Last week, countries including the UK, Canada and France announced plans to restrict trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

In the past, Australia has joined its overseas allies in actions on Israel. This time it’s different – with Foreign Affairs Minister, Penny Wong, saying Australia isn’t considering joining the ban. 

So – why not? 

Today, Commissioner on the UN’s Commission of Inquiry into the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel, Chris Sidoti, on Australia’s responsibilities, and its failures. 

 

If you enjoy 7am, the best way you can support us is by making a contribution at 7ampodcast.com.au/support.

 

Socials:Stay in touch with us on Instagram

Guest: Commissioner on the UN’s Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Chris Sidoti

Photo: AP Photo/Leo Correa

Last week, countries including the UK, Canada and France announced plans to restrict trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
In the past, Australia has joined its overseas allies in actions on Israel. This time it&rsquo;s different &ndash; with Foreign Affairs Minister, Penny Wong, saying Australia isn&rsquo;t considering joining the ban.&nbsp;
So &ndash; why not?&nbsp;
Today, Commissioner on the UN&rsquo;s Commission of Inquiry into the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel, Chris Sidoti, on Australia&rsquo;s responsibilities, and its failures.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
If you enjoy 7am, the best way you can support us is by making a contribution at <a href="http://7ampodcast.com.au/support">7ampodcast.com.au/support</a>.
&nbsp;
Socials: Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a>
Guest: Commissioner on the UN&rsquo;s Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Chris Sidoti
Photo:&nbsp;AP Photo/Leo Correa

An independent daily news show. We feature the country’s best reporters, covering the news as it affects Australia. This is news with narrative, every weekday.

An independent daily news show. We feature the country&rsquo;s best reporters, covering the news as it affects Australia. This is news with narrative, every weekday.

Why is Australia going soft on settler sanctions?

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/2fb3740d-3436-44af-8cc0-a91900716aa5/clips/879a7abd-c024-4e7c-95bb-b4c7005269cb/transcript

In the last week, AI bosses around the world have suddenly grown a conscience – urging a global slowdown amid fears the race to develop artificial intelligence could outstrip humanity’s ability to control it.

For Dex Hunter-Torricke, that realisation came a little sooner. The big-tech insider walked away last year, disillusioned, after spending 15 years inside the belly of the beast.

He wrote speeches for Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook, worked with Elon Musk at SpaceX, and most recently helped Google DeepMind explain the rise of artificial intelligence to the world.

Now, he says society is making the same mistakes with AI as it did in the social media era – sleepwalking into what comes next.

Today, founder and president of The Center for Tomorrow, Dex Hunter-Torricke gives us a glimpse inside the big tech firms shaping our future.

 

If you enjoy 7am, the best way you can support us is by making a contribution at 7ampodcast.com.au/support.

 

Socials:Stay in touch with us on Instagram

Guest: Founder of The Center for Tomorrow Dex Hunter-Torricke

Photo: @dexhuntertorricke via Instagram

In the last week, AI bosses around the world have suddenly grown a conscience &ndash; urging a global slowdown amid fears the race to develop artificial intelligence could outstrip humanity&rsquo;s ability to control it.
For Dex Hunter-Torricke, that realisation came a little sooner. The big-tech insider walked away last year, disillusioned, after spending 15 years inside the belly of the beast.
He wrote speeches for Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook, worked with Elon Musk at SpaceX, and most recently helped Google DeepMind explain the rise of artificial intelligence to the world.
Now, he says society is making the same mistakes with AI as it did in the social media era &ndash; sleepwalking into what comes next.
Today, founder and president of The Center for Tomorrow, Dex Hunter-Torricke gives us a glimpse&nbsp;inside the big tech firms shaping our future.
&nbsp;
If you enjoy 7am, the best way you can support us is by making a contribution at <a href="http://7ampodcast.com.au/support">7ampodcast.com.au/support</a>.
&nbsp;
Socials: Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a>
Guest: Founder of The Center for Tomorrow Dex Hunter-Torricke
Photo: @dexhuntertorricke via Instagram

A big-tech defector’s AI warning for the world

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/2fb3740d-3436-44af-8cc0-a91900716aa5/clips/e26765a1-2f5e-4eca-880f-b4c60055acfc/transcript

The numbers are almost incomprehensible – last month US debt hit 40 trillion dollars. With an interest bill of more than three billion dollars a day.

