A majority of Australians want consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to be banned from government contracts following the revelations the company used confidential government information to create products that allegedly allowed clients to not pay tax. According to research released on June 20 by the Australia Institute, 79 percent or four in five Australians want the consulting…
Nearly 80 Percent of Australians Want PwC Banned From Government Contracts: Survey
Teacher’s Registration Cancelled for Refusing to Call Student by Preferred Pronouns
A New Zealand high school maths teacher has had his teaching license cancelled for refusing to call his Year 10 student by her preferred name and pronouns. The New Zealand teaching council’s Complaints Assessment Committee charged the teacher with serious misconduct for not calling the student by a male name and he/him pronouns, a charge…
Pentagon Admits $6.2 Billion ‘Accounting Error’ in Military Aid for Ukraine
The U.S. Department of Defense on Tuesday said it has overcounted the value of the weapons it sent to Ukraine over the past two years by $6.2 billion. This error occurred because U.S. military officials didn’t count the actual value of what was pulled from the Pentagon’s weapons stockpile and sent to Ukraine but instead…
Top Australian Military Officers Referred to Hague Over Afghan Leadership
Top Australian military officers have been referred to the International Criminal Court of Justice (ICC) over their leadership during the Afghan war campaign after allegations that Australian soldiers committed war crimes. Speaking in the Australian Senate on June 20, Tasmanian Senator Jacquie Lambie said that there was a culture of covering up incidents that went…
Queensland Opens Needle-Free Vaccine Skin Patches Factory
June 20, 2023
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Australia has opened the doors to a vaccine skin patch manufacturing facility in hopes to reduce the complexities and costs associated with existing vaccines and be better position the country for future pandemics. Situated in Brisbane’s riverside suburb of Hamilton, biotechnology company Vaxxas expects to manufacture and distribute the first commercially available vaccine patches within…
All Chinese Asylum Applications in May Rejected in Australia
June 20, 2023
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Refugee applications in Australia saw a surge in May, with Chinese applicants coming in second, the latest figures from Australia’s Department of Home Affairs revealed. According to the latest figures released, 1,896 people living in Australia have applied for onshore asylum visas, the highest number since February 2020. Among the nearly 2,000 asylum applications, only…
Biden Calls Xi a Dictator After US-China Talks
June 20, 2023
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President Joe Biden called Chinese leader Xi Jinping a “dictator” on Tuesday while recalling the spy balloon incident after State Secretary Antony Blinken concluded his visit to Beijing to stabilize U.S.-China ties. Biden said the recent incident with the Chinese spy balloon, which was shot down by the U.S. military after being blown off course over…
Prayers for Rain to Put Out Wildfires Were Answered in Alberta, but Next Came Floods
Alberta firefighters, farmers, and others may have wished for rain to help the firefighters battle raging wildfires that started at the end of April, but now the rain just won’t stop, causing evacuations, shelter-in-place orders, river advisories, and flood warnings throughout the Prairie province. Just a few days after more than 8,000 homeowners in Yellowhead…
Beyond the Absurd: When Your Mother Encounters a Naked Man in the Change Room at the Public Pool
Commentary For years my mother has gone swimming several times per week at her local pool in Ottawa. The pool is a central part of her life, but recently her once-innocuous activity became unsafe. About two months ago, my mother finished her swim and went to the women’s change room to shower. Afterwards she wrapped…
Alberta NDP Demands RCMP Investigation Into Premier, Citing Concluded Ethics Investigation
EDMONTON—The day the newly elected cabinet of the Alberta government was sworn in, New Democrat Party (NDP) leader Rachel Notley and one of her Calgary MLAs sent a letter to the RCMP demanding an investigation into Premier Danielle Smith. The letter, dated June 20, is addressed to RCMP K Division and uses a report from…
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