Australia
Australian media law raises questions about ‘pay for clicks’
Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, says Australian plans to make digital giants pay...
Australian media firms squeeze more from Google as new law looms
Australia claimed an early win in a protracted licencing battle with Google on Wednesday as media companies lined up to announce content deals with...
Australia approves AstraZeneca vaccine for use
Australia’s regulator on Tuesday approved the AstraZeneca vaccine as its second for use against COVID-19.
Pfizer’s product will be available in Australia next week. It...
Australia’s Seven West Media strikes deal with Google for news
Australia’s Seven West Media Ltd became the country’s first major news outlet to strike a licensing deal with Google, as the government pushes ahead...
Australian Treasury expects further job losses
Australia's Treasury on Friday revealed that it expects additional job losses when the government ends its coronavirus wage subsidy scheme in March.
The A$90 billion...
Australia’s 2nd largest city to begin lockdown
Australia’s second-largest city will begin its third lockdown due to a rapidly spreading COVID-19 cluster centered on hotel quarantine.
The five-day lockdown will be enforced...
Australian leader dismisses reports of China-built city
The Australian prime minister on Monday dismissed as “speculative” reports that a Chinese company plans to build a new industrial island city near Australia’s...
Australian quarantine hotel COVID-19 cluster grows to ten cases
Two more people linked to a quarantine hotel outbreak in the Australian state of Melbourne have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number...
Australian hotel quarantine worker infected with UK Covid variant
A second hotel quarantine worker in Australia's Victoria state was tested positive for the highly infectious Covid-19 strain that was first discovered in Britain,...
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