Commentary Australia’s federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced on Dec. 16 that the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) would be replaced by a new body. The AAT was established under the Fraser Coalition government in 1976 to review government administrative decisions. Thus, it is an important judicial organ in terms of government accountability. It has jurisdiction to…
G-7 Nations to Provide Vietnam With $15.5 Billion to Cut Coal Use
HANOI—The Group of Seven (G-7) industrialized nations will provide $15.5 billion to help Vietnam transition away from coal, the British foreign office said on Wednesday. The deal will be the third agreement of this type reached by G-7 nations. The group signed similar deals last year with South Africa and last month with Indonesia. An…
‘You’re in the Minority’: Conservative Students Struggle to Find a Voice on University Campus
December 16, 2022
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As Barclay McGain walked into the campus of the University of Queensland (UQ), the lack of diversity in political clubs caught his attention. There’s the Socialist Alternative, three different climate change clubs, the UQ Greens, the Labor left, and the Labor right. Meanwhile, on the right, there’s the UQ Liberal National Society, which McGain argued…
Netherlands Imposes Rent Control on 300,000 Homes to Deal With Affordability Crisis
December 16, 2022
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The Dutch government will control how much landlords can charge renters in a plan supposed to alleviate ongoing housing affordability problems. Over 300,000 homes will be affected by the plan with rental prices to be cut by an average of 190 euros (US$202) per month. The maximum rent allowed will be 1,100 euros (US$1,171) and…
Judicial Tyranny in Brazil
Commentary Indigenous people have special protection under Brazilian law. This was so at least until Dec. 12, when an indigenous leader was arrested by order of Justice Alexandre de Moraes of the Supreme Court of Brazil. Cacique Serere (“Chief Tserere”) of the Xavante Tribe dared to criticise the behaviour of top electoral judges during the…
Turkey-Russia-Syria Axis Taking Shape After Erdogan Calls for Meeting With Assad
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has voiced his country’s willingness to cooperate with Moscow and Damascus against Kurdish militant groups based in northern Syria. “We want to take steps with Syria and Russia, as a trio,” Erdogan was quoted as saying on Dec. 15 by Turkey’s Anadolu Agency. He also called for a trilateral summit…
West Sees Decline of Medical Ethics by Ignoring China’s Forced Organ Harvesting: Advocate
December 16, 2022
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An advocate has sounded the alarm that the West turning a blind eye to the Chinese regime’s forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience has led to a decay in medical ethics. “By being a bystander of this forced organ harvesting happening, allowing China to commit this forced organ harvesting … I think some of…
US Funded Program in Australia to Help Pacific Nations Battle Cybersecurity Threats
December 15, 2022
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A new Australian program supported by the United States will help organisations in 11 Indo-Pacific nations safeguard against emerging cybersecurity threats. Led by researchers at Monash University and Oceania Cyber Security Centre (OCSC) in Melbourne and funded by the United States Department of State, the Post-Quantum Cryptography in the Indo-Pacific Program (PQCIP) aims to help organisations…
Exclusive: Second CCP Overseas Police Station Located in Australia
December 15, 2022
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In addition to the one Chinese police station in Sydney that has drawn public concern recently, one more contact point linked to Beijing has been identified in Australia, according to a new report by the international human rights group Safeguard Defenders. The “service centre” is among 48 Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-operated illegal police outputs globally that have…
Experts Warn UK Not to Trust TikTok’s Pledge to Keep User Data From CCP
December 15, 2022
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A TikTok executive recently told the UK Parliament that while users’ personal data collected by the app can be remotely accessed in China, the company would never provide the data to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). However, it appears the reassurance has done little to ease the concerns around the social media giant and its…
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