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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello from the Amplifying Newsroom. I'm Hagen Visera. New research
from the A and U has found ozsi's rate, AI,
economic crisis, and disinformation as the leading threats to our
country's national security. Research from the National Security College found
we're becoming more worried about AI, with seventy seven percent
of those surveyed saying they're concerned by the potential for
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the tech to be used to attack Ozzie people and businesses.
TPG has revealed a customer's death is possibly linked to
not being able to reach Triple zero. A person in
New South Wales's Blue Mountains could not connect to emergency
services back in September due to using an outdated phone.
Telco CEO Inaqi Barada says they still have to verify
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the information.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
The customer was calling through POSI on that device did
not work. The device was not compatible with forty calling
emergency services.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Well less than a month out from some and AT's
Roaring to Life in Canberra, Andrew Bass says it's one
of the biggest events in the act's annual calendar, generating
about fifty million dollars to the economy.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
By way of contrast, Floriad is about seventy to seventy
five million, so it's really up there as an economic contributor,
and particularly in that early part of the new year.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
The Street Machine Festival gets underway from January eighth. Anthony
Abernezi has released a video message ahead of Australia's under
sixteen social ban. From tomorrow, Underrage accounts will be blocked
from a list of social media platforms, including snapchats. The
Prime Minister encouraging teams to enjoy summer away from screens.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
Make the most of the school holidays coming up rather
than spending it scrolling on your phone, Start a your sport,
learn a new instrument, spend quality time with your friends
and your family face to face.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
The Reserve Bank set to play the role of Christmas
Grinch by leaving rates steady later today. While that's bad
news for borrowers, Sally Tindall at Canstar says retirees and
will be pleased the.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Cash rade on hold might be a bit of pill
to swallow for borrowers, but for anyone that relies on
their interest that they're earning from their nest egg, this
will be welcome news.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
The Act has earned a place within Australia's top ten
healthiest cities to live in according to isolect's latest health report,
scoring an unhealthiness score of thirty out of one hundred.
Camber was found to provide better living conditions, easier healthcare
access and improved health outcomes. And Australia Post has just
had its busiest day ever. It's processed more than five
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point eight million parcels in a single day as shoppers
spent around one and a half billion dollars online during
the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. And that's latest
in news. We'll have another update for you right here
later this afternoon.