Australia


Undeterred by Facebook news blackout, Australia commits to content law

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison vowed on Friday to press ahead with

Australian carer mothers orphaned kangaroos back to health

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Wearing pink surgical gloves, animal carer Christie Jarrett gently wraps the foot

Facebook restricts viewing/sharing news content in Australia

Melbourne, Australia: Australians have been blocked from viewing/sharing news on their Facebook social media handle,

Australian regulator raises antitrust doubts over Aon’s $30-billion Willis Towers bid

(Reuters) – Australia’s competition regulator on Thursday raised initial concerns over Aon’s $30 billion bid

Victoria’s records zero new local cases of Covid-19 as circuit-breaker lockdown ends

Melbourne, Australia: Victoria recorded zero new local cases of Covid-19 on Thursday. One case was

Woodside Petroleum posts drop in annual underlying profit, hit by lower demand

(Reuters) – Australia’s Woodside Petroleum on Thursday posted a 58% slump in annual underlying profit,

Australia’s Fortescue lifts cost estimate for key project, declares bumper dividend

(Reuters) – Fortescue Metals Group on Thursday raised its cost estimate and delayed the time

Facebook blocks news from Australia, dozens of public information pages wiped

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australians woke to empty news feeds in their Facebook Inc accounts on

Australia seeks hefty fines from media over breach of gag order in Pell case

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Prosecutors asked an Australian court to set hefty penalties for media firms

Australian media firms squeeze more from Google as new law looms

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia claimed an early win in a protracted licencing battle with Google