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The government will take on the big tech firms Google and Facebook today as a war over Australian news hits the senate.

Google has made a bold threat to Aussie internet users.

Independent Senator Rex Patrick says it is not “socially moral” for Facebook's ad boosting revenue to go directly to Ireland, which allows the platform to avoid paying tax in Australia for the services. When Australian businesses boost their ads on Facebook, they are charged an international transition fee paid in respect of Ireland, Senator Patrick explained speaking at Senate Economics Legislation Committee. The advertising revenue goes to Ireland even through the service is being of...

Yellen Outlines Economic Priorities, and Republicans Draw Battle Lines Janet L. Yellen, the Treasury secretary nominee, said at her confirmation hearing that the U.S. economy needed more help to get through the pandemic. Janet L. Yellen appeared remotely on Tuesday for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee.Credit...Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times Jan. 19, 2021 WASHINGTON — Janet L. Yellen, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s nominee for Treasury secretary, vo...

Rushan Abbas hasn’t heard from her sister for more than two years. Gulshan Abbas, a retired medical doctor, disappeared along with her aunt in September 2018 and was cut off from her family, who are Uighurs, a Muslim minority group which live mostly in China’s northwest Xinjiang province. Rushan, an activist based in the United States, has publicly advocated on her sisters behalf ever since, insisting she had been kidnapped by Chinese authorities and placed in a camp or labour factory as ...

Share on Twitter Chinas "appalling" regard for human rights worsened in 2020 as the government ramped-up efforts to crack down on minorities and political dissidents, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.  The fierce criticism comes as pressure grows on the Australian government to consider taking stronger action against China’s persecution of Muslim Uighurs in the Xinjiang region. Britain and Canada this week announced new laws aimed at stopping imports of products suspected...

Presidential Transition Highlights: House Says It Will Move Swiftly With Impeachment if Pence Won’t Act Last Updated Jan. 11, 2021, 5:23 p.m. ETJan. 11, 2021, 5:23 p.m. ET Democrats suggested they could charge President Trump with “high crimes and misdemeanors” by midweek for inciting a mob that attacked the Capitol. But top leaders want to avoid hamstringing the first days of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidency with an all-consuming Senate trial. This briefing has ended. Follo...

Australian militarys $1.3 billion Hawkei contract criticisms revealed after previously sealed by the Attorney-General Posted FriFriday 8 updated MonMonday 11 Thales was awarded a contract to produce 1,100 locally built armoured Hawkei vehicles. ( Share Print text only Cancel A scathing report into the Defence Departments handling of a $1.3 billion dollar military contract has been fully released, nearly three years after the ABC exposed a high-powered legal effort to keep some details secret. ...

Wed, 12/30/2020 - 5:47am -- tim by Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts 2020 was the year of all years, so to speak. Last year at this time, Vermont was going about its business; we were toasting 2019, and we were looking forward to the start of a new decade. We made it through deep winter; then came March and our routines ended. The pandemic forced us to close our schools, restaurants and workplaces. Grocery shopping, formerly mundane, became too much for many. Plans for parties, weddings, gra...

Share on Twitter Mamutjan Abdurehim hasnt been able to see his wife and two children for the past four years. Information from the Chinese region of Xinjiang, where they are based, is scarce, and Mr Abdurehim told SBS News he fears for the worst. “I can’t describe properly enough, how much agony it has been and how much I miss my family,” he said. The family lived abroad in Kuala Lumpur while Mr Abdurehim studied a PHd in sociology and international affairs. However he became...