Labor sources have told Sky News the Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner could retain a majority government, but will lose seats in this weekend’s election.
A source has told Political Editor Andrew Clennell the government could win 10 or 20 out of the 25-seat parliament this weekend. “There is certainly a belief in Labor that six months ago they were gone,” Mr Clennell said. “But the COVID-19 crisis and the handling of that could allow them to retain majority government on Saturday.”
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Tech behemoth Google launches bizarre attack on Aussie ‘big news’ | Sky News AustraliaTech giant Google is fighting back against the ACCC’s mandatory news bargaining legislation – warning Australians the changes would put the way Aussies use Google “at risk”.\n\nIn an extraordinary open letter posted to the front page of Google – the United States company declared the Australian government was making “enormous and unreasonable demands”.\n\nThe tech behemoth – which earned $US160 billion revenue in 2019 – also described Australia’s struggling news sector as “big news” in a bid to convince Australians to back Google.\n\n“We need to let you know about new Government regulation that will hurt how Australians use Google Search and YouTube,” Google wrote.\n\n“A proposed law, the News media Bargaining Code, would force us to provide you with a dramatically worse Google Search and YouTube, could lead to your data being handed over to big news businesses, and would put the free services you use at risk in Australia.”\n\nGoogle alone has ripped hundreds and millions of dollars from Australian media companies in recent years and earned $4.3 billion in Australian advertising revenue in 2019.\n\nThe ACCC draft mandatory code-of-conduct would leave Facebook and Google vulnerable to losing 10 per cent of their Australian turnover if they refuse to fairly pay for news.\n\nWhen the draft code was announced in late July, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said tech giants Google and Facebook had not made adequate progress towards paying companies for original journalism.\n\n “The influence of these digital platforms, namely Google and Facebook, has grown and our regulatory framework has not kept up and as result there is a very unequal bargaining position between Australian news media businesses that produce original content and the digital platforms,” Mr Frydenberg said.\n\n“We as a government tasked the ACCC to undertake a detailed world leading study which they did over a period of 18-months and their recommendation was for a code to govern those relationships between those Google has been screwing Australia for decades like they have with every other country out there Rupert vs google? AAP be like
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Response to major disasters could shift to the federal government | Sky News AustraliaSky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell says the federal government will likely be given greater control over the states in major emergencies.\n\n“Michael Pezzullo, the Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs, foreshadowing more of a national response to disasters, whether it be bushfires or emergencies which he warns about including cyber attacks which could bring down an electricity grid and the like,” he said.\n\n“It seems this is the most likely outcome from Scott Morrison’s bushfires royal commission – a greater ability for the Feds to get involved in emergencies and crises over the states.”\n\nIn a wide-ranging interview with Mr Clennell, the home affairs secretary also spoke about all manner of potential dangers, “including the possibility of a non-state actor attacking using weapons of mass destruction”. aclennell I agree, this pandemic has highlighted that. There has been much more bipartisan agreement federally between all parties, especially earlier when it was needed. The state's and territories have been all over the place since day one. aclennell Take Victoria now! Daniel Andrews has ruined this state! ResignDanielAndrews aclennell Why not?! It has no choice
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Security leak reveals Chinese government surveillance of more ethnic minorities | Sky News AustraliaEXCLUSIVE: Sky News host Sharri Markson has revealed a major security leak which has uncovered the Chinese government’s surveillance of yet another ethnic minority group.\n\nMs Markson, on her program on Sky News, has revealed how Chinese activists have now uncovered a new facial recognition database targeting an ethnic minority group.\n\nThe Chinese Communist Party has previously used facial recognition to target minority groups including the Uighurs and Tibetans, by using high-tech surveillance which is then mobilized to imprison dissidents in indoctrination camps.\n\n“Concerned Chinese activists have leaked this database and its IP address to an international group of cyber security analysts who specialise in China,” Ms Markson said.\n\n“This surveillance database is targeting the Tujia and Miao Autonomous Zone in the city of Tongren in central southern China.\n\n“Similar to Uighurs and Tibetans, these are designated ethnic minority groups.”\n\nMs Markson has exposed pictures obtained from the database – which remains live – whilst blurring the faces of the victims as to not “further intrude on their privacy that has been taken away from them by the CCP”.\n\n“This facial recognition database shows how the CCP is now conducting surveillance on minority groups at their home, in their cars and via their mobile phone,” she said.\n\nImage: AP SharriMarkson Nothing Sharri Markson has to say will be worth hearing. SharriMarkson Sharri the booze bus is out the front of skynews studios SharriMarkson Somewhere, Peter Dutton is masturbating furiously to this photo.
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Washington Post slammed for 'sick' obituary headline about Robert Trump | Sky News AustraliaUS Senator tedcruz has criticised the newspaper the washingtonpost for its 'sick' headline about realDonaldTrump's late brother, Robert tedcruz washingtonpost realDonaldTrump Typical left. Every single left wing person is a parasite tedcruz washingtonpost realDonaldTrump It IS sick. Quite a few are. NYT is disgusting. This is a sad day in America, especially to see so many jump on the bandwagons to critique the president, he and Robert's relationship and God knows what else. There is a time and a season for everything, it certainly isn't now. tedcruz washingtonpost realDonaldTrump Did anyone expect anything more from the WP?
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China willing to use Australian businesses 'as pawns' | Sky News AustraliaWhile Australian businesses are entitled to trade with China, it is important they realize they are often used as pawns in Beijing's strategic games, according to former Victorian Liberal Party president Michael Kroger. Please realize the potential danger of trading with China! US use Australia as 'pawns' to obstruct China. Yes and Australia has no other choice. They loathe India and their software people.
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The government is 'right to give less funding to critical theory courses' | Sky News AustraliaPolitical activist Lauren Southern says humanities courses should receive less government funding than practical degrees, considering Australia is currently dealing with a pandemic and is likely headed for economic depression and conflict with China.\n\nThe federal government plans to restructure university fees in a bid to promote more job-ready graduates.\n\nStudents will see a 113% hike in fees for humanities subjects whilst more useful courses such as mathematics and agriculture will drop by 62%.\n\nMs Southern said students taking humanities courses at university were not in fact learning the humanities but were instead being taught critical theory. \n\n“With our world in such an uncertain state do we really think critical gender theory is going to help us if we were to go to war?” Ms Southern said. \n\n“Do we really think film history is going to help us find a cure for disease?\n\n“It's all well and good to enjoy the arts, and any sort of bizarre theory you want to investigate. \n\n“But it's our government's duty to ensure our nations survive and get out of the economic downturn.\n\n“We also need people with jobs, not conversation starters.”\n Lauren_Southern “Political activist” - she’s a white supremacist, and your entire network pushes a far-right agenda Lauren_Southern Conflict ? Nah....U got it wrong. Australia is JOINING China. Facts man.....FACTS! Lauren_Southern Our top trading partner? Not really.
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