Topic: Australie

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Australia, the future president of the COP, still highly dependent on coal

Australia is about to lead the COP31 Climate negotiations. But the country is caught up in the news: its High Court of Justice has just opposed the extension of a coal mine, which is too dangerous for the climate. A decision that highlights the country's great dependence on coal. It accounts for 9% of Australian GDP. Massively exported production, allowing Australia to present a declining emissions balance while increasing its coal production

7 Oct 2026, 16:47 UTC

World

AI and national security: Australia today, tomorrow the rest of the world?

The Australian authorities officially announced this on Thursday: an AI entered a database that Australia thought was out of reach of the general public. This new IT security incident involving an AI concerns not only Australia, but all States, whose national security is weakened.

24 Sept 2026, 16:40 UTC

Politics

Australia: Government site infiltrated by OpenAI AI

An autonomous agent of the American AI giant OpenAI infiltrated an Australian government website in June, an incident that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described as "unacceptable". This AI officer accessed public and non-public health statistics files, said Albanese on Wednesday, 23 September, on the margins of the UN General Assembly. Grégory Plesse, journalist France 24 in Sydney, explains.

24 Sept 2026, 09:34 UTC

Politics

An American torpedo was fired from an autonomous British submarine, a first

As part of the Aukus alliance between Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, London and Washington fired a torpedo from an unmanned submarine vessel last week in British waters. A "significant breakthrough for Euro-Atlantic security", the British government welcomes Monday.

22 Sept 2026, 01:39 UTC

World

OJ 2032 in Australia: rowing events among crocodiles

The Fitzroy River, in Rockhampton, Australia, was officially chosen to host the Brisbane 2032 Olympics' canoe and rowing events. This river is home to about 500 marine crocodiles. Some Australians are worried about it.

18 Sept 2026, 14:53 UTC