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19:14
Post-pandemic Principle #2: Healthy information "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
Post-pandemic principles
In this short blog and video I explore how and where best to
get your information these days.
Check it out here (or click on the image
below):
19:10
Tourism set to recapture record highs "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
Down Under back in favour
Tourism services exports hit the highest level in
41 months in May, and tourism to Australia is on track to hit
record highs by as soon as this coming summer.
It's also adding to demand for Airbnb stock and
other accommodation.
Exports increased 5 per cent in May, driven by gold and
services exports.
It's been an awesome boom for the value of
Australia's exports, though this is probably on its last legs as
key commodity prices such as coal, iron ore, and gas are either now
declining or well off their highs.
17:00
Malinauskas Government facing backlash over costly university merger "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has gone back on an election promise and approved the merger of two major universities with zero transparency to taxpayers. Dr Binoy Kampmark reports.
NEVER TRUST the musings of university management, with their uplifting visions of sunlit glory, their honey-laced promises of healthy workplaces, staff and students. Being several steps removed from the trench, the field and the library, they are the last to be asked about anything of any consequence in the fields of teaching and research.
But that never stops these servitors of the bottom line from imposing, dictating and ruining things for others actually keen on the pedagogical craft and acquiring knowledge.
When such musings are paired with those of politicians, an unhealthy compact emerges. In South Australia, the government and two major universities have decided that a merger will go ahead. The land, in this regard, is a trodden one. Merger talks between South Australias universities have already failed twice in 2012 and 2018.
For some reason or rather, the current Labor Premier, Peter Malinauskas, when in opposition, resurrected the beast stillborn, proposing a University Merger Commission as part of his electoral platform. The policy said little about the value of teaching, focusing instead on one primary obsession: university rankings. Such a merger was needed to ensure that a South Australian university would cling to a top 100 placement in the rankings in order to ensure the highest quality research is funded in this state to drive economic growth.
Whatever the merits of university rankings and they are to be taken as s...
16:45
The Fossil Fuel Proliferation Threat "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
Climate change negotiations and debates are characterised by some curious features. For one, there are interminable stretches of discussion that never seem to feature the agents of cause. Chatter about horrendous fires, toxic smoke, and environmental degradation often skirts around the culprit of anthropogenic change, so ably aided by fossil fuels. With the fossil fuel
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16:19
The Australian Governments dangerous state of silence "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
By Steve Davies Introduction Understanding Moral Disengagement Moral Disengagement in Government The Impact on Policy The Human Cost The Challenge Judging Moral Disengagement Resources Introduction Moral disengagement is a huge problem in the Australian Government and its public service. To this day major political parties remain silent on this issue. Labor, Liberal and
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16:00
NAB data accounting for bank closures not the full quid "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
The National Australia Bank (NAB) has been pulling a swifty on customers who have lost branches since September last year, using incomplete visitation data to justify its decisions.
NAB has been blaming a drop in foot traffic for the branch closures in documents now required under revisions to the (ABA) Australian Banking Association's branch closure protocol to explain why a decision to close a branch has been made.
As the reason for the closures of 59 branches providing visitation figures for each branch as gathered from the previous year NAB has said:
'Fewer customers are coming into branches to do their banking and foot traffic has lessened.'
A NAB spokesman revealed to this author recently, however, that the figures are only for over-the-counter transactions and business bag deposits, meaning customers coming into branches for general business are not captured in the foot traffic count.
General business is anything that does not involve a transaction, such as customers who have had to come into a branch to sort out IT issues, provide proof-of-identity documents, remove or add names to accounts, keep appointments for term deposit changes or speak to staff about loans, meetings with managers or any other activity that is not a deposit or withdrawal.
The deception was revealed when the use of the phrase over-the-counter interactions on NABs West Lakes' branch closure fact sheet was questioned, with information sought on what activities were being counted as foot traffic.
