AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoSocial Media Law: Reddit and a free-speech group are challenging Australia’s under-16 social media ban in the High Court, while South Australia has joined the federal government’s defence of the law. Political Violence: A 37-year-old man has been charged and a 14-year-old cautioned after an alleged baseball-bat attack on a One Nation volunteer in Torquay during Victoria’s election campaign. Environmental Enforcement: A NSW farmer was fined $225,000 for clearing nearly 950 hectares of native vegetation, including habitat for the threatened malleefowl. Police Powers: WA’s facial-recognition trial scanned 1.38 million faces and contributed to 122 arrests, renewing questions about privacy safeguards. Public Safety: NSW’s gun buyback has begun as part of major firearms reforms; a childcare centre and worker were also fined over toddler Ebony Thompson’s death.
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