Among those cheering Wednesday’s start of the Albanese government’s groundbreaking ban on social media accounts for under-16s was former Liberal MP David Coleman, who lost his seat in May. Coleman, who’d been assistant minister to Prime Minister Scott Morrison for mental health and suicide prevention, was communications spokesman under Peter
A new album from the Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson is a journey up to, through and away from Beethoven’s piano sonata in E major, Op. 109, the music making, as we’ve come to expect from Ólafsson, unconventional and wholly convincing. The conventional approach to this piece is to record it
If the biggest political surprise in 2025 was the Albanese government’s emphatic re-election, the second has been the gradual surge in One Nation support since then. From a disappointing election result of 6.4 per cent (disappointing thanks to the pollsters who routinely overstate the party’s numbers by a point or
When a First Nations person dies in custody, it sends shockwaves through families and communities. The trauma of losing a loved one adds to a sense of despair that First Nations lives are expendable, that no one is held to account, and that nothing changes. In 1991, the Royal Commission
The embattled head of Australia’s corruption commission has defended his involvement with the defence force watchdog amid calls for him to step aside over potential conflicts of interest. Commissioner Paul Brereton disclosed he consulted with the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force on his inquiry into potential Australian war crimes
Kian Mousazadeh UnsplashOne person dies from suicide every 40 seconds according to the World Health Organisation. In Australia, men are three times more likely to die by suicide than women. The Australian government states about 64% of people who die by suicide had a recorded mental or behavioural disorder.
The Magistrates Court in Perth has ordered serial senate candidate nominee Rodney Culleton to pay court costs for false or misleading statements in the 2022 federal election. Coulleton’s conviction and $12,086.80 court costs relate to a false bankruptcy declaration he made to the Australian Electoral Commission in 2022. When Coulleton
Another morning, another crash on one of Auckland’s major roads. Traffic isn’t moving. Drivers sit in their cars rehearsing reasons for being late again. Radio hosts offer the usual advice: leave earlier and find an alternative route. It happens so often we barely notice anymore. But the costs add up
Maskot/GettyWatching your teenager grieve the loss of their social media account can be confronting. Many are genuinely distressed or struggling with the change, and many parents are unsure how to respond. Australia’s social media ban, which started this week, means teens under the age of 16, have lost accounts
The Wippa-led pro-teen social media ban group was selling a 'United Nations General Assembly Sponsorship' for $150,000 in the lead-up to the Australian government-hosted event. The post ‘This is
There has been massive global interest in the new social media legislation introduced in Australia aimed at protecting children from the dangers of doom‑scrolling and mental‑health risks potentially posed by these platforms during their developmental years The platforms’ methods so far for verifying young people’s ages have shown mixed effectiveness.
Anthony Albanese said the ban was to 'let kids be kids'. So far, that's proving true, with many breaking the rules and mocking his authority. The post Teens are having
Among those cheering Wednesday’s start of the Albanese government’s groundbreaking ban on social media accounts for under-16s was former Liberal MP David Coleman, who lost his seat in May. Coleman, who’d been assistant minister to Prime Minister Scott Morrison for mental health and suicide prevention, was communications spokesman under Peter
A new album from the Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson is a journey up to, through and away from Beethoven’s piano sonata in E major, Op. 109, the music making, as we’ve come to expect from Ólafsson, unconventional and wholly convincing. The conventional approach to this piece is to record it
If the biggest political surprise in 2025 was the Albanese government’s emphatic re-election, the second has been the gradual surge in One Nation support since then. From a disappointing election result of 6.4 per cent (disappointing thanks to the pollsters who routinely overstate the party’s numbers by a point or
When a First Nations person dies in custody, it sends shockwaves through families and communities. The trauma of losing a loved one adds to a sense of despair that First Nations lives are expendable, that no one is held to account, and that nothing changes. In 1991, the Royal Commission
The embattled head of Australia’s corruption commission has defended his involvement with the defence force watchdog amid calls for him to step aside over potential conflicts of interest. Commissioner Paul Brereton disclosed he consulted with the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force on his inquiry into potential Australian war crimes
Kian Mousazadeh UnsplashOne person dies from suicide every 40 seconds according to the World Health Organisation. In Australia, men are three times more likely to die by suicide than women. The Australian government states about 64% of people who die by suicide had a recorded mental or behavioural disorder.
The Magistrates Court in Perth has ordered serial senate candidate nominee Rodney Culleton to pay court costs for false or misleading statements in the 2022 federal election. Coulleton’s conviction and $12,086.80 court costs relate to a false bankruptcy declaration he made to the Australian Electoral Commission in 2022. When Coulleton
Another morning, another crash on one of Auckland’s major roads. Traffic isn’t moving. Drivers sit in their cars rehearsing reasons for being late again. Radio hosts offer the usual advice: leave earlier and find an alternative route. It happens so often we barely notice anymore. But the costs add up
Maskot/GettyWatching your teenager grieve the loss of their social media account can be confronting. Many are genuinely distressed or struggling with the change, and many parents are unsure how to respond. Australia’s social media ban, which started this week, means teens under the age of 16, have lost accounts
The Wippa-led pro-teen social media ban group was selling a 'United Nations General Assembly Sponsorship' for $150,000 in the lead-up to the Australian government-hosted event. The post ‘This is
There has been massive global interest in the new social media legislation introduced in Australia aimed at protecting children from the dangers of doom‑scrolling and mental‑health risks potentially posed by these platforms during their developmental years The platforms’ methods so far for verifying young people’s ages have shown mixed effectiveness.
Anthony Albanese said the ban was to 'let kids be kids'. So far, that's proving true, with many breaking the rules and mocking his authority. The post Teens are having