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David Shoebridge has been elected Australian Greens leader after a three-way contest, with Steph Hodgins-May as deputy. Sarah Hanson-Young was eliminated after receiving two votes, amid reported divisions involving Mehreen Faruqi and Shoebridge.
The Australian Greens federal party room has 11 members.
Labor introduced the digital duty of care bill and is considering a private right for Australians to sue platforms. The bill would protect underage users, limit adults’ exposure to serious harms, allow users over 16 to turn off algorithmic feeds and add three harm categories.
Proposed fines for platforms that fail to protect users from harm would exceed AUD 100 million.
Donald Trump said the Pentagon will no longer livestream Nidal Hasan’s scheduled Dec. 3 firing-squad execution, cancelling a plan announced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after backlash. The execution remains scheduled at Fort Hood, with 13 soldiers killed and 32 people injured in the 2009 attack.
People killed in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting