Australia is monitoring a Chinese naval flotilla that is travelling through the Philippine Sea with an unknown destination, Defence Minister Richard Marles said. “I want to confirm today that Defence is monitoring a Chinese PLA Task Group, which is currently in the Philippine Sea,” he said.

The country is barring children under 16 from social media, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at a nationwide regulation.

Sussan Ley has sounded the alarm on a “horrific” issue plaguing “every corner of our country”.

Australian police say they have arrested dozens of people during climate protests that claim to have halted two cargo ships at one of the world's biggest coal export ports. Several activists engaged in "unsafe practices" on the water at the Port of Newcastle during the protests, New South Wales state police said.

SYDNEY, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Australia's internet regulator said a teen social media ban would be the first domino to fall in a global push to rein in Big Tech, as Meta's Instagram, Facebook and Threads began locking out hundreds of thousands of accounts ahead of a deadline next week.

England's cricket stars are under a vast amount of pressure in Australia ahead of the second Ashes Test this week, following a disastrous performance in Perth

Australia’s beleaguered stock exchange operator is investigating an outage that prevented dozens of companies from publishing investor updates at the start of the new trading week.

Australia is set to enforce its age limit for social media accounts starting next week, and the platforms must provide monthly reports on how many children's accounts they have closed or face fines

If Meta, Google, and others can't figure out how to block accounts of users under 16 years old, they'll be fined $33 million per breach.