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Why Are People Still Blaming Facebook For Australia’s Terrible News Linking Tax Law?
We’ve talked a fair bit about Australia’s ridiculous “News Bargaining Code,” which is literally nothing more than a tax on Facebook and Google for sending traffic to media organisations, paid to Murdoch.
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Australia says most Great Barrier Reef coral studied this year was bleached
More than 90% of Great Barrier Reef coral surveyed this year was bleached in the fourth such mass event in seven years in the world's largest coral reef ecosystem, Australian government scientists said. Bleaching is caused by global warming, but this is the reef's first bleaching event during a La Niña weather pattern, which is associated with cooler Pacific Ocean temperatures, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Authority said in its an annual report released late Tuesday that found 91% of the areas surveyed were affected.
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Facebook accused of deliberately disrupting Australia emergency services
A whistleblower group claims Facebook allowed a news ban affect vital services to gain leverage.
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Amazon declines to describe search-algorithm data - Australian regulator
Amazon.com Inc has declined to describe its product-search system to an Australian competition regulator that has heard complaints of large marketplace platforms giving preference to in-house wares.
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From wolf to chihuahua: new research reveals where the dingo sits on the evolutionary timeline of dogs
The first high-quality Australian dingo genome gives a multi-thousand-year-old snapshot into the evolutionary history of dogs.
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Australian scientists to power Tesla on 15,000-km trip with printed solar panels
Scientists in Australia are testing printed solar panels they will use to power a Tesla on a 15,100-km (9,400-mile) journey beginning in September, which they hope will get the public thinking about steps to help avert climate change.
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'Australia's silk road': Quarry sites dating back 2,100 years reveal world-scale trading system on Mithaka country
Ancient sandstone quarry sites, believed to be the largest in the southern hemisphere, are on track for national heritage status.
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'Not on our watch': The young family living in the middle of nowhere to bring our animals back from the brink
Meet the young couple living in one of the most-remote areas in Australia, all in the name of helping to bring our endangered animals back from the brink of extinction.
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Australia sues Facebook over scam ads impersonating celebrities
Australia has launched legal action against Facebook's parent company Meta, alleging it allowed scam ads to target users with fake celebrity endorsements. The tech giant had engaged in "false, misleading or deceptive conduct" by knowingly hosting the ads for bogus cryptocurrencies, a regulator said.
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Attempted Aboriginal massacres took place as recently as 1981, historian says
Alice Springs mass poisoning claimed two lives and left many in hospital but details are scarce, showing challenges of verifying frontier killings
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Australian Law Enforcement Now Forcing Service Providers To Grant Access To Data And Content
Maybe these companies shouldn’t have worked so hard to protect the information and communications of criminals while providing the same protections to the 99.5% of non-criminals that make up their user bases.
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Magpies Just Wanna Have Fun - Richard and Pip Playing
This will make you smile.
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Biggest power plant in coal-reliant Australia to close early
Australia's largest coal-fired power station will close seven years earlier than planned, as its operator says it is increasingly unable to compete with the "influx of renewables". The 2.88 gigawatt Eraring plant is located in the Hunter region north of Sydney and operated by Origin Energy.
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World-first research confirms Australia's forests became catastrophic fire risk after British invasion
Indigenous fire management holds the key to a safer, more sustainable future on our flammable continent.
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Australia Pays $20 Million To Buy The Copyright Of Aboriginal Flag, But It's Still Not Public Domain
Over a decade ago, we wrote about how Google had to edit out the Australian Aboriginal flag from a logo because of copyright concerns. An 11-year-old girl had won a contest to design a Google logo for Australia Day, and her logo included a simple...
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'Life finds a way': here's how rainbowfish survive in Australia's scorching desert
As climate change worsens, their findings highlight the importance of conserving natural river flows to enable freshwater species to respond and adapt.
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China’s threat to ‘punish’ Olympic athletes for free speech ‘very concerning’, Australia says
Sports minister Richard Colbeck says Australia opposes advisory on political comments from Beijing Winter Olympics committee
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Judges reveal why Novak Djokovic had to miss Australian Open
Three judges who unanimously rejected Novak Djokovic's bid to stay in Australia to contest the Australian Open have revealed their reasons for the ruling. In a written statement, the judges said it was not irrational for Immigration Minister Alex Hawke to eject the Djokovic due to concerns the unvaccinated Serbian star could pose a risk to public health and order.
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Returning travellers made to hand over phones and passcodes to Australian Border Force
Sydney man says he doesn’t know what officials looked at on his phone or what happens to his data
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Novak Djokovic to be deported from Australia after losing appeal against visa cancellation
Federal court upholds decision of Australian immigration minister who argued the Serbian tennis player’s presence might stoke anti-vax sentiment
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