ROHINGYA REFUGEES LEFT TO DIE AT SEA Whilst the world seems to have come to a standstill during pandemic lockdown, the persecution of Rohingyas has not ceased with hundreds of the stateless people being forced to flee Myanmar. Malaysia has intercepted and turned back trawlers … Continue reading“HUMAN PING PONG”
The aviation industry is suffering the brunt of the COVID-19 travel ban. With airlines such as QANTAS grounding all international flights, we are seeing mass layoffs and some airlines on the brink of bankruptcy. Now Virgin Australia has entered into voluntary administration, leaving QANTAS with … Continue readingAVIATION IN TURMOIL: THE COLLAPSE OF VIRGIN AND FEARS FOR THE WORLD’S AIRLINES
While the world continues to battle with the COVID-19 health crisis, an ecological crisis has continued to worsens as the Great Barrier Reef is now at risk of disappearing completely due to coral bleaching. This past month, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has experienced its most … Continue readingTHE IMPENDING DESTRUCTION OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
April Fools Day is a day that is traditionally celebrated across the world by pranks, jokes and a spot of fun. However, as the world continues to battle COVID-19, death tolls rise and countries globally race to quell the curve, today will not be a … Continue reading2020: The year that fooled us
2019 has set the stage for the next decade. Just as the 2000s acted as a prologue for events of the 2010s, we now are about to enter the next chapter of the story we call the twenty-first century. Before we end this year, it … Continue reading2019 IN REVIEW – HARD WORK AWAITS
Democracy and our engagement with it over the last ten years has undergone significant upheavals. The pace of political and social change aligns itself with the rapid dominance of technology in our society and the blazingly fast economic growth and disparity that permeates through the … Continue readingA DECADE OF DEMOCRACY | FROM DISRUPTION TO DEMISE
EDITORIAL – As we come to the end of 2019, it is time to reminisce on those events that shaped our year. Over the past twelve months, many leaders left the political arena through electoral defeat, coups and peaceful transitions of power. Let’s say goodbye … Continue readingGOODBYE, AU REVOIR, AUF WIEDERSEHEN, ADIOS | LEADERS BIDDING FAREWELL IN 2019
BY HAMAH HOSEN – Looking back on the year, it seems that unrest became a constant state of ordinary. It was rare not to see or hear news of people taking to the streets in the form of protests all over the globe from Hong … Continue reading2019: A WORLD IN UPROAR
“There’s a lot of guilt in that. Some cocoa farmer worked very hard to pay his taxes so I can go to school.” Those are the words of Dr George Ofori-Amanfo, an associate professor of paediatric cardiology in an American hospital. But America isn’t Dr … Continue readingTHE WEST IS STEALING THE WORLD’S DOCTORS
On December 2018, the Australian government passed the Assistance and Access Act 2018, a controversial law requiring technology companies to allow security agencies and the police to access encrypted messages of Australians. This law is the first in the world to have such reach and … Continue readingDATA ENCRYPTION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT – A STARTLING ADVANCEMENT