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A Chinese Communist Party newspaper said Beijing should retaliate with long-range strikes if Australia gets involved once a military conflict breaks out in the Taiwan Straits.

Darwin is turning into the Morrison government’s dumping ground We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Stephanie Dowrick Save Normal text size Advertisement It is increasingly obvious that hotels – built for tourists or temporary stays by non-infectious residents – are unsuitable and unsustainable as a quarantine solution. The answer now increasingly argued for is that of Howard Springs, near Darwin, in the Northern Territory. ...

Steve Toussaint is playing The Sea Snake on 'House of Dragon'. Learn more about the character and the actor who is playing the role.

   UKUSA Agreement The United Kingdom – United States of America Agreement is a multilateral agreement for cooperation in signals intelligence among the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The alliance of intelligence operations is also known as Five Eyes. It was first signed in March 1946 by the United Kingdom and the United States and later extended to encompass the three Commonwealth realms of Canada, Australia and New Zeala...

Australian government upgrades northern military bases following “drums of war” call Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday announced a revamped $747 million package to overhaul four strategic military facilities in the Northern Territory, clearly in preparation for a US-instigated war against China. The announcement came just two days after Home Affairs Department secretary Michael Pezzullo issued an extraordinary public warning that the “drums of war are beating” and the country must...

The executions behind Andrew Peacock’s Cambodia crusade The late politician’s principled stand against murderous dictator Pol Pot in the late 1970s would forever change the way Australia deals with foreign regimes. Two Australians were captured in 1978 and tortured to death by the Khmer Rouge at the Tuol Sleng security prison, which is now a genocide museum.  Getty Save Share It was an unlikely setting for a bust-up between an Australian prime minister and his foreign minister. En...

The show is set a few hundred years prior to the events of Game of Thrones and tells the story of House Targaryen and the Targaryen civil war that became known as the “Dance of the Dragons.” Here’s more about the characters: “ Toussaint will star as Lord Corlys Velaryon, ‘The Sea Snake.’ Lord of House Velaryon, a Valyrian bloodline as old as House Targaryen. As ‘The Sea Snake,’ the most famed nautical adventurer in the history of Westeros, Lord Corlys built his house into a pow...

Breadcrumbs This Is How the Deadliest Pathogen Will Be Brought to America and We Are Not Talking Covid Submitted by Dave Hodges on Saturday, April 10, 2021 - 12:10. Just as the American southern border is under attack, so it in Australia. The Chinese invasion is threatening the Australian culture, education system and is moving into the political arena. The resulting chaos has largely been ignored by the government, until recently. This is happening in New Zealand, Canada and the United State...

by James ONeill / April 6th, 2021 Australia has always struggled to present an independent foreign policy to the world. For example, during its early days as a British colony its soldiers fought in the Crimean war in the mid 19th century, although it would be impossible to identify any Australian interest in that conflict. World War One saw a similar eagerness to die on behalf of the British Empire. To this day the most solemn day in the Australian calendar is 25th April, ANZAC Day, when Austra...

Horror History: Happy Birthday to The King of Modern Horror, JAMES WAN! On this day in horror history, Saw, Insidious, The Conjuring, Aquaman, Furious 7, and Dead Silence director James Wan was born in 1977. By Mike Sprague On this day in horror history, director James Wan was born in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia in 1977. Wan is best known for helming Saw, Insidious, and Dead Silence. Death Sentence, Furious 7, and Aquaman. Malig...