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Its been home to countless gigs, ranging from The Beatles and
Frank Sinatra to Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Mars Volta and
everything in between. Chances are, if youre a live music fan in
Melbourne youve been to Festival Hall.
Now live music is set to resonate once again within the iconic
walls of Melbournes
Festival Hall once again, with the reigns now held by Live
Nation, who took over the management of the venue owned by Hillsong
Corp. The US-based global touring company has reportedly signed a
multi-year lease on the venue.
Officially re-launching in Melbourne on Thursday, 15 June, Live
Nation Asia Pacific President Roger Field officially reopened the
venue for the music industry, ready to welcome music lovers
back to its hallowed halls.
Keep up with the latest music news,
festivals, interviews and reviews here.
Loved amongst locals for its Jamaican-style meals and bright
rooftop bar, Pakington Streets iconic Jamaican-style caf Taste
Jamaica has permanently closed its doors.
The business announced the news on social media on Sunday, 18
June, after originally announcing the news in April, citing a focus
on imports and catering at festivals and events going forward.
Taste Jamaica restaurant is now permanently closed. Time for
some well deserved relaxation, the post read.
Everyone that has supported us during this time, we really do
appreciate your support. We will never forget you all.
Festivals and Events thats what we are about and thats what we
will be focusing on moving forward.
Keep up with the latest food and booze
news across the region here.
Taste Jamaica will host a farewell party on 25 June 2023 with a
brilliant day of live music. Titled Reggae on Pako, the farewell
event will kick off at 12pm and feature the likes of DJ Dazz, Wild
Gloriosa, Sole Sister Swing, Mpress Kandance, Flames Eye, Ras
Jahknow band and Nicky Bomba.
Fresh from an impressive run at Adelaide Fringe Festival and
Melbourne International Comedy Festival earlier this year, Geelong
and Melbourne-based actor, singer, writer and musician Connor Morel
is bringing his gig-turned-musical-turned-existential-crisis
theatre show
A Lovely Day To Be Online home to Geelong as part of the
Geelong Arts Centres Grand Opening Festival.
Following a $140m Little Malop Street Redevelopment, the Geelong
Arts Centre will be officially swinging open the shiny new doors on
Saturday 19 August, with a huge four-week-long
opening festival happening to celebrate.
A Lovely Day To Be Online is the latest show to join the
festival program, alongside the likes of celebrated
multi-ARIA-Award winning R&B-pop artist, Jessica Mauboy, and an
Australian comedy triple-header, featuring Dave Thornton, Dilruk
Jayasinha and Lizzy Hoo, plus Missy Higgins, Opera Australia,
Belvoir St Theatre, family fun with Windmill Theatre Company and
more.
Stay up to date with whats happening in and around
the region here.
Taking over the new Open House in Geelong on 22 September from
7pm, singer-songwriter and self-obsessed internet addict Connor
fronts a live band in this original gig-theatre show that asks: are
we doing the internet right? And would life just be easier without
it all?
From the fake Instagram influencers to the radical keyboard
warriors; the scamming crypto hackers to the obsessive YouTube
addicts: were all in the sauce. But is it all going too far? And
what would it take for us to realise it is?
Full of original soul-pop tunes, stories, memes and a whole lot
of heart, this show delves into the humanity of how we use the
internet, and how it preys on us when were at our worst.
Debuting at Melbourne Fringe last year to rave reviews, Connor
(frontman of Geelongs nostalgic pop rock band The
Run and who is already being referred to as an Australian
answer to Bo Burnham) wrote the 50-minute show as a reflection on
his own obsession with his smartphone and what it was doing to
him.
Addressing how social media affects his relationships, his local
community, and his broader understanding of how the world
functions, the show was initially inspired by Connors own
frustrating habit for his smartphone pre-pandemic, and escalating
mid-pandemic with an increase in screen time prompting t...
Fresh from delivering a huge festival last year with
unforgettable performances by The Kooks, Peking Duk, The Veronicas,
Ball Park Music, Confidence Man, Jack River and more, Australias
favourite wine and music pairing Grapevine Gathering is back for
2023 with an absolutely huge lineup.
Taking to the Yarra Valley (VIC), Hunter Valley (NSW), Swan
Valley (WA), Mount Cotton (QLD), and McLaren Vale (SA) this
October, this years festival will include indie rock
sensations Spacey Jane, UK festival favourites The Wombats, Hayden
James, the electrifying band from Arnhem Land King Stingray,
Absolutely Everybody singer Vanessa Amorosi, Cannons, The Rions,
up-and-coming duo Teenage Joans and Bella Amor.
Grapevine Gathering 2023
Saturday 7th October Rochford Estate, VIC
Sunday 8th October Sirromet Wines, QLD
Saturday 14th October Sandalford Wines, WA
Saturday 21st October Hope Estate, NSW
Sunday 22nd October Serafino Wines, SA
Full lineup
Spacey Jane
The Wombats [Aus Exclusive]
Hayden James [Aus Exclusive]
King Stingray
Vanessa Amorosi
Cannons
The Rions
Teenage Joans
Bella Amor
Hosted by Lucy and Nikki
Keep up with the latest music news, festivals,
interviews and reviews here.
Hosting the music and wine festival will be the popular podcast
duo Lucy and Nikki, who will keep the energy high and the audience
engaged throughout the event with their witty banter and infectious
enthusiasm.
Grapevine Gathering is renowned for its commitment to providing
a holistic experience, complementing the diverse music lineup with
the finest local wines and food options on offer. Festival-goers
will have the opportunity to indulge in the tantalising flavours of
each region while enjoying the lush vineyards, rolling lawns, and
world-class wines that make Grapevine Gathering a truly unique and
memorable event.
Presale
registrations are now open with tickets going on sale Wednesday
21st of June at 6PM AEST. Presale purchasers gain access to the
cheapest tickets and for a chance to WIN 1 of 500 VIP upgrades. Any
remaining tickets will be released to the public at 6PM Thurs 22nd
of June.
For more information and ticket purchase, head here.
<p>There are only a few weeks to go before Metro Comic Con
lands in Melbourne on 8-9 July, and the pop culture convention has
pulled out all the stops to add more popular stars to its
lineup.</p> <p>Beyond appearances by stars of the big
and small screens and talented writers and artists, the event will
feature exclusive panels, photo and autograph opportunities, pop
culture exhibitors, cosplay, merchandise stalls and more.</p>
<h3>Metro Comic Con in Melbourne</h3> <ul>
<li>Major pop culture convention</li>
<li>Melbourne Showgrounds on 8-9 July</li>
<li>Jamie Campbell Bower leads lineup</li> </ul>
<p class="p1"><b><i>Keep up with the latest in
local news and entertainment </i></b><a href=
"https://fortemag.com.au/entertainment/"><span class=
"s1"><b><i>here</i></b></span></a><b><i>.</i></b></p>
<h3>Additions include:</h3> <p>Jamie Campbell
Bower from the smash hit series Stranger Things. The English actor
thrilled fans in the most recent season of the sci-fi show when he
brought to life Vecna, the central villain of the tale. He has also
won a multitude of passionate fans from his roles in The Twilight
Saga movies New Moon and Breaking Dawn Parts 1 & 2, Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Fantastic Beasts: The
Crimes of Grindelwald, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones,
Camelot (TV) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet
Street.
Dean Lennox Kelly: he has starred as Ketterdam crime boss Pekka
Rollins in Netflixs adaptation of Shadow and Bone, Kev Ball in
Shameless and Meredith Rutter in Jamestown, and guest starred as
William Shakespeare in Doctor Who.</p> <p>Christopher
Heyerdahl: he recently played Captain Locke in James Gunns
Peacemaker series, starred opposite Andrew Garfield and Sam
Worthington in the miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven and
appeared in the haunting opening scene of The Last of Us. He is
also known for his roles in TV shows like Sanctuary, Hell on
Wheels, Stargate: Atlantis, Van Helsing and Supernatural, and the
Twilight Saga movies.</p> <p>Vico Ortiz: they are most
recognised for playing skilled pirate Jim in the TV series Our Flag
Means Death alongside Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby.</p>
<p>Tommy Flanagan: a prolific actor best known for playing
Filip Chibs Telford in Sons of Anarchy and Mayans M.C. He also
starred in movies such as Gladiator, Braveheart and Guardians of
the Galaxy Vol. 2 and will soon be seen opposite Russell Crowe in
Sleeping Dogs.</p> <p>Tom Taylor: an Australian #1 New
York Times bestselling author with a long list of credits for
Marvel (Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Wolverine, X-Men,
Superior Iron Man), DC (Superman, Injustice, Batman/Superman), Dark
Horse (Star Wars: Blood Ties, Star Wars: Invasion) and Gestalt (The
De...
<p>Wine Yarra Valley is excited to announce the return of
its Fireside festival for its fifth year, and their Fireside Winter
Twilight Market for its second year, after a tremendously
successful 2022.</p> <h3>Fireside Yarra
Valley</h3> <ul> <li>Saturday 8 Sunday 23 July
2023</li> <li>Various venues around the Yarra Valley
and selected inner-Melbourne venues</li> </ul> <p
class="p1"><b><i>Keep up with the latest in local
news and entertainment </i></b><a href=
"https://fortemag.com.au/entertainment/"><span class=
"s1"><b><i>here</i></b></span></a><b><i>.</i></b></p>
<p>Fireside is a 16-day festival of events across the Yarra
Valley and beyond, celebrating all that winter in Melbournes most
accessible wine region has to offer in sights, sounds, smells and,
most importantly, tastes, against the alluring landscape of moody
skies, crisp nights, and the warmth of an open fire.</p>
<p>The festival showcases some of the regions very best food
and drinks with special winter-themed menus curated around
chargrilled, smoked and wood-fired local ingredients.</p>
<p>The 2023 program features over 30 culinary experiences,
including all-star food & beverage collaborations from
TarraWarra Estate x Frank Camorra (Movida), Jayden Ong Wines x Tom
Sarafian (ex. Rumi, Bar Saracen, Little Andorra), No7 Healesville x
Bar Liberty, Rob Dolan Wines x Matilda 159, and more.
$45pp or $55pp on the night. Tickets are extremely limited and
selling quickly!
When: Saturday 8 July, 4-8pm
Where: Yarra Valley Railway Station, Healesville
Also returning for 2023 is the Fireside Winter Twilight Market.
After an incredibly popular pilot event in 2022, this years market
will focus exclusively on Yarra Valley food & drinks, taking
inspiration from the magical Christmas markets of Europe. Wine
Yarra Valley is thrilled to partner with Yarra Valley Railway for
the event, the largest volunteer-run organisation in Australia, and
are fortunate to have received support from the Federal and Local
governments to deliver a fantastic experience for the Yarra Valley
community and beyond.
The ultimate winter wine experience, the Fireside Winter
Twilight Market offers a variety of tasty winter treats surrounded
by toasty fire pits at the historic Yarra Valley Railway in
Healesville. Ticketholders will revel in the rustic ambiance of our
winter wonderland whilst savouring the flavours of the region, and
are advised to bring their woollens and their dancing shoes for a
fantastic evening celebrating the joys of winter with good food,
drinks and great times!
