Who do you trust to determine what is true and what is false? To determine which news and opinion is allowed to be published, and which should be banned to “protect public health and safety”?

The Australian Institute of Sport has continued the disgraceful tradition of Australian sporting bodies in refusing women and girls guaranteed single-sex competition by preferencing what they call ‘inclusion’, but which actually denies a level playing field for women and girls.

Questions continue to mount over Football Australia’s United Front deal, just hours before the Socceroos take to the pitch in Beijing for a match we now know was planned to coincide with President Xi’s 70^th Birthday.

The election overnight of the Islamic Republic of Iran as Vice President of the UN General Assembly is a disgrace that should have been prevented from happening.

SENATOR CLAIRE CHANDLER

SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS

LIBERAL SENATOR FOR TASMANIA

SENATOR JAMES PATERSON

SHADOW MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS 

SHADOW MINISTER FOR CYBER SECURITY

LIBERAL SENATOR FOR VICTORIA

It has now been over 90 days since the tabling of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Senate Committee report into violence in Iran, and the Australian Government is yet to provide a response to the report and its recommendations.

The Foreign Minister’s refusal to answer questions about Australia’s foreign policy response to a serious foreign interference attempt by the Islamic Republic of Iran is in direct contravention of the Home Affairs Minister’s public speech two days ago promising a “trusting, open and accountable conversation with the Australian public”.

Senator Claire Chandler, Shadow Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs

Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Cyber Security and Shadow Minister for Countering Foreign Interference

The Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee has today tabled its report into the human rights implications of recent violence in Iran, making 12 recommendations for action by the Australian Government.