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Sky News AU
2 hours ago
- Politics
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‘Get it done': Calls for national working with children register across Australia
Sky News host James Macpherson discusses calls to create a national working with children register in Australia. 'There are calls for a national working with children register to be established as a matter of priority when Parliament returns this week. This is a campaign led by News Corp - called the 'Keep them Safe campaign',' Mr Macpherson told Sky News Australia. 'A national register of childcare workers makes sense, the fact that it was recommended seven years ago and still hasn't happened is a blight on the parliament, get it done in this sitting.'
Sky News AU
4 days ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Albanese ‘convinced' his six-day China visit is a success despite list of setbacks
Sky News host James Macpherson discusses Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's six-day trip to China, listing the PM's plethora of failures. 'Albanese is convinced his visit to China is already a roaring success. Not because the Chinese have promised to never again stage live firing exercises off Sydney, they haven't. And not because the Chinese have promised to release Australian writer Yang Hengjun – nope, still behind bars,' Mr Macpherson said. 'Not because the Chinese have said they're happy to hand back the Port of Darwin – quite the opposite. 'And not because the Chinese are okay about us having a few more submarines – they're not. 'But hey, none of that means the Chinese don't respect us.'
Sky News AU
6 days ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Chinese spy ships to monitor Australian military drills during PM's China visit
Sky News host James Macpherson discusses reports Chinese spy ships will be monitoring Australian joint military exercises conducted alongside Japan and the United States. 'He bristled and he wiggled, because nothing ruins a good trade junket like being reminded that the people you are clinking glasses with are also pointing warships in your direction,' Mr Macpherson said. 'At the very same time that the prime minister is in China, the Chinese are spying on our joint military exercises with the US and Japan off the coast of Northern Australia."
Sky News AU
13-07-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
TV host slams age verification rules for Google as ‘devious' overreach
Sky News host James Macpherson reacts to reports that Australians will soon be required to verify their age when logged in to Google and other search engines. 'We were sold a ban on children using social media, but most people wouldn't assume that Google is social media,' Mr Macpherson said. 'For this to be snuck through, not in legislation but in regulation of codes for internet and big tech companies by the eSafety Commissioner, I think is quite devious because most Australians don't know this is happening.'
Sky News AU
13-07-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Albanese's China trip slammed as ‘strategic confusion' amid military tensions
Sky News host James Macpherson highlights the 'ironies' associated with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's trip to China, where he aimed to promote Chinese tourism to Australia. 'So, we're saying to the Chinese, come say g'day, at the very same time they are via their military conducting surveillance off our northern shores,' Mr Macpherson said. 'He's looking to strengthen relationships with China, while the US wonders aloud whether or not we would join with them in a war against China. 'You start to wonder whether Albanese is deliberately using strategic confusion. 'My concern is that there's nothing strategic about it; the government is just confused as to where their allegiances ultimately lie.'
