The new law, set to pass next week, was drawn up by the government to tackle the huge power of Google and Facebook by forcing them to pay media companies for the news content they host.
A Chinese-owned data storage company will house files for the Australian Defence Force, sparking fears the global superpower could easily access Australia s military secrets.
The parent company of data firm Global Switch, Aldersgate Investments, sold 49 per cent of its stake to Chinese consortium Elegant Jubilee in 2016.
At the time then-treasurer Scott Morrison said all military documents would be phased out of the storage facility in Ultimo, Sydney, by 2020.
Instead the contract, which was due to expire in October last year, was quietly renewed until September 2025 in a $53.5million deal, federal parliament revealed on Tuesday.
A Chinese-owned data storage company is going to be storing files for the Australian Defence Force (pictured), sparking fears China could access Australia s military secrets
Stores in China have been busted ripping off Australia s iconic Penfolds wine with cheap imitation brands named Penfunils and Benfolds .
Knock-offs of the popular Aussie wine were spotted on supermarket shelves in China s Hainan province on Sunday. Spotted in Hainan. Must admit I have never come across these Australian labels, Twitter user Patrick Fok wrote alongside an image of the shiraz.
Stores in China have been busted ripping off Australia s iconic Penfolds wine with cheap imitation brands named Penfunils and Benfolds
The counterfeit wine bottles used the same signature red and while label, with the identical font used on genuine Penfolds bottles.
Coronavirus DID start in China and exploded at a Wuhan wet market after spreading from bats - despite Beijing s claim it could have arrived on frozen Australian beef, WHO scientist says
An Australian scientist part of the WHO s Covid fact-finding mission in China said the virus started in Wuhan
WHO scientists have lent credence to Beijing s assertions that the Covid pandemic originated outside China
The investigators rubbished theory Covid leaked from a lab as fact-finding mission to China concludes
WHO called for further studies into whether virus was imported into China, possibly on frozen foods
Findings will be a PR coup for Beijing, which has repeatedly pointed finger of blame for pandemic overseas
WHO scientists have lent credence to Beijing s assertions that the Covid pandemic originated outside China
The investigators rubbished theory Covid leaked from a lab as fact-finding mission to China concludes
Dr Embarek, who led the probe, said theory is extremely unlikely and should not be studied any further
But he called for further studies into whether virus was imported into China, possibly on frozen foods
Findings will be a PR coup for Beijing, which has repeatedly pointed finger of blame for pandemic overseas
It will also provide ammunition to WHO s critics, who feared trip would become part of Chinese whitewashing