🚨 OPENAI AGENT ACCESSES ANOTHER GOVERNMENT SYSTEM

A rogue OpenAI agent accessed a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service web application containing historical and bushfire data in June.

The NSW government says no personal information appears to have been accessed, but OpenAI did not notify authorities until October 1.

It follows separate OpenAI agent incidents involving Medicare and NSW crime data systems.

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⚠️ MACQUARIE UNI ALLOWS PALESTINE EVENT ON OCTOBER 7

Macquarie University is facing backlash for allowing a Palestinian student event to go ahead on October 7, the anniversary of the 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel.

The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has called the timing “deliberately provocative” and urged the university to move it.

Macquarie says it supports lawful, peaceful expression and that student club views do not represent the university.

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🚨 ASIO PROBES AUSTRALIAN LINKS OF FLYDUBAI CO-PILOT

Australian counter-terror authorities are investigating whether a flydubai co-pilot accused of trying to crash a Tel Aviv-bound flight carrying 174 people was radicalised while living in Australia.

The man reportedly studied in Australia from 2015 to 2017, with the AFP, Victoria Police and ASIO now examining his time here.

His Australian visa was later cancelled in 2019 after he was no longer enrolled.

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🚨 ONE NATION VOWS TO PUT ANDREWS AND ALLAN “IN PRISON BY CHRISTMAS”

At One Nation’s Victorian election launch, candidate Mark Nicholson declared that if he had his way, former premiers Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan would be “in prison by Christmas.”

The comments came as the party vowed to investigate alleged government corruption and launched a law-and-order platform targeting crime, Victoria’s Treaty and the Suburban Rail Loop.

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⚠️ GINA RINEHART BUYS $8M BUILDING FOR ONE NATION HQ

Gina Rinehart’s Hanrine Investments has bought an $8 million Brisbane office building that will become One Nation’s new headquarters.

Barnaby Joyce says the party will lease the building at commercial rates, with Hancock Prospecting denying One Nation is receiving free or discounted rent.

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🚨 AUSTRALIAN HOUSING DOWNTURN DEEPENS

Australia’s auction clearance rate has fallen below 50%, while the number of unsold homes has jumped 21.6% over the past year.

Distressed sales are also rising, with economists warning capital-city house prices could fall 10–15% from their peak.

Sydney and Melbourne are leading the downturn.

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🚨 COALITION UNVEILS PLAN TO CUT MIGRATION TO 100,000

The Coalition has formally released a plan to cut net overseas migration to 100,000 a year for its first two years in government.

It also wants 650,000 fewer temporary visa holders over four years, a cap of 240,000 new international students, and the humanitarian intake cut to 10,000.

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🚨 ONE NATION PUSHES TO BAN BURQAS AND NIQABS IN SCHOOLS

One Nation has unveiled a policy calling for burqas, niqabs and other full-face coverings to be banned in Australian schools.

Education spokeswoman Colleen Harkin says students’ faces should be visible for identification, communication and participation. Hijabs, which leave the face visible, would not be affected.

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⚠️ GREENS-LINKED PLAN WOULD NATIONALISE 200 COLES AND WOOLIES STORES

A proposal from the Green Institute would spend $25.1 billion creating a government-owned supermarket chain, including acquiring 200 existing Coles and Woolworths stores.

Greens leader David Shoebridge says the idea should be considered, but it has not yet been adopted as official Greens policy.

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🚨 ONE NATION SAYS MIGRATION CUTS COULD SAVE RENTERS $2,800 A YEAR

Pauline Hanson says One Nation’s plan for net-negative migration for three years could cut rent inflation by 6.5%, saving the average renter around $54 a week, or $2,818 a year.

The party also wants to cut temporary migrants and unlawful non-citizens by more than 750,000 over three years, blaming mass migration for worsening Australia’s housing crisis.

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🚨 COALITION REFUSES TO BACK DOWN ON MIGRATION CUTS

The Coalition is standing by its plan to slash net migration to 100,000 a year, despite warnings from universities and industry groups that the cuts could hurt the economy.

Angus Taylor says Australia needs “breathing space” after years of high migration, with the plan set to remove around 650,000 temporary visa holders over four years.

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🚨 SYDNEY RALLY CALLS FOR HAMAS TO BE REMOVED FROM TERROR LIST

A pro-Palestinian rally planned for Sydney’s Hyde Park is calling for Hamas and Hezbollah to be removed from Australia’s terrorist organisation list.

The rally is also promoting support for “resistance”, prompting condemnation from Jewish groups and politicians. The NSW Government says it firmly rejects any push to delist the groups.

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