Children across Australia would be banned from social media with the Federal Government preparing to legislate a minimum age to protect them from online harm.
Katina Curtis
X Corp should not be responsible for fines issued to Twitter by the Australian eSafety Commissioner, its lawyers argued, as they are different companies.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Jacqui Lambie has made a shock call as a major report following a three-year royal commission into defence and veteran suicides is handed down.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer and Blake Antrobus
A trial into technology to block teenagers from downloading inappropriate apps onto their phones will start this week.
Dylan Caporn
One Australian state has revealed a proposal to ban children under the age of 14 from using social media.
Liam Beatty
Two people have been arrested following chaotic scenes on the streets of one Aussie capital, as thousands of protesters clashed with police deployed under sweeping state powers.
Blake Antrobus, Liam Beatty
No country in the world has successfully mandated age restrictions for social media, but a new survey shows Australians still want the age limit raised.
Blair Jackson
Off-planet habitats could be 3D-printed from moon dust or Martian "soil", a space architect says, and teach Earthians a valuable lesson in sustainable living.
Marion Rae
Tech giant Apple is expected to launch its first iPhones with generative AI within days but experts say the technology still lacks safeguards.
Criminals are increasingly using AI to enact sophisticated scams that experts say will change the way we operate online.
Belle Taylor
One state has been warned to anticipate destructive storms and high temperatures over the coming months, with experts urging people to prepare their homes.
Clareese Packer
An Australian capital city is in quarantine, as the state government tries to curtail the spread of a bug.
University researchers have peered deep into the previously mysterious universe to find galaxies are much bigger than once thought, and are already interacting.
A 'really good picture' is being painted by a small trial charting the path forward for one of the world's largest pokies jurisdictions, a minister insists.
Luke Costin
High fire danger warnings have been issued across Australia, as climbing temperatures and strong winds provide a perfect storm.
Australia’s eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant says she got ‘credible death threats’ after clashing with tech billionaire Elon Musk earlier this year.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
A model-for-hire and physical trainer who touts himself heavily on social media has pleaded not guilty to indecent assault at his first court appearance.
Rebecca Le May
The competition regulator will not stand in the way of TPG and Optus’ $1.6 billion network-sharing deal in what has been described as a huge win for customers across regional Australia.
Cheyanne Enciso
The State Government has expanded its quarantine area of the tree-killing polyphagous shot-hole borer in a bid to curb its spread.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Australia is mulling over options that would impose mandatory guardrails on the use of artificial intelligence.
Australia’s online safety regulator has urged the world’s biggest social media platforms to reveal how many children use their platforms and how they enforce age limits.
Caleb Runciman
Artificial intelligence has been met with both concern and hype but government guidelines could help regulate its use in high-risk situations.
Kat Wong and Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
A sweeping Artificial Intelligence Act will be considered by the Federal Government as it moves to rein in the technology’s potentially dangerous uses before they get out of control.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
The amount of cryptocurrency included in the last will and testament of Australians has exploded.
