MYSTERIOUS: 5 | Mind Blowing Facts

View from The Hill: in awkward timing, government ends energy rebate as it defends Wells’ spendathon

There are two glaring lessons for politicians from the Anika Wells’ entitlements affair.

The Conversation · Dec 8, 2025

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on the social media ban as a risky ‘fake silver bullet’

The Greens have suffered a year of significant setbacks. The election saw their numbers go backwards, losing three of their four lower house seats, then one of their senators, Dorinda Cox, defected to Labor.

The Conversation · Dec 8, 2025

Afternoon Update: Anika Wells claims thousands in family travel expenses; NSW firefighter dies; and a celebrity hard launch

Latest revelation comes after questions were raised about the nearly $100,000 cost to taxpayers for the minister and two staff to fly to New York City which was signed off by the prime minister

The Guardian - AU · Dec 8, 2025

'Air-Miles Anika': minister under fire for flight costs

A senior minister splashed thousands of taxpayer dollars on a trip where she attended a friend's birthday party, prompting accusations of improper spending.

AAP · Dec 4, 2025

Australia wants to end the era of kids on social media with international ban hailed as ‘first domino’ in global movement

If Meta, Google, and others can’t figure out how to block accounts of users under 16 years old, they’ll be fined $33 million per breach.

Fortune · Dec 4, 2025

Minister under fire for $100k NY trip to spruik laws

Sussan Ley says the communications minister should have been focusing on her day job rather than jetting to New York in the middle of the Optus outage crisis.

AAP · Dec 3, 2025

Australia to enforce social media age limit of 16 next week with fines up to $33 million

Australia is set to enforce its age limit for social media accounts starting next week, and the platforms must provide monthly reports on how many children's accounts they have closed or face fines

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2025

Future Fund spent $20,000 to send CEO’s executive assistant on business class trip to scope hotels in US

Government also reveals it spent nearly $100,000 sending minister Anika Wells and two others to US during UN general assembly

The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2025

'Global momentum': minister defends $100k New York trip

Taxpayers were slugged almost $100,000 to fly communications minister Anika Wells and two staff to New York for a UN meeting to spruik the social media ban.

AAP · Dec 3, 2025

Morning Mail: Major NDIS change revealed, Putin ‘ready to fight’ Europe, Naplan data identifies top schools

Human involvement to be dramatically reduced in sweeping overhaul of national disability insurance scheme

The Guardian - AU · Dec 2, 2025