After a near-miss involving two aircraft at Sydney airport, the federal transport minister, Catherine King, has called an urgent meeting with Airservices Australia for today. This was reported by infohub.kz.
In a statement, King said she has asked Airservices Australia to come and talk to her today about a “pathway forward” following the incident on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the NSW deputy premier, Prue Car, has asked for a moratorium on take-home assessments for students amid a review of AI's impact on learning. Car said she has asked Nesa to “urgently” examine artificial intelligence and move to protect student learning, as evidence grows that the technology is affecting students' cognitive development.
Car noted that half of the HSC result is based on school-based assessments, some of which are completed outside the classroom. She said: “Artificial intelligence has enormous potential to support teaching and learning, but it should never replace the thinking, creativity, and hard work that education is designed to develop. The purpose of schooling extends beyond producing an assessment task. It is to build knowledge, judgment, resilience, and critical thinking over time. If students rely on AI to bypass that learning process, we risk undermining both their education and the integrity of the HSC.”
Subject to Nesa's advice, any interim changes would be applied from the beginning of term 4.
Also today, former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and former foreign minister Bob Carr will speak before a public inquiry into the Aukus submarine deal.