http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/australian/ en-us Thu, 16 May 2013 08:25:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3020098/posts Islamic Sharia law is outdated, controlling, un democratic, barbaric, racist, sexist and just plain stupid. It is completely incompatible with modern life in civilized  nations. ItÂ’s no wonder those who live under Sharia in Muslim countries or those who call for it in the west are often regarded as a bit backwards,because  Sharia  most definitely is retarded. How can throwing a female who is a victim of  not 1 repulsive rapist but of 3 evil rapists, into prison for having sex out of wedlock be any kind of justice. The woman never asked to be raped, she wasnÂ’t flirting with the attackers or leading them on... Kafir Crusaders http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3020098/posts#comment Thu, 16 May 2013 08:25:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2909731/posts The Muslim terrorist group Qa’adat el-Jihad claimed responsibility Saturday for a terrorist bombing in Burgas, Bulgaria. The bombing in Bulgaria last week killed five Israelis, one a pregnant woman. The Lebanese paper El-Nashra reported that the group, which has ties to Al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility in an email to the Arab press. Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2909731/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:33:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3004568/posts Why did the drunk and naked Australian cross the croc infested river? For a couple of crates of Jack Daniels of course. Daily Mail London http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3004568/posts#comment Fri, 5 Apr 2013 18:52:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983489/posts Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard stunned constituents on Wednesday by announcing that national elections will be held on September 14. Gillard, who holds power by a narrow margin and is trailing in the polls behind the conservative opposition, broke from the country’s tradition of revealing election dates only a few weeks in advance. While Gillard’s surprising announcement aimed at ending political uncertainty surrounding her struggling minority government, she sparked outrage within the Jewish community, as September 14 falls out on Yom Kippur—the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. inn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983489/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:31:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2981344/posts Brisbane company Linc Energy says independent studies have confirmed a major shale oil source in South Australia's far north, which officials have estimated could be worth $20 trillion. The company says US-consultants have carried out drilling and geological and seismic surveys around Coober Pedy. Linc Energy holds rights over more than 65,000 square kilometres of land in the Arckaringa Basin and started explorations in 2008. In a statement to the Stock Exchange, the company said reports from US-based consultants indicate underlying rock formations "are rich in oil and gas-prone kerogen". The company says up to 233 billion barrels of oil... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2981344/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:16:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2972242/posts The largest mosque in Australia posted a Facebook “fatwa” against Christmas — warning followers that it’s a “sin” even to wish people a Merry Christmas — before taking it down, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. The ruling, posted Saturday by the Lakemba Mosque in Sydney, said the “disbelievers are trying to draw Muslims away from the straight path” and that “a Muslim is neither allowed to celebrate the Christmas Day nor is he allowed to congratulate [Christians].” It went up following a sermon from the mosque’s head imam against participating in any Christmas-related activities. On wishing people a Merry Christmas,... The Blaze http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2972242/posts#comment Wed, 26 Dec 2012 03:02:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2893376/posts (CNN) -- Two Australian Olympic swimmers who posted pictures on Facebook of themselves brandishing weapons have been ordered to take them down by the country's swimming authorities. The image, taken in a gun shop in Santa Clara, California, showed Nick D'Arcy with two pistols standing next to Kenrick Monk who is holding two shotguns across his chest, according to a Friday report in Australia's Herald Sun. The swimmers were training in the U.S. ahead of the Olympic Games in London later this year. Swimming Australia said in a statement that it does not condone "the posting of inappropriate content on... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2893376/posts#comment Sat, 9 Jun 2012 06:54:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2862539/posts Billionaire Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer accused the CIA of funding environmental extremists seeking to cripple the island nation’s industry, saying during a press conference that the money was being routed through conduits such as the infamous Rockefeller Foundation. And the Australians involved in the alleged plot are essentially committing “treason,” Palmer declared. The CIA, environmentalist organizations such as Greenpeace, and Australian Green Party politicians all rejected the accusations. But the high-profile remarks from Palmer, a professor who owns a massive business empire worth billions and is a significant financial contributor to the center-right Liberal National Party (LNP), caused a... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2862539/posts#comment Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:46:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2790712/posts LABOR may have finally bounced off rock bottom but Australia's oldest political party and its leader are still facing a historic loss of public confidence and electoral failure. A three-point rise in the Newspoll primary vote for the ALP has avoided the unthinkable for the Gillard government of going to 25 per cent or below to have less support than the combined vote for the Greens and various odds and sods, but the broader view of this survey of public opinion about Labor - as well as the personal standing of Julia Gillard - is devastating. The electorate has not... