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Australia’s New Ransomware Payment Reporting Law Takes Effect, Covering Both Critical Infrastructure and Other Entities
JD Supra - California
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June 11, 2025
[co-author: King Xia] On May 30, the ransomware payment reporting requirements of Australia’s Cyber Security Act 2024 (CSA) took effect. The new requirement applies to a broad range of entities and cyber security incidents, requiring reporting...
Australian Embassy Hosts Event to Create Awareness, Support Wildlife Conservation in Ethiopia
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, June 11, 2025 (ENA)— The Australian Embassy in Ethiopia has hosted an event organized to create awareness and support for the conservation efforts of Chengeta Wildlife, a wildlife protection charity, in Ethiopia’s Bale and Simien...
Morrison’s Companion of the Order for Gaslighting Australia
Independent Australia
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Scott Morrison – known for his inability to hold a hose and shirking all responsibility – has been handed the highest accolade in the land, a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC). The award was presented to the former PM (IA emphasis): ‘For...
Australia’s royal dilemma as King Charles serves conflicting Commonwealth interests with Trump
The Interpreter
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June 11, 2025
When King Charles delivered the throne speech to open the Canadian parliament last month, British journalist Martin Kettle sought to capture the rare and elaborate occasion: The idea that a vibrant democracy such as Canada, with a highly...
Live: Trump to leave G7 early and before meeting with Albanese
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 16, 2025
18m agoTue 17 Jun 2025 at 12:08am Two things PM wanted to raise with Trump The meeting between Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump was only confirmed a couple of days ago. As national affairs correspondent Jane Norman (who is on the ground in...
Movers and Shakers: Australia’s next top mandarin, WA’s blockbuster week
The Mandarin
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June 12, 2025
New heads of PM&C and Treasury, WA names 10 public sector leaders, Adelaide University’s inaugural vice-chancellor announced. Senior Executive Service Band 2 The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has appointed Grant Rebikoff chief...
Hospital/Nonprofit Partnership Fosters Early Childhood Literacy
Noozhawk - California
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June 12, 2025
Lompoc Valley Medical Center (LVMC) is partnering with United Way Northern Santa Barbara County to open its involvement in Literacy 2.0, an innovative program designed to promote literacy and financial education, starting with newborns and their...
Australia’s secretive religious groups exposed
The Geelong Advertiser
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Australia, a land known for its stunning landscapes and vibrant cities, also harbours a lesser-known side: the secretive world of religious orders and regimes. These groups, often shrouded in mystery, have left their mark on various properties...
Why Australia’s top barrister is working for the Russians
Brisbane Times
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June 12, 2025
Sussan Ley’s Coalition are ready to get stuck into the gruelling, dispiriting work of opposition. But so far, the Liberals are struggling to find staffers. Not for lack of trying, but because, so far, the government won’t let them. Sussan Ley’s...
German NGO Operating in Brazil Makes Million-Euro Transactions Involving One of the World's Rarest Birds
Folha de Sao Paulo
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June 12, 2025
A German NGO founded by a former nightclub security guard that trades in Spix’s macaws —in at least one case, for around €75,000 (R$470,000) per bird— continues to operate in Brazil a year after its contract with the federal government ended. A...
It took more than a century, but women are taking charge of Australia’s economy – here’s why it matters
The Conversation
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June 12, 2025
For the first time in its 124-year history, Treasury will be led by a woman. Jenny Wilkinson’s appointment is historic in its own right. Even more remarkable is the fact she joins Michele Bullock at the Reserve Bank and Danielle Wood at the...
Australian universities hesitate on antisemitism definition amid academic freedom concerns
The Guardian
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June 10, 2025
Months after the release of a new definition of antisemitism, a string of Australian universities are yet to adopt it amid concerns it may contravene academic freedom. The academic board at the Australian National University (ANU) has declined to...
“The System Has Failed Us”: Why Leituala Is Running for Parliament
Samoa Global News
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June 12, 2025
“The System Has Failed Us”: Why Leituala Is Running for Parliament Leituala Dr Ben Matalavea has spent nearly forty years at the frontline of medicine, split between the well-resourced hospitals of a developed country and the overburdened,...
Fears Australia faces ‘missed opportunity’
The Geelong Advertiser
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June 12, 2025
Australia could miss out on its next great invention plus significant economic benefits, with one prominent business leader calling for an increase in research and development spending so we no longer lag behind other developed countries. Business...
Ambulances queued outside SA hospital not ramping, premier says
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 16, 2025
South Australia's salaried doctors and paramedics unions say reports of potential "ramping" and staff shortages at the Mount Gambier Hospital need to be taken seriously. In the past week, photos of up to seven ambulances waiting outside the...
NT government accused of 'watering down' anti-discrimination laws
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 17, 2025
The Northern Territory government has back-pedalled on plans to scrap hate speech protections in the NT's Anti-Discrimination Act. But the territory's anti-discrimination commissioner — whose office handles discrimination complaints — says the...
AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Deal: Australia ‘Confident’ Of Pact Going Through Despite Trump’s Review
The Eurasian Times
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June 12, 2025
Australia says it is “very confident” of acquiring nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS pact, after the Trump administration put the deal under review. The 2021 AUKUS deal brings together Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States...
Australia raises shooting of reporter in LA with U.S.
Xinhua News Agency
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CANBERRA, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government has spoken with the U.S. administration about the shooting of an Australian reporter with rubber bullets in Los Angeles. Television news reporter Lauren...
Australia’s military strategy requires a reckoning between US steel and Asian shadows
The Mandarin
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June 9, 2025
OPINION | Australia’s multicultural fabric could be its greatest peacekeeping tool, but only if policymakers choose understanding over obedience. (l-r) US Defense secretary Pete Hegseth, Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles, Japanan's...
Netanyahu survives vote to dissolve Israeli parliament Knesset
ARY News
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June 12, 2025
JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament rejected early on Thursday a preliminary vote to dissolve itself, the Knesset said in a statement, after an agreement was reached regarding a dispute over conscription. The vote, which could have been a first step...