12 h. ago Australia social media ban as it happened: PM lauds decision as children under 16 barred from social media in world

Australia’s social media ban is now in effect, with children under 16 barred from some of the most popular social media apps in the world. Look back on our live coverage.

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16 h. ago Royal Perth Hospital calls in AI as new figures paint grim picture of WA emergency departments

A 12-month $700,000 artificial intelligence pilot was announced on Wednesday morning as new statistics came out showing WA’s emergency departments were the slowest in the nation for patients to be seen.

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25 h. ago Australia social media ban LIVE updates: PM lauds decision as children under 16 barred from social media in world

Australia’s social media ban comes into effect today, with children under 16 barred from some of the most popular social media apps in the world. Follow our live coverage.

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26 h. ago Australia social media ban LIVE updates: Children under 16 barred from social media as world

Australia’s social media ban comes into effect today, with children under 16 barred from some of the most popular social media apps in the world. Follow our live coverage.

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27 h. ago Australia social media ban LIVE updates: Children under 16 barred from social media apps as world

Australia’s world-first social media ban legislation comes into effect today, with children under 16 barred from some of the most popular social media apps in the world. Follow our live coverage

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35 h. ago Perth council grounds Rinehart’s helipad plans for $270m Hancock headquarters

Despite two councillors backing the proposal, and Perth’s lord mayor describing Gina Rinehart as an “amazing Australian”, the council refused the application during Tuesday night’s meeting.

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43 h. ago The powerful and privileged farewell the ‘Senator for Kneecaps’

Australia’s political class turned out to honour controversial Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson at a state funeral in Sydney on Tuesday.

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5 d. ago ‘Horribly, sexually violent’: How Australia’s women leaders deal with rising abuse

Women across the political spectrum are calling out the harassment that spreads online and spills into real life.

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6 d. ago Struggling demersal fishers told to reach out to defunct mental health organisation

Stay Afloat shut up shop in WA September after its Commonwealth funding ended that month.

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6 d. ago WA MPs’ Christmas break delayed as Cook rushes to pass controversial bill

With surrogacy laws passed on Wednesday, the upper house has clear runway to debate the bill into next week, and Premier Roger Cook hopes it will pass before Christmas.

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7 d. ago Australia leaves the fate of its ISIS brides to the American army

Documents released in Senate estimates show the 37 Australian women and children could be extracted from Syria by the US military with one simple move by Australia.

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7 d. ago Australia leaves the fate of its IS brides to the American army

Documents released in Senate estimates show the 37 Australian women and children could be extracted from Syria by the US military with one simple move by Australia.

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7 d. ago Australia targets Putin’s shadow fleet in bid to starve Russian war machine

Dozens of oil tankers in Russia’s “shadow fleet” will be hit by Australian sanctions as the federal government announces its first military support package for Ukraine in over a year.

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7 d. ago WA anglers hit with lengthy bans to save iconic species ‘on the verge of extinction’

Commercial demersal fishing has been permanently banned in the west coast fishing zone from Kalbarri to Augusta, while recreational fishing is banned until 2027.

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8 d. ago City of Perth turmoil intensifies as lord mayor hands workplace probe to local government inspector

The City of Perth has been thrown into fresh turmoil, with the lord mayor requesting a state government inspector investigation after abandoning the controversial workplace culture review he pushed through last month.

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8 d. ago WA electoral commissioner resigns ahead of parliament vote to fire him

Electoral Affairs Minister David Michael announced that Robert Kennedy had tendered his resignation earlier on Tuesday, which will take effect in the new year.

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8 d. ago Dog Swamp lockdown revelation as WA retailers get new powers to ban violent thugs

West Australian retail and fast food shop owners will be able to issue restraining order-style barring orders to stop badly behaved shoppers from entering their premises again.

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9 d. ago Departing intelligence chief calls out Chinese intimidation as Australia monitors fresh flotilla

The country’s outgoing intelligence chief has accused China of seeking to coerce Australia by sending a naval flotilla to circumnavigate the continent.

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9 d. ago How one New Zealand city could fix Australia’s house price crisis

About 70 per cent of Australians live in standalone houses. A new report says one change to what owners can do with their properties could help build 1 million new homes.

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9 d. ago City of Perth primed to deny Gina Rinehart’s West Perth helipad

The company lodged a request to include the helipad in its $270 million five-storey Ord Street headquarters earlier this year.

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