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Senator Katy Gallagher said the party would conduct an inquiry into the ASIS operation to bug East Timor’s cabinet rooms during sensitive oil and gas treaty negotiations.

The government has secured passage of controversial reforms to permanently wind back market disclosure obligations for companies, despite strong opposition from Labor and the legal profession. The Tre

Attempts to access the Mountbattens’ diaries that cover India’s Partition are being stonewalled An immense trove of important historical material has been quietly made public in the UK. But some of it is still out of reach. 12 hours ago Lord Mountbatten was the last viceroy of India, presiding over the transition from the British Raj and Partition. | Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) An immense trove of the most important royal historical material for decades has qu...

Content warning: Contains descriptions of sexual assault. Australian senator and former Australian Defence Force (ADF) member Rex Patrick says the Senate should “get involved” after SBS News revealed women who made allegations against US marines felt discouraged by the ADF from following through on their complaints. Some of the survivors - including a woman who was assaulted in her own home and a woman whose drink was spiked at Robertson Barracks in Darwin - also spoke out about how they fe...

Brisbane announced as the host of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games  Ms Palaszczuk in Tokyo on Wednesday to celebrate milestone announcement  The Games will cost $5billion but will bring in $17billion for the Aussie economy  Premier told she must attend Tokyo opening ceremony in awkward exchange  None of you are sitting in your room, Australia Olympic Committee chair said  Mr Coates said his comments were misinterpreted as mates rush to defend him 

Karen Andrews on Tuesday morning declaring China wont get away with a huge cyber attack on 30,000 companies around the world China wont get away with a huge cyber attack on 30,000 companies around the world, Karen Andrews said on Tuesday. The Home Affairs Minister slammed Beijing for undermining international stability after Australia joined the US, UK, European Union, New Zealand, Canada, and NATO in accusing Beijing of a large hack on the Microsoft Exchange email server earlier this year. T...

“There is a lot of longer-term financial advisers who are not getting any credit for what they’ve done in the past and are required to do eight graduate diploma subjects,” he said.  Anderson said that over the years the subject had been raised with the minister, who has currently delegated its powers in that matter to the FASEA, as well as with the FASEA itself through a number of submissions and interactions.  Speaking on the education standards, chief executive officer of the Stockbro...

Australian senator calls for end to One China policy Senator Rex Patrick [Source: Australian Parliament] Following the 1949 Chinese revolution, Chiang Kai-shek, his nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) and defeated armies fled to Taiwan where they established a military dictatorship protected by the US Navy. This abruptly changed after Nixon’s visit to China in 1972 where he met with Mao Zedong and concluded a de-facto anti-Soviet alliance. The US and other countries established diplomatic relations ...

FASEA slammed for not recognising previous study FASEA slammed for not recognising previous study The acting chief executive and general manager of AFA has taken aim at FASEA during a Senate economics hearing on Friday. A A Phil Anderson said while the association welcomes the winding down of FASEA at the end of the year, it still has “more work” to do, including a review of the FASEA Code of Ethics. “It is our view that there is still room for sensible changes to some of the FASEA standa...

US imposes new sanctions on China over Uyghurs The Biden administration last Friday adopted further sanctions against China for alleged human rights abuses against the minority Uyghur population in Xinjiang in the west of the country. The punitive measures are part of the escalating US confrontation with China, in which a propaganda campaign of lies and distortions is accompanying a relentless military build-up against Beijing. The US Commerce Department added 34 companies to its Entities List,...