Comment: Australia has eight police forces but none are tracking hate crimes
And, by the way, the latest report from the FBI highlighted that for the past three years hate crimes were rising, significantly in some categories. Other reporting from the US has indicated that identified hate groups are at record high levels.Second, on the issue of social media, in this incident the murderer livestreamed his dreadful acts on Facebook, and there is some reporting that the material was not pulled down for hours afterwards.
On the gun issue, this offender appears at this stage to have had no trouble gaining possession of a number of weapons, some high-powered, all perfectly legally.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
The right’s rhetoric ‘flirts with hates speech’: Ali Kadri | Sky News AustraliaIslamic Council of Queensland’s Ali Kadri says concerns that Australia’s debate about immigration will be stifled in the wake of the shootings at two New Zealand mosques is unfounded.\n\nHe has told Sky News that Australia didn’t have a ‘healthy debate’ prior to the massacre, describing the right’s rhetoric as divisive that ‘sometimes flirts with hate speech.’\n\nMr Kadri says Australia needs to ensure debate does not promote hate, intolerance or violence.\n\n\n\n\n\n
Read more »
Labor on track for thumping victory according to latest Newspoll | Sky News AustraliaLabor is on track to record a resounding victory at the next federal election, with the latest Newspoll showing the Opposition leads the Coalition 54-46 on a two-party-preferred basis.\n\nThe results stand as the Coalition's 50th consecutive Newspoll loss.\n\nMeanwhile, Barnaby Joyce has stoked leadership tensions within the Nationals, saying he would have 'no guilt' about returning to his Party's leadership.\n\n
Read more »
SA police urge for greater protection for emergency workers | Sky News AustraliaEXCLUSIVE: Police officers in South Australia are concerned there'll be an increase in attacks on emergency service workers if harsher penalties aren't enforced. \n\nTheir union has been pushing for the state's laws to be brought in line with the rest of the nation.\n\nOfficers, and frontline workers, say incidents are increasingly becoming more violent and sustained and are demanding protection through legislative amendments. \n
Read more »
NSW police given new powers to crack down on drug offenders | Sky News AustraliaNew powers are being given to police in New South Wales to crack down on drug offenders after a recent wave of deaths at music festivals. \n\nThe two year trial would allow officers to search the homes and cars of people convicted of drug offences, without a warrant, according to the Daily Telegraph.\n\nThe trial is scheduled to be rolled-out across four commands, including Bankstown, Coffs-Clarence, Hunter Valley, and Orana Mid-Western police districts.
Read more »
The man behind Australia’s most recognisable voice releases memoir | Sky News AustraliaHe boasts having Australia’s most famous voice, and now voiceover artist Ian ‘Lofty’ Fulton is revealing more about the man behind it with a new memoir.\n\n‘Lofty: My Life in Short’ takes a look at Mr Fulton’s experience growing up with a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia, and what led him to pursue a successful career in radio and voice work.\n\nThe voice actor joins Sky News host Chris Kenny to talk through the challenges of living with dwarfism, and the hard work that has led him to where he is today.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Read more »
Incoming US ambassador vague on Trump visit to Australia | Sky News AustraliaThe incoming United States ambassador has dampened expectations of Donald Trump coming to Australia in the near future, saying the president 'has a busy schedule'.\n\nSpeaking in Canberra on Wednesday, Arthur Culvahouse said the president's schedule was still being negotiated but did expect 'a number of very senior administration officials' to visit Australia this year. \n\nAmbassador Culvahouse has also ramped up pressure on China in the region adding his voice to concerns by Mike Pence about debt trap diplomacy in the Pacific.\n\n\n\n\n\n
Read more »
United Australia Party candidate resigns over Chinese made campaign shirts | Sky News AustraliaA candidate for Clive Palmer's United Australia Party has resigned after learning his party shirt was made in China.\n\nFormer Home and Away actor turned political candidate Bryan Wiseman says he quit after he noticed the 'Made in China' tag on his shirts and caps supplied by the party.\n\nMr Wiseman says after the realisation he knew the 'entire operation was a circus'.\n\nClive Palmer runs his campaign on a platform of building Australian jobs and curbing Chinese influence.\n\nImage: Facebook \u002F Susan Bertuch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Read more »
Australia 'frustrated' with Barnaby Joyce: McKenzie | Sky News AustraliaDeputy Nationals leader Bridget McKenzie has taken an extraordinary swipe at her colleague Barnaby Joyce, saying the electorate wants politicians to ‘stop talking about themselves.’\n\nSpeaking with reporters on Tuesday, Ms McKenzie says Mr Joyce's call for a tax-payer funded coal-fire power station in central Queensland is ‘very different’ than what the party room believes.\n\nShe says the Nationals are supporters of a 'technology neutral approach' to energy policy and will only support a coal-fired plant if the business case warrants it.\n\nMs McKenzie also expressed her dismay that the specter of leadership tension has reared its head again, saying the Nationals back leader Michael McCormack, ‘to the hilt.’\n\nShe says Australians are ‘frustrated’ that Mr Joyce is not ‘focused on their needs and issues.’\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n
Read more »