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Scenes of Protest: Australia October 2021. A Nation That Has Lost Its Way.

With zero ethical political leadership, and with violent scenes of authoritarian derangement now being a regular feature of life in Australia’s major cities, here’s images and links from the last few days. Australia is at a turning point, on the… Continue Reading →

Freedom from Information: Thank You Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Health.

By Callum Foote: Michael West Media. Dear Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Health, thank you for finally responding to our Freedom of Information request. We ask that, in future, you simply send us an old roll of toilet paper. An… Continue Reading →

ICAC is Not a Curse, and Probity in Government Matters. The Australian Media would do well to Remember That.

By Denis Muller, University of Melbourne. Journalists are adept at creating and reflecting public sentiment. It is a reciprocating process: journalistic portrayal creates the sentiment, then the sentiment feeds back into journalistic portrayal. This phenomenon can be seen clearly in… Continue Reading →

Covid: An Alternative Interpretation

By Tania de Jong I recently saw this acronym for COVID.  C = Censor   O = Oppress  V = Victimise  I = Isolate  D = Divide  In a country that is supposed to be free, we have politicians, bureaucrats and corporations controlling, bullying, harassing, discriminating, ordering,… Continue Reading →

Gallery: Australian Workers Stage Silent #ReclaimTheLine Demonstrations

TOTT News There have been powerful scenes of workers from a variety of industries holding silent protests in dozens of locations across Australia, as the shards of Australian democracy begin to signs of complete collapse. Mass vaccine coercion has arrived in… Continue Reading →

Nick Cave On Nick Drake: The Red Hand Files

Always generous with his immense talents, Nick Cave answers questions from his fans on his public blog The Red Hand Files. Here he answers the following question: I’ve always felt some sort of relation between you and Nick Drake. If… Continue Reading →

Unfolding Catastrophe: Australia. Part Five: A Terrible Deceit.

Paula Matthewson, senior reporter with one of the nation’s few mainstream news outlets not behind a paywall, The New Daily, wrote way back in early 2020: “If there’s one clear message to emerge from Australia’s efforts to combat COVID-19 it’s… Continue Reading →

Oh Frabjous Day!!! NSW Premier Resigns as Protests Against her Policies held Across the State.

Make no mistake. Premier of NSW Gladys Berejiklian, with every passing day, was becoming an ever more deeply despised and deeply divisive figure. Until one glorious day, the extremely powerful Independent Commission Against Corruption brought her down. And a glorious… Continue Reading →

Tasmania’s Salmon Industry Detonates Underwater Bombs to Scare Away Seals – At What Cost?

By Benjamin J. Richardson, University of Tasmania. Australians consume a lot of salmon – much of it farmed in Tasmania. But as Richard Flanagan’s new book Toxic shows, concern about the industry’s environmental damage is growing. With the industry set… Continue Reading →

Scott Morrison: What the Bloody Hell Are You Doing?

By Paul Begley: Independent Australia. Time and time again, Scott Morrison has demonstrated that he is ill-equipped to serve in a position of power, In recent days a number of Australian media outlets drew on Annika Smethurst’s insightful new Scott Morrison biography, The… Continue Reading →

Violence of the State: Industry Workers Poised to Strike Against “No Jab No Job” Mandates

TOTT News It’s now official: Australia has had the worst response of any nation on Earth to Covid-19, with some of the world’s longest and most draconian lockdowns, the Federation destroyed with most internal borders shut, millions of people under… Continue Reading →

Are We Saving Lives or Destroying Them?

By Tania de Jong The great Albert Einstein said: “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it”. Our politicians and public servants need to find a new way of dealing with the pandemic which… Continue Reading →

Favourite Books of 2020: With Maria Popova. Brain Pickings.

A Sense of Place Magazine is an unabashed fan of Maria Popova’s celebrated blog Brain Pickings, easily one of the best literary journals in the world. Maria Popova is a Bulgarian born New York based polymath who has read everything… Continue Reading →

New South Wales: A Roadmap With No Compass

By Paul Collits. Illustrated by Michael Fitzjames. The NSW Government has released its “roadmap” out of the Covid “crisis”.  A crisis it and other Australian governments have created.  A crisis in no one else’s eyes.  Oh, yes, we-the-hypnotised have bought… Continue Reading →

Unvaccinated People Will Face Prison for Entering Venues, NSW Government Warns

By Sonia Hickey: Sydney Criminal Lawyers Blog. The New South Wales Government has threatened ‘gaol time’ for unvaccinated people who attempt to enter venues in breach of forthcoming public health orders, which will limit entry to vaccinated persons only. The warning comes… Continue Reading →

When Coronavirus Facts Contradict the Narrative, Change the Facts

By Professor Ramesh Thakur Norwegian health authorities believe coronavirus has become just ‘one of several respiratory diseases with seasonal variation’. Accordingly, all remaining restrictions were lifted on Saturday 25 September, making Norway the latest country to end pandemic curbs. At… Continue Reading →

“We Should Be Outraged”: Interview with Australian War Power Reform’s Dr Alison Broinowski on the AUKUS Pact

By Paul Gregoire, Sydney Criminal Lawyers Blog. “G’day,” said the prime minister as he addressed the nation on 16 September. Scott Morrison then went on to reveal that he’s been busy committing us to a tripartite defence alliance – known as… Continue Reading →

Unfolding Catastrophe: Australia. Part Four: Dangerous To Us.

