Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe was pulled to the ground by a police officer after attempting to interrupt a women’s rights rally on the lawn of Parliament House in Canberra. In several videos posted online, Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull (also known as Posie Parker), the British women’s rights advocate behind the “Let Women Speak” rallies in Melbourne and…
Senator Thrown to the Ground by Police After Interfering in Women’s Rights Rally
March 23, 2023
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Australian Senate Blocks Inquiry Into the Impacts Of Puberty Blockers, Cross-Sex Hormones
The Australian senate has blocked an inquiry into the rise in Australian children being diagnosed with gender dysphoria and treated with puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. The result saw 39 senators voting against the inquiry, including all members from the centre-left Labor party and left-wing Greens, four Liberal senators including Simon Birmingham, Marise Payne, Andrew…
Australian Climate Change Bill Passed, Enshrines 43 Percent Emissions Target
September 8, 2022
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The centre-left Labor government’s Climate Change Bill has passed the Senate with support from the left-wing Australian Greens party and key crossbench members, paving the way for a new emissions reduction target to become law. The legislation, which cleared the upper house on Sept. 8, will impose a 43 percent emissions reduction target by 2030,…
Australian Climate Change Bill Passed, Enshrining Net-Zero Target Into Law
September 8, 2022
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The centre-left Labor government’s Climate Change Bill has passed the Senate with support from the left-wing Australian Greens party and key crossbench members, paving the way for a new emissions reduction target to become law. The legislation, which cleared the upper house on Sept. 8, will impose a 43 percent emissions reduction target by 2030,…
Creating Indigenous Body in Parliament Risks Dividing Australians on Race: One Nation Leader
August 10, 2022
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One Nation party will vote against entrenching the Indigenous voice in parliament in the upcoming referendum, with its leader arguing the proposal does not address real Indigenous disadvantages while risking dividing Australians on race. Queensland Senator Pauline Hanson compared the Indigenous Voice to “apartheid” because it gives a minority of people more political power than the…
The Unruly Australian Senate
August 1, 2022
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Commentary Senator Pauline Hanson has not been a stranger to controversy in her political career. In August 2017, she dressed in a burka as a means of focusing on the discrimination suffered by Islamic women in Australia. It generated a furious response by the then attorney-general, Senator George Brandis, who sharply rebuked Hanson’s action and…
Australian Prime Minister Supports Extended WHO Powers
Prime Minister (PM) Scott Morrison has shown support for granting the World Health Organisation (WHO) greater powers to assist countries in managing pandemics. However, minor parties have expressed concerns that this would amount to compromising Australia’s health sovereignty. This comes after the World Health Assembly, consisting of 194 member countries, agreed in December 2021 to…
One Nation Seeking to ‘Clean Out’ Moderates From Centre-Right Liberal Party
April 29, 2022
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Moderate MPs in Australia’s centre-right Coalition government will confront an additional challenge from the right-wing conservative One Nation party after it announced that it would preference the centre-left Labor opposition in five key marginal seats. Pauline Hanson, national leader of the party, revealed on April 28, that in its “first shot across the bow” One…
Sen. Pauline Hanson Calls for Ban on Foreign Ownership of Australian Properties
One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson has called on the federal government to ban foreigners from owning properties and reduce the immigration level to tackle the current housing crisis. In a statement released on April 21, Hanson said that Australia should follow the lead of New Zealand and Canada. “Many countries don’t allow foreign ownership…
Conservative MP George Christensen to Run for One Nation After Resigning from Coalition
Conservative Australian MP George Christensen, in a surprise move, has changed plans to retire from politics and will instead run for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party at the federal election on May 21. The announcement comes less than a week after Christensen resigned from the Nationals, which traditionally represents regional voters and which, together with…
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