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Facebook blocks Australians from sharing news links as ‘Media code’ set to become law.
Facebook has started blocking users, news organisations and other organisations in Australia from sharing news and other links on the platform. The announcement comes as Australia is set to make the new ‘media code’ as
Miami man pleads guilty to using COVID loan for Lamborghini.
A South Florida man has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining over $5 million in federal coronavirus loans and using some of the money to buy a Lamborghini Huracan. David Hines, of Miami, rubbed his forehead
High-profile Australian journalist Cheng Lei has now been formally arrested in China
High-profile Australian journalist Cheng Lei has now been formally arrested in China, nearly six months after she was first detained. Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne said the Chinese Embassy in Beijing informed the Federal Government
15 Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge has accused Beijing of spreading “disinformation”
Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge has accused Beijing of spreading “disinformation” after it warned students against studying in Australia. China’s Ministry of Education reportedly told students on Friday to make a “full risk assessment” about
20 UK COVID strain detected in Melbourne hotel quarantine.
Victorian authorities are investigating the possible transmission of COVID between residents in hotel quarantine. A government spokesperson said two separate residents on the same floor of the Park Royal in Melbourne returned genome testing results
19 WA records no new COVID-19 cases as parts of state remain in lockdown.
Western Australia has recorded no new cases of locally acquired coronavirus as large parts of the state entered the first of a five-day lockdown. The whole Perth metropolitan area, the Peel region and the south-west
22 A hazardous surf warning is in place for coastlines along New South Wales today, with further dangerous conditions expected tomorrow.
A hazardous surf warning is in place for coastlines along New South Wales today, with further dangerous conditions expected tomorrow. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a warning for regions from Eden in the south
20 A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia’s Sulawesi island just after midnight Friday
A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia’s Sulawesi island just after midnight Friday, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least 34 people. More than 600 people were injured during the magnitude 6.2 quake,
22 Thousands of babies and children died in 18 of Ireland’s mother and baby homes
Thousands of babies and children died in 18 of Ireland’s mother and baby homes – church-run institutions where unmarried women were sent to deliver their babies in secret, often against their will – over eight
24 An Australian man accused of running the biggest illegal marketplace on the darknet has been arrested in Europe.
An Australian man accused of running the biggest illegal marketplace on the darknet has been arrested in Europe. The site, known as DarkMarket, was shut down today, German prosecutors said. Drugs, forged money, stolen or