Australia’s ageing attack blocks out the ‘Sandpapergate’ noise to assert control

Australia are in a strong position as they look to inflict South Africa’s first defeat under Temba Bavuma’s captaincy. Nic Maddinson recovered from his first-innings duck to end day three unbeaten on 17, helping Australia add another 33 runs to their lead without loss in the second innings.

Joe Root’s childhood friend rescues Australia batting

There is life still stirring in Australia’s batting, although the resuscitation had to be administered by an ‘Englishman’ who was childhood friends with Joe Root.
CNN

Australia has just relieved its anxiety over teens on social media – or has it?

For parents and campaigners who’ve long argued that incessant scrolling is damaging young minds, the start of Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s on Wednesday is just the beginning. Wayne Holdsworth, the father of Mac, who took his ...
NPR

Social media ban for children under 16 starts in Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from tech giants but warned the implementation would be difficult.
Opinion

Australia has never driven migration into reverse by design. Would slamming the brakes on be calamitous?

Australia does have a migration challenge – but it’s not what One Nation and the Coalition think it is
Pearls and Irritations

Australia is building AI capacity without the ecosystem to use it

AI delivers productivity gains only when firms have the skills, management capability, infrastructure and industrial networks to put it to work. Australia’s weakness lies less in the technology than in the ecosystem around it.
NPR

Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly

At least 15 people were killed at a beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday when a father and son opened fire on a crowd celebrating the beginning of Hanukkah. At least 42 people were hospitalized. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the shooting as a ...

Old soccer meets new football: Australia Cup final heaves with significance

South Melbourne and Melbourne Victory clash on what promises to be a ‘special and historical night’ and in a triumph of the competition’s concept