Dog Whistle

Australische popster voert nummer Eclipse uit in tweede semifinale voor de finale van zondag. Volg het nieuws van vandaag live Ontvang onze breaking news-e-mail, gratis app of dagelijkse nieuwspodcast Er was een harp. Er was een glinsterende jurk. Veel rook. Een halve maan. Ja, er was een modulatie halverwege het nummer, in de beste tradities van de Eurovision-kitsch. Lees verder...

Tony Burke says millions of people will be asking why the Liberals have a problem with their parents ‘who don’t speak great English but are great Australians’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor has accused Angus Taylor of “desperate dog-whistling” and says millions of Australians will be asking why the Liberal party has a problem with their parents who don’t speak English, amid a backlash to the opposition’s new hardline immigration policies.Immigration advocates, crossbenchers, and the race discrimination commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman, have all criticised a new speech by Taylor, with the Greens likening the Coalition’s approach to a modern revival of the discriminatory White Australia policy. Continue reading...