Tech giants will apply multiple layers of security to weed out young users under Australia's world-first ban on social media for under-16s.

The plan is aimed at "making sure technology serves Australians, not the other way around", Industry Minister Tim Ayres said. The Albanese government says its roadmap will strike a careful balance ...

An Australian journalist has been indicted in Thailand on criminal defamation charges over articles he wrote criticising the Malaysian government and its communications regulator. The case stems from ...

Vanuatu's government has stoked concern in Canberra and Wellington by moving to expel all foreign advisers and police officers working on national security from government buildings, declaring that it ...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has ended, after President Donald Trump signed a bill to fund the government late Wednesday night. The legislation cleared the House of Representatives ...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended late Wednesday. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended late Wednesday, allowing observers to take stock of the impact it had on ...

A bipartisan group of Senate Democrats and Republicans reached a deal to reopen the government after the longest shutdown in U.S. history, voting on the first procedural step on the measure. The ...

The government is proposing to reduce default speed limits on non-signposted outback roads from 100 km/h to somewhere between 70 and 90. Source: Federal government Australian drivers have just hours ...

It has been two decades since Tasmanian vegetable growers led one of Australia's biggest agricultural protests to Canberra. The movement started a national conversation about country-of-origin food ...

The government is proposing to reduce default speed limits on outback roads from 100 km/h to 80. Source: Federal government Australian drivers have hours left to act on a new government plan to reduce ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Saturday took aim at President Trump's decision to travel to Asia while the government shutdown drags on. "While Americans are struggling to make ends meet, ...

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) had hired Deloitte in December 2024 to review its compliance framework and IT system. But when the report was published in July, academics ...