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Major AI player Anthropic has chosen Queensland to launch its first Australian-based operations. The $32 billion dollar data centre on the Western Downs is set to be the largest in Australia and will draw as much power as about 1.5 million average Australian households. The ABC understands Anthropic would use to power its artificial intelligence program Claude to answer user questions, rather than for training AI models.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is on the verge of unveiling changes designed to ensure Labor meets its migration targets. International students are expected to be barred from bringing family members to Australia under the crackdown.

And the Saudi military says it's shot down a drone flying towards the holy city of Mecca. It's blamed the Houthis for the attempted attack which the Houthis have denied.

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The boss of Open AI says the world 'should trust' artificial intelligence firms to do the right thing amid concerns it's developing too quickly. Sam Altman has spoken publicly for the first since a researcher quit the AI firm Anthropic, claiming artificial intelligence could kill all humans by the end of the decade if left unchecked.

The Greens have accused Labor of abandoning its principles, as the government prepares to unveil a major overhaul to the country's migration policy. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke will address the National Press Club tomorrow, where he's expected to outline a clamp down on temporary visas and a cut to net overseas migration.

And economists are forecasting higher petrol prices will persist well into 2027, pushing up prices and possibly interest rates. Yemen's Houthis have stepped up their campaign against Saudi Arabia as the U-S war on Iran shows no sign of slowing, putting more pressure on two of the world's busiest maritime oil routes out of the Middle East.

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Immigration Minister Tony Burke will announce Labor's highly anticipated migration overhaul at the National Press Club tomorrow.

 

Federal Labor's defending the way election promises are landed on and funded in the face of fresh scrutiny over an invitation-only grant scheme. 

 

China and Russia have criticised the US for deploying a weapon into orbit for the first time.

There are fresh concerns about the federal government's controversial invite-only grants scheme, this time involving a project in Health Minister Mark Butler's electorate. 

 

The Houthis and a Saudi-led coalition are exchanging intense fire, putting further strain on oil prices.

 

The United Nations Human Rights chief has called for investigators to be given full access to destroyed sites in Gaza, warning remains of entire families are being unearthed in the Palestinian enclave.

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