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The Omnipresent Surveillance State Orwell’s 1984 Is No Longer Fiction John Whitehead https://www.activistpost.com June 11, 2019 “You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.”—George Orwell, 1984 Tread cautiously: the fiction of George Orwell has become an operation manual […]

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Uber Air set to take off in Australia with flying taxi trial in Melbourne James Hancock and Nicole Mills https://www.abc.net.au/ 12th June 2019 Video: Uber announces launch of flight-sharing service in Melbourne (ABC News) Related Story: Flying rideshare taxis could be in Australia ‘within five years’ Related Story: Singapore to take next step into Jetsons-style […]

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iPhones and cancer drugs rely on Chinese rare earths. What happens if Beijing limits them? Alan Weedon https://www.abc.net.au 12th June 2019 Video: Rare-earth elements such as neodymium are widely used in digital devices. (The Business) Related Story: ‘Don’t say we didn’t warn you’: China threatens rare earths sales to US Related Story: Rare earth mineral […]

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Beijing broadens censorship of Australian media, adding The Age and News.com.au to its blacklist Christina Zhou and Bill Birtles https://www.abc.net.au 10th June 2019 Photo: The Age and News.com.au join a growing number of media outlets being blocked in China. (ABC News: GFX/Jarrod Fankhauser) Related Story: What happens when you show the tank man photo to […]

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Chinese warships depart Sydney Harbour, leaving an important strategic lesson Andrew Probyn and  Andrew Greene https://www.abc.net.au/ 7th June 2019 Video: The Chinese warships arrived in Sydney after operations in the Middle East. (ABC News) Related Story: Chinese warships arrive in Sydney with no public Government announcement Related Story: Australian ships tailed by Chinese military in […]

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Liberal Gladys Liu denies dirty tactics as she becomes first female Chinese-Australian MP Jason Fang and Tracey Shelton https://www.abc.net.au 6 Jun 2019 Video: Liberal candidate Gladys Liu has officially become the first female Chinese-Australian MP (ABC News) Related Story: Morrison secures majority Government with historic win of first female Chinese-Australian MP in Chisholm Related Story: […]

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Hong Kong police use tear gas on protesters as tensions flare over China extradition bill https://www.abc.net.au/ 12th June 2019 Video: Police and protesters clash in Hong Kong as demonstrations turn violent outside the city’s parliamentary building. (ABC News) Related Story: Australia’s response to extradition law ‘too bland’, Hong Kong community says Related Story: What could […]

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Police Drones: Can We Trust The Eye in the Sky? Omar Mubin https://www.westernsydney.edu.au 3 March 2016 The following piece, by Omar Mubin, from the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, was first published by The Conversation. In Australia, unmanned aerial vehicles – or drones – are now being used by the police in most states as a […]

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Chinese in Australia too fearful to show their faces at Tiananmen protest in Sydney Jessica Kidd https://www.abc.net.au 4th June 2019 Photo: This man asked only to be identified as ‘Peter’ for fear of repercussions. (ABC News: Jessica Kidd) Related Story: What happens when you show the tank man photo to young Chinese students? Related Story: […]

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ABC raid: AFP pore through thousands of files over Afghan Files stories Lorna Knowles, Elise Worthington and Clare Blumer https://www.abc.net.au 5th June 2019 Video: The Australian Federal Police entering the ABC headquarters in Ultimo (Photo – ABC News: Taryn Southcombe) (ABC News) Related Story: PM defends AFP raid on journalist Annika Smethurst’s home Related Story: […]

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Too funny Ppl! The new member for Warringah Zali Steggall must produce proof that she means business when she says she will tackle ‘Climate Change’ by signing the Petition to put Wind Turbines on Manly Beach…..They Should be called ‘Windy  Stegalls’ Let the Games begin! Steggall – 1 Seagulls – 0 – Mick Raven Petition […]