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For Whom the Canary Twitters

For Whom the Canary Twitters

Australian cyber-security experts are using a trick straight out of Game of Thrones to expose Chinese hackers snooping on sensitive communications. The tactic has, among other things, flushed out pro-China activists who were being fed the hacked information. Australian student and human rights activist Drew Pavlou has been the target

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Migrants Welcome, Australians Kept Out

Migrants Welcome, Australians Kept Out

Tens of thousands of Australians are trapped overseas by the Covid border closures. At latest count, more than 34,000 Australians cannot get home to Australia. But nearly 50,000 foreigners could. That’s how many migrants poured into Australia in the last financial year. The majority from China and

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Gladys Goes to Canberra?

Gladys Goes to Canberra?

The sudden resignation of premier Gladys Berejiklian sent shockwaves through NSW politics (and spawned an avalanche of fake news on right-wing social media): but was it an act of self-sacrifice, or a strategic retreat? (First off: let’s get the fake news out of the way. No, Berejiklian was not

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Politicians and Risk

Politicians and Risk

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian was Australia’s best politician since Paul Keating and the cross-party sadness at her resignation said everything about her calibre and public support. Keating left school at 14 but was hugely intelligent and pragmatic, characteristics shared by Berejiklian. Sadly they are

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Open Season on Leaders in NSW

Open Season on Leaders in NSW

It looks like it’s hunting season in NSW and there’s no bag limits on politicians. Just days after the shock resignation of premier Gladys Berejiklian, NSW Nationals leader John Barilaro is quitting as well. Of course, unlike the people leaving flowers outside Berejiklian’s house, it’s not

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Vax Discrimination Spreads Faster Than Delta

Vax Discrimination Spreads Faster Than Delta

Reclaim the Net reports on the unvaccinated being banned from business premises. Australia’s often draconian measures in response to the epidemic continue to intensify, with reports now saying that one of its states, New South Wales (NSW) is threatening to jail unvaccinated people who try to enter business premises

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Head-Cracking Copper Suspended

Head-Cracking Copper Suspended

“Democracy dies in darkness”, says the Washington Post. They’d know: they’ve been doing their best to draw a suffocating sackcloth over American democracy for years. What the media choose not to say is often more important that what they do. Hunter Biden’s laptop, for instance. Or the

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Politicians Blame COVID for Their Own Mess

Politicians Blame COVID for Their Own Mess

For most of us, Covid has been a disaster. For the elites, it’s the gift that keeps on giving. Especially politicians and bureaucrats. First, the China virus gave them the excuse they’d been waiting for to enact “states of emergency” and seize virtually unlimited, unchallenged power. For faceless

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Victoria Police Try to Ban Media from Filming

Victoria Police Try to Ban Media from Filming

Victoria Police are so desperate to stop the press from revealing what they’re doing in Melbourne right now that they’re actively trying to impose a media blackout. You know, communist China and North Korea style. First, they tried and failed to ban aerial protest telecasts when three mainstream

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‘Party of the Worker’ Turns on Workers

‘Party of the Worker’ Turns on Workers

There can be no doubt: the workers are on their own. Neither the Labor Party nor the unions who prop it up represent blue collar workers any more. Of course, we’ve known that for a long time. Workers have long voted with their feet: less than 15% of Australian

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