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Meta shuts down US Fact Checking Programs on Social Media

Jan 17, 2025 | 2ser.com | Roderick Chambers

https://de9znd9hicg5y.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/17165632/The-Wire-News-17.1.25-Meta-Closes-Fact-Checking-U.S.mp3Meta has dropped its U.S fact checking programs designed to label viral, misleading content via their social media platforms. Fact checking organisations argue this policy shift could encourage hate speech as well as spreading disinformation and misinformation online. These changes only currently apply to Meta’s U.S operations and not overseas.
Captain Paul Watson is a free man

Jan 17, 2025 | 2ser.com | Roderick Chambers

https://de9znd9hicg5y.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/17170717/Captain-Paul-Watson.mp3After five months in custody in Greenland, anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was set free just days after Christmas.Mr Watson was arrested thanks to an extradition request by Japan, accusing him of damaging a whaling ship, but was rejected by Denmark.
Phillip Island penguins divorce: research

Jan 17, 2025 | 2ser.com | Roderick Chambers

https://de9znd9hicg5y.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/17170739/Penguins.mp3If you’ve been to Phillip Island in Victoria, you may have seen penguins in their natural habitat.But life isn’t always sweet for this species, as new research has found they can divorce their partners and find a new mate.But also environmental factors contribute to this divorce process.
Showcasing First Nations’ dancing to the World

Jan 17, 2025 | 2ser.com | Roderick Chambers

https://de9znd9hicg5y.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/17165815/Soraya-Fewquandie.mp3First Nations artists are getting more visible for their talent across Australia and worldwide, and contemporary dancing is not the exception.Young Gubbi Gubbi and Yuggera Ugarapul contemporary dancer Soraya Fewquandie is passionate about sharing her culture with the world, and she’s impressed audiences with her dancing.
Hamas and Israel reach ceasefire agreement

Jan 16, 2025 | 2ser.com | Roderick Chambers

https://de9znd9hicg5y.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/16174101/story-1-ceasefire-package-web.mp3Following 467 days of conflict since Hamas launched attacks on Israel, a multi-phase ceasefire agreement has been reached. After intense negotiations, the deal is due to start from Sunday leading into its first phase of 42 days. A number of authority figures have welcomed the ceasefire but warn it is not the end. So what could a ceasefire mean for this situation?
Government’s National Autism Strategy raises concerns over support gaps

Jan 16, 2025 | 2ser.com | Roderick Chambers

https://de9znd9hicg5y.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/16174417/Story-3-Autism-package-web.mp3$42.2 million – that’s how much the Federal government has pledged over seven years for Australia’s first National Autism Strategy. The strategy focuses around four main pillars (social inclusion, economic inclusion, diagnosis, services and support, and health) and 22 commitments .
Campaign calls for more Australians to clean all-year round

Jan 16, 2025 | 2ser.com | Roderick Chambers

https://de9znd9hicg5y.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/16174614/story-4-clean-up-Aus-day-package-web.mp3What’s your clean up pledge for 2025? It’s the question being asked by Clean Up Australia and already thousands of Australians have put forward their pledges as part of the campaign. This year the campaign is marking its 35th year, and while Clean up Australia Day isn’t until March, Australians are being reminded any day of the year can be a clean-up day.
How backpackers and seasonal migrants are essential to Australia’s regional workforce

Jan 16, 2025 | 2ser.com | Roderick Chambers

https://de9znd9hicg5y.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/16174413/story-2-WHM-visa-rural-workforce-package-web.mp3Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows job vacancies have surged to over 340,000 in November last year, marking a 4.2% increase since August. Despite the federal government’s unprecedented migration intake, the labour shortfall continues to widen in several industries.
Australia named responsible for breaching human rights of asylum seekers

Jan 15, 2025 | 2ser.com | Roderick Chambers

https://de9znd9hicg5y.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/15204448/UN-Human-Rights.mp3Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Committee handed down two landmark decisions that ruled Australia breached international human rights law through the arbitrary offshore detention of asylum seekers in Nauru. It’s the first time Australia has been named responsible for arbitrary offshore detention by an official body.
Big Boy – Newcastle’s Funnel Web Big Brother - 2SER

Jan 15, 2025 | 2ser.com | Roderick Chambers

https://de9znd9hicg5y.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/15192501/Funnel-Web-Full-.wavAs Kane Christensen went about collecting venom from Funnel Webs to create vaccines at the only collection point in the world at the Australian Reptile park, he began to notice that some spiders were quite large. After a while, he realised that the big male spiders were all coming from Newcastle.