17 Sep 2025

Australia: Roblox roadblocks, senator sacked, climate costs

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 17 September 2025
Roblox illustration on laptop. ROBLOX is a free-to-play, massively multiplayer online video game for children and adolescents, created by David Baszucki. Paris, March 2021.
Illustration de Roblox sur portable. ROBLOX est un jeu video free-to-play et massivement multijoueur en ligne destine aux enfants et adolescents, cree par David Baszucki. Paris, mars 2021.
Photography by Riccardo Milani / Hans Lucas (Photo by Riccardo Milani / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP)

Photo: RICCARDO MILANI / AFP

Australia correspondent Chris Niesche looks at a new report that's laid bare the costs to the country of an escalating climate crisis.

Right-wing indigenous senator Jacinta Price was sacked for claiming Labor brings in large numbers of Indian migrants because it votes for them - but new polling suggests the Liberals headaches aren't over.

Australia and PNG have signed a landmark defence treaty, and Roblox has agreed to make changes to ensure children using its platform aren't preyed on by adults.

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