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AI not likely to take your job, Australian study finds
The majority of Australians should not worry about generative AI taking their jobs, a new study claims.
Up to 79 per cent of Aussies will only have generative AI automate very small parts of their job, according to data from a study commissioned by the Australian government.
It was tasked with defining the potential impact of generative AI on the Australian workforce and outlining recommendations as different sectors adopt the technology.
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The Jobs and Skills Australia study found generative AI acts more as a tool than a threat to many jobs.
"Current Gen AI technologies are more likely to enhance workers' efforts in completing tasks, rather than replace them, especially in high-skilled occupations," it said.
"The higher potential for automation is concentrated in routine clerical and administrative roles."
It lists occupations such as data entry and record keeping as the jobs most at risk of AI replacement.
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The report also highlights other supposed benefits of generative AI in the workforce, saying it is increasing skills in much of the Australian workforce.
"The technology is increasing demand for both digital literacy and higher-order human skills like critical thinking, communication, and adaptability, while also intensifying the pace of occupational skill evolution," it said.
Areas such as tech and finance have been strong adopters of AI in these early stages, but other businesses are showing reluctance for many reasons.
"Other [fields] remain in early stages due to barriers like workforce skills, organisational readiness, and regulatory uncertainty," it said.
It also admitted some Australians may become marginalised or be at greater risk of unemployment in the AI boom: "Women, older workers, First Nations Australians, and people with disability may face disproportionate risks due to occupational concentration and digital access gaps."
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No world leaders allowed: Albanese reveals new details about wedding
As speculation continues over when Anthony Albanese will meet Donald Trump in person for the first time, we know one event when that definitely won't happen: his wedding.
The prime minister revealed this morning that the upcoming ceremony for him and fiancee Jodie Haydon will be a small, apolitical affair, with no international figures on the guest list.
"No," he told Brisbane radio station B105 when asked if any world leaders would be invited.
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"It's not a political event. It's an event between myself and Jodie."
Albanese proposed to Haydon on Valentine's Day last year, making him the first Australian prime minister to get engaged while in office.
He said the wedding wouldn't be held until after this year's federal election, and while there's still no date set, the prime minister revealed this morning it will be held sometime in the next four months.
"We're close (to settling on a date)," he said.
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"We've decided it will be this year… we've got a couple of options."
While the looming event was described last year by then-opposition leader Peter Dutton as "our version of the royal wedding", Albanese said today it will be a subdued ceremony.
"Our (guest) list is pretty small," Albanese said.
"We're going to do something that's not enormous."
The Lodge – the prime minister's official residence in Canberra – has long loomed as the most likely venue for the wedding.
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Former footballer sentenced over crash that killed partner, seriously injured woman
A former VFL player has been sentenced over a drunken crash that killed his partner and left a young woman with permanent injuries.
Raymond Card, 68, was handed a nine-year sentence with a non-parole period of four years in Geelong Magistrates' Court today over the November 2024 crash that claimed the life of his partner Mandy McDonald.
The court heard the former Geelong footballer was four times the legal blood alcohol limit when he got behind the wheel and drove on the wrong side of the Geelong Ring Road in Lara, crashing head-on with a BMW on November 16, 2024.
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The accident left a 19-year-old woman with serious injuries.
A promising volleyball player, she can no longer play due to the chronic pain and nerve damage caused by the crash.
"It's still a long road to follow. To get over the trauma it caused her is the biggest issue I think," the woman's father, Peter Macleod, said outside court today.
"She's quite young and she'll have this for a lifetime. At 20, that's a hard pill to swallow," mum Jenny said.
Despite causing the grandmother's death, McDonald's family stood by the 1983 Geelong best and fairest player, wiping away tears in court.
The young woman's parents have slammed the sentence.
"I'm a little bit disappointed. The sentence was quite light, it was a very serious offence," Macleod said.
"I think it's time a stronger message was sent."
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In sentencing, Judge Gerard Mullaly took into account Card's letter of apology to the young woman.
"The time I spend in jail will not compare to your life now, and the loss of the love of my life," Card wrote.
"I wish it had been me instead."
Body-worn camera footage from the scene showed Card admitting to drinking before he got behind the wheel.
"It's my fault, I'm pissed. I thought I was alright," he said.
Since the crash Card has been diagnosed with a rare terminal heart condition and has been given five years to live.
He played for the Geelong Cats between 1977 and 1987.
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