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Sydney, Australia, Feb 18 (EFE).- The Australian government questioned the "credibility" of Facebook as a news source on Thursday after the United States tech giant banned publishers and users in the country from sharing and viewing news.On Thursday morning, Australian and international news pages were unavailable in the country, and Australian news could not be viewed outside the country."Facebook needs to think very carefully about what this means for its reputation and standing," Communications Minister Paul Fletcher told public broadcaster ABC. "At a time when there are already questions about the credibility of information on Facebook, that is something that they will obviously need to think about." (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF FACEBOOK HQ IN MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA, US, AND B-ROLL OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.
Footage courtesy of Mark Giambrone shows waterfalls running down the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Central Australia on Sunday, after heavy rainfall and flooding forced the famous national park to close. Flash floods hit Central Australia on Sunday. The park rangers decided to close the park due to the risk of car accidents and flooding. The rangers are continuing to assess the situation every two hours until the park is safe to reopen. The storm was described as "once-in-a-half-century weather" by the Bureau of Meteorology, with two and a half inches of rainfall registered in one hour alone.
Rough surf, strong winds and heavy rain hit Cairns as Cyclone Jasper approaches landfall in far north Queensland. A tropical cyclone was building strength as it rolled towards northeastern Australia, with authorities warning "life-threatening" floods could swamp coastal regions for days. IMAGES
Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles says a major joint military training with the United States has been conducted with 'heavy hearts' after a defence helicopter taking part in the drills crashed into the Pacific late Friday, leaving four aircrew missing. SOUNDBITE
Flooding inundates streets in Melbourne as thousands had been warned to flee their homes to escape surging floodwaters threatening towns across three separate states. The flooding emergency is the worst in Victoria -- Australia's second most populous state -- where rapidly rising waters swamps the Maribyrnong suburb of Melbourne, forcing evacuations. IMAGES
Heavy rainfall barrels down Newcastle in Australia's east coast Thursday as emergency services order some Sydney residents to prepare to flee. IMAGES
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