20 Mar 2024

Australia correspondent Bernard Keane

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 20 March 2024
An illustration is being shown in Suqian, China, on January 24, 2024, depicting TikTok's layoffs in the United States. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto) (Photo by CFOTO / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

TikTok has fallen out of favour in US political circles, now there's a push for Australia to follow suit. Photo: CFOTO / NurPhoto via AFP

Australia correspondent Bernard Keane looks at how conservative politicians are pushing for similar moves to those in the US over TikTok. Last week the US House of Representatives voted to pass a bill to force Chinese-owned Bytedance to sell the app or face a ban. He'll also talk about ructions within the Liberal Party over the removal from the South Australian Senate ticket of a key female candidate and there's a push to get mega donations to political parties banned.

Bernard Keane is political editor for Crikey.com