In comments aired Tuesday by CNN-affiliate Sky News Australia, Kylie Moore-Gilbert also criticized the Australian Australian government’s efforts to use “quiet diplomacy” to free her. Moore-Gilbert, a lecturer in Islamic studies at the University of Melbourne, was detained for two years from September 2018 after being arrested at Tehran airport …
Read More »Australia Australia passes a news media law that requires Google to pay Facebook
A search for ‘Australia Australia News’ on Google’s homepage set up on a desktop computer in Sydney, Australia on Friday 22 January 2021. David Gray | Bloomberg by Getty Images Australia Australia has passed a new law requiring local media outlets and publishers to pay for linking their content to …
Read More »Canada will take to Facebook asking for payment for the content
Canada will pay attention to Facebook, following the example of Australia, which started a war with technology, when the country’s publishers upheld the proposed law demanding payment for their content. Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Gilboulet last week called Facebook’s action “extremely irresponsible” when the social media giant removed all Australian …
Read More »Australia Australia honored the indigenous people by changing one word in its national anthem
Australia has reflected the Prime Minister’s “spirit of unity” and the country’s indigenous population by changing a word in its national anthem. On New Year’s Eve, Prime Minister Scott Morris announced that the second line of the national anthem, the Advance Australia Australia Fair, had been changed from “We are …
Read More »Australia will change the national anthem to reflect indigenous history
The “Advance Australia Australia Fair” song has been tweeted to recognize the country’s indigenous history and communities, Prime Minister Scott Morris announced late Thursday, hours before 2021. The first line, “Austral Australians let us all rejoice, for we are young and free,” will now end with “One and Free.” “Australia …
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