Anthony Galloway - Sydney Morning Herald - Wednesday 13 May 2020 Australia has been urged to ensure a proposed new sanctions regime would not allow diplomatic concerns to stand in the way of action against rogue officials in powerful countries such as China. The Morrison government initiated...
Senator Paterson delivers an adjournment speech in the Senate revealing whistleblower documents detailing UQ remuneration documents under parliamentary privilege. Full transcript: COVID-19 has been a once in a generation shock to our political and economic system. Some institutions entered this crisis nowhere near as well equipped as...
Senator Paterson asks Minister Reynolds in Question Time about Defence support for COVID-19...
Joanna Mather and Michael Roddan - The Australian Financial Review - Tuesday 12 May 2020 Early access scheme A small Queensland-based superannuation fund for hospitality workers paid just a quarter of early access claims within the requisite five business days, blaming precautions against fraud for the...
Jennifer Duke - The Age - Sunday 10 May 2020 Some federal Liberal MPs are concerned restrictions in Victoria will not be lifted quickly enough after Prime Minister Scott Morrison laid out a plan to reopen businesses as the spread of coronavirus eases. The federal government's threestep...
Ellen Whinnett - The Daily Telegraph - Saturday 09 May 2020 Exclusive: Australian universities are defying political pressure and refusing to list their China-backed Confucius Institutes on the national register of foreign influence. None of the 13 local institutes are on the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme register, despite...
Joel Gerhke - The Washington Examiner - Thursday 07 May 2020 Australian leaders are taking a hard line with China despite the communist power’s economic influence Down Under, giving President Trump a forceful ally at a time when China's financial influence has made it tougher to...
Joel Gehrke - The Washington Examiner - Wednesday 06 May 2020 A wave of frustration with the Chinese Communist Party has followed the coronavirus pandemic around the world, but President Trump’s administration and Western allies aren’t sure how to cooperate in response. “We have a great opportunity here,” the Heritage Foundation’s...
Joe Kelly - The Australian - Friday 08 May 2020 Australia is throwing its support behind the participation of Taiwan as an observer at the upcoming World Health Assembly meeting that will discuss the urgent global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The move will further test the...
Samantha Hutchinson & Kylar Loussikian - The Age - Thursday 07 May There’s a "new school year" feel and an air of anticipation in electorate offices around the country as MPs prepare to return to Canberra for sitting week beginning next Tuesday. Some representatives are more excited...