Scott Morrison has made a rare intervention in public debate over the Voice to parliament, warning it will permanently create “different rights for one group of Australians over others, based solely on race”. Morrison, who until Wednesday had spoken just twice in parliament since losing the prime ministership a year ago, said the constitutional change…
In 2020, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras organisation was forced to apologise after thousands of after-party ticket holders – who paid between $200 and $270 – were forced to miss headline acts due to the Hordern reaching its capacity of 5500 people. “Ever since the after-party began to bring in big international acts,…
Former All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has applauded a move to fly a rainbow flag above Twickenham as a response to his selection of Israel Folau in a World XV side, who will play against an Eddie Jones-coached Barbarians on Sunday. Hansen conceded picking Folau for the invitational team was controversial, four years after the…
MEDIATING THE MEDIA It’s not our fault, The Australian ($) stamps its foot this morning, that former Q+A host Stan Grant felt accosted by the media for his coronation coverage. The paper claims an “unverified figure of ‘more than 150 articles’ ” mentioning Grant and the coronation coverage in both The Australian and Sky News…
“We’re just following trends from America and Asia really. Indoor golf over there is like three quarters of the market in Asia, and in the States it’s going ballistic. Australia is always late to the party with that stuff, but it’s definitely growing.” Rayson said there was no doubt COVID-19 had helped regenerate interest in…
“The US economic expansion gathered further momentum in May, but an increasing dichotomy is evident,” said Chris Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence. On Wall Street, electric vehicle maker Lordstown Motors fell 5.9 per cent to 28 cents after it announced a reverse stock split in order to boost its share price….
Robert said on Monday that he provided advice to people when it was sought. Loading “I was not paid by any party for any activity, I never sought any payment, none has ever been offered,” he said. “I have never assisted any companies to win any contacts. If my advice is sought I provide it…
The reverent treatment Stan Grant’s Q+A sign-off received from News Corp will surprise anyone who’s read anything else it’s produced on the veteran journo in the past fortnight. Stan Grant (Images: AAP/ Private Media) The wonderful thing about a good media campaign is that soon enough it becomes self-sustaining. Take a look at the most…
London: Rolf Harris, the disgraced Australian entertainer, has died from cancer at his home in Britain at the age of 93. A convicted paedophile, who found stardom as a singer, painter and television presenter before he was convicted of 12 historic indecent assaults between 1968 and 1986, had worldwide hits with songs including Tie Me…
More than a dozen nurses at Peel Health Campus are suffering symptoms associated with respiratory illness, according to a union letter obtained by Nine News Perth and WAtoday. It comes days after what was believed to be black mould was discovered in the hospital’s air vents, triggering the closure of three operating theatres and the…