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The Posthuman Caste Vision: Cyborg ruling classes and a Genetically-engineered Species
TOTT NEWS The transhuman promise of ‘superhuman’ abilities will be reserved for the ‘chosen class’, while the masses merge with technology designed for a constant state of surveillance and control. In attempt to give themselves godlike abilities, the...
Clive Palmer and One Nation flopped at the election. What happened?
Benjamin Moffitt, Australian Catholic University. Many commentators tipped Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party (UAP) and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation to perform well this election by scooping up the “freedom” and anti-vax vote from voters angry about how the pandemic...
The Spirit Rises
Convoy to Canberra: The Day Australia Changed Forever This is an extract from the upcoming book Convoy to Canberra: The Day Australia Changed Forever. This is Part Two of Chapter Seven, The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth. The book will be available in the coming weeks....
Time for a re-build
John Curtin is best remembered as a war-time Prime Minister. He is routinely described as Australia’s greatest prime minister. His policy work, alongside that of his Treasurer, Ben Chifley, was crucial in establishing a welfare state, on Australian lines,...
Morrison reaped what he had sown
Writing this a couple of days after the most important election in Australian history, Australians did finally find their voices, and in no uncertain manner told the neo-liberal jackals who had come storming into public life that they were finished. Why the most...
Team Australia – a sporting analysis
2022 has been a tough year. Let us take a look at the list, where they are at, what they have produced recently, and take a look at what we can expect for this year. I want to take a look at the players first, and leave the evaluation of the coach to last. Obviously...
MSM Offers Rare Glimpse Into How Bad Things Are Really Going For Ukrainian Forces
Listen to a reading of this article:❖While everyone’s focused on the latest mass shooting in the US, The Washington Post published what may be the first major acknowledgement from the mainstream western media that Ukraine’s war against Russia has not been nearly the cakewalk they’ve been leading the public to
Has America Tried Bombing Its Mass Shooting Problem? Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Listen to a reading of this article:❖Oh cool it’s the part of the news cycle where Democrats and Republicans pretend something’s going to change about American gun laws for a few days.“It’s a gun control problem!”“Nuh-uh it’s a mental health problem!”[Nothing changes about gun laws or mental health care][Repeat]❖There’s probably
They’re Just Outright Telling Us That Peace In Ukraine Is Not An Option
Listen to a reading of this article:❖US Senator Joe Manchin said at the World Economic Forum on Monday that he opposes any kind of peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia.Manchin, who at the moment is one of the most powerful elected officials in Washington, added that only the complete forcible ejection of
ELECTION 2022 – AFTERMATH
Anthony Albanese has been sworn in as the 31st Prime Minister of Australia. He does not pretend to be a charismatic leader, but I know him well enough to say he is a reliable administrator and proven negotiator who will not run away from any of the huge challenges...
POLITICAL PARTIES WILL DIE ON SATURDAY
Election 2022 will result in Australians choosing a minority ALP Government. Many Independents will be elected and the Greens will enhance their numbers. ALP will win some seats and lose others, leaving them short of a majority. The cross bench will guarantee supply...
Tony Windsor and Everald Compton have formed a team to get Rural Independents elected and invite you to join them.
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This election we need to see real change for First Nations communities
The narrative of the 2022 federal election is that we are all doing it tough. It suggests that we are struggling equally to afford childcare, fuel and our daily groceries – to get and keep the very roofs over our heads while dealing with war in Europe, a pandemic and
Structural Reform – dissent is not a mandate for disrespect
Our people are dying in custody, our children continue to be removed at alarming levels, our children are locked up, our people struggle to advocate for access to health services, our communities don’t have access to affordable housing and basic living necessities and we are year after year experiencing continued
Scott Morrison appointed former Labor MP and Woodside executive Gary Gray as Ambassador to Ireland to cover up the East Timor bugging scandal
There is a prima facie case to charge former Labor Party MP, and current Ambassador to Ireland, Gary Gray with criminal offences for his role in the bugging of the East Timor […] The post Scott Morrison appointed former Labor MP and Woodside executive Gary Gray...
ABC media bias and propaganda exposed. David Gazard and Alexander Downer push Liberal Party propaganda while deceiving ABC viewers
Liberals David Gazard and Alexander Downer have over the last few days been getting promoted for free by the ABC which wouldn’t be a huge issue if the audience were made aware […] The post ABC media bias and propaganda exposed. David Gazard and Alexander...