The first person in Australia to die with COVID was James Kwan, a 78-year-old man from Perth, on 1 March, 2020. He was a passenger on board the cruise ship Ruby Princess. The ship later became infamous as the single… Continue Reading →

Postcards From Australia: Extraordinary Scenes as Democracy Destroyed

TOTT News, Rebel News, Real Rukshan and Others. With Australia having become world famous for the worst response to Covid anywhere around the globe, including the city with the longest and most draconian lockdowns, Melbourne, and the most over the… Continue Reading →

Police Brutally Assault Anti-Lockdown Protester

By Sonia Hickey. Sydney Criminal Lawyers Blog. In amongst all the footage of this week’s Melbourne protests, a horrific video has emerged of a police officer approaching a man from behind and violently throwing him head first to the ground at Flinders… Continue Reading →

The Establishment Crisis

By Paul Collits. The Freedoms Project. Writer, columnist and researcher Paul Collits has been one of Australia’s leading writers since the beginning of this entire benighted era. A Sense of Place Magazine has been proud to publish him. As millions… Continue Reading →

What is Wrong with Calling the Melbourne Protests ‘Far Right’

Elise Thomas: Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Over the past week there has been a great deal of debate about who exactly has been storming through Melbourne’s streets. It’s been repeatedly claimed, including by union leaders, that the protests, which started… Continue Reading →

Blackout Conspiracy: What is Happening in Melbourne?

Ethan Nash: TOTT News. Opinion. Call me crazy, but something just doesn’t add up about today. These are unprecedented days in Australia, a turning point in the nation’s history. The utterly brutal crushing of dissent we have seen in Melbourne… Continue Reading →

How Icasia Bloom Touched Happiness

Extract from Jessica Bell’s New Book. LISTEN DeathCare therapists used to say, “Die happy, live happier.” It was plastered on billboards, on the sides of buses, on the napkins at McCrackador’s, and in at least two ads in every inTel… Continue Reading →

Australia Destroyed: The Streets of Melbourne

By John Stapleton In the previous few days Australians have witnessed unprecedented scenes of the brutal crushing of dissent on the streets of Melbourne, which has now officially suffered through the strictest and longest lockdowns in the world. The result… Continue Reading →

The Laughing Lama: On Meeting a Buddhist Master.

By John Stapleton “Spiritual truth is not something elaborate and esoteric, it is in fact profound common sense. When you realize the nature of mind, layers of confusion peel away. You don’t actually “become” a buddha, you simply cease, slowly,… Continue Reading →

The Curious Case of the Pro-Vaxxer Who Never Stopped Barking, Night and Day

By Paul Collits. Is it a peculiarly modern phenomenon to wish endlessly to label your opponents stupid or evil?  Or, was it ever thus?  A persistent human trait to indulge in ad hominem arguments.  I always believe that when you… Continue Reading →

New Research Shows Migratory Birds Fly Much Higher than Expected

By Sissel Sjöberg, Lund University Every autumn, billions of birds leave their breeding areas when the temperature drops and food gets scarce to spend the winter in more favourable climes, returning the following spring when warm weather brings food in… Continue Reading →

Ramesh Thakur and The Spectator

In the COVID insanity which has gripped the Australian political class and destroyed so much of the country, one of the nation’s most distinguished academics, Professor Ramesh Thakur of the Australian National University, has stood out for his bold, erudite… Continue Reading →

Australia Marches for Freedom – September 2021 | Coverage

By Ethan Nash: TOTT News. Tens of thousands of Australians have marched across the country for the principles of democracy, freedom, medical choice and objection to segregation. Freedom protesters staged unified protests across Australia yesterday, delivering messages of resistance to… Continue Reading →

Morrison Government Sets More ‘Worst Ever’ Economic Records

By Alan Austin: Independent Australia. Virtually every new data release confirms Australia’s economic demise under Prime Minister Morrison and Treasurer Frydenberg. Alan Austin updates the tally of disastrous outcomes. INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IS at an all-time low. As is Australia’s net worth and its global… Continue Reading →

Melbourne Freedom Protest: What the Mainstream Media Didn’t Show You

By Ethan Nash with TOTTNews TOTT News provides readers with an on-the-ground timeline of events from Saturday’s violent freedom protest in Melbourne – including what the mainstream media, hostage to government agendas and having abandoned their traditional roles of holding… Continue Reading →

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