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Australia is in talks to build US ballistic missiles on home soil as Washington looks to store a stockpile of munitions in the Top End amid rising tensions with China

While nothing has been finalised, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced in March the government plans to shell out $1billion to start producing hi-tech guided missiles in Australia.

‘These things aren’t instantaneous but our militaries and strategic thinkers are engaged in discussions about how best to confront these new challenges together,’ Mr Goldman said.

‘A lot of that just makes perfect intuitive sense, particularly when we talk about how we are going to project force in any sort of contingency.

by Sarcasticat•May 25, 2021May 25, 2021•0•Australia, China, USA, War

Chilling warning from Beijing to BOMB Australia with long-range missiles should Canberra support US military action in Taiwan

Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of The Global Times, which is seen as Beijing’s mouthpiece on foreign policy to the world, said China should retaliate with ‘long-range strikes’ if Australia gets involved in a potential military conflict over Taiwan.

by Sarcasticat•May 10, 2021May 9, 2021•0•Australia, China, Taiwan, War

Alleged Isis recruiter Mohamed Zuhbi arrested on return to Australia

A 30-year-old Sydney man who is alleged to be an Islamic State recruiter has been arrested and charged with terrorism offences upon his return to Australia.

Mohamed Zuhbi arrived in Melbourne on a flight from Turkey about 4pm on Saturday and was taken into custody by counterterrorism authorities at the airport.

Zuhbi travelled from Sydney to Turkey in 2013 and then allegedly on to Syria, where he allegedly helped foreign fighters travel to the area to support Isis.

by Blazingcatfur•May 9, 2021May 9, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Australia, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Cracks appear in China’s New Silk Road

The Australian government may have only halted a couple of small joint-infrastructure projects with China, but the response from Beijing to the decision was one of rage and threats. The Chinese Embassy in Canberra has called the halt “unreasonable and provocative” and vowed revenge.

Canberra stepped in last year to pass a law that allows the federal government to overrule agreements made by Australian states with foreign countries. The decision followed deals signed by the state of Victoria in 2018 and 2019 to cooperate with China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — often dubbed the New Silk Road — a massive infrastructure plan that aims to smooth trade links with dozens of countries.

by Blazingcatfur•May 5, 2021May 5, 2021•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Australia

Reporters instructed to stop using the term ‘pedophile’ in reporting about child sex abusers

In an effort to protect the feelings of pedophiles, journalists in Tasmania have been instructed to “avoid” calling those who abuse children pedophiles, as this is believed to marginalize those who have the condition of pedophilia.

by Sarcasticat•March 6, 2021March 6, 2021•0•Australia, Media/MSM, pedophilia

Australian media knows EXACTLY what Trudeau is…

Australian media knows EXACTLY what Trudeau is…
💩💩💩 https://t.co/AyNHZeNGJ7

— Canuckchik 🇨🇦💖🇺🇸 (@ThatCanuckchik) February 27, 2021

by Sarcasticat•February 28, 2021February 28, 2021•0•Australia, Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, China, Genocide, Justin Trudeau Mocked On World Stage

Beware the Unintended Consequences: Some Warning Signs for Canada from the Australian Government Battle With Facebook

Last year, the Australian government presented Google and Facebook with an ultimatum: if the companies wanted to continue to allow users to link to news articles, they would be required to compensate news organizations. The Australian plan called for the creation of a mandated code that would create a process to determine the price to be paid for the links. Facebook’s response made it clear that if that was the choice – links with mandated payments or no links – it would choose the latter and block Australian news sharing from its service. While some described this as a threat (including Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault) or a bluff, it turns out the company was serious.

by Sarcasticat•February 20, 2021February 19, 2021•0•Australia, Canada, facebook, facebook is evil

Facebook Has ‘Unfriended Australia’: Prime Minister Scott Morrison

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has labelled Facebook’s decision to ban Australian users from viewing news content as “arrogant” and warned that he is in regular contact with world leaders, who are all contending with how to better regulate Big Tech.

“Facebook’s actions to unfriend Australia today, cutting off essential information services on health and emergency services, were as arrogant as they were disappointing,” he said in a statement posted on Facebook.

