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He’s a British tennis player who gained a wildcard entry to Wimbledon and is now one of the last four men standing in the semi-finals of the Grand Slam. He’s the first man to reach this stage of Wimbledon as a wild card since 2001. Oh, and before this, he had only ever won one Grand Slam match in his career.

He plays No. 2 seed Alex Zverev tonight!

The quote: “Every repatriation of ancestors from overseas is an act of truth-telling and righting wrongs of the past.” Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy on the return of the remains of a First Nations ancestor from a museum in India, announced during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit. At the same time, Australia is returning several artefacts to India.

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The Federal Government has released its first report tracking how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping Australia’s workforce.

It found no evidence that AI has caused widespread job losses or major disruptions so far.

However, jobs with higher exposure to AI have grown more slowly than other occupations, with roles largely held by women and university graduates more likely to be affected by automation.

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations analysed quarterly ABS employment data covering 355 occupations between 2015 and 2026.

Each occupation was assigned an AI exposure score using a model developed by Jobs and Skills Australia.

The Department then examined whether employment in more AI-exposed occupations had grown more slowly since ChatGPT’s public launch in November 2022.

The report is the first of its kind and will be updated regularly to monitor how AI is affecting Australia’s labour market.

Australia’s unemployment rate is 4.4%, lower than at any point in the decade before COVID.

The report found no evidence AI has caused widespread job losses. However, jobs more exposed to AI, such as clerical and administrative roles, are growing more slowly than those less exposed.

Since ChatGPT launched in late 2022, employment in the occupations most exposed to AI has grown by 5.6%, compared with 9.5% in the least exposed occupations. The Government said this may reflect longer-term changes already underway.

The report also found occupations more exposed to AI are more likely to be held by women and people with university qualifications.

Employment among 20 to 24-year-olds has grown slightly faster than for workers aged 25+ over the same period.

It also identified which occupations are currently most exposed to AI-driven automation:

Most exposed: Routine, computer-based roles like filing and registry clerks, keyboard operators, telemarketers, and general clerks.

Least exposed: Hands-on jobs like domestic cleaners, aged care workers, and tradies.

Reporting by Elliot Lawry.

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A U.S. court has ordered a $US5 million compensation payment from U.S. President Donald Trump to be released to E. Jean Carroll, three years after a court found him liable for defamation and sexual abuse.

Trump unsuccessfully appealed the verdict in two levels of court.

When the Supreme Court declined to hear Trump’s appeal in late June, Carroll said: “This win is for every woman in the world.”

E. Jean Carroll is a journalist and author. She rose to fame with her long-running column in Elle magazine, ‘Ask E. Jean’, where she would answer readers’ questions. In her 2019 book, ‘What Do We Need Men For?’, Carroll said Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.

In response to her claims, at the time Trump said Carroll is “not my type” and “it never happened”. Carroll was fired from her column in 2020, and said it was because Trump “ridiculed my reputation”.

In 2022, Trump again publicly denied Carroll’s allegations and called her a liar. Carroll sued Trump for sexual abuse and defamation. After a trial in 2023, she was awarded $US5 million ($AU7.2 million) in compensation and punitive damages.

Punitive damages are payments made when conduct is considered particularly damaging or deliberate, often as a punishment to the perpetrator rather than compensation to the victim-survivor.

In the U.S, civil payments are held in a fund until a court orders they can be paid, for example after an appeals process.

Trump was required to deposit the $US5 million into a fund after the court ruled in Carroll’s favour.

He appealed the verdict twice, claiming evidence was used in error. An appeals court found the evidence was admissible, and the Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal, meaning the payment was upheld.

This week, Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled the $5 million held in the fund be deposited to Carroll.

As these funds also accrue interest, the total is now around $AU8.4 million.

The decision comes after Carroll’s legal team said “it is time for this case to end,” writing a letter to Kaplan asking him to expedite the process.

Trump’s legal team has submitted a new request for a hearing. The Supreme Court will not sit again, except in emergency circumstances, until October.

Reporting by Emily Donohoe.

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A woman has set a new record for rowing solo from the U.S. west coast to Hawai’i, crossing the ocean in just 43 days. Kelsey Pfendler, who works as a rafting guide in the Grand Canyon, is now the first American woman to make the journey alone, and the fastest and youngest person to ever do it without assistance. She also halved the previous women’s record, which was 86 days, set in 2020. Pfendler arrived in Honolulu after 43 days, 17 hours and 55 minutes at sea without support earlier this week.

Reporting by Lucy Tassell.

I thought this would work for our good news section, but we decided it was a bit too… gloomy. So, here it is as the titbit: A group of astrophysicists have new evidence suggesting the Sun won’t eventually consume the Earth.

For decades, the accepted theory has been that in a few billion years’ time, the sun will get hot and bright enough to have used up all its hydrogen and become a red giant, massively expanding until it sucks Earth into its orbit and consumes it.

Now, French and Belgian astrophysicists say Earth is actually likely to survive the Sun’s expansion, and instead drift further away without getting consumed.

Not that any of us will be around to see it.

Reporting by Lucy Tassell.