Bitcoin sees $4bn in value wiped out as price of cryptocurrency falls 20%
The price of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency bitcoin has lost over a fifth of its value from the record high of last week. On Monday, bitcoin was trading at $2,179, down $612 from last Wednesday’s all-time high of $2,791, according to CoinDesk data. “The correction was actually quite brief, the prices today are still […]
Australia plans to ban convicted pedophiles from traveling overseas to protect vulnerable children in Southeast Asia from exploitation
Australia plans to ban convicted pedophiles from traveling overseas in what the government said Tuesday is a world-first move to protect vulnerable children in Southeast Asia from exploitation. Australian pedophiles are notorious for taking inexpensive vacations to nearby Southeast Asian and Pacific island countries to abuse children there. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said she would […]
Tasmania Police officers take selfie with drunk man, social media approves
The actions of two Tasmanian police officers who delivered a drunk man home and babysat him until a friend arrived have set social media alight. On Saturday night, police officers were contacted by a taxi company for help in getting a man affected by alcohol home safely. Senior Sergeant Craig Fox said when police arrived, […]
If you bought $100 of bitcoin 7 years ago, you’d be sitting on $75 million now
Monday marks the seven-year anniversary of Bitcoin Pizza Day – the moment a programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz spent 10,000 bitcoin on two Papa John’s pizzas. More important than the episode being widely recognized as the first transaction using the cryptocurrency is what it tells us about the bitcoin rally that saw it break through the […]
Police in Australia Probe Case of Guinean Girl Held as ‘Sex Slave’
The 17-year-old from Guinea told investigators she was flown to Sydney via Paris in early April after a man in her home country offered her a job as a cleaner in Australia. Australian police said on Friday they were investigating the case of a West African girl who said she had been held as a […]
Billionaire Andrew Forrest pledges $400m for various charities
In a parliament which dictates taxes and debates how to spend the money of Australians there was lots on offer on Monday – but this time it came with $400 million worth of love. Standing beside film star Russell Crowe, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the single biggest philanthropic donation from the family of mining […]
Australia wants to spend about $183.7 million on anti-radiation missiles for its Growler aircraft fleet
Australia is looking to spend about $183.7 million on anti-radiation missiles for its Growler aircraft fleet, according to a US defence agency. The US State Department has approved the possible sale and Congress has been notified, a news release from the country’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency says. The sale would include up to 70 high […]
Saudi woman flew to Australia escaping arranged marriage, forcibly removed from her flight, returned to Saudi Arabia didn’t have permission from her male guardian to travel
Activists feared Friday for the safety of a young Saudi woman they say was returned to the kingdom against her will, in a case highlighting tight restrictions on women. Dina Ali Lasloom, 24, intended to flee to Australia to escape a forced marriage, Human Rights Watch cited a Canadian witness as saying. The witness said […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses Refuse to Change ‘Two Witness Rule’ that Protects Pedophiles and Abusers
CHILD sexual assault is a secret crime carried out by men and women who do everything they can to avoid detection. Which is why one passage in the Bible is a Get Out of Jail Free card for offenders, particularly when adhered to so strictly by those within religious organisations. Timothy 5:19: demands followers “do […]
Australia to ban unvaccinated children from preschool
No-jab, no play. So says the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, who has announced that unvaccinated children will be barred from attending preschools and daycare centres. Currently, 93 per cent of Australian children receive the standard childhood vaccinations, including those for measles, mumps and rubella, but the government wants to lift this to 95 per cent. […]
