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Two Australians have been safely located after catastrophic flooding on the Nepal–China border, but 42 remain missing and the combined death toll has surpassed 1,000, SBS News reports.
Perth pilgrim Luke Costanzo, 30, is among those still unaccounted for after a trek toward Mount Kailash. His family said they are hoping for a miracle. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said officials were thankful a second Australian had been found in Tibet, but warned search teams face extremely difficult conditions.
Rescuers are racing to free hundreds of hydropower workers believed trapped in mud-filled tunnels in Rasuwa and Nuwakot. Watch the overnight missing tally and whether more RAAF supplies reach the search.
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Two Australians have been safely located after catastrophic flooding on the Nepal–China border, but 42 remain missing and the combined death toll has surpassed 1,000, SBS News reports.
Perth pilgrim Luke Costanzo, 30, is among those still unaccounted for after a trek toward Mount Kailash. His family said they are hoping for a miracle. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said officials were thankful a second Australian had been found in Tibet, but warned search teams face extremely difficult conditions.
Rescuers are racing to free hundreds of hydropower workers believed trapped in mud-filled tunnels in Rasuwa and Nuwakot. Watch the overnight missing tally and whether more RAAF supplies reach the search.
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Race to rescue hundreds trapped in tunnels as Nepal flood death toll tops 950
Across the border in China, there is little confirmed information regarding deaths or injuries.
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Four more Australians have been confirmed safe after catastrophic flooding on the Nepal–China border, and DFAT has cut the number still unaccounted for to 38, SBS News reports.
Six Australians have now been located since the glacial flood hit last Wednesday, including Cara Severino found safe in Nepal over the weekend and an Australian contacted in Tibet. A Royal Australian Air Force aid flight was due into Nepal on Wednesday morning.
The combined death toll has passed 1,000, with thousands still missing. Rescuers continue digging for hydropower workers trapped in mud-filled tunnels as hopes fade.
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Four more Australians have been confirmed safe after catastrophic flooding on the Nepal–China border, and DFAT has cut the number still unaccounted for to 38, SBS News reports.
Six Australians have now been located since the glacial flood hit last Wednesday, including Cara Severino found safe in Nepal over the weekend and an Australian contacted in Tibet. A Royal Australian Air Force aid flight was due into Nepal on Wednesday morning.
The combined death toll has passed 1,000, with thousands still missing. Rescuers continue digging for hydropower workers trapped in mud-filled tunnels as hopes fade.
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Four more Australians found safe after Nepal floods as death toll passes 1,000
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has revised the number of missing Australians down to 38, as investigations continue.
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Anthony Albanese has recorded his lowest approval rating as prime minister in the Guardian Essential poll, as the Coalition regains ground and support for One Nation slips, The Guardian reports.
The survey finds Labor and Pauline Hanson’s party both losing share amid what the pollster frames as a messy immigration debate, while the Coalition picks up votes.
The result lands as Canberra heads into a spring sitting period where migration settings, cost-of-living pressure and minority-party influence remain front-of-mind for voters.
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Anthony Albanese has recorded his lowest approval rating as prime minister in the Guardian Essential poll, as the Coalition regains ground and support for One Nation slips, The Guardian reports.
The survey finds Labor and Pauline Hanson’s party both losing share amid what the pollster frames as a messy immigration debate, while the Coalition picks up votes.
The result lands as Canberra heads into a spring sitting period where migration settings, cost-of-living pressure and minority-party influence remain front-of-mind for voters.
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Guardian Essential poll: One Nation’s popularity slips as Albanese records lowest approval as prime minister
Coalition regains ground as support for Labor and Pauline Hanson’s party falls amid ‘messy immigration debate’
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Australia’s economy expanded 0.4 per cent in the June quarter and 2.1 per cent through the year, a soft but still-growing result Treasurer Jim Chalmers called robust in “challenging international circumstances”, The Guardian reports.
Households cut northern-hemisphere travel as Middle East conflict lifted airfares, while record EV and hybrid sales drove about three-quarters of the quarter’s consumption growth.
Per-person GDP slipped 0.1 per cent and labour productivity was flat, keeping living-standards and rate-path debates front of mind for Canberra and the RBA.
