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Australian PM On First To India, Visits Sabarmati Ashram In Ahmedabad
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday visited the Sabarmati Ashram, a place closely associated with Mahatma Gandhi, after arriving in Ahmedabad on his first India visit.
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Australia Announces Tougher Fines for Data Breaches Following Recent Cyberattacks
Australia on Saturday proposed tougher penalties for companies that fail to protect customers’ personal data after two major cybersecurity breaches left millions vulnerable to criminals. The penalties for serious breaches of the Privacy Act would increase from AUD 2.2 million (nearly Rs. 11 crore) now to AUD 50 million (nearly Rs....
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Optus Data Breach: Australian Police Investigate Purported Hacker's $1 Million Ransom Demand
Optus, the second-largest telecom operator in Australia, was impacted by a data breach that exposed 9.8 million customers' details. The Australian police are now probing a demand by a purported hacker who has released private information of 10,000 subscribers and demanded a $1 million (roughly Rs. 8 crore) ransom. The hacker has also threatened to ...
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Samsung Ordered to Pay Fine of $9.8 Million Within 30 Days for Misleading Australian Phone Ads
Samsung has been fined $9.8 million (roughly Rs. 78 crore) for misleading Australian advertising over some of its water-resistant models. Samsung agreed to have made false claims for seven Galaxy models including S7, S7 Edge, A5 (2017), A7 (2017), S8, S8 Plus and Note 8.
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Ex- Australia Wicketkeeper Ryan Campbell Stable And Out Of Sedation After Heart Attack
Campbell's family released a statement via the Australian Cricketers' Association, updating his condition after he suffered a heart attack last Saturday in "Stoke-on-Trent"
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WeChat Account of Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison Taken Over and Renamed, Lawmaker Accuses China
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s account on WeChat was taken over and renamed, and a lawmaker accused China's leaders of political interference.
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Australian Cricketers' Association Tells Players To "Do Your Homework" Before Signing Up For Overseas T20 Leagues In COVID Era
Australian Cricketers' Association chief executive Todd Greenberg has asked its players to do their "homework" and consider the risks involved before signing overseas T20 deals in the near future.
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Microsoft, EU Publishers Seek Australia-Style News Payments From Big Tech Platforms
Microsoft is teaming up with European publishers to push for a system to make big tech platforms pay for news, raising the stakes in the brewing battle led by Australia to get Facebook and Google to pay for journalism.
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Facebook Urged by Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison to Lift News Blockade, Calls Move a ‘Threat’
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison urged Facebook to lift its blockade of Australian users and return to the negotiating table with news publishing businesses, warning that other countries would follow his government’s example in making digital giants pay for journalism.
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Australia to Amend Law Making Facebook, Google Pay for News
The author of proposed Australian laws to make Facebook and Google pay for journalism said Thursday his draft legislation will be altered to allay some of the digital giants’ concerns, but remain fundamentally unchanged.
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Facebook CEO Zuckerberg May Be Summoned by Australia Over Huawei Data Deal
Australia's prime minister said on Thursday he would welcome Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg testifying to an Australian parliamentary committee.
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Australian Military Says Strava Tracking App Doesn't Breach Security
"The circumstances of this application do not constitute a security breach," the Australian Defense Department statement said.
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Australia Opener Matt Renshaw Retired To Go To The Toilet
Matt Renshaw is playing his fifth Test match and his first outside Australia.
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Highest Paid Australian Official Earns 10 Times More Than The Prime Minister
An Australian Senate committee has revealed that that country's mail chief is the nation's highest paid public servant and made 5.6 million Australian ($4.3 million) last year.
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Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull Says Donald Trump Agrees To Accept Refugees
President Donald Trump had agreed to keep an Obama administration promise to resettle refugees languishing in Pacific island camps despite the U.S. toughening its stance on Muslim immigration, the Australian prime minister said Monday.
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Australian PM On First To India, Visits Sabarmati Ashram In Ahmedabad
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday visited the Sabarmati Ashram, a place closely associated with Mahatma Gandhi, after arriving in Ahmedabad on his first India visit.
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Australia Announces Tougher Fines for Data Breaches Following Recent Cyberattacks
Australia on Saturday proposed tougher penalties for companies that fail to protect customers’ personal data after two major cybersecurity breaches left millions vulnerable to criminals. The penalties for serious breaches of the Privacy Act would increase from AUD 2.2 million (nearly Rs. 11 crore) now to AUD 50 million (nearly Rs....
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Optus Data Breach: Australian Police Investigate Purported Hacker's $1 Million Ransom Demand
Optus, the second-largest telecom operator in Australia, was impacted by a data breach that exposed 9.8 million customers' details. The Australian police are now probing a demand by a purported hacker who has released private information of 10,000 subscribers and demanded a $1 million (roughly Rs. 8 crore) ransom. The hacker has also threatened to ...
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Samsung Ordered to Pay Fine of $9.8 Million Within 30 Days for Misleading Australian Phone Ads
Samsung has been fined $9.8 million (roughly Rs. 78 crore) for misleading Australian advertising over some of its water-resistant models. Samsung agreed to have made false claims for seven Galaxy models including S7, S7 Edge, A5 (2017), A7 (2017), S8, S8 Plus and Note 8.
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Ex- Australia Wicketkeeper Ryan Campbell Stable And Out Of Sedation After Heart Attack
Campbell's family released a statement via the Australian Cricketers' Association, updating his condition after he suffered a heart attack last Saturday in "Stoke-on-Trent"
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WeChat Account of Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison Taken Over and Renamed, Lawmaker Accuses China
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s account on WeChat was taken over and renamed, and a lawmaker accused China's leaders of political interference.
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Australian Cricketers' Association Tells Players To "Do Your Homework" Before Signing Up For Overseas T20 Leagues In COVID Era
Australian Cricketers' Association chief executive Todd Greenberg has asked its players to do their "homework" and consider the risks involved before signing overseas T20 deals in the near future.
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Microsoft, EU Publishers Seek Australia-Style News Payments From Big Tech Platforms
Microsoft is teaming up with European publishers to push for a system to make big tech platforms pay for news, raising the stakes in the brewing battle led by Australia to get Facebook and Google to pay for journalism.
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Facebook Urged by Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison to Lift News Blockade, Calls Move a ‘Threat’
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison urged Facebook to lift its blockade of Australian users and return to the negotiating table with news publishing businesses, warning that other countries would follow his government’s example in making digital giants pay for journalism.
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Australia to Amend Law Making Facebook, Google Pay for News
The author of proposed Australian laws to make Facebook and Google pay for journalism said Thursday his draft legislation will be altered to allay some of the digital giants’ concerns, but remain fundamentally unchanged.
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Facebook CEO Zuckerberg May Be Summoned by Australia Over Huawei Data Deal
Australia's prime minister said on Thursday he would welcome Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg testifying to an Australian parliamentary committee.
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Australian Military Says Strava Tracking App Doesn't Breach Security
"The circumstances of this application do not constitute a security breach," the Australian Defense Department statement said.
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Australia Opener Matt Renshaw Retired To Go To The Toilet
Matt Renshaw is playing his fifth Test match and his first outside Australia.
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Highest Paid Australian Official Earns 10 Times More Than The Prime Minister
An Australian Senate committee has revealed that that country's mail chief is the nation's highest paid public servant and made 5.6 million Australian ($4.3 million) last year.
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Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull Says Donald Trump Agrees To Accept Refugees
President Donald Trump had agreed to keep an Obama administration promise to resettle refugees languishing in Pacific island camps despite the U.S. toughening its stance on Muslim immigration, the Australian prime minister said Monday.
