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Australia seeks to rein in defence spending blowouts, delays
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (248+ words) SYDNEY, July 2 (Reuters) " Australia announced changes on Thursday to the way it manages the delivery of defence projects, aiming to curb "billions of dollars in cost overruns and "lengthy delays. " The government said it would establish a special agency to…...
Australian Youth To Canberra: We're Way Too Smart For You
14+ hour, 48+ min ago (459+ words) President Ford once "told" New York City to "Drop Dead." Aussie youth are presently telling Parliament "You Don't Matter." How else to explain the abject failure of the Social Media Minimum Age Act? Legislative bans of markets don't result in…...
Australia toughens social media ban
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (155+ words) The country doubled the maximum penalty imposed on social media companies that fail to comply with the ban on under-16 users, as evidence grew that children are circumventing restrictions. Australia doubled the maximum penalty imposed on social media companies that…...
Was Bondi Beach Shooting Antisemitism, a Lack of Gun Control, or Just Ignoring Reality
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (208+ words) The attack at Bondi Beach in Australia was all kinds of awful, and we need to understand that this wasn't just some random massacre. This was the act of a couple of Islamic terrorists who wanted to murder Jews. In…...
Bondi survivor tells Australian commission he was accused of being AI "crisis actor
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (110+ words) Jewish community leader Arsen Ostrovsky, who was wounded in Hanukkah terror attack, says he is subject to 'relentless tsunami of Jew hatred' as internet tries to 'erase' his trauma...
A Long-awaited Australia-Vanuatu Pact Blocks China from Building a Military Base
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (445+ words) ROD Mc GUIRK Monday, 29 June 2026 03: 00 AM EDT Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed the so-called Nakamal Agreement with his Vanuatu counterpart Jotham Napat in the Australian capital nine months after the Vanuatuan government rejected an earlier draft. Vanuatu had feared…...
Australia to double potential fines for Facebook and Instagram over child social media accounts
3+ day, 29+ min ago (447+ words) Australia plans to double potential fines for social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, who fail to prevent Australian children from holding accounts as critics argue the'world-first ban'on under-16s was failing. Communications Minister Anika Wells on Monday blamed the platforms…...
Australia to give regulator more power to pursue Big Tech over under-16 ban
3+ day, 53+ min ago (267+ words) SYDNEY, June 29 (Reuters) " Australia will introduce new laws in parliament on Monday to strengthen its under-16 social media ban and give its internet regulator more power to "pursue tech giants in court for non-compliance. The move follows "the world-first restrictions…...
Australia, Vanuatu sign delayed security deal that is seen as curbing China
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (262+ words) SYDNEY, June 29 (Reuters) " Australia and Vanuatu on Monday signed a development and security pact that had been delayed for months "over Vanuatu's concerns that it could stifle "investment from other countries. Australia, which is in a battle for influence in…...