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A member of a rescue team that saved the life of a Lithuanian man in a remote river has been named Australian of the Year for Tasmania.

Australian authorities demanded changes from a major US gaming platform over concerns it was being used to groom and exploit children.

Australia might be home to truly horrific spiders and other wildlife, but it’s also got world class beaches and hundreds of sunny days a year. So it should be no surprise that folks who moved there tend to look great in their “before and after” pics. We’ve picked out some…

No 1-ranked Australia are favourites on home soil but through a forest of caveats for England, there is still a path to the urn

Online gaming company says voluntary age assurance technology will limit teens and children messaging users outside their own age groups

Microsoft's Azure cloud has mitigated the largest DDoS attack in history at close to 16 Tbps from the Aisuru botnet. At its peak, the attack used over 500,000 connected devices to hit the Azure servers with over 3.6 million packets per second to target a single cloud endpoint in Australia.

Pollock could walk away with a prestigious gong after bursting on to the scene in 2025 but the Springboks dominate the main award shortlist

Australia's Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii is one of four finalists in World Rugby's men's breakthrough player of the year, impressing after switching from rugby league.

There is logic to the fresh international format, due to launch next year, but glaring issues and logistical challenges too