Social media giant Facebook has announced its first proposed deal with an Australian news organization after the tech company lifted its journalism ban on the site over the government’s proposed media code legislation. Hours after Facebook reversed its controversial decision to prohibit Australians from accessing news content on the platform, the company announced its first proposed deal with one... 

Once signed by the Victoria governor-general for royal assent, new legislation passed by the Victorian parliament in Australia will prohibit anything other than full affirmation for child transgenderism. Known as “Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition,” the bill will make it illegal to try to change or suppress a person’s perceived sexual orientation or gender identity, even... 

A storm of controversy is brewing in Australia after lobbying from Satanists got the pentagram listed as a symbol of faith alongside emblems of the world’s major religions. Satanists in Queensland are toasting a “small but important win for religious freedom” after the Sunshine Coast University Hospital added Satanism to the list of recognized religions in its multi-faith center. The pentagram... 

During the pandemic Down Under it has become fashionable for young male vegans to get sterilised in the name of saving the planet. This Malthusian instinct shows that increasingly babies are viewed not as a blessing, but a curse. Australia has long been the country with the second highest rate of vasectomies in the world. Since the beginning of the pandemic, however, the rate of sterilisation has... 

Australian MP George Christensen called on Donald Trump to pardon WikiLeaks founder and fellow Australian citizen Julian Assange while he still can, as it seems to be the US president’s last month in the Oval Office. Christensen – a member of the Liberal National Party who represents Dawson, Queensland – launched a petition this week encouraging the president to pardon the journalist, who faces... 

Just like we reported in our previous article, with a Englishman having his head stomped by the police in France over not wearing a mask, now we just discoverd a similar story in Australia. Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog will take control of a criminal investigation into the actions of two officers who allegedly stomped on a man’s head and hit him with a car during an arrest in Melbourne’s... 

What is happening with our world? What is happening with our countries, with our freedoms? Give me freedom or give me death! Remember that?????????????????? This is not freedom! Shocking video footage out of Melbourne, Australia shows a pregnant woman being arrested in front of her children in her own home for the ‘crime’ of organizing an anti-lockdown protest on Facebook. The clip shows police... 

An Australian Youtuber has been condemned after painting his face black and identifying as a “transnigga”, using the N-word and dressing up as a police officer to mock the death of George Floyd on webcam chat site Omegle. The YouTube star, who goes by the name of CatboyKami, uttered racial slurs to black people on the randomised chat website. In one video uploaded online, the Youtuber... 

A poll released by a Sydney-based think tank in June showed that only 23 percent, an all-time low, of Australians express trust toward China with regard to international responsibility. Australia’s agricultural business leaders are calling for a separation between foreign policy and trade ties in dealing with China as they’re concerned that rising tensions will impact the nation’s... 

A hideous assault on a teenage girl in Melbourne sparked outrage, as footage of the stomach-churning attack spread across social media. The victim is reportedly too afraid to press charges against her assailants. The 15-year-old was waiting for a train at Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station when she was ambushed by a group of around eight young people. Video of the attack shows the young white girl... 

Police in Sydney, Australia were deployed to form a ring of protection around a statue of Captain Cook, putting to shame Boris Johnson’s UK government, which capitulated by hiding Winston Churchill inside a box. “Heavy police presence protecting the Captain Cook statue in Sydney’s Hyde Park after a last minute change of location to tonight’s Black Lives Matter protest,” tweeted journalist... 

Data from Queensland Health showed that the rate of gonorrhea more than doubled on the Sunshine Coast, one of Australia’s most popular backpacking destinations, in the past 12 months, to 157 reported infections. The five year average for this period of time was 67 cases. The latest figures also reflect increasing numbers of women are testing positive for the STI. Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health... 

Beijing suspects Canberra of price dumping its barley, crippling the position of China’s domestic agriculture industry, and is reportedly considering slapping tariffs as high as 80% on the crop. Australia’s Trade Minister Simon Birmingham has urged Beijing to return his calls and discuss the bilateral conflict over the price of barley that Australian companies are exporting to China. The minister... 

Every week in Australia, a woman is killed in a case of domestic violence. “It’s a grossly under reported epidemic around Australia,” NSW Attorney General Mark Speakman told A Current Affair. Now a new drug trial tested in Australia could put an end to violent urges and feelings of anger in those likely to offend. “We are appalled by it when it does happen,” NSW Chief... 

Australia is expected to face up to AU$5 billion (US$3.5 billion) in losses as fires continue to rage across the continent, according to an Australian Westpac bank forecast. The natural disaster could also cut 0.2 to 0.5 percent of the country’s GDP, the bank said in its preliminary analysis released on Monday. The tourism and agricultural sectors have been hit hardest, while the most severely affected...