It is the only one of the 59 fact sheets that have carried this clarification.
The spokesman explained:
We dont use the term over-the-counter interaction, but personal banking/business banking transactions referenced in the fact sheets come from over-the-counter transactions in the branch and...
13:58
UN Report on employment guarantees misses the essential points about buffer stock mechanisms "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
In 1978, during my postgraduate studies at the University of Melbourne I came up with the idea of a Job Guarantee although I didnt call it that then. I have written about it extensively since then and you can see some of the non-academic work published in this blog under the category Job
13:48
The No crowd honest doubts, or simple racism? "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
The problem with Peter Dutton is that, right or wrong, we feel we know him. We might have missed noticing the human side to the man, but that is because he spent so much time showing us how tough and no-nonsense he is. He fits the stereotype of the Queensland Liberal, an old fashioned head-kicker.
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13:20
Avoiding the Big Loss "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
Meanwhile, this is probably a good time to explain why were so gloomy and doomy
Wheres the recession?
Wheres the stock market crash?
Has the bear market turned into a bull market? Has the coming recession been upstaged by an approaching boom?
Whats the problem? Why spoil a good party by mentioning that the curtains are on fire and the police are at the door?
If you listen to the popular press, you might think the US finances are delightfully robust. Heres Dan:
The NASDAQ just closed out its best first half of a year ever, with $QQQ up nearly 40%.
A US$3 trillion apple
The financial writers are awe-struck. 2023 started out as one of the worst years ever. But instead of getting worse as everyone (including us!) expectedthe year is half gone, and its still not half bad.
The broad stock market has still not recovered from its 2022 sell off. The Dow, now over 34,000, is still more than 1,000 points below the high set at the beginning of last year. But the bounce from last years lows has been impressive. The S&P 500 is up 14% so far this year. But the aforementioned NASDAQ gets top billing.
Fortune:
The rally in tech megacaps gained further traction, with the Nasdaq 100 notching its best ever first-half of a year and Apple hitting the US$3 trillion milestone.
Nearly US$5 trillion has been added to the value of companies in the Nasdaq 100 since the start of the year, with the tech-heavy gauge defying bubble warnings and jumping almost 40%gains have been even more pronounced when narrowed down to the megacap space which has soared 74%.
In the economy, too, the press sees only pink cheeks and robust health.
Business Insider: Rolling recession turns to rolling expansion, says top Wall Street economist:
stocks could be set to see a 2023 rally continue and broaden out beyond megacap tech shares in the second half of the year, according to a closely followed Wall Street economist.
look at those industries and sectors that have been depressed. Theyre showing signs of recovering, Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, said in a phone interview Friday afternoon.
Pent-up demand [for houses] has fuelled strength in the sector and for home builders despite mortgage rates that have risen toward 7%.
Bidenomics inaction
The latest data, says the press, is positive.
Employmentinflationsales its all good, or so they say. And Joe Biden tells audiences what a great job hes done; heres a recent speech:
Bidenomics is working.
Today, the US has had the highest economic growth rate, leading t...
13:20
Look Alive! Beware the French Chaotic Descent "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
History may not always repeat, but it sure does rhyme.
For several years, discontentment among the working class in France has been simmering. It started in mid-November 2018 with the Mouvement des gilets jaunes or The Yellow Vests Movement gathering every weekend in Paris to protest over a newly imposed fuel tax.
This movement grew over time as others joined in voicing their discontentment over socioeconomic policies and the impact of globalism depriving them of individual rights and liberties.
There was a pause in 2020 as the world locked down over the outbreak of the Wuhan virus. However, it resumed afterwards and gained momentum.
In 2021, the French Government sought to exclude those refusing to get vaccinated by denying them the right to dine in a restaurant, enter shopping malls, or even maintain their current occupation.
Defiant French citizens pulled out their picnic rugs and ate in the streets, braving the mid-summer heat. Some barricaded supermarkets that were refusing unvaccinated individuals entry to their premises.
