Australia

Australia could ban children under the age of 16 from using social media, to fight what the country’s Prime Minister has called a mental health “scourge”.  Anthony Albanese vowed to...

Australia is planning to ban children from using social media amid concerns that platforms like Instagram and TikTok are negatively affecting young people’s physical and mental health. Australian Prime Minister...

Australia’s government will work with states and territories to legislate new age limits for social media websites, as part of a push to protect children’s mental health and shield them...

Copenhagen is the latest city to catch Olympic fever. After this year’s widely lauded Games in Paris, Denmark’s capital announced it is exploring the possibility of hosting the international sporting...

Nicole Kidman revealed that her beloved mother, Janelle Kidman, has died just hours before she was awarded the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. Kidman, 57,...

Australian Rachael “Raygun” Gunn has defended her controversial performance at the Paris last August. In her first interview since the Games, the 37-year-old university lecturer on Wednesday told Australia’s Channel 10 that...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ruth Faulkner, a 34-year-old digital nomad based in Australia. It’s been edited for length and clarity. I’m a digital nomad currently...

Stricken in rough seas and with their yacht taking on water, two people were rescued almost 24 hours after the vessel became stranded off Australia’s southern coast, officials said Tuesday....

A former childcare worker in Australia has admitted to sexually abusing dozens of girls in one of the worst paedophile cases in the country’s history. Ashley Paul Griffith on Monday...

Storms hit southern with high winds and heavy rain leaving one person dead and over 120,000 people without power, authorities said on Monday. According to the emergency services, a 63-year-old...