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Australia says politicians no longer exempt from sexual harassment rules
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government would overhaul the country's sexual discrimination laws to make members of parliament, judges and public...
Christian Porter - the government's top legal officer and a former state prosecutor - is accused of raping a 16-year-old fellow student in 1988, an allegation he denies.
The graphic images have prompted fresh outrage from female lawmakers and the Australian public, coming on the heels of the rape allegations that sparked mass nationwide protests.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the job losses were “heart breaking” and that economic numbers would get worse before getting better.
Australia has for months been battling hundreds of blazes that began in September which experts have attributed to climate change.
His comments came after weeks spent refusing to speak about the link between climate change and deadly fires described by the emergency services as unprecedented in number and scale for the early bushfire season.
Swathes of Australia have gone months without adequate rainfall, forcing farmers to truck in water at exorbitant cost, sell off livestock or leave their land to lay fallow.
An Australian government spokesperson confirmed Donald Trump asked Prime Minister Scott Morrison to investigate issues raised in Robert Mueller's probe.
Speaking from the G7 in Biarritz Sunday, Scott Morrison said the measures were needed in response to the deadly attack on two New Zealand mosques in March.
Morrison’s coalition defied forecasts to be re-elected on Saturday in what he called a political miracle.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison told lawmakers security agencies looking at a hack of lawmakers 'also became aware that the networks of some political parties; Liberal, Labor and Nationals have also been affected'.
Morrison also confirmed Australia’s support for a two-state solution with a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem.
The state apology comes after a five-year Royal Commission that detailed more than 15,000 survivors' harrowing child sex abuse claims involving thousands of institutions.
The debate over personal rights is growing ahead of a crucial by-election for Morrison’s ruling Liberal-National coalition in the blue-ribbon Sydney seat of Wentworth on 20 October.
Scott Morrison demanded a change in the law to put the perpetrators behind bars for 15 years.
Morrison, a staunch proponent of family values who has softened his image in recent years, was quick to respond, saying he was 'definitely keen' for the event but requested a family friendly rendition of the song.
Scott Morrison’s Liberal party nominated Dave Sharma to run in the blue ribbon Sydney seat of Wentworth in the by-election, another sign of the deep fractures within the par
Malcom Turnbull last week said he would resign from parliament after he was ousted from office in a bitter party-room contest.
Scott Morrison was sworn in as the country's 30th leader late Friday after a bitter Liberal Party revolt against moderate Turnbull driven by a hardline conservative faction.