Tensions continued to simmer in 2022 as the French election in April saw the incumbent party retain power, though cutting them down to a minority Government. Meanwhile, the Russia-Ukraine conflict raged on, leading to energy shortages and inflation ravaging households struggling to make ends meet.
Youd think a fire burning for several years would run out of fuel. Not in the case of the French nationals! Theyve saved their best for 2023.
Earlier this year, the government enacted pension reform, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. Citizens would have to work for at least 43 years to be eligible for retirement. It was signed into law in mid-April.
As many as 1 million workers came out to protest as the government floated the bill in January, kicking off months of strikes and protests. Many of these demonstrations resulted in violence and destruction of public and private property.
Things might be coming to a head right now. There is news footage of riots across the nation, sparked by the police killing a 17-year-old youth of North African descent in a Parisian suburb.
The many years of neglect, indifference and outright abuse against the people by their rulers are now starting to come home to roost. The country is burning with the rage of a thousand suns.
The...
13:15
A warning "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (fiction
category) entry.
A WARNING
in Australia, when the birds hang upside-down
are they really right-side-up?
those larrikins swinging from the washing line
yellow-crested, beady-eyed
brawling on top of the traffic lights
swearing and shitting as people walk by
and screaming in manic delight
in Australia, where the endless white beaches hide
cute cephalopods with googly eyes
who turn violently blue in the blink of an eye
do not put your hands in the water
do not put your fingers under the lid of a wheelie bin
do not leave your shoes out overnight
or you will probably die
in Australia, where for only a very brief time
between the hot and cold seasons
can a human venture safely outside
where even the trees are pyromaniacs by design
filling their arms with gifts for the fire
it is hard to believe that the natural world
needs our delicate care if it is to survive
we must focus our upside-down national pride
on our stubborn ability to stay alive
Emma Jayne Willson is a single mum and creative writing student from Perth interested in writing as a form of activism.
* Full IA Writing Competition details HERE.
13:06
hospitalisation and death data for Flu and RSV "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
Response by Department of
Health to Katharina
Lauer on .
Successful.
Good afternoon Ms
Lauer, The Department of Health and Aged Care can advise
that the data you are seeking access to is available on the
website,...
11:13
We are Born to Love. "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
We are born to love.
If we were born,
To never love, nor feel pain,
From bruised flesh, broken heart,
All in vain.
We would be born,
With blood cold as stone,
Beauty never to be known,
And an exterior skeleton.
A fate predetermined from our birth,
Toward an undesirable death..
In short..it would be hell on earth.
So. . .
Let me laugh, let me weep,
Should I cry myself to sleep,
Then may I wake to a bright, fresh day,
To start anew lifes loving forays.
10:20
What The Government Is Doing Should TERRIFY You! "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
Language is a great thing. The way in which you frame something makes all the difference. Consider the following truly frightening government positions: All Australian states have colluded to pass legislation that allows an unelected official to determine who is fit to drive. In order to be allowed to drive on the roads, you will
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09:00
Human Rights Law Centre joins Whistleblowing International Network "IndyWatch Feed National"
The Human Rights Law Centre has become a member of the Whistleblowing International Network (WIN), the global peak body for whistleblower protection organisations.
The Human Rights Law Centre has a long history advocating for stronger whistleblower protections in Australia, and is recognised as a leading source of policy expertise in the field. In August, the Centre is launching the Whistleblower Project a landmark, Australia-first legal service to protect and empower whistleblowers.
Established in 2018, WIN is the global membership network and information hub for the whistleblower protection community, with members in more than 25 countries. WINs membership includes non-profit organisations that provide access to free legal advice and support to whistleblowers. WINs members share expertise and collaborate with those working to protect whistleblowers.
In early July, WINs membership committee unanimously endorsed the Human Rights Law Centres membership application.
