Sarah Henderson
Coverage of Sarah Henderson in the Nexus archive.
- Labor’s gambling reform friendless as Coalition withholds support amid drug and sex worker allegations
Labor's proposed online gambling advertising crackdown faces opposition from the Coalition, Greens, and independents, who demand stricter rules against betting company inducements. Evidence emerged that gambling companies allegedly provided illegal drugs and access to sex workers to maintain problem gamblers, prompting calls for amendments to the legislation.
- Taylor defends Sarah Henderson’s triple-zero calls amid questions about claimed Telstra-outage death in SA
Angus Taylor defends Sarah Henderson’s use of triple-zero calls during Telstra’s outage, calling it part of her job. South Australian police state they are unaware of a claimed death from the outage, despite Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle’s assertion that an elderly person died.
- Australian prime minister condemns delay of changes to child social media ban
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese criticized senators for delaying amendments to a social media ban for children under 16, which would have expanded the eSafety Commissioner's powers to enforce the law and obtain documents from tech platforms. The conservative Liberal Party and Greens referred the bill to an eight-week Senate inquiry, with opposition figures questioning the effectiveness of the proposed measures.