Corruption in South Korea. Samsung, Hyandai.

Corruption in South Korea. Samsung, Hyandai.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/south-koreas-presidency-on-the-brink-of-collapse-as-scandal-grows/2016/10/28/7639a2cc-1700-4ef7-a3a4-661b3ff989c4_story.html

Snowden: Journalists can’t win surveillance arms race against NSA; have to lobby for more privacy – Global Editors...

https://medium.com/global-editors-network/e-snowden-against-surveillance-journalists-engagement-more-efficient-than-encryption-dbfbacdf9463#.8q44p9525

The 30 Best Science Fiction Books in the Universe - Early Bird Books

http://www.earlybirdbooks.com/best-science-fiction-novels-of-all-time/

Who the hell voted for Pauline?

Who the hell voted for Pauline?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-28/who-elected-one-nation-xenophon-lambie/7825106

When CIA and NSA Workers Blow the Whistle, Congress Plays Deaf

https://theintercept.com/2016/10/27/when-cia-and-nsa-workers-blow-the-whistle-congress-plays-deaf/

Scientists studied 5,000 gifted children for 45 years. This is what they learned about success

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/09/scientists-studied-5-000-gifted-children-for-45-years-this-is-what-they-learned-about-success

“I have nothing to hide. Why should I care about my privacy?”

https://medium.com/@FabioAEsteves/i-have-nothing-to-hide-why-should-i-care-about-my-privacy-f488281b8f1d#.5i1he2156

Triggs honoured for human rights work

http://www.news.com.au/national/politics/gillian-triggs-honoured-for-human-rights-work/news-story/7b579c1186c09e0d19c56bffa2bd9f8d

The land of increased suicide rates and increased imprisonments.

The land of increased suicide rates and increased imprisonments.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/oct/27/australia-is-no-longer-the-home-of-the-fair-go-says-report?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-2

Science proves rich people don’t really notice you—or your problems

http://qz.com/816188/science-shows-the-richer-you-get-the-less-you-pay-attention-to-other-people/

Interestingly the methods used by an alternate study were exceedingly poor but got the result that the current...

Interestingly the methods used by an alternate study were exceedingly poor but got the result that the current government wanted.
http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/7017-australian-views-on-immigration-population-october-2016-201610241910

Australia's coal seam gas emissions may be vastly underestimated – report | Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/26/australia-coal-seam-gas-emissions-may-be-vastly-underestimated-report

Fiona the unemployed bettong tries to call Centrelink. Please hold! | First Dog on the Moon | Opinion | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/25/fiona-the-unemployed-bettong-tries-to-call-centrelink-please-hold

How multinational tax transparency got killed off

http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/how-multinational-tax-transparency-got-killed-off-by-australias-business-lobbies-20161006-grwhq5.html

Tim Cook: 'We Don't Buy' the Need to Give Up Privacy for AI

http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/25/apple-artificial-intelligence-privacy/

Chinese officials found guilty of falsifying air quality data - People's Daily Online

http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/1025/c90000-9132459.html

Robert Manne: How we came to be so cruel to asylum seekers

https://theconversation.com/robert-manne-how-we-came-to-be-so-cruel-to-asylum-seekers-67542

Strict speed enforcement detrimental to road safety, study finds

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-26/speed-enforcement-detrimental-to-road-safety-study-finds/7965082

The Illusion of Moral Superiority

http://spp.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/10/06/1948550616673878.abstract

Head in the sand governance.

Head in the sand governance.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/coalitions-housing-affordability-inquiry-scrapped-amid-growing-market-fears-20161024-gs9jbo.html

Speaking truth to the stupid.

Speaking truth to the stupid.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/you-got-polar-ice-for-that-burn?utm_term=.cnaje1Yq0#.efDPAW1BN

Australians are among the least satisfied broadband users in the world

http://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/australia-ranked-23rd-out-of-26-countries-when-it-comes-to-broadband-satisfaction-20161022-gs89nu.html

The Nationals and their fringe views are holding Australia to ransom

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/the-nationals-and-their-fringe-views-are-holding-australia-to-ransom-20161021-gs7q67.html

Coal propaganda

Coal propaganda
https://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/powerful-toot-army?utm_term=.wt3R4aaV2b#.juE5VOOEDw

Government assault on the truth.

