Emily Kaine Updated November 13, 2026 — 10:58am, first published 6:45am
Key Posts What’s making news today By Emily Kaine
Hello and welcome back to our rolling coverage of Australian and world news this Friday, November 13. Here’s what is making headlines today.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s controversial $6 million election promise to a golf club in his electorate was based on rough estimates and internet research, a Senate inquiry heard yesterday, raising fresh questions about the allocation of taxpayer funds in the PM’s seat. Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has defended the cost to Australian taxpayers for his trip to this year’s COP31 summit in Turkey, including the tens of thousands of dollars spent on offering free coffees at the conference. He told reporters yesterday it was originally Opposition Leader Angus Taylor’s idea to make the offering, back when he was minister for energy in 2021. Meanwhile, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg slammed Australia’s net zero pace as she broke her recent boycott of COP conferences to denounce this year’s leadership for losing control of rising temperatures. And Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has resigned after allegations he had two extramarital affairs, including one with a suspected Chinese spy. Chris Bowen at the COP31 conference in Turkey. Getty Images Latest Posts 10.58am Microsoft outages not due to cyberattack: Burke By Emily Kaine
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says Microsoft is not dealing with a cyberattack as it responds to major outages this morning.
He told a press conference in Sydney just now that he had been briefed by Australia’s cybersecurity coordinator and the head of Microsoft Australia and that they did not believe they were dealing with a cyber threat.
“The perspective of Microsoft at this stage … they believe in some ways [similar] to what we saw with CrowdStrike where there is an update that has gone awry,” Burke said.
Microsoft is receiving nearly 20,000 reports every minute as it scrambles to resolve the issue affecting 130,000 users.
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