by Dave Patterson | Jun 29, 2023 | Articles, Opinion, Privacy & Tech
Australia is in the forefront of taking on Big Tech in the disinformation wars. A couple of years ago, social media behemoth Facebook, apparently in a moment of lunacy, decided to bar “publishers and people in Australia from sharing or viewing Australian and...
by Dave Patterson | Apr 11, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs
China made its displeasure known when Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen met with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on April 5 by performing a People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) live-fire drill close to Taiwan. In a similar flex of muscle, from April 11 to...
by Joe Schaeffer | Dec 29, 2022 | Articles, Healthcare, Opinion
The official state coronavirus vaccine consensus in Australia has been rocked by a for-the-record personal account from a former president of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) in which she says she and her same-sex marriage spouse have suffered “devastating”...
by Caroline Adana | Sep 24, 2021 | Articles, Exclusive Member, Good Reads, International, Opinion, Politics
For several consecutive days, crowds have gathered in Melbourne protesting the draconian lockdowns against the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 300 people in total have been arrested, but chanting “every day,” the protesters vow to continue their revolt. Background Australia...
by Dave Patterson | Sep 22, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
It’s not every day that the U.S. can infuriate both France and China at the same time on the same issue, even if for different reasons. Some would call that efficiency. The ruckus started on September 16 when President Biden, in the virtual company of U.K. Prime...