Anti-war protesters clash with police outside Australian arms convention Thousands of anti-war protesters have clashed with police outside a military arms convention in downtown Melbourne The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2024
Children promised a say on social media age ban plans Some young people will get around an age limit on social media but a ban is still needed to protect children, the prime minister says. AAP · Sep 10, 2024
Australia set to ban social media and gaming platforms for young teens with checks on users’ ages TikTok, Instagram, Twitch and Steam are among the platforms that could be hit by a ban for children and young teenagers in Australia The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2024
View from The Hill: Social media age ban all to the good, but can Albanese deliver before election? Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been late out of the blocks on a ban on children accessing social media. Now that he has promised to act, pledging to introduce legislation this year, the question is whether it will be passed before the election. The Conversation · Sep 10, 2024
Labor toasts vote that reshaped parliament for 30 years Three decades ago women welcomed a historic vote at the Labor National Conference, which Anthony Albanese and his federal caucus team celebrate to this day. AAP · Sep 10, 2024
Australia says it will ban minors from using social media Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he wants children ‘off their phones and on the footy field’. Al Jazeera · Sep 10, 2024
Australia plans to ban children from social media. Is checking and enforcing an age block possible? As the Albanese government pledges a ban, age verification trials in the UK and US show possible hurdles and privacy concerns The Guardian - AU · Sep 10, 2024
Anthony Albanese Announces Plans To Ban Social Media For Young People, But How Will It Work? This is a wild turn of events. Pedestrian.tv · Sep 10, 2024
Australia Plans Age Limit To Ban Children From Social Media Australia will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit as high as 16, the prime minister said Tuesday, vowing to get kids off their devices and "onto the footy fields". International Business Times · Sep 10, 2024
Social media ban poses barrier to mental health support Mental health services and youth advocacy groups say they will find it harder to connect with young people if the government goes ahead with a social media ban. AAP · Sep 9, 2024
Australia a step closer to social media bans for kids Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is unveiling plans to introduce age limits for social media as new research highlights its negative impact on life satisfaction. AAP · Sep 9, 2024
Australian politics needs fewer ‘vaguely incompetent men’, Amanda Vanstone says, not gender quotas Former Howard government minister’s comments come as Anthony Albanese celebrates 30 years of quotas in Labor, which is 52.4% female in federal caucus The Guardian - AU · Sep 9, 2024
Albanese promises to legislate minimum age for kids’ access to social media The Albanese government will introduce legislation this term to enforce a minimum age for children to access social media. The Conversation · Sep 9, 2024
Puppy love for pollies aims to lick standards dilemma Seeing eye puppies descended on federal parliament as part of a push to nationalise assistance animal standards. AAP · Sep 9, 2024
AAP · Sep 9, 2024 Miners lash PM as he plots future made in Australia The "under siege" mining industry warns it can't afford to compete internationally under Australia's environmental, workplace and tax laws.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 8, 2024 ‘We have listened’: gender identity question added to Australia’s 2026 census after federal government backflip Treasurer Jim Chalmers says LGBTQ+ community ‘will count’ in survey with new topic covering sexual orientation and gender to be included
The Conversation · Sep 6, 2024 View from The Hill: What if Bill Shorten had become PM in 2019? Politics is full of “what ifs?” As Bill Shorten prepares to exit parliament early next year, and Anthony Albanese may be on the path to a minority government, the question invites itself: what if Shorten had won the 2019 election?
The Guardian - AU · Sep 6, 2024 Afternoon Update: what’s in the family violence plan; Lehrmann gets extra time to appeal; and the team that kept losing Plus eastern Australia charts unseasonably warm temperatures
The Guardian - AU · Sep 6, 2024 Independent targeting western Sydney seat says he ‘supports Palestine resistance’ after Facebook controversy Peter Dutton says Labor shouldn’t do preference deal with Dr Ziad Basyouny after it was reported he shared post celebrating 7 October Hamas attacks
The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2024 Australia thought it was done with Trump, now the US treaty ally is readying for his possible return Canberra is focused on what a second Trump presidency could mean for Aukus – its deal to acquire nuclear-powered submarines
The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2024 Morning Mail: Albanese’s plan to tackle DV, Virgin’s cabin crew surveillance, Socceroos shocker The prime minister will propose a raft of measures to address crisis of family violence; airline sacked a crew member after monitoring hotel CCTV
AAP · Sep 5, 2024 'Horrific' figures as DV services given funding boost Frontline services supporting women and children fleeing domestic violence won't get an immediate funding boost, as Australian leaders agree to a new package.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2024 Albanese to propose ‘substantial funding uplift’ for family violence services at national cabinet PM says plan to end family domestic and sexual violence in a generation will require an ‘all-hands-on-deck approach’ but funding questions remain
The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2024 Retiring Shorten took control of his destiny, Albanese says – probably a little later than PM would’ve liked Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese have had a complicated political relationship, at times simmering with tension. Today, however, the PM wished him well
The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2024 Former federal Labor leader Bill Shorten to quit politics and become vice-chancellor of University of Canberra Ex-union leader, who led ALP to two election defeats in 2016 and 2019, has announced upcoming retirement