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While Australia suffers for criticising China, New Zealand is cozying up to the Communist regime. Plus, Superstar singer to Olympic swimmer, Cody Simpson’s career U-turn.

While Australia’s swift response to COVID-19 has allowed us to largely elude the levels of physical illness in many countries, it has also exacerbated an…

IPL 2021 Phase 2: KKR’s Pat Cummins is all set to pull out while other Australian players including Glenn Maxwell also doubtful for UAE leg

It’s good for business. North Sea Bubble – Billy Bragg Peace activists disrupting work at the Brisbane office of Boeing Defence saying the company’s construction of weaponised drones and other autonomous weapons is part of a militarism that is out of control. Photo supplied. Miriam Torzillo It may surprise some people to learn that the Brisbane Exhibition Centre, normally the venue for bridal expos and trucking displays, will this year play host to the Land Forces Expo, an arms fair wh...

The media certainly ‘loves to feed fear’ despite Australia’s COVID-free status14/05/2021|3min While Australia should be celebrating its “COVID-free state”, there’s still a lot of fear around and “the media certainly loves to feed it,” according to Sky News host Chris Kenny. Favourite

Australia ‘cannot remain a prison island’ indefinitely: Rita Panahi11/05/2021|5min While Australia is in a good position compared with the world, “don’t for a second be fooled” into thinking we’re not paying an enormous price for that good fortune, says Sky News host Rita Panahi. It comes ahead of the federal budget, which Ms Panahi says will be “sold as a feel-good budget”. “This country is in debt like never before,” she said. “The big spending government largesse has pu...

‘The politics here are horrendous’: Unpopular decisions needed for budget repair By Lachlan Maddock 03 May 2021 Despite its “red hot recovery”, Australia will likely need to save in the order of $40 billion a year if it wants to get the budget back into balance in the face of weak growth and business spending.  While Australia is enjoying one of the sharpest recoveries in the world, the “smartest way” to repair the...

   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...

Apr 23, 2021 06:21 GMTFXStreet News GBP/USD consolidates the heaviest losses in nearly two weeks. Vaccine hopes, doubts over Biden’s capital gains tax hike proposal portray mild risk-on mood. Brexit jitters renew ahead of April 27 deadline, French fisherman eyes blockade ports over no access to UK waters. CBI hints British factories expect strongest rebound since 1973, Retail Sales for March, April’s preliminary PMIs bear upbeat forecasts. GBP/USD stays mildly bid around mid 1.3800s, up 0.1...

The government’s recovery plan isn’t ambitious enough and faces severe headwinds as the vaccine roll-out slows, according to the Grattan Institute.