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Australia's government has condemned parliamentary delays to strengthen enforcement of its child social media ban. Opposition parties have referred amendments to an eight-week inquiry, frustrating efforts to give the eSafety Commissioner tougher powers against platforms.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has firmly rejected calls from far-right One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson for Australia to adopt a monocultural identity, describing the proposal as divisive and historically baseless.
Australian populist leader Pauline Hanson has called for a monocultural society, rejecting multiculturalism and blaming immigration for the nation's housing affordability crisis. Her One Nation party has gained ground in opinion polls.