Australia readies as cyclone veers towards eastern coast

Agence France Presse 03/05/2025

BYRON BAY, Australia — A rare tropical cyclone veered towards Australia’s densely populated eastern coast on Wednesday, sparking emergency warnings, closing hundreds of schools, and threatening to flood thousands of homes. Tropical Cyclone Alfred would strike Friday…

Pod of 157 dolphins stranded on remote Australian beach

Agence France Presse 02/19/2025

SYDNEY, Australia — Dozens of dolphins have died after a pod of more than 150 stranded on a remote beach in Australia’s southern island of Tasmania, environment officials said Wednesday. A pod of 157 dolphins from a…

Australian police warn vs PH-based online ‘love’ scams

Frances Mangosing 02/10/2025

MANILA, Philippines — Is it really love? Maybe not. Philippine and Australian officials are warning against romance scammers online this Valentine’s season. While there may be people who found lasting relationships through the internet, others are not…

Shark kills pastor fishing in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Agence France Presse 12/30/2024

SYDNEY, Australia — A shark has attacked and killed a 40-year-old pastor who was fishing with his family in the waters of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, officials said. The predator bit him on the neck on Saturday…

Banning social media for people under 16 in Australia: Will it work?

12/04/2024

It is an ambitious social experiment of our moment in history — one that experts say could accomplish something that parents, schools and other governments have attempted with varying degrees of success: keeping kids off social media until…

Social media companies slam Australia’s under-16 ban

Agence France Presse 11/29/2024

MELBOURNE, Australia — Social media giants on Friday hit out at a landmark Australian law banning them from signing up under-16s, describing it as a rush job littered with “many unanswered questions”. The UN children’s charity UNICEF…

Australia passes landmark social media ban for under 16s

Agence France Presse 11/29/2024

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian lawmakers passed landmark rules to ban under 16s from social media on Thursday, approving one of the world’s toughest crackdowns on popular sites like Facebook, Instagram and X. The legislation ordering social media…

Australia introduces social media ban for under 16s

Associated Press 11/21/2024

Australia’s communications minister introduced a world-first law into Parliament on Thursday that would ban children younger than 16 from social media, saying online safety was one of parents’ toughest challenges. Michelle Rowland said TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram…

Man crushed to death by fan blade at Australian wind farm

11/11/2024

Sydney, Australia–A man was crushed to death by a fan blade of a wind turbine being built at one of Australia’s largest wind farms, police said Monday, November 11, 2024. He had been working at the Golden Plains…

Australia plans age limit to ban children from social media

AFP 09/10/2024

Sydney, Australia—The prime minister said Tuesday that Australia will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit of 16, vowing to get kids off their devices and “onto the footy fields.” Federal legislation to…

Australia gives workers ‘right to disconnect’ from bosses

Agence France Presse 08/26/2024

SYDNEY, Australia — Australia gave millions of workers the legal right to “disconnect” on Monday, allowing them to ignore unreasonable out-of-hours calls, emails and texts from their bosses. People can now refuse to monitor, read, or respond…

World’s ‘largest’ solar hub gets Australia okay

Agence France Presse 08/22/2024

SYDNEY, Australia — Australia approved on Wednesday plans for a massive solar and battery farm that would export energy to Singapore, a project billed as the “largest solar precinct in the world”. Authorities announced environmental approvals for…

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