The global music publishing body ICMP has warned that Australian artists including Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave have already had their work used to train AI without compensation, and that Australia appears to be the only country among dozens approached that is seriously considering weakening copyright law to satisfy tech companies.
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IHG Hotels & Resorts is investing in a wave of luxury hotel transformations across Australia, including converting Brisbane's former Hilton into an InterContinental and returning the ultra-luxury Regent brand to Melbourne, as it signs on as Official Hotel Partner for the 2027 Rugby World Cup.
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has raised its travel advisory for Saudi Arabia to the highest level, warning Australians to postpone all travel including religious pilgrimages, as Houthi rebels intensify attacks on civilian infrastructure. King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh has been shut since a deadly strike on October 10 that killed 13 people, with the airport remaining closed until at least Sunday morning Australian time.
Mourners gathered at the SIEV X National Memorial in Canberra on the 25th anniversary of Australia's deadliest asylum seeker boat disaster, the sinking of the SIEV X. The tragedy claimed 353 lives, including 146 children, when the fishing boat capsized in heavy seas south of Java on October 19, 2001.