Peter Dutton is threatening to sue Twitter users for defamation over claims that he was a “rape apologist”. On Thursday, the Guardian Asutralia’s Paul Karp and Amy Remeikis reported that one Twitter user had received a legal letter from the Australian Defence Minister about their tweets. “Guardian Australia is aware…
While the cloud of scandal grows over Canberra, Scott Morrison took the opportunity to pin the ills of women in Australian society on social media. On Monday, the Prime Minister shared his second cabinet shuffle in three months against the backdrop of allegations of rape, stalking, online abuse and misogynistic…
Australian Finance Minister Simon Birmingham has referred a Telegram account to the police after contacts of the senior government politician began receiving messages from an account using his name. On Sunday evening, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) told the Australian’s Sharri Markson and Olivia Caisley that it was investigating a…
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