Australia news live: ‘monumental’ changes coming in social media ban; one dead, several hospitalised after Sydney restaurant gas leak

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Australia news live: ‘monumental’ changes coming in social media ban; one dead, several hospitalised after Sydney restaurant gas leak

Claims every user will be age checked is a ‘scare tactic’, eSafety commissioner says, after announcing upcoming media ban with Anika Wells. Follow today’s news live

Matt Canavan says landmark climate assessment a ‘cynical attempt to spread fear and panic’

Nationals senator Matt Canavan discounted the headlines behind the landmark national climate risk assessment, saying the government had conveniently timed the report while calling the document a “cynical attempt to spread fear and panic among people”.

The problem is the headline figures are never as bad as the detailed science that underlies it. …

It reads like the Book of Daniel, not a government report. I mean, I like government reports that are sober and reasonable. … I think Australians like a government, that just tell them the truth and not try and scare them. We saw that during Covid. People are trying to scare you because they’ve got an agenda, right?

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