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Facebook is turning up the heat in it s fight against a government code that would force it to pay local media organisations for displaying their news content.
This morning Australians woke to find that Australian news content had been blocked from their feeds, along with content from a number of NGOs and government agencies.
The legislation - set to clear the Senate next week - would also apply to Google, which has begun negotiating agreements of its own with media providers.
The Trade Minister Dan Tehan says Facebook s heavy handed tactics are a miscalculation
Guests:
Professor Allan Fels is the Chair of the Board of the Public Interest Journalism Initiative
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On Friday Prime Minister Scott Morrison will join his US, Indian and Japanese counterparts for talks on China and coronavirus vaccine distribution.
It s the first ever leader-level meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, which formed in 2007.
The meeting suggests the grouping will take on increased significance, but is it the right body to address China s increasingly aggressive behaviour?
Guest: Professor Michael Wesley is Deputy Vice-Chancellor International at Melbourne University
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