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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 on Mark Zuckerberg’s behemoth, but on the dynamic between Big Tech and democracy. As a former c...

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 question for Hua to consider about the community today, almost two years after he ran as the Liberal...

With the worst possible PM at the worst possible time, Britain's got no chance of a happy new year Opinion With the worst possible PM at the worst possible time, Britain's 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, house parties banned and pubs and restaurants closed, celebrations here were necessarily muted. A...

Identity politics, Australia and George Christensen's 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 sexuality and gender and took up the issue of race, but [modern] liberalism has turned identity politi...

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 Very little, as far as I can tell, because America seems to lack the kind of cultural resources tha...