Year: 2015

Nightlife Crackdown Turning Kings Cross into No Life Suburb, The New Daily, 28 December 2015

By John Stapleton The authorities are cracking down on the seedy, often criminal underbelly of Kings Cross. But are they robbing the famous Sydney suburb of its life? “Sydney is dead.” It is a phrase repeated in conversations across the once-vibrant entertainment districts of Sydney. Aggressive crackdowns and the “lockout laws” limiting admission to bars […]

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Sample. Section One: A Terrible Beauty is Born. 2015. Pages 1-10.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section One: A Terrible Beauty is Born. Sample. 2015. Pages 11-20

 

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section One: A Terrible Beauty is Born. Sample. 2015. Pages 21-30.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section One: A Terrible Beauty is Born. Sample. 2015. Pages 41-50.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section One: A Terrible Beauty is Born. Sample. 2015. Pages 31-40.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section One: A Terrible Beauty is Born. Sample. 2015. Pages 51-56.

Thugs, mobsters and gangsters driving up the price of your groceries, The New Daily, 18 December, 2015.

By John Stapleton   SHARE TWEETSHAREREDDITPINEMAILCOMMENT Serious and organised crime is costing the community $36 billion a year, according to a new report by the Australian Crime Commission. The cost is equivalent to 24 per cent of Australia’s social security and welfare budget and adds an estimated 6.3 per cent to the average cost of […]

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Two: Burn The World. 2015. Pages 57-66.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Two: Burn The World. 2015. Pages 67-76.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Two: Burn The World. 2015. Pages 77-86.

Figures Show Increase in RAAF Bombings of Islamic State, The New Daily, 16 December 2015

By John Stapleton New figures show Australian air strikes against Islamic State are on the increase. Other aircraft, such as the C-17A Globemaster and the C-130J Hercules have delivered hundreds of tonnes of ammunition and mortar rounds and numerous aid packages to isolated civilians in dangerous territory. Australia’s air-to-air refuelling specialist aircraft, the KC-30A, has […]

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Two: Burn The World. 2015. Pages 87-95.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Two: Burn The World. 2015. Pages 96-100.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Three: Without Historical Precedent. 2015. Pages 101-110.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Three: Without Historical Precedent. 2015. Pages 111-120.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Three: Without Historical Precedent. 2015. Pages 121-130.

The Class of 2015: Our Teen Jihadis a Rising Threat, The New Daily, 10 December 2015

By John Stapleton The history of Australian teenage jihadists is already long, and getting longer by the day. The arrest on Thursday of a 15-year-old Sydney boy in counter-terrorism operations added to the list. The world has been shocked by the sight of children or young teenagers participating in often ritualised acts of violence. Indeed, […]

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Three: Without Historical Precedent. 2015. Pages 141-150.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Three: Without Historical Precedent. 2015. Pages 151-160

Your private health data could be sold for profit, The New Daily, 8 December, 2015

By John Stapleton Whether you have a heart condition, diabetes, a rare blood disorder or are in fine health, this is all information which could be potentially turned to profit. And now experts fear your private medical records could soon be available to the highest bidder. A scandal has arisen in the wake of the […]

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Three: Without Historical Precedent. 2015. Pages 161-170.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Three: Without Historical Precedent. 2015. Pages 171-181.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Four: Soldiers of God. 2015. Pages 182-190.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Four: Soldiers of God. 2015. Pages 191-200.

Drone Wars: Australia’s Dirty Secret, The New Daily, 4 December 2015

By John Stapleton The drones are capable of hovering for days over targets before unleashing their payloads, and are blamed for driving radicalisation in Muslim territories. In the dying days of the Abbott government the Australian Defence Force announced five RAAF personnel were embedded with the US Air Force, performing operational duties including piloting and […]

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Four: Soldiers of God. 2015. Pages 201-210.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Four: Soldiers of God. 2015. Pages 211-217.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Five: The Ponding of Ignorance. 2015. Pages 218-227.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Five: The Ponding of Ignorance. 2015. Pages 228-237.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Five: The Ponding of Ignorance. 2015. Pages 238-247.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Five: The Ponding of Ignorance. 2015. Pages 248-259.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Six: The End of Days. 2015. Pages 260-269.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Six: The End of Days. 2015. Pages 270-279.

