Good morning, Lincoln Archer here with your AM NewsMail. This morning we're hearing how Donald Trump's tariffs on prescription drugs are not the biggest problem facing patients who need those medicines.

We're also faking symptoms for an AI diagnosis, digging into spying allegations inside Australia and completely rewriting history. Then there's just enough time to take dance lessons from a cockatoo.

What's the story? You might have seen there's a lot of concern about the impact in Australia of Donald Trump slapping massive tariffs on prescription drugs. But in our story today, we're hearing that is not the real problem facing patients.

So what is? According to the peak industry body, it's wait times for medicines to be listed on our PBS. The story includes the statistic that there's a median lag of nearly two years for a drug to be available after approval.

'People will die waiting': That's the upshot —  a price rise on medicines you can't access is a secondary problem to the fact you can't access them. A review into the listing process last year was hailed as "visionary" by the health minister, but as yet there's been no official government response.

Speaking of tariffs:  Donald Trump announced additional tariffs against India overnight as payback for India importing oil from Russia. And speaking of Russia: Vladimir Putin met with Mr Trump's envoy overnight. That's led to a suggestion from Ukraine that Russia is "now more inclined to a ceasefire".

• The policy: On one side, there are businesses and the Productivity Commission, on the other, there are the unions. And in the middle, writes David Speers, there's Jim Chalmers pitching himself as Goldilocks.
• The interview: That comparison underlines how the treasurer is trying to tread a not-too-heavy, not-too-light middle path on AI regulation. He told 7.30's Sarah Ferguson ▶️ last night how that might work.
• The IRL example: Health researchers are among the sectors making use of AI and determining where, and how strong, the guardrails need to be. See what happened when our reporter told an AI she had a headache ▶️.

• Tool time: This piece of stone could upend our understanding of human habitation of our near neighbour. It was found on Sulawesi and dates back at least 1 million years, which is comfortably 800,000 years older than we'd previously known anyone were there. 
• Bank charges: On the one hand, the RBA wants to remove all surcharges on credit and debit cards, saving you about $60 a year. That's good. On the other hand, experts warn that could leave a $900 million gap in bank revenue, which could mean increased fees or scaled back rewards programs. That's bad.
• Spy claims: This morning's ABC News Daily is unpacking the allegations at the bottom of a foreign interference charge laid this week on a Chinese woman accused of spying on a Buddhist group