Saturday, 15 May 2021, 3:53 pm
With the babble about Cold War paranoia becoming a
routine matter in Canberra, the treacherous ground for war
with China is being bedded down and readied. The Yellow
Peril image never truly dissipated from Australia’s
politics. It was crucial in framing the first act of the
newly born Commonwealth in 1901: the Immigration Restriction
Act. Even as China was being ravaged and savaged by foreign
powers and implosion, there was a fear that somewhere along
the line, a reckoning would come. Charles Henry Pearson, a
professor of history at King’s College London, penned his
(1893) with
fear in mind. The expansion of the West into all parts of
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London: The World Health Organisation says rich countries should not charge their citizens for hotel quarantine.
Dr Mike Ryan, the head of the WHOâs public health emergencies program, said the principle underpinning International Health Regulations, adopted by member states, was that travellers should not financially suffer as a result of restrictions used to protect the health of the population.
âBecause that then is unfairly burdening an individual with the costs of a public health action,â he said.
Border closures have prevented most Australians leaving their own country and left thousands stranded overseas.
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Australia introduced a minimum $3000 cost for a person in hotel quarantine from July last year. An additional $1000 is charged for an extra person per room and $500 extra per child, meaning a family of four would pay $5000 for a two-week stay in hotel quarantine.
Former foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer says there is a “strategy” in place amid the Middle East conflict which is designed to do a “number of things” – including destroy the Abraham Accords.
“Hamas is a proxy for Iran,” he told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
“They (Hamas) wouldn’t get those rockets through a factory there in Gaza, they’re provided by the Iranians.
“There’s a whole strategy that’s been put in place here, which I think is designed to do a number of things.
“One of them is to destroy what are called the Abraham Accords – the agreements that have been made between Israel and some of its Arab neighbours.”
The Ongoing Politicization of the DOJ
Commentary
President Joe Biden over the past few months has added to his administration multiple Obama-era officials who had direct participation in “Russiagate.”
The latest addition is Susan Hennessey to the Department of Justice’s National Security Division.
Hennessey was one of the primary promoters of Russia-collusion theories during her time at Lawfare, a blog affiliated with The Brookings Institution. Notably, her outlandish claims of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia have consistently been proven wrong.
Prior to her appointment as senior counsel for the DOJ’s national security division, Hennessey was the executive editor of Lawfare, where she authored numerous anti-Trump articles. She also served as the general counsel of the Lawfare Institute and is a Brookings Fellow.