Australia’s Victoria to ban single-use plastics by 2023
SYDNEY, Feb 27, 2021, DPA. The Australian state of Victoria will ban specific single-use plastics…
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New Zealand’s largest city Auckland back to lockdown after COVID-19 case
WELLINGTON, Feb 27, 2021, Reuters. New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday that…
Australia passes new media law that will require Google, Facebook to pay for news
CANBERRA, Feb 25, 2021, CNBC. Australia has passed a new law that will require digital…
Facebook to reverse news ban on Australian news sites
CANBERRA, Feb 23, 2021, ABC News. “The government has been advised by Facebook that it…
Facebook returns to the negotiating table one day after news ban in Australia
CANBERRA, Feb 21, 2021, SMH. Facebook tried to restart talks with major news outlets Nine…
Facebook blocks Australians from viewing news, public information amid govt spat
CANBERRA, Feb 18, 2021, Reuters. Australians woke to empty news feeds on their Facebook Inc…
Australia’s political opposition to support Facebook, Google legislation: Sources
CANBERRA, Feb 16, 2021, Reuters. Australia’s political opposition will support proposed legislation that would force…
[Analytics] No quick fix from Biden for Australia’s China trade woes
Hopes are high that, with the Biden administration in the White House, the United States…
Australian PM apologizes to former staffer allegedly raped in Parliament office
CANBERRA, Feb 16, 2021, CNN. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologized Tuesday to a former…
Australia ‘overreacting’ to Chinese development plans on northern border
CANBERRA, Feb 15, 2021, The Guardian. Australia has dramatically overreacted to speculative announcements of possible…
Pacific Islands Forum split could cost region’s global role
AUCKLAND, Feb 14, 2021, RNZ. Breaking up the Pacific Islands Forum would be a lost…
New Zealand’s PM announces three-day lockdown for Auckland
AUCKLAND, Feb 14, 2021, NZ Herald/News.com.au. New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has appeared on…
Micronesian nations to quit Pacific’s peak regional body, leaving it in disarray
CANBERRA, Feb 9, 2021, ABC News. Five Micronesian countries have announced they will be leaving…
Australia cut foreign aid oversight to save costs
CANBERRA/BEIJING, Feb 4, 2021, SCMP. Australia last year scrapped two bodies overseeing the effectiveness of…
[Analytics] Could New Zealand serve as an ‘honest broker’ to repair ties between China and the West?
Amid the fallout from protracted trade wars and political conflicts between China, the United States…