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Selasa, 30 April 2019

Australian Senate candidate Steve Dickson quits over strip club videos - BBC News

An Australian Senate candidate at the centre of a gun control controversy has resigned from his party after footage emerged of him touching dancers and making sexist remarks at a strip club.

The videos of Steve Dickson, of the anti-Islam One Nation party, were filmed in the US last year and broadcast on Australian TV on Monday.

Mr Dickson, who had been the minor party's leader in Queensland, apologised for his actions.

Australia will hold an election in May.

In the videos, Mr Dickson can be seen touching dancers and making derogatory comments about Asian women inside the club in Washington DC.

On Tuesday, he said he was "deeply remorseful" and that "the footage shown does not reflect the person I am".

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson accepted his resignation, describing his behaviour as "unacceptable".

However, Mr Dickson's name will remain on ballot papers for the 18 May election because it is too late for parties to announce new candidates.

Gun controversy

Mr Dickson was embroiled in a scandal last month when secret recordings, made by media organisation Al Jazeera, showed him and another senior party official allegedly seeking political donations from US pro-gun groups.

MPs across the political spectrum expressed concerns that One Nation may be seeking to water down Australia's strict control laws, introduced after a mass shooting in Tasmania in 1996 killed 35 people.

Ms Hanson, however, has denied that her party is seeking to soften gun laws. One Nation won four seats in the 2016 election but it has since been plagued by defections and infighting.

The footage broadcast by Australia's Nine Network on Monday was recorded during Al Jazeera's investigation. It said Nine had used the footage without its consent.

Ms Hanson criticised the timing of the video's release so close to the election, but said Mr Dickson's actions "cannot be ignored or condoned".

Last month, Mr Dickson accused Al Jazeera of "interfering" with Australian politics by employing an Australian journalist to covertly record him in the US.

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Australian Senate candidate Steve Dickson quits over strip club videos - BBC News

An Australian Senate candidate at the centre of a gun control controversy has resigned from his party after footage emerged of him touching dancers and making sexist remarks at a strip club.

The videos of Steve Dickson, of the anti-Islam One Nation party, were filmed in the US last year and broadcast on Australian TV on Monday.

Mr Dickson, who had been the minor party's leader in Queensland, apologised for his actions.

Australia will hold an election in May.

In the videos, Mr Dickson can be seen touching dancers and making derogatory comments about Asian women inside the club in Washington DC.

On Tuesday, he said he was "deeply remorseful" and that "the footage shown does not reflect the person I am".

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson accepted his resignation, describing his behaviour as "unacceptable".

However, Mr Dickson's name will remain on ballot papers for the 18 May election because it is too late for parties to announce new candidates.

Gun controversy

Ms Hanson, however, has denied that her party is seeking to soften gun laws. One Nation won four seats in the 2016 election but it has since been plagued by defections and infighting.

The footage broadcast by Australia's Nine Network on Monday was recorded during Al Jazeera's investigation. It said Nine had used the footage without its consent.

Ms Hanson criticised the timing of the video's release so close to the election, but said Mr Dickson's actions "cannot be ignored or condoned".

Last month, Mr Dickson accused Al Jazeera of "interfering" with Australian politics by employing an Australian journalist to covertly record him in the US.

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2019-04-30 04:02:47Z
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Australian Senate candidate Steve Dickson quits over strip club videos - BBC News

An Australian Senate candidate at the centre of a gun control controversy has resigned from his party after footage emerged of him touching dancers and making sexist remarks at a strip club.

The videos of Steve Dickson, of the anti-Islam One Nation party, were filmed in the US last year and broadcast on Australian TV on Monday.

Mr Dickson, who had been the minor party's leader in Queensland, apologised for his actions.

Australia will hold an election in May.

In the videos, Mr Dickson can be seen touching dancers and making derogatory comments about Asian women inside the club in Washington DC.

On Tuesday, he said he was "deeply remorseful" and that "the footage shown does not reflect the person I am".

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson accepted his resignation, describing his behaviour as "unacceptable".

However, Mr Dickson's name will remain on ballot papers for the 18 May election because it is too late for parties to announce new candidates.

Gun controversy

Ms Hanson, however, has denied that her party is seeking to soften gun laws. One Nation won four seats in the 2016 election but it has since been plagued by defections and infighting.

The footage broadcast by Australia's Nine Network on Monday was recorded during Al Jazeera's investigation. It said Nine had used the footage without its consent.

Ms Hanson criticised the timing of the video's release so close to the election, but said Mr Dickson's actions "cannot be ignored or condoned".

Last month, Mr Dickson accused Al Jazeera of "interfering" with Australian politics by employing an Australian journalist to covertly record him in the US.

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2019-04-30 03:46:02Z
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Australian Senate candidate Steve Dickson quits over strip club videos - BBC News

An Australian Senate candidate at the centre of a gun control controversy has resigned from his party after footage emerged of him touching dancers and making sexist remarks at a strip club.

The videos of Steve Dickson, of the anti-Islam One Nation party, were filmed in the US last year and broadcast on Australian TV on Monday.

