Australia: NSW enacts sweeping gun and protest laws
In the wake of the deadly terror attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach earlier this month, the New South Wales (NSW) Parliament has passed a...
Australia moves to tighten gun laws after deadly Bondi Beach shooting
Australia’s federal and state governments are moving swiftly to strengthen the nation’s gun laws following one of the deadliest mass shootings in the country’s...
From Port Arthur to Bondi: A look at Australia’s rare mass shooting incidents
Australia, a nation known for stringent gun control and historically low levels of mass shootings, has once again been reminded of the tragic reality...
Reddit challenges Australia’s ban on social media for under-16s
Reddit Inc., the California-based operator of the widely used online forum, has launched a legal challenge in Australia’s High Court in a bid to...
Australia bushfire: Season most dangerous since black summer
Australia is confronting an escalating bushfire crisis this summer that authorities and experts warn could be the most perilous since the catastrophic “Black Summer”...
Indigenous deaths in custody hit record high in Australia
A newly released report by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has laid bare a grim milestone: in the period 2024–25, a total of...
Australia: Meta begins removing under-16s from social media ahead of historic ban
In a move aligned with Australia’s unprecedented social-media regulation, tech giant Meta has commenced the removal of accounts belonging to users under the age...
Australian teens migrate to Lemon8 as under-16 social-media ban nears
With just days left before Australia’s sweeping ban on social-media use by children under 16 comes into force, many teens are flocking to newer,...
Is Australia fighting against China alone in Pacific?
Australia is finding itself ever more isolated in efforts to counter Beijing’s growing sway across the Pacific islands, according to the latest aid-monitoring report...