A new survey has indicated that Australian manufacturers are in the most turbulent period in 50 years due to supply chain problems and inflating costs. However, they also benefit from strong demand for commodities. The industrial trends research by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and Westpac bank found that the manufacturing sector […]
Australian Farmers Fear Resurgence of Mouse Plague
Dead mice at a property in Gilgandra, NSW. (AAP Image/Supplied) Australia farmers in the state of New South Wales (NSW) are being urged to be on the lookout for mice in their paddocks amid reports of increased numbers of the rodents in the northern parts of the state. Millions of dollars worth of crops were…
IMFâs Economic Outlook Report Brings More Confidence to Australian PM
The latest upgrade of Australiaâs economic outlook by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has prompted Prime Minister Scott Morrison to show further confidence in his economic plan. According to the latest world economic outlook report, the projection of real GDP growth for Australia in 2022 rose to 4.2 percent from 4.1 percent in Januaryâs report,…
âComplete Waste of Moneyâ: Senator Calls to Defund Australian LGBTQIA+ Group
One Nation leader Mark Latham has called for the defunding of the LGBTQIA+Â performance and research enterprise the Department of Homo Affairs (DOHA), which has been operating from the Sydney Powerhouse museum free of charge. Latham on Thursday said that while there are lots of pressing needs around the state, starting with flood relief, the…
Australian Study Finds Eating Meat Extends Life Expectancy
Researchers at the University of Adelaide in South Australia have found that eating meat provides important benefits for overall human health and life expectancy. Published in the International Journal of General Medicine on Feb. 22, the study looked into the overall health effects of total meat consumption in over 170 countries…
Australian Womenâs Cricket Team Retains Ashes
The Australian Womenâs cricket team have retained the Ashes after winning the first of three one-day internationals against England on Thursday night at Manuka Oval, Canberra, with bowler Darcie Brown instrumental in Englandâs demise. The young speedster took 4-34 in the low scoring match which saw Australia defending a total of just 205 to get…
âNo Need to Worry about Security,â Australian Team Chief Tells Olympics Athletes
Australian Winter Olympics chef de mission Geoff Lipshut holds no security or safety concerns for athletes competing in Beijing this February, allowing the team to take no special preventive measures such as burner phones. This comes after Australia joined the ranks of the United States, Great Britain and several allies in a diplomatic boycott of…
A Beauty That Grows With Time: âTime Orders Old Age to Destroy Beautyâ
âTime Orders Old Age to Destroy Beauty,â circa 1746, by Pompeo Batoni. Oil on canvas, 52.3 inches by 37.9 inches. The National Gallery, London. (Public Domain)Social media is such a new phenomenon. Everything has its pros and cons, but we still donât know what the consequences of its excessive use will be. To me, it seems…
Did I Predict the Global Financial Crisis?
Commentary The 2008 recession, known as the âGlobal Financial Crisisâ (âGFCâ) outside the USA and the âGreat Recessionâ inside, was the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression, and before the COVID-19 recession. It was also caused by the financial sectorâwhich is obviously a part of the economyârather than by an âexogenous shockâ (something emanating…
Biden Administration Vows âSevereâ Response If âSingle Additional Russian Forceâ Enters Ukraine
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Jan. 23 said the United States would initiate a âswiftâ and âsevereâ response if Russiaâs military enters Ukraine. âIf a single additional Russian force goes into Ukraine in an aggressive way, as I said, that would trigger a swift, a severe, and a united response from us and from…
Beijingâs 2022 Winter Olympics App Is a Privacy Threat to Users, Expert Says
People traveling to China for the 2022 Winter Olympicsâincluding athletes, government dignitaries, and corporate executivesâare all at risk of personal data exposure and being surveilled by the Chinese regime, a data security expert warned. The risk centers around a state-controlled smartphone app called âMY 2022â that Beijing demands international and local attendees use to come…
WATCH: Australian Open Fans Asked to Remove T-Shirts Asking ‘Where Is Peng Shuai?’
Fans at the Australian Open were asked to remove tee shirts with the slogan âWhere is Peng Shuai?â an allusion to the continuing mystery surrounding the whereabouts of a Chinese tennis star who accused that countryâs vice president of rape. As Breitbartâs Warner Todd Huston reports: Early in November, Shuai posted a message to her Chinese social…
Djokovic out of Australian Open after losing deportation appeal
MELBOURNE, Australia â Novak Djokovicâs hopes of playing at the Australian Open were dashed Sunday after a court dismissed the top-ranked tennis starâs appeal against a deportation order. Three Federal Court judges upheld a decision made on Friday by the immigration minister to cancel the 34-year-old Serbâs visa on public interest grounds. The decision likely […]
Cryptocurrency Now in the Sights of Australian Regulators
The Australian government has given an ear to the cryptocurrency industry and appointed a new committee that will oversee the development of long called for regulation in the sector which is worth trillions of dollars globally. More than 800,000 Australians have already made crypto transactions over the last three yearsâa figure growing at an accelerated…
Australian Child Care Subsidy Fast-Tracked by Four Months
Families with two or more children will be able to benefit from an increased Child Care Subsidy (CCS) from March 7, 2022, four months earlier than initially planned. The annual $10,655 cap will also be removed on Dec. 10, 2021 and retrospectively applied for the current financial year…
Corrupt Practices âendemicâ to the Australian Labor Party Alleges Federal MP
A federal MP has alleged that the Australian Labor Partyâs Victorian branch âwas completely out of controlâ on the first day of the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commissionâs (IBAC) public hearings into allegations of corruption and branch stacking by Labor MPs and their taxpayer-funded staff. It is also investigating if public money granted by the Victorian…
Australian Airline Qantas to Ban Unvaccinated Travelers from International Flights
Australiaâs national carrier Qantas will ban unvaccinated travelers from international flights, CEO Alan Joyce reaffirmed this week. âQantas will have a policy that internationally weâll only be carrying vaccinated passengers,â he said, predicting the move will take place by December when the country reopens its borders. âBecause we think thatâs going to be one of the…
Breaking: Australian Labor Party Sent Operatives to Work Against Trump During 2016 Campaign âŚWhen Will They Be Indicted?
It is well documented that the Australian Labor Party sent staffers to work against Donald Trump in the 2016 campaign. The story was well documented and raised a bit of a stink in Australia because the operatives were funded by Aussie taxpayers. When will Dirty Cop Robert Mueller indict these foreign nationals? This makes the […]
Car Bomb Rams Into Christian Office In Australian Capital City
A van filled with gas cylinders rammed into the Australian Christian Lobby’s office in Canberra and exploded on Wednesday evening. While details remain scarce, all staff members are reported to be safe. The office building is damaged, but was empty at the time of the explosion. Lyle Shelton, the managing director of ACL tweeted an […]