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Anniversary of death of last known Tasmanian tiger
It’s National Threatened Species Day today. Many papers have run full-page ads from a range of conservation organisations noting that it is the anniversary of the death of the last Tasmanian tiger – the last known one, that is.
We remain committed to long-term environmental recovery, in partnership with state and local governments, conservation groups, wildlife experts and local communities.
We are making good progress towards our target of protecting 30% of Australia’s land, to preserve vital habitat for our precious species.
It’s not clear if there’s a human who can actually apply a common-sense overlay to these decisions. And it’s not clear how you can review these if they’re made by a computer.
So the bill that I’m introducing today would actually create a mandatory framework that applies whenever government is using an automated system to make a decision that affects people’s significant rights and would require those three things to be addressed: transparency, human oversight, and review.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/07/anthony-albanese-labor-lobbying-rules-greens-social-media-fines-ntwnfb
Author : Tory Shepherd
Publish date : 2026-09-06 21:29:00
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