Shadow communications minister Melissa McIntosh has called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to refer Attorney-General Michelle Rowland to a full investigation.

Anthony Albanese has delivered a frank warning to schoolchildren looking to get around Australia’s landmark social media ban, just a day after the world-first laws took effect.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is standing firm on Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s, declaring it will curb online bullying and save young lives, even if the legislation is not perfect.

More than 1,000 jobs at a troubled aluminium smelter have been secured after the federal government stepped in to keep it running with taxpayer support. Rio Tinto, majority owner of the massive Tomago smelter near Newcastle in NSW, had for months been threatening to shut down the plant due to spiralling energy costs.

Anthony Albanese becomes Australia’s first sitting prime minister to marry in office, wedding Jodie Haydon at The Lodge in a private ceremony that traces a relationship born in 2020 unexpectedly.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared the passage of Australia’s social media ban for children under 16 as the “proudest day” of his Prime Ministership, crediting grieving families for driving the landmark legislation.

Albanese later confirmed the marriage by posting a short video on X with the caption “Married”, marking the couple’s first public announcement following the ceremony.