Sky News and its “after dark” team of political commentators have been embroiled in the controversy that last week engulfed NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet who revealed he hosted his 21st birthday party dressed as Adolf Hitler.
Sky News CEO, Paul Whittaker, said after news of Perrottet’s admission broke he took the precaution of asking his stable of on-air commentators if any of them had done something similar by attending a party or other gathering as an extreme right-wing political advocate.
“I am obliged to disclose that, unfortunately, all of them responded by saying that, yes, they had all done so by attending their own 21st birthday parties as themselves,” Mr Whittaker said.
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US President Joe Biden has spoken for the first time about the discovery of classified documents at his Delaware home and at a former office.
“The American people deserve a full explanation about these documents,” Mr Biden told reporters at a Washington DC event.
“They need to know that their President is obeying the law when it comes to handling this sort of material.
“But after the whole Watergate thing, I don’t think the President has the confidence of the people and I call on Mr Nixon to resign.”
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The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has confirmed its approval of an air operator certificate for Australia’s new budget airline Bonza.
A CASA spokesperson said the approval meant Bonza was now in a position to initiate its first commercial services in the next few weeks.
“The air operator certificate means Australians seeking cheaper domestic air fares are just weeks away from having their hopes raised only to be dashed by Bonza’s inevitable and possibly very rapid slide into insolvency and closure,” the spokesperson said.
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