A selection of local wines, beers and ciders will be
available...
In his first-ever Australian tour later this year, Charlie Puth
has announced a second Melbourne show due to an overwhelming demand
for tickets over the weekend.
Quickly selling out Margaret Court Arena on Sunday 29th October,
Charlie Puth will now be bringing The Charlie Live Experience to
Margaret Court Arena on Monday 30th October. Tickets to the second
Melbourne show go on sale 11am Tuesday 20 June 2023.
Charlie Puth Australia 2023
October 27 The Riverstage, Brisbane
October 29 Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne (Sold Out)
October 30 Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne
November 1 Aware Super Theatre, Sydney
Keep up with the latest music news,
festivals, interviews and reviews here.
Charlie Puth has been whole-heartedly embraced across Australia
for his exceptional songwriting, and charismatic online
persona.
Further to the incredible international success across his three
studio albums, Puth has had multiple singles crack the Top 10 of
the ARIA Singles Chart locally, including One Call
Away reaching #3 overall, and Attention, both of
which being accredited 6 x Platinum.
As the global star makes his way down under to celebrate the
release of his critically acclaimed 2022 album CHARLIE,
fans will have a chance to hear all of their favourites, whilst
experiencing the music in a brand new way. Truly at home on stage,
fans will be enamoured with Puths artistry within his live show;
not only with a voice that transcends, but through his incredible
musicianship, and captivating onstage charisma.
Stepping out of the colourful, love-filled
world and into a new era, liberated and filled with a fiery
passion, Mister Co begins again.
This time with Dont Talk About It, a dynamic
and catchy track that while taking a massive step in an entirely
new direction, is still as genuine to who the husband duo are as
anything else theyve ever done.
Keep up with the latest music news, festivals,
interviews and reviewshere.
Independently released on 17 June, Dont Talk
About It sees the passionate musicians and producers Connor and
Oscar Absolum exude immense confidence and
liberation.
Drawing inspiration from their alternative and
rock influences, the near four-minute track features driving guitar
lines, crashing percussion and intimate lyrics providing an
enthralling entry into a new rock era for the duo while promising
to liberate listeners and leave them humming the infectious chorus
for days.
Soaring with raw emotion, cinematic strength
and the radiant energy thats become synonymous with the duo since
their first single, here the duo delivers an entirely empowering
anthem, delving into the theme of emotional captivity by those who
claim to be supportive.
Reflecting on their personal experiences of
feeling restrained and limited by individuals who hindered their
musical and personal endeavours, Mister Co. crafted Dont Talk About
It as a powerful response to reclaim their voice, leaving behind
the theme of love that characterized their earlier
works.
We wrote Dont Talk About It while reflecting
on the times in our lives where we felt held back and restricted by
people who didnt want us to succeed with our music, our business
and our relationship. This was our chance to respond and have our
say.
Written as an emancipation piece, the pair
explores the narrative of being held emotionally captive by those
who claim to support you, singing:
Free! Me! From your lies! Its! Time! For me to take flight! I want to t...
Rialto Aglow is the new 10-day winter lights festival coming to
the heart of Melbourne next month, bringing along interactive light
installations from some of Australias most exciting public artists,
nightly live entertainment and festival-themed cocktails, food and
bites to Rialto, the iconic fifty-five-floor office tower and
retail precinct in the heart of Melbourne CBDs midtown.
Running from 19 to 29 July, the free festival will be
headlined by a new large-scale projection artwork leading into the
Rialto Piazza, with interactive works of light, music, sound and
colour immersing the Piazza from Collins St to Flinders Lane and
King Street.
Rialto Aglow Melbourne
Rialto Aglow is the new winter lights festival coming to
Melbourne
Running for 10 days (19-29 July) the festival will feature
interactive light installations, live entertainment and themed
cocktails and food
Entry to Rialto Aglow and live entertainment each night is
free
Keep up with the latest in local news
and entertainment here.
With entry to the festival free, guests will also witness
large-scale works from Simone Chuas prolific Amigo & Amigo
studio (VIVID Sydney, Canary Wharf London, Eurovision 2023)
including Accordion, a multisensory large-scale installation
inspired by the traditional instrument of the same name; and Lunar
Lamp Posts is Amigo & Amigos new large-scale 10 x 10-metre
interactive light installation, inspired by the cycles of the moon.
With over 40 different music sounds and interactive lighting
animations, the audience can touch and play as the forest of moons
illuminates and animates.
Beloved Australian neon light artist Carla OBrien (White Night,
Burning Man, Festival of Light) will also have a range of works
popping up around Rialto Aglow, through her new studio Volter
International. Highlighted works include a playful live instrument
installation Neon Play The Music and the iridescent Double Rainbow
Love Heart Archway, while all her works provide irresistible photo
opportunities, much like Carlas Neon Angel Wings did for Katy Perry
at Burning Man festival in 2016.
The Rialto Aglow Winter Lights Festival is supported through the
Melbourne City Revitalisation Fund a $200 million partnership
between the Victorian Government and the City of Melbourne.
Rialto Aglow runs from 5pm daily 19-29 July 2023.
Entrance to Rialto Aglow, and live entertainment each night is free
for Melburnians and visitors of all ages. Head here for more
info.
<p>Argentine x Australian punk rock outfit The Maggie
Pills have just dropped their powerful debut album, <em>Hope
is a Risk</em> in its full-length glory, while also offering
up the mighty third album track Bright the Brightest Light and
sharing a run of national tour dates to celebrate.</p>
<p>The album tour will kick off in Melbourne on 24 June
before heading to Frankston, Geelong, Beechworth, Sydney,
Wollongong and Adelaide.</p> <h3>The Maggie Pills
National Tour 2023 Victorian Dates</h3> <p>Sat 24 June
The Bergy Bandroom, Melbourne<br> W/ The Hot Blood &
Hearts and Rockets
Sat July 8 Singing Bird Studios, Frankston<br> W/ Hearts
and Rockets & Nicoteenagers
Sat 15 July The Barwon Club, Geelong<br> W/ Stripp, Green
Blanket and Vicious Blonde</p> <p>Sat 19 August
Tanswells, Beechworth<br> W/ Biff</p> <p
class="p1"><b><i>Keep up with the latest music news,
festivals, interviews and reviews </i></b><a
href= "https://fortemag.com.au/music/"><span class=
"s1"><b><i>here</i></b></span></a><b><i>.</i></b></p>
<p><em>Hope is a Risk</em> is the mighty debut
release from The Maggie Pills, an outfit whose founding members,
Argentinian frontwoman Delfi Sorondo and Venezuelan drummer Mario
Perez, formed shortly after migrating to Australia.</p>
<p>Mastered by legendary sound engineer Joe Carra (Amyl &
The Sniffers, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Courtney
Barnett), and filled with compelling Latin percussions, razor-sharp
guitars, fuzzy bass lines, unhinged synths, and gestural vocals,
Hope is a Risk masters the intersections between intuitive and
mathematical, grunge and pop, gothic and colorful.
The band was born out of necessity for myself and Delfi to
unleash all the feelings we went through when we migrated to
Australia but suddenly found ourselves alone in the middle of a
global pandemic and the world was falling apart reflects
Perez.</p> <p>These intimate experiences give profound
authenticity to Hope is a Risk as the personal becomes political
throughout the albums themes on global politics. Yet theres a
constant sense of finding resolution amidst the turmoil, with each
track providing a carefully curated amount of unhinged catharsis,
tension and release as well as a sense of being at peace with
itself.</p> <p>Its own anger constantly seeks light
through pop tones, guitar-hero landscapes, and imaginatively built
universes inspired by the otherworldly, western films, sci-fi, and
William Blake levels of poetic ponderings. After all, The Maggie
Pills migrated to Melbourne to take a leap of faith across the
pacific ocean and chase their artistic dreams.</p> <p>I
think this is why the songs we play carry a lot of wrath but also
beautiful f...
Fans of Band on the Run, a big hit for Paul McCartney in the
70s, will love Dan on the Run a fab remake by Jude and the
Jailbirds.
And with rumours of Dan Andrewss imminent departure as premier,
the timing of their release is frankly uncanny!
The song begins in a melancholy mood with a band of Victorian
freedom fighters lamenting their captivity in lockdown, with one of
the protagonists singing:
Stuck inside these four walls
Lockdown lasts forever
Never seeing no-one
Nice again, like you
Monica
You, Monica!
The name Monica is almost certainly a reference to the famous
anti-lockdown activist and heroine Monica Smit.
Not surprisingly, the singer seems smitten by her.
Then comes the menacing sounding guitar riff, with a sli...
On a glorious summers day towards the
end of the Second World War, a German fighter ace, his squadron
grounded for lack of fuel, sat in a deck-chair watching the vapour
trails of American bombers write the end of the Third Reich across
azure skies.
Metaphorically, a similar message is
being sky-written now. According to Goehring & Rozencwajg who
are as good as it gets where energy analysis is concerned
Hubberts
peak is finally here. Only hindsight, of course, can
conclusively determine the moment at which peak oil became a
reality, but G&R are very probably right.
With conventional oil production in
decline since 2016, the only source of unconventional supply which
remains capable of further increase is the Permian basin, located
in six counties in West Texas.
This basin, say G&R, is within a
year of its own peak, and we know how rapidly shale production
declines once a basin slips onto the down-slope of the drilling
treadmill. The rates of decline of individual shale wells tend to
be very rapid, and a point inevitably arrives at which operators
can no longer drill enough new wells to stop overall output
declining.
OPEC claims to have 4 mmb/d of spare
production capacity, but this even if true, which is highly
debateable wouldnt tide us over for long, with demand growing, and
other sources of supply in relentless decline.
The peaking and impending decline of
oil supply is sky-writing dramatic changes to activities hitherto
taken for granted. Its almost impossible to overstate the
importance of oil for so many aspects of daily life.
Some examples are obvious, though many
others are less so. Unless you believe, for instance, we can
replace avgas with recycled
cooking-oil, mass air travel is finished, not
necessarily imminently, but inevitably. Flying may remain an option
for the well-to-do, but huge economies of scale will be lost, and
industries structured around low-cost flights will be left high and
dry.
The Platypus is enjoying something of a population
boom around Queenslands Sunshine Coast following three years of
above-average rainfall. However, the Queensland Government is under
pressure to follow the rest of the country by banning a type of
yabby trap that is needlessly slaughtering Platypus and other
aquatic wildlife, posing a local extinction threat in times
ahead.
Patypus in Petrie Creek
During drought conditions the monotreme population
drops sharply, with survivors sometimes being confined to isolated
pools for instance in Booloumba and Little Yabba creeks - or making
hazardous journeys overland in search of better habitat. Right now,
however, the animals are being seen locally in watercourses where
theyve long been infrequent or absent;
Property stock listed for sale remains
exceptionally low, and Sydney recorded a surging preliminary
auction clearance rate of above 80 per cent this week (albeit on
fairly low volumes for this time of year).
Anecdotally there were some very busy open homes
in Melbourne this weekend, though the preliminary auction clearance
rate slipped to 69 per cent in the Victorian capital.
