The Australian government says it has banned under-16s from social media for their own safety. Now, two teens are fighting the law in court, arguing a right to political expression. CNN's Angus Watson reports.
December 09, 2025
A firefighter has died while battling wildfires that have destroyed around 40 homes in two Australian states
December 08, 2025
Steve Smith has taken a brilliant catch and then hit the winning runs to give Australia a 2-0 lead in the Ashes
December 07, 2025
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen won the Australian Open for his first major professional title
December 07, 2025
Mitchell Starc has been dominating England in the Ashes series with the ball and now he's added another dimension
December 06, 2025
Rory McIlroy has survived a bizarre encounter with a banana peel lodged in a tree to shoot a 3-under 68 at the Australian Open
December 06, 2025
Rory McIlroy has made the weekend at the Australian Open after shooting a 3-under 68 to finish inside the 36-hole cut line
December 05, 2025
Australian lender ANZ Group's influential proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services on Thursday recommended investors vote against
December 04, 2025
Australian households went on the biggest spending binge in almost two years in October in just the latest example of economic froth that could mean the next
December 04, 2025
A majority of Australians, Japanese and Indians believe U.S.
December 03, 2025
Australia is set to enforce its age limit for social media accounts starting next week, and the platforms must provide monthly reports on how many children's accounts they have closed or face fines
December 03, 2025
The Australian Banking Association on Wednesday appointed ANZ Group CEO Nuno Matos as the new chair of its council, replacing National Australia Bank chief Andrew Irvine.
December 03, 2025
Australia's top central banker said on Wednesday the economy was likely already at its potential growth limit and, should inflation
December 02, 2025
Australia's economy grew at the fastest annual pace in two years in the September quarter, fuelled by business, government and consumer spending
December 03, 2025
Google's YouTube shared a "disappointing update" to millions of Australian users and content creators on Wednesday, saying it will comply with a world-first
December 03, 2025
The disappearance nearly 12 years ago of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 with 239 people on board remains one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.
March 08, 2024
Anthony Albanese became the first Australian prime minister to tie the knot while in office when he married his partner Jodie Haydon in a private ceremony on Saturday.
November 29, 2025
Australian home prices jumped in November but gains in Sydney and Melbourne slowed, as expectations there would be no interest rate cuts anytime soon undermined sentiment in
November 30, 2025
Australia's Treasury Wine Estates said on Monday it expects to write off A$687.4 million ($449.56 million) from the value of its U.S. assets due to
November 30, 2025
Four arrests over alleged ‘international satanic child sex abuse material ring’
December 01, 2025
Star Entertainment has elected Bruce Mathieson Jr. as chairman, cementing the billionaire Mathieson family’s grip on the embattled casino firm after the family and U.S. gaming group
December 01, 2025
Australia will reorganise its defence department, forming a Defence Delivery Agency and appointing a national armaments director to improve defence spending and delivery,
December 01, 2025
Australia's government spending jumped in the third quarter to add to a long-awaited rebound in business investment, setting the stage for a solid economic performance.
December 02, 2025
A second influential proxy adviser has recommended institutional investors vote against re-electing Westpac non-executive director Peter
December 02, 2025
Australian home prices will rise more than previously expected in 2026, thanks to tight supply and resilient demand, according to a Reuters poll of analysts who said a lack of
November 28, 2025
Australia has listed Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a state sponsor of terrorism, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Thursday, following an intelligence assessment that
November 27, 2025
New Zealand's business confidence jumped in November to its highest level in 11 years, suggesting an economic recovery was underway, an ANZ Bank survey showed on Thursday.
