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About 70 beaches across NSW will have year-round drone surveillance, including all Sydney beaches. 

Experts say new proposed legislation to strengthen Australia's social media age restrictions still won't go far enough. Since December, popular social media platforms including TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat have been legally required to take reasonable steps to prevent under-16s from signing up or keeping an account. But - six months in - questions are being raised about if the existing...

Two devastating, back-to-back earthquakes hit Venezuela, killing scores of people and injuring hundreds. The quakes, which had magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, hit an area about 150km west of the capital Caracas Hundreds of buildings have been toppled and the damage bill is likely to be in the billions.

Long time Today show host Karl Stefanovic is leaving channel nine after more than two decades on the show.

Two independent Teal MPs have created a new political party that aims to appeal to people looking for a centrist alternative to the major parties. But observers point out the move also have to do with Australia’s incoming political donation laws.