Australia: Telstra signed deal that would have allowed US spying
Australian telco company, Telstra, agreed to allow US government to store information on communications between US and other countries. Telstra agreed to complete a compliance report every year and report every three months which could not be accessed using freedom of information laws.
Declassified: French nuclear tests ‘showered vast area of Polynesia with radioactivity’
Declassified papers reveal that plutonium fallout hit the whole of French Polynesia, a much broader area than France had previously admitted. Tahiti, the most populated island, was exposed to 500 times the maximum accepted levels of radiation. The impact spread as far as the tourist island, Bora Bora.
The big banks’ big lies in Australia
by Michael West and The Sydney Morning Herald
March 3, 2013 (TSR) - The major banks are supercharging their profits at the expense of customers. Their funding costs have fallen,...
New Zealand PM to Megaupload Founder: Sorry for Spying on You Illegally
September 27, 2012 (TSR) - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key apologized to Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, saying the file-sharing tycoon was spied on illegally, since he was an...
Santos no longer interested in buying Tullow Oil’s Bangladesh and Pakistan assets
September 4, 2012 (TSR) - Australian exploration and production company Santos has lost interest in acquiring UK-based Tullow Oil's assets in Bangladesh, a Santos official said Tuesday.
"We are no...
Australia’s secret Washington files: US intends to charge Assange, cables show
by Philip Doring
August 18, 2012 (TSR) - Julian Assange continues to be the subject of Australian intelligence reports more than a year after the WikiLeaks website published thousands of...
Warmongering Diplomacy: Australia goes anti-China investments
August 8, 2012 (TSR) - A recent swing against foreign investment in particular the agricultural sector targeted at China and led by Australia’s Opposition Coalition made business and government in Canberra anxious...
Australia rejects proposal to base U.S. nuclear aircraft carriers
August 5, 2012 (TSR) - Australia on Thursday rejected a proposal by a Washington-based think tank to base a nuclear aircraft carrier strike group on Australia's west coast as...
SPARX: Computer game aims to zap and counsel teen depression
August 5, 2012 (TSR) - Long viewed as a contributing factor in teenage isolation, computer games are now being used to treat adolescent depression in an innovative New Zealand programme.
Rather...
Embezzlement Crimes and Claims run up Australian Embassy Bills
July 31, 2012 (TSR) - EMBEZZLEMENT of thousands of taxpayer dollars, defamation proceedings and a fight over ownership of a property title are some of the recent legal cases in...
A Youth Perspective on Australia’s Bermuda Triangle: The Balance and Juggle between America and...
by Wei Yuan Min
July 10, 2012 (TSR) - Australia, the world’s biggest island, is located on the southern edge of East Asia and thus, is in the middle of the region...
Australian state to stop waste discharge into the Yarra River
May 24, 2012 (TSR) - The Government of Victoria, Australia, has signed an agreement with Mobil Oil Australia to stop the discharge of industrial wastewater into the Yarra River.
Petroleum producer...
