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- How to stop a car-jacker dead in his tracksby cairnsnews on May 8, 2026 at 10:21 pm
This American car-jacker finally came unstuck after crashing his car into two others then calmly trying to drive off with this carload of kids. The driver and father soon fixed him up and if we had this ability in Australia there would be few if any more similar incidents such as the multitude of home The post How to stop a car-jacker dead in his tracks appeared first on cairnsnews.org.
- Labor’s amended ASIO laws allow social media spying and five years jail for refusing to answer questionsby cairnsnews on May 8, 2026 at 12:10 pm
By Senator Alex Antic The Labor government has announced $74 million over two years for a new Counter-Terrorism Online Centre led by ASIO and the Australian Federal Police. This centre will monitor “high-risk online spaces” including social media, gaming platforms, Discord channels, encrypted chats like WhatsApp, online forums, and the dark web. Teams of analysts The post Labor’s amended ASIO laws allow social media spying and five years jail for refusing to answer questions appeared first on cairnsnews.org.
- Livestock transporters welcome promised fuel reserve, but it must reach the regionsby cairnsnews on May 8, 2026 at 7:55 am
Australia’s livestock and rural transporters have welcomed a billion-litre national fuel reserve but warned the Federal Government the measure will only matter if diesel reaches the regions when supply fails. The Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association backed the Government’s $10 billion-plus fuel security package — including $3.2 billion for a government-owned reserve and $7.5 The post Livestock transporters welcome promised fuel reserve, but it must reach the regions appeared first on cairnsnews.org.
- UN gone bust, Trump says no more freeloading on US or wasted money on climate scamsby cairnsnews on May 8, 2026 at 7:45 am
From Gateway Pundit The United Nations is facing insolvency. In a January 28, 2026 letter to all 193 member states, Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the organization faces “imminent financial collapse,” with cash reserves nearly exhausted and outstanding dues hitting a record $1.57 billion by the end of 2025, more than double the amount outstanding The post UN gone bust, Trump says no more freeloading on US or wasted money on climate scams appeared first on cairnsnews.org.
- Gas is coming back to bite the free traders of the LNP and ALPby cairnsnews on May 8, 2026 at 7:32 am
After years of LNP and Labor both chasing the free market myth, the Federal Government seems to have listened, but the only measure of success is if gas prices substantially come down, state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter said. “The KAP have been warning successive governments for more than a decade of the impending doom The post Gas is coming back to bite the free traders of the LNP and ALP appeared first on cairnsnews.org.