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The Australian government "must allow" the families with Islamic State links who have been stuck in Syria to return home, an international law expert says. A group of 34 women and children who have ...

Food and health ministers vote to mandate the ratings system after years of urging from peak health bodies Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS) were established for two central reasons: first, the lack of legal representation for Indigenous people in the criminal justice system; ...

Doron Almog has previously faced arrest warrants over allegations he committed war crimes in Gaza in 2002, which he denies Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast As opposition to ...

On 21 November 1936, the Hume Dam was officially opened The Hume Dam, about 10km east of Albury in southern New South Wales, forms part of the Hume Reservoir – the main water supply on the Murray ...

Australia banned social media apps for under 16s in December, and, a month later, there's been a mixed reaction from teens, experts and tech firms. As many teens find ways to circumvent the law, major ...

Australia’s main environmental law, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), has finally been rewritten. After years of warnings that the old law was “not fit for ...

The company said the new law, which makes it illegal for children under 16 to have social media accounts, infringes on children’s rights. By Victoria Kim Reporting from Sydney, Australia Reddit, the ...

Reddit challenged Australia’s teen social media ban, saying it is ineffective and disproportionate. The platform argued that the law goes too far by limiting teen participation in political discussion ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Global online forum Reddit on Friday filed a court challenge to Australia’s world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s ...

The country is barring children under 16 from social media, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at a nationwide regulation. By Victoria Kim Reporting from Sydney, Australia A ...