Australia
- www.abc.net.au Alice Springs tour operator's bus damaged after rock thrown at convoy carrying students
An Alice Springs tour operator is calling for action and "accountability" after one of his buses was hit by a rock while transferring more than 100 Melbourne-based school children to the airport.
- www.rt.com Australian senator ordered to cover up ‘inappropriate’ T-shirt
Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe was ordered to hide her T-shirt, which contained an aboriginal slang word
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Law could see Australians jailed for three years for posting what’s deemed ‘offensive’ on Facebook
endoftheamericandream.com Politicians In Our Major Cities Have Decided The Solution To The Crime Wave Is To Help Criminals Commit More CrimesShould we just go ahead and give free needles and free crack pipes to everyone in America? After all, if New York City and Los Angeles plan to solve their raging drug problems by handing out free drug paraphernalia to addicts, perhaps we can solve our nationwide drug crisis the same way. Let’s mak...
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/115663
> A sweeping law could see Australians jailed for three years for posting what’s deemed ‘offensive’ on Facebook in an attempt to protect minority groups. > > Queensland’s Labor government has introduced a bill that would dramatically increase the maximum prison sentence for racist, anti-gay, anti-trans or seriously bigoted statements. > > Making such statements already carry a maximum six-month jail term, but that would be increased to three years under the new bill.
- thenewdaily.com.au Australia’s peak sports body OKs transwomen competitors
The Australian Sports Commission's latest gender-diverse inclusion document has endorsed testosterone limits for transwomen in elite sports
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/110913
> Kiss your daughters sporting ambitions goodbye
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Ten people dead and more injured after bus crash in Australia
www.independent.co.uk Ten wedding guests dead and more injured after bus crash in AustraliaPolice arrest driver of bus carrying 36 guests
- www.racket.news An Insider's Guide to "Anti-Disinformation"
Andrew Lowenthal spent more than two decades defending digital rights, and watched as peers and partner organizations switched to an opposite mission called "anti-disinformation." An inside account
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/87954
> More decentralized, open-source and secure platforms are needed to resist corporate, philanthropic, and government capture. There are only so many people with $44 billion dollars on hand. > > The challenge is generating the wide audiences that drive so many users to large platforms. Bitcoin demonstrated that such decentralized network effects are possible, but this needs to be made real in the social media field. Nostr appears to have some potential. > > The even bigger problem is a culture that supports widespread censorship, particularly among its previous guardians, progressives, liberals and the left. Free speech has become a dirty word for the very people who once led the free speech movement. > > Changing that is a long-term project that requires demonstrating how free speech is primarily there to protect the powerless, not the powerful. For example, the Virality Project’s censorship of true stories of vaccine injury left us to the predation of BigPharma, making us less safe. More free speech would have resulted in a better informed and better protected society. > > Most important is to return to strong principles of free expression, including for ideas we dislike. The shoe will one day again be on the other foot. When that day comes free speech will not be the enemy of liberals and progressives, it will be the best possible protection against the abuse of power. > > Rough edges are the price we pay for a free society.
- www.breitbart.com Businessman Allegedly Got China Cash Envelopes For Nuclear Sub Info
Two suspected Chinese spies gave a Sydney businessman envelopes of cash for information, prosecutors told a court on Monday.
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/87208
> He is accused of accepting money from two suspected Chinese spies he knew by the names Ken and Evelyn in exchange for handwritten reports on Australian defense, economic and national security arrangements since 2021 while he worked in Shanghai, where he owns a communications and technology infrastructure consultancy business. > > The subjects included the AUKUS partnership among Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States to create an Australian submarine fleet powered by U.S. nuclear technology that was announced in September 2021, prosecutor Connor McCraith said.
- cointelegraph.com ChatGPT and AI must pay for the news it consumes: News Corp Australia CEO
News Corp Australia CEO Michael Miller has taken aim at the creators of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, calling onthem to compensate content creators.
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/86083
> Powerful digital companies to develop “a new pot of gold to maximize revenues and profit by taking the creative content of others without remunerating them for their original work.”
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Man discovers $240k gold nugget with budget metal detector
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/85540
> If you don't look, you don't gind
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Australia Banks are Now "Debanking" Independent Journalists Exercising Their Free Speech Rights
www.thegatewaypundit.com EXCLUSIVE: Australia Banks are Now "Debanking" Independent Journalists Exercising Their Free Speech Rights | The Gateway Pundit | by Joe Hoft | 88Australia’s banks are now “debanking” conservatives because of their beliefs and related statements made in the press and on social media. Australian Maria Zeee from Zeee Media shared the following with TGP.
