While the Australian government is being forced towards country-of-origin labelling, contaminated food will continue to enter Australia until quarantine-testing of imported foods is seriously upgraded. Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce After years of procrastination and opposition from the major supermarket chains, the public, angry over recent toxic imported food imports, is forcing the government to consider mandatory…
THE MYTH OF THE MUSLIM TIDE: Do Immigrants Threaten the West? by Doug Saunders (New York: Random House) Paperback: 208 pages ISBN: 9780307951175 Price: AUD$29.95 Reviewed by Patrick J. Byrne Doug Saunders’ neighbourhood in London changed about 20 years ago, becoming populated with immigrants from East Asia, Turkey and the Middle East. He says…
Tony Abbott wants to be known as the infrastructure Prime Minister. A major infrastructure program would likely win over many Australians who are in fear of losing their jobs. Prime Minister Tony Abbott Many leading economists and economic institutions are saying that in this time of global secular economic stagnation, which could go on for another 20 years, the only way governments can lift economic output and reduce unemployment is through massive government spending on infrastructure. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that part of the solution for a world with too much supply and too little demand needs to…
With Dutch politician Geert Wilders planning to help launch the Australian Liberty Alliance, where will this new party sit in the Australian political scene? Serge Trifkovic In March 2014, Geert Wilders, member of the Dutch parliament and leader of the country’s Party for Freedom (PVV), delivered a message from the Netherlands (via YouTube) to a Stop Islamisation of Nations (SION) conference held in Melbourne, pledging that he would return to Australia in early 2015 to help launch the Australian Liberty Alliance.[1] The 2014 conference was organised by the Q Society of Australia,[2] which is also behind the formation of this…
