Australian Liberal Senator David Van has been dumped from the Opposition party room following accusations by Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe and former Liberal Senator Amanda Stoker that he had sexually assaulted them. Stoker’s allegations were released in a media statement on Thursday and followed Thorpe’s accusation on Wednesday. On Wednesday afternoon, under parliamentary privilege, Thorpe accused Van of…
Senator Kicked out of Party Room Following Allegations of Sexual Harassment Accusation
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton Responds Swiftly to Parliamentary Sexual Assualt Allegations
Australian Liberal Senator David Van has been dumped from the Opposition party room following allegations by Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe and former Liberal Senator Amanda Stoker, and another unnamed individual that Van had sexually assaulted them. Stoker’s allegations were released in a media statement on Thursday and followed Thorpe’s accusation on Wednesday. While the third allegation was revealed…
Beijing Tries to Shutdown Dissident Artist’s Exhibition in Poland
A Chinese-Australian dissident cartoonist is appealing to the federal government for support after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) attempted to shut down his art exhibit in Poland. The exhibit, scheduled to open on June 9 at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Poland, presents the works of Badiucao. Its namesake, “Tell China’s…
NZ Public Broadcaster Published Stories With Pro-Russian, Chinese, Palestinian Bias
An ongoing review of the public broadcaster, Radio New Zealand (RNZ), has not only discovered a pro-Russian slant in its articles but also evidence of pro-Beijing and pro-Palestinian bias. RNZ chief executive, Paul Thompson, most recently apologised for publishing “pro-Kremlin garbage.” Speaking to the RNZ’s own daily news program, Checkpoint, Thompson described it as a…
Study Says One Southern State in Australia Is Better Than All the Rest
One Australian state has outperformed its fellow state and territory counterparts as the best place to live in the country, according to a study by the Centre for Social Impact. The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has, for the seventh year in a row, taken out first place in the Social Progress Index, which measures a…
New South Wales Temporarily Bans PwC Amid Ongoing Federal Investigation
The government of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has placed a temporary ban on scandal-plaguing consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as it seeks to improve the quality of consultant services provided by third parties. On June 15, the NSW government announced that it would suspend PwC from getting new government contracts concerning taxation…
Woke, Rowdy Classrooms Pushing High School Students to Drop out and Seek Alternative Paths
Highly politicised, “woke” curriculums and disruptive classrooms have led to less engaging lessons, pushing many young Australians to call it quits before graduating high school. Australian education expert Kevin Donnelly said the decade-low high school retention rates are the result of students becoming disengaged throughout COVID as they lost face-to-face interaction with their peers and…
Cyber Attack Takes Down Australia’s Peak Body In Charge of Privacy Breaches
An Australian governmental body in charge of monitoring privacy breaches has fallen victim to a cyber attack following the hacking of one of the agency’s law firms. Data from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) was stolen by Russian cybercriminal BlackCat, also known as AlphV, after the hacking group infiltrated the database of…
Kids 12 and Up Given Freedom to Change Birth Certificate in Queensland, Australia
Self-identifying transgender children who are 12 and over will be able to change their birth certificate without needing to first undergo sex reassignment surgery, according to new laws just passed by the Queensland Labor government. Previously, a person would need to undergo surgery before they could alter the gender on their birth certificate; now, the Births…
More ‘Nanny State’ Not the Solution After Devastating Bus Tragedy
Commentary With a crisis comes the inevitable knee-jerk government response. It seems to be an affliction that is universal in Australia (and most leaders nowadays) irrespective of the level of government or its stripes. The reaction is always more state interference in our lives and regulation. The view being the quicker the better because that…
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