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/85193
> Zeee Media reports extensively on the WEF, exposing their true agenda and Australian politicians linked to the WEF. ING’s refusal to answer our questions led us to believe that this may be politically motivated. This timing coincides with a hit piece run by 60 minutes on the Wieambilla tragedy, where I am featured warning about Australian soldiers training to turn against Australian people, and Channel 9 is indirectly lumping me in with domestic terrorists:
- www.rebelnews.com NSW Labor leader's electric bus runs out of charge on campaign trail
Fossil fuel saves the day after eco-friendly bus breaks down, forcing Chris Minns and passengers to disembark onto a diesel-powered bus.
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/85131
> Oooops
- consortiumnews.com Caitlin Johnstone: Australia's Real Fear Isn't China
Australia is not arming itself against China to protect itself from China. Australia is arming itself against China to protect itself from the United States. By Caitlin Johnstone in Melbourne, Australia CaitlinJohnstone.com As part of Australian media’s relentless onslaught of war–with–Chi
- www.abc.net.au Scramble to save $500m in frozen food stranded by major transport group collapse
More than 110,000 pallets of perishables languishes in warehouses all over the country as the transport logistics sector struggles to fill the gap left by one of Australia's biggest refrigerated food movers, which collapsed last week with 1,500 job losses.
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/84350
> race is underway to relocate more than 110,000 pallets of frozen goods worth half a billion dollars from Scott's cold storage warehouses.
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Outrageous! Australian Mother Denied Life-Saving Heart Surgery Because She's Unvaccinated (VIDEO)
www.thegatewaypundit.com Outrageous! Australian Mother Denied Life-Saving Heart Surgery Because She's Unvaccinated (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft | 120A mother of two from Victoria, Australia was denied the chance to undergo a lifesaving heart transplant because she refused to receive the COVID-19 shot, despite having a medical exemption.
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/82669
> This is murder, plain and simple.
- stevekirsch.substack.com New paper: An estimated 13 million people worldwide killed by the COVID vaccines
That's twice as many as were killed by the virus. In the US, the estimates are 670K Americans killed. Perhaps it's time to declare that the vaccines are a worldwide emergency?
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/82216
> Using data from Israel and Australia, the paper estimates 13 million deaths worldwide from the COVID vaccines: > > The COVID-19 vaccines did not only not save lives but they are highly toxic.
- www.skynews.com.au Shocking video shows extent of Alice Springs' Youth crime crisis
A group of youths have been filmed attacking and taunting pub patrons in Alice Springs just days after Anthony Albanese flew to the Red Centre to address its out-of-control crime wave.
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Report 52: Nine Months Post-COVID mRNA "Vaccine" Rollout, Substantial Birth Rate Drops in 13 European Countries, England/Wales, Australia, and Taiwan. - DailyClout
dailyclout.io Report 52: Nine Months Post-COVID mRNA "Vaccine" Rollout, Substantial Birth Rate Drops in 13 European Countries, England/Wales, Australia, and Taiwan.Nine Months Post-COVID mRNA "Vaccine" Rollout, Substantial Birth Rate Drops in 13 European Countries, England/Wales, Australia, Taiwan
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/75431
> - Nine months following the rollout of the COVID-19 mRNA “vaccines,” substantial birth rate drops were seen in 13 of 19 European countries, England and Wales (one entity based on how data is published), Australia, and Taiwan. > - The decline in births in Switzerland was the largest in 150 years – more than during two World Wars, the Great Depression, and the advent of widely available birth control. > - There was an 8.3% drop in the birth rate in Germany through three quarters of 2022. > England and Wales had a 12% birth rate drop through June 2022, which is when their government stopped publishing data related to this. > - Taiwan reported an alarming birth rate drop, but its data are incomplete. > - Australian birth rates fell 21% from October to November 2021, followed by a 63% decrease from November to December 2021.
- www.zerohedge.com Australia Denies Asylum To Defecting Chinese Spy Wang Liqiang
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
The Australian Government is simply a Chinese Communist Party puppet
- www.abc.net.au How the Aussie slang term 'smoko' came to be a treasured part of working life
Whether you're a tradie or working on the land, when it's time to take a load off that means it's time for smoko. But where did this iconic Australian word originate?
An Australian institution, the mid-morning break in recent more health-conscious times is less associated with a cigarette break and rather, a chance to recharge for the day.
Gaining international attention thanks to the broadly popular song Smoko by Australian band The Chats, the slang term has been thrust into the spotlight with many now asking what it is and where it came from.
