FED:Australia's richest woman takes $1.4b stake in SpaceX Gina Rinehart's company says it has made a "significant investment" in Elon Musk's SpaceX - reportedly a 10-figure one. AAP · Jun 15
Australia's richest woman takes $1.4b stake in SpaceX Gina Rinehart's company says it has made a "significant investment" in Elon Musk's SpaceX - reportedly a 10-figure one. AAP · Jun 15
Technology secretary says she wants regulator to design plans for online age verification by October – as it happened Liz Kendall also wants Ofcom to report to parliament every year on how effectively social media firms are keeping under-16s off their platforms The Guardian - UK · Jun 15
VIC:ISIS bride rejects extremism, decries Syrian 'hell' A lawyer for an accused ISIS bride has told a court her client rejects the terror group and is grateful to be back in multicultural Australia. AAP · Jun 15
ISIS bride rejects extremism, decries Syrian 'hell' A lawyer for an accused ISIS bride has told a court her client rejects the terror group and is grateful to be back in multicultural Australia. AAP · Jun 15
FED:One Nation set to pocket over $200m in taxpayer funds The rise and rise of Pauline Hanson's party in the polls means it stands to benefit richly from Australia's public financing laws. AAP · Jun 15
One Nation set to pocket over $200m in taxpayer funds The rise and rise of Pauline Hanson's party in the polls means it stands to benefit richly from Australia's public financing laws. AAP · Jun 15
Police mistakenly shoot and kill Australian child in eastern Pakistan, officials say Australian media reported the family, from the western city of Perth, were visiting relatives in Pakistan when the incident took place. Euronews · Jun 15
Social media ban UK latest: Starmer’s crackdown on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram slammed as ‘rush job’ UK will follow Australia’s example in raising the minimum age to 16 for several social media sites including TikTok and Instagram The Independent UK · Jun 15
FED:Australia's fiscal metrics 'broadly weaker' than peers A top rating agency has reiterated its confidence in Australia's ability to pay its bills, while hinting at potential longer-term issues with its NDIS spending. AAP · Jun 15
Australia's fiscal metrics 'broadly weaker' than peers A top rating agency has reiterated its confidence in Australia's ability to pay its bills, while hinting at potential longer-term issues with its NDIS spending. AAP · Jun 15
AAP · Jun 15 Record reef funding in fight against 'in danger' ruling The Great Barrier Reef is set for a record funding boost but conservationists say the number one threat to its longevity - climate change - remains unaddressed.
International Business Times UK · Jun 15 UK Student Loans Company Is Trying to Trace 121,000 Borrowers Worldwide Owing £3.4 Billion The Student Loans Company is tracing over 121,000 overseas borrowers who owe £3.4 billion, as their income and residency details are unknown, complicating repayment assessments.
The Economic Times · Jun 15 British PM expected to impose teen social media ban that goes further than Australia's Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans a social media ban for young teenagers. This move aims to shield children from harmful online content and excessive screen time. The UK joins a global trend of nations implementing stricter online safety measures for minors. The proposed ban targets popular platforms like TikTok…
The Guardian - AU · Jun 15 Fashion goals: Socceroos trade kit bags for it-bags as they level up off-field style Australia stepped off the team bus in suits and holding designer pouches, showing they’ve come ‘a long way from a Country Road bag on the side of the field’
The Independent UK · Jun 15 British leader expected to impose teen social media ban that goes further than Australia's British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to announce a social media ban for young teenagers
The Conversation · Jun 15 Lyric essays are an antitoxin for a poisoned world In Apples and Oranges: Adventures in Poetics, Stuart Cooke concedes that his ideas “talk to one another, but how they do this isn’t clear. I can’t shake the idea that each of them makes sense only in relation to one person”.
AAP · Jun 15 FED:ASX to pay $20.5m penalty for misleading market The Australian Securities Exchange has reached an agreement with the corporate regulator to settle legal action and avoid a trial over misleading statements.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 15 Iraq head coach Graham Arnold: ‘We’re capable of doing something that will shock the world’ The Australian ‘football nut’ has had to contend with the US-Iran war, 50C heat and playoffs to get the country to their first World Cup in 40 years, he tells Sid Lowe