CNN

Australia has just relieved its anxiety over teens on social media – or has it?

For parents and campaigners who’ve long argued that incessant scrolling is damaging young minds, the start of Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s on Wednesday is just the beginning. Wayne Holdsworth, the father of Mac, who took his ...
Al Jazeera English

Australia’s under-16 social media ban failing, study shows: What it means

A new study by Australia’s internet regulator has revealed that more than eight in 10 young Australian teens and preteens are continuing to use social media platforms despite the government’s prohibition for children under 16. The ban came into effect ...

Old soccer meets new football: Australia Cup final heaves with significance

South Melbourne and Melbourne Victory clash on what promises to be a ‘special and historical night’ and in a triumph of the competition’s concept
Human Rights Watch

Australia: UN Human Rights Recommendations Ignored

(Sydney) – Australia has refused to commit to reforms for the incarceration of children, offshore detention of asylum seekers, and phasing out fossil fuels, despite repeated calls to do so from United Nations member countries, Human Rights Watch said today.
Al Jazeera English

Australia warns H5N1 likely to spread after first mass mortality episode

Australia has warned that H5N1 bird flu is likely to spread further, after the country’s first mass mortality episode among seabirds killed about 50 greater crested terns off the ⁠coast south of Adelaide. Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said on ...

Joe Root’s childhood friend rescues Australia batting

There is life still stirring in Australia’s batting, although the resuscitation had to be administered by an ‘Englishman’ who was childhood friends with Joe Root.
Opinion

Australia has never driven migration into reverse by design. Would slamming the brakes on be calamitous?

Australia does have a migration challenge – but it’s not what One Nation and the Coalition think it is
Pearls and Irritations

Australia is building AI capacity without the ecosystem to use it

AI delivers productivity gains only when firms have the skills, management capability, infrastructure and industrial networks to put it to work. Australia’s weakness lies less in the technology than in the ecosystem around it.