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Weekly Data from New South Wales Proves that Vaccine is Ineffective Against COVID - 86% of Deaths and 80% of Hospitalizations were Vaccinated
www.thegatewaypundit.com Weekly Data from New South Wales Proves that Vaccine is Ineffective Against COVID - 86% of Deaths and 80% of Hospitalizations were Vaccinated | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft | 120We were told the experimental COVID vaccines were going to “stop the spread” and “prevent death and hospitalization.” TheNew South Wales government website released its daily Covid update.
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/73401
> According to New South Wales‘ epidemiological weeks 51 and 52, ending December 31, 2022, 86% of the deaths and 80% of hospitalizations were vaccinated. > > Only 6% of the death rate is unvaccinated, and zero hospitalization.
- www.zerohedge.com Aussie Cops Ask Neighbors To Rat Out 'Anti-Government, Anti-Police, Or COVID-Vaccine Conspiracy Theorists'
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/71244
> "Queensland Police appealing to the public to dob in their neighbours who “are anti-government or believe Covid-19 vaccine conspiracy theories.”"
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They only do this to corrupt politicians.
Time to ship some to Washington DC
- apnews.com Police seize on COVID-19 tech to expand global surveillance
JERUSALEM (AP) — Majd Ramlawi was serving coffee in Jerusalem’s Old City when a chilling text message appeared on his phone. “You have been spotted as having participated in acts of violence in the Al-Aqsa Mosque,” it read in Arabic.
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/70518
> In the pandemic’s bewildering early days, millions worldwide believed government officials who said they needed confidential data for new tech tools that could help stop coronavirus’ spread. In return, governments got a firehose of individuals’ private health details, photographs that captured their facial measurements and their home addresses. > > Now, from Beijing to Jerusalem to Hyderabad, India, and Perth, Australia, The Associated Press has found that authorities used these technologies and data to halt travel for activists and ordinary people, harass marginalized communities and link people’s health information to other surveillance and law enforcement tools. In some cases, data was shared with spy agencies. The issue has taken on fresh urgency almost three years into the pandemic as China’s ultra-strict zero-COVID policies recently ignited the sharpest public rebuke of the country’s authoritarian leadership since the pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
- www.breitbart.com China Warns Australia: Don't Be an ‘Enthusiastic Bandwagoner’ to the U.S.
China publicly warned Australia on Wednesday against being an “enthusiastic bandwagoner of the U.S. strategy” in the Indo-Pacific region.
Bilateral ties have encountered difficulties in recent years, as Canberra drew closer to Washington as the US gave greater attention to the region.
Under the previous government of Scott Morrison, Australia often enthusiastically served as a forerunner in the US’ ‘Indo-Pacific strategy’ aimed at containing China’s development.
Some ideologically-obsessed Australian politicians and media deliberately spread the US’ confrontational narrative against China in Australian society and thus created a poisonous atmosphere for what used to be robust and mutually beneficial ties between the two countries.
- theconversation.com Not Big Brother, but close: a surveillance expert explains some of the ways we’re all being watched, all the time
The vast majority of people alive today are subject to tracking through a number of overlapping and entrenched surveillance systems.
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/69117
> Although China has more than 50% of all surveillance cameras installed in the world (about 34 cameras per 1,000 people), Australian cities are catching up. In 2021, Sydney had 4.67 cameras per 1,000 people and Melbourne had 2.13. > > Although many people don’t realise it, loyalty programs are one of the biggest personal data collection gimmicks out there. > > It’s estimated 88% of Australian consumers over age 16 are members of a loyalty program. These schemes build your consumer profile to sell you more stuff. Some might even charge you sneaky fees and lure you in with future perks to sell you at steep prices.
- www.theepochtimes.com Gates, Bezos Invest in Australian-Designed Brain Implant
Billionaires Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos are betting on the New York-based Synchron as the answer to Elon ...
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/68783
> The Synchron Switch is a “brain-computer interface” that is implanted in the blood vessels at the surface of the motor cortex of the brain via the jugular vein. > > Once set, the interface will detect and wirelessly transmit information from the brain, allowing severely paralysed individuals to control personal devices without needing to use their hands. > > So far, four Australian paralysis patients have received implants since undergoing the procedure at Royal Melbourne Hospital in 2020. > > “All of those patients were able to control a computer with their mind,” he said. “And there were no serious device-related effects.”
