cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/36391797

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A federal government-backed health AI startup has laid off Australian staff while launching a US venture hiring American clinicians who will be paid money to use its tools.

The company, Harrison.ai, received $32 million from the government last year so it could "continue to base its operations in Australia".

These changes have prompted staff to leave and raised concerns about how the company will manage what experts flagged as a potential conflict of interest that could affect patient care.

Located between Brisbane Airport’s two parallel runways, the facility has been designed to provide rapid airfield access for air medical aircraft operating around the clock. A purpose-built patient transfer center will also support transfers between fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, road ambulances, and onward hospital care.

Huge course reversal from Chris "I fucking love killing children" Minns.

Still doing searches so they're gonna keep killing a few people just for fun but this is a massive win for reason.

Ms Ross-King thanked the government for listening to the evidence and having the courage to act on it.

"Young people take risks, that is the reality of life, but they do not deserve to die because of one decision," Ms Ross-King said.

Yeah, I mean nobody deserves to die for getting high but kids are included in that. My gratitude to Ms Ross-King for her relentless campaigning and empathy, people will live that wouldn't have.

A lot of significant info has come out of this research. Worth reading. Some excerpts:

"Every three years, we ask at least 1,000 children and teens to complete our online survey. We use quotas for age, location, gender and parental education level to ensure respondents reflect the diversity of today’s young Australians.

Our 2026 survey results show a significant shift in young people’s news engagement, with an overall decline for young people aged 10–16 years*.

Across nearly every indicator, young people are less engaged with news than they were in our previous survey in 2023.

Young people who report following up on news after hearing about something happening in the world fell from 70% to 59%. Those following social media accounts for news fell from 41% to 29%. Checking news websites or apps is down from 38% to 33%...

In the latest survey, for the first time we asked young people about their use of AI to get news.

Already, 28% of children aged 10–12 report they are using an AI tool to ask about news often or sometimes, rising to 41% among teens aged 13–17.

This could be via AI summaries of the news (which are hard to avoid on Google) or by asking AI tools a question. For example, by typing in “what happened in Nepal?”.

This makes Al tools the second most common way young people proactively seek out news. It is also level with news websites or apps and ahead of social media, TV and radio.

This widespread use of AI to get news raises questions about whether young people are being prepared in school for this kind of news engagement, particularly when we know AI can sometimes be wrong or biased."

Commission member Philip Carr wrote that Mr Duong had 33 years of working life ahead of him that would be affected by his loss of capacity. 

Mr Carr determined that Mr Duong should receive a "significant buffer" for the uncertainty around future loss of earnings, which included the impact of AI.  

The tribunal did not find that AI had cost Mr Duong work, or predict that it would, only that AI may create more job market uncertainty that could disproportionately affect an injured worker with need for greater accommodations.

author: Cam Wilson @camwilson@mastodon.social, posted on his Fediverse account

Former Bishop of Broome Christopher Alan Saunders, 76, was found guilty of 13 sex offences on Thursday following a jury trial in the West Australian District Court.

High rents or HECS debts [don't] cause mental illness. Mental health is complicated, and the report is careful not to make that claim.

But financial stress, unemployment, underemployment and insecure work are all associated with poorer mental health – and we can’t expect the healthcare system to mop up all the damage created elsewhere.

Affordable housing, adequate income support, decent wages, and lower education and healthcare costs are mental health policies too.

https://thepoint.com.au/off-the-charts/260810-you-cant-address-youth-mental-health-without-talking-about-the-economy

The inquiry is set to to begin in October and report by July next year, with its terms of reference and three royal commissioners to be announced within the next four to six weeks.

Highlighting this story for opinions. If you're familiar with neo-Nazism and deradicalisation experiences, there might not be anything new here.

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A reformed neo-Nazi has spoken about his deradicalisation process at the antisemitism royal commission.

The man referred to as ADC said he was sold "falsehoods" and a "load of lies", and is pushing to "reinvent" himself.

The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is examining how programs and policies could support people vulnerable to extremist ideologies.

Yesterday I asked the AZ community why so many people would want to buy these glasses other than for pervy and malicious purposes. Thank you to those who responded. I wasn't flooded with ideas for helpful uses though.

It seems there are genuine concerns about this (yet another) surveillance gadget. The one that worries me the most is how it can be used in exploitative ways against children and other vulnerable groups. If you are also concerned you may want to sign the petition.

Early reports of misuse have centred on women and children. A TikToker in the US was caught filming women in public with smart glasses and uploading the footage without their consent. RMIT's Dr Dana McKay warns the early reports of misuse are already targeting women, and that our privacy laws are nowhere near ready for cameras on people's faces. Parents commenting on Kmart's social media have raised the same question repeatedly: nothing prevents someone wearing the glasses into a change room, a swimming pool, a playground or a school gate.

For more details go to the link.

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A mine worker believed to be in his 50s has died after being hit by a truck at the United Wambo Open Cut coal mine west of Singleton.

The mine is suspending operations as investigations continue.

What's next?

A report will be prepared for the coroner.