Talk about a rough day at work. Googleâs Australian managing director
Melanie Silva got handed the hard basket on Friday when she fronted a Senate committee hearing and threatened to close down its local search function if a proposed code that will force the tech giant to pay for using news services becomes law.
Googleâs Melanie Silva was heavily pregnant when she faced a Senate hearing last week.
Credit:John Shakespeare
But the sensational display of brinkmanship â and a threat to walk away from some $4 billion in Australian ad revenues â was far from the biggest event in Silvaâs world that week. After wrapping up the hearing on Friday, the heavily pregnant Silva went into labour.
Talk about a rough day at work. Googleâs Australian managing director
Melanie Silva got handed the hard basket on Friday when she fronted a Senate committee hearing and threatened to close down its local search function if a proposed code that will force the tech giant to pay for using news services becomes law.
Googleâs Melanie Silva was heavily pregnant when she faced a Senate hearing last week.
Credit:John Shakespeare
But the sensational display of brinkmanship â and a threat to walk away from some $4 billion in Australian ad revenues â was far from the biggest event in Silvaâs world that week. After wrapping up the hearing on Friday, the heavily pregnant Silva went into labour.
Rachel Griffiths meets her desert Waterloo
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Hotel quarantine is no oneâs idea of fun, but the Northern Territoryâs Howard Springs quarantine facility recently provided a joyous life-enhancing visit for actor
Rachel Griffiths.
The actor and producer lived in a âdongaâ (local vernacular for a container house) last November at the disused workers camp 25 kilometres from central Darwin while en route from Melbourne to Queensland for a personal trip.
Quarantine at Howard Springs for Rachel Griffiths (right) and Rita Arrigo.
Credit:@ritaarrigo/Instagram
An early highlight included residents staging a spontaneous 45-minute water aerobics class after receiving negative COVID tests, with everyone singing âin quarantineâ to Abbaâs