Saudi Arabia Grants Citizenship to Robot that Mocked Elon Musk
“Sophia”, a robot that took the spotlight at Saudi Arabia’s Future Investment Initiative was granted citizenship by the country notorious...
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Major Parties in the Queensland Election Try to Ignore the One Nation Factor
Queenslanders will finally head to the polls on Saturday 25th November after months of speculation about the election date. Premier...
Catalonia Declares Independence from Spain
October 27 will be remembered as the day Catalonia voted to secede from Spain in a historic but rancorous debate...
Government Still Won’t Take Responsibility for Citizenship Mess
When it was just the two Greens Senators who resigned due to holding dual citizenship the government didn't have a...
Indigenous Advisory Body Rejected by Turnbull Government
There was some important news that was lost this week in the midst of the High Court citizenship verdict and...
Is China on the Road to World Domination?
While world leaders Donald Trump of the United States, Angela Merkel of Germany, Theresa May of the United Kingdom and...
Australia’s Car Manufacturing Industry: A Casualty of Globalisation?
October 20 2017 marked a significant day in Australia’s car manufacturing industry. It was the last time the General Motors...
A Week of Chaos for the Turnbull Government
The last time a government had a week worse than the Turnbull Government was when Julia Gillard's handpicked speaker Peter...
Australia Airs Strategic Concerns over China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative
Beijing’s One Belt, One Road initiative or the New Silk Road project hopes to build massive trade routes across continents....
The Great Union Raid Backfire
The Turnbull government thought they were onto a winner this week when the Australian Federal Police raided both the Sydney...
Apparently Being An Aussie Bloke Makes You a Dangerous Homophobe
With the Australian Bureau of Statistics Marriage Postal Survey campaign now drawing to a close with a result now three...
Trump in Asia: Expected to Pressure China on it Commitment Against North Korea
U.S. President Donald J. Trump will visit Asia from November 3 to 14 and is expected to pressure President Xi...
Is Australia Doomed to Live in Both Energy and Internet Poverty?
With Australians paying the highest electricity prices in the world and our governments preparing for a summer of blackouts, we...
Why Do Feminists Care So Much About Rich Women’s Pay?
The big entertainment story of the past week has been former co-host of the Today Show Lisa Wilkinson abruptly leaving...
Did Winston Peters Betray His Base?
Nearly a month after New Zealand’s general election the nation finally learned who its new government would be. Neither the...
Richard Spencer Speech Drowned Out in Florida; Event Turns Violent
Florida Gov. Rick Scott made the right call when he issued a State of Emergency before Alt-Right leader Richard Spencer’s...
Spain Invokes Historic Mandate to End Catalonia’s Pursuit of Independence
For the first time in Spain’s history, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will invoke far- reaching powers covered by Article 155...
“Amexit”: United States Exits UNESCO
Last October 12, the U.S. State Department formally notified United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director General Irina...