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  • A Sydney council’s crackdown on smart glasses amid ‘growing anger’ | Government eyes smart glasse…

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    A Sydney council's crackdown on smart glasses amid 'growing anger'

    In a state-first, Canterbury-Bankstown Council has banned smart glasses from leisure centres and pools. (ABC News: Liam Patrick)

    Canterbury-Bankstown Council has voted in favour to ban smart glasses from its leisure centres and pools, in a motion passed on Tuesday.

    Lord Mayor Bilal El-Hayek cited concerns the technology could be exploited by "perverts and paedophiles".

    The ban would allow staff to eject people with smart glasses from centres in the local government area.

    A Sydney council has moved to ban smart glasses from local leisure centres and pools, citing concerns the devices could be exploited by "perverts and paedophiles".

    This week, councillors from the City of Canterbury Bankstown unanimously passed a motion banning them from its five council-operated leisure and aquatic centres over their potential for misuse.

    Government eyes smart glasses ban over secret recording fears

    Smart glasses that can record people without them realising are in the federal government’s sights, with a ban now being considered for certain workplaces.

    The potential crackdown comes as Anthony Albanese heads to the US, where AI and online harm will headline the agenda for UN High Level Week.

    Smart glasses that can record people without them realising are in the federal government’s sights, with a ban now being considered for certain workplaces. Supplied

    Public Service Minister Katy Gallagher has asked for advice on where recording-capable glasses could be banned across the Australian Public Service and Commonwealth workplaces.

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    Smart glasses ban in public service looms in AI sweep

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    "Congratulations!", "great to hear from you", and "that is wonderful news!"

    So replied an AI chatbot to a terminally ill patient who confessed to considering ending their life through voluntary assisted dying.

    Senior Liberal MP Andrew Hastie related the interaction during a parliamentary inquiry into artificial intelligence in Canberra on Friday.

    The user, a constituent within Mr Hastie's Western Australian seat of Canning, had emailed with news of the exchange in July, he said.

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  • Council blocks new truck stop, drivers dealing with ‘filthy’ roadside poo | Developer asks counci…

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    Council blocks new truck stop, drivers dealing with 'filthy' roadside poo

    The transport industry has rallied behind a Tasmanian business amid council roadblocking a new truck stop development one driver says would help keep them "rested and alert".

    Scottsdale-based owner of C. R. & S Jones Transport Calvin Jones said truck drivers are in desperate need of a place to refuel and rest between the north and south of the state.

    The Road Transport Hall of Famer said due to logbook rules and how long they're allowed to drive for, drivers needed somewhere suitable.

    Mr Jones said unhygienic roadside pull-over areas and hefty fines are driving good drivers away from the industry.

    Industry rallies behind rejected Oatlands truck stop ahead of council rethink

    Truck drivers on Tasmania’s busiest freight route have nowhere safe to stop or use a toilet for 105 kilometres – and the industry says a rejected Oatlands truck stop would have fixed the problem.

    The Southern Midlands Council will today reconsider its February refusal of the more than $6 million Tas Petroleum development, after direction from the Tasmanian Planning Commission.

    Scottsdale-based operator Calvin Jones, who has driven the Midland Highway for 53 years and runs Dobson’s Transport, said current roadside pull-over areas were unsafe and unhygienic.

    “It is common to see dirty nappies, rubbish and even piles of vomit scattered through this area,” Jones said in a letter to councillors.

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  • Sydney council rates are going up. Blame the fuel crisis | Rate rises, spending cuts and cost blo…

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    Global instability is set to hit NSW ratepayers, with councils planning sharp increases to bin collection fees and rates charges as soaring fuel costs strain budgets.

    From Sydney’s suburbs to the state’s far west, councils say a perfect storm of rising diesel prices and structural funding constraints is driving up the cost of delivering essential services – with households set to feel the impact on their rates bills from July.

    The conflict in Iran – which has sent the price of fuel, especially diesel, skyrocketing – has coincided with councils finalising draft 2026-27 budgets.

    Rate rises, spending cuts and cost blowouts: Councils squeezed by fuel crisis

    Councils like Mount Barker District Council are impacting by the soaring prices of fuel and bitumen. (ABC News)

    Some South Australian councils may hike rates above inflation this year as they grapple with cost blowouts, spending cuts and project delays caused by the fuel crisis.

    One council is warning that the cost of some of its infrastructure projects could blow out by up to 50 per cent, while another says it will face "difficult financial trade-offs" if the crisis is prolonged.

    The state's 68 councils will adopt their annual budgets before the start of next financial year.

    Some South Australian ratepayers could soon be hit with rate increases above inflation as councils grapple with cost blowouts, spending cuts and project delays attributed to higher fuel prices.

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  • Sydney council to light Harbour Bridge with menorah after open letter | Calls to celebrate New Ye…

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    Sydney council to light Harbour Bridge with menorah after open letter

    The City of Sydney has amended NYE plans after an appeal by Jewish-Australian artistic and cultural figures. (Wikimedia Commons: Rob Chandler / Sydney Harbour fireworks / CC BY-SA 2.0)

    An image of a menorah will be projected onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge to honour the 15 people killed in the Bondi terror attack.

    The City of Sydney initially planned to light up the bridge with an image of a dove with the words "peace".

    In an open letter on Monday, Jewish creatives criticised the "generic" use of the dove and urged for a "Jewish-specific symbol".

    The City of Sydney has made last-minute changes to Sydney's New Year's Eve tribute to the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack, after receiving an open letter signed by Jewish creatives. 

    Calls to celebrate New Year despite heightened security

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    Hope instead of hate will be the focus for Australians as they prepare to ring in the new year at live sites across the country.

    All eyes will be on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which will be lit white at 11pm to commemorate the victims of the Bondi Beach massacre.

    A menorah will also be projected onto the pylons to remember the 15 people who were killed and the 41 others who were injured during the December 14 terror attack.

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    Officers armed with assault rifles will patrol Sydney’s streets. But do more imposing police make us feel any safer?

    The NSW premier wants ‘the public to be assured that there is a comprehensive and massive police response’ to Bondi. But at what cost?

    Chris Minns wants more visible weapons on Sydney’s streets to keep us safe.

    The New South Wales premier authorised some police to carry assault rifles during this New Year’s Eve celebrations. He’s also in discussions with the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, about a role for the army on the streets, while also contemplating whether the private security force that protects Jewish places – the Community Security Group – should be armed too.

    It’s an understandable reaction to the horror at Bondi on 14 December, and his thinking is no doubt driven by a sense of responsibility to act.

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