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Elon Musk’s X calls for delay in Australia’s child social media ban citing ‘serious concerns’ about policy’s lawfulness | Australian politics
Elon Musk’s X has called for a delay in Australia’s under-16s social media ban, arguing it has “serious concerns” about the lawfulness of the “punitive” policy. X was one of over a dozen companies the eSafety commissioner wrote to earlier this month, asking whether they believed they should be required to ban children under 16 […]
The people who helped expose the Coalition’s ‘crude and cruel’ robodebt scheme | Australian television
When Guardian Australia broke the first story which revealed the Coalition’s robodebt scheme was flawed and grossly unfair at the tail end of 2016, the government’s media strategy was to dismiss reporter Christopher Knaus as a leftwing journo. Almost nine years on, Knaus is one of the key voices in SBS’s three-part docu-drama, The People […]
Wednesday briefing: What Russia wants with Nato airspace – and what options it leaves the west | Russia
Good morning. Of all the scary things about the recent military escalation between Russia and Nato, perhaps the most unnerving is this: it is impossible to know which incident will be the one that sends things spiralling out of control. In the past two weeks, there have been a series of Russian incursions into Nato […]
Albanese and Trump meet in New York and confirm formal sit-down for October | Australian foreign policy
Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump met a reception for world leaders hosted by the US president on Tuesday night in New York, hours after they locked in a commitment to hold a formal meeting in Washington DC next month. The meeting has been set for 20 October, the White House confirmed. It will be the […]
Australia’s under 16s social media ban could extend to Reddit, Twitch, Roblox and even dating apps | Social media
Twitch, Roblox, Steam, Lego Play, X and Reddit are among the companies eSafety has approached about whether the under 16s social media ban applies to them from December. Companies approached by the eSafety commissioner this month about the requirement to prevent under 16s from holding social media accounts from 10 December have conducted a self-assessment […]
Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership | United Nations
Such is the gravitational pull cast by Donald Trump and the US economy that the politics of the other 192 countries that make up the United Nations are rapidly being reduced to one long discussion about how to relate to, and challenge this ever darker and weirder presidency. Before Trump’s extraordinary 58 minute speech on […]
Colombia’s Petro urges ‘criminal process’ against Trump for Venezuelan strikes | World news
Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro addressed the UN general assembly Tuesday to call for a “criminal process” to be opened against counterpart Donald Trump for US strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean. Petro said unarmed “poor young people” died in the strikes that Washington said were part of a US anti-drug operation off […]
Super Typhoon Ragasa: at least 14 killed in Taiwan as Hong Kong and southern China brace for impact | Taiwan
The bursting of a barrier lake in Taiwan has killed at least 14 people and left dozens missing, officials have announced, after Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island with torrential rains, bringing widespread damage to parts of east Asia. The outer rim of Super Typhoon Ragasa has been bearing down on Taiwan since Monday as […]
Trump says he believes Ukraine can regain all land lost to Russia since 2022 invasion | Donald Trump
Donald Trump has said he believes Ukraine can regain all the land that it has lost since the 2022 Russian invasion in one of the strongest statements of support he has given Kyiv. The US president delivered his upbeat assessment by claiming Russia was in big economic trouble in a post on Truth Social after […]
Mal Lanyon named NSW police commissioner replacing Karen Webb | Australia news
Former NSW police deputy commissioner Mal Lanyon has been named the state’s new police commissioner, replacing Karen Webb. The appointment of the 38-year veteran of the NSW police is due to be announced by the premier, Chris Minns, on Wednesday. Lanyon is currently the acting chief executive of the NSW Reconstruction Authority. He is expected […]