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Angajata violată de un coleg din parlamentul australian a primit scuzele oficiale ale premierului Scott Morrison

Premierul australian Scott Morrison a prezentat scuze oficiale unei foste angajate politice care a declarat că a fost violată de un coleg în Parlament în 2019. Cazul lui Brittany Higgins a declanșat o revizuire amplă care a identificat o cultură de „club al băieților” în parlament în care hărțuirea sexuală este răspândită. Scuzele prezentate marți […]

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‘I don’t think, I KNOW’: Macron insists Morrison LIED to him about submarine deal & now up to Australian PM to rebuild trust

French President Emmanuel Macron has accused Australian PM Scott Morrison of undermining mutual respect by lying about Canberra’s plan to scrap an agreement with Paris, in favor of the AUKUS nuclear sub deal with the US and UK. “We will see what he will deliver,” Macron said at the G20 summit in Rome when pressed […]

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Australia’s Morrison contradicts Biden, says US knew Canberra didn’t warn France about ditching submarine deal in favor of AUKUS

Canberra had kept Washington updated on its dealings with France, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison insists, despite US President Joe Biden earlier saying that he thought Paris knew about the AUKUS pact beforehand. France was left stunned and even said it was stabbed in the back after the surprise announcement of the AUKUS deal by […]

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Aussie PM Morrison labels social media ‘coward’s palace’ as he mulls further crackdown on IT giants

Social media companies should prevent users from spreading toxic content anonymously or they will face the same legal liability as if they were publishers of this information, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned. “Social media has become a coward’s palace, where people can just go on there, not say who they are, destroy people’s […]

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‘Australia’s interests come first’: PM Morrison says he ‘doesn’t regret’ canceling submarines deal with France

Canberra’s long-term interests are “best served” by a military partnership with Washington and London rather than by its previous deal with Paris, the Australian PM has said, claiming the French vessels were not good enough. Proceeding with the 2016 submarine deal with France would have been “negligent” and harmful to Australia’s strategic interests, Scott Morrison […]

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Australia made ‘very clear’ to France submarine deal could be scrapped, PM Morrison says, after Paris brands it ‘stab in the back’

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has insisted that he made it “very clear” to his French counterpart that scrapping the 2016 submarine deal was a possibility, rejecting Paris’ claims that Canberra had not forewarned them. Speaking to radio 5aa, Morrison affirmed that French President Emmanuel Macron was made well aware that Canberra was considering other […]