Government assault on the truth.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/immigration/2016/10/22/culture-war-offshore-detention/14770548003887

Centrelink and class war

https://www.themonthly.com.au/blog/eleanor-robertson/2016/21/2016/1477020753/centrelink-and-class-war

Scientists just showed what it truly means when a huge Antarctic glacier is unstable

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/10/21/scientists-just-showed-what-it-truly-means-when-a-huge-antarctic-glacier-is-unstable/?utm_term=.34f9f41ba27d

'Kind of creepy' - Coca-Cola caught monitoring Sydney Uni academic Lisa Bero

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/cocacolas-secret-plan-to-monitor-sydney-university-academic-lisa-bero-20161020-gs6m4a.html

The long history of the U.S. interfering with elections elsewhere

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/13/the-long-history-of-the-u-s-interfering-with-elections-elsewhere/

Banks getting nervous about over priced properties and impending correction. 20% to 30% over priced.

Banks getting nervous about over priced properties and impending correction. 20% to 30% over priced.
http://www.afr.com/real-estate/nab-cracks-down-on-property-lending-to-reduce-risk-20161020-gs7co2

Opponents of rooftop solar caught on tape praising deceptive measures to pass Florida initiative

https://thinkprogress.org/florida-amendment-is-intentionally-misleading-f50da6a689f8#.ecvcnd93k

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Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking

https://www.propublica.org/article/google-has-quietly-dropped-ban-on-personally-identifiable-web-tracking

The Responsibility of Intellectuals

https://chomsky.info/19670223/

Good.

Good.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/oct/20/australian-nurses-who-spread-anti-vaccination-messages-face-prosecution

Australia’s Stranded Refugee Prisoners - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/opinion/australias-stranded-refugee-prisoners.html

Toxic politicians abusing human rights.

Toxic politicians abusing human rights.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-20/peter-dutton-takes-aim-at-four-corners-program/7949834

'A huge win for doctors': Turnbull government backs down on gag laws for doctors on Nauru and Manus

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/a-huge-win-for-doctors-turnbull-government-backs-down-on-gag-laws-for-doctors-on-nauru-and-manus-20161019-gs6ecs.html

Radical status-quo propaganda corporation (CNN) desperate to ensure public does not get actual information.

Radical status-quo propaganda corporation (CNN) desperate to ensure public does not get actual information.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161019/07004935835/cnn-tells-viewers-illegal-them-to-read-wikileaks-document-dumps-cnn-is-wrong.shtml

Nauru detention policy could be torture, Amnesty says

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-17/nauru-detention-policy-a-'breach-of-human-rights'-amnesty/7940652

No longer taken seriously, we're seeing the last gasp of climate denial groups | Dana Nuccitelli | Environment | The...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/oct/19/no-longer-taken-seriously-were-seeing-the-last-gasp-of-climate-denial-groups

Media Silent as Anti-Corporate Trade Deal Protests Take Europe by Storm

http://theantimedia.org/anti-corporate-trade-deal-protests-eu/

The government wants to discredit truth with junk claims. Bias might close the ABC, but it's not the ABC's bias.

The government wants to discredit truth with junk claims. Bias might close the ABC, but it's not the ABC's bias.
http://about.abc.net.au/statements/abc-news-statement-regarding-four-corners-broadcast-on-17-october-2016/

MUD glorious MUD

MUD glorious MUD
http://www.astriagame.com/

One Driver Can Prevent a Traffic Jam

http://www.wsj.com/articles/one-driver-can-prevent-a-traffic-jam-1476204858

The importance of urban forests: why money really does grow on trees | Cities | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/oct/12/importance-urban-forests-money-grow-trees?CMP=share_btn_gp

Peter Martin: There's more than one way to kill negative gearing

http://www.theage.com.au/comment/capital-gains-tax-theres-more-than-one-way-to-kill-negative-gearing-20160216-gmvict.html

The Price of Australia’s Real Estate Boom - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/opinion/the-price-of-australias-real-estate-boom.html?ref=opinion

'I was not prepared for what I saw': Australia intentionally torturing refugees, report claims

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/island-of-despair-australia-intentionally-torturing-refugees-on-nauru-says-major-amnesty-international-report-20161016-gs3sm4.html

Corporate owned government.

Corporate owned government.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/rupert-murdochs-editors-dine-with-malcolm-turnbull-at-the-lodge-20161016-gs3guu.html

LNP: end poverty by telling people to stop being poor, we're going to let you die.

