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White House warns Australia over social media crackdown

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The White House has expressed concerns over Australia's proposed social media regulations, with President Trump warning against digital services taxes and fines on American technology companies. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese plans to present his digital duty of care legislation at the United Nations later this month. A separate dispute has emerged between the Prime Minister and mortgage broker Joseph Daoud over the score of their charity tennis match at the Lodge.

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White House warns Australia over social media crackdown

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The White House has raised concerns over Australia's latest efforts to clamp down on social media. Live to political reporter Jasmine Turling's in Canberra, jazz this could create some issues between Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese. Yes, good afternoon. The government is well aware of the US president's position on this, but the Prime Minister maintains his government decides policies based on Australia's national interest. This spokesman for the White House says President Trump has unequivocally worn trading partners against imposing digital services, taxes, fines and other forms of extortion on America's leading technology sector. So, a lot more to play out here with the PM planning to spruke his new digital duty of care draft legislation when he heads to the United Nations in New York later this month. Jazz, the mortgage broker who played a charity tennis match at the lodge has accused the Prime Minister of fabricating the score.

You can't make this up, Hugh and Anthony Albanese has also doubled down, maintaining he took his opponent out in straight sets. Joseph Dowd was fired up on sunrise this morning, upset that parts of the media were briefed on the scores of a private match, but the Prime Minister has returned to serve here, so we'll let you be the judge. I've never seen somebody double fault and give himself a point. I have never seen somebody take a 15 minute tinkle break. I said to him after the second set and it was actually one meal, I waited for the break in Change of Ends. I said I'll just go have a tinkle as you do. Charity was the winner, but the score was pretty clear as well. I guess we'll never really know. And to find the umpire, Jazz, thank you very much.

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