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Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has called for far tougher regulation of social media platforms, arguing that the nation’s world-first ban on under-16s accessing social media is only “a start” and falls short of what is needed to protect young people…

China has sharply rejected Australia’s latest security warning, after ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess revealed that two foreign hacking groups are capable of infiltrating Australia’s critical infrastructure and potentially causing major disruption. Speaking yesterday, Burgess did not directly name China, but made a…