Has confidence down there been knocked a little by
rising interest rates and proposed land tax changes?
Possibly.
One thing that is becoming increasingly evident is
that the rental market in Melbourne is a steaming hot mess, with
would-be tenants reportedly having dozens upon dozens of
unsuccessful applications knocked back.
In the UK - over the past five years or so -
policy has pursued the removal of tax deductibility of mortgage
interest for landlords with now-record population growth, and -
surprise! - the rental market is a disaster in the making.
Melbourne is apparently following down the same
path, seemingly continually tightening the screws on private
landlords, most recently by increasing the scope and rate of land
taxes on rental properties...and this is in an already chronically
tight rental market.
It's a daft move, with the Greens geniuses still
calling for rent caps on top.
The grand plan was apparently to get big
institutions to build the rental housing, but...
Turkeys showing its independence for sure, as Erdogans
whirling dervish foreign policythrows NATO into a
tail-spin.
In this episode of the Patrick Henningsen Show on TNT Radio which
aired on June 13, 2023, Patrick shares his thoughts on Turkey not
backing Sweden and Finlands NATO membership due their Kurdish
problem, as well as the anti-Islamist movement in Sweden. Also, the
illegal drugs and narcotics trafficking from Kurdish and Turkish
regions echoes similar western intelligence black market trade in
other war zones such as the heroin trade in Afghanistan, and arms
and cocaine in Central America during the 1980s. All this and
more. Listen:
TUNE-IN
LIVE to TNT RADIO for the Patrick Henningsen Show every MON-FRI at
12PM-2PM (NEW YORK) | 5PM-7PM (LONDON) | 2AM-4AM
(BRISBANE): https://tntradio.live
In this episode of the Patrick Henningsen Show on TNT Radio which
aired on June 14, 2023, Patrick talks with 21WIRE writer and
commentator Blake Lovewell, about our fiat economy being on
extended life support, with politicians left to rearrange the deck
chairs on the Titanic. Meanwhile, the EU country Liechtenstein has
adopted Bitcoin as an official state method of payment. All this
and more. Listen:
TUNE-IN
LIVE to TNT RADIO for the Patrick Henningsen Show every MON-FRI at
12PM-2PM (NEW YORK) | 5PM-7PM (LONDON) | 2AM-4AM
(BRISBANE): https://tntradio.live
Survivors of a shipwreck off
Greece's Peloponnese peninsula sit inside a warehouse at the port
in Kalamata town, on 15 June 2023 (AFP)
Three days on and more questions than answers are emerging on
how a rusty trawler carrying "hundreds" of people
sank off the Greek coast in the deepest part of the
Mediterranean Sea.
On Friday, the United Nations called for an
urgent investigation into the incident as hundreds were feared
missing - including 100 children onboard the vessel.
Greek officials said it recovered the dead bodies of 78 men,
women and children in the immediate aftermath of the shipwreck on
Wednesday. Since then, no bodies have been found.
Around 104 survivors - all men and primarily Syrian,
Egyptian and
Pakistani - were rescued after the incident, though as many as 500
more people are missing and feared dead.
But as Greek officials wrap up its search operation, many are
asking if the Hellenic coastguard and its European partners could
have done more to rescue people onboard the ship.
** Sorry the Earth Changes Summary Video for May is so late -
all Sott.net chroniclers were attending a wedding! ** If you
thought the unseasonable snow and cold temperatures would end in
April, you were wrong. Records continued to be broken in May in
both hemispheres, and many countries suffered from heavy floods due
to tons of melting snow. Some snowy events to highlight: Michigan -
26 inches of record snow.West Virginia - 20 inches of record
snow.Sierra Nevada, California - 15 inches in 48 hours. (State
snowpack over 300% of average)Teller County, Colorado - Heavy
unseasonable snow.Spain - Unseasonable snow after an early
heatwave.Iwate Prefecture, Japan - Record snow for May.New South
Wales and Australian Capital Territory - Record coldest May
temperatures.And flooding events: Alaska - Catastrophic flooding
after ice jams and melting snowEmilia Romagna, Italy - Heavy floods
take the life of 14.Southwestern Germany - Heavy floods cause
closure of rail lines.Lapland, Finland -...
Renowned for its month-long celebrations of ice cream, rocky
road, and hot chocolates, the
Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie is back with its annual Brownie
Festival a delicious 18-day festival dedicated to the oozy, gooey,
chocolatey treat.
Expertly crafted by the European Chocolatiers, this year the
festival boasts 16 amazing kinds of limited-edition decadent
Brownies, from the expected all the way to the unexpected. In
the past, weve seen flavours from banoffee, bourbon pecan pie and
Neapolitan, to even chocolate gingerbread and a vegan avocado
nougatine brownie.
This year however the team have upped the ante and has come up
with flavours like Caramel obsession, very berry daiquiri and minty
coco pops. Sounds entirely indulgent right?
You can enjoy all of the flavours via indulgent tasting plates
of Brownie Bites, and/or treat yourself to special creations like
Brownie Sundaes, Brownie waffles, Brownie hot chocolates, Brownie
ice cream and of course, their traditional Best Brownie will be
available throughout the festival and all year round!
It has
been reported that the Queensland Freedom of Information
Office (QFOI) and the States Police Force (QPS) are working
together to prevent citizens from accessing their own personal
data.
Restricting access to information
The Queensland Police Records and Information Management
Exchange (QPrime) database stores a range of personal information
about Queensland residents.
Officers from the QPS and QFOI sat down for a meeting last year
to discuss the nature or the breadth of the applications that were
being received and the consequences of the breath of those.
The government agencies say they identified there were much
broader public policy implications to be considered in terms of
what documents get released, before agreeing that citizens should
be block from accessing inform...
Australia Trying to Play Down War Crimes
Committed in Afghanistan Russian MFA
According to Maria Zakharova, new data about Australian war
crimes make it clear that "this issue is institutional and
deeply-rooted, particularly in the elite units of the countrys
armed forces"
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova Sergey
Bobylev/TASS
Sergey Bobylev/TASS
MOSCOW, June 16. /TASS/. The Australian authorities are seeking
to "soft-pedal" the war crimes that the countrys troops committed
in Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria
Zakharova said in a statement on Friday.
"Its absolutely clear that the ruling establishment of the Green
Continent is trying its best to soft-pedal the issue of the war
crimes committed by Australian troops in Afghanistan, a topic it
finds very uncomfortable. In any case, this seemed to be the
underlying reason behind the activity - or, more precisely, the
inactivity - of the previous liberal cabinet led by disgraced Prime
Minister Scott Morrison, which included a no less notorious defense
minister, Peter Dutton," the diplomat noted.
"Members of veteran organizations, media outlets and some
political forces not affiliated with the current authorities have
been pointing out that attempts to close the shameful Afghan files
by putting all the blame on privates and sergeants from special
operations forces were unacceptable. In particular, Senator Malcolm
Roberts of the One Nation opposition party suggested during
parliamentary hearings in May that Chief of the Australian Defense
Force General Angus Campbell return the Distinguished Service Cross
that he was awarded in 2012 as commander of the Australian troops
in the Middle East," Zakharova went on to say.
According to her, new data about Australian war crimes make it
clear that "this issue is institutional and deeply-rooted,
particularly in the elite units of the countrys armed forces." "The
ruling circles attempts to hush the public outcry by taking only
palliative measures indicate double standar...
Ukraines failed counter offensive and NATOs weapon
trafficking business being run through Ukraine.
In this episode of the Patrick Henningsen Show on TNT Radio which
aired on June 14, 2023, Patrick talks with independent French
researcher and journalist Freddie Ponton, about NATOs weapon trafficking
business through Ukraine, as Kiev gradually collapses after
successive failed counter offensives. Also, Olaf Scholz is shaping
up to be the worst German leader since WWII. Saudis MBS is taking
the lead in the Middle East a major geopolitical broker, with Iran
and BRICS emerging as an economic force. All this and more.
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A new mood of defiance in the Global South has generated
bewilderment in the capitals of the Triad (the United States,
Europe, and Japan), where officials are struggling to answer why
governments in the Global South have not accepted the Western view of the
conflict in Ukraine or universally supported the North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation (NATO) in its efforts to weaken Russia. Governments that
had long been pliant to the Triads wishes, such as the
administrations of Narendra Modi in India and Recep
Tayyip Erdogan in Trkiye (despite the toxicity of their own
regimes), are no longer as reliable.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Indias Foreign Minister
S. Jaishankar has been vocal in defending his governments refusal
to accede to Washingtons pressure. In April 2022, at a joint press
conference in Washington, DC with US Secretary of State Antony
Blinken, Jaishankar was asked to explain Indias continued purchase
of oil from Russia. His...
The technicality? Informed consent. Very minor. Totally
unimportant. I dont know why we even bother.
For those unfamiliar with this slop, the assessment of the
psychological state of young trans people was obtained by
soliciting self-reports from their parents, parents
recruited from web sites where people obsessed with trans issues
gather. All their data was gathered from an anti-trans website! Its as
if someone looked up the parents of scientists by finding their
posted comments on Answers in Genesis, and then came to the
conclusion that all evilutionists were formed by resentment of
their pastors and association with god-hating school clubs, and
determined that scientists were all pathological basket-cases.
I dont know how it got published in the first place. The authors
are openly biased, they pulled all their data from an openly biased
website, and they even admit in the paper that there is a chance
their results were biased, and somehow, it got accepted anyway.
Surprise, if you poll posters to a site called ParentsOfROGDKids,
youll get testimonials to the existence of ROGD.
Another surprise: they even say in the paper that The initial
purpose of the survey was not for scientific publication, but
information gathering for a community of parents with shared
concerns. Then, what the hell, they published it anyway.
Oh, and if you want to know where one of the authors, J. Michael
Bailey (hey, I also
mentioned him yesterday) is coming from, this might help:
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) considers
Australias population growth rate in 2022 too high and called on
the federal government to put a brake on
immigration. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
released the latest population figures today showing Australias
population grew by nearly half a million (496,800 or 1.9%) in the
year ending 31 December 2022. The two components of growth were net
overseas migration (immigration minus emigration = NOM) at 387,000
and natural increase at 109,800.
SPA national president Ms Jenny Goldie says nearly half a
million added to a population of 25.8 million from the year before
was simply unsustainable.
As all recent and reliable surveys confirm, the Australian
people are strongly opposed to whats going on, says Ms Goldie.
Prime Minister Albanese knows this.
At 387,000, NOM is simply too high and must be cut, though
Treasury is clearly planning to maintain these extremely high
levels. Its rationale is to increase economic growth yet it takes
no account of environmental and social factors.
And although immigration increases economic growth at the
national level, at the per capita level, growth does not
necessarily occur.
Our environment continues to decline with important habitats
threatened by urban expansion, not least the last remaining
Chlamydia-free koala habitat in Sydney.
And housing is simply not keeping up with the increased demand.
Nor can other infrastructure keep up with such unrelenting
immigration-fed population pressures.
Western Australia experienced the highest growth of 2.3% in the
country and, as a consequence, Perth is predicted to record the
biggest shortfall of 25,200 dwellings by 2027.
