Australia implements social media ban
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will likely announce changes to parliamentary travel rules if he receives a recommendation from the independent watchdog.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is standing firm on Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s, declaring it will curb online bullying and save young lives, even if the legislation is not perfect.
Anthony Albanese has delivered a frank warning to schoolchildren looking to get around Australia’s landmark social media ban, just a day after the world-first laws took effect.
More than 1,000 jobs at a troubled aluminium smelter have been secured after the federal government stepped in to keep it running with taxpayer support. Rio Tinto, majority owner of the massive Tomago smelter near Newcastle in NSW, had for months been threatening to shut down the plant due to spiralling energy costs.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared the passage of Australia’s social media ban for children under 16 as the “proudest day” of his Prime Ministership, crediting grieving families for driving the landmark legislation.
Anthony Albanese becomes Australia’s first sitting prime minister to marry in office, wedding Jodie Haydon at The Lodge in a private ceremony that traces a relationship born in 2020 unexpectedly.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese married his partner Jodie Haydon in a secretive and intimate ceremony on Saturday at his official residence in the national capital, Canberra. Albanese is the first prime minister to marry while in office in the 124-year history of the Australian federal government.