Govt aims to give 15,000 ex-prisoners, inmates jobs this year

THE Human Resources Ministry, in collaboration with the Prisons Department, is aiming for 15,000 ex-prisoners and Henry Gurney school inmates and convicts due for release soon to be given jobs this year. Human Resources Minister V. Sivakumar said there are currently 77,000 prisoners who can become productive workers and be hired upon their release, thus […]

AUKU amendments set to be tabled this year

THE bill regarding the proposed amendments of Sections 15 and 16 under the Universities and University Colleges Act (AUKU) 1971, which will give freedom to students in several matters, is expected to be tabled in parliament this year.  Higher Education Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the draft bill will be sent to the Attorney-General’s Chambers for […]

Australian mayor threatens to sue over alleged ChatGPT defamation

AN Australian mayor may become the first person to sue the creators of ChatGPT over claims the AI-powered chatbot falsely labelled him a criminal.   Brian Hood sent a legal notice to parent company OpenAI last month after its web app wrongly implicated him in a bribery and corruption scandal – a crime he actually blew […]

Man to be charged after taking platypus on train ride

FORGET the Hollywood thriller “Snakes on a Plane”, an Australian man is in trouble for taking a platypus on a train. Police launched a public appeal after the 26-year-old man, accompanied by a woman, was spotted on a suburban train with a wild platypus swaddled in a towel.