When the premier of Australia’s biggest state warns the country that things are going to get much worse before they get better, we should thank her for her honesty and urge our national political leaders to take note. In many ways Premier Gladys Berejiklian has no alternative but to face the facts of her own lethal misjudgments since June; she …

By Prof. Emad Walid Shublaq The newspapers and the media have recently highlighted statements by the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, and the NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, outlining plans to deal with the COVID 19 pandemic. The virus has now ravaged more victims and resulted in a second month of closure and lockdown for Greater Sydney. It has spread from Sydney …

By the time Patty Mills scored his 42nd point of Australia’s bronze medal playoff against Slovenia, it was clear the Boomers would banish one of the country’s most nagging sporting curses. Around Australia, calluses were forming on the thumbs of TV viewers flicking between the Boomers’ triumph and their countrywoman Nicola McDermott’s fight for gold in the high jump. After …

The 2021-2022 Federal Budget was handed down by the Treasurer on 11 May 2021 with so much hype about the quick economic recovery in progress and the booming consumer and business confidence. Economic News On the economic news, the budget deficit for the year ending 30 June 2021 will come $50B below the earlier forecast but the budget deficit will …

The government’s flailing strategy for dealing with China could cost the Australian economy more than $20 billion a year – a figure that could blow out even more if the government fails to adopt a different approach. In the past week, Chinese customers have deferred orders for Australian coal amid reports China is suspending Australian coal imports for the foreseeable …

Grateful For Your Kind Support Dear Friends, Many of you have called and written on Facebook and other forms of social media expressing your solidarity against the recent attacks on me as a result of which I tendered my resignation as Assistant President of the NSW Legislative Council. I express my deepest gratitude to you and to so many of …

Washington, SANA-US Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has affirmed that the Turkish regime headed by Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been supporting Daesh (ISIS) and al-Qaeda from behind the scenes for long years, and now it has been forced to show this role which it has played against the Syrian Government form years ago. In a video published on her …

Emad W.Shublaq, Ph.D (Leeds), CPEng. CVS-Life, F.IEAust., F.ASCE, F.SAVE, F.AITD Professor of Value management, Western Sydney University Over the past decades, and probably till recently, Architectural engineers or Architects have been the prevailing influence on engineering practice in Australia, and, perhaps, in neighbouring countries, as far as building design is concerned. The Architectural engineer’s or Architect’s power lies in their …

How on Earth did an abhorrent crime like domestic violence become entangled in Australian cultural wars? It’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment commentators began to talk about the domestic violence “industry” comprised of “feminazis” who complain too much about men, and to imply, without evidence, that hordes of women like to fabricate stories of abuse. But every time we …

Back in October, the nation’s often-warring media companies joined forces in a rare display of unity. As part of the “Right to Know” campaign, newspaper front pages were blacked out and TV ads ran across the networks. It was an attempt to harness “people power” behind the cause of press freedom. The rival bosses of News Corp, the ABC and …