Scene: A VCE French class, mere months from their finals. They are reading a French article on surveillance technology. A reference to Big Brother. The first comment after the text is read:
‘Oh, what … like the TV show?’
These 36 words capture, with disturbing accuracy, the state of the Australian education system.
I am a private school, Year 12 ...
Tracking carbon emissions helps businesses cut costs, meet regulations, and strengthen ESG performance while reducing environmental impact. read now...
Our ABC has woken up to the fact that Chinese buses can be, in theory, switched off. This is just the tip of a technological iceberg.
The ‘goodwill visit’ of China’s number three leader in November 2025 revealed our government is wary of potential cyber attacks. Politicians and staff in Canberra were told to switch off internet, phones, and computers ...
Situation report
Nearly four days after Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei as its next ‘Supreme Leader’, his whereabouts remain unknown. The 56-year-old cleric and son of Ali Khamenei has not appeared publicly, delivered a speech, or issued even a written statement since the announcement. Iranian state media has instead relied on archival footage when ...
‘Britain’s most precious asset is our diverse and cohesive democracy’, trilled the opening of a government social cohesion plan just two years ago. The very fact the plan had to be created may have suggested otherwise, but back then, the captains of the multicultural state were at least still trying to keep appearances up.
Multiculturalism now expects ...
The New South Police Force carried out one of its trademark statewide drink and drug driving blitzes from 12 am on Thursday, 12 February, to 4 am on Sunday, 15 February 2026.
Operation RAID (Remove All Impaired Drivers) led to 604 allegedly testing positive for drug driving, out of 9,126 tests, along with 167 said to have been drink driving, out of ...
Friendship is having a moment. Connoisseurs of illustrious children’s television shows like K-Pop Demon Hunters or Frozen will have noticed that Prince Charming has been usurped by Girl Gangs. Sociological surveys report on friendship’s forward march into the tightly controlled territory of the nuclear family unit, with a 2023 Australian
What next for Iran? Donald Trump appears to have a plan: the Venezuela model. The US president has hinted that, just as with the South American nation, he wants to try working with elements inside the existing regime, rather than backing exiled opposition figures.
The biggest massacres in Iran’s recent history happened under so-called reformers
‘We ...
The war waged by those in authority on those who make overt displays of patriotism shows no sign of relenting. This campaign against Englishness and Britishness has never been an open, honest one, undertaken with manifest intent. This is a devious war pursued through crafty bureaucratic means and framed in the timorous language of health and ...
There is rarely much to commend Keir Starmer for. But on Monday he blocked an amendment to the schools bill which would have required all social media companies to ban under-16s from using their products. In voting against this legislation, MPs have preserved anonymity on the internet, resisted further state powers over what we see online and avoided ...
The twenty-nineth of January 2025. Three-and-a-half weeks to go until Germany’s federal election. The Bundestag, the country’s federal parliament, is sitting. Since the Free Democrats left the governing coalition, the government of Social Democrat Olaf Scholz no longer commands a majority. The Christian Democrats have tabled a motion calling for
Brisbane City Council’s removal of rough sleepers from Musgrave Park has raised questions about the public safety claims used to justify the operation. read now...
Scene: A VCE French class, mere months from their finals. They are reading a French article on surveillance technology. A reference to Big Brother. The first comment after the text is read:
‘Oh, what … like the TV show?’
These 36 words capture, with disturbing accuracy, the state of the Australian education system.
I am a private school, Year 12 ...
Tracking carbon emissions helps businesses cut costs, meet regulations, and strengthen ESG performance while reducing environmental impact. read now...
Our ABC has woken up to the fact that Chinese buses can be, in theory, switched off. This is just the tip of a technological iceberg.
The ‘goodwill visit’ of China’s number three leader in November 2025 revealed our government is wary of potential cyber attacks. Politicians and staff in Canberra were told to switch off internet, phones, and computers ...
Situation report
Nearly four days after Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei as its next ‘Supreme Leader’, his whereabouts remain unknown. The 56-year-old cleric and son of Ali Khamenei has not appeared publicly, delivered a speech, or issued even a written statement since the announcement. Iranian state media has instead relied on archival footage when ...
‘Britain’s most precious asset is our diverse and cohesive democracy’, trilled the opening of a government social cohesion plan just two years ago. The very fact the plan had to be created may have suggested otherwise, but back then, the captains of the multicultural state were at least still trying to keep appearances up.
Multiculturalism now expects ...
The New South Police Force carried out one of its trademark statewide drink and drug driving blitzes from 12 am on Thursday, 12 February, to 4 am on Sunday, 15 February 2026.
Operation RAID (Remove All Impaired Drivers) led to 604 allegedly testing positive for drug driving, out of 9,126 tests, along with 167 said to have been drink driving, out of ...
Friendship is having a moment. Connoisseurs of illustrious children’s television shows like K-Pop Demon Hunters or Frozen will have noticed that Prince Charming has been usurped by Girl Gangs. Sociological surveys report on friendship’s forward march into the tightly controlled territory of the nuclear family unit, with a 2023 Australian
What next for Iran? Donald Trump appears to have a plan: the Venezuela model. The US president has hinted that, just as with the South American nation, he wants to try working with elements inside the existing regime, rather than backing exiled opposition figures.
The biggest massacres in Iran’s recent history happened under so-called reformers
‘We ...
The war waged by those in authority on those who make overt displays of patriotism shows no sign of relenting. This campaign against Englishness and Britishness has never been an open, honest one, undertaken with manifest intent. This is a devious war pursued through crafty bureaucratic means and framed in the timorous language of health and ...
There is rarely much to commend Keir Starmer for. But on Monday he blocked an amendment to the schools bill which would have required all social media companies to ban under-16s from using their products. In voting against this legislation, MPs have preserved anonymity on the internet, resisted further state powers over what we see online and avoided ...
The twenty-nineth of January 2025. Three-and-a-half weeks to go until Germany’s federal election. The Bundestag, the country’s federal parliament, is sitting. Since the Free Democrats left the governing coalition, the government of Social Democrat Olaf Scholz no longer commands a majority. The Christian Democrats have tabled a motion calling for
Brisbane City Council’s removal of rough sleepers from Musgrave Park has raised questions about the public safety claims used to justify the operation. read now...