23 Mar 2022

Australia: Space Command launched, Google sued by politician

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 23 March 2022

Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Lynn to look at the miltiary's new Space Command which formally began operating on Tuesday.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton has warned space is already becoming congested and contested, and flagged the command could look more like the US Space Force in future.

Chris will also look at the lawsuit by former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro against Google over two videos posted by comedian and political commentator Jordan Shanks, who is known online as FriendlyJordies.

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