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They are turning citizenship into a login. Every service, every movement, every transaction will pass through their control. This is happening now. Australia, Canada, China, Mexico, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, Rwanda, and every Nordic country are rolling out national digital ID programs. Biometric databases, mobile apps, central registries. Every step of your life tracked in …
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/09/australia-approves-the-worlds-first-chlamydia-vaccine-for-koalas/ Australia’s veterinary medicine regulator has approved a vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia, one of the leading causes of koala infertility and death. Researchers found the single-dose vaccine reduced mortality in wild koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) by at least 65%. In some cases, it even reversed existing symptoms in koalas that were already infected. “Koalas …
Britain: West Drayton residents out in force today 💪💪🏴🏴 pic.twitter.com/OdU81AVKjN — Matthardybladerunner (@Matthardy_BR) August 30, 2025 Australia: https://twitter.com/_/status/1961996338750714086 Japan: WOW! Today, Japanese citizens organized anti-immigration protests. Here’s a video from tonight’s march in Midosuji in Osaka, Japan 🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/TUBWZIEtUK — I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) August 31, 2025 A message from Poland. pic.twitter.com/tugJJfrngJ …
It is a blackout. Thirteen nations have turned off the flow of mail to the United States. Germany. The UK. Australia. India. Sweden. Denmark. Italy. France. Austria. Switzerland. Korea. Japan. Thailand. No press release. No explanation. Just silence and severed logistics. The lifelines of commerce and family vanish overnight, and no one in Washington seems …
Australia’s housing crisis isn’t about affordability anymore. It isn’t even about supply. It has become something darker: a creeping attempt to redefine ownership itself. For decades, the family home was treated as sacred ground, the one place politicians swore would remain beyond the reach of constant taxation and interference. Now that line is being erased. …
“We’ve reviewed our travel advice for the United Kingdom and continue to advise exercise a high degree of caution due to the threat of terrorism.” https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations/europe/united-kingdom “In early July there has been a 44% rise in street crime across the UK, record levels of shop theft and a million incidents of anti-social behaviour.” https://www.lbc.co.uk/crime/crime-bad-britain-foreign-governments-warning-citizens/ “In …
Australia is moving toward a national digital ID system that echoes a legislative version of a digital prison. The proposed Online Safety Amendment Bill would force every user to prove their age to access social media platforms. Critics warn it’s a backdoor way toward national digital ID. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/rita-panahi/anything-that-gives-esafety-commissioner-julie-inman-grant-further-power-should-be-opposed-given-her-diabolical-track-record/news-story/3a97e2d1d4ac2019a2cbe7eb8ec10e7a Facial recognition tools like Clearview AI are …
https://twitter.com/nogulagsagain/status/1949359580791894303 Starting 10 December 2025, it will be illegal for anyone under 16 to hold accounts on platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and Facebook even if they signed up before the law passed or have parental consent. The burden falls entirely on tech platforms. If they fail to block underage users, they face fines up …
A man who allegedly firebombed a Melbourne synagogue has been identified, as a series of alleged anti-Semitic attacks at several other locations across the city draws international attention. Angelo Loras, 34, from Toongabbie in NSW, was arrested in the city’s CBD on Saturday night, about 24 hours after the front doors of the East Melbourne …
BESSENT PRIORITIZES U.K., AUSTRALIA, SOUTH KOREA AMONG TOP TARGETS FOR TRADE DEALS Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is prioritizing new trade deals with the U.K., Australia, South Korea, India, and Japan after Trump’s latest tariffs, sources say. Bessent, now a key trade… — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) April 14, 2025 BREAKING FROM THE WSJ: – Sources report …
🇺🇸 🇨🇳 🇦🇺 China has just HALTED all liquified natural gas imports from the United States. This leaves tankers in limbo with BILLIONS of dollars of contracts. China will now go with Australia for their natural gas needs instead. Australian is inking new deals throughout Asia… pic.twitter.com/l2eOvZiy4L — ADAM (@AdameMedia) April 11, 2025 But I …
AUSTRALIA: The US funded six Australian universities and got nothing, meanwhile China got a 99 year lease on a Strategic Port in Australia. Ironically, US Marines are protecting the Port of Darwin for the Chinese. America Last… https://t.co/ArglYiHmNZ — @amuse (@amuse) March 25, 2025 China secures 99-year Australian port lease while U.S. funds universities and …
