- 1. 'Flagrantly reckless': Victoria signed China infrastructure deal without consulting DFAT ...
- (Corrupt Politicians)
- Victoria did not consult the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade before signing a controversial infrastructure deal with the Chinese government last year, leaving senior officials concerned it could ...
- Created on 26 May 2020
- 2. From farms and coal mines to airports and water supplies: How China is gobbling up millions of acres of land, vital infrastructure and companies - as part of its 'disturbing' plan to exert greater influenc ...
- (China)
- ... d windfarms China is buying up Australian land, infrastructure and businesses at an alarming rate as it seeks to project power and influence beyond its shores. The communist nation of 1.4billion peop ...
- Created on 28 March 2020
- 3. Ashley Youth Detention Centre guards forced child to perform sexual acts to get his medication, inquiry hears
- (Youth Detention)
- ... e staff were very resistant to change, saw their job as "locking up detainees", and were not able to offer the therapeutic care the children needed. "I would raze Ashley to the ground. I would destr ...
- Created on 04 August 2023
- 4. HIV-based lentiviral vectors: Origin and sequence differences
- (HIV based Lentiviral Vectors)
- ... for Research Resources and Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through grant P51 OD011104 (TNPRC); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ...
- Created on 30 March 2022
- 5. The false and misleading claims President Biden made during his first 100 days in office
- (Biden)
- ... when he uttered a false statement, was some subtle truth-stretching. He spun that if Congress passed his infrastructure plan, “the economy” would create 19 million additional jobs; only 2.7 million of ...
- Created on 12 October 2021
- 6. Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk reveals her new relationship
- (Covid Conflicts of Interest)
- ... rom 1996 to 1998, and to political staffer Simon Every, from 2004 to 2009. From 2015 to 2018 her partner was infrastructure adviser Shaun Drabsch. Source : https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/queensland-premier-annastacia-palaszczuk-reveals-her-new-relationship/news-story/02f00cd5664c283c2628593f0226 ...
- Created on 04 September 2021
- 7. Palaszczuk Government launches $1.84 billion jobs fund
- (Uncategorised)
- ... energy, hydrogen, resource recovery, business, manufacturing and catalytic infrastructure. Deputy Premier Steven Miles said the Queensland Jobs Fund would provide a coordinated approach for business, ...
- Created on 08 June 2021
- 8. A Proteome-Wide Immunoinformatics Tool to Accelerate T-Cell Epitope Discovery and Vaccine Design in the Context of Emerging Infectious Diseases: An Ethnicity-Oriented Approach
- (HIV based Lentiviral Vectors)
- Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) caused by viruses are increasing in frequency, causing a high disease burden and mortality world-wide. The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel SARS-like coronavirus ...
- Created on 26 February 2021
- 9. A complete list of the Liberal Party’s corruption over the last 7 years
- (Liberal Party Corruption)
- ... prior. Refused to release a multilateral trade agreement with China, which involves spending government money on infrastructure in other countries. The lack of transparency exacerbates existing concerns ...
- Created on 18 February 2021
- 10. State partners with world-class med tech company to create Qld jobs
- (Covid and Internet of Bodies)
- ... and months to come.” Treasurer and Minister for Infrastructure and Planning said attracting and retaining highly-skilled jobs in advanced manufacturing industries like medical technology would be a key ...
- Created on 04 October 2020
- 11. JERSEY: Children were loaned to rich paedophile yachtsmen
- (Paedophile Rings)
- ... the whole of Jersey’s infrastructure crashing down.” One of the most serious lines of inquiry in the investigation is that children were regularly loaned to wealthy yachtsmen to “do with them what they ...
- Created on 21 May 2020
- 12. PETITION: Stop foreign ownership of our farms and public assets, protect our food security and our national security
- (Uncategorised)
- ... rules of the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) and ensure that the rules of the Critical Infrastructure Centre (CIC) together with FIRB PROHIBIT FOREIGN OWNERSHIP of any farm, agribusiness or agricultural ...
- Created on 02 May 2020
- 13. We have a right to expect government to do what markets cannot: social and economic protection for all of us
- (Australia)
- ... We need, as a massive structural augmentation, a significantly enhanced and expanded public sector. I’m not just talking about an expansion of infrastructure and staffing levels; we need to re-imagine ...
- Created on 02 May 2020
- 14. ISLAND GRABBING: China almost has Australia surrounded
- (China)
- ... lement some analysts fear we are experiencing again. But in place of warships and tanks, China is steamrolling across our region with promises of grand works of infrastructure - and weaponised loans. De ...
- Created on 21 April 2020
- 15. China’s aggressive moves in South China Sea
- (China)
- ... and proclaim complete fulfillment of its nine-dash dream. China has been giving economic inducements to Laos and Cambodia through its BRI projects and also building ports and infrastructure like airstrips ...
- Created on 27 March 2020
- 16. Foreign Investment Board braces for Chinese takeovers of distressed Australian assets
- (China)
- ... e said. "Foreign buyers of distressed assets aren't necessarily bad buyers." Shoppers, business' fears of virus grow as jobs slashed Utilities providers and hard infrastructure assets such as po ...
