Madonna King: The Anika Wells expense scandal fails Australia’s pub test

Anyone with a skerrick of Christmas cheer would forgive Anika Wells for seeking out a sneaky tipple at her favourite pub, ...

High Steaks: Federal deputy opposition leader Ted O'Brien

He admits the Coalition is “going through a stage we just have to see through”, but as he sets his sights on a lofty role, federal deputy opposition leader Ted O’Brien refuses to point the finger at ...

How a grieving mother's letter helped Australia's world-first social media ban come into being

Key players including Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton, Peter Malinauskas and Julie Inman-Grant tell the inside story of how an ...

The great scroll off: Inside Australia’s world-first teen social media ban

How grieving parents, media campaigns, and political opportunism collided to create the world’s most ambitious - and ...

Albanese's social media ban is bold reform, but it will take years to judge its real success

Parents will thank the government for giving them more agency in dealing with the social media issue but kids aren't voters ...

Experts refute 'nonsense' claim Australian PM facing legal battle at international court

Months after Australia's centre-left Labor Party won an outright majority in national polls, posts falsely claimed former ...
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No, Hanson has not called for Apple to remove LGBTQI apps

AAP FACTCHECK - Pauline Hanson has not demanded that Apple delete LGBTQI applications from its app store, despite claims that ...

What to Know About Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids Under 16

Kids in Australia will no longer be able to have accounts on social media apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat as ...

‘I hope Barnaby fails in his next political task’: Nationals elder Ron Boswell

Nationals party luminary Ron Boswell says he hopes Barnaby Joyce “fails in his next political task” after joining One Nation ...

‘Grand social experiment’: Australia’s social media ban turns heads globally, with mixed results

From a live blog on the BBC to cautious reaction in the New York Times, here’s how the world’s media covered the ban ...

'Classic glass cliff': women leaders mark Liberal first

The majority of Liberal leaders across Australia are now women - but are they political saviours or placeholders until a male ...

Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins

Accounts held by users under 16 must be removed on apps that include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and Threads under ban ...