Australia news live: PM announces $600m package against drug-smuggling; Chanel Contos urges action on ‘manosphere’
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Australia will step up its support to fight trans-national drug trafficking flowing through the Pacific, with a $600 million package.
Anthony Albanese announced the new investment at the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, which aims to stop the contraband arriving in Australia.
This is crucial, and the detail in any reform will determine its success – as will be the overall strength of the proposed Digital Duty of Care reforms that are needed in their own right. It is too easy for Big Tech to design schemes that appear as structural reform but actually suit them just fine.
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