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Australia|Business|Economy

Cash-strapped consumers are giving Australia's liquor makers a headache

A recent slump in sales means Sydney liquor store owner Louise Dowling has to work an additional 40 hours a week to make up for the staff she had to let go, as a

Cash-strapped consumers are giving Australia's liquor makers a headache
Science|Technology

Google to help build cyber protection for Australian infrastructure

Google and Australia's national science agency will join hands to develop digital tools that automatically detect and fix software vulnerabilities for operators of

Google to help build cyber protection for Australian infrastructure
Business|Technology

Australia to bring anti-scam law targeting internet giants this year, regulator says

Australia plans to introduce a law by the end of the year forcing internet companies to proactively stop hosting scams or face hefty fines, the top consumer regulator

Australia to bring anti-scam law targeting internet giants this year, regulator says
Business|Economy|Health

Australia's CSL tests 'dynamic pricing' of donor blood amid cost surge

Australia's CSL, the world's largest producer of blood plasma products, is trialling "dynamic pricing" of payments to donors to grow profit margins amid persistently

Business|Economy

Australia to make supermarket industry code mandatory, breaches may result in huge fines

Australia could impose billion dollar fines on big supermarket chains that fail to comply with an industry code of conduct, the federal government said on Monday as it

Australia to make supermarket industry code mandatory, breaches may result in huge fines
Business|Food

Guzman Y Gomez shares jump 36% in biggest Australian IPO this year

Mexican food chain Guzman Y Gomez served up Australia's best initial public offering debut in three years with its shares leaping more than one-third on their first

Guzman Y Gomez shares jump 36% in biggest Australian IPO this year
Business

Analysis-When Facebook blocks news, studies show the political risks that follow

Since Meta blocked links to news in Canada last August to avoid paying fees to media companies, right-wing meme producer Jeff Ballingall says he has seen a surge in clicks

Analysis-When Facebook blocks news, studies show the political risks that follow
Business

Australian prosecutors drop billionaire Forrest's case against Meta

Australian prosecutors have discontinued mining magnate Andrew Forrest's criminal prosecution of Meta over what he said were thousands of scam cryptocurrency

Australian prosecutors drop billionaire Forrest's case against Meta
Business

Microsoft to spend $3.2b in Australia as AI regulation looms

Microsoft said it will spend A$5 billion ($3.2 billion) expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing abilities in Australia over two years as part of

Microsoft to spend $3.2b in Australia as AI regulation looms
Business

Australia fines Musk's X platform $386,000 over anti-child abuse gaps

An Australian regulator has fined Elon Musk's social media platform X A$610,500 ($386,000) for failing to cooperate with a probe into anti-child abuse practices, a

Australia fines Musk's X platform $386,000 over anti-child abuse gaps
World

Australian regulator demands social media firms disclose anti-terrorism efforts

An Australian regulator has sent legal letters to social media platforms from YouTube, X and Facebook to Telegram and Reddit, demanding they hand over information

Australian regulator demands social media firms disclose anti-terrorism efforts
News|Political|Technology

Australian regulator says Musk's X should not set limits of internet law

Elon Musk's X has policies to take down harmful content when it chooses but should not be allowed to overrule Australian law in deciding what can be viewed there, a

Australian regulator says Musk's X should not set limits of internet law
News|Political

Meta's oversight board backs takedown of Australian voter fraud posts

Meta's oversight board upheld a decision to remove two Facebook posts calling for Australians to vote multiple times in an indigenous rights referendum, but noted the

Meta's oversight board backs takedown of Australian voter fraud posts
News|Technology|World

Musk decision to leave knife attack video on X prompts police terror warning, says Australian senator

An Australian senator said on Wednesday that police feared Elon Musk's decision to ignore a regulator order and leave footage on his social media platform X of a

Musk decision to leave knife attack video on X prompts police terror warning, says Australian senator
News|Technology|World

Musk's X says posts of Australia bishop stabbing don't promote violence

Elon Musk's social media platform X defended publishing posts showing a bishop in Australia being stabbed during a sermon as "part of public discussion", rejecting a

Musk's X says posts of Australia bishop stabbing don't promote violence

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