Kieran Pender, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, said:
By exposing human rights abuses, government wrongdoing and corporate misconduct, whistleblowers make Australia a better place. The Human Rights Law Centres Whistleblower Project will enable us to protect and empower whistleblowers and we have benefited immensely from the global expertise of the Whistleblowing International Network in preparing the project.
Anna Myers, Executive Director of the Whistleblowing International Network, said:
Protecting whistleblowers helps ensure the free flow of information for the responsible exercise of authority. Yet global experience has shown that even the best whistleblowing laws on paper do not work in practice without sustained effort from civil society. We are delighted to welcome the Human Rights Law Centre to our membership and are proud to have assisted the Centre in the formation of their Whistleblower Project which will be a huge boost for Australias whistleblowers.
08:51
A tyrannical move in France "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
The internet is how people communicate now, and social media has become a natural platform for sharing dissent and organising protests. As a result, one of the first things tyrants do when facing mass opposition is shut it down, with blocks on specific platforms, or just a system-wide blackout. We've seen such attacks on the public's right to free expression in places like Iran, Egypt, Myanmar, and India. And now, faced with widespread protests against police murder and institutional racism, Emmanuel Macron is suggesting that France follow suit:
Emmanuel Macron is facing a backlash after threatening to cut off social media networks as a means of stopping the spread of violence during periods of unrest.Because obviously, only "young people" - non-pensioners? - use the internet nowdays...lyse officials and government ministers responded on Wednesday by insisting the president was not threatening a general blackout but instead the occasional and temporary suspension of platforms.
The presidents comments came as ministers blamed young people using social media such as Snapchat and TikTok for organising and encouraging rioting and violence after the shooting dead of a teenager during a police traffic stop in a Paris suburb last week.
We need to think about how young people use social networks, in the family, at school, the interdictions there should be and when things get out of hand we may have to regulate them or cut them off, Macron told a meeting of more than 250 mayors, whose municipalities were hit by the violence, on Tuesday.
This is simply not what democracies do. Instead, it is the action of a tyranny. Sadly, it seems like France is following Britain towards authoritarianism. The problem for Macron is that a government which walks away from democracy forfeits its legitimacy; if he behaves like a tyrant, there's no basis for complaint if he suffers a tyrant's fate.
08:00
Its only right if it's done by the Right otherwise its just not cricket "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
For those who move in elite circles, there is really only one rule: its never wrong if its done by the Right.
This rule has been borne out throughout the upper echelons of British society and filtered out to the far corners of its Empire since the beginning of the current and very established class system.
In the colony of Australia, despite the fact that we are still a colony under British rule, we like to think we are egalitarian. And in some ways, at least when compared with the mother country, we are. However, this one rule, or more accurately, belief system, of the Right always being right, has certainly endured.
This week, it was played out in full and vowel-enunciating focus when Australia won the second Ashes test against England. Stay with me as this is interesting, even for a non-cricket fan like me and for most other "right-thinking" people, not because Australia won, which is all very nice, of course, but because the Poms, at least those who belong to the English Establishment, are so affronted with their loss they can hardly contain their indignation and in fact, did not.
In the comical fracas that ensued, the lords at Lords booed their collective lungs out and even tried to trip up the Aussie players back in the Long Room the dining room of the "gentlemen's club" established back in 1737, which didnt even allow women entry until 1998 (its Australian counterpart, the Melbourne Cricket Club, was only 15 years ahead in the gender stakes) but lets not get stumped by the many elitist details.
Even the British Prime Minister has weighed in on the topic. Outraged, PM Suna...
07:59
In which - stray readers be warned - the pond eventually explores a paranoid persecution complex, and it's not a pretty sight, more Orwellian petulant than socialist George perceptive ... "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
What to lead with? What to guess might be top of the lizard Oz this day?
Could it be how Israel knows a lot about collective guilt and collective punishment? Might that not lead to collective hatred and contempt?