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2790712/posts#comment Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:50:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2771306/posts FEDERAL Labor MP Mike Kelly revealed yesterday how he had been forced to use a bayonet to "stick" enemy Somalis while serving with the Australian army. Defending himself against claims his 20-year career in the army was spent behind a desk, Mr Kelly said: "I actually had to use the bayonet. I did actually stick them - I don't know if it was life threatening - to ward them off." The parliamentary secretary for agriculture is in a war of words with his constituent, retired Air Vice-Marshal Peter Criss, and other veterans over military pensions, The Daily Telegraph reported. Prior... PerthNow | Daily Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2771306/posts#comment Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:53:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2761251/posts Nancy Wake, Australia's greatest World War II heroine and a prominent figure in the French Resistance known as the "The White Mouse" for her ability to evade the Germans, has died in London. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the woman who was once the Gestapo's most wanted person, was "a devastatingly effective saboteur and spy". "Nancy Wake was a woman of exceptional courage and resourcefulness whose daring exploits saved the lives of hundreds of Allied personnel and helped bring the Nazi occupation of France to an end," Gillard said. Wake, who died in a London hospital on Sunday just... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2761251/posts#comment Tue, 9 Aug 2011 20:57:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2740809/posts JULIA Gillard admits Australia is a long way from consensus on climate change - and says the debate may become ever tougher for Labor - as new polling reveals her behind Tony Abbott as preferred prime minister for the first time. ..... Ms Gillard said today the polling was a result of her plan to put a price on carbon, and that while it was a tough reform "it may get even tougher, before it gets easier". “I believe that once carbon pricing is in place people will see how the system works and the benefits of it,” the Prime... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2740809/posts#comment Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:30:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2732179/posts Kill a camel, earn cash for cutting greenhouse gases: That offer may be coming soon in Australia, where vast numbers of the nonnative, methane-belching animals have been trampling the Outback for more than a century. The government has proposed that killing camels be officially registered as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Australia has the world's largest population of wild camels _ an estimated 1.2 million _ and considers them to be a growing environmental problem. The proposal, released for public comment this week, would allow sharpshooters to earn so-called carbon credits for slaughtering camels. Industrial polluters around the... madison.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2732179/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jun 2011 13:16:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2730227/posts Advertisement by group Mypeace, reading "Jesus, a Prophet of Islam," labeled by Catholic bishop "a direct assault on Christian beliefs." A billboard campaign in Australia launched by a Muslim group in the country caused outrage among some of Sydney's Christians, upset by advertisements reading "Jesus, a Prophet of Islam," the London Daily Mail reported on Saturday. One Catholic bishop said that the posters were a "direct assault on Christian beliefs." The group, called Mypeace, claims that the campaign was made to encourage awareness about Islam, and correct some misconceptions the public may have regarding the religion. The group said the... jpost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2730227/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jun 2011 18:21:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2700884/posts Defence buys "value for money" ship From: AAP April 06, 2011 12:31PM Australia is to buy a near-new surplus British navy amphibious landing ship at what appears a bargain $100 million pricetag. Defence Minister Stephen Smith said Australia had been successful in its bid for RFA Largs Bay, a 16,000 tonne landing ship launched in 2003 and commissioned in 2006. The ship is set to be decommissioned as a cost saving measure under the UK government's Strategic Defence and Security Review released last October. Mr Smith said Australia would pay 65 million pounds or $A100 million at the current exchange... Australian Associated Press (AAP) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2700884/posts#comment Thu, 7 Apr 2011 04:13:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2624226/posts Australia needs 12 large subs for security Brendan Nicholson From: The Australian AUSTRALIA will need 12 big, long-range submarines to help it shape its own strategic future. The region will be increasingly dominated by China, says Paul Dibb, author of the 1987 defence white paper. In the wake of warnings about China's growing military power at the Ausmin talks, Professor Dibb will tell a Submarine Institute conference in Perth today it is time Australians took their strategic outlook much more seriously. "We ignore our own unique strategic geography at our peril in the decades ahead," he will say. Having a... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2624226/posts#comment Tue, 9 Nov 2010 16:22:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2619891/posts Australia's dollar has blasted through parity against the US dollar after the country raised interest rates a quarter point to 4.75pc to fight inflation. The long-awaited moment of "triple parity" seems imminent. The Swiss franc is already worth more than a greenback, and the Canadian dollar is seemingly poised to break through as well. The surging "Aussie" - widely seen as a play on the China growth story and used by traders as a proxy for the Chinese yuan - captures the shift in the world's economic centre of gravity to the Pacific region. The currency was worth half a... