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New South Wales Premier Chris Minns has shared that his father has died this afternoon, days after he suffered a heart attack.

John Minns was hospitalised after the "massive" attack on Sunday.

He remained in an induced coma at St George Hospital, where he today passed away with his family by his side.

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"To the end, he was surrounded by love and family, with his wife and children by his side," Minns said in a statement.

"We thank the NSW paramedics and all the nurses and doctors at St George Hospital, who gave our dad great care this week.

"We have also been very moved by all the messages of support over the last few days."

His brother, Jim, shared a short statement on social media: "The best dad." 

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Minns has mentioned his dad many times in speeches since he was elected as premier last year.

Addressing issues like education, Minns used his dad, who was a decades-long teacher, as an example.

"For people like my dad, teaching was more than just a job, it was a vocation," he said last year.

Music duo Angus and Julia Stone are suing their former manager and a major international firm for allegedly overcharging them, however a court has heard local artist protection laws may not apply.

The siblings are suing Tim Manton, his company Manton Music, and UK-based management firm HNOE, which operates as TaP.

The Stones appeared on Wednesday in a Sydney Supreme Court hearing, where their lawyer Simon Philips argued HNOE had demanded commissions above what is legally allowed under the NSW Entertainment Industry Act.

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"The intention of the act is to provide protection for performers," Philips told the court.

Lawyer for Manton and the companies, Patrick Flynn SC, argued the claim should be dismissed on grounds including that New South Wales laws may not apply, as the case played out across a range of jurisdictions.

Flynn argued HNOE invoiced the Stones for its share of the commission from London and the contract between the parties had been signed in Los Angeles.

"The agreement was made outside NSW. The amounts were received in the UK. The demands were made outside New South Wales," he said.

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"If all the physical elements have to be in New South Wales then we say they're not."

Philips said while the contract had been signed in Los Angeles, "that doesn't necessarily mean it was made in Los Angeles".

He explained the duo were only in the Californian city for a few days for a recording session when they signed the agreement, as well as noting HNOE's invoice to them had been in Australian dollars.

Philips told the court the Stones have an "overwhelming" connection to NSW, having primarily resided and recorded most of their music in the state.

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Manton helped establish the HNOE office in Los Angeles, where he was based between 2013 and 2016, before most likely moving back to NSW, the court heard.

Angus and Julia Stone formed in 2006 and shot to fame on the back of their single, Big Jet Plane.

Manton acted as their manager since at least 2012, the court heard.

The duo have three dates listed on their website to play Sydney's State Theatre in August, two of which are sold out.

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Following an urgent meeting of national cabinet today, the federal government has announced a range of measures to combat Australia's gendered violence crisis.

Headlining the announcement was $925 million in funding to help people flee abusive relationships, but there was also a suite of measures to combat the spread of toxic attitudes towards women online.

This is what we know about those programs.

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Banning deep-fake pornography

One of the main policies to come out of the national cabinet meeting was the criminalisation of deep-fake pornography.

The new laws will be introduced by the federal government. Under them, both creating and sharing deep-fake pornography will be illegal, although the specific penalties have not been announced.

"When I have spoken to parents around the country, they expressed their concern about the exposure of young boys and young men to violent videos and imagery online," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

"We will introduce legislation to ban the creation and distribution of deep-fake pornography," he added.

"Sharing sexually explicit material using technology like artificial intelligence will be subject to serious criminal penalties."

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Online age verification

The government is also committing $6.5 million in the upcoming federal budget to test out online age assurance (or age verification) technology.

The tech verifies and estimates the age of an internet user to prevent them from accessing inappropriate material online.

"The pilot will identify available age-assurance products and assess their efficacy including in relation to privacy and security," Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said.

"The outcomes of this pilot will support the eSafety Commissioner's ongoing regulatory work to implement codes or standards under the Online Safety Act to reduce children's exposure to inappropriate content and that includes online pornography.… (and) other types of content that are unsuitable for minors to see such as detailed and graphic portrayals of real violence."

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Classification reforms

In a related move, the government also touted its ongoing reform of Australia's classification scheme – the program that includes the ratings given to films and TV shows.

"There's growing certain about the role of violent online pornography in normalising gendered violence within the Australian community," Rowland said.

"In response to these concerns, the government is undertaking a long overdue classification review with states and territories which will examine options to reduce exposure to violent pornography."

The classification scheme includes the ratings given to the likes of films and TV shows, but Rowland says it wasn't designed for the digital world.

"Australians by and large trust the classification scheme," she said.

"The problem is that it is out of date… predominantly designed for a time when we went to the movies to watch films, we purchased books, you might have purchased videogames from a store in a physical context."

This isn't a new reform though – the government began seeking public consultation on the classifications scheme in early April. 

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Advertising campaign

A new stage of the federal government's Stop It At The Start campaign against violence against women will go live midway through next month and will run for about a year.

"This new phase will include a counter-influencing campaign in online spaces where violent and misogynistic content thrives to directly challenge the material in the spaces that it's being viewed," Albanese said.

"I know as a parent of two young boys that there is a lot of stuff that I'm not aware of and don't know and don't understand what they might be influenced by or be challenged about on the online world," Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth said.

"So we do know that we need a conversation about this, we do know that we need to give parents the support and resources to have those conversations, and we do need to counter this violent online material."

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Anti-doxxing laws

The government has committed to introduce laws banning the malicious release of someone's private information online – otherwise known as doxxing – in August.

It opened public consultation on the matter in March after hundreds of Australian Jewish creatives had their details leaked online amid discussions about the Israel-Hamas war, but doxxing has long affected women impacted by domestic violence.

Albanese and Rowland also both touted the government's previously announced decision to bring forward the review of the Online Safety Act by a year.

A report into that legislation is due to be handed down in October, Rowland announced in February.

Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).

If you are in immediate danger call triple zero (000).