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Australia’s economy expanded 0.4 per cent in the June quarter and 2.1 per cent through the year, a soft but still-growing result Treasurer Jim Chalmers called robust in “challenging international circumstances”, The Guardian reports.
Households cut northern-hemisphere travel as Middle East conflict lifted airfares, while record EV and hybrid sales drove about three-quarters of the quarter’s consumption growth.
Per-person GDP slipped 0.1 per cent and labour productivity was flat, keeping living-standards and rate-path debates front of mind for Canberra and the RBA.
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Australians are buying EVs instead of holidaying in Europe – and other things we learned from the national accounts
ABS’s snapshot of Australia’s accounts shows economic growth – albeit low – in the face ‘challenging international circumstances’
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Australia is deploying 15 specialist drone operators to help Nepal’s search-and-rescue effort as the flood death toll reaches about 1,200 and around 4,200 people remain missing, ABC News reports.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong said 38 Australians are still unaccounted for and that concerns deepen “every day, every hour”. The new team from NSW Fire and Rescue and Queensland Fire Department brings Australian personnel in Nepal to 34.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, speaking from Palau, also announced a further $3 million in humanitarian aid, taking Australia’s package to about $11 million after an RAAF C-17 delivered kits and shelter gear.
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Australia is deploying 15 specialist drone operators to help Nepal’s search-and-rescue effort as the flood death toll reaches about 1,200 and around 4,200 people remain missing, ABC News reports.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong said 38 Australians are still unaccounted for and that concerns deepen “every day, every hour”. The new team from NSW Fire and Rescue and Queensland Fire Department brings Australian personnel in Nepal to 34.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, speaking from Palau, also announced a further $3 million in humanitarian aid, taking Australia’s package to about $11 million after an RAAF C-17 delivered kits and shelter gear.
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Australia deploys drones to Nepal as death toll passes 1,200
Australia ramps up its humanitarian aid and deploys drone specialists to Nepal as the death toll passes a tragic milestone.
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A Central Coast tradie in a front yard with children and a university student asleep in his bed are among the innocents killed in Sydney’s sprawling gang war, ABC News reports.
Police say eight people have been killed in mistaken-identity cases since 2021; counting family members and bystanders, the toll rises to 14. Detectives blame overseas-directed contracts and young hitmen willing to murder for a few thousand dollars.
The latest deaths — Joshua Macdonald, 40, and biomedical student Marco Tapia, 23 — have sharpened pressure on NSW to contain organised-crime violence spilling onto ordinary streets.
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A Central Coast tradie in a front yard with children and a university student asleep in his bed are among the innocents killed in Sydney’s sprawling gang war, ABC News reports.
Police say eight people have been killed in mistaken-identity cases since 2021; counting family members and bystanders, the toll rises to 14. Detectives blame overseas-directed contracts and young hitmen willing to murder for a few thousand dollars.
The latest deaths — Joshua Macdonald, 40, and biomedical student Marco Tapia, 23 — have sharpened pressure on NSW to contain organised-crime violence spilling onto ordinary streets.
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They had no place in Sydney's gang war. They died anyway
In a new wave of organised crime violence on Sydney's streets, family, friends and innocent bystanders are no-longer safe. Here are their stories.
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Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting what could be the strongest El Niño on record, with new research pointing to an alarming climate-change influence on the Pacific pattern, The Guardian reports.
Forecasters warn hotter, drier conditions could intensify bushfire and drought risk across southern and eastern Australia through the warmer months.
Farmers, insurers and emergency services will be watching the next BoM updates as the event’s timing and peak strength come into sharper focus.
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Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting what could be the strongest El Niño on record, with new research pointing to an alarming climate-change influence on the Pacific pattern, The Guardian reports.
Forecasters warn hotter, drier conditions could intensify bushfire and drought risk across southern and eastern Australia through the warmer months.
Farmers, insurers and emergency services will be watching the next BoM updates as the event’s timing and peak strength come into sharper focus.
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BoM forecasts strongest El Niño on record as research points to ‘alarming’ climate change influence
Bureau of Meteorology suggests El Niño has already broken records, with Pacific Ocean temperature change exceeding 2C in six months
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Electric vehicles have outsold petrol-only cars in Australia for the first time, with more than 27,000 EVs sold in August, The Guardian reports.
The rise has been helped by soaring fuel costs linked to Middle East conflict and last year’s federal vehicle emissions standard, which is steering buyers toward lower-emissions models.
