Labor urges ‘unity’ from Ley after hate speech backdown Tom McIlroy Labor has urged the opposition leader, Sussan Ley, to follow through on her commitments after the Bondi terror attack and support legislation dealing with guns and hate groups in parliament this week. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, agreed to split his controversial bill in […]
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PM recalls parliament to fast-track hate speech and gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack | Bondi beach terror attack
Anthony Albanese will push the Coalition and the Greens to support urgent legislation proposing tougher hate speech laws and gun reform, bringing MPs back to Canberra on Monday in the wake of the Bondi terror attack. Recalling parliament two weeks early, the prime minister said hate speech and anti-vilification laws would be considered in the […]
‘Undermines free speech’: Labour MP hits back at US government over visa ban on UK campaigners | Elon Musk
A senior Labour MP has accused the Trump administration of undermining free speech after Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, announced sanctions against two British anti-disinformation campaigners. Chi Onwurah, the chair of parliament’s technology select committee, criticised the US government hours after it announced “visa-related” sanctions against five Europeans, including Imran Ahmed and Clare […]
Trump sues BBC for defamation over Panorama speech edit
US President Donald Trump has filed a $5bn (£3.7bn) lawsuit against the BBC over an edit of his 6 January 2021 speech in a Panorama documentary. Trump accused the broadcaster of defamation and of violating a trade practices law, according to court documents filed in Florida. The BBC apologised to Trump last month, but rejected […]
Trump’s speech on combating inflation turns to grievances about immigrants : NPR
President Donald Trump dances to music after speaking at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt Rourke/AP MOUNT POCONO, Pa. — On the road in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, President Donald Trump tried to emphasize his focus on combating inflation, yet the issue […]
Trump rails on affordability ‘hoax’ and immigrants in rally-style speech | Donald Trump
Donald Trump has sought to reboot his ailing US presidency at a rally-style event with a blitz of false claims about the economy and xenophobic attacks on immigrants and “shithole countries”. In the wake of Republican election defeats and criticism that he is out of touch with America’s affordability crisis, Trump’s speech at the Mount […]
Trump says he has ‘obligation’ to sue BBC over speech edit
Watch: Trump says he has “obligation” to file BBC lawsuit US President Donald Trump has said he has an “obligation” to sue the BBC over the way a section of his speech was edited in a Panorama documentary. Speaking to Fox News, he said his 6 January 2021 speech had been “butchered” and the way […]
BBC boss Tim Davie resigns after criticism over Trump speech edit | Media News
Davie’s exit caps a week of attacks on Britain’s public broadcaster, with Trump’s press secretary describing BBC as ‘100 percent fake news’. The director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has resigned after a row over the editing of a speech made by US President Donald Trump on the day of the 2021 attack on […]