The countdown to the next Australian federal election is officially on, with voters gearing up for a significant decision on Saturday, May 3, 2025. As campaigns heat up and the Prime Minister has initiated a fiv
As well as their own welfare, national leaders also have to consider whether it is the right time for their party and their country to have a change of leader. While Ardern’s star was considered to be waning – domestically, at least – ahead of a general election later this year, Stur...
indicate that humanity’s next emerging global trend is on the horizon [1]. Presented as the future of the Internet, the metaverse is a combination of different virtual spaces united in a 3D universe, empowering its users to work, meet, game, and socialize [2]. The new metaverse...
The standout among these was The Weekend, by the Australian author Charlotte Wood, which I found via a (highly deserved) glowing recommendation from Cathy at 746books (thanks, Cathy! I would have missed this one otherwise). In Weekend, three women who have known each other for the better ...
“If you don't know ... when the lights will go out ... you might as well read." --- Clive James
Guo will face the court on “allegations relating to multiple breaches of his directors’ duties,” the Australian Securities and Investments Commissionsaidin a May 28 press release. ASIC alleged Guo made multiple breaches of directors’ duties relating to his dealings with ACX Exchang...
Cardshark says: January 31, 2022 at 9:20 pm Just call what is going on here Mao’s Cultural Revolution Redux. Is it any wonder that the Democrats are also trying to recreate Mao’s Great Leap Foward with their “Green Leap Forward”. jiminalaska says: January 31, 2022 at 5:22 pm...
For around thre decades now, in quite ubtle ways, and more latantly over the past five years, American, British, Canadian, Australian, French, German and Brazilian governments have unleashed a series of all out assaults on dissent and criticism of authority against political opponents, weapon...
Don't ask John Gustafson or Max Goldman, the beloved characters of 'Grumpy Old Men' fame, 'How Old is Too Old to Shovel Snow?' You just might get a big, "Why don’t you do the world a favor and take your lower lip and pull it over your head and swallow?” Ask someone who ...
the country's labor movement over local state-run television broadcasts. One message said: "Enough price increases, lies and repressions. Solidarity Toruń," while another argued that "it is our duty to boycott the election." The four men responsible were eventually discovered and charged with ...