Lobby group the Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance says Melbourne City Council should not be funding an event that aims to support LGBTIQA+ elders, and connect them with younger people in the community. Gabe Buckley, the Chief Executive of the organisation appeared on Sky News on Monday evening and said the people who decided to fund an […]
Conservative columnist Caleb Bond has added his voice to those saying the federal government’s Religious Discrimination Bill is a complete waste of time. “The Religious Discrimination Bill doesn’t need to exist,” Bond said during appearance on Sky News last week. The Herald Sun columnist said the fact that the Prime Minister was now considering creating […]
Australia’s Sky News has been suspended off YouTube for 7 days for breaching to video-sharing channels policies on spreading false information. The broadcaster’s ban was first noticed by youth news network 6News. A spokesperson for YouTube said the ban was due to spreading misinformation about Covid-19. “We have clear and established COVID-19 medical misinformation policies […]
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has clarified that no questions about gender identity will be asked in the upcoming national census. The questions and topics for the 2021 census were announced in November 2020, but recently there has been a flurry of media reports, talkback radio discussion and media commentary on the topic, triggered […]
Political commentator, writer, military veteran and trans woman Catherine McGregor is set to host a new show on Sky News. The former Queenslander of the Year will be behind the desk on an upcoming current affairs program, The McGregor Angle. McGregor says she has been treated with respect by the Sky News team, comparing her experience […]
Former political activist and YouTuber Lauren Southern has filled in on the Sky News program Outsiders replacing News Corp columnist Rita Panahi. During the program Southern delivered an editorial criticising the military for embracing diversity programs – arguing that the top priority for defence forces if the ability to win wars and kill the enemy. Southern said […]
Dr David van Gend, the head of the Marriage Forum, a conservative group who opposed marriage equality, is the front runner to take over the seat of Groom in Queensland. Seven candidates have put their hands up for pre-selection for the Liberal National Party seat, but Dr van Gend has the backing of conservative media […]
Warning: This article contains references to sexual assault. Perth based ex-gay advocate James Parker has spoken about the recent anti-gay conversion therapy laws that have been introduced in Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory comparing them to the Nazi Gestapo, and the Stasi secret police – who operated in communist East Germany. “What’s happening in […]
Sydney radio host Alan Jones has announced he’ll hang up the headphones and retire from radio later this month. Jones will continue to present his evening programs on Sky News and write for newspapers. Jones’ breakfast show has been a top rating program since he took over the slot in 2001. The radio host said […]
Social commentator Prue MacSween has shared her confusing thoughts on Mattel’s new line of non binary dolls, and dropped a transgender slur into the conversation while railing against the toys. MacSween made her debut as one of the co-hosts of the Sky News program Outsiders on Sunday morning and shared her opposition to the new […]
