Australia

It is an ambitious social experiment of our moment in history — one that experts say could accomplish something that parents, schools and other governments have attempted with varying degrees of success: keeping kids off social media until they turn 16.

Australia’s prime minister said the legislation is for parents who are “worried sick” like him about the harm of social media.

Rachael Gunn, better known as Raygun, said backlash to her performances at the Paris Olympics has made it “really difficult” for her to continue her breaking career.

The Bluey coins, with a face value of one Australian dollar (65 U.S. cents) each, were found on Tuesday afternoon in a self-storage business in the Sydney suburb of Wentworthville, a police statement said.

A big rescue effort was required to free a young hiker who spent seven hours wedged upside-down between boulders in Australia.

The woman was safely rescued, sustaining just scratches and bruises, in the rescue earlier this month — but she was unable to retrieve her phone.

A message in a bottle that traveled over 1,500 nautical miles for eight years was discovered, connecting an Australian hiking group with three Bay Area women.

A message in a bottle that took eight years to be found over 1,500 nautical miles away now connects an Australian hiking group and three Bay Area women. Ian Cull reports.

A message in a bottle that took eight years to be found is now connecting an Australian hiking group and three Bay Area women.

A message in a bottle written eight years ago by three Bay Area women has washed ashore in Australia. Hilda Gutierrez reports.

Australian actor and director Simon Baker, best known for his role as Patrick Jane in the CBS drama series “The Mentalist,” has avoided a conviction after pleading guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol near his rural home.

A passenger has been arrested at an Australian airport after he left a stationary airliner through an emergency exit, walked along a wing and then climbed down a jet engine to the tarmac.

A man has died after an unauthorized helicopter flight in Queensland, Australia ended in a crash on a hotel roof, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of people from the building as flames engulfed the aircraft.

The Australian government has elevated the nation’s terrorism threat alert level from “possible” to “probable,” citing concerns about increasing radicalization among young people and community tensions over the Israel-Hamas war.

An Australian art museum curator has divulged that she was the creator of three paintings that she presented as works by Pablo Picasso — and which prompted a gender discrimination case when she only permitted female gallery patrons to view them.

The CEO of an Australian company is in recovery at San Francisco General Hospital after being placed in a medically induced coma.

The CEO of an Australian company is in recovery at San Francisco General Hospital after being placed in a medically induced coma. Christie Smith reports.

Amelia Kotze has died at 15 after being injured in an accident while competing in the Central Coast Cup in Australia last week.

A man accused of running naked down the aisle of an Australian domestic flight, knocking down a flight attendant and forcing the plane to turn back, has been arrested by police at the airport.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described domestic violence as a national crisis after thousands rallied around the country against violence toward women.