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When the managing director of an Australian power company last fall suggested that those who leave the electric grid and rely on solar power exclusively are “greedy and selfish,” a fair amount of off-the-grid enthusiasts balked. Paul Adams, managing director ...

The rising tensions generated by North Korea’s missile tests have convinced people around the world that it’s time to restock the bunker. Among the new generation of preppers is Australian businessman Nathan Stewart. “If North Korea gets the ability to ...

The road was rough and dusty, as usual. Two jackaroos, or Australian ranch hands, had been sent out from the nearest cattle station to perform their day’s labor. Their first order of business required them to head into some of ...

When the average American family moves from one town to another town, it often involves weeks and weeks of packing up their stuff, not to mention finding another house in which to live. But for off-gridder Fred Schultz, it takes ...

Hillary Clinton told a townhall audience in New Hampshire last week she would like America to imitate some of the world’s most stringent gun control laws, one of which practiced gun confiscation. The frontrunner for the Democratic presidential race gave ...

President Obama is trying to capitalize on the massacre at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon, with new action on gun control, and one country that he has held up as a model – Australia – used mass gun confiscation ...

The world’s most feared terrorist group has acquired the radioactive material necessary to build a large “dirty” bomb, Australia’s Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, says. The US Pentagon over the weekend confirmed the claims. Bishop based her statement on intelligence reports ...

Let’s face it—it’s hard to stick to a diet. We start a diet on Monday and plan to stick with it. That is, until Friday comes along and the kids want pizza for dinner. Eventually, we give in and eat ...

An organic farmer has lost a GMO lawsuit which supporters worldwide hoped would be a landmark victory for all-natural farming. Farmer Steve Marsh of Australia believed that genetically modified canola had drifted onto his land, contaminating his naturally grown crops ...

Mention eucalyptus oil to an Australian who is a long way from home, and you are almost sure to get a big reaction. To many Australians, eucalyptus oil smells like home. Eucalyptus oil is derived from the dried leaves of ...