The Best Disinfectant

An annual report from an Australian Charity focussed on housing affordability is making alarming claims about housing insecurty in Australia, especially for those dependent on welfare. The Anglicare Rental Affordability Snapshot is taken annually, using real estate listings from a single weekend to give a picture of what the housing market looks like to the most vulnerable in society, including …

Sanders’ campaign is being very selective with the questions it asks voters. On Monday the Bernie Sanders campaign released data showing Bernie Sanders beating Trump handily in head to head polls in the key battleground states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio. This seems to be part of a strategy to bolster Sanders’ in his contest for the Democratic primary, where …

The Best Disinfectant is conducting a topical review of “Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election”, more commonly referred to as the “Mueller Report”. The report, which was released on April 19, 2019, summarizes findings by the Office of the Special Counsel, which was appointed to investigate allegations that Russian nationals and agents of the …

Our Finding: FALSE. The descibed events did not take place. On the 27th of March an image began circulating around Arabic speaking social media, claiming to depict the New Zealand Air Force engaged in formation flight and skywriting ‘Allah’ in Arabic. This came 2 weeks after a horrific white supremacist terrorist attack in Christchuch, New Zealand left 50 dead and …

Students across the world took part again in school strikes for climate action on Friday, one week after almost 1.5 million people joined a global green protest. From the Indian state of Assam to New York City, Reykjavik to Ghana, students marched in at least 357 cities in 68 countries demanding immediate environmental action, according to the Fridays for Future …

When the United Kingdom formally started proceedings to leave the European Union two years ago, its international trade secretary, Liam Fox, promised the UK would have 40 trade deals with nations in place by the time it exited the bloc. With just two weeks until Brexit, however, only seven countries have agreed to roll over trade deals with the UK. …

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Last week Bill Shorten, the leader of the Australian Labor Party (which is currently in opposition) signalled the party’s intent to significantly raise the minimum wage. The media’s reaction was overall neutral, with a preliminary but systematic review finding as many negatively as positively slanted articles about the announcement. This stands in contrast to public opinion, which is overwhelmingly in …

An Egyptian Subway spokesperson has advised people to commit suicide elsewhere to avoid maintenance cost and delays to trains and railways. “We are not a means to Suicide”- said a Cairo Subway official to local press on Monday (02 September) in response to a recent incident at one of the networks stations. This comes as a remark in response to …

A little while back, a good friend told me that an Octopus was “one big brain” and “basically an alien”. It’s a hard statement to swallow at first, but when they went into a bit more detail it started to seem like they might be telling the truth. Cephalopods, the family of lifeforms of which an Octopus is a member …