Industry figures say the milestone marks a structural shift in the new-car market, even as charging access and grid planning stay under pressure.
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Electric vehicles have outsold petrol-only cars in Australia for the first time, with more than 27,000 EVs sold in August, The Guardian reports.
The rise has been helped by soaring fuel costs linked to Middle East conflict and last year’s federal vehicle emissions standard, which is steering buyers toward lower-emissions models.
Industry figures say the milestone marks a structural shift in the new-car market, even as charging access and grid planning stay under pressure.
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EV sales outpace petrol cars for first time as Australians dodge soaring fuel costs
New record for Australia as more than 27,000 EVs sold in August, driven by the rising cost of fuel and new government policy
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Corporate regulator ASIC has told a parliamentary inquiry that major accounting firms KPMG, PwC, EY and Deloitte disclosed 551 complaints about alleged audit misconduct over three years, ABC News reports.
Asked how many of those complaints were substantiated, ASIC’s answer — “we don’t know” — has sharpened scrutiny of how Australia polices the audit market.
The exchange lands as Canberra keeps pressure on the Big Four after a run of consulting and assurance scandals.
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Corporate regulator ASIC has told a parliamentary inquiry that major accounting firms KPMG, PwC, EY and Deloitte disclosed 551 complaints about alleged audit misconduct over three years, ABC News reports.
Asked how many of those complaints were substantiated, ASIC’s answer — “we don’t know” — has sharpened scrutiny of how Australia polices the audit market.
The exchange lands as Canberra keeps pressure on the Big Four after a run of consulting and assurance scandals.
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ASIC probing hundreds of audit complaints at big four accounting firms
Corporate regulator ASIC tells a parliamentary inquiry major accounting firms KPMG, PwC, EY and Deloitte have revealed 551 complaints in three years about alleged audit misconduct.
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Housing values are trending down across Australia’s major capitals, with fresh figures showing softer prices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Darwin, The Guardian reports.
The slide sharpens the political fight over affordability even as owners watch paper wealth shrink.
Banks, brokers and first-home buyers will treat the next monthly reads as a test of how deep the correction runs.
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Housing values are trending down across Australia’s major capitals, with fresh figures showing softer prices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Darwin, The Guardian reports.
The slide sharpens the political fight over affordability even as owners watch paper wealth shrink.
Banks, brokers and first-home buyers will treat the next monthly reads as a test of how deep the correction runs.
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Australia’s housing prices are trending down. See which suburbs have had the biggest falls
Cotality says prices have declined in most capital cities over winter. Search the data to see how they have changed in your area
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One Nation’s Secret Harbour by-election win in a Labor heartland seat is being read as a clear warning to both major parties across Australia, ABC News reports.
Labor shed a huge primary swing in the outer-suburban WA seat, with voters citing cost-of-living and housing frustration and a sense of disconnection from politics.
State and federal strategists will treat the result as another data point ahead of contests in Victoria and New South Wales.
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One Nation’s Secret Harbour by-election win in a Labor heartland seat is being read as a clear warning to both major parties across Australia, ABC News reports.
Labor shed a huge primary swing in the outer-suburban WA seat, with voters citing cost-of-living and housing frustration and a sense of disconnection from politics.
State and federal strategists will treat the result as another data point ahead of contests in Victoria and New South Wales.
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How One Nation snatched the safe Labor seat of Secret Harbour
Labor will be conducting a post-mortem of its crushing defeat in the Secret Harbour by-election to see where it went wrong. But One Nation's win has wider implication for all major parties across Australia.
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Australian geologist and rescue expert Arnold Dix has hailed the breakthrough that freed hydropower workers buried for about nine days in Nepal’s flood disaster zone, Seven News reports.
Dix praised the local army teams and the week-and-a-half of planning that got the extraction right, calling it a fantastic day for the trapped men and their families.
The rescue has given fresh hope as Australian and international search efforts continue across the Nepal–Tibet disaster zone.
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Australian geologist and rescue expert Arnold Dix has hailed the breakthrough that freed hydropower workers buried for about nine days in Nepal’s flood disaster zone, Seven News reports.
Dix praised the local army teams and the week-and-a-half of planning that got the extraction right, calling it a fantastic day for the trapped men and their families.
