Tech giants have blocked 4.7 million accounts under Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s, the country’s online safety watchdog said yesterday.

Temperatures soared past 40C as a heatwave blanketed the state of Victoria this week

The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau has agreed to accept up to 75 non-American migrants from the United States under a deal worth $7.5 million, the two countries have said.

Two suspects in last week's deadly mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach trained for the attack in the countryside

Australians fell silent in flickering candlelight yesterday in memory of the Bondi Beach shooting victims, one week after gunmen fired into crowds celebrating a Jewish festival.

A man who allegedly opened fire on a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach has been charged with 59 offences, including murder and terrorism, police said yesterday.

A father and son were driven by “Islamic State ideology” when they fired on crowds at Bondi Beach in one of Australia’s deadliest mass shootings, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said yesterday.

'Radicalisation' seems unconnected with India, they say

Australia vowed stricter gun laws yesterday as it began mourning victims of its worst mass shooting in almost 30 years, in which police accused a father-and-son duo of killing 15 people at a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach.

Australian PM says his actions may have saved lives during deadly Bondi Beach attack

Australia's prime minister proposed "tougher gun laws" on Monday a day after gunmen killed 15 people in a mass shooting targeting a Jewish festival at a Sydney beach

An attack by a father and son on a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach killed 15 people

At least 12 people were killed and almost 30 wounded when gunmen fired on a Jewish holiday event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach yesterday in what Australian police and officials described as a terrorist attack.

YouTube yesterday attacked Australia’s looming social media ban for under-16s as rushed, but the government called the policy a shield to protect children from “predatory” algorithms.

Australia will from December 10 ban users under the age of 16 from world's most popular social media platforms

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday was firmly opposed to the suggestion of co-hosting

As if deadly snakes, spiders and sharks were not enough, Australia now has a new creepy critter: a “lucifer” bee with devil-like horns.

She lives outside Sydney, and travelling to a Westpac corporate office takes almost two hours

Australian police charged a 60-year-old man Monday after he allegedly opened fire on a busy Sydney street, wounding 16 people in a chaotic attack.

Platforms such as Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube were already included in the ban -- a world-first