Community Independents, who helped destroy the Liberal Party, are a movement that is here to stay and how they weaponised Barnaby Joyce to win seats
Based on the success of the Community Independents in the 2022 federal election there is no chance of the Liberal/National Party coalition ever governing Australia as a majority government again and in […] The post Community Independents, who helped destroy the...
Defending press freedom in the pacific is Australia's next challenge
This should probably not come as a surprise, but there is some evidence that China is exercising undue influence over the media in the Pacific. and more particularly Papua New Guinea.Our closest neighbour has robust social media platforms. Some of the material published online is highly defamatory, but some of
A more caring society
There is a campaign in Australia to make people more caring. In practical terms, to double the amount given to charity by 2030. Philanthropy Australia has a blueprint to achieve that, as does the recently elected Federal Labor Government.Philanthropy Australia may have the most success getting policy changes like expanding
When it comes to housing policy, why aren’t we talking about building more homes?
Housing affordability was one of the key issues of the Federal Election. Accordingly, both the Coalition and Labor have promised policies to help more people into home ownership by giving them greater borrowing power.The LNP has promised to expand the Home Guarantee Scheme – whereby the government acts as guarantor
Underground book clubs form as teens rebel against establishment
Teen book nerds have had enough and are forming banned book clubs with support of book stores, parents and wordsmiths across the US.Today, more than 1,500 books—many LGBTQ and race
Meet a CEO: CashD’s Marcus Lasarow
We sat down with Marcus Lasarow, Founder and CEO of FinTech start-up CashD, a company that empowers Australian companies with the ability to lower staff churn by way of innovative
CEOs called out for using stupid passwords on social media
These decision makers’ lax attitudes toward their mind-boggling password choices led to over 15.6 million data breaches across 17 industries.Let’s state the obvious, shall we. Passwords suck.I mean how many
Bra-burning to Hollywood – trailblazing women in film
In an electric event held at the ANU last month, some of Australia’s best female film makers and experts shone a light on a tough, sexist industry. The battle continues for female film practitioners and their supporters in policy, media, activism and academia to not only celebrate their achievements but
When women vote, reason trumps rage
A hundred or so years ago, there was a woman called Vida Goldstein. She was an internationally renowned suffragist. She was the first Australian in the oval office. She ran as an independent several times because she was so independent, that she couldn’t bring herself to run for either of
Online data could be used against people seeking abortions
When the draft of a Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked to the press, many of us who have been studying privacy for vulnerable individuals came to a troubling realization: The marginalized and vulnerable populations whose online risks have been the subject of our attention
Week 6 Election Wrap And Election Day Special!
And so, it has come to this. The day of the 2022 federal election. Week 6 of the campaign wasn’t that different to the previous five weeks: an array of announcements from both sides of politics, a campaign launch from the Liberal–National Coalition – held in the
Week 5 Election Wrap, The Leader’s Debates, The Return of the Democrats, And A Failing Coalition Campaign
Scott Morrison must now be rueing his decision to embark on a six-week election campaign, and it appears the longer it continues, the worse his position has become. Week five of the campaign commenced with a leader’s debate which closely resembled a combination of a rugby scrum
Week 4 Election Wrap, Labor Launch, Albanese At The Kitchen Table, The Economy And Corruption
Four weeks into the campaign and real votes are being cast, with the acceptance of postal votes and the prepoll period commencing soon. In 2019, Labor won the two-party preferred vote – but lost the vote by a wide margin during the prepolling period and, as
TRUE CRIME VILLAINS VANQUISHED! The complete list of LOSERS from the 2022 Federal Election
ANALYSIS: The federal election just gone by was almost like a vanquishing of a number of assorted True Crime News Weekly ‘villains’ from across the ages. Pierce Field shares the parts we played in bringing down some of the worst people to ever grace the Parliament, seat-by-seat.
“IVAN MILAT GAVE ME A LIFT … AND TRIED TO MURDER ME”! Teacher reveals horror memory from summer of 1976 after hitching ride with serial killer
“VERY OMINOUS”! Grave fears held for Thai woman last seen in Kings Cross SIX MONTHS AGO
EXCLUSIVE: A popular Thai woman last seen at Kings Cross six months ago may have fallen to ill will or become the victim of foul play, several friends fear. Serkan Ozturk reports. Akira Khanthavarakul is a 36-year-old Thai national who was last seen alive in Kings