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Responsibility for enforcing the ban lies not with users or parents but the platforms themselves, which face tens of millions of dollars in fines if they fall short.

Lockheed's rocket is the poster child for Australia’s Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) Enterprise, which seeks make strike weapons locally.

The measures in Victoria and Tasmania are temporary, but show how far and how intensely the oil shock from the war in Iran has spread.

Chinese-controlled Yancoal Australia Ltd. agreed to acquire an 80% stake in the Kestrel coking coal mine in Queensland for as much as $2.4 billion.

SYDNEY, April 12 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit Brunei and Malaysia this week, continuing diplomatic efforts to secure fuel supplies from Asian allies after disruptions caused by the Middle East conflict.

As Australia’s biggest gas customer, Japan is alarmed by growing calls for a new tax on gas exports. Elsewhere in Asia, leaders recognize renewables can help break reliance on volatile fossil fuel supply chains.

The country’s freight and farming industries rely on diesel, which has not only soared in price, but threatens to disappear entirely.