Ms Goldie notes that, historically, new migrants have
understandably gravitated to the major cities because that is where
they are more likely to find people of their own nationality.
Our cities, however, are under immense strain with inadequate
public transport and massive road congestion, particularly in
Sydney and Melbourne, each with populations of over five million,
she says.
Strategies to get people to move to the country have had limited
success. The only solution is to slow population growth
significantly by cutting immigration, given natural increase is
declining naturally at last.
I ask MPs to do the simple sums and answer this: Given the rate
of population increase and the much lower rate of building housing,
hospital and other infrastructure requirements, when if ever will
al...
Every family deserves their home to be a safe haven. However,
there are often hidden hazards hiding in plain sight. While some
household hazards are obvious and next to impossible to miss, the
real danger lurks in those less obvious hazards that so many of us
overlook.
Today, well discuss 5 of the most common hidden dangers around
the home, and what you can do to eliminate them. Lets begin.
Old Lead Paint
If your home was built before 1970, theres a very good chance
that lead paint was used on your walls. Even if your home has been
repainted, it could still be lurking a few coats deep. The
recommended amount of lead in domestic paint has dropped from 50%
in 1965 to 0.1% in 1997 due to toxicity, and is especially harmful
to children, pregnant women and unborn babies.
While well-maintained lead paint thats in good condition doesnt
pose any hazards, its if it begins to flake or chalk that the
trouble begins. It can also be very hazardous when its on surfaces
that are exposed to high amounts of friction, such as windows,
doors or railings. People renovating their homes are in the most
danger when it comes to lead exposure, so if you suspect your home
has any traces of lead paint do not attempt to amend the issue
yourself. Instead, hire professional
painters who will know how to safely remove lead paint
and replace it with a lead-free alternative.
Radon
Radon is a naturally occurring gas, and can often find its way
into your home through cracks in your foundations, gaps surrounding
your pipes or wall joints. While its found in all homes at some
level, if the levels are too high then it can release radioactive
particles and cause damage to the lung tissue.
Radon is tasteless, odourless and colourless, meaning that the
only way to assess its levels is through a radon test kit. If you
find that the levels in your home are too high for comfort, the
best way to fix this is often through improving ventilation and
sealing cracks found in your foundation.
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
If youre buying new furniture, painting your
walls or installing new carpet, chances are that these
upgrades are bringing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into your
home along with them. These VOCs, such as methylene, benzene,
toluene and xylene, can release gas into the air that can cause
headaches, cold-like symptoms and nausea in the short-term and
cancer, liver and kidney damage and central nervous system damage
in the long-term.
The best way to avoid harmful exposure to VOCs is to buy either
VOC-free or low-VOC products, or ventilating any rooms where
upgrades have been made for at least a w...
Last year on budget night, Queensland caught the coal industry
off-guard, announcing three new upper-level tiers to the states
royalties regime. Queenslands previous royalty schedule had
only two brackets: seven per cent up to $100 a tonne, then 15 per
cent for coal sold above $150 a tonne. The changes brought in
progressively high rates []
Everyones favourite felt-faced comedian, Randy Feltface, is
heading back to Australia this year, bringing along
his high-energy existential crisis, full of biting
observations, razor-sharp crowd work and rapid arm movements.
Returning down under in July, Randy Feltface will be bringing
his show Feltopia to the masses, hot on the heels of his incredible
world tour.
Randy Feltface Australian Tour
Bendigo, Bendigo Bank Theatre Friday 21 July
Ballarat, Ballaarat Mechanics Institute Saturday 22 July
Albury-Wodonga, The Cube, Wodonga Wednesday 26 July
Wollongong, The Music Lounge Thursday 27 July
Sydney, Enmore Theatre Friday 28 July
Newcastle, City Hall Saturday 29 July
Gosford, Laycock Theatre Sunday 30 July
Launceston, Du Cane Brewing & Dining Hall Wednesday 2
August
Hobart, Theatre Royal Thursday 3 August
Melbourne, Palais Theatre Friday 4 August
Canberra, Canberra Theatre Centre Saturday 5 August
Wagga Wagga, Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre Sunday 6 August
Adelaide, Norwood Concert Hall Friday 18 August
Perth, Regal Theatre Saturday 19 August
Byron Bay, Byron Theatre Thursday 24 August
Gold Coast, HOTA (Surfers Paradise) Friday 25 August
Brisbane, Brisbane Powerhouse Saturday 26 August + Sunday 27
August
Noosa Heads, Villa Noosa Hotel Wednesday 30 August
Gladstone, Harvey Road Tavern Thursday 31 August
Mackay, Metropolitan Hotel Friday 1 September
Townsville, Kirwan Tavern Saturday 2 September
Cairns, Edge Hill Tavern Sunday 3 September
Keep up with the latest in local news
and entertainment here.
<p><p>Fresh from releasing his brand new album
<em>Miracles</em>, out today, Australian artist Nathan
Cavaleri has announced an extensive run of shows right around
Australia from July onwards to celebrate the albums
release.</p> <p>An authentic and adventurous
exploration in and beyond the blues and alternative rock realms,
the brand-new album is a dazzling journey of stylistic evolution
and masterful execution. Taking you far beyond the limits of
Cavaleris trademark creative leanings,
<em>Miracles</em> dives headfirst into fresh elements
of alternative rock, psych blues, surf rock melodics, funk and
swagger alongside Cavaleris effortlessly smooth vocals and
knock-your-socks-off guitarwork.</p> <p>Kicking off on
Friday 7 July in Katoomba, Nathans Miracles Tour will journey to
regional and metropolitan Australia, visiting Taree, Elizabeth
Beach, Kununurra, Darwin, Alice Springs, Adelaide, Mount Gambier,
Sydney, Canberra, Bulli, Brisbane, Kandanga, Eumundi, Rossville,
Wamberal, Newcastle, Hobart, Launceston, Ulverstone, Franklin,
Belgrave, Fitzroy, Warburton, Bermagui and, finally, an appearance
at Rock The Boat Cruise on Friday 24 November.</p>
<h3>Nathan Cavaleri Australian Tour</h3> <p>Fri 7
July | Baroque Room, Katoomba NSW | 18+<br> Fri 21 July |
Bohemian Caf, Taree NSW | 18+<br> Sat 22 July | Pacific Palms
Rec Club, Elizabeth Beach NSW | 18+<br> Sat 29 July | Hotel
Kununurra, Kununurra WA | 18+<br> Sun 30 July | Darwin
Railway Club, Darwin NT | 18+<br> Fri 4 Aug | Witchettys,
Alice Springs NT | 18+<br> Sat 5 Aug | The Grace Emily Hotel,
Adelaide SA | 18+<br> Sun 6 Aug | Limestone Coast Pantry,
Mount Gambier SA | 18+<br> Sat 19 Aug | The Lady Hampshire,
Sydney NSW | 18+<br> Fri 1 Sept | Canberra Theatre Centre,
Canberra ACT | 18+<br> Sat 2 Sept | The Heritage Hotel, Bulli
NSW | 18+<br> Thur 14 Sept | Black Bear Lodge, Fortitude
Valley QLD | 18+<br> Fri 15 Sept & Sun 17 Sept | Mitchell
Creek Rock n Blues Festival, Kandanga QLD | All Ages<br> Sat
16 Sept | Imperial Hotel, Eumundi QLD | 18+<br> Fri 22 Sept
& Sat 23 Sept | Wallaby Creek Festival, Rossville QLD | All
Ages
Sat 7 Oct | Ocean View Beach Club, Wamberal NSW | 18+
Sun 8 Oct | Lizottes, Newcastle NSW | 18+<br> Thur 19 Oct |
Republic Bar, Hobart TAS | 18+<br> Fri 20 Oct | Royal Oak
Hotel, Launceston TAS | 18+<br> Sat 21 Oct | Gnomon Room,
Ulverstone TAS | 18+<br> Sun 22 Oct | Palais Theatre,
Franklin TAS | 18+<br> Thur 26 Oct | Sooki Lounge, Belgrave
VIC | 18+<br> Fri 27 Oct | The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy VIC |
18+<br> Sat 28 Oct | Alpine Hotel, Warburton VIC |
18+<br> Sat 11 Nov | Bermagui Country Club, Bermagui NSW |
18+<br> Fri 24 Nov | Rock the Boat Cruise, SYD-Pacific
Islands | 18+</p> <p class="p1"><b><i>Keep
up with the latest m...
Heres my interview with ABC Radio Australia in Sydney and
Canberra where I discuss Cellebrite and other mass surveillance
tools that exist in the West with barely any public awareness.
Editor's Note: This article is a reprint. It was
originally published April 29, 2018.
Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) have been shown to cause
biological damage and even cancer, but exactly how does this
happen? In this interview, Paul Hroux, Ph.D., a researcher and
professor of toxicology and health effects of electromagnetism at
the faculty of medicine at McGill University in Montreal, helps
answer that question.
Originally trained as a physicist, he eventually ended up
studying electrical power transmission lines, the topic of his
Ph.D., and in the course of working for a power utility, he started
investigating the health effects associated with the fields emitted
from power lines.
"I got involved in biology, followed courses in medicine and
became, so to speak, a different person from what my supervisors
initially would have expected me to be," he says. In time, he
became a specialist on the effects of magnetic fields on the human
body, and joined the Faculty of Medicine to help protect health and
the environment.
Types of EMFs
Broadly speaking, EMFs include electric, magnetic and radio
frequency fields. While the literature tends to discriminate
between low-frequency fields, high-frequency fields, microwaves,
electric fields and magnetic fields, all of these have certain
commonalities that allow you to lump them together, at least in
terms of their biological action.
"It's true that frequency influences the effects,"
Hroux says, "but basically I could, using an electric field or
a magnetic field, produce the same effect in a cell. Most higher
frequency signals have enough low-frequency components to have a
lot in common with low-frequency components.
The practical aspect of this is that usually the fields have
an effect maybe in one application, but they are mirrored in other
applications as well. There's a type of great unifying view that
you can have about these fields."
Nonthermal Effects Matter
It's important to realize that the damage EMFs cause has nothing
to do with thermal effects. At typical exposures, EMFs do not
create heat, which has been the telecommunication industry's main
defense and argument for the safety of cellphone radiation.
However, hundreds of researchers have in fact noted biological
effects both at low and high frequencies.
"Covering the whole spectrum, there is no doubt that there
are biological effects," Hroux says, adding "There's no
doubt there are substantial health effects that we have been
experiencing for a long time, and that have been increasing our
health bills.
German industrial company K+S has submitted a proposal to build
a saltworks in the Exmouth Gulf in Western Australia. Reaction from
conservationists opposed to the 2,600 square kilometre project by
the worlds largest salt company has been swift. The plan is to
produce 4.7 million tonnes of salt per year in the nationally
listed wetland, one of the last undisturbed arid-zone wetland
ecosystems along the coast.
Salt ponds walls will be built over the nationally listed
wetlands, which could disrupt the ecosystems nutrient flows via
tidal or flood waters into the gulf and disrupt the marine food
chain.
