Australia passes law making Facebook and Google pay for news
The legislation could provide a framework for other countries looking to address platforms’ dominant position. Australia has passed a new ...
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Row as China posts fake image of Australian soldier with knife on child’s throat
The image posted by a Chinese official appears to refer to alleged unlawful killings by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan. Australia ...
Australian police arrest 44 men and rescue 16 children in child abuse investigation
Arrests of all the suspects, aged 19 to 57, were made in every Australian state, except the Northern Territory. Australian ...
Sharks have killed 7 people in Australia this year, the most since 1934. Climate change could be a factor
One morning in early October, a now-familiar scene unfolded on a beach in Western Australia. A shark had attacked a surfer, ...
Coronavirus: Australia sent into first recession for 28 years
The "lucky country" escaped the downturn during the global financial crisis, but its economy has been devastated by the pandemic. ...
Australia Boasts It Has “Secured Access” To Covid-19 Vaccine
...Says It Would Administer To Citizens For Free While the world over races to find a cure to the Coronavirus, ...
Coronavirus: Australia to close Victoria-New South Wales border
The border between Australia's two most populous states, Victoria and New South Wales (NSW), is to close after a spike ...
Coronavirus: Qantas to axe 6,000 jobs due to pandemic
Qantas will axe 6,000 jobs as part of its plans to survive the coronavirus pandemic, the airline says. The cuts ...
