Australia’s march toward a cashless society is rapidly accelerating, with Bankwest, a subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), leading the charge by shuttering 45 physical branches and transitioning the remaining 15 CBA branches to digital-only operations by October 2024. The move underscores a broader trend within the Australian banking landscape, where traditional institutions... 

Australians who merely post anti-lockdown information online could face fines of up to $11,000 under a draconian new piece of legislation. Under the proposal, which is being pushed by the opposition in in New South Wales, protest organizers would be fined a whopping $20,000 and people who attend would be fined $5,500. However, the law would punish “people sharing information on social media about... 

Four major Australian cities imposed strict restrictions on Tuesday, amid an outbreak of infections linked to the Delta strain of Covid-19, putting 10 million residents into lockdown in Brisbane, Darwin, Perth, and Sydney. Perth began a four-day snap lockdown from midnight on Tuesday, while Brisbane will start a three-day stay-at-home order from Tuesday evening, joining Darwin and Sydney, which have... 

Massive supplies of critical medical gear have been hoarded by major Chinese companies in other countries and flown to China during the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, according to reports. Chinese property developers with offices in Australia organized multiple planeloads of critical medical equipment to be sent from Sydney to Wuhan and other parts of China, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. The... 

Globalist billionaire and pandemic whisperer Bill Gates has warned the world that the “next pandemic” is likely to be “man made” and “much more brutal than Covid.” The self-appointed global health czar told an audience at the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia that the world must listen to his advice very carefully and follow his instructions to the letter, otherwise there will be economic... 

An angry Indigenous man ordered a street performer to ‘pay the rent’ because he was performing card tricks ‘on my country’. Sydney man Brock was delivering prank tarot card readings for strangers on the public footpath of King Street when the Aboriginal man stormed up to him. ‘Hey bruz, you’re on my country here. You gotta pay the rent,’ the Aboriginal man... 

A fresh round of rallies against mandatory Covid vaccination has hit Australia, with hundreds of thousands protesting in dozens of cities. Aerial footage captured huge crowds blocking central streets. New rallies all across the country happened on Saturday, as people demonstrated for more freedom in relation to coronavirus vaccination. Organized by the Millions March Against Mandatory Vaccination... 

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... 

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... 

Ongoing Australian bushfires have destroyed at least 1,200 homes and scorched at least 14 million acres of land since September, with authorities fearing lightning may spark fresh blazes across Victoria as hotter temperatures lash the state over the weekend. An ominous “devil face” image has been photographed amid the horrendous Australian bushfires as the raging flames have reportedly claimed... 

Australian firefighters are warning about an impending “mega blaze” as efforts to tackle over 100 bushfires have backfired spectacularly, while the country prepares for its possible hottest day on record. At least 20 houses have been razed and over 400,000 hectares burned as fire crews battle over 100 fires in New South Wales. Residents are bracing for even more extreme temperatures this... 

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) filed a lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday, alleging that the company misled smartphone users on how personal location data was being collected, kept and used. According to the regulator, the local Google unit for almost two years did not tell users of its Android operating system that they needed to switch off two settings –... 

Check out the hilarious guy in the middle wearing a Borat swimsuit. This has got to be one of the most bizarre manifestation we’ve ever seen. Just look at them… Instead of worrying about their sins and about being good Christians and the day of death and departure from earth, they go out and protest half-naked with dildos in their hands. The apocalypse may be soon upon us and it will have... 

The Australian government has no immediate plan to rescue its citizens – including 20 women and more than 40 children – stranded in dangerous and squalid camps in northern Syria, arguing it will not risk more Australian lives trying to get them out. But as Turkish troops mass on the border ahead of an expected invasion, a Sydney grandfather whose daughter and grandchildren are trapped in Al-Hawl... 

Current female engineering students at the University of Technology at Sydney might not be too pleased with the school’s decision to lower the requirements for accepting women into the program. The school is lowering the engineering entry bar for women as part of a plan “to get more women to study engineering and consequently get into the engineering workforce.” Of course, this fails to address...