What’s making news today
Hello and welcome back to our live coverage of Australian and world news this Tuesday, November 10. Here’s what is making headlines today.
- Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen is leading UN climate talks in Turkey as president of negotiations. In his opening remarks, Bowen warned every delay in taking action on climate change adds to its human and economic toll.
- One Nation’s former campaign director, convicted rapist Sean Black, quit the party voluntarily rather than being sacked as Pauline Hanson claimed, a leaked text message seen by this masthead suggests. Hanson told the Australian Financial Review yesterday she had “sacked him” – but the party’s general manager Kelvin Morton sent a text message to staff in April contradicting Hanson’s claims, saying Black made the decision himself.
- During a Senate hearing on Labor’s Digital Duty of Care bill yesterday, Google warned that the federal government’s online safety overhaul could force it to block under-18s from Gmail and private file storage.
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Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in a British prison for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. Judge Joel Bennathan denounced Brand’s “casual and arrogant disregard” for any woman who said no to him, and castigated him for the series of lies he told in testimony denying assaults that dated back to 2004.
Trump reverts to type, casting doubt on midterm election results
US President Donald Trump has questioned the honesty of the midterm elections, in which his Republicans suffered generational defeats across the US.
He took to social media overnight to cast doubt on the vote — just days after he said on election night that he was absolutely “absolutely willing” to accept the results.
“Does anybody really believe that this “Election” was honest. How could the Polls be so wrong??? Some early voting “dumps” were so large that it was impossible to win, no matter how many people went to vote,” he wrote.
“It’s all about the machines, which are far more important than the voter!”
Russell Brand jailed for 10 years and six months for rape, sexual assaults
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Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in a British prison for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others.
Judge Joel Bennathan denounced Brand’s “casual and arrogant disregard” for any woman who said no to him, and castigated him for the series of lies he told in testimony denying assaults that dated back to 2004.
“About 20 years ago, Russell Brand, you were becoming famous,” Bennathan said. “You were clever – and in many people’s eyes, funny and charismatic. You had also become a sexual predator.
What’s making news today
Hello and welcome back to our live coverage of Australian and world news this Tuesday, November 10. Here’s what is making headlines today.
- Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen is leading UN climate talks in Turkey as president of negotiations. In his opening remarks, Bowen warned every delay in taking action on climate change adds to its human and economic toll.
- One Nation’s former campaign director, convicted rapist Sean Black, quit the party voluntarily rather than being sacked as Pauline Hanson claimed, a leaked text message seen by this masthead suggests. Hanson told the Australian Financial Review yesterday she had “sacked him” – but the party’s general manager Kelvin Morton sent a text message to staff in April contradicting Hanson’s claims, saying Black made the decision himself.
- During a Senate hearing on Labor’s Digital Duty of Care bill yesterday, Google warned that the federal government’s online safety overhaul could force it to block under-18s from Gmail and private file storage.
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Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in a British prison for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. Judge Joel Bennathan denounced Brand’s “casual and arrogant disregard” for any woman who said no to him, and castigated him for the series of lies he told in testimony denying assaults that dated back to 2004.
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