The rescue has given fresh hope as Australian and international search efforts continue across the Nepal–Tibet disaster zone.
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‘I didn’t come here for a holiday’: Aussie geologist celebrates Nepal rescue nine days after pair were buried alive
‘Those army guys who are there — oh my God, what they have done is just amazing.’
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Big tobacco is pressing harder for cuts to cigarette excise as illicit sales boom, with Coalition and One Nation arguments tracking industry talking points, Guardian Australia reports.
Public health groups say lobbyists were active around a parliamentary inquiry into the black market, including private hearings involving Philip Morris executives.
The clash puts smoking rates, tax revenue and organised crime in the same frame as parties hunt cost-of-living messages.
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Big tobacco is pressing harder for cuts to cigarette excise as illicit sales boom, with Coalition and One Nation arguments tracking industry talking points, Guardian Australia reports.
Public health groups say lobbyists were active around a parliamentary inquiry into the black market, including private hearings involving Philip Morris executives.
The clash puts smoking rates, tax revenue and organised crime in the same frame as parties hunt cost-of-living messages.
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Big tobacco is back in town as cigarette tax fight lights up Australian politics
The industry has been pushing for cuts to excise for decades. With the explosion in illegal cigarette sales, those calls have grown louder
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Draft laws requiring social media platforms to offer an algorithm opt-out will be introduced to parliament this week, ABC News reports.
The Digital Duty of Care exposure draft would also put the onus on platforms to minimise and prevent online harm, with fines above $100 million for breaches.
Coalition figures are sceptical of censorship risks while the Greens want a tougher opt-in model for algorithmic feeds.
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Draft laws requiring social media platforms to offer an algorithm opt-out will be introduced to parliament this week, ABC News reports.
The Digital Duty of Care exposure draft would also put the onus on platforms to minimise and prevent online harm, with fines above $100 million for breaches.
Coalition figures are sceptical of censorship risks while the Greens want a tougher opt-in model for algorithmic feeds.
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Social media platforms to be forced to offer algorithm opt-out
Social media companies would be required to give users a choice to turn off their algorithm through pop-up messages, under draft laws to be unveiled by the government later this week.
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Labor will introduce laws requiring social media platforms to offer an algorithm opt-out, Guardian Australia reports.
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says he is deeply sceptical of the crackdown and warns about overreach.
The fight lands as Canberra also debates a wider digital duty of care for big platforms.
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Labor will introduce laws requiring social media platforms to offer an algorithm opt-out, Guardian Australia reports.
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says he is deeply sceptical of the crackdown and warns about overreach.
The fight lands as Canberra also debates a wider digital duty of care for big platforms.
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Labor plans crackdown on social media algorithms as Taylor says he’s ‘deeply sceptical’
Anika Wells expected to release legislation creating a digital duty of care in parliament this week, but Coalition argues it is ‘attempt to censor the internet’
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The $3.4 billion collapse of developer Bathla has stalled a pipeline of about 14,000 apartments and laid bare quality, finance and regulation risks in Australian housing, ABC News analysis by Alan Kohler finds.
NSW Building Commission inspections, new 10-year liability insurance rules and private-credit funding pressures collided as the firm entered administration.
The failure hits national housing supply targets hardest in NSW, where Bathla was a major affordable-apartment builder.
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The $3.4 billion collapse of developer Bathla has stalled a pipeline of about 14,000 apartments and laid bare quality, finance and regulation risks in Australian housing, ABC News analysis by Alan Kohler finds.
NSW Building Commission inspections, new 10-year liability insurance rules and private-credit funding pressures collided as the firm entered administration.
The failure hits national housing supply targets hardest in NSW, where Bathla was a major affordable-apartment builder.
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A $3.4b collapse exposes the mess of our housing industry
The collapse of Bathla is a disaster for the national housing supply and affordability project: its now-stalled pipeline of 14,000 apartments represents about 18.5 per cent of new housing stock to be built in NSW this year.
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Pauline Hanson's One Nation plan to let workers divert super into take-home pay for rent or mortgages has been labelled economically disastrous, ABC News reports.
Treasury figures and Labor warn the median full-time worker could be tens of thousands worse off in retirement if early access becomes the norm.
The clash is dominating Canberra's Monday as Chalmers and Hanson trade barbs over cost-of-living relief versus long-term retirement security.
