australia, food tampering, strawberry-needle crimes

Strawberry-Needle Crimes Scare Australian Citizens

Australians are ditching strawberries en masse after a series of horrible incidents where a few people who ate the fruit were admitted to the hospital. The reason — strawberries with needles inside. These strawberry-needle crimes truly frightened Australians. The strawberry-needle crimes scare While it is speculated that a few needles might have gotten into the ...

Nspirement Staff

Make the Connection to East Gippsland’s Ancient Forests

The only area on mainland Australia that has preserved the richest biodiversity of continuous forests, untouched since the Ice Age, is in East Gippsland. The area of East Gippsland is 12,560 square miles and is mostly forests filled with mountain ecosystems that continue without interruption to the coastal edge. According to Elfie, a local tour ...

Trisha Haddock

A forest in East Gippsland.

Have a Happy Holiday at the Kyneton Bushland Resort!

Our view of the Kyneton Bushland Resort was of rolling hills and a lush green countryside with autumn leaf colors that appeared repeatedly. Kyneton is an Australian town situated in the Macedon Range of the state of Victoria. Entering the Kyneton Bushland Resort, we couldn’t wait to explore the natural bushland. Native animals live in the ...

Trisha Haddock

ANZAC Day in Melbourne

April 25 is ANZAC Day in Australia. ANZAC stands for Australia New Zealand Army Corps. War was declared between England and Germany on August 4, 1914. When World War I started, Australia promised 20,000 men to aid England. At the time, Australia’s opposition leader Andrew Fisher announced that: “Our last man and our last shilling in any ...

Trisha Haddock

Human Anti-Cancer Drugs May Help Tasmanian Devils

Transmissible cancers are incredibly rare in nature, yet have arisen in Tasmanian devils on at least two separate occasions. New research from the University of Cambridge identifies key anti-cancer drugs that could be trialled as a treatment for these diseases, which are threatening Tasmanian devils with extinction. The research also found that the two Tasmanian ...

Troy Oakes

Democracies Need to ‘Muscle Up’ and Oppose Beijing’s Interference

A leading Australian academic has urged liberal democracies to “muscle up” in dealing with Beijing’s interference by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In the below interview with China Uncensored, Professor Clive Hamilton, author of the recently released Silent Invasion, said Beijing has been conducting comprehensive influence operations on Australia and its institutions. When researching the book, ...

James Burke

300 Million Quit the Chinese Communist Party and Affiliated Organizations

Tuidang is a Chinese word meaning withdraw. For the Chinese people, the Tuidang movement means to remove themselves from any affiliation with the Chinese Communist Party. This movement has gained momentum in recent years, especially among China’s youth, as 300 million people have quit the Chinese communist Party. Since 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has used ...

Trisha Haddock

Australia’s Anti-Espionage Laws Put Chinese Student Visas on Hold

New anti-espionage laws in Australia have put Chinese student visas on hold. In recent years, numerous reports have been published by major media outlets around the world regarding the Chinese government’s infiltration and intervention in Australia. Through Confucius Institutes, Australian students have been provided with a distorted version of Chinese history. The Chinese Communist Party’s ...

Nspirement Staff

Port Stephens: An Idyllic Coastal Paradise

Port Stephens is an idyllic coastal paradise that stretches across northeastern New South Wales, Australia. It is renowned for its vast expanse of sand dunes that sit in contrast to its extensive bay and harbor areas. It is a popular tourist destination, offering an abundant range of land and sea activities. With boundless sea and ...

Emma Lu

Senator Penny Wong Speaks for Peace in a Time of Disruption

Senator Penny Wong is Australia’s Opposition Leader in the Senate and Labor’s Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs. This position gives her the opportunity to show her good international citizenship by supporting peace, prosperity, and stability through a commitment to the rules-based international order. Penny Wong lived in Kota Kinabalu, and her family migrated to Australia ...

Trisha Haddock