Watching US President Joe Biden’s joint press conference to announce the signing of an historic pact alongside flat-screen versions of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian PM Scott Morrison, the sense of being part of something big and important that most of us Aussies felt soon disappeared when Sleepy …
Read More »The stunning betrayal of France by America over nuclear subs for Australia signals a huge geopolitical shift in US strategy
On Wednesday night, America’s Joe Biden, Australia’s Scott Morrison and Britain’s Boris Johnson held a virtual trilateral summit whereby they affirmed a new agreement, titled AUKUS – a groundbreaking pledge to intensify military cooperation between the three Anglosphere allies, bringing them even closer by pooling critical technologies and research. Chief amongst …
Read More »Three Eyes… against China? Biden says US & UK to help Australia build ‘conventionally armed’ NUCLEAR submarines
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison joined US President Joe Biden in a virtual three-way announcement of what Biden called the “new phase of trilateral security cooperation” between the old allies on Wednesday. The future of the three countries and even the world “depends on …
Read More »Biden to launch NUCLEAR tech working group alongside UK and Australia in apparent bid to push back against China – reports
Biden is expected to announce a new defense pact, reportedly called AUUKUS and involving the UK and Australia, according to the news outlet, which cited an unnamed White House official and a congressional staffer. It reportedly will focus on sharing information in areas like artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, long-range strike capabilities, and even …
Read More »Australia purchases 1mn Moderna doses as its 3d most populous state narrowly avoids lockdown
Residents of the country’s third most populous state heaved a sigh of relief on Sunday after it reported zero new Covid-19 infections in 24 hours. The threat of a lockdown continues to loom large over Queensland after a cluster of five cases was reported, all stemming from one family. Queensland …
Read More »Lockdown looms over Australia’s Queensland after five local Covid-19 infections
There were eight cases of Covid-19 detected in Queensland on Saturday, including five local transmissions, provincial health authorities have reported. The latter are all members of the same family in Queensland capital Brisbane, which was “really good news,” according to Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. “In the next 24 to 48 hours …
Read More »Caitlin Johnstone: Australia’s not a free country. State surveillance and autocracy are rife because we have no bill of rights
There’s a lot to criticize, from soldiers patrolling state borders and policing the streets of Sydney, to people being arrested for merely posting about lockdown protests on social media, to police accessing QR-tracing information and firing projectile weapons at lockdown protesters, to news broadcasters naming and shaming Covid patients who violate isolation orders, to the frequently ineffective hotel quarantine system …
Read More »Victoria, Australia will ‘LOCK OUT’ unvaccinated people from its economy
Victoria is currently under draconian lockdown restrictions, with residents of Melbourne – who make up the vast majority of the state’s population – living under a 9pm to 5am curfew, forbidden from leaving their homes except to work, buy groceries, or get a Covid-19 vaccination. When the lockdown is lifted, …
Read More »How Australia’s zero-covid strategy turned into a total shambles thanks to our inept leaders
Readers in the UK, Europe and America may find these figures difficult to believe – but they underlie the unique nature of Covid politics in Australia. Australia’s success came about because Prime Minister Morrison closed our borders to international travellers in March 2020, and shortly afterwards established a national cabinet, …
Read More »‘Illegal engagement party’ in Australia results in $300,000+ in FINES for breaching strict Covid lockdown
Some 56 attendees at the party, held in the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield North earlier this month, were fined more than $5,400 each, a Victoria police spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. All said and done, the engagement gathering racked up a $305,312 price tag for the penalties alone. “Victoria Police is …
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