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Starting a new job is hard. So is being made redundant. Working from home during COVID-19 makes both even harder

This Working Life, ABC, 02 September 2020

Employees being made redundant during COVID-19 are facing new challenges. Given current restrictions, “caring for people during the redundancy process is important for both the individual being made redundant, and for the company's brand,” says Gabrielle Harris, the chief executive of a management consulting firm. According to the podcast,...

Facebook threatens news sharing ban in Australia

BBC, 01 September 2020

Facebook has threatened a news sharing ban for its Australian users. This comes in response to a new law forcing the company to pay publishers for their articles. In response, ACCC chairman, Rod Sims said: "The code simply aims to bring fairness and transparency to Facebook and Google's relationships with Australian news media businesses."...

Rio Tinto boss to meet with traditional owners in Pilbara after company blasted ancient rock shelters

AAP, The Guardian, 31 August 2020

Rio Tinto’s CEO, Jean-Sebastien Jacques, has pledged to hold talks with the Pilbara people after the company’s destruction of their 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge shelters. Rio Tinto also issued a written apology to the Indigenous group, apologizing for the destruction.

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Parliamentary committee recommends press freedom changes in wake of ABC, News Corp raid

Matthew Doran, ABC News, 26 August 2020

A review of press freedom by the powerful Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has recommended search warrants for journalists’ homes and offices should only be issued by senior judges. The probe also recommended a review on how national security legislation is being applied to the classification of government...

‘We aren’t stopping at BHP’: Calls for investors to back push to stop sacred site mining

Nick Toscano, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 August 2020

Indigenous land groups are lobbying shareholders of mining companies in an attempt to stop drilling activities being conducted on sacred sites. Indigenous land rights group, First Nations Heritage Alliance has thrown its support behind shareholder activism targeted at giving Indigenous people more rights over ancestral...

Rio Tinto executives lose millions in bonuses over destruction of Juukan Gorge

Calla Wahlquist, The Guardian, 24 August 2020

Rio Tinto CEO, Jean-Sebasiten Jacques, has lost nearly $5 million in bonuses, and the head of its Australian ore group will lose more than $1 million in bonuses after an internal review found the company had “systematic failures in the cultural heritage management system.” This comes after the destruction of a 46,000 Aboriginal heritage site at...

Alibaba tells Trump ‘we support American brands’

BBC News, 21 August 2020

Alibaba has moved to ease tensions with Donald Trump, after the President signed two executive orders targeting the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok and messaging platform WeChat.



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Insurance giant Suncorp to end coverage and finance for oil and gas industry

Graham Readfearn, The Guardian, 21 August 2020

Suncorp will end any financing or insuring of the oil and gas industry by 2025, continuing its ban on funding for new thermal coal projects. The company’s new sector guidelines are at odds with the advice of the Federal Government’s COVID-19 Advisory Commission.



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Facebook faces hate speech backlash in another big market

Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, Manish Singh, TechCrunch, Monday August 17, 2020, 15 August 2020 Facebook is facing mounting pressure in its biggest user market, India, over a report claiming the company compromised its hate speech policy to favour Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP party.

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Coronavirus crisis: Woolworths appoints its first medical officer

The West Australian, 13 August 2020

Woolworths has become the first Australian retailer to appoint a chief medical officer (CMO). The position was created to shape the retailer’s response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, and provide Woolworths Group with expert medical advice to shape company policies and strengthen customer safety.



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