SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Thursday introduced contentious religious anti-discrimination legislation to parliament that if approved would allow faith-based organisations to prioritise the hiring ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Senate on Thursday and will soon become a world-first law. The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, ...

The raid is the first known enforcement action in the national capital under the Commonwealth hate-symbol provisions and is being treated as a test case.

Australia’s Human Rights Law Centre published a report on Wednesday finding that the ability to protest in Australia has been eroded by anti-protest legislation over the last two decades. The report, ...

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Kids in Australia will no longer be able to have accounts on social media apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat as Australia’s under-16 social media ban kicks in Wednesday.

Australia has released draft legislation to create new crypto products, bringing the crypto companies under the same rules as financial services businesses. Australia is aiming to tighten regulations ...

So far, Australia’s response to the US and Israeli strikes on Iran has been ‘say nothing’. But this may not be a successful ...