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	Australia's New ASEAN Farm Worker Visa Hits Snags by Murray Hunter The necessary amendments to immigration legislation to enable ASEAN skilled, semi-skilled, and un-skilled farm workers to be employed on Australian farms was ratified by the Governor General last week.
	Religious extremists in South Asia are a threat to regional stability by Dr. Habib Siddiqui Religious harmony is becoming an illusion these days with the election win of extremist forces in some parts of our world. Organized violence directed against vulnerable minorities, scripted by ruling power, is often the norm than an exception.
	Cheap Grace and Climate Change: Australia and COP26 by Dr. Binoy Kampmark It was not for everybody, but the shock advertising tactics of the Australian comedian Dan Ilic made an appropriate point. Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, a famed coal hugger, has vacillated about whether to even go...

	The 12th Malaysia Plan offers few solutions while making the same mistakes; a not so hidden agenda by Murray Hunter Malaysia's prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob recently launched the 532 page 12th Malaysia Plan (MP12) in parliament. What is clear in the document is that Ismail Sabri didn't have much time to influence the direction of...
	COVIDSafe: The Failure of An App by Dr. Binoy Kampmark The returns have not been impressive. For an app essentially anointed as a saviour for tracing purposes in the worst pandemic in a century, COVIDSafe is a lesson in exaggerated prowess and diminished performance.
	Past century revisited by Ovi Magazine Guest It is 100 years since we were supposedly getting over the war to end all wars, World War I, and forming the League of Nations with the purpose of preventing such a conflict and slaughter happening again.
	Has squandering of public wealth become the new norm? by Dr. Habib Siddiqui This year the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York city was poorly attended in-person by the world leaders. Only about 73 heads of state and 31 heads of government attended the event.
	Biden's Build Back Better Adversaries and Adversities by Leah Sellers If you live in Texas where the Texas legislature is continuing to take away Women's Rights regarding their Decisions for their Bodies and their Lives while they also create Laws which will allow it to be easier and quicker for the...
	Malaysia introducing Harsh New Equity Restrictions by Murray Hunter Malaysian prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced in parliament, while launching of the 12th Malaysia Plan (MP12), that measures will be put in place to restrict the sale of sales in Bumiputera companies only to Bumiputeras.
	Blowing the Whistle at Facebook by Dr. Binoy Kampmark The only surprise was that it did not come sooner. Big Tech whistleblowers are not exactly running out of the offices of Silicon Valley, so it was with some excitement that Facebook could produce a person willing enough to show us...
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