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The Coalition’s attacks on university vice-chancellors are just beginning

Peter Dutton’s assault on the University of Sydney’s leadership shows that universities are a target in the next federal election.

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Australia’s social media ban for minors: Has this worked elsewhere?

Multiple countries have tried but failed to effectively curb social media access. Will Australia’s attempt be different?

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View from The Hill: Social media age ban all to the good, but can Albanese deliver before election?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been late out of the blocks on a ban on children accessing social media. Now that he has promised to act, pledging to introduce legislation this year, the question is whether it will be passed before the election.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Robert French on the realities of a social media age ban

The Albanese government has announced it will ban children from accessing social media. This follows work by the South Australian government, which commissioned a report on implementing a ban.

The Conversation

Australia plans to ban children from social media. Is checking and enforcing an age block possible?

As the Albanese government pledges a ban, age verification trials in the UK and US show possible hurdles and privacy concerns

The Guardian - AU

Australia a step closer to social media bans for kids

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is unveiling plans to introduce age limits for social media as new research highlights its negative impact on life satisfaction.

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Disruption looms for Sydney commuters as union plans action – as it happened

All the day’s news as it unfolded

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Social media giants face big fines in plan to ban kids

South Australia's planned laws banning children under 14 from social media should be overseen by a federal regulator and implemented nationally, a report says.

AAP

Thousands of LGBTQ+ Australians got a long-awaited apology – but many weren’t alive to receive it

Coming 40 years after NSW decriminalised homosexuality, it is a ‘bittersweet’ moment that has arrived too late for many

The Guardian - AU

Australians look set to vote against plan for Indigenous voice to parliament

Bruising referendum campaign over recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has shown racial divides

The Guardian - UK

Retired Australian top judge and lawyers rebut opponents of Indigenous Voice

A former High Court chief justice and dozens of legal academics are rebutting key arguments used in the public campaign against Australians creating an advocacy body for the Indigenous population

The Independent UK

Top legal mind plays down voice legal-risk, power fears

There is little to no chance an Indigenous advisory body in the constitution will spur serious legal challenges, a former High Court chief justice says.

AAP

Former chief justice slams no campaign’s core argument against voice as ‘resentful’

In a National Press Club speech, Robert French also refutes common anti-voice argument that it will constrain executive decision-making

The Guardian - AU

Quote, unquote, misquote

Six Coalition MPs are being blasted for misquoting former High Court judges’ opinions on the Voice to Parliament, and the defence force chief says Australia’s military will be stronger for dealing with the Brereton inquiry’s report into alleged war crimes.

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'I quit college to live out my car - it's taught me more than school ever could'

Robert French swapped a college diploma for repairing hiking trails in Steamboat Springs, Colorado - saying the experience taught him 'more than school ever could'

The New Daily

Paul Bongiorno: King Charles’ coronation is a last hurrah for Australian monarchy

Central to the coronation will be the out of sight anointing of the King as God’s chosen, a medieval remnant of the Divine Right of Kings.

The Guardian - AU

Legal experts criticise suggestions Indigenous voice will have veto power in parliament

‘No substance in it,’ former chief justice Robert French says, while experts split on whether amendment should include ‘executive government’

The Guardian - AU

Interview transcript published by PM’s office omitted wrong answer on Indigenous voice legal advice

Attorney general has clarified solicitor general is being consulted on voice to parliament after Anthony Albanese said otherwise

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The Guardian - UK

Glassy fangs and glowing fins: amazing deep sea animals found near Cocos Islands

Discovered in the deep: Scientists exploring the uncharted waters of the Indian Ocean uncover a multitude of dazzling sea creatures around a remote Australian island group

AFP

Nine foreign judges to stay on Hong Kong's top court

Hong Kong (AFP) - Nine foreign judges from Britain, Australia and Canada confirmed Thursday they will stay on Hong Kong's top court after two senior British justices resigned to avoid endorsing China's crackdown on political freedoms in the financial hub.

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Australian, Canadian judges to stay on Hong Kong top court

Hong Kong (AFP) - Australian and Canadian judges confirmed Thursday they will stay on Hong Kong's top court after two senior British justices resigned to avoid endorsing China's crackdown on political freedoms in the financial hub.

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