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31 votes
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Ailing Abe quits as Japan PM as COVID-19 slams economy, key goals unmet
18 votes -
Lebanon’s prime minister resigns in the wake of the catastrophic explosion in Beirut and the ensuing public outrage
6 votes -
This is why Indian teens kept spamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Instagram with thirsty comments
10 votes -
French PM Edouard Philippe resigns as President Macron plans new team
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Anne Barton, the great-granddaughter of Australia's first prime minister Sir Edmund Barton, has thrown her support behind a campaign to remove his statue from an Indigenous burial site
7 votes -
Cyber-attack Australia: Sophisticated attacks from ‘state-based actor’, PM says
7 votes -
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australian organisations, including governments and businesses, are currently being targeted by a sophisticated foreign "state-based" hacker
6 votes -
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologises for 'any hurt or harm' caused by robodebt scheme
7 votes -
Swedish prosecutors have named Stig Engström as the man who killed former Swedish prime minister Olof Palme in 1986, ending years of mystery
5 votes -
Sweden to present findings on Olof Palme assassination – sources say South Africa handed over dossier, but not everyone is hopeful mystery will be solved
5 votes -
Boris Johnson says three million people in Hong Kong will get path to British citizenship
7 votes -
Boris Johnson's approval rating plunges twenty points in four days amid Dominic Cummings scandal
11 votes -
New Zealand opposition leader ousted as PM Ardern's popularity soars
12 votes -
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has instructed civil servants to make plans to end UK's reliance on China for vital medical supplies and other strategic imports
8 votes -
Why conservative intellectuals like Viktor Orbán
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Lesotho's prime minster wants to stay in power to avoid being charged for his wife’s murder
4 votes -
Scott Morrison is now very popular in Australia. He hasn’t earned that.
10 votes -
Hungary no longer a democracy, Freedom House says
17 votes -
New Zealand Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern to join Australian national cabinet on Tuesday
11 votes -
Canadian Prime Minister announces ban on 1,500 types of "assault-style" firearms, effective immediately
27 votes -
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has accused an unidentified north-west Tasmanian aged care worker of being dishonest about their contacts
3 votes -
Boris Johnson leaves hospital, says 'things could have gone either way'
17 votes -
UK PM Boris Johnson out of intensive care but remains in hospital
13 votes -
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to intensive care
17 votes -
Boris Johnson admitted to hospital as COVID-19 symptoms persist
26 votes -
Even in the coronavirus pandemic, the Japanese likely won't stay home until Shinzo Abe makes them
5 votes -
British love for health service could make or break Boris Johnson
7 votes -
Israel stunned as rivals Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz join forces in an "emergency government"
9 votes -
Boris Johnson puts UK on three-week lockdown as virus spreads
8 votes -
Swedish PM Stefan Löfven warned over 'Russian roulette-style' Covid-19 strategy – health experts say attempt to build herd immunity is a 'mad experiment with 10m people'
6 votes -
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern introduces COVID-19 alert level; urges cancellation to all non-essential travel
7 votes -
Icelandic prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir wants to introduce a well-being economy – GDP becomes merely one of thirty-nine indicators of national progress
10 votes -
Norway's prime minister will hold a separate press conference for children to answer their questions about the coronavirus pandemic
8 votes -
The UK backs away from “herd immunity” coronavirus proposal amid blowback
7 votes -
Everyone travelling to New Zealand from overseas to self-isolate
10 votes -
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, wife of the Canadian Prime Minister, tests positive for COVID-19 coronavirus
22 votes -
Japanese Prime Minister asks all elementary, middle and high schools nationwide to close until late March to help control the spread of COVID-19
21 votes -
Friendly with Kevin Rudd
5 votes -
Angry PM Scott Morrison accuses General Motors of letting Holden 'wither away' after taking $2bn in subsidies
Angry Scott Morrison accuses GM of letting Holden 'wither away' after taking $2bn in subsidies For context: Holden is an Australian home-grown brand. It became a subsidiary of General Motors in...
Angry Scott Morrison accuses GM of letting Holden 'wither away' after taking $2bn in subsidies
For context: Holden is an Australian home-grown brand. It became a subsidiary of General Motors in 1931, but it started manufacturing cars in Australia from 1948. The 1950s FJ Holden is an Australian icon. The Holden Commodore was the family sedan for Aussies all through the 1980s & 1990s. Aussie car lovers fell into two tribes: Holden or Ford. If you ask any Aussie to name a few famous Australian brands, Holden will get a mention.
General Motors stopped manufacturing Holdens in Australia a few years ago, but they assured us that Holdens would continue to be made (albeit overseas) and sold here.
Now the brand itself is being axed, at the end of next year.
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Who killed Swedish prime minister Olof Palme? After a night at the cinema in 1986, Palme was assassinated on Stockholm's busiest street
5 votes -
When it comes to climate hypocrisy, Canada's leaders have reached a new low
7 votes -
Norway's PM Erna Solberg named one of her top lieutenants to the key position of finance minister as her new minority government prepares to navigate a hostile parliament
5 votes -
Finland's Sanna Marin hopes women leaders will be the 'new normal'
5 votes -
The appointment of Sanna Marin as Finland's prime minister has reversed the dwindling fortunes of her Social Democratic party
6 votes -
David Edgerton: "Boris Johnson might break up the UK. That’s a good thing."
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Sweden's PM Stefan Löfven wants swift and complete probe into Iran plane crash
8 votes -
Finland's new prime minister is spearheading youth-led centrism – but will the rest of Europe follow her lead?
11 votes -
Scott Morrison stands by Liberal ad promoting Australian government's bushfire response
Scott Morrison stands by Liberal ad promoting government's bushfire response Here's the advertisement itself: https://twitter.com/ScottMorrisonMP/status/1213330419044638722 For the non-Aussies,...
Scott Morrison stands by Liberal ad promoting government's bushfire response
Here's the advertisement itself: https://twitter.com/ScottMorrisonMP/status/1213330419044638722
For the non-Aussies, and for the Aussies who aren't political tragics like me... the reason everyone's up in arms is that this video has been released by the Liberal Party, not by the Australian government. We can tell by the "Authorised by" statement in the final frame. Government information comes with the Commonwealth coat of arms and says "Authorised by the Australian Government, Canberra". Party political advertisements have to be "authorised by" someone within the political party. In other words, this is a political ad, not a government press release. The Liberal Party (not the government!) is promoting itself on the basis of what the government is doing for the bushfires.
Scott Morrison has already been an utter failure during this crisis. He went on holiday after the fires started. He's done as little as possible since he returned. And people have noticed. People have abused him when he turned up to visit their town. People have literally refused to shake his hand (but he grabs their hands and shakes them anyway!).
But, despite all this wrong-footedness, this new advertisement is the most tone-deaf thing he's done (so far!). It reflects his background in marketing. Everything's a message for him. Unfortunately for him, the message here is "I'm using your suffering to promote myself".
Scott Morrison has fucked up yet again.
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Firefighters in Australia say situation 'out of control' as Prime Minister denies request for emergency aid
14 votes