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How Australia plans to ban under-16s from social media

Sydney, Australia, will soon ban under-16s from the likes of Facebook and TikTok, a world-first move of huge interest to all those worried about the harms of social media.Internet regulators the world over are watching...

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Australia steps up vaccine push to stem Covid-19 outbreak

A delivery courier wears a face mask on the usually busy Oxford Street in the city centre during a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus outbreak in Sydney. — Reuters

Millions of Sydney residents in coronavirus lockdown

Tables and chairs sit empty along the water in Circular Quay in central Sydney on the first full day of a two-week coronavirus lockdown to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant. - AFP

Two skydivers die after falling from a plane

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Sydney in two-week hard Covid-19 lockdown

A worker cleans public seating outside the Opera House in Sydney after authorities locked down several central areas of Australia's largest city to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant. - AFP

Australia battles Delta Covid surge

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Australian scientist speaks to frogs, fears their silence

Professor Michael Mahony holds a Green and Golden Bell Frog inside a laboratory at the University of Newcastle. — Reuters file photo

Residents locked down as virus cluster grows in Sydney

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Unliveable Sydney homes going for millions in realty boom

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Australia angry over UNESCO warning on Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef has held World Heritage status since 1981

Ballooning spiders leave Australian region covered in webs

Spiders' gossamer near wetlands in Gippsland, Australia. — Reuters

One of biggest dinosaur species found in Australia

Dr Scott Hocknull and Robyn Mackenzie pose with a 3D reconstruction and the humerus bone of "Cooper," a new species of dinosaur discovered in Queensland. — Reuters

Australia's Covid-19 hotspot reports 2 new local cases

Police patrol a mass vaccination centre against anti-vaccination protesters in Melbourne as the coronavirus lockdown of Australia's second-biggest city was extended by another seven days. - AFP

Covid cases in Australia's Victoria fall on first day of lockdown

An empty tram is seen on the first day of a seven-day lockdown in Melbourne. - Reuters

Experts warn Australia is becoming a 'hermit nation'

This file photo shows police surrounding an anti-lockdown protester as they detain her in Elwood Beach in Melbourne. Prime Minister Scott Morrison defended his "Fortress Australia" Covid-19 restrictions on May 18, 2021

Australia seeks deal with Moderna for domestic production

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