Here is a look at what is making news around the country today.
Today’s national news includes Western Australia poised to impose the most rigid gun laws in the country, Western Australia to compensate Aboriginal groups for historic mining damage, Australia blames China for US infrastructure cyber attack, and the Electric car campaign moving into high gear.
Nation
Western Australia poised to impose the most rigid gun laws in the country
The “toughest gun laws in Australia” will be imposed in Western Australia after a 15-year-old boy allegedly fired a rifle on school grounds, sparking a lockdown in Perth, 9News has reported. WA Premier Mark McGowan today vowed to reform the Firearms Act following the arrest of a teenager who allegedly brought two rifles to Atlantis Beach Baptist College in Two Rocks yesterday, firing multiple shots. McGowan did not disclose what reforms would be made but said only people with “legitimate reasons” should only hold said licences.
Regions
Western Australia to compensate Aboriginal group for historic mining damage
Western Australia state has agreed to compensate an Aboriginal group for historic acts, including issuing mining leases on their traditional lands, setting a precedent that is set to allow Indigenous groups a greater say in future developments. The state will pay the Tjiwarl Aboriginal Corporation $17.3 million for acts such as approving roads and issuing leases that damaged or destroyed the group’s legal rights over their traditional lands, TRT World has reported.
Politics
Australia blames China for US infrastructure cyber attack
Australia has joined the United States and other Five Eyes cyber agencies to identify China as the culprit behind recent cyber attacks targeting “critical infrastructure” in the US, ABC News reported. A joint Cybersecurity Advisory was issued following a “recently discovered cluster of activity of interest” associated with China’s state-sponsored hacking group Volt Typhoon. The advisory warned Volt Typhoon had used a “living off the land” attack — a tactic that exploits legitimate tools within the system rather than malware. Using that technique hackers were able to evade detection by “blending in with normal Windows system and network activities”.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-25/australian-intelligence-blames-china-for-us-hack/102390024
Environment
Electric car campaign moves into high gear
Half of all new car sales in Australia should be electric by 2030 and the government should limit pollution from new petrol and diesel cars next year, says a new transport campaign. The suggestion is part of a call to action by the Electric Vehicle Council, saying that Australia should aim to catch up to electric car adoption in the US and Europe within seven years, and consider launching upgrade incentives for tradespeople, farmers and those living in remote locations, Yahoo news reported.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/australias-electric-car-campaign-moves-231300623.html
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