Don’t weaponise the Haines attack for online censorship
The narrative is politically convenient for a government citing violence against women to justify its digital duty of care bill.
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The narrative is politically convenient for a government citing violence against women to justify its digital duty of care bill.
Three scenarios, each three points apart, produce a comfortable Coalition government, a one-seat Coalition government and a hung parliament.
Its chief actuary, Guy Thorburn, has cast doubt on the NDIA’s capacity to control cost growth, as the government comes under pressure to reduce spending.
The former Woolworths and TEG boss continues to show a commitment to his former consultant profession.
West Australian Premier Roger Cook is tired, according to Labor colleagues, but senior ministers insist he is not considering his future.
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Former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says perceptions of corruption in the president’s inner circle have become a “winning argument” against voting for Republicans.