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Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Featured pages Featured pages Featured pages Featured pages 22 February 2021 The Biden administration says it will talk with the Morrison government about tackling China’s “human and labour rights abuses”, as the United States offered qualified support for a new Australian bill to ban imports from the Xinjiang region. ... The bill, proposed by the South Australian independent senator Rex Patrick, would prohibit the importation into Australi...

By Justin Hendry on Feb 25, 2021 11:26AM With Facebook, Google concessions. Australia’s controversial media bargaining code has become law after the underpinning legislation passed through parliament with a raft of amendments favouring Big Tech companies. The Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Bill was signed off by the house of representative on Thursday after clearing the senate last night. The code...

The governments second tranche of royal commission legislation,  which deals with annual renewals, disclosure of lack of independence and restrictions on deducting advice fees from super, has passed

Share on Twitter The Australian government is facing calls to follow the United States and Canada in declaring Chinas repression of Uighur minorities as "genocide". The push - backed by Uighur communities in Australia - comes amid mounting evidence of reported human rights abuses against the Muslim minority - including torture, forced labour and the sterilisation of women. Canadas parliament this week voted to recognise the Chinese governments alleged campaign against the minority a...

Facebook, Google Could Be Forced to Pay for News Content as Australia Is Expected to Pass Amendments Facebook said it would restore Australian users access to news in light of the compromise it had reached with the government. By Reuters | Updated: 24 February 2021 09:49 IST Frydenberg has said he will give Facebook and Google time to strike deals with Australian media companies Highlights The Liberal Party does not have a majority in the upper house Facebook sa...

Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young roasted Treasurer Josh Fryderberg, telling Parliament: The government has buckled here. Youve blinked, you weakened the power the minister has because Facebook bullied you. This is a face-saving exercise by the Treasurer. Facebook shocked the world last week when it blocked Australian news websites in response to a new law forcing it to pay media companies for news content. The tech giant on Tuesday said it would end the ban after the government made changes to...

News media bargaining code passes Senate after government reaches 11th-hour agreement with Facebook

The government introduced amendments to the so-called Media Bargaining Code after Facebook last week escalated a dispute over the new laws.

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Media code that prompted Facebooks war on Australia passes the Senate Bryant Hevesi For Daily Mail Australia and Aap © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Australias media bargaining code that triggered Facebooks unprecedented ban on local news sites has cleared the Senate and will likely become law by the end of the week. The code, seen as a pivotal step in regulating big tech and ensuring they pay their fair share for locally produced journalism content, will be sent bac...