Facebook deliberately used an over-zealous blocking system that took down the pages of Australian emergency services last year as a negotiating tactic, whistleblowers claim. The social network moved to block all news outlets in Australia over a row about paying news providers. But fire services and state health services were also blocked, during fire season […]
By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Qantas has announced it will begin operating non-stop flights from Sydney to London and New York from 2025. Australia’s national carrier said it had purchased a new fleet of Airbus A350-1000 jets capable of direct flights to any city in the world. The first Sydney-London flights will depart in […]
Australia election 2022 A car carrying the Australian prime minister’s security team has crashed in Tasmania during an election campaign visit. Four police officers were taken to hospital with “non-life threatening injuries” after the car and another vehicle collided, authorities said. Prime Minister Scott Morrison was not in the car, but the accident prompted […]
Australia has unveiled a defence agency focused on space, designed to counter Russia and China’s ambitions. Defence Minister Peter Dutton said the Defence Space Command would secure Australia’s place in the cosmos. Air Vice-Marshal Cath Roberts, who will lead it, said she was “scared” by Australia’s inability to combat Beijing and Moscow’s activities. The US, […]
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. The US company could face financial and other penalties. Meta […]
By Simon Atkinson BBC News, Brisbane Climate change In the past two weeks, floods in eastern Australia have killed at least 21 people. Thousands of homes have been left uninhabitable by one of Australia’s worst natural disasters. Wading through filthy, waist-high floodwaters to escape her apartment, Sophia Walter says her first emotion wasn’t fear. […]
Western Australia has reopened its borders nearly two years after first sealing them to international visitors and other Australians because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Australian state is the last to drop its travel entry ban, four months after the nation’s biggest city Sydney welcomed back international travel. Western Australia insisted its policy was needed […]
Coronavirus pandemic Australia has reopened its international border for the first time in nearly two years, bringing joyful family reunions and a boost to tourism. The country imposed some of the world’s strictest travel bans after shutting itself off in March 2020 due to Covid. Australians and some others were allowed to return from late […]
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Coronavirus pandemic Australia has announced the reopening of its borders to vaccinated tourists and other visa holders for the first time in almost two years. “If you’re double vaccinated, we look forward to welcoming you back,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. The reopening, on 21 February, will be welcome news for many sectors including international […]