Photo by Andre Rerekura: Urala Creek at the top of
the Exmouth Gulf will be part of the development footprint
The proposal has bee submitted to the environment Protection
Authority (EPA). Almost 15 years ago, the EPA rejected a similar
project, because the evidence suggested the environmental harm
could be serious. This time the company has enlisted the support of
dome local business interests and managed to get an agreement from
some local First Nations people, and the outcome is not
certain.
Opponents say the K+S plan will risk the discharge of toxic
hypersaline water from the salt ponds, which will kill highly
sensitive mangroves and harm marine animals, such as critically
endangered sawfish and shovelnose rays living in the nearby creeks
and marine waters.
Rejection of the earlier project resulted in a set of
recommendations. They led the McGowen government to introduce
protective measures for the region, which included the
establishment of a new marine park for the eastern and southern
parts of the Gulf, and A status for areas of significance. This was
a recognition of the need to protect the Exmouth Gulf. The K+S
proposal flies in the face of this.
Local conservation group Protect Ningaloo wants to see the
project stopped. Its director, Paul Gamblin, said it poses too many
risks to the local environment.
The Tnr wastelands of northeastern Niger were once populated
by a forest of trees. By the 20th century, desertification had
wiped out all but one solitary acacia.
The Tree of Tnr, as it came to be called, had no companions
for 400 kilometers in every direction. Its roots reached
nearly 40 meters deep into the sand.
The tree had become a sacred object among the nomadic Tuareg
people that would pass by it on their journeys, never using it for
firewood, or allowing their camels to graze on it. As more desert
explorers came across the shockingly hardy plant, it became quite
well known and was even included as a landmark on European military
maps of the otherwise desolate expanse during the 1930s. When
Michel Lesourd of the Central Service of Saharan Affairs first came
upon the tree in 1939, he wrote:
One must see the Tree to believe its existence. What is its
secret? How can it still be living in spite of the multitudes of
camels which trample at its sides? How at each azalai does not a
lost camel eat its leaves and thorns? Why dont the numerous Touareg
leading the salt caravans cut its branches to make fires to brew
their tea? The only answer is that the tree is taboo and considered
as such by the caravaniers. There is a kind of superstition, a
tribal order which is always respected. Each year the azalai gather
round the Tree before facing the crossing of the Tnr. The Acacia
has become a living lighthouse; it is the first or the last
landmark for the azalai leaving Agadez for Bilma, or
returning.
For around 300 years, the Tree of Tnr was fabled
to be the most isolated tree on the planet. The acacia was the only
tree for 250 miles in Nigers Sahara desert, and was used as a
landmark by travelers and caravans passing through the hostile
terrain. The tree sprouted when the desert was a slightly more
hospitable place, and for years was the sole testament to a
once-greener Sahara.
In the 1930s, the tree was featured on official maps for
European military campaigners, and a French ethnologist Henri Lhote
called it, an Acacia with a degenerative trunk, sick or ill in
aspect. But he noted, as well, that nevertheless, the tree has nice
green leaves, and some yellow...
TheCharge of the
Light Brigadewas a catastrophic military
action of the Crimean War in which a British error of judgment
ordered cavalry to gallop directly into Russian
artillery.
This fatal mishap of1854, costing casualties of
two-thirds of the brigade, caught the imagination of the
Victorians, who couldnt stop obsessing about it. The calamity
inspired a popularpoemby Alfred, Lord
Tennyson, and eventually three films (made in1912, 1936, and 1968).
Americans tend to celebrate success, such as
the raising of the flag over Iwo Jima in World War II, or the
storming of the Normandy beaches on D-Day (along with British and
Australian support).
More recently, American success has been
equated with money, represented by such films asAir, which touted
the triumph of Nike in marketing the Air Jordan shoe, netting the
company (and namesake Michael Jordan) billions of dollars. This
monetary windfall is heralded in an end-credit crawl with solemn
pomp, as if the company had vanquished cancer or solved the climate
crisis.
But the British continue to have a curious
relationship with national failure or personal mishap. They have
their heroic moments, such as when Winston Churchill intoned his
inspiring speeches during the Blitz, the subject of countless books
and films. But youll just as likely find a movie about a
kingstuttering,
going mad, or getting hishead cut off.
Other films have celebrated General Gordon,
who wasbeheaded........
<p><p><p><strong><em>Why Novaxx is
the GOAT, and how will America flip the political coin between
Trump and Biden scandals.</em></strong></p>
<p>In this episode of the <a href=
"https://tntradio.live/shows/patrick-henningsen-show/"><span
class= "s1"><b>Patrick Henningsen
Show</b></span></a> on TNT Radio which aired on
June 12, 2023, Patrick talks with our roving correspondent for
culture & sport, Basil
Valentine, to discuss the incredible sporting
achievement of Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic and his 23 grand
slam titles making him the GOAT, and among sports greatest ever
competitor but also because hes Novaxx standing up to the Pharma
fascists over the Covid vaccine mandate. Also, as Trump gets
indicted by a corrupt FOJ, Joe Biden finds himself embroiled in a
major bribery scandal in Ukraine. All this and more.
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The world can only hold its breath as NATO continues
to play its dangerous game of Russian
roulette.
In this episode of the Patrick Henningsen Show on TNT Radio which
aired on June 13, 2023, Patrick talks with former German and NATO
military member, Markus
Kraus, about the massive Air Defender 2023 and
BALTOPS23 drills being run in Europe by NATO, and why this is
extreme in light of the Wests escalation over Ukraine. All this and
more. Listen:
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The Israeli government is at it again, actively
discussing the construction of thousands of illegal settlement
units as part of a massive settlement expansion scheme known as
E1.
Though Israeli construction in the East Jerusalem area has
supposedly been
halted under international pressure, the Israeli government has
found ways to keep the plan alive.
It did so through constant expansion
of the various settlements in the name of natural expansion,
confiscation of Palestinian land and the ruthless yet
routine demolition of Palestinian homes.
But why does Washington, Israels main defender and benefactor,
oppose, at least verbally, the construction in E1 while turning a
blind eye to illegal construction throughout the West Bank?
The answer lies in the fact that E1 will further expand the
Jerusalem municipal boundaries, minimize any Palestinian demographic presence
in the city (from the current 42 percent to about 20 percent), and
prejudice any political solution that includes East Jerusalem.
East Jerusalem is a Palestinian city
occupied by Israel during the June 1967 war. It is
recognized by the United Nations and international law as part
of the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Israel should have neither
legal rights nor jurisdiction there.
Washington, which rarely cares about the rights of Palestinians,
is concerned that, without East Jerusalem as part of the political
equation, any discussion of a two-state solution will become
forever obsolete.
In other words, the US is more worried about the political, not
territorial, consequences of the Israeli decision. Indeed, the US
entire political program in Palestine and Israel is situated within
the two-state solution template. Without it, Washingtons role would
cease to serve any purpose.
This is precisely why US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
criticized Israeli settlements during his speech to the
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on June 5.
Henry A. Murray has much to answer for. Between 1959 and 1961,
the Harvard psychology academic, as the leader of a team of equally
unprincipled academics,
was responsible for conducting an CIA-funded experiment most
unethical on twenty-two undergraduates. The individuals in question
were pseudonymised. One particularly youthful figure, named Lawful,
was the mathematically gifted Theodore John Kaczynski.
A central theme of the experiments was examining the effects of
stress, characterised by what Murray
called vehement, sweeping, and personally abusive attacks.
Ideals and beliefs were assailed; egos pulverised. For Murray, this
came naturally. He had cut his teeth designing psychological
screening tests for the forerunner to the CIA, the Office of
Strategic Services. It was perfect preparation for what came to be
known as Multiform Assessments of Personality Development Among
Gifted College Men.
Kaczynski was the less than grateful recipient of the higher end
of the experiment. I had been talked or pressured,
he told his attorney Michael Mello in August 1998, into
participating in the Murray study against my better judgment. It is
indisputable that he, along with other subjects, had been
sufficiently deceived to be victims of a breach of experimental
ethics known more commonly as the Nuremberg Code.
Drafted in the aftermath of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial of
German concentration camp doctors, the code stressed the importance
of informed consent. The voluntary consent of the human subject is
absolutely essential, declared the judges responsible for
formulating the code. The subject should also be so situated as to
be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention
of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress
Kaczynski can hardly be said to go on to better things, but they
were certainly bigger. In terms of notoriety, his position in the
technology obsessed undergrowth of the United States was assured by
his murderous and maiming efforts. His favourite method: the
package bomb, 16 of which were mailed to his intended victims.
Three people died; 23 were injured.
A central tenet of Kaczynskis thought was levelled at those
complicit representatives of what he called the Industrial Society
and its state manifestation. Far from being critical of power, its
methods, and its wielding by bureaucrats and planners, its members
were adjutants and prosecutors of a sinister agenda of behavioural
control.
The Ukrainian blonde had the smell
of trouble. She had perched herself, along with her mute friend, in
a restaurant across from the famed South Melbourne Market. On
arriving at
[RECORDED MAY 20, 2023] via ChildrensHealthDefense.org: Where did the global
biosecurity agenda come from? Where is it going, what was it
intended to do? Was it hijacked, or was it always nefarious? How
then do the IHR Amendments and Pandemic Treaty fit into this, and
who were the funders? Dr. Meryl Nass and James Corbett continue
their discussion in the 7th installment of their series on the WHO
+ One Health to answer these questions and more, with former WHO
expert Dr. David Bell. Tune in!
This week, a group of Indigenous musicians and dancers from a
remote community in the Northern Territory will play music from
Gurrumuls second last album with the Melbourne Symphony
Orchestra.
The group have travelled from the Galiwin ku community in the
Northern Territory to perform their show Bugul for three nights in
Melbourne.
Gurrumul Yunupingu is one of the most iconic First Nations
artists in Australia, leaving a legacy of music and culture to be
played for future generations.
Bugul was created on Country in North East Arnhem, and the
performance is inspired in Gurrumuls Djarimirri.
Senior Yolu man, Donald Wininba Ganambarr is directing the
Indigenous performers, and The Wires contributor from Ngaarda Media
Conrad MacLean asked him about the project.
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Featured In Story: Donald Wininba Ganambarr
Senior Yolu man and director
The people have spoken with their dollars, and companies are now
less likely to go woke. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) pushes the
CEI (Corporate Equality Index), a companys social woke credit
score. The Open Society Foundation, operated by the Soros family,
funds the HRC. The ESG promotes a companys green social credit
score, promoted by BlackRock and the World Economic Forum.
Companies were 31% less likely to mention these absurd social
scores during earnings calls this quarter, marking the steepest
annual drop and the fifth consecutive quarter of declines.
Financial research platform AlphaSense polled
companies from April 1 to June 5 to see where they stood. The
easiest thing to do is just to stay out of the conversation and
emphasize other facets of business that are going to be perceived
as less controversial and more core to the traditional metrics of
the business, said Jason Jay, senior lecturer of sustainability at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This is the approach
Berkshire Hathaway has taken under the lead of
Warren Buffett, who refuses to answer these asinine surveys.
The National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative
thinktank, states that companies are discarding their fiduciary
responsibilities to shareholders by taking up social issues. They
also claim that these companies are discriminating against those
who do not share these far-left beliefs.
