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Ronald McDonald House Charities Victoria & Tasmania team up with Melbourne North Police for annual Christmas Toy Drive

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Saturday 13th December 2025 MEDIA ALERT   Melbourne North Police to host toy drive for Ronald McDonald House Parkville families this Saturday   This Saturday 13 December 2025, Families staying at Ronald McDonald House Parkville will be treated to a festive day of surprises this Saturday, thanks to the annual Melbourne North Police Christmas Toy Drive. This is … Continued

Review into the listing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a state sponsor of terrorism

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The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has commenced a review of the listing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a state sponsor of terrorism under the Criminal Code. This follows ASIO’s assessment that the IRGC orchestrated cowardly attacks against Australia’s Jewish community – including the fires at Lewis’ Continental Kitchen in Sydney in … Continued

Ant International Wins Champion of NeurIPS Competition of Fairness in AI Face Detection

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The Challenge: Deepfakes undermine both the accuracy and fairness of AI face detection due to variations in human features. The Technology: Ant International’s AI model uses a novel ‘Mixture of Experts’-based Adversarial Debiasing approach to achieve superior fairness and accuracy across diverse demographics. The Impact: This advancement strengthens payment security, offering robust protection against deepfake … Continued

CGC drives improvements in industry use of external experts

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The General Insurance Code Governance Committee (CGC) has highlighted improvements in how insurers oversee and engage external experts, with better measures to strengthen accountability and quality assurance.  A report released today reveals how the CGC’s recommendations from its August 2024 inquiry into oversight of external experts have led to changes in the way insurers use experts in assessing claims. The CGC expects … Continued

Credit cards and digital wallets under inquiry spotlight

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The practices of credit card companies and digital wallets are set to become the focus of a new parliamentary inquiry. The announcement comes as shoppers gear up for both Christmas and Boxing Day sales. Last year, Australians spent nearly $70bn online, a new record. Year on year this spend has been growing by about 12 percent … Continued

Cochin Shipyard to build next-generation electric TRAnsverse tugs for Svitzer

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Cochin, India and Copenhagen, Denmark – 8 December 2025. Svitzer, a leading global towage provider, and Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), India’s largest public sector shipyard, have signed a shipbuilding agreement for four 26-metre electric TRAnsverse (“TRAnsverse2600e”) tugs to be constructed in India for Svitzer’s global fleet renewal and growth plans.  The agreement confirms a Letter … Continued

High demand, inadequate funding: report warns of mounting risk for victim survivors of family violence

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High demand and inadequate funding for specialist family violence services are resulting in workforce shortages and notable wait times for victim survivors seeking support, according to a new report released today by Safe and Equal. The findings, released as part of Safe and Equal’s 2025 Measuring Demand and Capacity Report, reveal that a quarter of surveyed services reported delays of one to 10 … Continued

Ronald McDonald House Charities SEQ Launches Hospitality Cart at Queensland Children’s Hospital

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Key Facts: Media Call  Date: Tuesday 9 December 2025 Time: 10am Location: Performance deck, Level 2, Queensland Children’s Hospital  What:   Photo and interview opportunities with RMHC SEQ, CEO Emma Thompson,   RMHC SEQ CEO Emma Thompson cutting ribbon   RMHC SEQ volunteers walking the cart through the hospital   Reed family available for interview.   Lachlan (4 years) was born with chronic kidney disease and has been on dialysis … Continued

Digital Realty Announces Access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in Singapore via FastConnect

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SINGAPORE, Dec. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), the largest global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions and an Oracle Partner, today announced it will offer connectivity to an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) FastConnect point-of-presence (PoP) within the Oracle Cloud Singapore West Region. In addition to the … Continued