one.<\/p>\n The centre\u2019s chief executive Colm Gannon said Australia\u2019s social media age limit was restricting the conversations children feel comfortable having.<\/p>\n \u201cYou will not have a 15-year-old making a disclosure they have been subject to sexual extortion on Facebook, when they\u2019re not supposed to be on Facebook,\u201d Gannon told AAP.<\/p>\n He said parents and schools need to be ready for these types of disclosures, and their first priority should be supporting a victim of abuse rather than scolding them for any illegal activity.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TikTok outlines its response to Bondi terror attack Last week we heard about Elon Musk\u2019s X Corp (formerly Twitter) being, to put it mildly, rather blase about content from the Bondi attack circulating online<\/a>.<\/p>\n TikTok has revealed quite a different response to the royal commission into antisemitism. Its global head of partnerships, elections and market integrity, Valiant Richey, said the company immediately activated a crisis response protocol, starting with contacting police and eSafety and looking for trends in content that violated its guidelines:<\/p>\n double quotation markThat would be actual depictions of the shocking and graphic content. It might be followed thereafter by misinformation about potential suspects, and it might be followed thereafter by conspiracy theories. So those teams will be actively, you know, they would be activated to start looking for those types of things.<\/p>\n Earlier the inquiry heard that while TikTok is not perfect, 98% of videos that violate its policies are removed before they are seen. Last year, 270,000 videos of the 336m posted were removed under the company\u2019s safety and civility guidelines.<\/p>\n YouTube is up next.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.30 EDT<\/p>\n Nine and Foxtel retain NRL broadcast rights in $5.3bn deal Nine Entertainment and Foxtel have retained the media rights to the NRL in a $5.3bn deal which will see the games aired on the free-to-air network and the global streaming company Dazn until 2034.<\/p>\n The Australian Rugby League Commission chair, Peter V\u2019landys, said the seven-year agreement from 2028 marked \u201ca defining moment for rugby league\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markThe Commission has worked hard in the last five years to make the game more entertaining for our fans, effectively doubling our audience.<\/p>\n Our players and clubs that made this possible will now be justifiably rewarded.<\/p>\n Nine will screen the NRL grand final and both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s State of Origin series. It has also acquired the exclusive free-to-air and free streaming rights to broadcast three live NRL games a week, on each of Thursday and Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.18 EDT<\/p>\n How the alleged graffiti artist behind \u2018Pam the Bird\u2019 was detained<\/p>\n About 10.54am, the alleged graffiti artist behind \u201cPam the Bird\u201d emerged unmasked from the tower after climbing down from the bridge, Guardian Australia\u2019s Tania Lee reports from the scene.<\/p>\n The man then made an agile descent from the tower\u2019s staircase on to the rocky riverbed below.<\/p>\n He calmly walked towards waiting police officers, who instructed him to keep his hands above his head. He then turned around and placed his hands behind his back, before about a dozen officers moved in to arrest him and patted him down.<\/p>\n The man was escorted to a waiting van in a restricted-access area beside the bridge. Officers were seen speaking to him as he sat in the doorway of the van for about 10 minutes before he was driven away.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.49 EDT<\/p>\n Microsoft job cuts expected in Australia<\/p>\n A small number of the 3,000 Australian staff working for Microsoft are likely to be included in the 4,800 job cuts announced by the tech giant<\/a> today.<\/p>\n The focus of the cuts globally has been on the Xbox gaming division, with the company saying the jobs going aren\u2019t being replaced by AI but AI is changing how the company works.<\/p>\n Microsoft would not comment beyond the global announcement but it is understood that roughly the same percentage of cuts globally (2.1%) may apply here. Microsoft is still expecting its headcount in Australia to ultimately increase.<\/p>\n Microsoft\u2019s chief executive, Satya Nadella, visited Australia in April to announce $25bn in AI investment in Australia for capital and operational expenditure on infrastructure, as well as AI skills training.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.34 EDT<\/p>\n Solomon Islands reacts to China\u2019s missile test: \u2018Not something a friend does\u2019<\/p>\n Anthony Albanese is holding a press conference with his Solomon Islands counterpart, Matthew Wale, and says work on a comprehensive treaty is advancing, as new health and education funding from Australia is announced.