https://twitter.com/PhilipSoos/status/1903314836970410442 With this kind of spending, many Australians are beginning to feel the strain. The cost of living is rising, wages are stagnating, and housing affordability is becoming a distant dream for many. The government’s focus on these costly projects, while essential in their eyes, leaves citizens questioning how much more they will be forced …
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday that U.S. tariffs on Australian steel and aluminum were unjustified, but his government would not retaliate with its own tariffs. U.S. President Donald Trump said last month he was considering a tariff exemption for Australia, a free trade treaty partner that has traded with the United States at …
You have to tell people what they think they want to hear in the interests of ‘social cohesion’. Just nod and smile. h/t cowardycustard
Australia has effectively signed open borders with India: The Australia-India Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement (MMPA) includes the following provisions: 1. Five year student visas, with no caps on the numbers of Indians that can study in Australia. 2. From 1 July this year, Indian graduates of Australian tertiary institutions on a student visa can …
Australia is unleashing gene-editing technology like CRISPR across agriculture, medicine, and biology, revolutionising everything, from horses to humans. It works like molecular scissors, cutting DNA at specific locations and enabling modifications to correct genetic errors or enhance desired traits. A recent study on editing the NCF1 gene has raised serious concerns that should make everyone …
The law will make social media platforms liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars (£25m) if they don’t systemically stop children younger than 16 from holding accounts. Australian senators have passed a world-first law that bans under 16s from having social media accounts. The legislation is set to come into force in …
Trade wars, the pandemic, and geopolitical tensions have disrupted global supply chains. Reshoring efforts are increasing in an attempt to bring more manufacturing back to the US. Bank of America says domestic small- and mid-cap stocks in sectors like industrials and healthcare may benefit most. The 2000s was the golden era of globalization. The idea …
This bill alongside the social media ban for 16 year old need to go into the bin, forever. There is something wrong in Australia that people just are either heavily disconnected with polticis or feel nothing can be done – which I disagree with. Your work Zee, is truly… — Mickamious (@MickamiousG) November 9, 2024 …
SYDNEY—A 5.48 metre (18 ft) Australian crocodile that held the world record as the largest crocodile in captivity has died, a wildlife sanctuary said on Saturday. He was thought to be more than 110 years old. Cassius, weighing in at more than one ton, had been in declining health since Oct. 15, Marineland Melanesia Crocodile …
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The Albanese Government has allocated $100 million to address bird flu risks in Australia, focusing on the avian influenza strain H5N1. This funding aims to safeguard agricultural industries, wildlife, and the national economy by enhancing preparedness and vaccination efforts against the high-pathogenicity strain. 🚨𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: The Albanese Government has announced a $100 Million ‘bird flu preparedness …
“They are on that super nitro debt fuelled real estate bing. The banks in Australia actually prefer mortgage lending above productive businesses lending. The Aussie economy is the sum of its 4 big pillars: “commodities, migration & real estate with a financial sector on top”. That’s it.” They are on that super nitro debt fuelled …
Boo! New species of ghost shark uncovered in New Zealand Also called ‘spookfish,’ these toothy fish munch on crustaceans and thrive 8,530 feet underwater. A new species of ghost shark or “spookfish” was discovered lurking in the deep, dark waters off the coast of New Zealand. The Australasian narrow-nosed spookfish (Harriotta avia) is exclusive to …
By Martin Armstrong Speech by Brad Jones, Assistant Governor (Financial System), at the Intersekt Conference in Melbourne – 'Financial Innovation and the Future of CBDC in Australia’: https://t.co/zuYTeslJhZ pic.twitter.com/3ndAbgjepq — Reserve Bank of Australia (@RBAInfo) September 17, 2024 The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is rapidly developing a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) as developed nations …
The Australian government is seeking to exploit two recent knife attacks to relaunch its misinformation bill after it was put on ice late last year over free speech concerns. From X: Australia’s misinformation bill has been reintroduced to parliament. The bill is fundamentally flawed because it is built on the industry code co-written by First …
Three years ago, when Australian politicians took on the titans of Big Tech — crafting legislation to force Google and Facebook to pay for news articles they share on their sites — Google threatened to pull out of the country. If the News Media Bargaining Code became law, Google Australia Managing Director Mel Silva said …