Unprecedented legal battles are testing if parent companies of tools like ChatGPT can be liable for defamation when innocent people are incorrectly described as criminals.

The Inner West Council has a plan to turn four of its council car parks into 200 affordable homes for essential workers. Experts say there is a desperate need for homes to house key workers who can't afford to live where they work but such projects are not a quick fix.

As the Reserve Bank meets to consider whether to cut interest rates, housing affordability is again centre stage of the political debate. A federal inquiry is considering whether there's a need to ease restrictions on banks about how much they can lend out to first home buyers.

These insiders and whistleblowers are troubled by the risks of disinformation, threats to democracy and extreme dangers for young people.

Severe winds have caused one of the two new Spirit of Tasmania vessels to break loose from its outfitting quay at a shipyard in Finland, but the extent of damage is yet to be determined.