Tag Australian Independent News Sites
By Nathan Lynch: Michael West Media. Gaping loopholes, earnest advisers and an international reputation for stability have made Australia a place of choice for illicit funds. Despite a crackdown on the foreign ownership of established houses, there are still many ways… Continue Reading →
Bhiamie Williamson, Australian National University. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people. Archie Roach’s family have given permission for his name and image to be shared. I am not sure… Continue Reading →
TOTT NEWS What should peaceful protesters know about their privacy before heading to a demonstration? Here are some concerns and protective measures they should keep in mind. Staying protected while expressing your voice. STARTING POINT: YOUR PHONE Protests are set… Continue Reading →
By Megan Munsie, The University of Melbourne. In what’s reported as a world-first achievement, biologists have grown mouse embryo models in the lab without the need for fertilised eggs, embryos, or even a mouse – using only stem cells and… Continue Reading →
By Jorg Probst. Pre-2020 nobody cared much about the flu – we just lived with it. Health workers would complain, rightly so, about being under-resourced every major flu season – but meh, who cared or listened? Certainly not governments. Then… Continue Reading →
From Pearls and Irritations. In an interview with the World Socialist Web Site, renowned Australian investigative journalist John Pilger has warned that the “US is close to getting its hands on” the courageous WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. Last month, British Home… Continue Reading →
Natasha Ellison, University of Sheffield. Getting out into nature may seem a world away from a maths classroom. But the beauty that surrounds us has order – and one of the world’s best codebreakers was the key to unlocking it…. Continue Reading →
Dr Paul Elias Alexander: Brownstone Institute. It is not unreasonable to conclude that surgical and cloth masks, used as they currently are being used (without other forms of PPE protection), have no impact on controlling the transmission of Covid-19 virus…. Continue Reading →
John Hawkins, University of Canberra Inflation jumped from 5.1% to a new long-term high of 6.1% in the June quarter, a rate matched only by short-lived jump caused by the introduction of the goods and services tax, and not exceeded… Continue Reading →
Australia’s court system is now clogged with people protesting thousands of punitive fines or jail sentences. Of all the online personalities and citizen journalists to emerge during the Covid era, one of the most prominent was Monica Smit of Reignite… Continue Reading →
Rachel Packham: University of News South Wales. Jingulu – a language spoken by the Jingili people in the Northern Territory – has characteristics that allow it to be easily translated into AI commands. An Aboriginal language could hold the key… Continue Reading →
By #Mate: Michael West Media. Speculation surrounding Scott Morrison’s post-parliamentary ambitions includes the possibility of a job with the Australian Rugby League. His involvement with the sport poses plenty of questions, including the grants largesse that defined his time as… Continue Reading →
Cherine Fahd, University of Technology Sydney The first task I give photography students is to create a starscape. To do this, I ask them to sweep the floor beneath them, collect the dust and dirt in a paper bag and… Continue Reading →
Neil Martin: University of New South Wales. The next generation of wireless communication is already being developed and is set to revolutionise the world around us. The pace of change in telecommunications is increasing every year. A case in point is… Continue Reading →
By Ramesh Thakur: Brownstone Institute. As countries emerge from the Dystopia of lockdown restrictions, there’s growing awareness of the phenomenon of excess deaths, for example in the UK and Australia. On July 8, The Daily Mail (UK) reported that collateral damage of lockdowns is killing 1,000… Continue Reading →
Sara Webb, Swinburne University of Technology It has been an exciting time with the release of breathtaking photos of our Universe by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Images such as the one below give us a chance to see… Continue Reading →
TOTT NEWS. Australia’s capital plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles starting from the middle of next decade, according to reports. The ACT Government will later this week release a strategy document detailing a plan for 80 to… Continue Reading →
Kate Griffiths, Anika Stobart and Danielle Wood, Grattan Institute. Handing out a cushy job to a political mate might seem harmless – after all, everyone does it, right? – but the politicisation of public appointments has real, pervasive consequences for… Continue Reading →
By John Aitken John Aitken is a retired Science teacher who has a passion for WW1 military history. John has an extensive collection of Australian WW1 ephemera, including photographs of soldiers and letters they wrote to their family and friends… Continue Reading →
Karl Glazebrook, Swinburne University of Technology and Simon Driver, The University of Western Australia. We have recently seen the release of the first batch of images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. This is something we have both been… Continue Reading →
Paul Gregoire: Sydney Criminal Lawyers Blog. Acting NSW police commissioner David Hudson flagged the scenario of his officers pulling up a young person driving a luxury sports car and questioning them as to how they came to be behind the… Continue Reading →
TOTT NEWS Over the last few years, scientists have argued that we can, and perhaps should, use technology to ‘enhance’ our moral abilities — to become a more cooperative, empathetic, or ‘properly motivated’ species. Traditionally, moral development has been facilitated… Continue Reading →
The Unconscionable Prosecution of Bernard Collaery was an Assault on the values Australia holds dear
Spencer Zifcak, Australian Catholic University. Last week Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus put an end to Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery’s criminal prosecution.Collaery was prosecuted in 2018 and was facing five charges, including allegedly conspiring with his client, “Witness K”, to disclose confidential… Continue Reading →
By Paul Collits The Australian newspaper, News Limited’s flagship publication in the country of birth of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has attempted a desperate throw of the dice in an effort to somehow maintain the Covid vaccine narrative. In doing so,… Continue Reading →
Cohen Marcus Lionel Brown, University of Wollongong. It’s a mistake to think problematic aggression is limited to those with psychiatric disorders. Healthy people have also the capacity for impulsive violence – and resulting “morally” poor behaviour. Traditionally, moral development has… Continue Reading →
Maria Popova: The Marginalian. In these darkening times, when the powerful and the political class have become utterly corrupted, and indifferent to the concerns of ordinary people, there are, as a kind of counterwave, a significant number of people trying… Continue Reading →
The humanitarian crimes committed by Australian authorities against their own citizens, beginning in early 2020, will live on in infamy, but it is the people themselves who create a nation’s history. On the 12th of February 2022, the largest gathering… Continue Reading →
David Carlin, RMIT University Gregory Day’s essay collection Words are Eagles is carefully subtitled: “Selected Writings on the Nature and Language of Place”. The word “nature” has crept in there perhaps to give a nod to the reader to expect… Continue Reading →
By Bruce Haigh: Independent Australia. By the Government rightly dropping the charges against Witness K’s lawyer Bernard Collaery, Australia was reminded of the illegal bugging operation against Timor-Leste, writes Bruce Haigh. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Mark Dreyfus, has thrown out all the concocted and… Continue Reading →
Brownstone Institute. The Brownstone Institute is the world’s leading academic centre confronting the Big Tech, Big Government, Big Pharma Covid narrative. Here is a sampling of their recent work. Finally, it has begun to dawn on people that there is… Continue Reading →
With Dr Chris Martin of University of NSW City Futures Research Centre. The $20 billion spent on assistance may have benefited existing home owners more than new home owners, a new report finds. First home buyer (FHB) assistance programs might bring forward… Continue Reading →
Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University. Greed, desire, wishful thinking and naivety are lucrative markets for scam artists – and their age-old hustles are increasingly being supplemented by digital chicanery. In 2021 Australians lost an estimated $2 billion to fraudsters, more… Continue Reading →