Nah, not a likely Oz story. That's been disappeared.
What about some light relief? Sorry, for that the pond must turn to Kate Briquelet's DeSantis, Furries, and Trump Merch: I Went to the Moms for Liberty Summit for a laugh. It's quite a read and would be hugely funny if it wasn't so downright weird and paranoid. Luckily it can be found outside the Beast paywall here
The pond is always hanging out for news of the great furry conspiracy:
...The New Jersey woman chimed in that at a high
school just 40 minutes away, teachers have to honor the furries and
kids who say theyre cats, and they have to let them bring litter
boxes to school. She was referring to the subculture of people who
invent alter-egos as anthropomorphized animals and which the GOP
has seized on to generate moral panic. (Claims of litter boxes in
schools, it should be noted, are widely and repeatedly
discredited.)
The North Dakota mother said her sons high school had furries, too. He's taken pictures of them, she said. There was a kid that was wearing a tail and the principal, we talked to him about, you know, the dress code . Like, these are the kids. But they just let him be, let him wear this tail everywhere he went.
The North Dakota mother said her sons high school had furries, too. He's taken pictures of them, she said. There was a kid that was wearing a tail and the principal, we talked to him about, you know, the dress code . Like, these are the kids. But they just let him be, let him wear this tail everywhere he went.
It reminded the pond of that ancient Oz film where Miranda Otto thought she was a horse. It turns out that a bunch of deviants had conspired to get behind the scenes, leading to this moment ...
...Late Saturday night, the atheist infiltrators
joined me for a debrief at a hotel bar.
One, whom well call Tina, was inspired to attend the summit after she saw the M4L protest lineup. She thought, Someone should be on the inside reporting back on whats going on in there.
Once she arrived, she ran into a registered Republican whom she knew from atheist circles. He asked not to be identified for this article as he mulls running for office and instead preferred the pseudonym Hollingsworth. Sometimes if you can keep your meal down, Hollingsworth said, extremist politics can be entertaining maybe in the same way that a severe accident on the roadway might be
Titillating, Tina offered.
So, how badly am I going to regret this language? Hollingsworth asked me.
One, whom well call Tina, was inspired to attend the summit after she saw the M4L protest lineup. She thought, Someone should be on the inside reporting back on whats going on in there.
Once she arrived, she ran into a registered Republican whom she knew from atheist circles. He asked not to be identified for this article as he mulls running for office and instead preferred the pseudonym Hollingsworth. Sometimes if you can keep your meal down, Hollingsworth said, extremist politics can be entertaining maybe in the same way that a severe accident on the roadway might be
Titillating, Tina offered.
So, how badly am I going to regret this language? Hollingsworth asked me.
That's only designed to titillate, the real meat is in DeSanctus, but speaking of severe accidents, there's also the climate ...there was Graham Readfearn in The Graudian, with ...
01:51
Highest mortgage stress since 2008 "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
Stress builds
By May, mortgage stress had increased to the highest level since 2008.
Source: Roy Morgan Research
Of course, interest rates were increased again June, and many fixed rate mortgages are still resetting.
Hopefully that means we're at or close to the top of the interest rate cycle.
00:22
Midnight Oil US Forces (Live)- 1985 "IndyWatch Feed National"
One of Australias greatest bands. I saw them last year at Bluesfest in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Best band there. Many big Australian bands and artists came to support Bluesfest after COVID. This year none of them came. It was a big flop. Im not going back. There were no great Blues or Rock bands there.
Wednesday, 05 July
23:06
Graceless at Lords: The Class Goons Strike Back "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
What are the English other than their excruciatingly worn class, kitted out with a code of manners revocable at an instant? A streak of traditional Englishness, as A. A. Gill wrote, stresses bullying. It made them great in the hope of making others small. A towering creature like Charles James Fox may well have added
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21:22
Lies, Lies, and the Cause of Autism, Part 1: Wonderful Smackdown by RFK, Jr, on Vaccine Safety "IndyWatch Feed National"
by Mary W Maxwell, LLB
Dear Australians, You may be assuming that a man who is the nephew of the slain JFK and the son of the slain RFK is getting good media coverage in his bid for 2024 presidential nomination.
