Australia is the first country to take such sweeping action, but many countries, including the United States, are considering age-gating social media in similar ways. “We know the world will be watching,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a September speech at the United Nations.

Australia's government on Wednesday revised the outlook for inflation sharply higher but it still added to its annual spending plans, leaving it up to monetary policy to lean against cost pressures in the economy.

The company said the law infringes on teenagers’ freedom of political discourse, adding any reduction in risk of harm would be minimal at best.

Multiple overseas politicians have explicitly blamed the Australian government in the wake of the mass shooting at Bondi Beach, slamming it for its handling of anti-Semitism, as well as its decision to recognise a Palestinian state.

We’ll certainly look at the migration settings to make sure that no one who has antisemitic views comes to Australia, and migrates to Australia. The challenge is: how you identify that?”

The suspected gunmen who attacked a Jewish gathering on Bondi Beach were of Indian heritage and inspired by ISIS, officials say.

Global online forum Reddit has filed a court challenge to Australia’s world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s most popular social media platforms.

Some rabbis said their synagogues would proceed with large-scale celebrations, intended to demonstrate resilience