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2619891/posts#comment Tue, 2 Nov 2010 21:43:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2575687/posts After a tense night of vote-counting yielded no clear result, Australia was heading for a hung parliament with independents Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott and Bob Katter, who hail from regional areas, becoming the unlikely kingmakers. Independents (L-R) Bob Katter, Rob Oakeshott, Tony Windsor While they all have links to the National Party, the minor party in Tony Abbott’s conservative coalition, the independents have said that past allegiances will not influence their negotiations. The most unpredictable member of the trio is Mr Katter, the MP for the vast seat of Kennedy in northern Queensland which covers more than 340,000sq miles. A... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2575687/posts#comment Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:03:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2554101/posts JULIA Gillard has arrived in Canberra and will meet Governor-General Quentin Bryce at 10.30am to set a date for a federal election. The PM's office has confirmed that the Prime Minister will hold a press conference at noon. August 21 or 28 are the anticipated dates for the election. Ms Gillard is then expected to travel to Brisbane, where Labor has to make up ground following the dumping of Kevin Rudd. Ms Gillard smiled, but said nothing to reporters outside her western Melbourne home, as she was driven away just after 7am (AEST). The media is already camped outside Government... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2554101/posts#comment Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:21:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2553532/posts PRIME Minister Julia Gillard is expected to call an election within 24 hours. The ABC reports that Labor sources have revealed Ms Gillard will visit Governor General Quentin Bryce in Canberra tomorrow morning to set the election for August 28. The election campaign will be six weeks long. The news comes as the Opposition accused Ms Gillard of trying "airbrush" the past by refusing to reveal whether she had reneged on a deal with Kevin Rudd. Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey said today the Prime Minister should have been “honest” and “open” about what happened on the night before Mr Rudd... news.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2553532/posts#comment Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:18:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2525047/posts PLANS are still being made for US President Barack Obama's Australian visit in a few weeks' time, despite concerns he may have to cancel again. Mr Obama is grappling with the US's worst ever environmental disaster, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Efforts to block the spill have failed and the White House says it might leak until August. Mr Obama is due to visit Canberra and Sydney in mid-June, but there is speculation he may feel the pressure to stay at home and deal with the crisis. He had to cancel a previous Australian visit, in March, to rally... news.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2525047/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jun 2010 07:35:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2484170/posts Few are laughing in Australia following Robin Williams' joke that its people are "basically English rednecks". His remarks, made on The Late Show with David Letterman, prompted Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to respond on a Sydney radio show. "I think Robin Williams should go and spend a little time in Alabama before he frames comments about people being particularly redneck," said Mr Rudd. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2484170/posts#comment Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:56:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2476551/posts Note: Photo included. SNIPPET: "Feiz Muhammad is an Australian citizen now residing in Malaysia. He has been labeled Australia's "most dangerous sheikh" due to the number of connections he has to known and suspected terrorists. Muhammad’s target audience is young Muslims who feel disaffected and disassociated from local Muslim communities, where mosque clerics show "a lack of interest toward the youth." His lectures frame the United States as the enemy of all Muslims, including those living in the United States and Americans living in other Western countries. He emphasizes that Muslims should regard Western culture as corrupt and immoral, and... COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2476551/posts#comment Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:19:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2471811/posts Allies? Who needs allies? From today’s Sydney Morning Herald (emphasis added): Barack Obama’s trip to Australia is going ahead but his 24-hour visit will be contained to Canberra. The US President will address Federal Parliament on March 26 after flying from Bali the day before and dining with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at the Lodge. Mr Obama’s shortened itinerary – which allows him to spend more time in Indonesia – will include a meeting with Governor-General Quentin Bryce and a range of events to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Australia-US alliance. Mr Obama was forced to ditch his original... verunserum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2471811/posts#comment Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:10:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2465192/posts SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – Australian underwear company AussieBum has been monkeying around and the result is a range of men's underwear made with bananas. The new eco-friendly banana range of undies incorporates 27 percent banana fiber, 64 percent cotton and 9 percent lycra, AussieBum's Lloyd Jones said on Friday. Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2465192/posts#comment Sat, 6 Mar 2010 01:11:50 GMT