AS AUSTRALIA approaches adopting a net zero emissions target, Deputy PM and Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has urged the prime minister to address critical concerns on how the move should be achieved without undermining the nation’s economy. All eyes have settled on…
THE COP26 UN climate change conference in Glasgow is great news for corrupt governments in the developing world as it looks set to transfer huge sums of money into their hands. Dambisa Moyo, a Zambian-born economist, has long warned the west against…
FORMER Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has delivered a stinging criticism of Chinese Communist Party leadership during a speech to the Yushan Forum in Taiwan on October 8. Mr Abbott said he turned down an opportunity to attend the conference two years…
TRADE discussions between the European Union and Australia have been abruptly suspended as Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan was in transit to continue the negotiations. The snap move comes after French displeasure at Canberra’s decision to cancel a $90b submarine project, following…
AN AUSTRALIAN academic has abruptly fled to China after his work on developing technology to identify Uyghurs based on visual data was found to be unethical. Research conducted by professor Wanquan Liu at the University of Curtin in Western Australia and published…
AUSTRALIANS across major cities have risen in defiance against draconian government COVID-19 measures, with thousands of protesters in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide taking to the streets. But heavy police presence, mainly in Melbourne and Sydney, resulted in some violent clashes…
FEDERAL Education Minister Alan Tudge has said that Bruce Pascoe’s book Dark Emu should not be taught in schools. Dark Emu, published in 2014, falsely claims that Indigenous Australians were not just mere hunter-gatherers, but were actually sophisticated agriculturalists. The book got…
UNITED Australia Party federal leader Craig Kelly has proposed a bill that will cut politicians salaries during lockdowns. The private member’s bill called “We’re All in This Together Act 2021” seeks to reduce politicians’ salaries to $750 per week while States or…
NSW students have recorded the worst results in reading since international comparisons commenced. One in ten Year 9 students failed to reach the national minimum standard for reading, placing them behind Victoria and Western Australia in the latest round of NAPLAN results….
FORMER PM Tony Abbott has warned frustrated conservatives not to give up on the Coalition, saying it would simply fracture the centre-Right and hand government to Labor and Greens. Mr Abbott said Australia’s preferential voting system made it difficult for dark horse…