November 27, 2025
Australia's banking regulator will impose its first cap on high debt-to-income home loans from February, moving to curb housing risks as property prices surge and credit
November 26, 2025
Foreign bidders for Australian companies could be liable for higher reverse break fees if regulatory approval is not received, in the wake of the failed $434 million
November 26, 2025
A constitutional challenge against Australia’s social media ban on children younger than 16 has been filed in the nation’s highest court, two weeks before the world-first law is set
November 26, 2025
Australia's financial regulators have warned the country's A$4.5 trillion ($2.9 trillion) pension industry to speed up preparations for an estimated 2.5 million people due
November 26, 2025
Australian telco Optus said on Wednesday it had suffered a service outage near Melbourne impacting around 14,000 users, two months after a disruption to emergency calls that probably
November 25, 2025
A senior Australian central banker said on Wednesday the country's financial conditions were influenced by global factors, with low equity risk premia and credit spreads suggesting
November 26, 2025
Australian consumer inflation accelerated for a fourth straight month in October, a new data series showed on Wednesday, a hot result that has markets giving up hopes
November 26, 2025
Australian far-right Senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa to Parliament on Monday as a political prop in her
November 24, 2025
BHP should move on from Anglo American and focus on its growth strategy, investors said on Monday, after the Australian company's last-minute
November 24, 2025
Shares of Australian industrial logistics group Qube Holdings hit an all-time high on Monday after
November 23, 2025
Snap said on Monday it will offer Australians the chance to verify their age with software
November 24, 2025
Thousands of people in Australia's Northern Territory were without power on Sunday after a tropical cyclone brought destructive winds to the region, including capital Darwin,
November 23, 2025
Ben Stokes has given England a first-innings advantage in the opening Ashes test against Australia
November 21, 2025
Australia's internet watchdog on Friday said it would include Amazon.com-owned live streaming service Twitch in
November 21, 2025
The EU is prepared to take direct stakes in Australian critical minerals projects and will soon announce a list of projects it will support, EU Trade
November 21, 2025
Meta has started notifying young Australians to download their digital histories and delete their accounts from Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
November 20, 2025
HSBC has appointed Steve Hughes as CEO and head of Banking for Australia and New Zealand, effective January 1, 2026, a company spokesperson said on Thursday.
November 20, 2025
Australia's central bank is examining three issues that could influence policy, including whether firms have changed how they set prices and whether the transmission channels for
November 20, 2025
Australia has agreed to allow Turkey to host next year's COP31 climate summit, but Canberra will lead the conference's negotiations among governments, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
November 19, 2025
Trafigura unit Nyrstar said on Thursday it had started casting antimony metal in a pilot plant at its Port Pirie metals facility in South Australia, a project listed as part of the U.S.-
November 20, 2025
Embattled Australian casino operator Star Entertainment said on Wednesday that long-term performance rights awarded to its top executives and managers have lapsed for the seventh
November 19, 2025
Australia will not oppose a successful Turkish bid to host next year's COP31 climate summit, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, warning a prolonged standoff over hosting
November 19, 2025
Australian wages grew at a steady pace in the third quarter, driven by public sector pay gains, adding to a string of upbeat data that reinforces expectations the
November 19, 2025
A prisoner in Australia is challenging a state's ban on Vegemite in prisons, claiming that denying him the polarizing yeast spread violates his human rights
November 18, 2025
A federal court on Tuesday blocked Texas from using a new congressional map intended to flip several Democratic-held U.S.
November 18, 2025
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country's largest lender, believes demand for home loans is too high and is helping to push property prices up, Chief Executive Matt Comyn said on
November 18, 2025
Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto will cut output at its Yarwun alumina refinery in Queensland by 40% from next October to extend the plant's life, the company said on Tuesday.
November 17, 2025
Australia's remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island has enough power to support a new Google data centre without depriving locals, but its arrival could
November 18, 2025
Australia's central bank said on Tuesday that it could keep holding the cash rate at the current level if incoming data surprises on the strong side, but there are also
November 18, 2025
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday that Australia would not co-host the COP31 climate summit with Turkey amid
November 17, 2025
Australia on Sunday cautiously welcomed President Donald Trump's rollback of his tariffs on beef, while pressing the U.S. to eliminate all tariffs on Australian goods.
November 16, 2025
Australia's ANZ Group has a 'good news' culture that deters staff from speaking up about potential mistakes while bureaucracy hampers some of its processes, a review
November 14, 2025
Australia's biggest banks are ramping up efforts to reduce their reliance on mortgage brokers in the nation's $1.6 trillion home loan market,
November 14, 2025
Australia and Indonesia have agreed on a new security treaty that commits them to consult each other if either country is threatened,
November 12, 2025
One of two Georgia wildfires doubles in size, officials say
Sound of gunfire carries eerie echoes of Reagan's shooting outside the same Washington hotel
Buckingham Palace says King Charles' trip to the US to go ahead
Palestinian authorities call local elections in a Gaza community and the West Bank a success
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Peru's Fujimori, leftist Sanchez deadlocked in presidential runoff poll
Family returns home 19 months after Helene
Direction of the Boston Red Sox feels 'up in the air' after Cora's firing, Trevor Story says
Spurs star Victor Wembanyama available to play vs. Trail Blazers after clearing concussion protocol