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Commentary Australia’s Attorney-General Christian Porter is seeking aggravated damages against the ABC—Australia’s state-owned broadcaster—over a story written by journalist Louise Milligan. It starts as follows: “Australian Federal Police have been notified of a letter sent to Prime Minister Scott Morrison detailing an alleged historical rape by a cabinet minister in the federal government.” The story […]

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been eager to improve relations with the United States since Joe Biden took office, but the latest statement from the U.S. government calls the U.S.-China relationship “the biggest geopolitical test of the 21st century,” with Secretary of State Antony Blinken adding, “The common denominator is the need to

A motion to establish a Senate select committee to examine the influence and censorship of Big Tech companies has stalled, with the Senate vote split evenly 32-32. Liberal Senator Alex Antic was prompted to raise the motion in January after tech giant Twitter permanently banned former U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media account. “Big Tech

Two Australian business consultants have been detained in Myanmar while trying to leave the country which is gripped by a military coup. News agency AFP named the pair as business consultants Matthew O’Kane and Christa Avery. They are believed to be under house arrest after trying to leave the country on a relief flight on

An asteroid will be at its closest to Earth on March 21 and is expected to be the largest asteroid that will pass by us in 2021. According to NASA, this asteroid, dubbed 2001 FO32, will make its closest approach at a distance of about 1.25 million miles (2 million kilometers). At such a great

More than six million Australians are now eligible to receive coronavirus vaccines under a new phase of the national rollout. Phase 1b of the program kicks off across the country on Monday. Everyone over the age of 70 is included in the stage, along with Indigenous Australians over 55 and younger adults with a medical

Politicians from both sides of parliament have criticised China for “serious and systemic” breaches of human rights in Xinjiang. Liberal Kevin Andrews and Labor’s Chris Hayes are putting forward a resolution sharply critical of the Chinese government’s treatment of Uighur people. The government has allowed debate on the bipartisan motion. Bahtiyar Bora from the Australian

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says the U.S.–Mexico border is closed, although unaccompanied children who unlawfully cross into the United States won’t be turned back. “We are expelling families. We are expelling single adults. And we’ve made a decision that we will not expel young, vulnerable children. I think we are executing

Commentary Earlier this week, I wrote about how Congressional Democrats in Arizona (and other politically mixed states) are going to have to make a choice about whether they will serve the people they represent—or the Democratic Machine that’s running Washington. Specifically, I was pointing out provisions in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s H.R. 1 which are deeply opposed by

Former President Donald Trump will set up his own social media platform and will return to posting online in two to three months, his adviser and spokesman Jason Miller said in a new interview. For years, Trump favored Twitter and had amassed nearly 90 million followers before the social media platform suspended him in January.