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27 February 2021

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Minister in second clash with Indigenous Land and Sea board
SMH | The board of the powerful Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation appointed a new chief executive late last year in the face of strong opposition from the Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt.
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‘Squashed’: Smaller publishers fear fatal consequences from Facebook’s news ban
SMH | Small news and lifestyle websites are urging the government to resolve a dispute with Facebook amid fears the social media giant’s decision to ban news from its platform in Australia will have fatal consequences for their operations.
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‘It’s a good proposal, it makes sense’: Microsoft backs proposed media bargaining laws
US software giant Microsoft has thrown its support behind proposals to force tech giants to pay media companies for news and issued a veiled swipe against rivals Google and Facebook for threatening to reduce services in Australia.
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Technology startups are headed for a fall
The Economist | FOR A SENSE of how covid-19 is affecting the world’s technology “unicorns”, as privately held firms worth $1bn or more have come to be known, consider two of them. Lime, a scooter-rental firm valued at $2.4bn, has halted its services in Europe and America, where most citizens have been told to stay off the streets.
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Relations between China and America are infected with coronavirus
The Economist | FACED WITH the first great crisis of his presidency, Donald Trump fell back on his go-to tactic: blame China.
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House prices are rising again, but will brakes be applied?
Firstlinks | The Australian housing market has steadily reaccelerated since the middle of this year. House prices across most capital cities had been falling for 21 consecutive months, but finally bottomed out in around May 2019 and are now rising again.

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'Very compelling argument': Apple chief Tim Cook raises Samsung concerns with Trump

Jennifer Jacobs and Mark Gurman | 19 Aug 2019 | Investing President Donald Trump said Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook voiced concerns about chief competitor Samsung Electronics getting an edge because its products, unlike Apple's, won't be subject to tariffs when imported by the US.

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Apps amp counterfeit trade

Banking Day | 22 Feb 2021 | Investing

Encrypted messaging app Telegram has turned into an outlet for the sale of counterfeit currency with advertisers pushing the use of illegal notes in everyday transactions.

‘Squashed’: Smaller publishers fear fatal consequences from Facebook’s news ban

SMH | 22 Feb 2021 | News

Small news and lifestyle websites are urging the government to resolve a dispute with Facebook amid fears the social media giant's decision to ban news from its platform in Australia will have fatal consequences for their operations.

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Minister in second clash with Indigenous Land and Sea board

SMH | 22 Feb 2021 | News

The board of the powerful Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation appointed a new chief executive late last year in the face of strong opposition from the Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt.

‘Failing the people’: Calls for royal commission into ‘broken’ system

SMH | 22 Feb 2021 | News

A group of senior Indigenous men and women are calling on the federal government for a wide-ranging royal commission into Indigenous corporations and statutory bodies to fix what they say is a 'broken system'.