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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he has received an "extremely positive reception" at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting in the Cook Islands.
"There's a recognition that since the change of government there's been a change of Australia's position - and that we are taking the challenge of climate change seriously not only domestically, but also helping in the Pacific."The telecommunications watchdog, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, is urging small businesses to get in contact with Optus to discuss options for compensation, after a nationwide outage.
"Many of those are small businesses. They were very significantly affected yesterday. And outage for 8-10 hours. So for many of them that is a loss of a full day's business. Yes, I think there should be compensation. I think Optus needs to do the right thing. IT needs to consider the impact that it has had on many of those struggling small businesses. There should be compensation. It should be financial. And we are urging Optus to do the right thing.
The case was brought by a detained Rohingya man from Myanmar. His lawyers argued his asylum application was wrongly decided. Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca briefed the Security Council on the ongoing effects on the civilian population.