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Telstra workers across Australia strike after escalated dispute
Wed, 13th Mar 2019
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Telstra staff strike nationwide over pay and rights, after firm's hardline stance forces full-scale action.
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Flickr a focal point for predicting worldwide protest locations
Thu, 12th May 2016
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Flickr, the photo-sharing giant that hosts over 5.6 billion photos, has become a useful tool for tracking protest movements worldwide.
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Fonterra's Glencoal says Waikato coal mine not on hold, just delayed
Tue, 3rd Mar 2015
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Fonterra Cooperative Group subsidiary Glencoal has denied suggestions it has put its plans for an open cast mine in the Waikato on hold indefinitely.
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U.S. scraps piracy bills
Fri, 5th Oct 2012
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The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) are dead according to former Senator Chris Dodd.
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Ron Jeremy fronts for PETA’s new .xxx site
Wed, 6th Jun 2012
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Animal cruelty prevention charity continues its tradition of edgy campaigns with website on controversial domain.
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File-sharing protests gathering steam
Tue, 23rd Aug 2011
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Over 2500 people pledge to attend rallies against 'Skynet' bill.
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Operation Misery
Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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The leaking of a huge bundle of US military documents about the war in Afghanistan.
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Union pickets Telecom AGM, customers face delays
Thu, 1st Oct 2009
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Visionstream, which officially began its contract to maintain Telecom’s network in Northland and Auckland today, faces a backlog of work – in Northland alone there are around 900 outstanding faults.