Tag Archives: Australia

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Backpackers’ cheeky sign sparks epic response from neighbours  Yahoo News Australia Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Australia to amend law to regulate digital payments like Apple, Google Pay  Yahoo Finance Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]‘Amazing’ sight on Aussie doorstep leaves woman stunned  Yahoo News Australia Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Talk grows of mega predator off Australia, but the grim reality may be more sobering  Yahoo News Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Woolworths customers furious over major card change  Yahoo Finance Australia Source link

Treasury report says media outlets have signed more than 30 deals compensating them for news shared on platforms. Australia’s world-first law forcing Big Tech to pay for news has been a success and Canberra should consider extending it to social media platforms such as TikTok and Twitter, a government report has found. Canberra passed landmark legislation last year that obligates Google and Facebook to strike deals compensating media outlets for news content on their platforms or allow a… Source link

SYDNEY, Dec 2 (Reuters) – An Australian law giving the government power to make internet giants Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google negotiate content supply deals with media outlets has largely worked, a government report said. But the law, which took effect in March 2021 after talks with the big tech firms led to a brief shutdown of Facebook news feeds in the country, may need to be extended to other online platforms, the review said. Since the News… Source link

China has slammed Australia for opposing its security pact with Solomon Islands, calling it a colonialist myth-driven violation of sovereignty and saying Canberra had no right to lay down any “red line”. This came as Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said a Chinese military base in the South Pacific nation would be a “red line” for his government, days after Beijing and Honiara confirmed the signing of the deal without revealing details. Talk of China building a naval base on Solomon… Source link

Novak Djokovic has received a medical exemption to compete in the Australian Open without being vaccinated against COVID-19, but that same medical exemption could end up preventing him from entering the country.  Djokovic has been denied entry to Australia due to a visa mixup. According to the Times of London, a member of Djokovic’s team applied for the wrong class of visa — one that doesn’t apply to people who have gotten a medical exemption — and Djokovic’s stuck at the airport without… Source link

The Google and Facebook logos, the words “media, news, media” and the Australian flag are displayed in this illustration photo taken February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register SYDNEY, Dec 23 (Reuters) – Australia’s ground-breaking law forcing platforms like Google and Facebook to pay local publishers for news faces an unlikely test case: a website that experts say uses fake journalist profiles that has won… Source link