Facebook How's your Google search? Searchers don't question it The social network’s backers are determined to maintain a high profile in Australia – so media covers them even when they do not exist The media is packed with allegations
Facebook Buzzfeed journalists identified as creators of rightwing Facebook pages Dozens of rightwing Pages from Australia and the US have been used to co-ordinate anti-Muslim and anti-immigration posts using covert enterprises to propel them to YouTube videos People have made
Australia news Art in the skies: the view of Sydney CBD during a Sydney heatwave Sydney city watch In Sydney’s CBD, there is one of the city’s most famous views – you can stand at the steps of the Town Hall and look across
Alice Springs Indigenous climate change victims 'must make a choice between staying on land or leaving' First Nations people fear becoming the first climate refugees, and will no longer live on their traditional lands without adequate training or assistance to help them adapt to climate change.
Rashida Tlaib US paper's fake news found to be produced by David Duke-linked group New York Times review reveals that free print and online publications produced by a US group are among the deceptive websites US politicians Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have been
Australia Mark Zuckerberg told to appear before Australian parliamentary committee A cross-party committee has requested that Facebook’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg appear before it to answer questions about data protection and democracy. The energy and water resources committee said
Facebook Facebook investigates whether it bans Islam-related hate speech Facebook has agreed to investigate whether hate speech against Muslims was covered by its community standards despite announcing in June that it would not police online posts about Islam. The
Sydney Australian summer 2018: Australia's 2018-19 summer outlook, in picture 16:36 The Bureau of Meteorology has issued an “exceptionally high fire danger” in parts of the country as warm air collides with cold fronts over western parts of the
Australia Which companies pay the most and least tax? The corporate tax debt explained The corporate tax rate is dropping, but which companies are paying less and who pay the most? Where does the corporate tax burden fall? Accounts for the 32 companies that
Queensland A bushfire season to remember: the worst of Australia's fires of 2018 – as it happened 1.17pm GMT Eric Roozendaal has said the government is concerned that for many years councils have relied on donations for the upkeep of their bushfire-prone areas. To that end,
Canberra 'It reminds me of Rio during the Olympics': accusations fly as Canberra's vulnerable moved to make way for developers Angry residents voiced concerns as 22 Canberra units of apartment block were moved – one alleged the displacement was deliberate ‘It reminds me of Rio during the Olympics’: accusations fly as
Blue Mountains Gondwana rainforests at 50% point of burning in last 12 months More than 50 per cent of Gondwana rainforests have been burnt in the past 12 months, according to an analysis of the data on fire cover in the Blue Mountains.
Bushfires Melbourne weather: windy, hot and smoky | Nick Evershed 12:24 The coalfields have confirmed a large fire burning near Wentworth, near Hobart, has swept across to Manjimup, in the Wattle area of Tasmania. The fire appeared to be
Australia How Australia's bushfires spread: mapping the east coast fires Each map gives an average of which types of bushfire were recorded across the east coast How Australia's bushfires spread: mapping the east coast fires Australia’s eastern states experienced
Australia Aussie bushfires: interactive map of all fire destroyed in one year in Australia The most destructive fire season for more than 60 years has hit Australia, with more than 550 people displaced and more than 220 homes destroyed. The bushfires in Adelaide are
Australian Electoral Commission Developer Richard Kong is a Canberra fundraiser for the Liberal party Property developer Richard Kong has donated $2.1m to the Liberal party over the past decade, a trend which has continued at a much higher rate than previous donations In
Coalition Darwin's $30m tidal pool plan downplayed as $4.5m wind farm announced Darwin council says reports it's getting $4.5m from federal government are misleading, as it had no say in funding The federal government has promised to fund the construction of
firefighter Australia suffers worst bushfires in history: 'This is an epicentre of disasters' Hundreds of buildings and thousands of homes have been lost in the worst fires in Australia’s history Hundreds of houses and thousands of properties have been lost in the
Australia Time is running out for Australia's bushfire communities to prepare A Townsville expert tells his audience about what the city could look like if climate change keeps getting hotter Local communities living in the middle of Australia’s bushfire season
Inside Australia CSIRO unveils 'catastrophic' climate change impacts on Australia's water supply A series of 'doomsday scenarios' laid out by the CSIRO are designed to underline the dire consequences to come A new report from the CSIRO looks at how climate change
