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Barely 24 hours had passed since this masthead revealed Senator Pauline Hanson’s statement in support of Donald Trump’s “strength on Iran” had been scrubbed from the One Nation website before we got wind of another vanishing act.
After the Republican bloodbath at the US midterms, it’s hard to blame the upstart populists for trying to put a little space between themselves and Trump. But of all the One Nation policy priorities, we thought surely Hanson’s immigration proposal would be safe?
Not so, as it turns out. Well, at least not according to the One Nation website . One Nation’s controversial immigration policy, which Hanson outlined in her June address to the National Press Club, has disappeared from the website altogether.
No mention of the proposed 750,000 cut to Australia’s 3 million temporary visas. No mention of the rubbery 130,000 figure that had previously been bandied about by the party and triggered a minor meltdown .
Regular readers will no doubt recall the questions raised by One Nation’s promises to “cap visas” at 130,000 a year, which would’ve led to net negative migration.
Then Barnaby Joyce joined the party and took issue with the pledge, forcing a shift by assigning that figure to net overseas migration. Joyce argued that figure was always net overseas migration. But he probably isn’t following the boss on X.
When we asked what was going on at One Nation HQ on Sunday, we were led to believe there was nothing to see here, and the policy had only been taken down temporarily as the party updates its website.
“It’s flattering to see Labor and the Liberals trawling through One Nation’s website looking for policy ideas, given neither has any good ideas of their own,” a One Nation spokesman told CBD.
“Labor should get back to running the country into the ground and raising taxes, and the Liberals should just wait for our next policy announcement before trying to steal it.”
Over the past month or so, the chatter in magazine circles has been focused firmly on what the future holds for Stellar , the lifestyle vertical printed by News Corp Australia’s capital city tabloids, which until a couple of years ago was a weekly liftout magazine.
Well, it turns out the answer is: not much. News Corp Australia is about to pull the plug on the publication, which will run its final edition between now and Christmas, according to two people familiar with the plan. News Corp Australia was contacted for comment.
The move caps off a 10-year run for Stellar , which was founded by Sarrah Le Marquand in 2016. In the decade since, it’s published fluffy cover interviews with Nicole Kidman , Katy Perry , Janet Jackson , Jessica Simpson and a string of others.
The decision comes as part of a shake-up of entertainment coverage at News Corp Australia’s metro and regional titles, which include The Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun .
News will put more emphasis on its “confidential” gossip columns and “watchlist” TV recommendations coverage at the newspapers, said one source, and will launch a new national entertainment vertical to replace Stellar .
Stellar isn’t the only subject of change in the embattled magazine corner of Australian publishing. It was only last week this column revealed the role of editor at The Australian Women’s Weekly was thrown into doubt amid a major reshuffle at the magazine that included the departure of Sophie Tedmanson .
Community backlash has already scuppered plans for data centre development in Lane Cove. Now, a flood of objections to NSW Planning threatens another proposed $3.7 billion data centre project in the Hunter Valley.
The proposal comes courtesy of billionaire Robin Khuda’s local data centre firm AirTrunk, which is trying to secure community support to build a 550MW data centre in the town of Kurri Kurri. So far it would seem locals don’t like what they see.
The proposal drew 759 submissions, according to the Department of Planning. Of those, 671 were objections, 77 submissions in support, and 11 were comments.
For its part, AirTrunk, through a spokesman, said it remains “fully committed” to the Kurri Kurri proposal and is “committed to deeper engagement”.
The next phase of its proposal will require a response to submissions, due in coming months. The department will then make an assessment. But given the swarm of objections, the proposal is expected to go to the Independent Planning Commission for final determination.
The bigger question is one for the NSW government. Planning Minister Paul Scully said he remains “committed to growing the [data centre] sector responsibly”. This despite AI and data centres surfacing as a decisive election issue in some midterm races in the US, and simmering political backlash over the issue in Australia before state elections in Victoria and NSW.
“The Minns Labor government guidelines strike the right balance, maintaining strong environmental standards to safeguard our water and energy future while supporting faster and more certain planning assessments for data centres which protect the interests of communities while delivering them benefits,” Scully told CBD in a statement.
Something tells us the communities in question are struggling to see those benefits.
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