The eSafety Commissioner released a report indicating that online gaming services are inadequately protecting children from harmful content. Platforms like Fortnite, Roblox, and others were found to have varying levels of protection, with some measures falling short of safety standards despite not being covered under the social media ban for users under 16. Meanwhile, technology firm Atlassian signed a 10-year solar energy deal with the Goulburn Community Energy Co-operative, which will power its Sydney headquarters starting in 2028 and involves funding nearly 70% of the project's output over the decade.
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Nathan Charles, a Wallaby rugby player who had overcome cystic fibrosis to play professionally, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) at age 37. Diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as an infant and told he might not survive past ten years old, Charles thrived through medication, physical activity, and a regimen of blowing up balloons as a toddler. He went on to play for the Western Force and Sydney University, eventually earning four Test matches for Australia in 2014, including playing hooker against the All Blacks at Accor Stadium before an audience of 68,000 people. Last month, however, after a gradual health decline, Charles received his MND diagnosis, joining other athletes like NRL star Jai Arrow and former England rugby player Lewis Moody in battling this incurable disease.
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Former Wallaby hooker Nathan Charles diagnosed with MND at 37
The former Wallaby Nathan Charles, who became the first cystic fibrosis sufferer in the world to play a contact sport professionally,
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AAP reports the 37-year-old, who played four Test matches for Australia, revealed he has been diagnosed with the same disease as retired South Sydney NRL star Jai Arrow.
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During a Stan Sport interview with former Wallaby turned commentator Justin Harrison, Charles said he had only recently been diagnosed.
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Atlassian enters 10-year solar energy deal with community co-op to power Sydney HQ
A solar farm owned by a group of community investors has secured a 10-year deal with one of Australia’s biggest technology companies to help power its headquarters, Australian Associated Press reports.
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Atlassian announced its virtual power purchase agreement with the Goulburn Community Energy Co-operative on Friday in a deal that will fund almost 70% of the project’s output over the next decade.
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Electricity generated by the project in NSW’s Southern Tablelands will help to meet the renewable energy needs of the tech firm’s 39-storey Sydney base, currently in construction near Central station, when it opens in 2028.
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The announcement comes amid heated debate over whether technology companies should be required to invest in renewable energy generation to meet growing demands from data centres and artificial intelligence operations in Australia.
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The solar and battery farm, located on 2.2 hectares of industrial land in Goulburn, features 2,300 solar panels and a four megawatt-hour battery.
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Owned by a group of about 288 local investors, who contributed a minimum of $400, the farm connected to the electricity grid in March 2026, 12 years after it was proposed.
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The agreement follows a $2.3m NSW government grant and would support local workers and suppliers, AndrewBray, the Goulburn Community Energy Co-operative chair, said:
Our active volunteers and investor community worked patiently and diligently across a number of years to see this project come to fruition.
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To have a blue-chip Australian company like Atlassian come on board as a commercial partner is a huge vote of confidence in what we have built.
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Online gaming 'shortcomings' put children at risk, eSafety report finds
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Sarah Basford Canales
Online gaming services are failing to take enough action to prevent children being exposed to harmful content, a new report from the eSafety Commissioner has found.
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In a report published today, the online safety watchdog found measures adopted by gaming providers were not up to standard and varied in quality between platforms.
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Platforms with the dominant purpose of gaming are not covered under Australia’s under-16s social media ban but are subject to the eSafety Commissioner’s information gathering notices.
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The report – which drew details from Fortnite’s developer, Epic Games, Roblox, Minecraft and Valve’s Steam – found some positive signs but overall determined “disparities and shortcomings”.
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Among them, examples of some platforms relying on age self-declaration resulting in children being able to easily access third-party content lacking sufficient content moderation as well as a limited number of human moderators to respond to harmful content.
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The commissioner, Julie Inman-Grant, said:
While we have seen some safety improvements as a result of sustained regulatory pressure, including the recent court-enforceable undertakings we accepted from Roblox, there is still significant work to be done across the board to prevent serious harms in online gaming to children.
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The Aporia
