australia issues

According to Spanish mainstream news outlet Ser, (and other not so mainstream ones) Austria is preparing for an inminent and unavoidable power blackout that could happen to the whole of Europe. https://cadenaser.com/ser/2021/10/24/internacional/1635093407_652148.html...

One presumes that Google blocking its search engine in Australia will have no affect on Google accounts or emails. Google says it will pull its search engine from Australia if it is forced to pay news publishers to host their content... Google insisted during a parliamentary inquiry that it...

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mine-giant-devastates-ancient-aboriginal-culture-site-7l062f9lq?

Tim Costello: 'Christians need to calm down' and 'suck it up' over alleged persecution I met Tim Costello once when I was working in the aid and development sector, and he was CEO of World Vision Australia. If you're familiar with Australian politicians, he's Peter Costello's brother. Of all...

A bit of local news. William Slim Drive to be renamed following Government review into place names So what do you think? Should things be renamed if the people they were named after are discovered to have been terrible people?

You have to love a good Royal Commision. No "right to remain silent" here. A Royal Commission can be a political hackjob when misused or go off like a firecracker when the Commision gets on to a totally unexpected direction. If you ever wondered just how badly run banks are, here is the...

So so so pleased to hear that In Australia's "non binding total waste of money, not a vote" if we should allow gay marriage it's been a conclusive YES!!!! I am so pleased, I feared the opposite result. Now let's see how long our dopey pollies can drag out the whole procedure...

The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched a new series of adverts designed to combat racism and stir debate in the community. Unfortunately I think they have taken the easy path and they are going to stir up the wrong kind of debate, why, because I think the best anti-racism talk I...

On this day in 1778, the first fleet arrived from England and landed on the east coast of "Terra Australis" at the site that would later be known as Sydney. This marked the beginning of the occupation of this land by the British. This day is commemorated as "Australia Day" and is celebrated...

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/peter-dutton-calls-for-prochristmas-uprising-against-political-correctness-gone-mad-20161214-gtbj63.html Where is my exploding irony meter? And a monkey, and a deadhorse being flogged. :monkeyr::deadhorse:id: Lat time I checked I'm a...

While I do not think much of the current govt (Give me Hawke, Keating or Howard any day...). I will say that I do agree with this, which reveals the dark side of the SJW movement. http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/culture-no-excuse-for-violence-barnaby-joyce/ar-AAktRpB?li=AAgfIYZ And if...

This article is one I find myself agreeing with. I find that identity politics does more to hinder the dealing with issues like racism and sexism than help...

Australia's 5 yearly census is the first time that Australians had to fill out online (although people could still get a paper form on request). In spite of the Australian Bureau of Statistics promising that it could handle the demand and spending $325,000 to test the load on the system, the...

Violence erupts in Melbourne's CBD as gangs clash in Federation Square and Swanston Street I'm just glad no-one was seriously hurt.

Aussie has always wanted to be USA of the southern hemisphere, and now they can lay claim to a record not even the Yanks can beat: Aboriginal Australians are locked up at a rate 53 times other residents of the Lucky Country. Pity, that since they were there first, they didn't get some more of...

No, there's not really a serious proposal on the table to change the flag yet. But the University of Western Sydney conducted a survey to find out which of several options respondents would prefer as a replacement for the current flag. Australia Day: 'Southern Horizon' most popular alternative...

...In A Country With Strict Gun Control. Here's an interesting article. It covers a few things I didn't know about. For example: Don't take my word for it - this article published in Time shows what Australia's gun laws are like from the perspective of an actual gun enthusiast. The...

This should stir things up. And maybe save a few lives. More. BBC. ABC. The Australian.

Some of us can occasionally be guilty of holding up Australia as a model for good gun policy. Unfortunately, it's usually not true. Coalition accused of undermining senate inquiry into illegal firearms market

Apparently non-Christian immigrants are a threat to this nation. At least, according to one politician. Looks like this is one candidate I definitely won't be voting for in the upcoming election. From an article in my local newspaper: Complete article...

http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/australia-repeals-carbon-tax-1405560964?mobile=y Good on 'em.

I get all my news from the Daily Mail these days. It's actually quite fun to read if you are interested in house prices, celebs, royalty and such. Today there are two stories about the recent visit to Australia of Prince William, Kate and George. There is this one: and this shocker: Now...

One of the most shameful political decisions in recent years was the one by the former Liberal government to require religious education classes, despite our constitution holding that education shall be "secular and free" (it isn't free either). The Labor government, not wanting to upset the...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-12/gillard-launches-royal-commission-into-child-abuse/4367364 Yay for our PM! Im sure it will take a while, but hopefully some insidious little creeps in robes can see some jail time.

http://www.news.com.au/national/police-use-pepper-spray-on-anti-islamic-film-protesters-in-sydney-at-the-us-consulate/story-fndo4bst-1226474744811 I know we have had a few threads on the round of protests against the US, but this one is different. Australia is not some stone age Muslim den of...

Wow, this incredibly privileged woman, who inherited her wealth, thinks Australians should have to lower their wages to compete with Africans who work for less than $2/day. Gina Rinehart, World's Richest Woman: Australia Is Too Expensive For Mining, Africans Will 'Work For Less Than $2 Per Day'...

http://www.news.com.au/national/god-and-queen-are-no-longer-a-guide-for-girls/story-fncynjr2-1226418419357 There's a poll asking if they've done the right thing, which seems to be being bombarded by bleevers. You know what to do! ;)

Hot off the press the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released some of the figures from the 2011 census. Link to the stats is below. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/0?opendocument&navpos=220 Highlights Population now 21,507,717. In 2006 =...

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/chaplains-out-welfare-workers-in-greens/story-e6frf7jx-1226403039897 A step forward at last in Australian schools. Now if only we can also get rid of SRE.

I've been reading about Palm Island, Queensland, Australia and was surprised to find out how much mistreatment of aboriginals was still occurring in the current decade. I was wondering if any of our Aussie forum members could offer any perspective on the matter? The history of this island is...