Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay By the end of this year, the experience of using search engines in Australia won’t be as simple as it has always been. That’s thanks to a new online safety code announced yesterday by Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant. Among other measures, it will require all Australian users to provide assurance of their age when they sign into a search engine account. So what’s the new code about? How will it work in practice? And how exactly will it affect kids – and adults – in Australia who use search engines such as Google? What’s in the new code? The code orders providers of internet search-engine services such as Google and Microsoft (which owns Bing) to “implement appropriate age assurance measures for account holders” within six months. The code requires providers to review and mitigate “the risk that Australian children will access or be exposed to online pornography, high-impact violence material, a...
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The Great Awakening Photo: Mikki Willis Mikki Willis Filmmaker embarked on an incredible journey with Plandemic 3: The Great Awakening , and it’s hard to believe that the premiere is now behind us. But the adventure doesn’t stop there! This is the movie that everyone needs to see! The last few years finally start to make sense, as The Great Awakening assembles the puzzle pieces before your eyes. To keep supporting the film, please promote The Great Awakening on social media, and in conversations with your loved ones. Remember, the truth will always prevail. -Mikki Willis Filmmaker
Over the last 30 years, a fifth of polls have called the wrong winner. Here are 3 things poll-watchers need to understand
With voting already underway, and the sausage sizzle less than two weeks away, there are three things worth knowing if you are trying to work out which side is most likely to win: the likely result in terms of the two-party preferred vote the record of the electoral pendulum, based on the two-party preferred vote, in predicting election outcomes, and the record of the opinion polls in predicting how far the electoral pendulum is likely to swing. Here’s how are they used together to predict a result. The two-party-preferred The two-party preferred vote (which compares Labor and the Coalition) combines the first preferences with second or other preferences. If Labor wins 51%, the Coalition wins 49%, and vice versa; the numbers always add up to 100. But the two-party preferred, on its own, is not enough to predict the outcome of the election. You also need to get your head around the electoral pendulum. The electoral pendulum Devised by psephologist Malcolm...
Office Workers Image by sigre from Pixabay The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.0 per cent in February 2022, the lowest unemployment rate since August 2008, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Bjorn Jarvis, head of labour statistics at the ABS, said: “With employment increasing by 77,000 people and unemployment falling by 19,000, the unemployment rate fell by 0.2 percentage points, to 4.0 per cent. “This is the lowest unemployment rate since August 2008 and only the third time in the history of the monthly survey when unemployment was as low as 4.0 per cent (February 2008, August 2008, February 2022). Lower unemployment rates occurred in the series before November 1974, when the survey was quarterly. "The 3.8 per cent unemployment rate for women was the lowest since May 1974. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for men fell to 4.2 per cent, its second-lowest level since November 2008 and just abo...
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne and Minister for Defence Peter Dutton host the Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace at AUKMIN. UK and Australian ministers concluded vital defence and security talks following the first AUKMIN meetings since the COVID-19 pandemic began. UK and Australian minsters concluded vital defence and security talks today following the first Australia UK Foreign and Defence Ministerial meetings (AUKMIN) since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Discussions focussed on key geopolitical challenges, including concerns around the situation in Ukraine. Ministers agreed on the vital need to defend freedom in the face of Russia’s growing aggression and underpinned their steadfast solidarity with Ukraine. The ministers agreed to step up collaboration to deter malign threats, promote positive critical technology standards and to support the development of quality infrastructure and standards. They reiterated their commitment to support...
Novak Djokovic We bring to you the real News, The Federal Court Transcripts don't lie NOTICE OF FILING This document was lodged electronically in the FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA (FCA) on 16/01/2022 9:51:00 AM AEDT and has been accepted for filing under the Court’s Rules. Details of filing follow and important additional information about these are set out below. Details of Filing Document Lodged: Reply - Form 34 - Rule 16.33 File Number: VID18/2022 File Title: NOVAK DJOKOVIC v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, MIGRANT SERVICES AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS Registry: VICTORIA REGISTRY - FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA Dated: 16/01/2022 9:52:52 AM AEDT Registrar Important Information As required by the Court’s Rules, this Notice has been inserted as the first page of the document which has been accepted for electronic filing. It is now taken to be part of that document for the purposes of the proceeding in the Court and contains important ...
Alex Hawke MP Statement regarding Mr Novak Djokovic Today I exercised my power under section 133C(3) of the Migration Act to cancel the visa held by Mr Novak Djokovic on health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so. This decision followed orders by the Federal Circuit and Family Court on 10 January 2022, quashing a prior cancellation decision on procedural fairness grounds. In making this decision, I carefully considered information provided to me by the Department of Home Affairs, the Australian Border Force and Mr Djokovic. The Morrison Government is firmly committed to protecting Australia’s borders, particularly in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. I thank the officers of the Department of Home Affairs and the Australian Border Force who work every day to serve Australia’s interests in increasingly challenging operational environments. The Minister for Immigration has broad discretionary powers to cancel visas where it i...
PM Morrison and PM Boris Prime Minister ScoMo: The relationship we have with the United Kingdom is about as long as any relationship we care to mention of all of our great partners around the world and I appreciate the Chamber coming together again here today. There are a couple of things I wanted to mention. I had some prepared remarks today, but I really wanted just to share a couple of views. The first of these is the relationship we have with the United Kingdom. It is strong for many, many reasons. I was remarking last night about my own family’s history in going back to the First Fleet and I had the opportunity to go and visit - very briefly - the little village from which William Roberts came from, over 230 years ago. He didn't come of his own volition to Australia at the time, it was the compulsion of the state, but he never returned. Those family links are obvious to the United Kingdom and that's always obviously been a part of the relationship. But Australia's div...