Mr Dickson, who had been the minor party's leader in Queensland, apologised for his actions.

Australia will hold an election in May.

In the videos, Mr Dickson can be seen touching dancers and making derogatory comments about Asian women inside the club in Washington DC.

On Tuesday, he said he was "deeply remorseful" and that "the footage shown does not reflect the person I am".

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson accepted his resignation, describing his behaviour as "unacceptable".

However, Mr Dickson's name will remain on ballot papers for the 18 May election because it is too late for parties to announce new candidates.

Gun controversy

Ms Hanson, however, has denied that her party is seeking to soften gun laws. One Nation won four seats in the 2016 election but it has since been plagued by defections and infighting.

The footage broadcast by Australia's Nine Network on Monday was recorded during Al Jazeera's investigation. It said Nine had used the footage without its consent.

Ms Hanson criticised the timing of the video's release so close to the election, but said Mr Dickson's actions "cannot be ignored or condoned".

Last month, Mr Dickson accused Al Jazeera of "interfering" with Australian politics by employing an Australian journalist to covertly record him in the US.

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2019-04-30 03:30:33Z
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Sabtu, 27 April 2019

Australia leader plays down terror threat at Gallipoli event - Fox News

People wait for the Dawn Service ceremony at the Anzac Cove beach, the site of World War I landing of the ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) on April 25, 1915, in Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey, early Thursday, April 25, 2019. As dawn broke, families of soldiers, leaders and visitors gathered near former battlefields, honouring thousands of Australians and New Zealanders who fought in the Gallipoli campaign of World War I on the ill-fated British-led invasion. The doomed Allied offensive to secure a naval route from the Mediterranean to Istanbul through the Dardanelles, and take the Ottomans out of the war, resulted in over 130,000 deaths on both sides.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

People attend he Dawn Service ceremony at the Anzac Cove beach, the site of World War I landing of the ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) on April 25, 1915, in Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey, early Thursday, April 25, 2019. As dawn broke, families of soldiers, leaders and visitors gathered near former battlefields, honouring thousands of Australians and New Zealanders who fought in the Gallipoli campaign of World War I on the ill-fated British-led invasion. The doomed Allied offensive to secure a naval route from the Mediterranean to Istanbul through the Dardanelles, and take the Ottomans out of the war, resulted in over 130,000 deaths on both sides.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

CANBERRA, Australia – Australia's prime minister on Thursday played down any potential link between the arrest of a suspected Islamic State group member in Turkey and a World War I battle commemoration attended by hundreds of Australians and New Zealanders at the Gallipoli peninsula.

A Syrian national was detained in Tekirdag province before the annual gathering for a dawn service at ANZAC Cove to mark the April 25, 1915, landing of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps troops in an ill-fated campaign to take the Dardanelles Straits, according to media reports.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the arrest took place three driving hours from of the Gallipoli service and no changes to security had been made as a result.

"The reports that we are receiving are inconclusive about any link between that arrest and any possible planned event at Gallipoli itself," Morrison told reporters. "In fact, to make that assumption would be, I think, making a very big assumption."

Morrison said Australian Defense Force Chief Gen. Angus Campbell was representing Australia at the service and had nothing but praise for the work of Turkish police and military to provide security.

"I'd simply say this: It's fairly routine for Turkish authorities to arrest people with suspected terrorist links," Morrison said.

Concerns about Australians and New Zealanders' safety at Gallipoli escalated last month when a diplomatic row flared between Turkey and Australia after an Australian was arrested in the killings of 50 worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand on March 15.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Australians and New Zealanders going to Turkey with anti-Muslim views would return home in coffins, like their ancestors who fought at Gallipoli.

Morrison slammed the comments as "highly offensive," but later said tensions had eased after Erdogan's office explained the president's words were "taken out of context."

ANZAC Day services were held throughout Australia and New Zealand on Thursday, with Britain's Prince William laying a wreath in the New Zealand city of Auckland.

The Duke of Cambridge will on Friday visit the mosques in Christchurch where 50 Muslims were killed and another 50 wounded.

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2019-04-27 07:27:55Z
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Jumat, 26 April 2019

Huawei ban: Australia isolated if UK includes Chinese firm in 5G - South China Morning Post

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Huawei ban: Australia isolated if UK includes Chinese firm in 5G South China Morning Post

Australia would stand alone as the only member of the Five Eyes alliance – aside from the US – with an all-out ban on Chinese telecoms equipment; Australia's ...

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/3007810/huawei-ban-australia-becomes-increasingly-isolated-among-five

2019-04-26 07:17:51Z
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The Brash Billionaire Who Wants to Make Australia Great Again - Bloomberg

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The Brash Billionaire Who Wants to Make Australia Great Again Bloomberg

Half a world from the White House, another big-talking billionaire wants to make his country great again. Clive Palmer, who made his fortune in mining, ...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-25/the-brash-billionaire-who-wants-to-make-australia-great-again

2019-04-25 16:13:00Z
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