Antidepressants can cause severe, sometimes irreversible, sexual
dysfunction that persists even after discontinuing the
medication.
Sufferers have described it as chemical castration a type of
genital mutilation caused by antidepressants, mainly selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
The condition is known as post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD), a
condition largely unrecognised, and the true incidence of which is
unknown.
David Healy, psychiatrist and founder of RxISK.org said, I saw my first
patient with PSSD in 2000, a 35-year-old lady who told me that
three months after stopping treatment, she could rub a
hard-bristled brush across her genitals and feel nothing.
Josef Witt-Doerring, psychiatrist and former FDA medical officer
said, This condition is so devastating that it will cause serious
changes to your life and to those around you.
It happened to
Rosie
In 2020, during protracted covid lockdowns in Melbourne,
23-year-old Rosie Tilli felt an increasing sense of anxiety and
depression.
Her psychiatrist prescribed a low dose of Lexapro
(escitalopram), an SSRI to help Rosie calm down, assuring her that
if she experienced side effects, theyd go away once she stopped the
medication.
The status of NATOs and Ukraines underwhelming
Counter Offensive.
In this episode of the Patrick Henningsen Show on TNT Radio which
aired on June 9, 2023, Patrick talks with Arnaud Develay, an international human rights
lawyer who was recently on the ground in Donbas to discuss the true
status of NATO and Ukraines much-vaunted Counter Offensive which
has thus far been underwhelming and leaves conflict watchers asking
if NATO is now looking for an exit strategy from what is clearly a
losing proxy war against Russia which has all but destroyed Ukraine
as a country and left over 200K Ukrainian soldiers dead and many
others injured and maimed. All this and more. Listen:
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While we all want a better transport system, disruption fatigue
is becoming a real factor for passengers, particularly on the train
network. On some lines, there have now been major disruptions every
year since 2016. Not all of these are in the name of better rail
services. This winter a two week shutdown of lines Continue
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After seven months of nutrition
investigation, Im utterly convinced that this is the truth. No
conspiracies here, its occurring in broad daylight right in front
of our faces.
Amazingly, he makes a terrible mistake when he mentions the
removal of fiber from processed food. Nobody needs fiber. It has
zero nutrional value. Its removal has absolutely nothing to do with
the metabolic syndrome epidemic.
It may not yet have dawned on Australia, but the rest of the
world is waking up to the threat of net zero policies. At our
recent editorial meeting in Melbourne, I was shocked to discover
just how far behind Australia is on this awakening.
Almost all media coverage in Europe and the US is already highly
critical of net zero. Even the politicians have woken up.
In Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a
halt on new green legislation coming out of the EU.
Germany successfully torpedoed the EUs attempt to ban combustion
engine cars.
In the UK, some councils are refusing to cooperate with the
governments demands to impose net zero policies.
Net zero is so unpopular in the UK that politicians are using it
as a punching bag for all sorts of barely related shortcomings. For
example, one minister is blaming her inability to carry out Brexit
reforms on the constraints imposed by the emissions commitment.
Companies worldwide are also turning their backs on net zero at
an increasing pace. Seven insurance companies have quit the
Net-Zero Insurance Alliance a part of the powerful group called the
Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero which pressures financial
industries into adopting net zero policies.
Even the only remaining cheerleaders for net zero journalists
are having second thoughts. The Financial Times covered the
staggering cost of a green hydrogen economy.
Financial markets cottoned on to this shift first. Green energy
stocks plunged in 2022 and clean energy tech companies favourite
bank in California went bust in 2023
Just when an energy crisis was supposed to prove renewable
energys credentials and capabilities, the world concluded the
precise opposite. It turned to coal instead.
While Australia still grapples with the impossible implications
of net zero, the rest of the world is already moving on to
pondering solutions instead. And, as slowly as humanly possible,
theyre reaching the painlessly obvious solution: nuclear power.
In October 2021, the UKs Independent Review of Net Zero report
commissioned by the government concluded that nuclear power is a
no-regrets option for the UK.
In April 2022, the UK government outlined its plans for nuclear
power. These include building eight new reactors plus smaller
modular reactors, set to provide 25% of the UKs electricity demand
by 2050.
In Japan, utility companies are applying for 27 reactor
restarts, with 17 passing safety checks and 10 resuming
operations.
In South Koreas March 2022 presidential elections, a pro-nuclear
candidate defeated an anti-nuclear incumbent who planned to phase
out nuclear power.
The countrys 26 reactors produce about a quarter of its
electricity, but the new president wants to increase this to at
least a third. Plans include extending the life of existing
reactors and building new ones.
Not only does music add colour to life, new research has shown
that playing and actively engaging with music can also
significantly increase the amount of grey matter in our brains, the
area of our noggins where our valuable neurons are stored.
Establishing a practice of regular music making has the potential
to alter the
Continue reading Growing Grey
Gratefully
The Reserve Bank of Australia lifted interest
rates for a 12th time in this cycle, to a cash rate target of 4.10
per cent.
This will have the desired effect of slowing
spending further in the economy (the latest data actually show this
is already happening, so the impact will be
accentuated).
CBA noted the decision was largely attributable to
the large increase in award wages announced over the past week or
so, and the 8.6 per cent increase in the minimum wage.
From a housing market perspective, this likely
means sharper increases in mortgage arrears, more builder and
developer insolvencies, and yet further declines in lending to buy
or build new homes (already at 15-year lows).
The Housing Industry Association noted that
approvals for multi-units have already fallen by two-thirds from
their highs, and that due to the long lags in this cycle we're only
now just starting to see the impacts of
the first interest rate hike.
Thus there is a monumental housing shortage
brewing in Sydney, while Melbourne's land tax grab on landlords
looks like lunacy, and seemingly risks creating a rental market
inferno.
Low-deposit lending fell to a record low in the March quarter
on the available data series.
High debt-to-income lending has also dried up, falling to
record lows.
Interest-only loans also fell to a record low 11.1
per cent of outstanding loans, which will suck a lot of dollars out
of the economy, but investors aren't going to be much interested in
the rental market this cycle until rents in Sydney and Melbourne
rise by approximately 50 per cent.
The Melbourne Institute eased a little
year-on-year from 6.1 per cent to 5.9 per cent.
The monthly reading was still elevated at 0.9 per
cent, although the figures do bounce around a lot from month to
month.
The highest ever monthly reading on this series
was seen in July 2022, so we can expect a more significant decline
in the year-on-year figure next month.
With the housing market firming, the Reserve
Bank's interest rate decision will be line ball this week, although
Gareth Aird (Commonwealth Bank) and Westpac (Bill Evans) have both
called rates on hold.
Financial markets are also leaning that way, given
the decelerating trend in inflation, weak wages growth, and
significant lag in the rate hikes delivered to date, with most data
coming in weaker than the latest published RBA forecasts, despite
the housing market rebound.
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Inventories will add modestly, to this week's GDP
figures, contributing 0.3ppts.
May 31, 2023: The Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement
(A-UK FTA), negotiated and signed by the Morrison Coalition
government, came into force today, with the lazy media reporting
about its apparently wonderful benefits. Two Melbourne University
academics, Professor Margaret Young and Georgina Clough, analysed
its impacts on climate change policy in
The Conversation, and found it wanting.
The A-UK FTA does refer to the net zero Paris Agreement but does
not commit parties to specific interim carbon emission reduction
targets, or other measure to reduce climate change. This contrasts
with the UK FTA with New Zealand, and with the FTA Australia is
currently negotiating with the European Union.
The academic analysis showed that the UK-New Zealand
trade deal, for example, signals that in some circumstances, it
may be justifiable for climate action to affect trade. The European
Union has
proposed such action, in its plan to impose reporting - and
potentially, a financial charge on emissions-intensive imports.
The UK-NZ agreement also takes steps to eliminate fossil fuel
subsidies, in recognition that government support for the coal, oil
and gas industries distorts
prices and discourages climate action.
And the
pact between the European Union and Canada requires the
development of climate-friendly labelling and certification
standards on products.
Young and Clough acknowledge that the exclusion of
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) from the agreement will
prevent fossil fuel companies from suing both governments over
climate change policies. They suggest that a working group required
under the A-UK FTA to review and monitor environmental provisions
relating to marine pollution from ships, ozone-depleting
substances, illegal logging and the wildlife trade should extend
its work to better integrate the climate and trade goals of both
nations by connecting agricultural trade with land...
A couple of weeks ago, Nafeez
Ahmed, whom I respect and whose work Ive been
following for a long time (even
featured here) wrote a piece attacking Simon Michauxs work on
the difficulties we will face transitioning away from fossil fuels.
I was gobsmacked to be honest because to me it looked like a total
backflip from his previous views on the future of civilisation and
its access to energy. You can read the article
here.
Ahmeds debunking of Simons work was entirely based on
assumptions of the ERoEI of non renewable renewable energy
harvesting technologies being far superior to the numbers Simon has
been using. Ive personally always thought that solar powers ERoEI
numbers were totally inadequate for running complex civilisation,
especially after reading Pedro Prietos work featured
here and
here.
ERoEI is critical to the success or otherwise of any transition
away from fossil fuels. As far as I am concerned, non renewable
renewable energy harvesting technologies simply dont cut the
mustard and Nafeez Ahmed is simply wrong. I cant help thinking hes
joined the ranks of the likes of George Monbiot who just cannot
come to grips with the fact their cushy lifestyles are as good as
over.
If youve been following DTM for a while now you will have heard
me talking about Dr Tim Morgan of Surplus
Energy Economics. Tim Morgan has been studying the collapse of
ERoEI, except he calls it ECoE or energy cost of energy. Its
catching on, heres
another great article explaining the impact of failing ECoE on
the global economy with some focus on the British one which is now
seriously floundering.
Simon has informed me that, perhaps as a result of the many
attacks on his work hes had to tackle, hes going to embark on a
seminal work on ERoEI with the father of the concept, Charlie Hall.
Im really looking forward to seeing what they come up with.
Also perhaps because of Nafeez article and the fact that Nate
Hagens is a close friend of Simons, Nate has just posted a very
informative video about ERoEI which explains why its so hard to get
the numbers right. I thought my readers would like to see it too,
enjoy..
Every day, I open the internet and
more stupid crap falls through the door. The amount of insanity
taking over civilisation today truly beggars belief. Its
incomprehensible. And its thoroughly depressing.
Take this push to destroy farming in the Netherlands and other
countries in Europe. To be sure, nitrogen pollution is a major
problem, but this will actually make it worse. Farming certainly
needs major reforms, no doubt about it, but this kind of reform
will cause serious food shortages. And just as we should be
recognising the
Metabolic Syndrome epidemic and eating more meat, not less Its
almost as though those in charge have finally worked out were in
overshoot, and are out to kill millions of people. Yep, my own
private conspiracy theory!
Done properly, animal grazing could improve the climate, not
worsen it. But hardly anyone seems to have any idea. Instead of
closing down farms, farmers should be re-educated. Heres a great
scientific paper written by a Dutchman about what needs to be done
:
The push for plant based diets is moving ahead at an amazing
pace. And just like the push for non renewable renewable energy
harvesting technologies, this is not only a technology doomed to
fail, but it is just as unachievable.
