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Sussan Ley has offered Anthony Albanese a chance to sit down and come up with bipartisan expenses reform following a travel entitlements scandal.

PoliticsCommentsLey offers sit-down with Albo amid Wells’ expense scandal

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has offered Anthony Albanese a chance to sit down and come up with bipartisan expenses reform following a travel entitlements scandal.

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Rebbit ban challenege

PoliticsCommentsReddit launches High Court challenge to social media ban

Online chat forum Reddit has lodged a legal challenge to Australia’s under 16s social media ban just days after millions of teens were booted from ten popular platforms.

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Anthony Albanese’s ban makes global waves as copycats eye fallout.

Federal PoliticsCommentsAlbanese’s ban makes global waves as copycats eye fallout

Anthony Albanese says the world is watching the government’s world-first social media ban spruiking commitments from across Asia and Europe to follow suit.

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The Prime Minister’s social media ban will take time to bed in, according to the eSafety Commissioner.

Social mediaCommentsBragging teens warned of social media ban ‘long game’

While millions of underage accounts across ten platforms were slated to be deactivated on Wednesday, younger users have flooded Anthony Albanese’s profiles to criticise the policy and saying it ‘didn’t work’. 

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Western Australia will join the fight again a High Court challenge to Australia’s social media ban after NSW and SA announced they planned to intervene in the case.

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WA to help defend social media ban in High Court challenge

Western Australia will join the fight against a High Court challenge to Australia’s social media ban after NSW and SA announced they planned to intervene in the case.

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Parents still don’t know the ins and outs of the social media ban despite Albanese’s expensive awareness campaign.

State PoliticsCommentsParents still confused despite costly under-16s ban campaign

Parents are unsure and uneasy about how Australia’s social media ban will work, as each individual app launches different methods of age verification.

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Scar Fischer, 11, and Belinda Fischer pictured at Kings Park, Perth, on Sunday ahead of Australia’s social media ban.

TechnologyCommentsPremiumExperts say social media ban may spark ‘withdrawal’ tantrums

Experts have warned parents to strap in for ‘dopamine withdrawal’ tantrums triggered by Australia’s social media ban.

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The Communications Minister is not indicating she will pay back any money as she comes under renewed fire for the cost of taxpayer-funded trips.

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‘In guidelines’: Under fire minister defends trip costs

Communications Minister Anika Wells has defended her spending on taxpayer-funded trips — including $100,000 flights to New York and a ski trip with her family — claiming it was within Government guidelines.

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Health Minister Mark Butler has asked his department to explore ways to crackdown on rising out-of-pocket fees for medical specialists.

Federal PoliticsCommentsButler wages war on ‘out of control’ medical specialist fees

Health Minister Mark Butler has asked his department to explores ways to crackdown on rising out-of-pocket fees for medical specialists, admitting it was ‘getting out of control’. 

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TikTok has offered unique ways for users to appeal wrongful account deactivations, including through a credit card authorisation that incurs a temporary charge. 

Social media banCommentsTikTok reveals how it will comply with looming ban

TikTok has urged young users to download their content just days out from Australia’s social media ban coming into effect on December 10. 

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The Opposition has accused Communications Minister Anika Wells of “taking the cake” again after another travel expenses scandal.

Federal PoliticsComments‘Air-Miles’ Anika Wells in hot water again over travel costs

The Opposition has accused Communications Minister Anika Wells of ‘taking the cake’ again after another travel expenses scandal in the wake of her $120k trip to New York.

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Anthony Albanese holds a Medicare Card during a Labor Party rally at Parramatta Town Hall on April 27, 2025 in Sydney.

HealthCommentsPremiumNo interim targets set for Labor’s $8.5b bulk billing plan

It will be January before the Albanese Government knows the true number of GPs clinics intending to sign up to Labor’s bulk billing incentive scheme.

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