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Planned wind farm told it will need to shut down for five months a year to protect parrots
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/68636
> Amid global plans to ramp up wind power capacity in the years ahead, the interaction of wind turbines with the natural world — including marine and bird life — is likely to become a key area of debate. > > The U.K.-based Royal Society for the Protection of Birds warns that wind farms "can harm birds through disturbance, displacement, acting as barriers, habitat loss and collision," adding that "impacts can arise from a single development and cumulatively multiple projects." > > The U.S. Energy Information Administration has said that some wind projects and turbines can result in bat and bird casualties. > > "These deaths may contribute to declines in the population of species also affected by other human-related impacts," it notes. "The wind energy industry and the U.S. government are researching ways to reduce the effect of wind turbines on birds and bats."
- www.zerohedge.com Green Vs Green: Endangered Flower May Wipe Out Nevada Lithium Mine
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/68554
> An essential chemical element used in manufacturing batteries, lithium plays a starring role in the green energy movement's myopic quest to replace fossil fuels. In Nevada, however, we get to observe the spectacle of green energy being thwarted by a different form of environmentalism. > > The official conferment of endangered species status on "Tiehm's buckwheat" raises the hurdle for Ioneer, the Australian mining company that has for years been planning to build an open-pit lithium mine on federal land roughly midway between Las Vegas and Reno.
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Excess deaths in 2022 ‘incredibly high’ at 13 per cent
Karen Cutter, an actuary of more than 25 years and spokeswoman for the institute’s Covid-19 Mortality Working Group, said 13 per cent was an “incredibly high number for mortality” and that it was “not clear” what was driving the increase.
- reclaimthenet.org Australia launches biometric and QR app that grants access to services
It also serves as a digital ID.
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/66098
> Shorten said that myGov app addresses privacy concerns through QR code technology, though didn’t say anything about remaining private from the snooping eyes of government. A user can prove their identity through QR Codes; the technology eliminates the need for organizations to collect or store users’ ID credentials.
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Awesome moment from Australian Senate…
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/65716
> Covid truth teller calling people out.
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Australian Crypto Exchange Swyftx Cuts 90 Jobs Amid Crypto Winter
www.coindesk.com Australian Crypto Exchange Swyftx Cuts 90 Jobs, Reducing Workforce by 35%The exchange said that it doesn't have any direct exposure to FTX, although the job cuts are a result of the crypto downturn caused by FTX.
The exchange has some 200 employees, which would imply that Swyftx is reducing some 45% of its total workforce.
Swyftx also said that it has no direct exposure to the bankrupt crypto giant FTX. The firm said the job cuts are a result of the crypto market downturn caused by FTX.
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Australian Privacy Law Updates – Proposed Enhancements to Regulatory Investigation and Enforcement Powers
cross-posted from: https://community.nicfab.it/post/20886
> Key points > > - New legislation (called the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022 (Cth) (the New Australian Privacy Laws) was introduced into the Australian Federal Parliament on 26 October 2022 and passed both Houses of Parliament two days later. The New Australian Privacy Laws enact significant changes to the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Act). Partner, Robyn Chatwood and solicitor, Malcolm Liu explain the implications below. > - Companies in breach of the Australian Privacy Act now face maximum penalties that are the greater of: > - $50 million AUD; > - Three (3) times the value of the benefit derived by the company from the breach; or > - 30% of the company’s adjusted turnover (if the value of the benefit cannot be derived) > - The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner can require a person or company to provide information or documents and answer questions, and has the power to issue infringement notices on those that fail to comply. > - So long as foreign entities carry on business within Australia, they will be within the ambit of the Privacy Act - there will be no longer be a threshold for foreign entities to hold or collect personal information within Australia before the Australian Privacy Act applies to their activities.
- cointelegraph.com Digital assets could add $40B a year to Aussie GDP: Tech Council report
The Tech Council of Australia and Accenture have released a glowing report on the outlook for the digital assets sector, labeling it a $40 billion opportunity.
The report estimates digital assets — such as cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, tokens, and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) — could deliver an “80% reduction in retail payments costs by 2030,” save Australian businesses 200 million hours per year by automating tax compliance and administration, and a further 400,000 hours in preparing documents for business loans.
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It Begins: Australia to Cancel or Refund Tens of Thousands of Fines Issued During COVID Pandemic - Government Lawyers Admit Some Fines were 'Invalid'
www.thegatewaypundit.com It Begins: Australia to Cancel or Refund Tens of Thousands of Fines Issued During COVID Pandemic - Government Lawyers Admit Some Fines were 'Invalid' | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft | 120Australia is famous for its totalitarian COVID restrictions and vaccine mandates.
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/64333
> The Commissioner of Fines Administration rescinded 33,121 of the 62,138 COVID-related fines that had been issued. The ruling does not affect any outstanding fines, 29,017 fines would still need to be paid. > > All penalties, including license suspensions, will be lifted. Refunds will be issued to those who have already paid.