A firm is exploring whether Australian parents and children have legal claims against social media platforms following Meta's mammoth US settlement.
Callum Godde
New Zealand is moving to introduce an Australian-style social media ban for children under 16, with platforms facing hefty fines for non-compliance.
Staff Writers
Swiss authorities have recovered the remains of two mountaineers who had been missing in the Alps since 1992 after a retreating glacier exposed them.
An overhaul to online alcohol delivery services are among new laws unveiled in a five-year plan to implement recommendations of a royal commission.
Allanah Sciberras
Approvals to install vital mobile technology in rural Australia can take up to 700 days, with telcos and the industry watchdog calling for a major overhaul.
Stephanie Gardiner
Higher-risk alcohol use by men has been found to be associated with engaging in intimate partner violence over time, as researchers call for policy changes.
Tess Ikonomou
Women at risk of domestic homicide are increasingly seeking safety at community shelters, with migrant women the most likely to return to an unsafe home.
Emily Woods
A looming council vote could be the first step in the return of land to Aboriginal people and the creation of a long-campaigned-for cultural centre.
Ethan James
A veteran barrister with decades of experience in the Northern Territory says its court system has become a jailing machine and the prisons like "gulags".
Duncan Murray
Port workers have downed tools over a wage dispute with BHP and their union warns more strike action is possible if the mining giant doesn't buckle.
Aaron Bunch
The online safety regulator says social media giants need to step up in combating the rising threat of sexual extortion facing young people.
Allanah Sciberras and Nick Wilson
Racism is common in Australian workplaces, with First Nations employees disproportionately targeted, according to new research.
Hundreds of port workers are expected to walk off the job after failed wage negotiations between a mining giant and unions.
An urgent call-out for buyers has been launched after the owner of a host of pubs and clubs in one capital city entered voluntary administration.
Councils have been granted a slew of new powers to implement e-bike ''slow'' and ''no-go'' zones and enforce the use of designated parking spaces.
Charities across Australia are struggling to keep pace with rising demand and higher outgoing costs, forcing many to rely on volunteers more than ever before.
Samantha Lock
Domestic violence experts have called for a coronial inquest into the death of former prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre.
A stretch of land in Point Peron has become the focus of the homelessness crisis in the City of Rockingham.
Rachel Fenner
Social media firms are improving efforts to meet Australia's under-16 ban, but whether they're compliant is still under review, the eSafety commissioner says.
Nick Wilson
Scores of patched Coffin Cheaters ignored WA’s strict anti-insignia laws and wore their colours as they formed an honour guard for their brother Kye Ortin at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park on Saturday.
A union veteran has been appointed to oversee the clean-up of embattled construction union the CFMEU after his predecessor resigned midway through his term.
Nearly 50,000 Samsung workers in South Korea are poised to walk off the job for a strike that threatens to disrupt the global supply of semiconductors.
Heekyong Yang and Hyunjoo Jin
The European Commission will urge all EU nations to ban gay "conversion therapy".
SAM McNEIL
Losing a loved one is always difficult but the loss of a mother can be particularly profound, bringing with it the hidden financial impact of grief.
