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Australia’s drama dilemma: how taxpayers foot the bill for content that ends up locked behind paywalls
Commercial TV broadcasters once commissioned around 300 hours of Australian drama each year. Last year, they commissioned ...
Church, 'sloppy' lunch policy, cost of living: Key moments from parliament's 2025 return
Senators and members of parliament have returned for the first sitting week of the year. Here's what was on the agenda.
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Why is the assisted dying bill being rushed through parliament?
A change in the law letting people demand help from the state to kill themselves is the sort of thing any government ought to take a great deal of time over. It’s an area where thoughtful delay ...
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Australian Parliament bans social media ban for under-16s with world-first law
MELBOURNE, Australia--A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Parliament on Friday in ... The Senate passed the bill on Thursday 34 votes to 19. The House of Representatives ...
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Bill Shorten: Who is the challenger to be Australia's PM?
Australia has acquired a reputation for rapidly changing prime ministers: five times in the past nine years. Yet it could soon have another if Bill ... Entering parliament in 2007, Mr Shorten ...
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Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16s
On November 29, 2024, the Australian parliament passed the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024. This was the first legislation ... and Percy use their devices to work and ...
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NDIS Minister Bill Shorten will leave parliament earlier than expected
Former federal Labor leader Bill Shorten, with his daughter Clementine and wife Chloe, announced his retirement in at Parliament House in Canberra in September. Picture: NewsWire. But on Wednesday ...