Brittany Higgins signs forceful letter to PM Brittany Higgins is among 70 political figures who have signed a letter to the PM and Anthony Albanese sending a powerful warning.
Politics by Finn McHugh 17th Mar 2021 5:02 PM Victims of sexual violence will refuse to contribute to a review into parliament s workplace culture unless their privacy is guaranteed, a bipartisan group of staffers has warned Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced an independent review into a toxic workplace culture in Parliament House, to be led by sex discrimination commission Kate Jenkins. But concerns have been raised evidence may not be covered by parliamentary privilege, meaning it could be subject to freedom of information requests.
Brittany Higgins signs forceful letter to PM
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News Corp and Facebook reach news payment deal, Nine signs letter of intent
March 16, 2021 8:59
News Corp has become the biggest outlet to secure a deal with Facebook, under which the news business will be paid to provide content to the platform’s Facebook News product in Australia.
Mumbrella understands Nine Entertainment Co has also signed a letter of intent with the social media business, but it would not comment, only confirming that it continues to have “constructive and fruitful discussions with Facebook”.
“When we have anything to announce we will do so to the ASX, as is appropriate,” a spokesperson continued, mirroring Nine’s approach to its Google letter of intent, which the business has still not formally announced.
Quad summit consolidates US-led military bloc to prepare for war against China
The first leaders’ summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or Quad, which took place online last Friday, has dramatically raised the stakes in the accelerating US-led war drive against China. While the Quad is not yet a formal military alliance, the Biden administration clearly views the consolidation of the partnership as a central element in its efforts to undermine, encircle and prepare for military conflict against China.
Scott Morrison (left) participates in the inaugural Quad leaders meeting with the Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in a virtual meeting in Sydney, March 13, 2021 (Credit: Dean Lewins/Pool via AP)
President Joe Biden s administration has added to its hard line on the Shenzhen tech company by tightening up restrictions on suppliers who sell components like semiconductors, antennas and batteries for Huawei s 5G equipment.
Walk it through: Biden may be dismantling a lot of the past four years, but he s still keeping Chinese tech at arm s length.
(Source: The White House)
And the measures, which come into force this week, go further than the confusing rules which followed the Trump administration s decision to require firms to seek government licenses to sell US intellectual property to Huawei.
Entity List
Trump in May 2019 added Huawei to the Entity List, a trade blacklist run by the US Commerce Department s Bureau of Industry and Security.
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