<\/p>\n To questions about the China missile test in the Pacific<\/a> yesterday, Albanese says Australia has made clear its concerns and it was a \u201cprovocative act by China, which does destabilise the region\u201d.<\/p>\n He says there should have beeen 48 hours\u2019 notice.<\/p>\n Wale says China is a \u201cgood friend\u201d of Solomon Islands but \u201cthis is not something a friend does\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markWe don\u2019t want anybody testing the ICBMs [intercontinental ballistic missiles] in the Pacific Islands region. That\u2019s the bottom line.<\/p>\n Be our friend, but don\u2019t threaten us.<\/p>\n Albanese says the world needs \u201cless nuclear weapons, certainly not more\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.54 EDT<\/p>\n NRL rights deal to be announced today<\/p>\n The Australian Rugby League Commission is expected to announce the media rights for the NRL at 12.30 today at Rugby League Central in Moore Park, Sydney.<\/p>\n The NRL\u2019s deal with Nine Entertainment and Foxtel \u2013 to finish at the end of the 2027 season \u2013 is worth about $400m a year.<\/p>\n The NRL attracts huge TV ratings and lucrative sponsorship deals and has been highly contested between free-to-air and streaming services.<\/p>\n Last year\u2019s grand final between Brisbane and Melbourne drew an average audience of almost 4.5 million, the first time it eclipsed the AFL showpiece in a year since 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n The first match of the men\u2019s State of Origin attracted close to 4 million, up 6% year on year, while the women\u2019s series consistently draws about 1 milion viewers, figures that are the envy of women\u2019s Australian rules.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.07 EDT<\/p>\n Man arrested after Pam the Bird graffiti painted on Bolte Bridge tower<\/p>\n Victoria police have arrested a 22-year-old man after he allegedly spray-painted \u201cPam the Bird\u201d graffiti on a 120m Bolte Bridge tower in Melbourne<\/a> on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n Police alleged the man refused to follow police direction and come down but ultimately descended from the tower without injury about 11am.<\/p>\n He was arrested at the scene and would be interviewed by investigators, Victoria police said.<\/p>\n Earlier police said there was no threat to the public. One of the lanes of the bridge was closed off to traffic.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.50 EDT<\/p>\n Machines may be better at detecting hate speech, royal commission hears<\/p>\n Machines might be better than humans at detecting hate speech, the royal commission into antisemitism has heard.<\/p>\n TikTok\u2019s global head of policy, trust and safety, Zachary Hecht, was being grilled on a video that was blocked by the platform\u2019s automatic moderation process but on appeal that decision was overturned by a human moderator. A second human also decided it did not violate their guidelines.<\/p>\n But the content was \u201cclearly a violation of our prohibition on hate speech and hateful ideology\u201d, Hecht told the inquiry this morning:<\/p>\n double quotation markThat being said, it does demonstrate that in some instances, automated moderation might be getting the decision correct, and then human judgment can sometimes complicate that.<\/p>\n The moderators who reviewed it should get more training, he said.<\/p>\n In the end the case was escalated to more senior people and they came to the \u201cright conclusion\u201d and removed it.<\/p>\n Cyberwell, a company that tracks online antisemitism, told the inquiry yesterday that TikTok had the best removal rate for content it had reported to them with an 88.8% takedown rate. By contrast Meta had a 57.3% rate, YouTube had a 34.2% rate, and X (Twitter) had a 29.5% rate.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.51 EDT<\/p>\n \u2018Pam the Bird\u2019 man \u2018waiting for low tide\u2019<\/p>\n An Instagram account linked to the alleged \u201cPam the Bird\u201d graffiti artist, who is still perched atop the Bolte Bridge in Melbourne<\/a>, says the man will come down \u201cpeacefully\u201d at 12pm:<\/p>\n double quotation markJust waiting for the tide to get a little bit lower.<\/p>\n According to some media reports he is believed to have accessed the tower through a door at its base, which is only accessible at low tide.<\/p>\n![\"Tory](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Tory_Shepherd.png\")
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Tania Lee<\/p>\n![\"Josh](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Josh_Taylor.png\")
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