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"Should Australia's e-Safety commissioner have authority over all countries on Earth?" 

That's how tech billionaire Elon Musk has characterised the legal battle his social media platform X is waging to be able to keep footage of the violent stabbing of a Sydney bishop online. 

With the rift between the US and China growing, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Beijing and Shanghai for critical talks. 

More than 400 million tonnes of plastic is produced globally each year and the UN has warned - on numerous occasions - that there could be more plastic in our oceans than fish by 2050, if nothing is done to reduce plastic waste. 

But there are high hopes UN talks in Ottawa this week could be the circuit breaker. 

You might be familiar with the age-old trope of the midlife crisis; the swanky new car or motorbike, perhaps a bad hair dye job or a desire to quit your job, leave your marriage and start all over.

A secret report into workplace culture in the Australian Border Force’s marine unit has found that 100 per cent of women who responded to a survey witnessed “sex discrimination, sexual … and/or sex-based harassment”.

The NSW government has requested an urgent review of its bail laws following the alleged murder of childcare worker Molly Ticehurst by a man who was on bail for several serious offences.