LNP: end poverty by telling people to stop being poor, we're going to let you die.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/oct/16/welfare-mentality-must-end-coalition-responds-to-report-on-rising-poverty

A cop who’s spent 30 years fighting sexual assault explains why victims often wait to come forward

http://www.vox.com/identities/2016/10/14/13275786/sexual-assault-victims-reporting

This is what rape culture looks like – in the words of Donald Trump | US news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/15/donald-trump-words-what-rape-culture-looks-like

730,000 Aussie kids living in poverty.

730,000 Aussie kids living in poverty.

The report shows Australia's policy makers have not only failed to make progress but are actually going backwards since the 1990s.
http://www.theguardian.com.au/story/4230203/our-national-shame-730000-aussie-kids-living-in-poverty/?cs=12

Michelle Obama has dragged this US election out of the gutter | Anne Perkins | Opinion | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/14/michelle-obama-us-election-donald-trump-politics-speech-women?CMP=share_btn_fb

Photographer of Inception-Like World Shares How He Did It and Why

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1962388-photographer-of-inception-like-world-shares-how-he-did-it-and-why/

The stupid country.

The stupid country.
https://theconversation.com/infographic-how-much-does-australia-spend-on-science-and-research-61094

Amy Goodman Is Facing Prison for Reporting on the Dakota Access Pipeline. That Should Scare Us All.

https://www.thenation.com/article/amy-goodman-is-facing-prison-for-reporting-on-the-dakota-access-pipeline-that-should-scare-us-all/

We finally know what Hillary Clinton knew all along – Saudi Arabia is funding Isis

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hillary-clinton-wikileaks-email-isis-saudi-arabia-qatar-us-allies-funding-barack-obama-knew-all-a7362071.html

Exposing the inhumanity of banks to their customers

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2016/10/15/exposing-the-inhumanity-banks-their-customers/14764500003860

Christian terrorists?

Christian terrorists?
http://www.kwch.com/content/news/Federal-officials-to-announce-arrests-in-major-investigation-397095961.html

Cave art: Etchings hailed as 'Iberia's most spectacular' - BBC News

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37654544

I haven't ever looked into the reasoning behind restricted trading hours. Hope this is a good thing.

I haven't ever looked into the reasoning behind restricted trading hours. Hope this is a good thing.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/retail/southeast-queensland-trading-hours-extended-20161014-gs2gxr.html

Former solicitor-general lashes George Brandis over direction

https://theconversation.com/former-solicitor-general-lashes-george-brandis-over-direction-66926

The Collector: Robin Williams

https://paddle8.com/auction/robin-williams/

HubbleSite - NewsCenter - Hubble Reveals Observable Universe Contains 10 Times More Galaxies Than Previously Thought...

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2016/39/full/

Corporate owned government being called out.

Corporate owned government being called out.
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australia-facing-questions-at-un-over-post2020-climate-change-stance-20161011-gs0avq

George Brandis, the criminal solicitor general

George Brandis, the criminal solicitor general
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/george-brandis-direction-to-solicitorgeneral-unlawful-former-top-adviser-says-20161012-gs0nst.html

BHP Billiton has evaded taxes for more than a decade, says Wayne Swan | World news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/12/bhp-billiton-has-evaded-taxes-for-more-than-a-decade-says-wayne-swan

Big Pharma's Manufactured Epidemic: The Misdiagnosis of ADHD

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/big-pharma-s-manufactured-epidemic-the-misdiagnosis-of-adhd/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_MB_NEWS#

Cosmic radiation exposure and persistent cognitive dysfunction : Scientific Reports

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep34774

Kinda like Murdoch news Corp, CNN, etc

Kinda like Murdoch news Corp, CNN, etc
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/10/12/facebook-has-repeatedly-trended-fake-news-since-firing-its-human-editors/?tid=sm_fb

Scientists accidentally stumble on possible way to slow brain's ageing process

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-12/scientists-may-have-worked-out-how-to-keep-brains-young/7924796

Your Social Media Fingerprint

https://robinlinus.github.io/socialmedia-leak/

Corruption and cover up.

