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How parents manage devices and little kids

Australia’s national 24-hour movement guidelines recommend no screen time for children under two and a maximum of two hours for children over five.

Is AI deciding what we see online?

Earlier this year, a News Futures: Media Policy Roundtable brought together 45 leaders from industry, government, not-for-profit organisations, digital platforms and academia.

Pretend play is a magical part of childhood. New research suggests it can also help mental health

Children have huge imaginations and use these to turn rocks into spaceships, tables into forts or pens into fairies

Ceasefire on paper, a war in motion: Why the Iran crisis is far from over

Omer Ghazi Hours after markets and diplomats began pricing in a fragile pause, President Donald Trump announced an extension to the Iran ceasefire while simultaneously...

Wondering if you’re a ‘light’ or ‘deep’ sleeper?

Sleep is not a single, static state. Rather, it’s a cycle that unfolds and repeats across the night, in two main stages.

More than 60% of home battery installations inspected in Australia are ‘substandard’

Issues include missing or incorrect warning labels, unlabelled backup circuits, and missing or incorrectly positioned energy storage (ES) labels.

When oil refineries burn, here’s what happens to your lungs and heart

Smoke from an oil refinery fire is made up of many different pollutants.

‘Exceptional circumstances’: why was Ben Roberts‑Smith granted bail?

The allegations against Roberts-Smith relate to five separate killings of people in various locations in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan in 2009 and 2012, where he served with the Australian Special Forces.

Albanese government will commit to boosting defence spending to 3% of GDP, but under a revised definition

The Trump administration has repeatedly made it clear Australia should boost its defence spending.

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Indian-origin Flying Officer Nandini Rajpurohit makes history as part of Australia’s first space operations unit

With a STEM background in computer science, mathematics and statistics, Rajpurohit said space was becoming increasingly critical to operations across all military domains.

“Let’s purge New Zealand of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims”: Police assess Brian Tamaki remarks as Indian PM Modi’s historic visit nears

In a video posted on social media on Wednesday, Tamaki accused Modi of allowing violence against Christians in India and suggested similar actions should occur in New Zealand.

Minister Aly warns Pauline Hanson’s monoculture vision threatens every aspect of multicultural Australia

The broader message, however, was clear: this government sees multicultural Australia not as a problem to be managed, but as a strength to be protected.
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