Tag: Australia
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Australia moves to tax Meta, Google and TikTok to fund newsrooms
Australia has proposed taxing digital giants Meta, Google and TikTok a proportion of their revenue to pay for news reporters. The government released draft legislation yesterday it ... -
Australia’s richest person must share part of her mining fortunes, court rules
Australia’s richest woman, Gina Rinehart, has been ordered by a court to share part of her vast mining wealth after a years-long legal battle over one ... -
Harry and Meghan arrive in Australia for a low-key, privately funded visit
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, arrived in Melbourne yesterday for their first Australian visit since their official royal tour ... -
Decorated veteran remains behind bars on Afghan war crime charges
Australia’s most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, did not apply for bail when the war crime murder charges against him were listed in a Sydney court ... -
13-year-old swims for hours to save family swept out to sea
A 13-year-old boy is credited with saving the lives of his mother and two younger siblings with an hourslong swim after the family was swept out ... -
Social media platforms removed 4.7 million accounts after Australia banned them for children
Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia since the country banned use of the platforms by those ... -
Adelaide Writers Week canceled as 180 speakers withdraw
Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival canceled the event yesterday after more than 180 writers and speakers withdrew over the scrapping of an appearance by ... -
Mourners grieve 10-year-old slain in Bondi mass shooting
Hundreds of mourners bearing bright bouquets and clutching each other in grief gathered at a funeral in Sydney yesterday for a 10-year-old girl who was gunned ... -
Sydney taekwondo instructor gets life sentence for murdering student, parents
A judge sentenced a Sydney taekwondo instructor yesterday to life in prison without possibility of release for murdering a 7-year-old student and the boy’s parents. Kwang ... -
Authorities to tighten gun laws after Hanukkah massacre
Australian federal and state government leaders yesterday agreed to immediately overhaul already-tough national gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s ... -
Reddit challenges Australia’s world-first law banning children under 16 from social media
Global online forum Reddit on Friday filed a court challenge to Australia’s world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s most ... -
Copenhagen plans to severely restrict social media use for young people
As Australia began enforcing a world-first social media ban for children under 16 years old this week, Denmark is planning to follow its lead and severely ... -
World-first social media ban for children under 16 starts
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect yesterday as families taking back power from ... -
Shark kills woman and seriously wounds another swimmer at an Australian beach
A shark killed a woman and seriously wounded a man taking an early morning swim with her at a national park beach on Australia’s east coast ... -
Bagpipers claim world record with AC/DC’s ‘It’s a Long Way to the Top’
Hundreds of bagpipers claimed a new world record yesterday by belting out AC/DC’s rock and roll classic “It’s a Long Way to the Top.” Billed as ... -
Australia adds Reddit and Kick to social media platforms banning children under 16
Australia has added message board Reddit and livestreaming service Kick to its list of social media platforms that must ban children younger than 16 from holding accounts. The ... -
US, Australia sign critical-minerals agreement as a way to counter China
President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a critical-minerals deal at the White House yesterday [Macau time] as the U.S. eyes the continent’s ... -
Australia, Papua sign defense treaty that raised China’s concern
The leaders of Australia and Papua New Guinea signed a major bilateral defense treaty yesterday that China believes targets it unfairly. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ... -
Australia offers Papua New Guinea a Parliament House extension
Australia offered to gift Papua New Guinea an extension to its Parliament House as the South Pacific island nation celebrated 50 years of independence yesterday. Australian ... -
Australia, Canada and Philippines stage air defense drills off disputed shoal
Australia, Canada and the Philippines deployed three warships and aircraft Wednesday for drills against simulated aerial threats off a disputed South China Sea shoal where Chinese ... -
Pro-democracy activists granted asylum in Australia and Britain
A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and a former lawmaker who are wanted by the city’s authorities have been granted asylum in Great Britain and Australia, respectively. ... -
Lawyer condemns $1.3M compensation for woman wrongfully imprisoned for 20 years
An Australian state government’s decision to pay 2 million Australian dollars ($1.3 million) compensation to a woman who spent 20 years in prison after being wrongfully ... -
Defense minister selects Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for $6.5B warship deal
Australia said yesterday it accepted a Japanese company’s bid for a lucrative and hotly contested contract to build Australian warships, expected to be worth 10 billion ... -
Australian Parliament finally honors Olympians who defied boycott of 1980 Moscow Games
A wait of 45 years ended when a group of Olympians who defied pressure to boycott the 1980 Moscow Games were recognized in the Australian Parliament ... -
Australia bans YouTube accounts for children under 16 in reversal of previous stance
The Australian government announced YouTube will be among the social media platforms that must ensure account holders are at least 16-years-old from December, reversing a position ... -
PM indulges in panda diplomacy as state visit in China nears end
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has toured a panda breeding facility in the final stages of an extended state visit that has cast China as a ... -
Death of Australia’s ‘Outback Killer’ leaves whereabouts of British backpacker’s body unknown
Police fear Bradley John Murdoch, known as the “Outback Killer,” has taken to his grave the secret of how he disposed of the body of British ... -
Australia hosts largest-ever military exercise with 19 nations, under China watch
The largest-ever war-fighting drills in Australia, Exercise Talisman Sabre, are underway and expected to attract the attention of Chinese surveillance ships. Australia launched missiles from its ... -
Australia PM Albanese kicks off China visit focused on trade
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese kicked off a visit to China this weekend meant to shore up trade relations between the two countries. Albanese met with ... -
Alleged arsonist charged over fire at synagogue
A man was charged yesterday over an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue in an apparent escalation of antisemitic violence in Australia’s second-most populous city. Angelo ... -
Snake on a plane delays a flight in Australia
An Australian domestic flight was delayed for two hours after a stowaway snake was found in the plane’s cargo hold, officials said yesterday. The snake was found on ... -
Jury deliberates whether woman served deadly mushrooms with intent to kill her in-laws
A sequestered jury in Australia began deliberations yesterday in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson, accused of killing her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately serving ... -
Defense minister downplays concerns over Pentagon review of multi-billion submarine deal
Australia’s defense minister dismissed concerns yesterday that a deal between the U.S., Australia and Britain to provide his country with nuclear-powered submarines could be in jeopardy, ... -
Australia qualifies for World Cup with 2-1 win over Saudi Arabia
Connor Metcalfe scored his first goal for Australia and Mitchell Duke iced the 2-1 victory in Saudi Arabia that ensured the Socceroos qualified for a sixth ... -
Australian PM speaks of Beijing prisoner’s courage, resilience and hope
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday spoke of the courage, resilience and hope of Australian citizen Yang Hengjun, who was convicted last year in China of ...
