From the Daily oas I'm Billy, I'm atroll. It is Tuesday, the twenty sixth of November, and here is what is making headlines this afternoon.
Tech giants have urged the Australian government to delay its Under sixteenth social media ban. Last week, the government tabled a bill that would enforce a minimum age requirement. The bill includes fines of fifty million dollars for companies that failed to block underage children from their platforms. The House of Representatives referred the bill to a committee for review, a process that includes asking the public and stakeholders for submissions.
The committee opened submissions for twenty four hours and will hand down a report this evening. In written submissions to the government, Google, which owns YouTube, and Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, warned against introducing the laws before tested age verification systems are in place. Meta argued that passing the bill without recognizing the limitations of these systems means neither industry nor Australians will understand the nature nor the
impact of these changes. Google raised concerns that its current trial of age verification systems won't finish until mid next year, making the bills timing quote concerning the coalition opposition has said it supports the bill, meaning it will likely pass before the Parliament sits for the last time this Friday.
New South Wales police have accepted a historic four year pay deal after the police union reached an agreement with the state government. Under the new arrangement, police will receive pay increases up to thirty nine point four percent over the next four years depending on their role. In addition to pay increases, the deal includes the option of job
sharing and part time work, and increasing allowances. New South Wales Police Minister Yasmin Kate Lee said the pay rise was well deserved for officers who risk their lives every day to keep us safe. It follows industrial action by other public service employees, including nurses and rail workers, after negotiations with the state government overpay increases and better conditions broke down.
Incoming US President Donald Trump has announced plans to introduce a twenty five percent tariff on goods from bordering nations Mexico and Canada on his first day back in the White House. Tariffs are taxes imposed by countries on imported goods and services. The President elect has also said he'll add a ten percent tariff on goods imported from China.
In a series of posts to his platform Truth Social Trump said he would only lift these tariffs if all three nations stopped the entry of massive amounts of drugs, especially the opioid fentanyl, into the US, and if Mexico and Canada stop migrants from entering the country illegally. The US, Mexico, and Canada have long had free trade agreements, including the current agreement, which was signed in the final year of
Trump's previous presidency. New tariffs could see this agreement renegotiated, which would have far reaching effects on all three countries. Trump will be inaugurated on January twentieth, meaning his first official day in office will be the twenty first of January twenty twenty five.
And today's good news, thirteen year old Indian batsman Vibavsoyvanchi has secured a two hundred thousand dollars contract to play in the Indian Premier League. He is the youngest player to secure a spot in the league's history, breaking the previous record by three years. So Yvanchi secured a century from just fifty eight balls in an under nineteenth International between India and Australia earlier this year. That is the
latest from the dally Os newsroom. If you are looking for something else to listen to make sure you catch up on today's deep dive. It was about what exactly is methanol poisoning following the deaths of the two Australian teens in Lao. Thank you so much for listening and we'll be back on tomorrow morning.
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