Australia will ban under-16s from major social media platforms from December 10, aiming to protect mental health, though teens and experts warn of isolation risks, while rollout is expected to be largely smooth.

Australia’s landmark move to ban under-16s from social media will be closely watched by other countries, which could follow suit with similar laws. AFP spoke to teenagers and adults around the world about the Australian ban,

Meta began removing Australian teens younger than 16 from its platforms on Thursday to comply with the country's new law, which begins on Dec. 10.

A Sydney private school will ban its primary students from using smartphones from next year, telling parents to instead buy Nokia flip phones for students.

Australian authorities on Sunday downgraded alerts for wildfires that have burnt through thousands of hectares of bushland in the country's most populous state, destroying properties and infrastructure.

Australia’s economic growth probably accelerated at the fastest pace in three years last quarter, coinciding with hotter inflation that’s prompted traders and some economists to wager the Reserve Bank’s next move will be an interest-rate increase.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Social media platforms must report monthly how many children’s accounts they close once Australia begins enforcing its 16-year age limit next week, a minister said Wednesday.

He’s skittled England’s teetering, tottering batsmen as if they’re assembled in white at the end of a tenpin bowling alley. When Australia has need to bat for 153 minutes or thereabouts to ensure Mitchell Starc can bowl under lights,

The end feels nigh as Australia exploited the conditions expertly on day three at the Gabba to leave England in a near hopeless position

The top seed in Group D, the Americans welcomed Australia and Paraguay — manageable foes that they defeated in home friendlies this fall — and the winner of a March playoff between Türkiye, Romania, Slovakia and Kosovo.