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Pauline Hanson's One Nation plan to let workers divert super into take-home pay for rent or mortgages has been labelled economically disastrous, ABC News reports.
Treasury figures and Labor warn the median full-time worker could be tens of thousands worse off in retirement if early access becomes the norm.
The clash is dominating Canberra's Monday as Chalmers and Hanson trade barbs over cost-of-living relief versus long-term retirement security.
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One Nation's early access super scheme panned as inflationary
Australians would be given the option to divert a portion of their superannuation into their take-home pay for up to three years, but one economist has warned it will increase the cost of living in the long term.
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A leaked text has outlined Australia's $980 million commitment as Canberra and Honiara reach an in-principle deal on a new treaty, ABC News reports.
The message from a high-ranking official sets out how far Australia is prepared to go to lock the Pacific partnership in.
The figure lands in a week when Pacific security and aid diplomacy are again front of mind in Canberra.
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A leaked text has outlined Australia's $980 million commitment as Canberra and Honiara reach an in-principle deal on a new treaty, ABC News reports.
The message from a high-ranking official sets out how far Australia is prepared to go to lock the Pacific partnership in.
The figure lands in a week when Pacific security and aid diplomacy are again front of mind in Canberra.
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Leaked text reveals Australia's $980 million commitment to Solomon Islands
Australia and Solomon Islands have reached an in-principle agreement over a new treaty, with a leaked text message from a high-ranking official outlining the lengths Canberra will go to to get the deal done.
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Bond markets are flashing stress signals that put the global economy on a financial-crisis trajectory, ABC News reports, as interest-rate and debt pressures mount.
Investors are watching sovereign yields and credit spreads for signs that higher-for-longer rates are cracking weaker borrowers.
Australian households, banks and the Budget will feel any further jump in funding costs through mortgages, business credit and the dollar.
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Bond markets are flashing stress signals that put the global economy on a financial-crisis trajectory, ABC News reports, as interest-rate and debt pressures mount.
Investors are watching sovereign yields and credit spreads for signs that higher-for-longer rates are cracking weaker borrowers.
Australian households, banks and the Budget will feel any further jump in funding costs through mortgages, business credit and the dollar.
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Global economy on a financial crisis 'trajectory' as bond markets dive
If inflation remains stubbornly high in Australia, we can expect interest rates to rise and asset prices to go down. But it's that exact scenario that risks putting the global economy on the trajectory of another financial crisis.
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Australians will be able to switch off social media recommendation algorithms under a Digital Duty of Care push, Sydney Morning Herald reports, with the Prime Minister confirming the opt-out path.
The plan lands amid mounting concern that opaque feeds amplify harm, addiction and misinformation—especially for younger users.
Platforms, advertisers and creators will now parse how an optional chronological feed changes reach, safety duties and political risk.
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Australians will be able to switch off social media recommendation algorithms under a Digital Duty of Care push, Sydney Morning Herald reports, with the Prime Minister confirming the opt-out path.
The plan lands amid mounting concern that opaque feeds amplify harm, addiction and misinformation—especially for younger users.
Platforms, advertisers and creators will now parse how an optional chronological feed changes reach, safety duties and political risk.
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Albanese versus the feed: War on algorithms reignites free speech feud
Labor says Australians would be able to choose between existing algorithms or their “following feed” under tough new legislation that has already drawn the ire of the Coalition.
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A packed High Court courtroom has opened arguments as the neo-Nazi White Australia group challenges its ban under new hate speech laws, ABC News reports.
Lawyers for the organisation argue the prohibition is authoritarian and that the Commonwealth lacks power to ban a political party.
The appeal is a major early test of Australia’s post-October 7 hate speech framework and how far outlawing extremist groups can go.
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A packed High Court courtroom has opened arguments as the neo-Nazi White Australia group challenges its ban under new hate speech laws, ABC News reports.
Lawyers for the organisation argue the prohibition is authoritarian and that the Commonwealth lacks power to ban a political party.
The appeal is a major early test of Australia’s post-October 7 hate speech framework and how far outlawing extremist groups can go.
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Packed courtroom for Neo-Nazi group's appeal against ban
White Australia, which is currently prohibited under new hate speech laws, is appealing the ban in Australia's High Court.