Month: December 2025

Meta platform allows users under 16 in Australia to change their date of birth – but only after clearing a ‘video selfie’ or providing government IDFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastInstagram’s process for determining whether a user is over 16 is relatively quick and painless if you’re clearly an adult – but how does it work if […]

Shrimp soundtrack will be played under water to lure baby oysters in program aimed at fighting algal bloomsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSouth Australians are being urged to feast on local oysters and then donate the shells to restore native reefs, which will filter ocean water and help fight harmful algal blooms.The program will also involve lumps of limestone being sunk in the ocean, with […]

Exclusive: Legislation would prohibit deferrable, irreversible procedures until child can give informed consent, bringing state in line with ACT Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria will become the first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgeries on intersex children, with legislation to be introduced to parliament to ensure procedures are deferred until patients are old enough to consent to them.The health minister, Mary-Anne Thomas, will on […]

Three-time Ballon D'Or winner sustains injury in training with Spain before women's Nations League final second leg.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article