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Six months on from the introduction of a social media ban for teenagers under 16, experts and teens are reporting mixed results.
Under the ban, social media platforms face fines of up to $49.5 million if they fail to prevent underage access.
But there's been many reports of the difficulties in preventing children from opening accounts on the banned platforms.
Timothy Koskie from the University of Sydney's School of Media and Communication says the positives are starting to show.
"This is the beginning of something. What we talk about in sociology is something called ‘network effects’. Basically, the more people that are on it, the more people are on it, the more people that aren’t on it, the more people aren’t on it. So, we can hopefully start to see the opposite starting to happen, where increasing numbers of kids, increasing groups of kids are not in that space.”
Witnesses say police in Afghanistan opened fire on a protest against the arrest and detention of more than a dozen women over dress code violations.
It's believed up to 150 people were involved in the protest in the western city of Herat and three people were injured.
Afghanistan has been run by the Taliban since 2021 in the wake of the withdrawal of US-led forces.
The government has since imposed rules governed by a strict interpretation of Islamic law.
Protests against government decisions are illegal.
Health Minister Mark Butler says he's confident the Thriving Kids NDIS replacement will be fully set up before the planned transition in 2028.
Children with mild to moderate developmental delays or autism will be moved onto 'Thriving Kids' as the Federal Government looks to rein in the runaway costs of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
There are concerns from families about what it will mean for their children’s future care.
Mark Butler says he's confident the supports will be in place in time.
"States are busy rolling out or developing their thriving kids programs, we'll be ready to roll out our investments as a commonwealth very very soon, and I'm very confident we;ll have systems up and ruinning for families and chidren wqith the more low to moderate support needs that we promised last year."
The first flights will depart the new Western Sydney Airport on October 25, with tickets now on sale.
The first flight out of Sydney's second airport will be a Jetstar service to the Gold Coast at 11am.
The first international routes previously announced for the airport are Auckland and Changi.
The new airport will operate 24 hours a day, in contrast to Sydney Airport, which is subject to an overnight curfew.
To sport,
Collingwood defender Billy Frampton has received a three-game suspension for a tackle that left Melbourne forward Brody Mihocek with a fractured neck at the weekend.
Frampton's second-quarter tackle on the Demons forward was classed as careless, severe impact and high contact.
Collingwood will likely challenge the sanction.
