Nationals Party leader David Littleproud said the agriculture industry currently faces a workforce shortage of over 170,000 workers, which the Nationals say will only get worse if the federal government scraps the agricultural visa. Littleproud warned the shortage would steer Australia dangerously close to a food security crisis that could lead to further spikes in cost of…
Address Worker Shortage or Face Food Security Crisis: Australian Opposition Leader Warns
August 26, 2022
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Australian Government Keen to Adopt Biden Administration Policy on Big Business
August 26, 2022
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Australia’s assistant minister for competition, Andrew Leigh, says the country should follow in the footsteps of the Biden administration and adopt a more cynical view of big business, including more government intervention in the market. The Labor minister has blamed increasing market concentration in the hands of a few big companies for creating higher prices…
Gender-Affirmation Fast Tracks Young People to Surgeries: Lawyer
August 26, 2022
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Young people who believe they are of the opposite gender are being encouraged to think gender-reassignment surgeries are the best course of action, an Australian lawyer has said. The comment follows recent media reports about a Sydney woman who sued her psychiatrist for professional negligence when allowing her to undergo gender surgeries in her early…
New Zealand Secures Monkeypox Medicine, But Finds it Difficult to Get Vaccine Supply
The New Zealand government has announced it has secured a supply of tecovirimat, the medicine used to treat monkeypox, but was still working to secure a supply of the monkeypox vaccine, known as Jynneos or Imvanex. Associate Minister of Health Ayesha Verrall said that 504 courses of tecovirimat are expected to be available in the…
‘Reclaiming Medicine’: Alternative Doctors’ Union to Host Conference on COVID-19 Censorship
August 25, 2022
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The alternative union movement, the Australian Medical Professionals’ Society (AMPS), will be organising one of the largest formal conferences to discuss the consequences of the lockdown policies on the medical profession in the country. AMPS is part of Red Union, an umbrella organisation for several newly established trade unions servicing teachers, nurses, police officers, and…
US Helicopters and Gunships Strike Alleged Iran Groups in Syria Counterattack
The U.S. military on Thursday launched strikes against alleged Iran-backed groups in Syria in the latest attack in a rapidly escalating conflict between both sides, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed Thursday. Hours after the Iran-backed groups fired rockets at two U.S. military installations in Syria, wounding three U.S. soldiers, officials in CENTCOM confirmed it targeted the groups…
Putin Orders Russian Military to Beef Up Forces by 137,000
MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered the Russian military to increase the number of troops by 137,000 to a total of 1.15 million amid Moscow’s military action in Ukraine. Putin’s decree, which takes effect on Jan. 1, didn’t specify whether the military will beef up its ranks by drafting a bigger number of conscripts,…
Teenage Pilot, 17, Becomes Youngest Person to Fly Around the World Solo
A 17-year-old teenage pilot has become the youngest person to fly solo around the world in a small aircraft. Mack Rutherford, who is aged approximately 17 years and 64 days according to Guinness World Records (GWR), landed in Bulgaria on Aug. 24 following a five-month journey across 52 countries. The teen aviator had departed from the same…
Meta, Twitter Remove ‘Network of Accounts’ That Promoted ‘Pro-Western Narratives’ While Opposing China, Russia, Iran: Report
August 25, 2022
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Facebook and Twitter took down a network of social media accounts that “used deceptive tactics” to promote pro-Western narratives that supported the United States and its allies while opposing countries like China, Russia, and Iran, according to a report released on Aug. 24. The joint investigation by the Stanford Internet Observatory and Graphika, a social media analytics firm,…
Bodies of Two Children Found in Suitcases in New Zealand, Relative Believed to Be in South Korea
The remains of the two children, aged between five and ten, have been discovered in two suitcases bought at an auction in New Zealand, prompting a homicide investigation. A possible relative of two children, whose bodies were found on Aug. 11, is believed to be in South Korea, Seoul Police said, according to the Associated…
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