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Some experts have said the new codes represented a big shift in how Australians used the internet. (Supplied: Pexels)
New online safety codes requiring R-rated games and websites to verify users' ages are now in effect.
The targeted services must manage verification and ensure they comply with Australia's privacy laws, or risk penalties of up to $49.5 million.
Some experts have raised concerns about the privacy of Australians online amid previous age-verification data leaks.
Australia's new online safety codes requiring age verification for R-rated games and websites may compromise user privacy, experts say.
The comments follow the eSafety Commissioner's introduction of age restrictions for online content, including high-impact violence, pornography and self-harm material.
Lecturer and Research Fellow in Communications and Sexologist, Edith Cowan University
Giselle Woodley is a Chief Investigator of the Australian Research Council Linkage project: LP250100343 Working with teens to co-design a porn literacy program that mitigates potential harm and thus receives funding from the ARC. She also receives funding from the Daniel Morconbe Foundation for her consultation and presentations relating to online safety. She is affiliated with Bloom-Ed, a Relationships and Sexuality Education advocacy group (http://bloom-ed.org).
Megan Lim has previously received funding from VicHealth and the Office of the eSafety Commissioner for development of a pornography education program.
Australians must prove they are over 18 before they can access adult content such as porn, R-rated video games and sexually explicit AI chatbots under new laws.
The changes will protect children from harmful content, with platforms fined for breaches, Australia's online safety regulator said.
"We don't allow children to walk into bars or bottle shops, adult stores or casinos, but when it comes to online spaces… there are no such safeguards," its commissioner Julie Inman Grant said.
Experts say the new laws – which come three months after Australia introduced an under-16s social media ban – will face similar concerns over data privacy and users trying to trick age-verification technologies.
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Australians receiving the Age Pension will see their payments increase in a few weeks, along with the cut-off limits for the income and asset tests. This means more than 2.5 million age pensioners will be able to earn slightly more money and have higher-value assets than before.
From March 20, a number of changes to social security payments, rates and limits will kick in as part of regular indexation. This will see more than five million people receive more money in their bank accounts each fortnight.
Single pensioners will receive an extra $22.20 per fortnight, with the total rate increasing to $1,200.90. Couples will see a $16.70 lift in their payments each, with the amount each partner receives going up to $905.20.
Pensioners urged to be aggressive with cash as March deeming rates rise to 1.25% and 3.25%; beating returns could protect income.
Australian pensioners are facing a major challenge with the old pandemic days of super-low deeming rates fading into the distant past.
Now, seeking the best deposit return has become a much more serious and worthwhile approach.
It is also worth noting in passing that the higher deeming rates may reduce and even eliminate the part-pension for some who are close to the limits of the income test.
While equalling or beating the latest higher deeming rates is more of a challenge than it used to be, it is one that the government actuary has assessed as being possible, which would mean no reductions in the overall income if those returns can be achieved.
Pension Eligibility Warning – For Perth resident John Marshall, turning 67 in early 2026 was supposed to signal a smooth transition into retirement. After decades in construction, he assumed his Age Pension would begin automatically once he reached the qualifying age.
“I thought it would just roll over,” John says. “No one told me I actually had to apply.”
Across Australia in 2026, authorities are issuing a clear message: the Age Pension is not automatic. If you don’t apply on time, you could miss out on weeks — or even months — of payments.
The pension age remains 67 in 2026, but stricter administrative checks and digital verification requirements mean timing is critical.
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The Jay Kelly star says he would be honoured to work with Dano, Owen Wilson and Matthew Lillard after all three actors were criticised by the director
George Clooney has said he would be “honoured†to work with three actors who were heavily criticised by Quentin Tarantino last month. Speaking at AARP’s Movies for Grownups awards on 10 January, Clooney said: “By the way, Paul Dano and Owen Wilson and Matthew Lillard, I would be honoured to work with those actors. Honoured.â€
Clooney continued by describing his new film, Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, as a movie “made by people who love actors – that’s an important part. People I’ve known most of my life … actually, most of them are actors. I have a great affinity [for them], and I don’t enjoy watching people be cruel.â€
A month after Quentin Tarantino made headlines for slamming actors Paul Dano, Owen Wilson and Matthew Lillard, George Clooney is making it known where he stands.
“By the way, Paul Dano and Owen Wilson and Matthew Lillard, I would be honored to work with those actors. Honored,” Clooney said while accepting his best actor award for “Jay Kelly” at AARP’s Movies for Grownups Awards on Saturday. He described “Jay Kelly” as being “made by people who love actors — that’s an important part. People I’ve known most of my life… actually, most of them are actors. I have a great affinity [for them], and I don’t enjoy watching people be cruel.”
George Clooney is saying good night to this Quentin Tarantino take.
After the Pulp Fiction director recently referred to Paul Dano as the “weakest f–king actor” in the Screen Actors Guild, the Ocean’s Eleven star went to bat for the There Will Be Blood actor, emphasizing how important it is for those in the film industry to celebrate each other.
"'Jay Kelly' is a film about and made by people who love actors," George, 65, said as he accepted Best Actor award for his performance in Jay Kelly at the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards on Jan. 10. "It's an important part of this…you know, people throughout this room and people I've known most of my life, actually, and most of them are actors, and I have a great affinity. I don't enjoy watching people be cruel to actors."
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