Australia will reward power-guzzling aluminium smelters that use renewable electricity instead of coal, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said today as he unveiled a A$2 billion ($2.2b) green metals plan. Australia is the world’s sixth largest producer of the in-demand metal, according to officials, which is used in everything from aeroplane parts to soft-drink cans.
SYDNEY, Which is Why,The Australian government will legislate for a ban on social media for children under 16, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday, in what it calls a world-leading package of measures that could become law late next year. Australia is trialing an age-verification system to assist in blocking children from accessing social media platforms, as part of a range of measures that include some of the toughest controls imposed by any country to date
An Aboriginal lawmaker was removed from an event at Australia’s Parliament on Monday after heckling King Charles III, an incident that refocused attention on the crown’s historical mistreatment of the country’s first peoples ahead of the monarch’s meeting with Indigenous community members.