The collapse in support for the Gillard Government since the start of February has been extraordinary, with opinion polls showing that if an election were held now, the Liberal-National Party coalition would be elected in a landslide. Even the Prime Minister’s week-long visit to western Sydney — a clear breach of her promise to govern,…
Weeks after the Italian people voted overwhelmingly to reject the government of technocrats imposed by the European Union (EU) — and, by implication, to reject the EU’s austerity program — there is still no clear sign that a stable government can be formed with a working majority in the Italian parliament. Italian economist and newspaper columnist Carlo Bastasin, in an election commentary for the Washington-based Brookings Institution, said, “No parliament, no government, no president of the republic. And now not even a pope. The situation in Italy resembles a house of cards in a perfect storm.” Italy’s left-wing coalition, the…
An American computer security company, Mandiant, which was targeted by Chinese cyber-spies, turned the tables on the hackers, infiltrating their systems and documenting the massive degree of computer espionage undertaken by the Chinese regime, through the government’s military force, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Mandiant has been tracking Chinese computer espionage since 2004, on behalf of both corporate clients and US government departments. It has documented the extent of computer hacking, from one key PLA site in Shanghai, in a special report, available on its website, www.mandiant.com. Kevin Mandia The Chinese attack on Mandiant came through an apparently innocuous email…
Prominent anti-Islam campaigner and Dutch politician, Geert Wilders, recently conducted a short speaking tour of Australia’s eastern states. His visit to the country was sponsored by the Q Society of Australia Inc., which is campaigning against the “Islamisation” of Australian society. Wilders heads the Party for Freedom (PVV), the third largest party in Holland, which has 15 seats in the 150-seat Dutch parliament. The PVV derives its support from its opposition to Islam, its opposition to the European Union, and opposition to the financial austerity program introduced by the present government of Holland. In his public statements, Wilders has claimed…
