Australia

Australia & Oceania 02/25/21, 11:25

Australia's Parliament on Thursday, Feb. 25,  passed a world-first law for tech giants such as Facebook and Google to pay local publishers for news content after days earlier Facebook took steps to ban certain content in Australia in response to the government's proposed regulations. As reported by Bloomberg News, the proposed ...

Australia & Oceania 02/23/21, 09:34

In an unexpected move by the social networking giant, Facebook, it announced on Tuesday, Feb. 23, that it will reverse its block on Australian users sharing news on its site and would even be willing to accept the government's proposed media regulations requiring it to pay for published content. Following announcements ...

Australia & Oceania 02/18/21, 17:33

Calls for a boycott of Facebook are reaching a crescendo after 'Delete Facebook,' 'Boycott Zuckerberg,' and 'Facebook We Need To Talk' began trending on the rival social media platform Twitter. Facebook has infuriated netizens worldwide after slapping a ban on Australia's users from accessing or sharing any news over a dispute ...

Australia & Oceania 02/18/21, 10:27

Following announcements in late January that Australia would soon pass a law requiring Google and Facebook to pay media outlets for the right to use their content, Facebook blocked all content from news outlets on its platform in Australia as of Feb. 18. The blocking also included government pages and ...

Australia & Oceania 01/22/21, 15:26

Australia will soon pass a law requiring Google to pay royalties to media outlets that publish the content it shares on its network, but the tech giant intimidated users with the possibility of charging or impairing the free services it provides. Alphabet Inc., said it would block its search engine if ...

Australia & Oceania 12/01/20, 08:45

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison reproached the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Nov. 30, for a post that the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made on Twitter with a false image where an Australian soldier is about to slit the throat of an Afghan boy holding a lamb. Zhao ...

Australia & Oceania 11/19/20, 12:41

The military forces of the four partner countries in the grouping known as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, resumed joint military exercises in the waters of the Arabian Sea on Tuesday Nov. 17, in a clear demonstration of the growing regional power they are developing to confront the influence ...

Australia & Oceania 11/12/20, 18:30

U.S. law enforcement officials reported on Wednesday, Nov. 12 that they succeeded in exposing a major child sexual abuse network in Australia with links to the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe, and New Zealand. Several arrests have already been made in connection with the case and raids are expected to ...

U.S. 10/06/20, 14:00

On his visit to Japan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday, Oct. 6,  sharply criticized the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at a meeting with the U.S.'s allies—Australia, India, and Japan. The meeting was aimed at strengthening relations of a united and organized front against the CCP. In his first visit ...

Australia & Oceania 07/29/20, 10:30

Authorities from the United States and Australia had a key meeting to unify criteria in their political and strategic actions to confront the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). At a key meeting between U.S. and Australian authorities, attended by on the side of the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense ...

Australia & Oceania 07/25/20, 15:42

On Thursday, July 23, Australia declared before the United Nations that there is "no legal basis" for the territorial and maritime claims made by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the South China Sea, thus aligning itself with the position of the United States. "Australia rejects China’s [the CCP's] claim to ...

Australia & Oceania 07/09/20, 20:51

The defense ministers of the United States, Japan, and Australia met to establish new rules and commitments to jointly face the new world scenario after the pandemic caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) Virus and express their strong concern about the conflicts in the East and South China seas, ...

Australia & Oceania 07/05/20, 19:51

Nine high rise accommodation towers in Melbourne, Australia, housing around 3,000 people were placed in immediate lockdown on Saturday, July 4, after it was revealed cases of the CCP Virus were spreading among the residents from some of the towers. In an extraordinary move, the Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews ordered the ...

Australia & Oceania 07/02/20, 14:13

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that he will invest $270 billion to reinforce his country militarily, in view of the incursions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the Indo-Pacific region. "The Indo-Pacific is where we live—and we want an open and sovereign Indo-Pacific, free of coercion and hegemony," Morrison ...

Australia & Oceania 06/24/20, 13:10

The repeated disinformation campaigns by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and other countries would require state action to counteract their harmful effects, according to several Australian professors. The Australian government announced the creation of a working group under the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to fight disinformation campaigns, reported ...

Australia & Oceania 06/19/20, 04:41

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is believed to be behind the massive cyberattacks that are presently occurring in Australia, according to federal government agencies. The attacks have been aimed at all levels of the Australian government, critical infrastructure, and the private sector. Asked if it was the CCP, the Prime Minister Mr. ...

Australia & Oceania 06/18/20, 13:39

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne questioned the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Russia for "seeking to undermine democratic debate and exacerbate social polarization, and improve their own image in the COVID-19 [CCP Virus] context." "I can assure you that Australia will resist and counteract disinformation efforts," Payne said, referring also to ...

Australia & Oceania 05/18/20, 18:26

Australia’s efforts to push for an independent inquiry into the pandemic sweeping the world has not gone unnoticed, with President Trump strongly backing it. The president informed his 80 million followers on Twitter that the United States supports the push. After retweeting an AAP Newswire/SBS article that detailed the 116 countries supporting ...

Australia & Oceania 05/14/20, 12:14

Australian workers expressed support for their prime minister, who was adamant about the threats from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the research into the management of the CCP Virus requested by Australia. Australian Workers Union National Secretary Daniel Walton wrote to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, a Conservative, urging him not ...

U.S. 04/28/20, 21:49

President Trump is looking to the Chinese Communist Party for financial retribution over the devastation caused by the CCP Virus, along with the rest of the world. U.S. criticism of the CCP has intensified over the past week. At a White House briefing on Monday, April 27, the president indicated the ...