Google has been cutting deals with publishers such as News Corp, and now also is in talks with Canadian publishers but I suspect Facebook isn’t acting independently of their brethren in the Oligopoly.

This seems a suicidal position for FB to take. Or is it?

#DeleteFacebook! Campaign to ditch the social media giant surges on Twitter as US politician says blocking all news from Australians ‘wasn’t compatible with democracy’

by Blazingcatfur•February 18, 2021February 18, 2021•0•"Big Tech Oligopoly", Australia, facebook, facebook is evil

Facebook blocks Australian users and publishers from viewing or sharing news

Facebook has followed through on its threat to ban Australians from seeing or posting news content on its site in response to the federal government’s news media code.

The tech giant’s Australian and New Zealand managing director Will Easton said that it would prevent links posted from Australian publishers, while all Australian users would not be able to share or see content from any news outlets both Australian or internationally as a result of the ban.

by Blazingcatfur•February 17, 2021February 17, 2021•0•"Big Tech Oligopoly", Australia, facebook, facebook is evil

‘They don’t want to lose control’: Australia’s competition chief on his country’s efforts to regulate big tech

Australia has become a test case for addressing the market dominance of big tech, one closely watched by Canada and the world

Rod Sims, the serious and sometimes feisty head of Australia’s competition and consumer authority, takes a liking to a comparison offered up to describe the battle playing out in his country between news publishers and big tech platforms controlled by Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc.

News is like toothpaste: Consumers want and need it and would clearly suffer if the dominant distributors squeezed suppliers so much that it could no longer be made.

by Blazingcatfur•January 27, 2021January 27, 2021•0•"Big Tech Oligopoly", Australia

Australia Hits Back At Google, Facebook: It’s “Inevitable” You’ll Soon Pay For Hosting Australian News

Neither side is backing down after weeks of standoff between the Australian government and Google over proposed legislation aimed at better compensating and rewarding local news publishers, while bringing greater transparency to the way algorithms employed by Google, Facebook, and YouTube work.

Canberra is now finalizing the bill which will require Google to obtained licenses for all content published by Australian news companies. Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. oversees an estimated at least 94% of all search traffic in Australia, similar to many other countries globally, at a time it’s coming under increased accusations of using its monopoly power to bully content providers and smaller competitors.

I hope Google gets smashed.

by Blazingcatfur•January 25, 2021January 25, 2021•0•Australia, Google, Google is Evil

Google Threatens Shut Down In Australia Over Bill Designed To Better Compensate Content Providers

A huge controversy erupted last summer between major US social media platforms and the Australian government over a bill designed to better compensate and reward local news publishers, while bringing greater transparency to the way algorithms employed by Google, Facebook, and YouTube work.

Months after failed attempts to come to an agreement with the government of Australia, Google is now threatening the dramatic step of shutting down its search engine in the country altogether.

Is that really such a bad thing?

by Blazingcatfur•January 23, 2021January 23, 2021•0•Australia, Google, Google is Evil

Spanker Knob, Bullshit Hill and Guys Dirty Hole are all real places in Australia

The North Pole is located a short distance from Marble Bar, the hottest place in inland Australia. Siberia is near Kalgoorlie, with an average summer temperature of 35C. Australian humour is not complicated. And when you colonise a land that is almost the size of Europe, it’s easy to run out of names.

Which is possibly why there are so many bottoms in Tasmania.

by Blazingcatfur•December 26, 2020December 26, 2020•0•Australia

Australia Calls For Mass Murdering Communist Chinese Regime To Remove Afghan Atrocity Poster

Beijing has rejected calls for an apology after a Chinese official shared a doctored poster of an Australian soldier attacking an Afghan girl, urging Canberra to instead seek forgiveness for its alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison demanded an official apology from Beijing after Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian posted a tweet calling for justice over a recent war-crimes report released in Australia – with an illustration of an Aussie soldier holding a knife to a child’s throat.

by Blazingcatfur•November 30, 2020November 30, 2020•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Afghanistan, Australia, WTF?