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The federal government's Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence will begin public hearings today.

The federal government is clamping down on backpackers and the families of international students as part of its shake-up to Australia's migration system.

European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen has backed a proposal for Canada to become the EU's first "associate member".

The son of Iran's former shah - Reza Pahlavi - has accepted an invitation from the Coalition to visit Australia.

International students would effectively be banned from bringing family members to Australia, under the federal governments shake-up to Australia's migration system.

The Iran-backed Houthis have increased their attacks against Saudi Arabia this week, raising questions about how the United States will respond.

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From fertilisers to the use of resin in packaging perishable products, the price of oil is being close watched by the dairy industry. 

They started as an Indie-folk duo known as the Little Stevies.

The meeting was attended by Opposition Leader Angus Taylor and its shadow foreign affairs minister Ted O'Brien - who have invited Reza Pahlavi to Australia. 

Tony Burke is expected to unveil a tightening of temporary visa rules today in a bid to reduce net overseas migration to 225,000 people by 2028.

The Coalition is still finalising the details of its own migration policy. It has flagged it will link migration to housing completions.

A group of Federal opposition MPs are this morning hosting a virtual meeting with the exiled crown prince of Iran.

University of Sydney staff went on strike - in part - over AI concerns earlier this month, with students demonstrating against the new agreement yesterday. 

Thousands are fleeing to neighbouring Djibouti.

The exiled crown prince has positioned himself as someone who could lead a democratic transition in Iran if the current Islamic regime falls.

China's leader Xi Jinping will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington next week.

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James Vlassakis was found guilty of four murders in the series of killing sprees that horrified the country in the late 1990s.

Paul Keall has helped pioneer imaging technology that's now a global standard for lung and abdominal cancer radiotherapy used in millions of treatments.

The federal government is considering workarounds to allow AI companies to train their models on Australian intellectual property.

Brent crude has surged to more than $108 US a barrel overnight - due to increased tension in the middle east and the closure of a critical pipeline in Saudi Arabia.

One Nation is proposing to cut migration by about 750,000 places over three years, by heavily restricting student visas and blocking visas for family members of skilled workers.

Leaked government documents - seen by the ABC - explore options which would see companies pay artists indirectly.

'Russia's not going to stop unless it's given a bloody nose,' former NATO deputy commander Sir Richard Shirreff says.