Australian PM Anthony Albanese has announced proposed laws giving users over 16 the choice to opt out of social media algorithms and requiring platforms to protect minors from harmful content.
Canberra: Australia’s right-to-disconnect laws have come into effect, granting workers the entitlement to refuse contact outside of their working hours. From Monday, employees in Australia will have the right to refuse to monitor, read or respond to work communication outside their paid hours under laws passed by parliament in February, Xinhua news agency reported. A.
The Australian government has launched a new campaign to end elder abuse. In a speech to the National Elder Abuse Conference in Adelaide on Monday, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus described the exploitation of older Australians as a shameful and often hidden form of cruelty and mistreatment, Xinhua news agency reported. He announced 4.8 million Australian dollars.
Australian minister for foreign affairs, on Monday announced that retired Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Mark Binskin will oversee official investigations into the strikes that killed seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) staff in Gaza
Canberra: Over 2,000 Palestinians and Israelis have been granted temporary Australian visas since the conflict between Israel and Hamas escalated in October, the government has revealed. According to data released by the Department of Home Affairs on Wednesday night, more than 2,500 visas were granted to Palestinians and Israelis with connections to Australia between October.
Perth: The Department of Health in Western Australia (WA) confirmed on Friday that the mask-wearing requirement would be strengthened across the state’s public hospitals in response to rising COVID-19 cases. According to a statement by WA Health, from November 20, staff and patients must wear surgical masks in high-risk clinical areas, including hematology, oncology, organ.
