The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) has just announced its decision to discontinue the Biometric Identifiaction Services (BIS) project, citing delays as the cause. This … Australia Just Shut Its National Biometric ID Project DownRead more
Australia
Posted inNews / Worker
More than half of Australian workers in part-time insecure employment
A report released by the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work at the end of last month revealed that, for the first time in recent … More than half of Australian workers in part-time insecure employmentRead more
Posted inPolitics / Strike / ToMl / Worker
Mass walkouts in wartime Australia
The product of collaborative work by Sydney’s Carriageworks museum and the City of Sydney, 1917: The Great Strike is an important exhibition about the historic … Mass walkouts in wartime AustraliaRead more
Posted inSpying / ToMl / USA Empire
The U.S. Spy Hub in the Heart of Australia
A short drive south of Alice Springs, the second largest population center in Australia’s Northern Territory, there is a high-security compound, code-named “RAINFALL.” The remote … The U.S. Spy Hub in the Heart of AustraliaRead more
Posted inCorruption / India
Indian official reportedly dismisses fraud allegations against Adani Group
An Indian customs official has reportedly dismissed allegations that the Adani Group illegally siphoned nearly 15bn rupees (£176m) into overseas tax havens. It is the … Indian official reportedly dismisses fraud allegations against Adani GroupRead more
Posted inNews / Renewable
Renewable energy generates enough power to run 70% of Australian homes
Australia’s renewable energy sector is within striking distance of matching national household power consumption, cranking out enough electricity to run 70% of homes last financial … Renewable energy generates enough power to run 70% of Australian homesRead more
Posted inNews / Police / Surveillance
The 325,807 Times The Australian Government Was Accessing Metadata
The revelation comes from the annual Attorney-General’s Department report on the operation of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act that gives Australian law enforcement agencies … The 325,807 Times The Australian Government Was Accessing MetadataRead more
Posted inCorruption / News / Tax
Authorities freeze $70m of assets from alleged $144m tax fraud
Authorities have frozen about $70m worth of assets as they begin to claw back the proceeds of an alleged $130m tax-evasion racket, a New South … Authorities freeze $70m of assets from alleged $144m tax fraudRead more
Posted inPolitics / ToMl
Cowards of Oz
27 July 1999 Few care about their subjection to the Queen. But they’re jumpy about the Asiatic hordes. In November, Australians will vote to keep … Cowards of OzRead more
Posted inNews / Privatization / Strike / Worker
Sydney bus drivers strike against privatisation
Public bus drivers in parts of Sydney, Australia’s most populous city, carried out a 24-hour strike yesterday, opposing an announcement by the New South Wales … Sydney bus drivers strike against privatisationRead more