You might know that many Year 12 students around the country are currently in the middle of their final exams.

In NSW yesterday, students sat the Maths Standard and Maths Advanced exams. I thought I’d share with you a question from the Standard paper, to see how your skills are…

Question: An item is discounted by 30% and then a further discount of 20% is applied to the reduced price. What is the total percentage discount?

Answer is in the tidbit!

The quote
"I think that [constitutional recognition] is important, but I think it’s clear that the Australian public is probably over the referendum process for some time.” - Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, in response to the possibility of a future referendum on constitutional recognition for First Nations people.

The stat
$25 million
The estimated damage that two 14-year-old boys caused after allegedly lighting a fire in a supermarket in South Australia.

Today in history
1979: Mother Theresa was named the recipient of that year's Nobel Prize for Peace.

Some headlines from this morning:

Western Afghanistan has been hit by a third earthquake, days after multiple tremors killed over 1,000 people.

The 6.3 magnitude quake struck outside of Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest city.

Just over a week ago, entire villages were destroyed when an initial earthquake hit the region.

It was followed by days of aftershocks, and another 6.3 quake on Wednesday.

The World Health Organization has confirmed more than 120 people were injured in the latest quake.

Australia’s online safety regulator has fined X (formerly Twitter) over its handling of dangerous online material.

The eSafety Commission asked online platforms to explain how they’re monitoring child sexual exploitation and abuse material.

X has been given a $610,500 penalty after it failed to respond, while Google has received a formal warning.

Background:
New transparency laws in Australia have led to tougher regulations for online platforms.

Last year, eSafety issued legal notices to companies including Apple, Microsoft and Meta (Instagram and Facebook).

The notices required these companies to detail what work was being done to detect and address exploitative and abusive content.

The responses were published in an online safety report which found "serious shortfalls" in the industry.

Following on from last year’s report, X, Google, and TikTok received similar legal notices in February.

The companies’ responses were shared in eSafety’s latest report, which found "similar gaps" in how tech companies are dealing with issues of abuse and exploitation.

eSafety singled out X and Google for failing to give adequate detail about how they’re addressing these issues on their platforms.

X left some sections of the request blank and provided inaccurate responses to other questions.

The platform was fined over its failure to comply with the transparency request. It has 28 days to pay the fine.

Google provided generic answers to some of the Commissioner’s questions. When the online platform was asked how it responds to illegal child exploitation material reported by users, Google failed to provide a transparent and detailed response.

Julie Inman-Grant, eSafety Commissioner, described the lack of answers from X and Google as "concerning" and suggested the platforms weren’t "living up to their responsibilities and the expectations of the Australian community".

Response:
Lucinda Longcroft, Google’s Director of Government Affairs at Google for Australia and New Zealand, said the platform was "committed" to online safety, and was working "collaboratively" with the eSafety Commissioner, government and industry "on the shared goal of keeping Australians safer online".

X has not issued a response to the fine.

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The A-League Women’s season launched over the weekend with record-breaking attendance.

11,471 people were at Allianz Stadium for Sydney FC and the Western Sydney Wanderers first game of the season, up from the previous record of 9,516 people at a domestic women’s football match.

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TDA is no stranger to a Sunday morning mimosa - but it seems Californians can’t be trusted to enjoy the fruity beverage in moderation.

A popular bottomless brunch spot in Oakland, California, has implemented a $50 cleaning fee for all attendees who vomit in the bathroom during bottomless brunch. In a notice to all patrons, Kitchen Story said: “Please drink responsibly and know your limits. A $50 cleaning fee will automatically [be included] in your tab when you throw up in the public areas. Thank you so much for your understanding 🙂”.

Restaurant manager Steven Choi told SFGATE that these signs are “there to make the customers stop and think about other people.”

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