Technology cannot save us from a social predicament.
Its been a big week for property tax. On Sunday we learned the
new NSW government was extending stamp duty concessions for first
home buyers and will introduce legislation this week to scrap the
former governments opt-in stamp duty to land tax scheme. We dont
think thatll do much for first home buyers theyll []
Prospers submission to the Victorian Legislative Council Inquiry
into Land Transfer Duty Fees reflects our evolving thinking around
the core motivations for the reform. 14 April 2023 Prosper
Australia is an independent research institute focused on the
management of land and other natural resources through taxation.
Prosper was formed over 100 years ago to further []
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has welcomed
measures in the 2023 Victorian Budget funding incremental public
transport improvements, particularly in outer suburban communities.
Bus upgrades for growth areas such as Melton, Maddingley, Wyndham
and Casey will provide vital connections for those communities,
enabling better access to education, employment and other
opportunities, said PTUA spokesperson Continue
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welcome, but no step change
Prospers latest report sounds a cautionary note for policymakers
placing market supply at the centre of affordable housing policy.
Report author, Dr Tim Helm, Prospers Director of Research and
Policy, described the report, entitled Melbournes pandemic rental
dynamics: an (un)natural experiment in excess supply, as an
exploration in data of housing market imbalances through the []
ERoEI, or rather lack of it, is
what will determine our future. So when a video explaining it
really well comes along I like to watch. Id never heard of Leigh
Goeringbefore. Initially he certainly sounds like
an intelligent person with a great grasp of the subject of ERoEI
and its history and the history of the deployment of modern energy
systems like fossil fuels and renewables. I even learned quite a
lot from this video. But then, he inexplicably starts waxing
lyrical about nuclear power as if it wasnt subject to all the
limits of the other energy sources he obviously thinks have no
future
Over the past few years I have come across a lot of this nuclear
fantasy. Its where Simon Michaux shines methinks, no vested
interest in any BS!
Leigh Goehring believes nuclear power has astonishingly high
ERoEI while he correctly pulls non renewable renewable energy
harvesting technologies down to realistic levels. A quick search on
work by Charlie Hall who invented the idea of ERoEI reveals
nuclear power has an actual ERoEI of 5~15. This is what always
happens when you include everything and dont cherry pick stuff to
make your favourite saviour look good.
Digging a bit further,
I found that the literature is very divided on the EROI of nuclear,
listing it at anywhere from 1:1 (i.e., uneconomical at any price)
to 90:1 (i.e., the most bountiful energy source in history). Limits
to growth will be nuclears last nail in the coffin. Were already in
a surplus energy crisis and theres nowhere near enough left to save
complex civilisation. I think its ironic this video is titled
shortage of everything, except, obviously, nuclear power
I cannot express how chuffed I am
this podcast has come up Nate is obviously too busy with all he
does to get involved with mere Mike Stasse on a personal basis, but
I do know he reads at least some of the stuff I post on social
media because hes left the odd comment on my FB wall. Then a week
or three ago, he mentioned metabolic syndrome in one of his
franklies I could not help thinking, did he pick this up from me?
Because to be honest Im literally the only one banging on about the
importance of this epidemic on FB, as it ties in with all the other
emergencies were facing.
Over the past seven or eight months, Ive learned a huge amount
regarding nutrition. Ive watched hundreds of videos and read tons
of articles on the low carb high fat diet, insulin resistance, and
metabolic syndrome but had never come across Robert Lustig. Having
said that, Im really starting to think that this whole issue is
finally coming out of the woodwork, as it should. Because I think
its a definite driver of collapse as health systems everywhere are
crushed. More and more people are joining the dots, at last.
Father Bob Maguire was an advocate for the poor, the homeless
and those who were marginalised by society. He was also a fierce
advocate for refugee rights. Many will have seen him at the
Park Hotel/Prison last year at age 87, when he entered the cage in
solidarity with the men held in the Park. []
The stroll takes in 12 sites along a 6.8km stretch around
Elwood, telling an oral history through songs celebrating a
wonderfully broad range of local topics from weavers to water rats;
music halls to middens; sourdough to spotties; migration and many
more to delight and enlighten listeners of all ages.
Out of the blue, this video of
someone Id never heard of before came up on my feed. It sure looked
interesting, and by the time I was half way through, I thought,
this guy is on the money, hes even on Simons page! But I was
wrong.. How anyone smart enough to show the best explanation of
climate change and its repercussion on the food supply Ive ever
seen could not know about peak oil is really amazing
Adam Simon is an associate professor of mineral resources with
the
University of Michigans Department of Earth and
Environmental Sciences. When you google him with oil or peak oil as
search terms, you get nothing. Bizarre
And as I suspected, hes also wrong about renewable energy being
cheaper. Everywhere I have looked, the deeper the penetration of
renewable energy, the costlier electricity is, and Texas is no
exception.
This should but wont put the idiocy
of the Hydrogen economy concept to bed. Paul Martin really knows
his stuff when it comes to the smallest atom in the Universe.
However, I was gobsmacked when he started waxing lyrical about
electrifying everything! He really needs to talk to Simon
Michaux..
As a result of the local greenies making an appearance
on our local Huon FM radio station, the southernmost station in the
nation, and talking the usual nonsense youd expect from energy
blind greenies, I offered to set the record straight and they
accepted. And theyre igoing to have me back.
RISE: Refugees, Survivors and eX-detainees is the first
not-for-profit Refugee and Asylum seeker organisation in Australia
to be governed by eX-detainee Refugees. We were founded in 2010 by
an eX-detainee who was held hostage in both offshore and onshore
detention camps after arriving by boat to Australia to seek
asylum.
We eX-detainee Refugees from RISE who were detained upon arrival
by boat in so-called Australia are alarmed by the UK governments
proposed stop the boats bill. We cannot call it a mere
coincidence that the current British ruling political party is
touting these xenophobic policies while at the same time employing
white supremacist Australian election campaign managers who have a
long history of using anti-refugee wedge tactics to win elections
in Australia at the cost of human life. Former Australian Prime
Minister and current advisor to the UK government, Tony Abbott, has
demonstrated an eagerness to spread this neo-fascist model in a
past statement, saying that Europe is facing a peaceful invasion of
asylum seekers while urging European leaders to secure their
borders with Australian-style policies to avoid losing control as
they risk losing their character. Australia is notorious for
creating the modern blueprint of refugee detention torture and
refugee boat turn back policies over decades to whip up xenophobic,
white supremacist sentiments for votes. Many of us eX-detainee
refugees are permanently disabled, and many of our community
members have lost their lives on land and sea due to these
murderous policies.
According to our experiences in Australia, the stop the boats
and boat turns back policy has caused a permanent blockade of the
right to seek asylum in Australia by boat. Persecuted refugees have
no choice but to make perilous journeys, traversing both land and
sea to seek refuge and safe haven. Australia undermines this
wholeheartedly and turns refugee boats back into the arms of
persecutors without any accountability. The Australian government
implements this final solution against refugees by brazenly
participating in joint military operations and espionage activities
with military dictatorships and war criminals and funding corrupt
government officials in the Asia Pacific to stop people smuggling
and save deaths at sea. We, eX-detainees in Australia, call on
UK-based rights supporters and politicians to stop more crimes
against humanity by blockin...
On Tuesday 7 March the RAC activists who had been fined in 2020
for our car cavalcade outside the Mantra Hotel, to show support for
Medevac refugees detained there, went to Heidelberg Court for a
contest mention. We held a brief protest out the front. The
magistrate listened to our lawyer summarise our case: that we
[]
The Untapped project is a marvellous initiative which gives
readers access to long lost books in both print and digital
form.
More than 150 titles are available to borrow from libraries and to
purchase. Partners in the project include the Australian Society of
Authors, National State and Territory Libraries, the Australian
Library and Information Association and Ligature Press.
Amongst those 150 titles are the 7 Writers Anthology,
Canberra Tales, first published by Penguin in 1988.
This article, published in the Canberra Times today, April 15,
tells the story of how 7 Writers came into existence, and how we
continued meeting as a writers group for over 15 years.
My novel, One for the Master, published by Wakefield
Press in 1997 and short-listed for the 1998 Miles Franklin Award,
has also been re-published as part of the Untapped Project .
Its wonderful to be able to hold this long out of print novel in
my hands again. Thanks to all those involved in the project, in
particular Airlie Lawson and publisher Matt Rubinstein.
Here is a new concept for you,
Limbic Capitalism. I was drawn to this because of
Nate Hagens idea that we do what we do because of our addictions to
dopamine. This video doesnt equate addictive limbic capitalism or
abundance specifically to the availability of fossil fuels, but it
is definitely interesting Especially to all you social media
addicts! Enjoy.
Bedding with the Australian Department of Home
Affairs, who tortures and abuses us, makes you a white supremacist
eX-detainee Refugees about Queer Displacement conference
While queers were parading with politicians, military, police,
and detention profiteers at the Mardi Gras, in so-called Sydney,
Australia, an organisation established by white queer refugees
called Forcibly Displaced People Network held a Queer Displacement
Conference. One of their sponsors was the Australian Department of
Home Affairs. In addition to this, the Department of Home Affairs
funded parts of their research on queer refugee settlement in
Australia.
What is comical here, is that their white saviour privilege and
colonial approach cannot be hidden. The organisers of this event
are clearly collaborators with our torturers. Thousands of refugees
who came by boats, all of whom are people of colour, have been and
are still being indefinitely detained, tortured, murdered, abused,
and deported under the direction of the Australian Department of
Home Affairs headed by Senator Claire ONeal. eX-detainees who
are subjected to torture and abuse by the Australian Department of
Home Affairs include people of all genders, sexualities, and sex
characteristics. There are an unaccountable number of queerphobic
practises and incidents of sexual abuse, torture, and murder faced
by the refugees in Australian-run detention centres for over 30
years.
In addition to overseeing detention torture and refugee boat
pushbacks of black and brown refugees, the Australian Department of
Home Affairs is also involved in ongoing espionage and border
security operations with overseas military dictatorships and other
corrupt money hungry officials in the Asia Pacific through the Bali
process to stop the boats and keep so called Australia white. Many
of us eX-detainees and detainees have sought protection from these
very same military dictatorships and perpetrators of genocide.
The eX-detainee and detainee community is arguably ONE of the
poorest, racially profiled, and systematically discriminated
against community groups in Australia as well as around the world.
Reducing our ongoing systemic oppression and cancelling our lives
in Australia is white supremacy Bedding with the Australian
Department of Home Affairs, who tortures and abuses us, makes you a
white supremacist. You are likely to know this, if you are
an eX-detainee or person of c...
Theres a lot of talk over the
internet about the current excess deaths numbers. Theres no doubt
its happening, the data is clear. Pundits like to blame the covid
vaccines. Maybe those vaccines have killed people, but what I find
interesting is that those people are dying of EXACTLY what people
suffering from Metabolic Syndrome die from.. It cannot be a
coincidence.
