Australia’s controversial digital ID scheme has major privacy issues, experts warn

The scheme falls short of global standards.
Australian nationalist given one-month jail sentence for hand gesture

Jacob Hersant was granted appeal bail shortly after sentencing.
Right-wing activists arrested by terror police over Chinese flag-burning protest and Halloween costumes

Four men were arrested in raids across Melbourne on Thursday morning.
Australia to ban children and teenagers under 16 from social media

Critics fear the move will lead to mandatory digital ID.
Fury as Victoria bans rock-climbing at world-famous destination due to secretive ‘cultural heritage’ surveys

Rock-climbers described the ban as a “wipeout”.
The courts are rigged in favour of foreign criminals

Tim Matheson on another High Court win for immigrants.
Man charged after allegedly slashing multiple shoppers at a shopping centre in Melbourne

Two men and a woman were rushed to hospital.
Australia to send ‘First Nations business mission’ to India – PM mocked for wearing turban

Lesbian foreign minister Penny Wong announced the delegation on Tuesday.
African gang rampage days after African gangs vow revenge: Police baffled

David Hiscox on the police response to African gang violence in Melbourne.
31% of large companies operating in Australia pay zero tax

How profitable companies reduce their tax liability to zero.
How to stop Australia’s tobacco wars

The tobacco wars are an entirely imported problem.
Aussie charged with ‘offensive behaviour’ for wearing ‘fuck Israel’ T-shirt at Bondi Beach

The Australian Jewish Association labelled the T-shirt “anti-Semitic”.
Carbon scheme set to cripple farmers and make food unaffordable: ‘Prices have to go up’

Labor quietly passed the carbon-reporting laws last month.
African gang revenge attack warning after Sudanese ‘rapper’ shot dead in Melbourne

Wannabe rapper Pal Bidong, 20, was shot dead in North Melbourne on Saturday.
Influential conservative media journalist slammed for vaccine mandate hypocrisy: ‘She’s never apologised’

Sharri Markson once said she didn’t want to breathe in the same air as the unvaccinated.