How Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Will Work
The country is barring children under 16 from social media, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at a nationwide regulation.
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Fire in Goa, India, Kills at Least 25
Officials told the Indian news media that the fire tore through a nightclub in the southwestern state of Goa, a popular tourist destination.
Albanese warns of ‘difficult’ bushfire season ahead as cooler conditions bring relief to disaster-ravaged NSW
Most active fires contained on Sunday as disaster payments announced after at least 12 homes in Koolewong and four at Bulahdelah were destroyedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has warned of a “difficult” summer bushfire season ahead, as a natural disaster was declared in parts of New South Wales and crews battling more than 70 fires gained the upper hand on Sunday.The most destructive blaze – an out-of-control bushfire at Koolewong, not far from built-up areas of the Central Coast – destroyed more than 12 homes on Saturday. The threat had eased by midday on Sunday, as strong winds gave way to a cool change.Central CoastMid CoastUpper HunterMuswellbrookWarrumbungleDubbo Continue reading...
NSW Central Coast ‘not out of the woods yet’ as bushfire conditions ease – as it happened
This blog is now closed.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese has also defended a $100k expense for communications minister Anika Wells, a staffer and a public servant to join the prime minister and foreign minister Penny Wong in New York for a United Nations meeting.Anika Wells was doing her job as the communications minister who is in charge of this world-leading, world-leading legislation, passed with bipartisan support, to give credit to Peter Dutton when he was opposition leader. And it was an important event. And it wasn’t just the event there, it was then the follow-up of people wanting to have meetings, have discussions, how is this going to work? What can we do to get buy-in here? When you’ve got Australia, a middle power, taking on these global giants.There’s family reunion entitlements, all of the travel within guidelines.I’m saying it was within entitlements and Anika Wells was working on that trip as sports minister, participating the lifting up of para-sport.But we’ve said very clearly that this won’t be perfect. Just like chances last night was Saturday night, somewhere in Australia, somewhere under 18s got a drink in a pub. But it’s the right thing to do for society to express its views, its judgement about what is appropriate. Continue reading...
Staff and tourists among 25 killed in Goa nightclub fire
Officials believe a gas canister explosion triggered the fire which tore through the busy nightlife venue.
Hong Kong votes in ‘patriots only’ polls amid anger over deadly fire
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Supporters of Venezuela’s Machado rally in cities around the world
From Madrid to Lima, and Buenos Aires to Brisbane, supporters celebrate the opposition leader's Nobel Peace prize win.
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Survivors of the Deadly Hong Kong Fire Are in Limbo
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Japan accuses Chinese jets of directing fire-control radar at its aircraft
Japan condemns incidents near Okinawa as 'dangerous' and says it has lodged a 'strong protest' with China.