Australians have been told to brace for more rain and flooding this summer after the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said in its latest climate update for the region that the La Nina Alert will remain in place. “The Bureau’s ENSO Outlook continues at La Niña ALERT, indicating at least a 70 percent chance of La…
La Nina Weather Pattern Predicted To Return in Southern Hemisphere: Bureau of Meterology
Blaming Pakistan’s Flood Disaster on Human Driven Climate Change May Be Premature
August 31, 2022
admin
climate changedisplaced peopleEnvironmentIndiaInternationalnatural disasterOpinionPakistan floodScienceScience NewsViewpointsWorld
0 Comment
Commentary The World Climate Declaration (WCD), signed by over 1100 reputable scientists, including Nobel Prize winners (pdf), states that there “is no statistical evidence that global warming is intensifying hurricanes, floods, droughts, and suchlike natural disasters, or making them more frequent.” It is useful to reflect upon this statement in the context of a discussion on…
Backlash Forces New Zealand Government to Abandon Plan to Tax Pension Funds
August 31, 2022
admin
Asia & PacificAustraliaBusiness & MarketsChristopher LuxoneconomyInternationalJacinda Ardernpension fundWorld
0 Comment
New Zealand government has shelved its proposal to impose the goods and services tax (GST) on KiwiSaver, New Zealand’s pension fund, less than 24 hours after it was put forward, following strong backlash from the public, the opposition party, and the fund sector. Introduced to parliament on Tuesday evening, the tax was intended to “even…
Russia Halts Gas Flows to Europe via Key Route, Germany Sees ‘No Cause for Alarm’ Yet
Russia on Wednesday halted gas supplies via a key European supply route citing maintenance issues, in a move that some European countries see as retaliation for backing Ukraine in the war and that sent prices on a wild ride intraday. Russia’s state energy giant Gazprom said Nord Stream 1, the biggest pipeline carrying gas to…
Cargo Ship Beached After Collision in Bay of Gibraltar
MADRID—Gibraltar authorities said Tuesday that a cargo ship has been beached to prevent it from sinking after it collided with a liquefied natural gas carrier in the Bay of Gibraltar. A government spokesman said that the situation was under control and the ship was not in danger. He said there had been no environmental impact…
Australian Leaders Pay Tribute to Man Who Lifted ‘Great Shadow’ From Humanity
August 31, 2022
admin
anthony albaneseAustraliaEuropeInternationalMikhail GorbachevRichard MarlesRussia-Ukraine WarSoviet UnionWorld
0 Comment
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has led tributes to the late former leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, saying he changed the world for the better and that one of the true giants on the 2oth Century was gone. In an official media statement, Albanese said that Gorbachev was instrumental in transitioning the Soviet…
Defence Minister Unable to Confirm If Solomons’ US Naval Ship Ban Extends to Australia
August 31, 2022
admin
Asia & PacificAustraliaChinaChina-Australia RelationsInternationalInternational RelationsManasseh SogavareNational SecurityRichard MarlesSolomon IslandsSouth PacificUSUS NewsUS-China relationsWorld
0 Comment
Defence Minister Richard Marles could not confirm whether a recent ban on U.S. naval ship visits to the Solomon Islands extended to Australian vessels. On Aug. 29, the U.S. Embassy in Canberra revealed the Solomon Islands had notified the U.S. authorities of a “moratorium” on all naval visits pending updates to its “protocol procedures.” “We…
Men Fighting Back Against the Gender Bureaucracy
August 30, 2022
admin
Australiabureaucracychild support paymentsfeministInternationalOpinionsexual assault allegationViewpointsWorld
0 Comment
Commentary It makes a pleasant change to see men fighting back—standing up to bureaucrats revelling in their feminist-bestowed power to crush ordinary blokes. Here are two stories of people facing injustice who took on the authorities and won. The first involved a senior doctor working in the health bureaucracy in Queensland, Australia, who suddenly found…
Libya: 2 Egyptian Migrants Dead, 19 Missing After Capsizing
CAIRO— A boat carrying Egyptian migrants capsized off Libya’s coast, leaving two people dead and 19 more missing and presumed dead, the Libyan agency that combats illegal migration said Monday, in the latest migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea. The boat was carrying 27 migrants and was found over the weekend off the northeastern town…
NZ Police Allegedly Asked Australia for Help to Stop Rebel News Reporter Avi Yemini From Entering the Country
It has been alleged that New Zealand (NZ) police have directly contacted Australian authorities for information that enabled Immigration NZ to deny Australian Rebel News journalist Avi Yemini entry to NZ to report on a protest critical of the Labour government. While attempting to board a plane to New Zealand on Aug. 22, Yemini’s passport…
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta