Australia


Google Sees Signs Of Success In Its Campaign To Water Down Australian Pay-for-news Plan

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Regulators apparently sympathetic to calls for revision of arbitration process to set payments Google appears to be suc... Read more

Carmichael Project Created 1,500 Jobs, Awarded $1.09 Bn In Contracts: Adani

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The company said construction of the railway line and mine was set to continue through 2021 and it was expecting to gene... Read more

Australian Leak-proof Underwear Label Launches Controversial Ad Showing Menstrual Blood

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One shot focuses on a trash bin overflowing with blood-stained tissues as well as a woman washing a pair of ModiBodi und... Read more

Huawei Exits Australia Sponsorship Deal Over 'negative Business Environment'

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Huawei will remain involved with the club, with the company logo relocated to the back of the Raiders jersey. Read more

Australian Regulator Slams Google Misinformation In Pay-for-news-fight

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Picks out porkie about data leakage as left and right unite to protest ad giant’s objections Australia’s Competitio... Read more

Homegoods To Pet Supplies: Uber Moving Into Delivery As Service Offering

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Khosrowshahi said the company is adding auto-rickshaws and motorbikes since it expects many riders in emerging markets t... Read more

Australia Unveils Law Forcing Tech Giants To Pay For News

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Both Facebook and Google say advertising revenue linked to news content is a small fraction of their overall revenue. Read more

Australia To Force Google And Facebook To Pay For News And Reveal Algorithm Changes Before They Whack Web Traffic

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And is willing to fine them hundreds of millions if they don't play nice Australian regulators have proposed to compel ... Read more

Australia Sues Google Over Data Collection Practices That Merged DoubleClick Data To Create Single User Profiles

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Alleges opt-in that promised “more control” actually sent more data without informed consent. Google 'strongly disa... Read more

Australia Extends Stimulus Spending As 'COVID Recession' Looms

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Between February and May, two million Australians had already lost their jobs or saw hours significantly cut. Read more

Australia's Qantas Cuts 6,000 Jobs In Post-COVID Restructure

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The three-year plan to save Australia's carrier from 'the biggest crisis' would also see half the company's 29,000 staff... Read more

Facebook Caves To Australia's Call For Explanations Of News Feed Algo Changes

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But The Social Network™ won't pay for news and tells publishers it can get along just fine without them Facebook has ... Read more

Australia To Refund $720m In 'debts' Determined By Dodgy Algorithm

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May well have been killer algorithm, too Australia will refund more than AU$720m (US$480M) to residents adjudged to owe... Read more

News Corp Shuts Dozens Of Newspapers In Australia Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

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As a result of the changes, the bulk of News Corp's regional and community titles would move to purely digital publishin... Read more

Buzzfeed Closes News Operations In Britain, Australia

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Ten staff in Britain and four in Australia will be furloughed, in a move that is expected to become permanent. Read more

Nearly 600,000 Australians Lose Jobs As Virus Lockdown Bites

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The Treasury has forecast the unemployment rate will reach 10 percent in the June quarter. Read more

Australians Can Demand Visitors To Their Homes Run Contact-tracing App

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As opposition MP criticises slow and incomplete source code release, saying 'Public health messaging shouldn't require ... Read more

Australians Can Demand Visitors To Their Homes Run Contact-tracing App

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As opposition MP criticises slow and incomplete source code release, saying 'Public health messaging shouldn't require ... Read more

You Have One Job, Australian PM Tells Contact-tracing App, And Thats Talking To Medicos

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Still no definitive word on open sourcing or how it will solve Singapore's Apple problem Australian Prime Minister Scot... Read more

Virgin Australia Collapses Under Coronavirus Strain

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The airline was more than Aus$5 billion ($3.2 billion) in debt and had appealed for a Aus$1.4 billion loan to stay afloa... Read more