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Saddened to hear of the passing of Harold Mitchell. Harold was a pioneering, influential and visionary figure who changed the Australian advertising landscape, and indeed the country through his vision, leadership and philanthropy.  My thoughts are with his family. Vale.

Wishing my friend Louise Pratt all the best for her next chapter.   Louise is a sharp, loyal and passionate Senator who has always demonstrated an unwavering commitment to her community in Western Australia.   Thank you for all that you have achieved, you will be missed.

Today I signed an agreement with 🇦🇺Minister for Communications @mrowlandmp to deepen our collaboration on online safety, so we can work together to make the online world a safer place, particularly for our kids

Public interest broadcasting is central to robust liberal democracies like Australia and the United Kingdom. A pleasure to visit the BBC to learn more about its important work presenting accurate and trusted information to the UK and the world.

Seriously harmful misinformation and disinformation online sows division and harms all liberal democracies. Thank you The International Institute of Communications for hosting an important roundtable to discuss the Australian and European experiences and share our insights on this important international issue 🇦🇺🇧🇪

This decision removes a significant source of revenue for Australian news media businesses. Australian news publishers deserve fair compensation for the content they provide.

The recent decision by Meta to no longer pay news organisations for news content that features on its platforms is deeply disappointing. Details from Michelle Rowland and I in the Canberra Times about the Albanese Government's commitment to back Australian journalism.

If you're struggling after today’s events, know that help is available 24/7. Lifeline: Call 13 11 14, text 0477 13 11 14 or chat online. Kids Helpline: Call 1800 55 1800 or chat online. Beyond Blue: Call 1300 22 4636 or chat online. 1800RESPECT: Call 1800 737 732, text 0458 737

I am aware of a large-scale technical outage affecting a number of companies and services across Australia this afternoon. Our current information is this outage relates to a technical issue with a third-party software platform employed by affected companies.

If you’re having holdups when trying to reach us this afternoon, it’s because of a global issue affecting both Microsoft and CrowdStrike. There’s no impact to calls to our Triple Zero call centres or our fixed and mobile network.

❗ UPDATED ALERT ❗ ASD’s ACSC understand a number of malicious websites and unofficial code are being released claiming to help entities recover from the CrowdStrike technical incident.

Thank you, @billshortenmp.

Around the world, free and independent media is under attack from politicians afraid of scrutiny. The last thing Australia needs is for Peter Dutton to import those dangerous ideas here.