Labor pushes for far-right extremists Proud Boys to be declared terrorists
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Men wearing the Proud Boys logo on their clothing took part in rallies protesting the cancellation of the official Australia Day parade.
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Canada s recent decision to declare far-right extremists the Proud Boys as terrorists is ramping up the pressure on Australian authorities to do the same.
Key points:
The Proud Boys were involved in January s attack on the US Capitol, according to US officials
People who associate with the group have been spotted in Australia
The Home Affairs Minister says it s up to ASIO to provide advice to him that a group is a terrorist organisation
Thanks to the questions raised in Parliament, Singaporeans now have a better idea of the TraceTogether timeline , as referred to as such by Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation initiative.
Committing to full transparency , Vivian shared the details in Parliament on Feb. 2, in response to questions from the Leader of the Opposition, Workers Party chief Pritam Singh.
Other WP MPs Sylvia Lim and Gerald Giam also raised issues such as why the Government took a while to correct the misrepresentation that the TraceTogether data was used for contact tracing only.
Questions raised in Parliament
In his speech, Singh asked:
The NSW premier said it was not necessary to shut the border because there has only been one case recorded in Perth, which has been put into a five-day lockdown.