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Australia should diversify its trading partners and stop relying on China amid growing tensions with the communist superpower, Queensland Senator Matt Canavan says. Appearing on the Today Show on Wednesday morning, he said Australia did not need trading partners who were 'bullies'. 'Twenty years ago we basically did no trade with China. I can remember what it was like in Australia 20 years ago, it was a pretty good place,' he said. 'We are still going to be a pretty good place as long as we keep our values and principles dear and cherished.' Senator Canavan's comments weren't entirely accurate.  In 2000, Japan was still Australia's No. 1 trading partner with China in seventh position behind the United States, South Korea, Singapore, New Zealand and the UK. China has slapped enormous tariffs on Australian goods, including beef, barley and wine (pictured, a shopper in Beijing on November 23) Back then, Australia's trade with China was worth $6.9b

CNN has threatened legal action against Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe over his latest undercover investigation in which he secretly recorded network president Jeff Zucker's morning conference calls 'for months.'   O'Keefe, 36, on Tuesday announced he was releasing audio recordings of several network meetings which he claims will 'expose' Zucker and other CNN executives expressing their 'political biases'.   The move is the latest sting operation against the news station by the conservative operative who has long-targeted CNN over claims of liberal and anti-Trump bias.    Scroll down for video   Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe on Tuesday announced he has secretly recorded CNN President Jeff Zucker's conference calls 'for months' O'Keefe teased the exposé on Twitter by sharing a livestreamed video of the moment he ambushed Zucker in a phone call telling him he was planning to make the footage of his 9am rundowns pu

Furious: Scott Morrison has blasted China Scott Morrison has reassured Chinese Australians that they are welcome Down Under as tensions with Beijing escalate. The prime minister made a rare post on Chinese social media platform WeChat on Tuesday night amid a furious row between Canberra and Beijing.   'We acknowledge and greatly appreciate and value the contribution that generations of Chinese migrants have made to Australia,' he wrote on his account which was set up last year. 'Our Chinese Australian community will continue to play an important role in ensuring we remain a successful, multicultural nation.' Canberra-Beijing relations hit a new low on Monday when China's foreign ministry spokesman sparked fury by tweeting a mocked-up image of a digger threatening to kill an Afghan child after a report alleged Aussie troops committed war crimes. Mr Morrison reassured Chinese Australians that the government was taking the ADF report seriously and justice would be done

People must be reminded that swallowing alcohol-based hand sanitisers could kill, an expert has warned.  Squirting the gels onto hands is now an almost daily activity for millions, and they have become a common sight in schools, supermarkets and offices. But now an Oxford University researcher has raised the alarm and urged parents to keep them out of reach of children, and those suffering from dementia and mental health issues. There has been an almost three-fold spike in poisonings from alcohol-based hand sanitisers this year in the UK, according to the National Poisons Information Service.  There were 155 between January and September 2019, but this has surged to 398 over this year largely because of the Covid pandemic. Georgia Richards, who is doing a PhD in epidemiology at Oxford's Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, pointed to two preventable deaths in people who swallowed hand sanitiser. She published details of the cases - which occurred in England before the pandemic - in

Two people who were killed in a small plane crash on Monday afternoon in rural northeastern Arkansas have been identified, according to Izard County Sheriff Jack Yancey. Yancey said the two men who died in the single-engine Piper PA-38 crash near Franklin were Dave Rottman, 70, of Lonoke and Lucas Parker, 44 of Conway. Yancey said it is believed that the crash happened on Monday afternoon during flight training.  Rottman is the owner of Arkansas Pilot Development in Lonoke. Yancey said his office got a call around 12:30pm on Monday from a woman who reported a plane flying low over her house and then hearing an abrupt crash. Dave Rottman, 70, of Lonoke, Arkansas, and Lucas Parker, 44 of Conway, Arkansas, were identified as the two men who were killed when their Piper PA-38 two-seat aircraft (like the one seen in the above undated file photo) crashed in a rural area of northeast Arkansas on Monday Authorities said they received a report from local residents at around 2pm who said they he

Quibi has officially closed down just eight months after the app launched with the promise of revolutionizing the subscription streaming video market.  The brainchild of Hollywood powerhouse Jeffrey Katzenberg stopped being operable as of Tuesday, with any loyal users the app once had now unable to log in or access its 'on the go' content.   Katzenberg told staff back in October the entertainment startup that had raised $1.75 billion in capital would shutter after it failed to make waves following its April debut.  While executives have blamed its flop on the coronavirus pandemic, the firm has been plagued with issues since the get-go, with reports surfacing in June of a feud between Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman as far back as 2018.  Quibi has officially closed down just eight months after the app launched with the promise of revolutionizing the subscription streaming video market Quibi's website is still up and running and the app will remain on consumers' smartphone

An Eton English master fired over a provocative lecture on gender roles has claimed he is ‘making a stand for freedom’ in his campaign to be reinstated. Will Knowland planned to tell boys at the prestigious public school that ‘nobody wants to watch films’ about transgender characters and women had always had the right to vote. He was unable to deliver the lecture as part of a class on critical thinking due to the pandemic, but the pre-recorded talk, called the Patriarchy Paradox, was posted on his personal YouTube channel. Mr Knowland says he was sacked by Head Master Simon Henderson over the contents of the talk and his refusal to comply with the ‘censorious’ instruction to delete the video. Eton English master Will Knowland , who was fired over a provocative lecture on gender roles, has claimed he is ‘making a stand for freedom’ in his campaign to be reinstated The £42,500-a-year school, whose old boys include princes William and Harry and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, disputes Mr Kn

A senior Manchester Arena boss has issued a public apology to the mother of one of the 22 victims of the 2017 bombing atrocity. Two policing experts, meanwhile, have outlined to the public inquiry into the attack a series of criticisms they have found relating to security in place on the night. John Sharkey met with Figen Murray, Martyn Hett's mother, on December 8, 2017, seven months after the bombing. John Sharkey, pictured, a senior executive at SMG Europe who operated Manchester Arena misled the mother of victim Martyn Hett who died in the terrorist attack. He told Figen Murray that his firm was not responsible for the Arena's security centre  Figen Murray, pictured, met Mr Sharkey in December 2017, seven months after the bombing. Mr Sharkey apologised today to Ms Murray for misleading her  At the meeting, arranged by the mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, Mrs Murray wanted answers to questions relating to security within the City Room at the time, the inquiry heard.