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McCarthyism Down Under
McCarthyism Down Under UPDATE: 5 Eyes media have been amplifying the story. BBC quoted Sydney Morning Herald saying, “No allegations had been proven.” The New York Times, which rarely reports on Australia, ran a staff-written story, writes Joe Lauria. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison held a somber press conference on Friday to announce that the Australian Federal Police […]
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: ’60 Minutes’ Gives Assange Fair Shake
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: ’60 Minutes’ Gives Assange Fair Shake The Australian version of the CBS News program ’60 Minutes’ presented a segment on Julian Assange Sunday night that was missing the usual mainstream media smears and distortions about his case. Consortium News Australia’s 60 Minutes newsmagazine Sunday night aired an extensive interview with Stella Morris, Julian […]
Australia outsources its oil reserve problem to the US
Australia outsources its oil reserve problem to the US From the Energy Minister’s media release: Australia to boost fuel security and establish national oil reserve The Australian Government is boosting the nation’s long-term fuel security by taking advantage of dramatic falls in global oil prices and building on our historic agreement with the United States […]
How To Understand All This China Stuff
How To Understand All This China Stuff China is in the news every day now. Today here in Australia we’re pretending to be offended because a Chinese tabloid published the accusation that our nation is a “giant kangaroo that serves as a dog of the US”, even though we all know that’s completely true and we should be flattered that at […]
“It’s an Atomic Bomb”: Australia Deploys Military as ‘Firenados’ Wreak Havoc, Fire Crisis Grows
“It’s an Atomic Bomb”: Australia Deploys Military as ‘Firenados’ Wreak Havoc, Fire Crisis Grows Australia’s fires have grown so monstrous that they are now generating their own weather. (TMU) — Australia’s government has announced that it would call up 3,000 military reservists to confront an unprecedented bushfire crisis that is producing nightmarish “firenados”—cyclonic fire-tornadoes—and conditions that […]
“Dire Circumstances”: Aussie Wildfires Intensify After Killing Half A Billion Animals; Record Numbers Evacuate
“Dire Circumstances”: Aussie Wildfires Intensify After Killing Half A Billion Animals; Record Numbers Evacuate The brushfires raging across Australia which have killed an estimated 480 million animals have intensified over the last 12 hours, according to NASA, causing a record number of residents evacuate as forecasters predict worsening conditions. Authorities on Friday urged evacuations for Australians living in […]
State Of Emergency Declared In NSW Australia As Deadly Bushfires Rage; Military Deployed
State Of Emergency Declared In NSW Australia As Deadly Bushfires Rage; Military Deployed A seven-day state of emergency has been called in the Australian state of New South Wales amid raging wildfires that have killed eight people in the region since Monday, including volunteer firefighters, according to officials. Military helicopters and naval vessels have been […]
Peak oil in Asia: where will the oil come from for the Asian Century?
Peak oil in Asia: where will the oil come from for the Asian Century? Asian oil production peaked above 8 mb/d for the period between 2008 and 2016 (with spikes in 2010 and 2015). The 2015 peak was mainly caused by peak oil in China. Since then Asia’s decline was almost 800 kb/d or 9%. […]
Use of “Hidden Debt Loophole” Spreads Among Australian Corporations
Use of “Hidden Debt Loophole” Spreads Among Australian Corporations Situation already so bad that hiding debt becomes a priority? Australian engineering group UGL, which is working on large infrastructure projects such as Brisbane’s Cross River Rail and Melbourne’s Metro Trains, recently sent a letter to suppliers and sub-contractors informing them that as of October 15, they will […]
Australia Deploys World’s First Law To Fight Online Extremism
Australia Deploys World’s First Law To Fight Online Extremism In the first application of a controversial new law passed in the wake of the March terror attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, Australian authorities have ordered five websites to remove extremist content or face prosecution, according to the Financial Times. The material includes video taken by the […]
Australia Lowers Rate to Historic Low of 1%
Australia Lowers Rate to Historic Low of 1% The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the official cash rate for the second month in a row to 1%. As we head into the turning point of the Economic Confidence Model come January 2020, the unemployment rate increased to 5.2% in April. GDP growth remains very […]
Lawlessness
Lawlessness With the news that Julian Assange is “wasting away” in Belmarsh prison hospital, and with UN rapporteur Professor Nils Melzer’s report detailing how this happens, I’m once again drawn towards the lawlessness that all “authorities” involved in his case have been displaying, and with impunity. They all apparently think they are literally above the […]
More Police Raids As War On Journalism Escalates Worldwide
More Police Raids As War On Journalism Escalates Worldwide The Australian Federal Police have conducted two raids on journalists and seized documents in purportedly unrelated incidents in the span of just two days. Yesterday the AFP raided the home of News Corp Australia journalist Annika Smethurst, seeking information related to her investigative report last year which exposed the […]
Australian Police Raid National Broadcaster Over Leaked Afghan War Crime Stories
Australian Police Raid National Broadcaster Over Leaked Afghan War Crime Stories Australian federal police officers raided the Sydney headquarters of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) over a series of 2017 reports known as The Afghan Files, which exposed crimes committed by special forces in Afghanistan based on hundreds of pages of leaked defense documents marked AUSTEO (Australian Eyes […]
Floods And Drought Devastate Crops All Over The Planet – Could A Global Food Crisis Be Coming?
Floods And Drought Devastate Crops All Over The Planet – Could A Global Food Crisis Be Coming? It looks like global food production could be well below expectations in 2019, and that could spell big trouble in the months ahead. In recent weeks, I have written extensively about the problems that we have been experiencing […]