Wrong. The MSM are doing their best to make him look stupid and dangerous. In the above interview, he makes the US government look more stupid and dangerous than we could have imagined.
I have now gone to the two offending websites, HHS and CDC, to fetch for you some material by those two quasi-governmental organizations. (Thats Dept of Health and Human Services, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two wholly unconstitutional.) Kennedy accuses them of lying.
The day on which I retrieved the following statements about the safety of vaccines, and the non-relation of vaccines to autism. is July 4, 2023. In a fortnight I will re-fetch, to see if he HHS and CDC will bother to back down.
By the way, RFK, Jr has been going at this for 18 years. His famous interview at Salon.com took place on June 20, 2006. Salon soon scrubbed it, however.
In my 2011 book, Prosecution for Treason, I stated:
I speculate autism was loosed on the population deliberately. This may have been for the purpose of studying the workings of the normal mind, obliquely. Or perhaps to cause distress in families. Causing distress is part of Tavistockian strategy of tension.
Now please watch the Kennedy video above, and then read this:
********
FROM HHS.GOV:
HHS health and human services retrieved today, the Fourth of July 2023, by MM.
Vaccine Side Effects
Most people dont have any serious side effects from vaccines. The most common side effectslike soreness where the shot was givenare usually mild and go away quickly on their own.
What are common side effects of vaccines?
The most common side effects after vaccination are mild. They include:
- Pain, swelling, or redness where the shot was given
- Mild fever
- Chills
- Feeling tired
- Headache
- Muscle and joint aches
Fainting can also happen after any medical procedure, including vaccinations.
Keep in mind that most common side effects are a sign that your body is starting to build immunity (protection) against a disease....
20:18
Binance Australias Offices Searched by Financial Regulator: Bloomberg "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
Binance Logo on Smartphone Mobile (Unsplash)
19:40
Rearranging the deckchairs on climate-battered country "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
By Frances Goold He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but dont let that fool you. He really is an idiot. (Groucho Marx) Last Thursdays ICAC report on the NSW ex-premiers serious corrupt conduct by breaching public trust was quickly countered by her assertions that nothing in the report demonstrates that
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19:28
Shipping levy on maritime emissions opposed by Australia at IMO conference "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"
Shipping, in transporting around 90% of world trade, creates about 1 billion tonnes of greenhouse gasses, or nearly 3 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions. It is about the same amount as Germany or Japan. Pacific Island nations including Solomon Islands and Marshall Islands, proposed the introduction of a $100 per tonne levy on maritime emissions in order to make cleaner fuels
18:08
Monetary policy in the hands of the central banker sociopaths is advancing the class interests of the elites "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
Recently, I wrote about the conditions that dictate what impacts interest rate changes will have on aggregate spending and demand-driven inflation in direction, magnitude and temporality see RBA governors Quils mangent de la brioche moments of disdain (June 8, 2023). It is highly likely in many cases, the decisions by central banks to increase
17:49
Composting with the master gardener "IndyWatch Feed National"
Story and photos by Russ Grayson (feature image: David holds compost parcel) IF YOU ARE a legendary master gardener whose specialisation is compost, what better way to spend a winters day than running a compost-making forum? It is one of those fine, crisp Tasmanian winter mornings when the air is fresh and clear. We park []
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17:20
Information on the number of littering and parking fines issued "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
Response by Randwick
City Council to Laurence
Poulter on .
Awaiting classification.
PLUS everything
that's happening for NAIDOC Week 2023 ...
17:18
Binance Australia offices reportedly searched by local regulator "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
Binance said it is cooperating with Australian regulators to meet local regulatory requirements amid reports of office searches.
