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Social Media

Australia’s Social Media Ban is Only Half the Solution

BY SAM CHANDLER Last week, Australia became the first country in the world to ban under-16s from using most of the major social media platforms – a landmark moment in global tech regulation. Under the new law, all “age-restricted social media platforms” will be under a legal obligation to prevent underage users from creating or maintaining accounts through tools like age verification checks, AI age estimation software, … Continue reading Australia’s Social Media Ban is Only Half the Solution

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International Relations

He-Man Xi Unmasked

BY IAN MITCHELL A persuasive analysis of the new Marxist Nationalism of President Xi’s increasingly assertive and intolerant China In 1861, the great jurist and legal anthropologist, Sir Henry Maine, wrote in his classic study, Ancient Law: “the movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract.” He was referring to the development from primitive patriarchal societies, in which nobody other … Continue reading He-Man Xi Unmasked

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International

Australia on the Verge of Massive Mistake

BY ROGER WATSON I am not Australian and what happens there is probably none of my business. But that won’t stop me having an opinion and expressing it. I have had a long love affair with Australia having worked there, and with many relatives residing there I have made countless visits. There has been an Aussie branch to my family for as long as I … Continue reading Australia on the Verge of Massive Mistake

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Cool Burning

BY JOHN NASH Australia experienced a terrifying Black Summer in 2019/20, when massive bush fires burned some 35 million acres, destroyed an estimated 3 billion vertebrates (perhaps driving a number to extinction), wrecked scores of irreplaceable rock paintings, wiped out 3000 buildings and, sadly, 47 people died. The tragedy may have cost Australia as much as A$80 billion. Now research has revealed the cause of … Continue reading Cool Burning

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