AI is creating more jobs than it is taking, according to an Australian Institute of Business (AIB) report. Net availability of highly automatable AI-exposed jobs grew by 10 per cent 2019-2024. (Credit: Australian Institute of Business) Net AI-exposed job availability grew by 10 per cent over the 2019-2024 analysis period. Roles that are exposed to AI are those where tasks may be augmented or automated, such as ICT professionals, clerks, call centre operators or even teachers and lawyers. ...

Hundreds gathered in Melbourne over the weekend to protest Labor’s proposed cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Rallies in every state and territory were organised by the Protect Our NDIS Alliance for a national day of action on Saturday, May 9. Andrew Bretherton, convenor for the Accessible Victorian Greens and a person with ME/CFS, said the NDIS produced "a net benefit for the community". Think tank Per Capita reported that every dollar spent on the NDIS returned $2.25...

Credit: Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Lifeblood will stop asking male blood donors if they have had sex with a man from April 20. Gay and bisexual men and transwomen who have sex with men were required to wait three months after their last sexual encounter before being allowed to donate blood under old rules. Spokesperson for the Let Us Give campaign, Rodney Croome AM, welcomed the change. Croome said the previous rules were “unfair, discriminatory and inaccurate”. The new donor...