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CSL has said it is too busy making 50m Covid-19 vaccines for Australia to explain its role in the $1.7bn AstraZeneca supply deal to a federal parliamentary inquiry. The biotechnology company was a no-show at the first hearing of the Covid-19 inquiry in 2021, prompting the independent senator, Rex Patrick, to accuse it of disrespecting the Senate and behaving “improperly” by not submitting to scrutiny. At the start of the hearing, the chair, Katy...

Advertisement A tough test of the Morrison government’s environment credentials looms after a major report on national conservation laws called for urgent reforms to prevent further extinction of Australia’s wildlife. Former competition watchdog Graeme Samuel handed down his final report from his review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act on Thursday afternoon and highlighted the situation facing the government. “To shy away from the fundamental...

Last modified on Thu 28 Jan 2021 15.35 EST Good morning, this is Imogen Dewey bringing you the news on Friday 29 January, as a Senate inquiry into over German authorities have advised that the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab should not be given to those aged 65 or above, citing a lack of data – a decision which will no doubt raise questions about Australia’s vaccine rollout plan. With Australia relying on the AstraZeneca vaccine for the bulk of its doses, the country’s vaccine advisory body sa...

Australia Risks Confrontation With Biden Administration Over Big Tech: Expert Silicon Valley is hoping a Biden administration will push back an impending wave of global regulation aimed at curbing the power of the tech giants, with Australia likely to be in the crosshairs, according to one expert. “Big Tech went big for Biden in 2020 and is now an important constituency of what might be called the right (or at least the ‘less left’) wing of the Democratic Party,” Salvatore Babones, asso...

Commentary: Is news worth a lot or a little? Google and Facebook want to have it both ways Toggle share menu Advertisement Commentary: Is news worth a lot or a little? Google and Facebook want to have it both ways Advertisement Commentary Commentary Commentary: Is news worth a lot or a little? Google and Facebook want to have it both ways While links to news may not be direct advertising money-spinners for F...

Are Google and Facebook really prepared to pull services from their Australian users rather than hand over some money to publishers under the bargaining...

Executives from Google and Facebook have told a Senate committee they are prepared to take drastic action if Australia’s news media bargaining code, which would force the internet giants to pay news publishers for linking to their sites, comes into force. Google would have “no real choice” but to cut Australian users off entirely from its flagship search engine, the company’s Australian managing director Mel Silva told the committee. Facebook representatives in turn said they would r...

Is news worth a lot or a little? Google and Facebook want to have it both ways Are Google and Facebook really prepared to pull services from their Australian users rather than hand over some money to publishers under the bargaining code? Mel Silva, Google Australia managing director Credit: Google Executives from Google and Facebook have told a Senate committee they are prepared to take drastic action if Australia’s news media bargaining code, which would force the internet gian...

In a major escalation, Google threatened Friday to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government approved legislation that would force tech companies to pay for journalism shared on their platforms.

Google, Facebook lock horns with Australian govt over pay-for-content digital news code © India Today Group Google, Facebook lock horns with Australian govt over pay-for-content digital news code Google has threatened to remove its search engine from Australia if the new digital news code that makes tech giants pay for content comes into action. Facebook too has threatened to remove news from its feed for all Australians. If the tech giants remove these services, it would mean that 19 millio...