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Breaking News: The Liberal-National Coalition’s Tony Abbott Defeats Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his Labor Party were defeated quite decisively in an election that sees the return of a Liberal-National Party coalition to power for the first time in six years. Kevin Rudd’s defeat comes months after challenging former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard for the leadership of the Labor Party. Liberal […]

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Quote of the Day: Stephanie Bannister, Australia’s Sarah Palin

I do not oppose Islam as a country. Sarah Banister, One Nation Candidate for Australia’s Parliament

News Headlines July 13, 2013: UN Calls for Protections for Whistleblowers, Protestants Riot in Northern Ireland, George Zimmerman Found Not Guilty in Death of Trayvon Martin

United Nations Human Rights Chief Calls for Protections for Whistleblowers like Edward Snowden Snowden Documents Could Be Nightmare for US Government If Released Turkey Redefines Duties of Its Armed Forces United Kingdom Soldier and Veteran Deaths Outstrip Deaths in War in Afghanistan Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani Sides with Iran’s Youth Protestants in Northern Ireland Riot […]

News Headlines June 9, 2013

Censorship Singapore Style: Blog Licenses Starting at $39,500 Berlin a Hub for Hezbollah The Booming Business of Teargas Many Feared Dead After Asylum Seekers’ Boat Capsizes Off the Coast of Australia Edward Snowden Revealed the NSA Prism Controversy Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan Refuses Calls for Early Elections Russian TV Show Removed from Air After Putin […]

News Headlines June 8, 2013

Europeans Frightened by US PRISM Scandal, Urge Passage of New Laws Stockholm’s Male Train Drivers Wear Skirts to Beat Heat Australian Foreign Minister Says Julian Assange is ‘Of No Concern’ The Bilderberg Group Meets in London United Kingdom Beneficiary of United States’ NSA Prism Program Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talaal Sues US-Based Forbes Magazine for Understating His […]

New Flag Proposed for Australia

The new flag would leave the nation’s British heritage and push forward with a fusion of Aboriginal elements in a reinterpretation of the current flag. Australian National University military historian Dr. John Blaxland designed the flag and worked to incorporate the nation’s past, its aboriginal heritage, and a multicultural future. The flag features […]

Pop Music

The Lovetones, City Meets the Stars

The Lovetones are a psychedelic rock band from Melbourne, Australia. In their previous four albums The Lovetones utilized a predominantly ‘60’s psychedelic-inspired sound. Much of their fifth album, Lost, continues this psychedelic sound with little deviation. Preview this song in iTunes.

The Morning After Girls, Still Falling

From Wikipedia: The Morning After Girls are an Australian neo-psychedelia band. The group was originally formed in Melbourne, Victoria around 2003 by founding members Sacha Lucashenko (vocals and guitar) and Martin B. Sleeman (vocals and guitar), who temporarily relocated the group to New York City in 2008. Its American lineup includes Alexander White (keyboards, percussion, backing vocals), EJ Hagen (bass guitar), and […]

Cut Copy – Lights & Music

Cut Copy are an Australian electronic band with Dan Whitford on vocals, keyboard and guitar. Other members are Tim Hoey on guitar and sampler, Ben Browning on bass guitar and Mitchell Scott on drums. Their second album, In Ghost Colours peaked at number-one on the ARIA Albums Chart in 2008. In 2011, Cut Copy’s next […]

Australia’s Most Prestigious and Oldest Catholic University, St. John’s, Embroiled in Scandal After Hazing Death of Girl

Australia’s oldest and most prestigious Catholic university, St. John’s, is at the center of a scandal after hazing during an initiation ritual by students led to a young girl’s death. Instead of reform, many critics think the college is descending ever further into a culture of anarchy and debauchery. [The Sydney Morning Herald]