Tim Noakes reckons that 80% of Americans are insulin resistant,
and Id be prepared to bet Australian and British people wouldnt be
far behind. Insulin resistance must surely be growing
exponentially, just like everything else in the world is. Global
health systems are getting overwhelmed by this and will likely be
part of the looming collapse. Im more certain than ever that a
population crash is imminent. This is a couple of years old and pre
excess deaths data, but I think he pretty much would agree with me
today.
To top it all, the powers that be are wanting to make it all
worse by reducing meat consumption. I have no doubt that
agriculture is a serious contributor to climate change. You cant
drive all that diesel powered machinery, manufacture all the agro
chemicals and fertilisers, process all that resulting food and
distribute it globally with more fossil fuels in ships, planes and
trucks without belching more CO2 into our already overburdened
atmosphere. But then to blame cows is utterly bizarre. Because
theyre carbon neutral and could be carbon sinks if managed
properly.
Queer eX-detainees urge artists, presenters, and other
participants to boycott the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Festival, which also hosts WorldPride 2023, in so-called Sydney,
Australia.
Who are we ?
RISE:Refugee, survivors and eX-detainees is a not-for-profit
association and the FIRST eX-detainee led and governed welfare and
advocacy organisation in Australia. RISE is a unique organisation
distinguished by our ethics of self-determination and community
control. RISE raises the bar in the non-profit sector by ensuring
we are not subservient to politicians or businesses by not
accepting blood money from the Federal government, State
government, local government, or corporations who invest in
detention, prisons, the military, or are complicit in land grab or
labour exploitation.
What is the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
(SGLMG)?
Started in Sydney as a celebration after a protest march and
commemoration of the Stonewall Riots of New York City back in 1978,
the parade was a march against discrimination, police harassment,
and the criminalization of queerness. Their rally was met with
violence by the police. Many of these protesters were arrested and
abused in police custody, and those arrested were further outed by
mainstream media, leading to detrimental consequences to their
lives.
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is now an annual queer
party, arts and cultural festival for the privileged middle class
based in Sydney, Australia. It is predominantly run by queer white
people and a few handpicked queer people of colour. Like many
queer festivals around the western world, SGLMG is now bedding with
politicians as well as boot-licking the military, police, and
corporations. Following the diversity trend, in recent years,
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has been working towards ticking
diversity boxes after many years of centering [white] gays and
lesbians, whilst not updating the Gay and Lesbian in their festival
name.
What is InterPride and WorldPride?
Founded in the US, InterPride is a western global organisation
whose members are mainly organisers of queer festivals across the
world. A licensed event by InterPride, WorldPride is run every 13
years, each time in a different location. InterPride members would
nominate and elect which city/queer festival in the world would win
the right to host WorldPride during a particular year.
Being US- and Western centric, InterPrides Global Advisory
Council has around 2 representatives from each of the 20 re...
A short one for you today. No punches pulled, forceful
truth destroys bullshit
For anyone interested, you can watch the whole series of seven
short 25 minute episodes on SBS TV on demand. Its very well done
with English subtitles. Pulls no punches and stressful to
watch.
Watch The Collapse streaming now on SBS On Demand.
An excellent video by my friend
Paul Mobbs which explains the correlation between food (and
cereals, food products incompatible with longevity for humans) and
fossil fuels growth.
The announcement that the more than 19,000 refugees on temporary
and safe haven visas (TPVs and SHEVs) will finally be able to get
permanent residency is welcome but long overdue.
The amount of crap available on the
internet these days seems to be growing exponentially. And unless
you are equipped with the best quality BS filter, its not hard to
be taken in by it. Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes gospel
truth.
Take my recent health/diet epiphany. When I
wrote about it, I stated that going keto had fixed my prostate
problems. And I was amazed, because frankly, how could this even
happen in two days? It turns out that it didnt. Its a long story I
wont bore you with, but what the keto diet repaired wasnt my
prostate, it was my kidneys. So why did I think it was my prostate?
Because for years, medicos had been leading me up the garden path.
Yes I have an enlarged prostate, yes its probably impeding urine
flow, but its only mild and had nothing to do with my nocturnal
visits to the loo.
In July last year, I had my annual blood test and the doctor
said that my kidney and liver functions were not great, but it was
nothing to worry about just yet, keep an eye on things. Meanwhile,
I was getting UTIs far more regularly than any bloke should have
(women are far more prone to such problems), even puzzling the
doctors. Its not supposed to be my job to work out what is wrong
with me, its theirs, but so ignorant are doctors regarding chronic
inflammation and the damage carbs do that none of this even crossed
their minds.
Dr YouTube to the rescue. It turns out that among the
bewildering list of things carbs can do to you, kidney disease and
fatty liver disease are prominent. Having had another bout of urine
looking like strong tea after eating a single apricot (I am not
making this up) it was back to the doctor. By the time I got an
appointment (remember that our health system has started
collapsing) my urine looked normal again and I had another blood
test, which revealed, drum roll, that two months into the keto diet
those kidney and liver functions had gone back to normal. Even
then, the doctor started talking about antibiotics and seeing a
specialist. Im not doing any such thing I told her, Ill look after
myself thank you very much.
Ive since learned that more and more doctors are challenging the
standard nutritional diet guidelines. The result though is that the
establishment is attacking them left right and centre. We cant
expose all their lies, now can we?
Heres the latest, a UK cardiologist fighting the same fight our
local Tassie orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gary Fettke was exonerated for
two or three years ago. His name is Dr Aseem Malhotra.
The truth is slowly but surely
coming out. I had never heard of Mark Mills before and his sudden
appearance on YouTube came as some surprise. My old sparring
partner from Eclipse recently attacked and ridiculed me and Simon
Michaux, yet heres someone who apparently doesnt even know Simon
(he never mentions him) using IEA data, and comes up with exactly
the same conclusions.... As usual, zero mention of
limits to growth, but hey, nobodys perfect!
The PTUA is alarmed about cuts in the frequency of trains on
Melbournes busiest rail lines, only days after the completion of
works which were supposed to improve services. Having endured the
closure of the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines for almost a month to
allow the installation of new rail equipment, passengers have had
their
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frequency cuts cause turmoil
Yes, more Simon. Does he ever
sleep? The amount of work Simon does is gobsmacking. Andrii is a
new podcast kid on the block who is doing a good job and is
planning to interview me too, so watch this space. Just because
youve heard Simon before doesnt mean you wont learn from these two
videos, I guarantee it.
Death in Villawood (suburb in
Sydney, Australia) Another immigration death in custody in
Australian-run torture camps. 30/01/2023
It is not the first time and it wont be the last another death
in administrative immigration detention in front of your eyes.
Australia continues its white supremacy through refugee detention
policies. Who is accountable now? Racist politicians or the people
who voted them in?
Deaths in detention custody are triggering and trauma awakening
for our community members who have been in detention or are in
detention.
Who is going to repay the family and the loved ones for the loss
of this person who was driven by the detention torture system to
take their life?
There have been many inquiries and many reports of deaths in
custody, torture and sexual abuse within Australian-run immigration
detention centres yet nothing has changed and no one has ever been
held accountable. There have been eX-detainees including
eX-detainee elders who have spoken out against detention policies
for over 30 years but nothing has changed.
ALL three major parties in Australia, the Australian Labor
party, the Greens and the Liberal/National coalition endorse
mandatory detention policies ignoring how it contributes to
torture, trauma and deaths in custody like this. Australian
detention centres are torture factories and have caused irrevocable
harm to detention survivors. For Adam Bandt, Anthony Albanese and
Peter Dutton and most members of the Australian public, this news
is likely to be another headline story, but for the family who have
lost their loved one in the hands of the Australian government,
this is a lifelong trauma and loss. Another white supremacist day
in the colony.
Finally, the sinister, white supremacist dog whistling media
reporting on detention centres continues in Australia with for
example Guardian Australia and Australian associated press
concluding their news report of this victim who died after enduring
at least 5 years of detention torture with this bizarre statement:
Immigration detainees have access to health services, including
mental health services.
I started at Mount Buller a ski resort in winter, popular
mountain bike destination in summer and dropped down the Four Mile
Spur track to the Howqua River and then the first campsite at Seven
Mile Flat. Youd think going down would be easy. It was not. It was
a warm day and it was steep and rough and there were a few places
where you needed to clamber over and around
fallen trees.
For the 11th year running, RISE: Refugee, Survivors and
eX-detainees, the FIRST self-determined advocacy and welfare
organisation in Australia governed and led by eX-detainees, is
making a public statement, supporting the boycott of Australia Day
aka Invasion day. Even before we made our first public statement
our organisation has never celebrated this day from the time we
were founded in 2010.
As eX-detainees, in so-called Australia, we acknowledge that the
land we seek protection on is the land of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Peoples whose sovereignty was never ceded.
Always was, always will be Aboriginal
land.
On this day RISE, on behalf of the eX-detainee community,
continues to acknowledge Sovereignty was never ceded, and we stand
in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of
this country. We are committed to fighting for justice on the terms
set by people and nothing else.
Refugees coming to Australia are being indefinitely detained
both onshore and offshore, involuntarily deported back to their
countries to danger and physically and sexually abused in detention
centres. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have shown
their greater solidarity with eX-detainees by raising their voices
against Australias white supremacist refugee policy. We would also
thank the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples for their
recognition and ongoing solidarity with us.
The crisis of disproportionate numbers of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander youths and adults being placed in institutionalised
care, incarcerated and separated from their families and
communities is not a recent one. We believe this is systemic abuse
which has resulted in over 200 years of discrimination as part of
the British colonial genocide strategy.
RISE eX-detainees call on members of our community to stand on
the side of justice and equity. Take action at the very least, by
condemning any refugee community representatives who partake in
celebrations on Australia Day or event, that disrespects and erases
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples by glorifying
stolenwealth and genocide.
Finally, RISE eX-detainees urge members of our community, allies
and supporters to amplify and donate where possible to
self-determined Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples-led
movements and organisations.
In Solidarity
RISE eX-detainees
Nothing About Us Without Us
You may be interested to know about the upcoming event presented
by Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation with the
support of Surf Coast Shire Council Pilk Purriyn (meaning sunrise)
on 26 January 2023 from 5:30am-7am. Perhaps youre already planning
to come along.
Open and free for everyone to attend, this inaugural event for
Torquay and the Surf Coast follows this Councils decision in
September 2021 to no longer support Australia Day activities within
its municipality.
Pilk Purriyn will be an opportunity for truth-telling, deep
listening and recognition of the meaning of this day for First
Nations people; and a chance for their allies within the Surf Coast
community to show their support.
You can help spread the word by circulating this event to your
networks. You can find out more about the event at www.surfcoast.vic.gov.au/pilk-purriyn.
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combination creates the perfect context for friendships to flourish
and where theres one you will invariably find the other. From Vocal
Noshes to music camps and choirs, there is nothing like a spot of
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(BRISBANE):
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) considers
Australias population growth rate in 2022 too high and called on
the federal government to put a brake on
immigration. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
released the latest population figures today showing Australias
population grew by nearly half a million (496,800 or 1.9%) in the
year ending 31 December 2022. The two components of growth were net
overseas migration (immigration minus emigration = NOM) at 387,000
and natural increase at 109,800.
