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As a former Facebook chief, here’s my verdict: It’s a shameless demonstration of corporate might We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss As a former Facebook chief, here’s my verdict: It’s a shameless demonstration of corporate might By Stephen Scheeler Save Normal text size Advertisement Lying at the heart of Facebook’s abrupt ban on all Australian news is a global strategic gamble that will have a huge bearing not just ...

Advertisement George Hua knows what racism looks like when Australians vent about China and the Chinese. He woke one Saturday during the last federal election to find that a billboard with his face on it had been covered with a cross and two words in black, capital letters: “NO CHINA.” That was before the pandemic. And it was before last year’s slide in Australia’s relations with China. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Credit:AP, PMO So there is a logical ...

With the worst possible PM at the worst possible time, Britains got no chance of a happy new year Opinion With the worst possible PM at the worst possible time, Britains got no chance of a happy new year January 1, 2021 — 11.10pm Normal text size Advertisement This year more than ever, with most of Britain in lockdown again, we took our lead into the new year from fireworks exploding over Sydney Harbour Bridge. Confined to our own homes as COVID-19 cases hit new highs, with travel restricted,...

Identity politics, Australia and George Christensens shameful northern strategy Normal text size Advertisement For years now, brave souls on the political left have been critical of the tendency of their own to intolerantly dismiss those who do not conform to a purist progressive world view. Central to these concerns is the divisive, baleful influence of "identity politics". As left-wing English thinker Jonathan Rutherford writes: "The generation of 1968 created political movements around sexua...

Advertisement There’s a chilling symbolism in the fact that in the same week the US electoral college officially made Joe Biden the President-Elect, that country passed the dire milestone of 300,000 COVID-19 deaths. Having now inherited the very disaster that probably delivered him the election, what exactly can Biden now do about it, beyond praying for a spectacularly successful vaccine rollout? Incoming US president Joe Biden will be hoping for a successful vaccine rollout. Credit:Bloomberg...