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Professor Steven Prawer, who is also co-director of the Australian Academic Alliance Against Anti-Semitism, gave evidence at the Royal Commission on Tuesday. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Monash uni students ‘filmed TikToks at Auschwitz’, RC hears

Monash university students filmed TikTok dances in the car parks of Auschwitz and concentration camps during a 10 day study tour, the Royal Commission into Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion has heard. 

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Spotlight’s Liam Bartlett grills Pauline Hanson over her controversial meeting with British alt-right figure Tommy Robinson.

Pauline Hanson defends Tommy Robinson meeting in explosive interview

The One Nation leader refuses to apologise in a tense conversation with Liam Bartlett on 7NEWS Spotlight.

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Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, November 6, 2023. Anthony Albanese will hold talks in China with President Xi Jinping in the first visit to the Asian nation by a sitting prime minister since 2016. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Australia’s relationship with China back in choppy waters

ANDREW GREENE: Disagreements between Australia and China seem more frequent in recent times, and cooperation virtually non-existent, as China continues to test the resolve of Western allies in the Pacific. 

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China has responded to Australia and other nations regarding its expansive claims on the contested South China Sea.

Stop making trouble: Beijing fires back at sea of discontent

Beijing has issued a blunt response to a joint statement from 14 nations criticising China’s ‘destabilising’ actions in the contested waters of the South China Sea.

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 Pauline Hanson’s address at the National Press Club is interrupted by a protest banner.

David Sharaz boasts about fallout from Hanson speech stunt

A political activist accused of coordinating the stunt which disrupted Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club speech has boasted his left-wing campaign group is enjoying record donations.

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An anti-corruption body could potentially destroy Opposition Leader Angus Taylor even if he is found to have done nothing illegal.

How ICAC hearing could bring down Angus Taylor

How the fallout from an investigation into Liberal Party donations by NSW’s corruption commission could sink his leadership — just ask his predecessors.

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Opposition leader Angus Taylor recovered from a poorly received speech at Canberra’s mid-winter ball by launching an aggressive attack on One Nation’s policies and ability to govern.

‘Column of smoke’: Taylor launches attack on One Nation

AARON PATRICK: The Liberal leader recovered from a poorly received speech at Canberra’s mid-winter ball by launching an aggressive attack on One Nation’s policies and ability to govern.

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Vicki Brady, chief executive and managing director of Telstra landed in Sydney on Friday.

All eyes on Telstra CEO after outage chaos

Political pressure is mounting on Telstra as chief executive Vicki Brady is expected to front Australians following the nationwide outage that disrupted triple-0 calls and mobile services.

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Amanda Wicks, Director of News and Current Affairs at SBS, gave evidence at the commission.

SBS faces scrutiny over anti-Semitism definition

The nation's publicly funded broadcasters have been questioned over their decision not to adopt a contentious definition of hatred against Jews.

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The Royal Commission into anti-Semitism has heard serious concerns over the ABC’s Middle East conflict coverage.

Flaws in ABC’s Middle East coverage no real surprise

Anybody who has watched the ABC’s Middle East coverage unfold since 2023 does not need to be told that it has been flawed.

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ABC editorial director Gavin Fang addressed the repeated citation of an inaccurate United Nations statistic at the Royal Commission into Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion on Thursday. 

ABC admits ‘bad mistake’ in airing starving Gaza baby claims

The ABC has admitted to a Royal Commission that the public broadcaster made a ‘bad mistake’ in incorrectly reporting that 14,000 babies were facing imminent starvation in Gaza.

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IMF gives dire economic forecast as MIddle East war triggers knock-on consequences.

Australian growth tipped to slow as crude oil prices soar

The International Monetary Fund has unveiled some dire economic growth forecasts for Australia as crude oil prices soared again.

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A former Boeing lawyer is suing the company over her sacking in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

Woman sues employer over lack of Bondi attack welfare checks

An Australian lawyer sacked by Boeing has sued for almost $500,000, claiming the aerospace giant failed to check on her well-being after the Bondi terror attack

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Editorial decision-makers from the ABC and SBS will appear at a hearing on Thursday.

ABC, SBS to face anti-Semitism probe over bias accusations

Editorial heads from Australia's public broadcasters will appear at an anti-Semitism inquiry over coverage some viewers have labelled biased or inaccurate.

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The latest phone outage, this time for Telstra, has been criticised for eroding trust in the telcos. (George Chan/AAP PHOTOS)

Telstra grapples with second triple zero outage

A new issue is preventing some Telstra users from making triple zero calls, as the telco regulator begins investigating its nationwide outage.

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Andrew Hastie has declared war on One Nation but the party’s WA leader Rod Caddies says he plans on fighting Labor.

How Andrew Hastie won Canning with One Nation’s help

The party’s West Australian leader said he did not want to get into conflict with the prominent Liberal MP, who has declared he is at ‘war’ with One Nation.

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