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Noah Yim is a reporter at The Australian’s Canberra press gallery bureau. He previously worked out of the newspaper’s Sydney newsroom. He joined The Australian following News Corp’s 2022 cadetship program.

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EXCLUSIVEPolitics

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - November 26, 2025: Minister for Communications, Anika Wells and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hold a mock press conference for BTN with students from around Australia ahead of the the under 16Ã¢â¬â¢s social media ban at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Triple-0 warning went unanswered

Labor ignored expert warnings to establish a 24/7 triple-0 watchdog before September’s fatal Optus outage that killed two people.

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EXCLUSIVEPolitics

Labor is set to take a light-touch approach to regulating artificial intelligence.

Labor set to take light touch on AI rules

Anthony Albanese has received union backing to reject a standalone artificial intelligence act as Labor opts for light-touch regulation to attract international investment.

Greg Brown and Noah Yim

EXCLUSIVETechnology

Thales Cyber Services cyber vice president Jacqui Kernot at the company's new security operations centre in Canberra. Picture: Noah Yim / The Australian.

Siren song to cybersecurity: come to Canberra

The federal government wants more cybersecurity services to be located in Canberra amid an increasingly dangerous threat environment, a top defence contractor says.

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legislationNation

Attorney-General of Australia Michelle Rowland, National AG meeting, 1 William Street, Brisbane. Picture: Liam Kidston

Trump loss cited for FOI changes

The Albanese government has used an unusual reference to Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss to justify its major crackdown on Freedom of Information laws.

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EXCLUSIVETechnology

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - October 28, 2025: Sharon Claydon MP, Minister Tim Ayres, Minister Dan Repacholi, Minister Pat Conroy, Meryl Swanson MP hold a press conference hold at Parliament House in Canberra. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Labor to launch AI Safety Institute

The Albanese government has launched a new artificial intelligence safety institute to protect Australians from potential harms including impacts on children’s health and misinformation.

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Climate Chris-crossPolitics

Chris Bowen with Turkish minister Murat Kurum, left; Canada’s Mark Carney, Narendra Modi of India and Anthony Albanese in Johannesburg. Picture: Getty Images / PMO

Bowen’s bid to placate Pacific as PM takes ‘no limits’ approach on coal, gas exports

Chris Bowen must navigate growing tensions between Pacific allies demanding fossil fuel cuts and Anthony Albanese’s support for gas expansion.

Noah Yim and GREG BROWN in Johannesburg

Nation

Chris Bowen, minister for climate change and energy of Australia, speaks during a plenary session at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

UN summit role gives ‘unprecedented influence’

Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen’s role as ‘president of negotiations’ of the next UN climate change summit would give Australia and the Pacific ‘unprecedented influence’.

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Nation

Boats sunk at the Darwin Esplanade during Cyclone Fina.

‘Business as usual’: Darwin largely survives Cyclone Fina

About 19,500 homes and businesses lost power over Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday but no injuries have been recorded, the government said.

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Politics NowNation

Australia's Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen attends the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), in Belem, Brazil, November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Anderson Coelho

Trade Minister backs Bowen’s loyalty amid UN climate role backlash

Trade Minister Don Farrell has defended Chris Bowen’s loyalty to Australia after he announced he would lead global UN climate negotiations for 12 months, amid Coalition criticism that the country ‘cannot afford to have a part-time minister’.

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CoalitionPolitics

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - October 8, 2025: Andrew Hastie MP during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Trump ‘trolled’ Rudd: Hastie

Andrew Hastie has undermined the Coalition argument that Kevin Rudd should be removed because Donald Trump did not know him.

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