Victorian attorney general lambasts integrity expert over ‘unfounded claim’ CFMEU corruption cost taxpayers $15bn
Rotting from the Top report author Geoffrey Watson says ‘personal attacks’ from Labor government ministers have ‘crossed a line’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s attorney general has launched an extraordinary attack on the integrity expert, Geoffrey Watson SC, over his claim corruption at the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFEMU) cost taxpayers at least $15bn.The figure was contained in redacted chapters from Watson’s Rotting from the Top report, commissioned by the CFMEU administrator, Mark Irving KC, and tendered during a Queensland inquiry into the union last week. Continue reading...
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US and Japan unveil $36bn of oil, gas and critical minerals projects in challenge to China
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Follow today’s news liveRace commissioner calls on Pauline Hanson to apologise amid condemnation of ‘reprehensible’ Muslim commentsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson says people ‘warming to our policies’ amid frustrations with two major partiesThe One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, was just interviewed on the ABC after a surge in popularity in recent polls.I think people are looking at our policies, what we want to do for the country and for people … People are warming to our policies and I am pleased to see that they want to vote for One Nation now because they don’t trust the two major political parties.You don’t have a former deputy prime minister to come across to a party, with his credentials, and it doesn’t enhance the party.People are drawn to Barnaby. He is just an average bloke out there fighting for the Australian people and he is so pleased to be on board with One Nation now. Continue reading...
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Man jailed for a year after endorsing neo-Nazi views and making antisemitic speech at Sydney rally on Australia Day
Brandan Koschel sentenced to 12 months behind bars for intentionally inciting hatred at March for Australia protestFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man who threw his support behind neo-Nazis and spouted antisemitic remarks to an Australia Day rally crowd has been reprimanded and jailed for his offensive conduct.Brandan Koschel attended the anti-immigration March for Australia protest alongside hundreds of others winding their way through Sydney’s city centre. Continue reading...
China’s dancing robots: how worried should we be?
Eye-catching martial arts performance at China gala had viewers and experts wondering what else humanoids can doDancing humanoid robots took centre stage on Monday during the annual China Media Group’s Spring Festival Gala, China’s most-watched official television broadcast. They lunged and backflipped (landing on their knees), they spun around and jumped. Not one fell over.The display was impressive, but prompted some to wonder: if robots can now dance and perform martial arts, what else can they do? Continue reading...