Corruption and cover up.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/public-service/barnaby-joyce-defies-the-senate-on-pork-barrel-public-service-move-20161010-grzcqq.html

Indigenous-led suicide plan needed to fight Aboriginal deaths, report says

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-12/indigenous-led-suicide-prevention-plan-need-to-fight-deaths/7921776

Foreign spies behind BOM cyber attack, report shows

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-12/bureau-of-meteorology-bom-cyber-hacked-by-foreign-spies/7923770

Trees are much better at creating clouds and cooling the climate than we thought

https://theconversation.com/trees-are-much-better-at-creating-clouds-and-cooling-the-climate-than-we-thought-66713

Tax on sugary foods and drinks backed by World Health Organisation - BBC News

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-37620087

Elon Musk (Tesla) calling out corrupt Robert Murray (CEO of an energy company)

Elon Musk (Tesla) calling out corrupt Robert Murray (CEO of an energy company)
https://electrek.co/2016/10/10/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-challenges-big-coal-toe-to-toe-without-subsidies-after-called-fraud/

A Friend For Pluto: Astronomers Find New Dwarf Planet In Our Solar System

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/11/497071139/a-friend-for-pluto-astronomers-find-new-dwarf-planet-in-our-solar-system

Why Haitians are urging people not to donate to American Red Cross

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/haitians-urging-people-not-give-money-american-red-cross-how-to-help-hurricane-matthew-aid-cholera-a7352681.html

George Brandis and Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson set for public showdown

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/george-brandis-and-solicitorgeneral-justin-gleeson-set-for-public-showdown-20161009-gryk1x.html

Turnbull government called on to explain where Australia's offshore gas wealth is going

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/turnbull-government-called-on-to-explain-where-australias-offshore-gas-wealth-is-going-20161009-gryaoi.html

Giving ignorant people a voice empowers the fringes to abuse the law.

Giving ignorant people a voice empowers the fringes to abuse the law.
You're allowed to have your opinion, but that doesn't mean your opinion is not crude, uncivilised and illegal to express physically.
#JailTheTards
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/oct/08/homophobic-attacks-double-after-brexit-vote

The Path to Prosperity Is Blue - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/opinion/campaign-stops/the-path-to-prosperity-is-blue.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share

George Brandis faces embarrassing defeat in Solicitor-General advice row

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/george-brandis-faces-embarrassing-defeat-in-solicitorgeneral-advice-row-20161006-grwyfn.html

UN slams Nauru's treatment of asylum seeker, refugee children

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-07/un-slams-nauru-treatment-of-refugee-children/7914132

The Indian Express

http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/google-play-store-has-more-than-400-malicious-apps-hidden-as-games-themes-and-skins-report-3061017/

Children inherit their intelligence from their mother

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/children-intelligence-iq-mother-inherit-inheritance-genetics-genes-a7345596.html

Not OK, Google | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/05/not-ok-google/

Vale Ross Higgins |

https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/vale-ross-higgins

Woolloongabba Bikeway to remedy bike black spots

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/woolloongabba-bikeway-to-remedy-bike-black-spots-20161006-grw9jn.html

Physicists create world’s first time crystal

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602541/physicists-create-worlds-first-time-crystal/

Column: The claim that if wages go up, jobs will go down is not a theory -- it's a scam

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/column-claim-wages-go-jobs-will-go-isnt-theory-scam/

The unravelling NBN: how Turnbull failed to download the nation's network solution | Peter Lewis | Opinion | The...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/06/the-unravelling-nbn-how-turnbull-failed-to-download-the-nations-network-solution

Irresponsible government.

Irresponsible government.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/29/officials-admit-no-modelling-shows-how-australia-will-meet-paris-climate-pledge

How the Attack on Science Is Becoming a Global Contagion by Christian Schwägerl: Yale Environment 360

http://e360.yale.edu/feature/how_the_attack_on_science_is_becoming_global_contagion/3039/

Government immediately commences abusing privacy.

Government immediately commences abusing privacy.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-04/government-departments-obtain-metadata-via-afp/7898648

Just fascist state things.

Just fascist state things.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/asio-asks-for-detention-powers-without-warrant-from-judge-20160826-gr2bxi.html

Full list: 150 private schools over-funded by hundreds of millions of dollars each year

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/full-list-1-billion-flowing-to-wealthy-private-schools-officially-classed-as-overfunded-20160930-grs6nz.html

‘Samantha Power scared of RT because it gets truth across’

https://www.rt.com/op-edge/360648-samantha-power-us-rt-un-media/

Rosetta pulls off kamikaze crash-landing into comet

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-30/rosetta-spacecraft-crashes-into-comet-67p/7894560

“They’ve set this trial up to give the strongest possible chance of there being a placebo effect that you can...

“They’ve set this trial up to give the strongest possible chance of there being a placebo effect that you can imagine.” Not good.
https://www.statnews.com/2016/09/21/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-pace-trial/#comments

Police routinely misuse state and federal databases to stalk romantic interests, business partners, family, and even...

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2016/09/police-routinely-misuse-state-federal-databases-stalk-romantic-interests-business-partners-family-even/