- Created on 26 March 2020
- 17. Alan Jones: We’re infected with the virus of increasing Chinese ownership of everything Australian
- (China)
- ... and companies have been blocked from investing in large agricultural properties, commercial properties, infrastructure, services etc. …. by the FIRB? CAAN notes the vertical integration by Chinese companies ...
- Created on 10 March 2020
- 18. PSP Investments, a Canadian pension fund, could now be the largest owner of water in the Murray-Darling Basin
- (Water)
- ... ll regulated water] is 2.3 per cent of the consumptive surface water pool." Municipal water corporations, as well as irrigation infrastructure operators, are also among the largest holders of water ...
- Created on 18 February 2020
- 19. A Canadian pension fund could now be the largest owner of water in the Murray Darling Basin
- (Water)
- ... we ditch unregulated and conveyance water, 200,000ML [assuming it’s all regulated water] is 2.3 per cent of the consumptive surface water pool.” Municipal water corporations, as well as irrigation infrastructure ...
- Created on 17 February 2020
- 20. Government's $150 million female sports program funnelled into swimming pools for marginal Coalition seats
- (Uncategorised)
- ... romised more information after the May 18 election. And a document prepared by the Infrastructure Department shows guidelines for the program were meant to be delivered by June last year. Guidelines ha ...
- Created on 07 February 2020
- 21. Andrew Constance slams Red Cross, Salvation Army and St Vincent De Paul for bushfire relief delays
- (NGOs and other system leeches)
- ... nuary 22) $263m Government contributions Commonwealth $2bn NSW (over two years to rebuild infrastructure incl. roads, schools) $1bn Victoria (part of joint funding with the C ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 22. Rivers in crisis: Amid drought, corporations are buying up Australia’s water
- (Water)
- ... tralia’s finite water resources are under increasing pressure. Its solution is to offer $50 million for an On-farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme to improve on-farm water management and $36. ...
- Created on 28 November 2019
- 23. Rivers in crisis: Amid drought, corporations are buying up Australia’s water
- (Water)
- ... million for an On-farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme to improve on-farm water management and $36.9 million over five years “to improve water security and drought resilience in the Great ...
- Created on 28 November 2019
- 24. The problem with child protection isn’t the money, it’s the system itself
- (Research on Child Protection)
- ... and publicly name the hierarchical social structures that decrease the power of women and children. And we need to develop an infrastructure of support for parents that ensures resources to support families’ ...
- Created on 19 November 2019
- 25. China is leasing an entire Pacific Island. Its residents are shocked.
- (China)
- ... It is the latest example of China using promises of prosperity to pursue its global aspirations — often by funneling money to governments and investing in local infrastructure projects that critics call ...
- Created on 16 October 2019
- 26. Who owns Australia's land and water?
- (Water)
- ... properties with higher rainfall or irrigation infrastructure while also rethinking what they are growing. For local landholders, meanwhile, water has become a seriously saleable commodity. Citrus orchards ...
- Created on 02 October 2019
- 27. Netted, drugged, locked away: the damning face of child mental health in SA
- (Child Protection South Australia media and newspaper articles)
- ... Health Service Clinical Director Mohammed Usman said seclusion was used “as a last resort” and but acknowledged “infrastructure limitations of the current ward”. “We acknowledge that the physical environment ...
- Created on 23 September 2019
- 28. Queensland extinguishes native title over Indigenous land to make way for Adani coalmine
- (Uncategorised)
- ... on leases being issued for mine infrastructure, they learned the state government had instead granted Adani exclusive possession freehold title over large swathes of their lands on Thursday, including ...
- Created on 31 August 2019
- 29. Chinese warships dock in Sydney Harbour
- (China)
- ... g the Solomon Islands, at the same time regional leaders meet at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. China's growing role in the Pacific through funding infrastructure and boosting defence links wa ...
- Created on 04 July 2019
- 30. Peter Dutton urges 'sensible' consideration of expanded cyber spy powers
- (Uncategorised)
- ... le would notionally see them assist the investigations of the federal police or the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. The agency could also sit in the networks of Australian critical infr ...
- Created on 16 June 2019
- 31. Greed took over': the farmers fighting bottled water giants for their water
- (Water)
- ... four years, Stanley’s 400-plus residents fought to stop the planning department granting approval for infrastructure to store and transfer the water. They feared the water extraction would affect aquifers ...
- Created on 01 May 2019
- 32. ‘Non-conformities have been identified’: Equinor’s poor safety record revealed
- (Uncategorised)
- ... terrifying is how many of these incidents could have been worse if support infrastructure had not been close at hand to provide help quickly. Equinor does not plan to provide a second support rig in the ...
- Created on 24 April 2019
- 33. Can the Darwin Port's 99-year lease to China be reversed? And what role, if any, did Andrew Robb play?
