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Peter is the former national president of the National Civic Council and on the News Weekly editorial team.

Oct262020

IOC under pressure to take Winter Olympics from Beijing

Human Rights & FreedomsOctober 26, 2020

by Peter Westmore Human rights organisations and politicians from the democracies have called for the 2022 Winter Olympics, due to be held in Beijing, to be moved to another venue in another country. The move follows international opposition to Beijing’s clampdown on human rights, including the persecution of minority Uyghurs, Falun Gong practitioners and Christians across China, and Beijing’s aggressive foreign policy, ranging from its creation of militarised islands in the South China Sea, cyber espionage on a massive scale, suppression in Hong Kong, and economic imperialism. According to CNN, 160 human-rights organisations from across the world have written to…

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Oct222020

Background to Pell-Becciu allegations

Cardinal Pell, Justice Law & Crime, ReligionOctober 22, 2020

Sensational accusations that Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the disgraced former deputy to the Vatican Secretary of State, used Vatican funds to destroy Cardinal George Pell are the latest twist in the complicated prosecution of Cardinal Pell, and his release from prison by the High Court of Australia. The Pell-Becciu allegations mean that the story is far from over. The story has more twists and turns than an Agatha Christie thriller. Cardinal Becciu has denied the allegations, published in the Rome newspapers, Il Messaggero, Corriere della Sera and L’Espresso. L’Espresso is the weekend edition of La Repubblica, a newspaper whose editor has…

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Oct222020

Trump and Covid: How the U.S. states compare

Health & EducationOctober 22, 2020

After three years of strong economic growth in the United States, the covid19 pandemic has caused a contraction of the global economy that has hit the the U.S. too, impacting President Donald Trump’s bid for re-election on November 3. In fact, the Democrat challenger, Joe Biden, along with Democrat state governors, have targeted Trump’s failure to stop the virus as a central issue in the election. Biden accused Trump of being responsible for the deaths of over 200,000 Americans. In comparison to Australia, which has been outstandingly successful in curbing the spread of the virus, there can be no doubt…

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Oct142020

Victorian Government to be sued over hotel quarantine debacle

Justice Law & Crime, PoliticsOctober 14, 2020

Following the revelations of mismanagement of returning travellers at the Victorian hotel quarantine inquiry, people who lost their jobs during the statewide lockdown are taking legal action against the Victorian Government. Also, small businesses have alleged that senior ministers and bureaucrats were negligent, and breached occupational health and safety legislation. At the Victorian Inquiry into Hotel Quarantine, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews scapegoated his Victorian Government Health Minister, Jenny Mikakos, who resigned as a consequence. Additionally, the owners of the Epping Gardens nursing home, where many staff and residents contracted covid19, are being sued for damages. Tony Carbone, the principal partner…

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