Social media ban: How Australia will implement age-assessment technology

The first tool Allen and his team will test is age verification. Here are some quotes from the media and the team who are in charge.

OPTION 1: It can be done by supplying a digital ID

driver’s licence, passport, bank records, school records or health records.

OPTION 2: age estimation via photo.

Age estimation tools will be tested on Australians of different ages, ethnicities and genders to reflect the population. The company will trial static and real-time photos and use different angles and facial expressions. Voice, hand geometry and typing speed analysis will also be explored.

OPTION 3: User behaviour

assuming someone’s age based on other information, such as their purchase history, browser behaviour or online activity.

The government has said basically "Hand over your ID or your facial data".

Yikes the whole interview was a big bunch of waffle, Albo getting baited into awkward confessions about how he is losing grip on the party. As much as I can’t stand him, I can see why Dutton is gaining ++ in the preferred PM because Albo is looking shaky especially after ramming 3 years worth of bills through parliament in a day. Anyone else watch the interview and have some thoughts?

Here are some of the events that happened on this day in Australian history. Please feel free to add others that you know of in the comments section.

• 1876 – SS Georgette runs aground near Busselton, Western Australia; Grace Bussell and Sam Isaacs help to rescue the passengers.
• 1811 – Reverend Samuel Marsden sends the first large export of wool from Australia to Britain.
• 1823 – John Oxley become the first European to navigate the Brisbane River.
• 1916 – Twelve members of the Industrial Workers of the World are convicted in Sydney of conspiring to commit arson and sedition.
• 1972 – Gough Whitlam becomes Prime Minister, leading the first Labor government in 23 years.
• 1984 – The Hawke Government is re-elected with a reduced majority.
• 1986 – Justice Mary Gaudron is the first woman appointed to the High Court of Australia.
• 1994 – Australian government agrees to pay reparations to aborigines that were displaced during the nuclear tests in 1950s and 1960s.
• 1998 – The Linton bushfire claims the lives of five volunteer firefighters from Geelong.

International Observances.

• Armed Forces Day (Cuba)
• International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (United Nations)
• Lao National Day
• National Day (United Arab Emirates)

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Can someone please explain the difference to me? I understand the MAD bill was defeated but then the under 16 social media ban just gets passed? Apologies for my stupidity, I appreciate any explanations 🤌🏻

Hi I am a Singaporean married to an Australian citizen( I am Australian PR). We are married with a baby boy who just turned 5 months. I have been here for over 5 years now and am wondering if anyone here with a similar background like ours made the move from Australia to Singapore. For context I am a HR professional and hubby works in commercial finance with more than 15 years experience.

Main questions in mind:

• Career and salary prospects for hubby in Singapore
• Housing options in Singapore and financing it from Melbourne through a property investment in SG.

We are thinking of potentially considering a move to SG due to greater livability and accessibility in Singapore plus exposure to bub from a cultural standpoint.

Would be keen to know if anyone has made a similar move and how it worked out for you. Thank you ! 😊

Maybe I’m late to the game, but had a look at the Aussie Constitution. The bit shown is apart of the overview by the Solicitor General. Whilst we are accustomed to hear Yanks talk about rights, we don’t got any.

I feel like when Di Natale was Greens leader parliament was much better for it. They were still unrealistic idealists but not fringe like they are now. They had normal people like Scott Ludlam in their party seemed the vetting was way better. His approach was far more constructive. If he was still Greens leader I could see legislation being negotiated and passed with Labor in a better way. He even did deals with the Coalition at times. Bandt has realised he has more success outflanking Labor and being a protest party which has been to the detriment of Australia imo.

Here are some of the events that happened on this day in Australian history. Please feel free to add others that you know of in the comments section.

• 1811 – During a tour of Van Diemen’s Land, Governor Macquarie gave directions for the layout of Hobart.
• 1820 – Campbelltown, New South Wales is established.
• 1838 – The first annual Royal Hobart Regatta is held.
• 1876 – SS Georgette runs aground near Busselton, Western Australia; Grace Bussell and Sam Isaacs help to rescue the passengers.
• 1942 – The corvette HMAS Armidale is attacked and sunk by Japanese aircraft off Timor.
• 1973 – Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea. 1976 – Douglas Nicholls is appointed the 28th Governor of South Australia becoming the first indigenous Governor of an Australian state.
• 1982 – The Commonwealth introduced the Freedom of Information Act.
• 1984 – The Bob Hawke-led Australian Labor Party is returned to power at federal election.
• 1987 – Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as Premier of Queensland after 19 years in power. He is replaced by Mike Ahern.

International Observances.

• Battle of the Sinop Day (Russia)
• Earliest day on which Farmer’s Day can fall, while December 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Friday in December. (Ghana)
• Earliest day on which Good Neighborliness Day can fall, while December 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in December. (Turkmenistan)
• Earliest day on which Sindhi Cultural Day can fall, while December 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in December. (Sindhi diaspora)
• First President Day (Kazakhstan)
• Freedom and Democracy Day (Chad)
• Great Union Day, celebrates the Union of Transylvania with Romania in 1918. (Romania)
• Military Abolition Day (Costa Rica)
• National Day (Myanmar)
• Republic Day (Central African Republic)
• Restoration of Independence Day (Portugal)
• Rosa Parks Day (Ohio and Oregon, United States)
• Self-governance Day or Fullveldisdagurinn (Iceland)
• Teachers’ Day (Panama)
• World AIDS Day, and its related observances:
  • Day Without Art

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So taking a look at the websites I can get behind most of their policies, the grifting is a bit intense but I was wondering what their dark secret is and why I should avoid them like the plague come election time.

In this age of rapidly increasing surveillance, monitoring and coersion, is it high time for an Australian Bill of Rights to be implemented? If so, what rights should be included?

The right to refuse immunisation without penalty?

The right to conduct person to person financial transactions without fees?

The right to anonymous access to the internet?

Let's hear your thoughts!