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Business International Media 

Facebook Signs Pay Deals With 3 Australian News Publishers

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, contract, Facebook, Journalism, Publishing

Facebook announced on Friday preliminary agreements with three Australian publishers, a day after the Parliament passed a law that would make the digital giants pay for news.

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Environment Science 

Rare Australian Bee Spotted After 100-Year Absence

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 MARTIN MACIAS JR
Australia, bees, Climate change, extinction

A field researcher identified the bee, which faces new threats from rainforest degradation and wildfires.

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Environment Science 

Lyrebird Males Mimic Panicked Flock While Mating

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 DANIEL CONRAD
Australia, birds, Research

Birds capable of mimicry may imitate a predator to scare others away, and a flock of birds will sound an alarm as they flee. A new study finds male Australian songbirds imitate a panicked flock when they mate.

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Business International Media Technology 

Australia Passes Law to Make Google, Facebook Pay for News

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, Facebook, Google, Journalism

Australia’s law forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news is ready to take effect, though the laws’ architect said it will take time for the digital giants to strike media deals.

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Government Media Technology 

Facebook Says It Will Lift Its Australian News Ban Soon

February 22, 2021February 23, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
advertising, Australia, Facebook, Journalism

Facebook said on Tuesday it will lift its ban on Australians sharing news after a deal was struck with Australia’s government on legislation that would make digital giants pay for journalism.

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Arts Environment International 

Kangaroo Painting Australia’s Oldest Aboriginal Rock Art

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
art, Australia, history

A kangaroo painting created over 17,000 years ago by Aboriginal artists has been identified — with a little help from some ancient wasps — as Australia’s oldest intact rock art.

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Business International Media 

In Surprise Move, Facebook Blocks News Access in Australia

February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
advertising, Australia, Facebook, Journalism

In a surprise retaliatory move Thursday, Facebook blocked Australians from sharing news stories, escalating a fight with the government over whether powerful tech companies should have to pay news organizations for content.

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International Media Technology 

Facebook to Dump Australian News Posts Over Proposed Pay-to-Post Law

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 MATTHEW RENDA
Australia, Facebook, Google, Journalism

In a response to a law that aims to make technology companies pay local news publishers a portion of their advertising revenue, Facebook said it would not allow users in Australia to post or share news content.

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Criminal International Politics 

New Zealand-Australia Row Erupts Over ‘Terrorist’ Dual National

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Australia, citizenship, Islamic State Group, New Zealand, Terrorism, Turkey

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern angrily accused Australia Tuesday of shirking its responsibility for a dual national arrested in Turkey with alleged links to the Islamic State militant group.

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Business International Law Media Technology 

Australia to Amend Laws to Make Google and Facebook Pay

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, Facebook, false advertising, Google, Journalism

Australia’s government said on Tuesday it will amend draft laws that would make Google and Facebook pay for news to clarify that publishers would be paid in lump sums rather than per click on news article links.

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Appeals Civil Rights Criminal International 

Australian Court Rules Terrorists Can Be Imprisoned Longer

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, Extremism, sentencing, Terrorism

Australia’s highest court on Wednesday upheld a law that can keep extremists in prison after they have served their sentences.

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Business Government International 

Inquiry Finds Crown Resorts Unfit to Run Its Sydney Casino

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, casinos, gambling, money laundering, regulation

Australian gambling company Crown Resorts is unfit to run its new Sydney casino because it facilitated money laundering and had other problems, a regulator said Tuesday.

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Environment International 

Koala Rescued After 5-Car Pileup on Australian Freeway

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, automotive, rescue, wildlife

A koala has been rescued after causing a five-car pileup while trying to cross a six-lane freeway in southern Australia.

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International Media Politics 

Businessman Accused of Working for China Wins Defamation Payout in Australia

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Australia, bribery, China, defamation

Two Australian media companies were ordered Tuesday to pay a prominent businessman hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages over a report alleging he was covertly working for China’s Communist Party.

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Environment International 

59 Homes Lost, More Threatened in Australian Wildfire

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, wildfires

Politicians in Britain, Northern Ireland and the European Union on Tuesday condemned threats against border staff that prompted authorities to suspend post-Brexit checks on animal products.

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Environment Science 

Human Activity Threatens Species Survival: Study

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Australia, construction, farming, Research, Travel, wildlife

Human activities such as farming and construction are threatening the survival of scores of wild species by forcing them to travel more to avoid mankind’s impact, research showed Monday.

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Criminal International Media Religion Trials 

Australian Media Companies Admit Breaching Pell Gag Order

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, Catholic, contempt, Journalism, pleas, sex abuse

Australian media companies admitted in court Monday they breached a gag order in publishing references to Cardinal George Pell’s since-overturned convictions in 2018 for child sexual abuse. The plea agreement avoids any journalist being sent to prison.

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Entertainment Environment International 

Australian Man Fights Off Crocodile to Survive Attack

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
attack, Australia, Lakes, wildlife

A man pried a crocodile’s jaws from his head to survive an attack in northern Australia on Thursday, afterwards insisting he will soon return to the swimming spot, according to paramedics.

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Civil Rights Government International Technology 

Australia Ordered to Pay Migrants for Privacy Breach

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Asylum, Australia, immigration, internet, privacy

An Australian watchdog on Wednesday ordered the government to pay damages to over a thousand asylum seekers whose personal data was wrongly made public seven years ago.

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Criminal International Religion 

Israel Extradites Woman Wanted for Sex Crimes to Australia

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, Child Abuse, extradition, Israel, sex abuse, teachers

Israeli authorities on Monday extradited a former teacher accused of sexually abusing her former students in Australia, capping a six-year legal battle that had strained relations between the two governments and antagonized Australia’s Jewish community.

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