00:01Well a very good afternoon to you Jo.
00:04So after avoiding the media all of yesterday really, Senator Hanson fronted the media head
00:10on in the press gallery where she addressed two separate controversies over two separate
00:15podcast interviews.
00:17She first responded to comments that she made about the Prime Minister's late mother on
00:23the Karl Stefanovic show a bit earlier this year where she criticised Anthony Albanese's
00:29late mother over the time that she spent in public housing.
00:33Now Pauline Hanson said that she apologised over any offence caused by her comments.
00:42Take a listen.
00:43I don't think my comments were derogatory towards his mother at all.
00:48I was referring to house permission at that time.
00:51So if he's taken offence to it, well I'm sorry for that.
00:54Senator Pauline Hanson there Jo and just a short time after making that qualified apology,
01:00she offered up another one, but this time it was in regards to comments that she'd made
01:06during a resurfaced podcast that she appeared on last year.
01:11And that was where she referred to Indigenous Australians as quote, the most primitive race
01:19on earth.
01:19Now, yesterday this triggered significant backlash from across the political spectrum.
01:25And indeed today the Australian Human Rights Commission issued a statement saying that those
01:30comments were completely unacceptable.
01:33Senator Hanson again, as I mentioned, offered a qualified apology.
01:37Here she is.
01:38If I've offended people by using that, yes, I will apologise for that.
01:44But I will not back away from what needs to be discussed.
01:48And you cannot, you know, we can't back away from what is happening in the country.
01:52I see the division that's happening in Australia.
01:55I've always advocated we are Australians all together and should be all treated equally
02:01on a needs basis, not about race.
02:06And Lexi, on another matter, what's happening with the tussle between Australia's creative
02:10industries and AI companies in the PM's position?
02:14Yes, so Joe, there's a report in the Australian newspaper today that points to AI giant OpenAI
02:21issuing really an ultimatum to Anthony Albanese saying that it won't even consider investing
02:27in domestic AI training or renewables energy if the government refuses to water down copyright
02:34laws.
02:35So during question time today in both the Senate and indeed the House of Representatives,
02:40there were lots of questions around AI and the government in the House of Representatives.
02:46The Prime Minister answered a question posed by a Labor backbencher in regards to development
02:52of AI in Australia.
02:54He did mention protecting Australia's creative industries in his response.
02:59Here's a bit of that audio.
03:00AI is not neutral and we must make sure that we use the capacity that we have to ensure
03:08that artificial intelligence reflects Australian values, that it works for people, that it enhances
03:16rather than undermines our democracy, that it helps to build our future economic resilience
03:21and backs our jobs, that our creative industries are protected.
03:27Anthony Albanese there really pointing to the fact that the government is committed to protecting
03:32Australia's creative industries.
03:33I should point out, Joe, just a short time ago our national AI reporter Cam Wilson has published
03:39a piece pointing to a copyright reform plan that's been cited by the ABC that's been put
03:46forward in government documents that shows that AI companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic would
03:52be allowed to train their models on online content without paying creators as long as they strike deals with
03:58enough rights holders.
03:59Now we're still waiting to hear back from the government in regards to this document that
04:04has been cited but the Prime Minister, he's heading to California this Friday to meet with some
04:09big tech giants then going to New York City for the UN General Assembly where he said that
04:14he'll meet with other leaders from across the world because collaboration with those partners
04:18partners is essential in his words to making sure that AI can roll out in Australia's national
04:23interests back home.
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