16:48
*Germany in the World* "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
The author is David Blackbourn, and the subtitle is A Global History 1500-2000. The focus is on Germanys global influence abroad and no I dont mean the Battle of Stalingrad, though that era is covered. Here is one excerpt:
There was global demand for German scientists of every kind. The Southern Hemisphere offers two striking examples. One is Latin america, thanks partly to Humboldts legacy. There were hundreds of Germans scientists in Argentina alone by the early twentieth century, and many others in Chile, Peru, and elsewhere. German scientists also played an equally outsized role in Australia. We have already seen the impact made by the botanist Richard Schomburgk and his circle of 49ers in South Australia. Among the many German scientists who arrived after midcentury and shaped Australias scientific landscape were several who were well connected internationally. The geophysicist Georg von Neumayer is a perfect specimen of the type. Neumayer enjoyed support in British scientific circles and was a disciple of the American astronomer and oceanographer Matthew Maury, who had himself been inspired by Humboldt. In Australia Neumayer established an observatory in Melbourne, before returning to Germany, where he chaired the International Polar Commission in 1879.
Neumayer is a reminder that German remained, as they had been in the era of Forster and Pallas, inveterate scientific travelers.
Recommended, this is quite a good book.
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...16:07
Why Arent Thailands Banks More Profitable? "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
Compared to their counterparts in Indonesia and the Philippines, the country's financial institutions have seen only modest growth.
16:00
Berejiklian escapes prosecution despite ICAC corruption verdict "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
The conclusion of the NSW ICAC determined former Premier Gladys Berejiklian had engaged in serious corruption, yet she has escaped criminal charges. Anthony Klan reports.
FORMER NSW PREMIER Gladys Berejiklian has been found to have engaged in serious corrupt conduct after a multi-year probe by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).
In findings released on Thursday 29 June, the ICAC found Berejiklian engaged in serious corrupt conduct in relation to a $5.5 million grant to the Australian Clay Target Association (ACTA) in Wagga Wagga NSW.
It found Berejiklian had engaged in serious corrupt conduct for not reporting her concerns or corrupt conduct, or improper conduct, of former MP Daryl Maguire, who the ICAC also found had engaged in corrupt conduct over a series of private business dealings.
Berejiklian and Maguire had been in a secret relationship from about 2015 to 2020, which Berejiklian had not disclosed, despite presiding over millions of dollars of grants to projects in Maguires then electorate of Wagga Wagga, central NSW.
The ICAC also found Berejiklian had breached the public trust over funding for the Riverina Conservatorium of Music, also in Wagga Wagga.
The ACTA gun club was given a $5.5 million grant for a new clubhouse and function centre despite it failing to meet the required criteria and strong objections from departmental officials after an intervention by Berejiklian.
The ICAC said Maguire had been a strong proponent of both the ACTA project an...
15:50
hospitalisation and death data for Flu and RSV "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
Response by Department of
Health to Katharina
Lauer on .
Successful.
Good afternoon Ms
Lauer, Acknowledgement of receipt of Freedom of Information request
I refer to your request received by the Department of
Health...
15:33
A second McDonnell-Douglas UAP study in the 1970's? - A preliminary article "IndyWatch Feed National"
Introduction
I am continuing my steady re-reading of Jacques Vallee's "Forbidden Science: Volume 5." There are a wealth of interesting little pieces of information to be digested slowly; just like the French food which Vallee frequently refers to in his diary entries.
It is now common knowledge that the McDonnell-Douglas company conducted an in-house study of UAP between 1967-1969. The leader of this internal company study was Robert M. Wood. Wood published a few details of the project in the July/August 1993 issue of the "International UFO Reporter" in an article "A Little Physics....A Little Friction: A Close Encounter with the Condon Committee" and in much more detail in the October 2008 "MUFON Journal" in an article titled "McDonnell Douglas Studied UFOs in 1960's." There are a number of websites where you can read around 275 pages of documentation of this 1967-1969 study. I posted an article about the project and the contents of some of this documentation on 22 September 2020.
