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Australia's first A.I. generated traffic light cameras | 9 News Australia

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July 6, 2026

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Queensland will soon be home to Australia's-first ever traffic lights, to be controlled by the power of AI. | *Subscribe and 🔔: http://9Soci.al/KM6e50GjSK9* *Get more breaking news at 9News.com.au: http://9Soci.al/iyCO50GjSK6* FOLLOW 9News Australia ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/9News/ ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/9NewsAUS ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/9news/ Join 9News for the latest in news and events that affect you in your local city, as well as news from across Australia and the world. #9News #BreakingNews #NineNewsAustralia #9NewsAU

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The West Australian

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· Jul 8, 2026

Australia to trial AI-powered traffic lights for the first time

A Queensland council has announced an Australian-first trial of AI-powered traffic signals to reduce grid lock and time spent waiting at red lights.

Associated Press

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· Jul 8, 2026

LIVE: India's PM Narendra Modi arrives in Australia

Watch live as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Melbourne and is greeted by Australian officials. #modi #australia #live

Defence Blog

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· Jun 22, 2026

Australia made history with a $2.5B radar deal for Canada

Australia has sold its most closely guarded surveillance secret to Canada in a 2.5 billion deal signed on June 22, 2026, that marks the first international export of the Jindalee over-the-horizon radar technology and the largest single defense export in Australian history, giving Canada a system capable of detecting aircraft and ships approaching from thousands []

The Next Web

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· Jun 22, 2026

Canada buys Australian Arctic radar in A$2.5bn defence-export first

Australia has been refining the same unusual piece of radar for decades, a system that bounces signals off the ionosphere to see thousands of kilometres past the curve of the Earth, and for all that time it kept the technology to itself. On Sunday it sold it abroad for the first time. Canada agreed to [] This story continues at The Next Web

Washington Examiner

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· Jul 9, 2026

Daily on Energy: Truck emissions rules rollback, nuclear renaissance overseas, and El Niño strengthens

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and happy Thursday, Daily on Energy readers! If you’re chronically online like us, you may have seen the many videos and photos of the giant elephant seal known as Neil unleashing chaos on the people of Tasmania. Well, according to Tasmania’s premier, the one-ton seal is headed back out []

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Related coverage for "Australia's first A.I. generated traffic light cameras | 9 News Australia": The West Australian — Australia to trial AI-powered traffic lights for the first time. Associated Press — LIVE: India's PM Narendra Modi arrives in Australia. Defence Blog — Australia made history with a $2.5B radar deal for Canada. The Next Web — Canada buys Australian Arctic radar in A$2.5bn defence-export first. Washington Examiner — Daily on Energy: Truck emissions rules rollback, nuclear renaissance overseas, and El Niño strengthens