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Australia adds YouTube to social media ban

Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps exemption

Australia said on Wednesday it will add YouTube to sites covered by its world-first ban on social media for teenagers, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the Alphabet-owned video-sharing site and potentially setting up a legal challenge.

CNN on MSN · 13h

YouTube to be included in Australia’s social media ban for children under 16

Australia has picked a fight with the world’s largest video platform by backtracking on an earlier promise to exclude YouTube in its social media ban for children under 16.

Associated Press News on MSN · 16h

Australia bans YouTube accounts for children under 16 in reversal of previous stance

The Australian government announced YouTube will be among the social media platforms that must ensure account holders are at least 16-years-old from December, reversing a position taken months ago on the popular video-sharing service.

1st Australian-made rocket crashes shortly

Gizmodo · 7h

Australia’s First Rocket Crashes and Burns Seconds After Liftoff

The first Australian-made orbital rocket to launch from the land down under barely took off for its inaugural test flight, ending roughly 14 seconds after liftoff.

Ars Technica · 10h

Australia’s first orbital-class rocket didn’t make it far off the launch pad

The last attempt to launch a satellite from Australian soil was in 1971, when the British Black Arrow rocket lifted off from a military range in South Australia and placed a UK-built satellite into orbit. Gilmour is leading the charge to bring orbital launches back to Australia, this time with a domestic rocket.

NBC News · 1h

Australian rocket crashes 14 seconds after launch

July 30, 2025

T20, West Indies and Australia

BBC on MSN · 1d

Australia seal 5-0 win in West Indies T20 series

Australia complete a comprehensive 5-0 clean sweep against West Indies in their T20 series by winning the final match of their tour by three wickets.

Reuters · 1d

Australia sweep T20 series against West Indies

Australia completed a 5-0 sweep of the West Indies in their Twenty20 international series with Ben Dwarshuis's bowling paving the way for a three-wicket victory in Basseterre, Saint Kitts on Monday.

Barron's · 1d

Destructive Dwarshuis Gives Australia 5-0 Sweep Of West Indies T20s

Ben Dwarshuis removed both openers and took the crucial wicket of top-scorer Shimron Hetmyer as Australia beat the West Indies on Monday in Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis, to sweep the T20 series 5-0.

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Australia's second-quarter inflation drops to lowest since March 2021, supporting case for rate cut

Australia’s headline inflation rate in the second quarter of the year slipped to its lowest point since March 2021, coming in ...

Australia Urged to Rein In Gas Exports as Supply Crunch Looms

A new report linking Australia’s liquefied natural gas export boom to surging local energy prices is fueling fresh pressure ...

New Scientist on MSN9h

New-to-science stick insect is the heaviest ever found in Australia

A giant stick insect species found in Australia’s Wet Tropics named Acrophylla alta can reach 40 centimetres in length and ...

21hon MSN

Australia Q2 inflation surprises on low side, heralds rate cut

Australian consumer prices grew at the slowest pace in over four years in the June quarter, data showed on Wednesday, while ...

Human Rights Watch1h

Australia: Support the Palestine Action Group’s Right to Protest

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns should withdraw his objection to a protest march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

The Diplomat53m

As Australia Eyes COP31, Climate Politics Heats up in the Coalition

There are a number of civil wars taking place within Australia’s conservative bloc, with climate change being the central ...

1hon MSN

As Western Australia posts worst inflation figures in nation, state government spruiks 'responsible' financial management

WA recorded the highest inflation rate in the country over the past year, despite state government claims "the inflation ...

Australia on track with only four of 19 Closing The Gap targets

The country is severely behind in bringing outcomes for Indigenous Australians in line with their non-Indigenous counterparts ...

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