Anti-war protesters clash with police outside Australian arms convention
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Thousands of anti-war protesters clashed with police Wednesday outside a military arms convention in downtown Melbourne.
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Australia proposes legal minimum age for children accessing social media
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government on Tuesday promised to legislate this year to enforce a minimum age for children to access social media, but it has yet to announce how ages will be verified.
Australia Plans to Bar Young Children From Social Media
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia on Monday took to his social media accounts to announce that his government wants to set a minimum age to use social media platforms, like TikTok and Instagram, in a move he said was designed to reduce online risks for children.
Indonesia, Australia to hold ‘complex’ defence drills as security ties deepen
Indonesia and Australia will hold their largest defence exercises in November after signing a new security pact seen to usher closer ties for the two nations with a strained history.
AUKUS submarine deal exposed as monumental folly
Nautical metaphors are irresistible, I’m afraid, when talking about Australia’s seemingly endless submarine saga. But as investigative journalist Andrew Fowler makes clear in “Nuked: The Submarine Fiasco that Sank Australia’s Sovereignty“, his excellent and excoriating analysis of the genesis of the AUKUS pact, there isn’t much room for levity otherwise.
Indonesia-Australia set to become brothers in arms
Indonesia and Australia finalized a new defense cooperation treaty on August 20, a potential game-changing pact depending on its still-unreleased details.
World’s ‘largest solar precinct’ approved by Australian government
NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — An ambitious plan to build a massive solar farm in remote northern Australia that would transmit energy by submarine cable to Singapore is a step closer after the Australian government granted environmental approvals for the 30 billion Australian dollar ($19 billion) project Wednesday.
Australia and Indonesia seal treaty-level defense pact
SYDNEY (Reuters) -- Australia and Indonesia agreed a treaty-level defense cooperation agreement which allow Australian and Indonesian militaries to operate from each other's countries, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday.