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NOVEMBER 27, 2024

” Australia’s Labor government introduced the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 on November 21, 2024, which sought to implement a minimum age of 16 for social media. .” The post Google and Meta urge Australia to postpone bill banning social media for children appeared first on JURIST - News.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong announced Thursday that the government was imposing additional sanctions on five entities with direct links to the Myanmar military. Australia is only the latest nation to announce new sanctions against Myanmar’s military regime, with many Western nation sanctioning the regime.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Elon Musk, the owner of social media platform X (formerly Twitter), called the government of Australia fascists on Friday for introducing a bill that would impose fines on social media companies that fail to prevent the spread of misinformation online.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2022

On Saturday, Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs and Cyber Security Clare O’Neil announced the formation of a multi-agency task force to combat cyber crime. A report from the Australian Cyber Security Centre earlier this month stated that cyber crime rose 13 percent in Australia from July 2021 and July 2022.

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MAY 13, 2025

Following the downing of the plane, a joint investigation was launched by the Netherlands, Australia, Malaysia, Belgium and Ukraine. The states concluded that the Russian Federation had breached Article 3bis of the Convention on International Civil Aviation , which protects civil aircraft from the use of weapons.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2023

A Chinese refugee affected by recent Australian emergency laws subjecting certain refugees to monitoring challenged the laws in Australia’s high court on Wednesday, according to ABC News (Australia). The refugee, who has the pseudonym S151, is a Chinese national who came to Australia in 2001.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In a monumental decision, Canada, Australia, Germany, and the Netherlands are set to initiate legal proceedings against the Taliban at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over allegations of gender discrimination and apartheid , the Guardian Newspaper reported Wednesday from the UN.

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JULY 4, 2024

Australia’s Human Rights Law Centre published a report on Wednesday finding that the ability to protest in Australia has been eroded by anti-protest legislation over the last two decades. In Australia, there is no constitutionally protected right to protest like in the US.

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APRIL 22, 2023

The Australian Federal Government Saturday announced the liberalisation of Australia’s immigration laws, which will grant New Zealanders residing in Australia a direct pathway to attaining citizenship. As of 2023, there are approximately over 559,980 New Zealand citizens living in Australia. We are whānau – family.”

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In their report, the ACSC theorised that Australia’s prosperity has attracted these cybercriminals. The 2021 Credit Suisse report labelled Australia as the country with the highest median wealth per adult in the world. In order to tackle this issue, “cyber defence must be a priority for all Australians”, said the ACSC.

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JUNE 8, 2023

Australia Attorney General Mark Dreyfus said on Thursday that he will introduce a bill next week banning the public display of the Nazi Hakenkreuz, commonly known as the swastika, and SS Bolts. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus told ABC Breakfast that: We need to send a message, that there’s no place in Australia for this kind of behavior.

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JANUARY 21, 2025

Premier Minns’ statement follows a string of antisemitic attacks across Australia. The post Australia state leader vows to strengthen hate speech laws amid rise in antisemitic attacks appeared first on JURIST - News. He emphasized the need to address “racist vilification.”

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Australia’s eSafety Commission Julie Inman Grant announced Friday that her office is going to mandate search engines to remove AI generated child sexual abuse material from search results. The post Australia to mandate search engines remove AI-generated child abuse content from results appeared first on JURIST - News.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

Australia, therefore, is urged to compensate victims of the documented executions and torture. Australia has, however, faced challenges in paying compensation, given the political and security environment in Afghanistan and the lack of diplomatic relations with the de facto authorities.

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MAY 27, 2021

The Federal Court of Australia ruled Thursday that the Minister for Environment, Sussan Ley, and the wider government, has a duty of care to protect Australia’s youth from the climate crisis.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Australian Federal MPs voted Wednesday in favour of a motion supporting the return of Wikileaks’ founder Jullian Assange to Australia, ahead of a US extradition hearing next week in London’s High Court of Justice. The post Australia MPs pass motion calling for return of Julian Assange appeared first on JURIST - News.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

The Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday that it will reform and modernize Australia’s autonomous sanctions laws to authorize the imposition of financial sanctions and travel bans against the “perpetrators of egregious acts of international concern.” This reform would give Australia that framework.

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MAY 19, 2023

This was shortly before his company was awarded several high-profile government contracts to operate in Papua New Guinea. Matheson has a career that has been marked with controversy in Australia. The post Papua New Guinea PM potentially linked to Australia businessman facing corruption investigation appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

Payne also said that Australia’s request for a fair and transparent resolution of the issue went unacknowledged. The Chinese government responded to Payne’s statement by expressing a strong dissatisfaction against Australia’s attempt to intervene in its judicial sovereignty.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report Sunday criticized Australia’s inaction since the military junta took over Myanmar in a military coup two years ago. According to the report, Australia has yet to impose sanctions on the junta in response to their human rights violations.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

” The lawsuit was initiated by two Victorian drivers, Chris Vanderstock and Kathleen Davies, shortly after the ZLEV Charge Act was passed in 2021 on the basis that s 7(1) of the ZLEV Charge Act imposes a duty of excise within the meaning of section 90 of Australia’s Constitution and is thereby constitutionally invalid. .”

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APRIL 2, 2022

India and Australia Saturday signed an economic pact, entitled “The India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement” (IndAus ECTA), that will eliminate tariffs on over 85 percent of Australian good exports to India. ” The agreement will grant Australia duty-free access to over 6,000 Indian products.

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APRIL 22, 2024

The Australian Human Rights Commission released a report on Monday outlining concerns regarding the conditions at the Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre in Northam, Western Australia. The Migration Act 1958 establishes Australia’s mandatory immigration detention framework.

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant stated “had X Corp’s argument been accepted by the Court it could have set the concerning precedent that a foreign company’s merger with another foreign company might enable it to avoid regulatory obligations in Australia.” The court did not accept this argument.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

” The letter pointed out that Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland are the only states in Australia left to implement the safeguards, with reports of alleged abuse of young people occurring in prison in each state. .” percent of the population.

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JUNE 30, 2024

Australia Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers approved ANZ’s $4.9 Additionally, efforts will continue to secure a commercial agreement with Australia Post for Bank@Post services. The post Australia treasurer approves ANZ’s $4.9 billion takeover of Suncorp’s banking division on Friday.

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JUNE 6, 2024

Discussions of introducing this bill began in May when federal leaders met to address Australia’s gendered violence crisis. Albanese stated that the bill is intended to “keep women safe” referring to the growing number of pornographic deepfake content being made of women in Australia.

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MAY 22, 2024

Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles explained in an interview on Tuesday that the extent of Australia’s security partnership with the Solomon Islands is unknown due to the islands’ government undertaking a security review. Australia will contribute to the Solomon Islands Border Management System and Birthing Clinic.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The Australian Greens party Monday introduced a bill to parliament asking the government to take in 150 refugees living in Nauru and Papua New Guinea (PNG), who have been there for a decade seeking asylum in Australia. The legislation does not require the government to settle people permanently in Australia.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The High Court of Australia dismissed the Catholic Church’s bid to avoid paying damages to the father of a choirboy allegedly sexually abused by Cardinal Goerge Pell. The post Australia High Court confirms families of church abuse victims may seek compensation appeared first on JURIST - News.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala appointed a three-person panel Monday to address Australia and China’s dispute over Chinese barley subsidies. This is not the first anti-dumping dispute between Australia and China. China imposed similar duties on Australian wine.

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

The United Kingdom and Australia Friday signed a new free trade agreement. The trade agreement will remove the majority of tariffs on goods exported from the UK to Australia. ” The trade agreement aims to reduce investment risks and promote UK exports into Australia. .” The tariffs removal will “unlock £10.4

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APRIL 16, 2022

Australia Thursday imposed financial sanctions on 14 Russian state-owned enterprises. Australia imposed the sanctions on these state-owned entities in order to increase economic pressure on Russia and to detract from Russia’s ability to continue funding the conflict in Ukraine.

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JUNE 26, 2023

The regulatory body in Australia would be given the authority to mandate tech giants and their digital platforms to take measures to curb the dissemination of user-generated misinformation. The post Australia communications minister announces new disinformation legislation appeared first on JURIST - News.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Australia High Court Wednesday rejected a constitutional challenge to section 46(2) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act (AATA). The unnamed appellant in the case is a non-citizen of Australia who was judged to be a risk to national security “directly or indirectly.”

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JANUARY 13, 2023

An Australian federal court Thursday published documents detailing the abuse of youth offenders in a Western Australia juvenile detention centre. Court documents filed in the Walters v State of Western Australia case detail substantial allegations of abuse and human rights violations against children held at the Banksia Hill Detention Centre.

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MAY 29, 2024

The Bill Digest sets out the concerns of Modern Slavery as encompassing a range of exploitative practices with approximately 41,000 people living in situations of modern slavery in Australia. ” The post Australia establishes federal anti-slavery commissioner following election promise appeared first on JURIST - News.

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