'People in Indian community are hurting': Australia PM asks opposition lawmaker to apologise for anti-Indian commentsAustralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called for an apology from a right-wing lawmaker who suggested an unsustainable number of In...
09 Sep, 2025, 09.35 AM IST
Big tech says Australia "rushed" social media ban for youths under 16The government had warned Big Tech of its plans for months, and first announced the ban after a parliamentary inquiry earlier this year tha...
29 Nov, 2024, 12.51 PM IST
Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s with world-first lawAustralia passed a world-first social media ban for children under 16, making platforms like TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram liable for fin...
29 Nov, 2024, 07.57 AM IST
Social media ban for under-16s passes Australian Senate, will soon be world-first lawThe law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian d...
28 Nov, 2024, 08.55 PM IST
Australian Senate debates world's first social media ban for children under 16The Australian Senate is debating a bill to ban children under 16 from social media. The bill, already passed by the House, would impose he...
28 Nov, 2024, 11.42 AM IST
Social media sites call for Australia to delay its ban on children younger than 16Sunita Bose, managing director of Digital Industry Group Inc., an advocate for the digital industry in Australia including X, Instagram, Fa...
25 Nov, 2024, 04.06 PM IST
Social media sites call for Australia to delay its ban on children younger than 16Digital Industry Group Inc., representing major social media platforms, urged the Australian Senate to postpone legislation banning users u...
25 Nov, 2024, 10.22 AM IST
Australia ditches plans to fine tech giants for misinformationThe country's Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland, said that the bill was cast aside after facing considerable opposition in the ...
24 Nov, 2024, 01.36 PM IST
Australia’s international student caps likely to be blockedAustralia's plan to cap international student numbers at 270,000 for 2025 is likely to fail. The opposition decided to vote against the law...
18 Nov, 2024, 11.33 AM IST
One of my staff shared...: Australian senator Lidia Thorpe after beheaded cartoon of King Charles III shared on her InstagramIndigenous Australian senator Lidia Thorpe protested King Charles' speech, shouting 'you are not my king'. She later shared and deleted a c...
22 Oct, 2024, 07.24 AM IST
King Charles heckled by lawmaker at Australian parliamentDuring King Charles' visit to the Australian parliament, Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe caused a stir by shouting anti-colonial slogans an...
21 Oct, 2024, 01.20 PM IST
Australia Day focuses on Black recognition in constitutionThe government joined several large corporations in allowing staff the choice of taking the holiday off or working Thursday and taking anot...
26 Jan, 2023, 11.09 AM IST
Australia prioritises reducing emissions and cheaper EVsThe new center-left Labor Party government expects EVs will account for 89% of Australian new car sales by 2030. The government's fleet wil...
02 Jul, 2022, 01.49 PM IST
Australia PM Morrison loses control of WeChat Chinese account as election loomsAmid growing diplomatic tensions with China, Australia's two major political parties have used the social media platform, owned by Chinese ...
24 Jan, 2022, 10.02 AM IST
Australia to amend laws to make Google and Facebook paySeven West Media on Monday became the largest Australian news media business to strike a deal with Google to pay for journalism.
16 Feb, 2021, 01.30 PM IST
Australia shows the way in controlling foreign funding of political partiesLast December an Australian MP from the Labour Party had to quit following a scandal linked to growing Chinese influence in Canberra.
01 Apr, 2018, 10.09 AM IST
- Australian PM vows to create 50,000 'green' jobs
Australia's prime minister promised Thursday to create 50,000 ``green'' jobs and apprenticeships to combat climate change and unemployment ...
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