Now France threatens to block vaccine shipments after Italy stopped 250,000 jabs going Down Under - as Australia swipes at desperate EU for not being in a good position like us
Olivier Veran, French health minister, has threatened to follow Italy s example and use EU laws to block vaccines from leaving the country
Veran said he could do the same if ministers rule the jabs are needed in France
Italy stopped 250,000 AstraZeneca jabs from going to Australia on Thursday
Move raised eyebrows Down Under, with finance minister branding the EU desperate and adding that he is disappointed and frustrated at the move
Brittany Higgins (pictured) went public with allegations that a colleague raped her
Scott Morrison has criticised Defence Minister Linda Reynolds for calling alleged rape victim Brittany Higgins a lying cow - but refused to sack her.
Speaking at a battery factory in the New South Wales Hunter Valley on Thursday, the prime minister said she was under significant stress when she made comments. She deeply regrets it. They were offensive remarks. She should never have made them. I don t condone them, Mr Morrison said.
Miss Higgins said the comments were incredibly hurtful and were further evidence of a toxic workplace culture behind close doors at parliament house .
Former prime minister John Howard and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg backed the Prime Minister and minister’s handling of the allegation, which Christian Porter denied outright.
Brittany Higgins asked her lawyer to prepare a defamation case against the Defence Minister Linda Reynolds unless she apologises for the distasteful character assassination .
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Nazi symbols and insignia from Germany s Third Reich will be banned from public display in Victoria, after a parliamentary inquiry recommended changes to the state s racial vilification laws.
A Victorian Parliamentary inquiry handed down its recommendations on Wednesday morning after examining the issue for more than one year.
“The committee believes it is important to send a clear message to the community that Nazi symbolism is not acceptable in any form and has wide-ranging, negative societal impacts,” the inquiry s report read.
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“It recommends that the Victorian government establish a criminal offence that prohibits the display of symbols of Nazi ideology, including the Nazi swastika, with considered exceptions to the law.