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[Link] Witness in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial denies he is a ‘liar and a fantasist’
Read: 2/4/2022 www.theguardian.com
A former SAS soldier who testified that Ben Roberts-Smith ordered him to stage a mock execution of a comrade during a training drill has defended himself in court against accusations he was a liar and fantasist who was trying to justify his own failures as a soldier.
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[Link] Morrison government asks Facebook, Twitter and Google to block Russian state media ‘disinformation’
Read: 3/3/2022 www.theguardian.com
The Australian government has asked Facebook, Twitter, Google and other digital platforms to block content generated by Russian state media to curb “disinformation in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine”.
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[Link] Sky News claims Alan Jones’s misleading commentary balanced by covering daily Covid press conferences
Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com
Sky News sought to justify misleading Covid commentary then-host Alan Jones put to air, saying it was balanced by coverage of the daily Covid press conferences, according to a letter sent to the broadcasting regulator.
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[Link] Reddit user’s rage after ‘crunchy parents’ throw away her newborn daughter’s baby supplies
Read: 8/8/2021 7news.com.au
A mum has spoken of her anger after discovering her brother and sister-in-law had thrown away her nappies, wipes and baby formula for an unbelievable reason.
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[Link] Sky News Australia to face Senate inquiry after week-long YouTube suspension
Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Sky News Australia will face a Senate inquiry next week after the broadcaster was suspended for seven days for posting numerous videos which violated YouTube’s Covid medical misinformation policies.
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[Link] ‘Prices going up’: competition watchdog tells governments to limit asset sales as public loses trust
Read: 30/7/2021 www.theguardian.com
Competition watchdog Rod Sims has called for curbs on state and federal government privatisations, saying the public has lost trust after seeing prices rise following asset sell-offs.
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[Link] Judge rules Australian government's attempt to obstruct Bernard Collaery's use of barrister 'unfair'
Read: 10/2/2021 www.theguardian.com
The federal government’s attempt to use “extraordinary” national security powers to obstruct Bernard Collaery engaging a highly respected barrister in the Timor-Leste spying case is “disturbing” and “unfair”, a judge has ruled.
[Link] ‘4 Corners’ Is Being Slammed For Interviewing A Far-Right Extremist Again
Read: 3/2/2021 junkee.com
Viewers of last night’s 4 Corners, which saw journalist Sarah Ferguson fly to Washington DC to report on January’s Capitol riots, have taken to social media to question the decision to air an interview with the chairman of white supremacist and fascist group the Proud Boys.
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[Link] Businesswoman called 'feminist cretin' by AFR journalist Joe Aston wins $280,000 in defamation case
Read: 27/1/2021 www.theguardian.com
A former managing director of a venture capital firm has been awarded damages of $280,000 by the federal court after it found she was defamed by the Australian Financial Review and columnist Joe Aston.
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[Link] Australian government ordered to pay 1,300 asylum seekers whose details were exposed
Read: 27/1/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Australian government has been ordered to compensate almost 1,300 asylum seekers whose details were mistakenly exposed online in one of the country’s most shocking privacy breaches.
[Link] Google threatens to leave Australia – but its poker face is slipping
Read: 25/1/2021 www.theguardian.com
The biggest companies in technology love an ultimatum but rarely do they spell out their threats.
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