Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday that his government will not loosen biosecurity laws as it considers lifting a restriction on imports of U.S. beef. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Nine Entertainment newspapers reported on Friday that Albanese’s Labor Party government could use the import ban on some beef slaughtered in the […]
Drones, AI target deadly ghost nets on Australia’s remote northern coast
The artificial intelligence-powered drones have been used to locate and remove “ghost nets” — abandoned fishing gear that threatens marine life, along the Gulf of Carpentaria coastline in northern Australia. An initiative, led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) and Indigenous Anindilyakwa Land and Sea Rangers, has surveyed nearly 84 km of remote shoreline, detecting 72 […]