- (China)
- ... bureaucratic equivalent to saying, "we're stuffed". In cases like Sri Lanka, China offered loans to build infrastructure. When those loans come payable and the countries can't cover the debt, Ch ...
- Created on 18 March 2019
- 34. China's 'One Belt, One Road': What has Victoria signed up to?
- (Corrupt Politicians)
- ... an, through the infrastructure work that China is involved in offshore, if we can be exporting skills as well as giving businesses the opportunities to share in all that work, then I think that's a good th ...
- Created on 12 November 2018
- 35. Following the money: Where China's $40bn investment in Australia is going
- (China)
- Mining is the main industry receiving Chinese investment followed by real estate and transport infrastructure New data out on Chinese investment in Australia has revealed ...
- Created on 09 October 2018
- 36. Why China buying up ports is worrying Europe
- (China)
- ... particularly in maritime infrastructure. Pioneering Chinese companies such as Cosco Shipping Ports and China Merchants Port Holdings are on a march to acquire shares or sign deals to build terminals ...
- Created on 23 September 2018
- 37. Adani plans to draw 12.5b litres of water and there will be no environmental impact statement
- (Water)
- ... uffers through severe drought, the water infrastructure for Adani's massive polluting coal mine will avoid full scrutiny under Australia's national environment laws," he said. Anti-mining group Lock ...
- Created on 18 September 2018
- 38. Alleged fraudster farmers released on bail - is cousin of the Federal Water Resources Minister
- (Water)
- ... of the total costs they experience undertaking infrastructure work on their properties for the project. Major and Organised Crime Squad Detective Inspector Mick Dowie said the year-long investigation ...
- Created on 29 August 2018
- 39. The rhetoric and the reality of Chinese aid in the Pacific
- (China)
- ... n. So the appeal and incentive for Chinese infrastructure, which is of varying quality, is starting to wane.” China’s aid in the Pacific, traditionally seen as Australia’s regional “backyard” has bec ...
- Created on 09 August 2018
- 40. China invests in 42 overseas ports under Belt and Road project
- (China)
- ... China is the world’s largest exporter and the second largest importer, and wants to secure access to infrastructure and resources that it considers critical to its economic development. A large part ...
- Created on 27 July 2018
- 41. Catholic Church's massive wealth revealed
- (Uncategorised)
- ... h was “more than just buildings” and was significantly involved in providing pastoral care and “social infrastructure”, including schooling, education, healthcare and welfare services. “It is principal ...
- Created on 12 February 2018
- 42. First Djibouti ... now Pakistan port earmarked for a Chinese overseas naval base, sources say
- (China)
- ... to link China through trade and infrastructure to Africa and Europe and beyond. The corridor is a multibillion-dollar set of infrastructure projects linking China and Pakistan, and includes a series of ...
- Created on 05 January 2018
- 43. ICAC Operation Credo finds Obeid, Tripodi, Kelly engaged in corrupt conduct
- (Corrupt Politicians)
- ... mission of a minute to the budget committee that would have enabled AWH to enter direct negotiation with the Government over its public-private partnership proposal for water infrastructure in Sydney's nor ...
- Created on 03 August 2017
- 44. Massachusetts senior citizen and attorney medically kidnapped – estate plundered – represents national epidemic
- (US public guardian corruption)
- ... a result, the court dismantles the family infrastructure—preventing the truth from coming out. Lisa said: Once they get you into probate court they just completely disregard that entire instrument, ...
- Created on 05 January 2017
- 45. A Broken System: Contempt Of Family Court
- (Fixing the broken system)
- ... that many players operate within and manipulate. The individual corruption is where players are willfully engaging in unethical motives — knowingly gaming the vulnerabilities found within the courts infrastructure. ...
- Created on 26 December 2016
- 46. Australian port sold for $7.3 billion to consortium; China fund among backers
- (China)
- ... China Investment Corp, agreed to buy Australia's busiest port for a higher-than-expected A$9.7 billion ($7.3 billion), a sign that tough equity markets are helping fuel appetite for infrastructure. Australia ...
- Created on 19 November 2016
- 47. Sydney homeless free meals info
- (Homelessness)
- ... expensive infrastructure,largely donated food and mostly voluntary staff. Okay if you’re starving and prepared to take a risk. Yurong Pkwy & Cathedral St Woolloomooloo. Government & corporately funded, ...
- Created on 05 October 2016
- 48. Echoes of notorious lunatic asylum continue today for mental health patients, researcher says
- (Mental Health)
- ... xperience with. "In the 1860s, there wasn't much infrastructure in Queensland, there wasn't much being produced, and there were people like shepherds being sent out with just some flour and water, virtu ...
- Created on 06 September 2016
- 49. Vote Compass: Australians want a federal corruption watchdog, even though major parties don't
- (Corrupt Politicians)
- ... six-year highs right now and that's bad for the construction industry. "It's bad for everybody because we rely on the construction industry for jobs but we also rely on the construction industry to provide ...
- Created on 06 June 2016