News & Views ‘Desperate to ensure political survival’: Penny Wong criticises Morrison’s China tactics On Tuesday Morning, Shadow Foreign Minister Penny Wong called out Morrison for his China comments, saying it was a “desperate” move.
Agenda Sports ‘Huge misunderstanding’: Peng Shuai shares interview with French newspaper Peng Shuai talks to French newspaper, L’ Equipe repeating an earlier claim that she’d never been sexually assaulted.
Agenda Sports Australian Open controversially bans ‘Where is Peng Shuai’ apparel Over the weekend, police and Melbourne Park confronted a female spectator who wore a T-shirt which read, “Where is Peng Shuai?”
News & Views As China and US pledge to work together on climate, Australia undermines COP26 outcomes The United States and China have revealed a new agreement that they will work together to fight climate change this decade.
News & Views ‘We are not made safer by our leaders beating the drums of war’: Penny Wong on China Penny Wong has said the federal government is undermining Australia’s relationship with China by utilising unnecessary war rhetoric.
News & Views Margaret Zhang becomes Vogue’s youngest ever editor-in-chief Sydney born Zhang, who started a fashion blog at age 16, was announced as the new editor-in-chief of Vogue China on Thursday.
Employers Cheng Lei formally arrested after months detained in Beijing The family of Cheng Lei has urged Chinese authorities to act swiftly and compassionately, after learning she has been formally arrested.
Politics ‘Stop focusing on splashy headlines’: Penny Wong schools Morrison on China Penny Wong has extended some choice words to PM Scott Morrison over his handling of Australia’s rapidly eroding relationship with China.
News & Views Australia demands apology from China over ‘repugnant’ slur on Twitter Prime Minister Scott Morrison has demanded China apologise for – and Twitter remove – a highly offensive tweet depicting an Australian soldier with a knife to the throat of a child.
News & Views There’s hope! International leaders are rising to climate crisis, but Australia’s missed the memo Unsurprisingly, Australia’s missed the memo on internationally climate action, despite numerous announcements in recent months.
News & Views ‘Don’t wear revealing clothes’: The bizarre guidelines issued by a Chinese uni that sound very much like victim-blaming Guangxi University in China has published a handbook specifically addressed to its female intake under the guise of protecting them.
News & Views Australian news anchor, Cheng Lei detained in Beijing in ‘highly sensitive’ case Cheng Lei kept a detailed, online diary account of China’s handling of the Coronavirus pandemic; her perspective often fiercely critical of the government.