Commentary The Australian Labor Party and the trade unions have been waging a war against what they call “insecure work” and contracting for some years, but it is only now they are in power that the reality is starting to dawn on employers. Take BHP. The mining giant complains that the cost of Labor’s “Same Job. Same…
Labor Reshaping Australia’s IR System to Fit the Union Vision
We Don’t Need to Become a Republic, We Are One
Commentary I wonder how long King Charles will reign over this realm of Australia. I am in favour of the King, but not particularly optimistic about his future here. In 1995, former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who was at that time CEO of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy (ACM), asked me to set up a Tasmanian…
Australian Garlic Can Eliminate 99.9 Percent of COVID-19, Flu Cells: Scientists
Scientists in a “world first” study now say Australian garlic could be key to fighting COVID-19 infections and the flu. In a study by the Melbourne-based Peter Doherty Institute, researchers extracted a specific ingredient, the Proprietary Ingredient SupaG, from Australian-grown garlic varieties. “The results came as a world first, with the findings from specific garlic…
Moscow Claims Ukrainian Military Intelligence HQ Hit by Russian Strike
Recent Russian barrages near Kyiv included a successful strike on the headquarters of Ukraine’s military intelligence apparatus, Russian officials—including President Vladimir Putin—have said. “We have already mentioned the possibility of strikes targeting decision-making headquarters and centers,” Putin said on the evening of May 30. “The Ukrainian military intelligence headquarters, which was hit two or three…
German Police Say Teen Injured in Post-Match Brawl With French Team Has Died
FRANKFURT, Germany—A 15-year-old soccer player has died after suffering severe brain injuries during a post-match brawl with an opposing team at an international youth tournament in Germany over the weekend, officials said Wednesday. Frankfurt police said in a statement that a postmortem examination will be carried out on the teen in the coming days. A…
South Auckland Residents Wake up to Toxic Smoke
A scrapyard blaze in south Auckland briefly brought the city’s train network to a standstill as residents received health warnings over the toxic smoke covering the region. Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) were alerted to smoke in south Auckland at midnight on May 31. On arrival, they found a pile of scrap metal that…
IN-DEPTH: Imagine If John Lennon Had Lived Past 1980
There is a scene from the 2019 film “Yesterday” where protagonist Jack is overcome with joy at seeing a former Beatle member alive and well in a seaside cottage. Modern music history is replete with such “what ifs.” What if The Beatles had never broken up? What if John Lennon was not gunned down in…
Chinese Ambassador Tries to Give Australia a Tax Lesson
Commentary It is consoling to learn that the Chinese ambassador to Australia is concerned about how we spend our taxes. What, I wondered, could he impart to us about the expenditure of taxes by the Chinese authorities? Perhaps we could be building dozens of coal-fired power stations, as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is doing?…
Retail Crime in New Zealand Remains Rampant Despite Government Measures
As New Zealand continues to endure a retail crime wave, some small business owners have criticised the central government’s latest measures for security fog cannons which they say is doing nothing to address the root issue. An anti-theft device, the fog cannons work by releasing an immediate cloud of fog, making it much more difficult…
Apollo Astronauts Say US Needs to Take Space Seriously as Front in ‘New Cold War’ With China
Veteran moonwalkers of the Apollo Program say that the United States needs to take space seriously as a front in a “new Cold War” with China. Astronauts Charles Duke of Apollo 16, Harrison Schmitt of Apollo 17, Rusty Schweikert of Apollo 9, and Randy Bresnik of Artemis II, an upcoming mission to the Moon, discussed…
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