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost. Section Six: The End of Days. 2015. Pages 280-288.

Malcolm Turnbull’s doublespeak on encryption, The New Daily, 25 November, 2015.

By John Stapleton Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has advocated the use of encryption technology to protect privacy and circumvent the metadata laws at the same time as his government has brought in new laws so loosely worded numerous high-profile critics fear it could make even the use of smartphones or email illegal. While no one […]

There’s A New and Deadlier Islamic State Coming The New Daily 22 November 2015

By John Stapleton For all the talk of degrading Islamic State (IS), the group has grown even more deadly this year. Despite a whole host of books in 2015 warning of its increasing power and numerous cautionary tales from some of the world’s most gifted analysts, Australians still seem ill-informed on the subject. It is […]

Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost, New Book Out Now, PRWeb, 13 November, 2015.

Terror in Australia’: New Book Out Now Share Article ‘Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost’, by journalist John Stapleton, is a sidewinding missile into the heart of Australian hypocrisy. ‘Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost’, by John Stapleton Well documented, switching through multiple points of view, John Stapleton’s ‘Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost’ is […]

The War on Drugs has failed, say experts, The New Daily, 13 November, 2015

By John Stapleton Inappropriately treating drug addiction as a law enforcement issue rather than a medical and personal problem have led to many unnecessary deaths.The approach by Australia’s politicians has been arguably inept, whipping up moral hysteria in the community for electoral gain. The failure of successive government to accept the advice of policy experts […]

FOMO Leading to Depression, Anxiety for Teenagers The New Daily 8 November 2015

http://thenewdaily.com.au/life/2015/11/08/teen-social-media-anxiety-depression/ #FOMO leading to depression, anxiety for teenagers Nov 8, 2015 JOHN STAPLETON Teens worry they’re missing out on events, friends’ in-jokes and showing they’re having fun on social media. Kids need to be reminded that the cyber world is not the real world. More than half of all teenagers 17 years and under access […]

How Baby Boomers are Squeezing Young Families, The New Daily, 4 November 2015

By John Stapleton The impacts of high immigration rates combined with an ageing population have created a housing crisis in Sydney and Melbourne, according to a new report. The Australian Population Research Institute suggests that most first home buyers and renters in Australia’s two largest cities are unable to find housing suitable to their needs […]

The Internal Threat That Has ASIO Worried, The New Daily, 4 November 2015.

By John Stapleton ASIO, the nation’s chief spy agency, has warned of the increased damage malicious insiders could do to Australia’s security as a result of rapid advances in information technology. The warnings come after the Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning cases exposed huge security flaws un US intelligence services (click the owl to find […]

Terrorism Threats Worse than Ever Report, The New Daily, 20 October 2015

By John Stapleton Australia’s lead spy agency the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) identified almost 100 passports of national security concern during the last financial year as well as an escalating security threat to the nation, according to a report tabled in Parliament this week. The report from ASIO showed the increased terror threat globally […]

How Tony Abbott Made Australia More Dangerous The New Daily 7 October, 2015

How Tony Abbott made Australia more dangerous 1inShare By John Stapleton ANALYSIS: Our government’s response to the terror threat has made things worse. The Abbott government’s actions and rhetoric has left Australia vulnerable.   Tony Abbott knew perfectly well when he re-entered the conflicts in Iraq and Syria that it would further radicalise Australia’s Muslim minority and […]

Soldiers of God: Extract from Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost

The single most contentious segment of Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost by the veteran journalist John Stapleton is the section known as Soldiers of God. The name is a play on the fact that Jesuits are known as Soldiers of God. The mujahedeen of Islamic State also see themselves as Soldiers of God. There is […]

Extract from Terror in Australia: Workers’ Paradise Lost

EXTRACT FROM TERROR IN AUSTRALIA: WORKERS’ PARADISE LOST JOHN STAPLETON By May of 2015 the security situation in Australia had deteriorated to an alarming extent. The authorities were scared witless another terror attack was imminent. For more than 12 months they had been putting out spot fires across the country, in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, […]

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