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• Live: Experts answer questions as the social media ban comes into effect

  09-12-2025 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Ten major platforms are now expected to check the ages of all their Australian users and prevent anyone found to be under 16 from holding an account. We've asked experts how to best navigate it. Follow live.
  
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• Hegseth praises Australia for 'stepping up' as Marles insists AUKUS is on track

  10-12-2025 23:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The defence minister insists the AUKUS program is on track to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines in the next decade — despite the delays plaguing shipbuilding programs in both the US and the UK.
  
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• 'The gays are here': How these WNBA stars are revolutionising sports media

  10-12-2025 23:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The WNBA's 'StudBudz' are using live streaming to build a brand and community, while providing lessons in marketing women's sports. 
  
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• Iran and Egypt fume over 'unreasonable and illogical' World Cup pride match

  10-12-2025 22:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Iran and Egypt's group stage clash at next year's FIFA World Cup in Seattle is set to be a celebration of LGBTQ+ pride, and both federations are not happy.
  
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• Live: PM says social media ban will 'save lives'

  10-12-2025 22:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the federal government's social media ban will "will save lives and it will change lives for this and future generations". Follow live.
  
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• Live: Super giant HESTA hit with extra licence conditions over fund outage

  10-12-2025 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Regulator APRA has imposed additional licence conditions on superannuation giant HESTA due to concerns about risk management and board governance following its weeks-long planned outage earlier this year. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Aussie dollar climbs as US Fed cuts interest rates

  10-12-2025 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian dollar edges closer to a 2025 high after the US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates again. Follow the day's events and insights as they happen with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: AUD rises as US cuts interest rates again

  10-12-2025 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Follow the day's events and insights as they happen with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• The most complained-about ads of 2025

  10-12-2025 21:13 via abc.net.au
  
  As more businesses look to do their own advertising, audience complaints for social media ads are growing.
  
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• Kia and Dettol ads top complaints list for 2025

  10-12-2025 21:13 via abc.net.au
  
  As more businesses look to do their own advertising, audience complaints for social media ads are growing.
  
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• NACC chief updates official declaration of interests to disclose Defence link

  10-12-2025 21:08 via abc.net.au
  
  National Anti-Corruption Commission chief Paul Brereton has formally disclosed his consulting work for the Defence watchdog after the ABC revealed the links. 
  
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• Australia prompts US to consider kids' social media ban

  10-12-2025 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  As Australians under 16 lose their social media accounts, influential Republicans and Democrats are pushing the US Congress to consider a similar ban for children under 13.
  
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• Australia's social media experiment is live. Teens say nothing has changed

  10-12-2025 20:28 via abc.net.au
  
  After a year of waiting, Australia's world-leading laws to block kids from accessing social media are officially enacted. But the teens they're meant to impact say not much has actually changed.
  
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• Nationals MP's high family travel bill highlights generous rules

  10-12-2025 19:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Calls for politicians' family travel entitlements to be tightened are growing, as analysis shows one Nationals MP was allowed to charge taxpayers more than $80,000 flying his spouse to and from Canberra 27 times in two years.
  
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• Landmark legal case could force betting agencies to return stolen millions

  10-12-2025 19:43 via abc.net.au
  
  A landmark legal case against three of Australia's biggest online betting agencies has been filed in the Federal Court, aimed at recovering millions of dollars' worth of stolen money that was gambled away and kept by corporate bookmakers.
  
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• Formula 1 quiz: Will you win the championship or miss out on points?

  10-12-2025 19:30 via abc.net.au
  
  After 24 grand prix and plenty of champagne, the Formula 1 2025 World Championship is over. But between all the races and rivalries, points and penalties — how much do you remember?
  
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• Trump plans to make Australians hand over social media data to enter US

  10-12-2025 15:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Applicants would also have to submit phone numbers, email addresses, personal details of family members and biometric information under the plan.
  
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• 'It's maddening': Anger and frustration amid record Black deaths in custody

  10-12-2025 10:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia recorded the largest number of Indigenous deaths in custody in the last financial year since 1979. Experts say over-incarceration remains a national crisis and prisons are neglecting the physical and mental health of vulnerable people.
  
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• Australia records highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody since 1979

  10-12-2025 10:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia recorded the largest number of Indigenous deaths in custody in the last financial year since 1979. Experts say over-incarceration remains a national crisis and prisons are neglecting the physical and mental health of vulnerable people.
  
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• Climate crisis threatens disabled Australians' access to nature

  10-12-2025 09:41 via abc.net.au
  
  From bushfires and decreasing air quality to flooding and erosion, climate change is threatening our relationship with nature, and people with disability are being disproportionately impacted.
  
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• Day one of the social media ban sees some under-16s retain access

  10-12-2025 08:18 via abc.net.au
  
  It's day one of the social media ban, but dozens of parents have told the ABC their children have already been able to get around the restrictions.
  
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• Age verification errors, beauty tricks see under-16s still having social media access

  10-12-2025 08:18 via abc.net.au
  
  It's day one of the social media ban, but dozens of parents have told the ABC their children have already been able to get around the restrictions.
  
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• Age verification errors and beauty tricks see under-16s still have social media access

  10-12-2025 08:18 via abc.net.au
  
  It's day one of the social media ban, but dozens of parents have told the ABC their children have already been able to get around the restrictions.
  
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• Collapsed luxury caravan manufacturer's staggering debt revealed

  10-12-2025 06:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Zone RV plunged into administration last week, leaving customers, suppliers, employees and taxpayers in a $40 million hole. 
  
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• Liverpool boss says 'everyone makes mistakes' after win amid Salah spat

  10-12-2025 01:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Liverpool coach Arne Slot picks up a crucial win against Inter Milan with his tenure on shaky ground amid a public fallout with his star winger Mohamed Salah.
  
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• Wells says 'gut reaction' to travel claims fair but she has 'upheld' rules

  10-12-2025 01:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Communications Minister Anika Wells accepts her taxpayer-funded travel claims have prompted a "gut reaction" in people, after a week of scrutiny over her expenses.
  
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• Cummins's return made official as Aussies name squad for Adelaide

  10-12-2025 01:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's captain is poised to make his return to the Ashes as Australia names its squad ahead of the third Test at the Adelaide Oval.
  
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• Live: Teens locked out of accounts as social media ban comes into effect

  09-12-2025 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Ten major platforms are now expected to check the ages of all their Australian users and prevent anyone found to be under 16 from holding an account. We've asked experts how to best navigate it. Follow live.
  
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• Spending on child removal protection 'shockingly low', report finds

  09-12-2025 21:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Only 15.6 per cent of national child protection funding goes towards family support services aimed at keeping families intact, a report has found. Advocates are urging the government to "invest in families, not crisis".
  
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• 'Obscene': More spent on removing kids than intervening early, report finds

  09-12-2025 21:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Only 15.6 per cent of national child protection funding goes towards family support services aimed at keeping families intact, a report has found. Advocates are urging the government to "invest in families, not crisis".
  
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