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Social media giants are becoming more reluctant to remove misinformation and other content that risks disrupting elections, Australia’s chief election tsar has warned. In an appearance before a parliamentary committee into adopting artificial intelligence (AI) on Monday, Australian Election Commission boss Tom Rogers said there had been a trend among social media organisations to moderate […]

A farmer on a overnight trip with his son had detailed the “alarming” moment they came across the burnt out campsite of a missing couple. Gregory Stuart Lynn, 57, returned before the Victorian Supreme Court on Monday for the start of the second week of his trial. The former Jetstar pilot has pleaded not guilty […]

An Australian university has delivered an ultimatum for pro-Palestine protesters occupying one of their buildings to pack up and leave, or face copping the bill for damages and police intervention. Staff at the University of Melbourne have formally demanded the sit-in protesters, who have taken over a large building at the Parkville campus, stop their […]

One of Queensland’s longest murder mysteries remains unsolved after the State Coroner was unable to determine who killed 20-year-old Sharron Phillips nearly 40 years ago. Ms Phillips vanished from Wacol in 1986, after her car ran out of petrol on Ipswich Rd – about 10km from her home – just before midnight on May 8 […]

University of Sydney vice-chancellor Mark Scott has apologised to the community for an encampment of pro-Palestinian activists that was making students and staff feel “unsafe” but said that the police would not be called in to remove the protesters. The apology comes after members of the university community said they felt unsafe with protesters camped […]

Anthony Albanese says the Australian Defence Force is ready to fly in to rescue hundreds of Australians who are trapped in New Caledonia amid riots “when it is permitted to do so”. Violent protests have broken in the French-controlled South Pacific territory out plans to change voting rules, with at least six people killed and […]

Thousands of Aussies have shivered through the coldest mornings recorded so far this year as a chilly polar air mass continues to hover above the east coast. The weather system which sent temperatures plunging across the east has now moved to the NSW Tablelands and the Mackay and North Queensland areas. Sky News meteorologist Rob […]

Hundreds of people have been charged during a four-day police blitz targeting some of NSW’s alleged most dangerous domestic and family violence offenders. The NSW Police-run Operation Amarok VI drew in officers from every police area command and district in the state during the blitz, which ran from Wednesday to Saturday. 554 alleged offenders were […]

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a Sydney police officer was allegedly stabbed in the head multiple times near Hyde Park. Two officers were conducting traffic duties at the intersection of Castlereagh and Park Sts when one male senior constable was approached from behind by a man shortly after 1pm on Sunday. […]

A generation of children is being lost to Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, as well as TikTok with the social media platforms’ “like” button being blamed for fuelling a spike in mental health disorders and soaring rates of suicide and self harm. Psychologists report teens are basing their self-worth on the number of likes they receive […]