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Australia adds Amazon’s Twitch to teen social media ban, spares Pinterest

The teen social media ban will take effect from Dec 10.

Chinese research ships and US military active in north Pacific, shows monitor

Meta to block Facebook and Instagram for Australian teens by Dec 10

Meta will from Dec 4 start deactivating accounts and blocking new sign-ups by anyone under 16.

New Zealand halts new puberty blockers for young transgender people

Loaf behind bars: Australian inmate sues over ‘human right’ to eat Vegemite

One prison inmate is arguing he should be allowed to enjoy the toast topping as a basic human right.

Australia’s TPG Telecom links customer’s death to outdated Samsung phone

The incident comes just two months after two back-to-back emergency call outages at Optus affected thousands and were linked to the death of four people.

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Australia spy boss warns of foreign assassination plots by agents of at least 3 nations

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation head Mike Burgess warned on Nov 4 that “at least three” countries could try to assassinate opponents in the country.

Australia rules out co-hosting climate summit with Turkey

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this month wrote to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in an attempt to resolve the tussle.

Asbestos scare shuts dozens of schools in Australia, New Zealand

Australia’s capital Canberra closed 71 schools after laboratory testing found children’s play sand contaminated with chrysotile asbestos.

New Zealand welcomes lifting of US tariffs on US$1.25 billion in food exports, including beef

The products represent around 25 per cent of New Zealand’s exports to the US.

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