And that’s before Donald Trump’s trillion dollar promise to hand every adult in America a cheque for five thousand bucks!

Now, as global debt levels rise to record highs, and the cost of paying that debt rises too – experts are sounding the alarm – warning the economic storm that’s brewing is starting to look an awful lot like the 2007 global financial crisis.

Today, Senior Economics Correspondent at the Age and SMH, Shane Wright on the chance of another GFC and what it means for Australia.

 

If you enjoy 7am, the best way you can support us is by making a contribution at 7ampodcast.com.au/support.

 

Socials:Stay in touch with us on Instagram

Guest: Senior Economics Correspondent at the Age & SMH Shane Wright

Photo: AP Photo/Richard Drew

The numbers are almost incomprehensible &ndash; last month US debt hit 40 trillion dollars. With an interest bill of more than three billion dollars a day.
And that&rsquo;s before Donald Trump&rsquo;s trillion dollar promise to hand every adult in America a cheque for five thousand bucks!
Now, as global debt levels rise to record highs, and the cost of paying that debt rises too &ndash; experts are sounding the alarm &ndash; warning the economic storm that&rsquo;s brewing is starting to look an awful lot like the 2007 global financial crisis.
Today, Senior Economics Correspondent at the Age and SMH, Shane Wright on the chance of another GFC and what it means for Australia.
&nbsp;
If you enjoy 7am, the best way you can support us is by making a contribution at <a href="http://7ampodcast.com.au/support">7ampodcast.com.au/support</a>.
&nbsp;
Socials: Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a>
Guest: Senior Economics Correspondent at the Age &amp; SMH Shane Wright
Photo:&nbsp;AP Photo/Richard Drew

Is another GFC brewing?

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/2fb3740d-3436-44af-8cc0-a91900716aa5/clips/ec093911-2e3d-4fa3-b5b1-b4c50055176e/transcript

One by one, the Aboriginal leaders, organisations and watchdogs the Northern Territory government is supposed to work with are walking away.

The Children’s Commissioner has resigned. An Indigenous MP has left parliament after more than a decade. And now almost the entire Aboriginal side of the Territory’s Justice Policy Partnership has suspended its involvement.

They’re all making a remarkably similar complaint – that the government isn’t listening, and that the structures supposedly designed to give Aboriginal people a say have become meaningless.

Today, National Indigenous Times journalist Dechlan Brennan, on how relations got this bad – and whether a government can tackle the Territory’s enormous problems if the people most affected no longer believe there’s any point in sitting at the table.

 

If you enjoy 7am, the best way you can support us is by making a contribution at 7ampodcast.com.au/support.

 

Socials:Stay in touch with us on Instagram

Guest: National Indigenous Times journalist, Dechlan Brennan

Photo: AAP Image/Supplied by (A)manda Parkinson

One by one, the Aboriginal leaders, organisations and watchdogs the Northern Territory government is supposed to work with are walking away.
The Children&rsquo;s Commissioner has resigned. An Indigenous MP has left parliament after more than a decade. And now almost the entire Aboriginal side of the Territory&rsquo;s Justice Policy Partnership has suspended its involvement.
They&rsquo;re all making a remarkably similar complaint &ndash; that the government isn&rsquo;t listening, and that the structures supposedly designed to give Aboriginal people a say have become meaningless.
Today, National Indigenous Times journalist Dechlan Brennan, on how relations got this bad &ndash; and whether a government can tackle the Territory&rsquo;s enormous problems if the people most affected no longer believe there&rsquo;s any point in sitting at the table.
&nbsp;
If you enjoy 7am, the best way you can support us is by making a contribution at <a href="http://7ampodcast.com.au/support">7ampodcast.com.au/support</a>.
&nbsp;
Socials: Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a>
Guest: National Indigenous Times journalist, Dechlan Brennan
Photo:&nbsp;AAP Image/Supplied by (A)manda Parkinson

Something is seriously wrong in the Northern Territory

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/2fb3740d-3436-44af-8cc0-a91900716aa5/clips/ecfd9bfe-6cdd-4657-a83d-b4c20057f89a/transcript

Why is Australia going soft on settler sanctions?

In 1 playlist(s)

7am

Social links

Follow podcast

Recent clips