A second McDonnell Douglas study in the 70's?
Now, when reading "Forbidden Science: Volume 5" I came across references to what appears to have been a separate, and second McDonnell-Douglas UAP study. Below, I extract a number of sections of Vallee's diary entries, from "Forbidden Science: Volume 2,3 and 5" concerning McDonnell-Douglas.
FS2 10 December 1974
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15:30
While Rich Eye Off Imaginary Planet B, Theres Still Life On Planet A "IndyWatch Feed National"
Environmentalists have long pointed out that there is no Planet B. If we stuff up this one, it could be game over for humanity at worst, or a descent into an anarchic Hobbesian war of all against all, at best. Unfortunately, writes Professor Mark Beeson, no-one seems to have told the worlds plutocrats, who are literally taking conspicuous consumption to new heights.
Virgin Galactic has just inaugurated a form of space tourism that will take three or four passengers for a 90-minute joyride 50 miles above the surface of the Earth, where they can experience weightlessness and enjoy what one assumes is a pretty impressive view. The cost? About $450,000, plus a suitably super-sized contribution to the worlds ever-increasing CO2 emissions, of course.
Back on Planet A things arent much better. On the same day Virgin was entering what can only be called the space space, it was revealed that a microscopic Louis Vuitton bag sold for more than $60,000. The phrase more money than sense comes to mind, but this hardly does justice to the compassionless self-absorption necessary to do this at any time, let alone when so many face existential crises that they risk their lives to escape.
The jarring difference in the worlds response to the deaths of an estimated 600 or so people who drowned recently while trying to cross from Libya to Italy on an overcrowded 30-meter fishing vessel, and the five explorers who died on a sight-seeing trip to the wreck of the Titanic, is another telling illustration of lifes enduring inequities on Planet A.
Whatever your view of Titanic tourism, the reality is that not many of us have the necessary $300,000 odd to pay for the ticket even if we wanted to. The us in this case, of course, is the relatively wealthy population of the north, the developed world, or wha...
14:48
Okay We Get It. The Poms Are Whingers, Aussies Are Cheaters. In Other News. "IndyWatch Feed National"
Before we head off down that path again you know, the one where we all wake up a week from now with ranters regret after engaging in lengthy debates about things that mean absolutely nothing maybe we all should stop, take a breath, and ponder whether cricket is really that important after all, writes Chris Graham.
Last week, Australia was transfixed with the story of a missing submersible containing a rich buffoon and four unfortunate passengers, who were drifting around the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean trying to catch a glimpse of the Titanic.
Alas, their dodgy craft imploded before it could be located and pulled from the water by an armada of planes and ships, who were apparently far less interested in the sinking of a boat in the Mediterranean which claimed the lives of hundreds of asylum seekers.
Now this week, we have the Ashes scandal, or Stump-gate as media have inevitably taken to calling it. You have to wonder just how much fluff a nation can embrace.
This is, Im told, a sporting tale of extreme importance. National importance, even. One which involves a man in silly white pants rolling a red ball at a set of stumps, while another man in silly white pants walks a few feet away from the stumps when he really shouldnt have. Apparently, that was because another man (in black pants with a silly white hat) had not yet said the word Over, thus he was subsequently forced to raise one finger into the air and instead proclaim the word Out.
All of which sparked an international incident. Or in cricketing parlance, a Pom walked out of his crease and was run out by the wicketkeeper.
Thankfully, this bizarre but thoroughly fascinating and crucially important debate can be resolved in two simple paragraphs.
Paragraph one: Generally speaking, England is crap at sport, especially any sport they claim to have invented, especially cricket. Thus, more often than not they lose to Australia. So its not at all surprising theyre crying foul now, even though what happened was common-place, entirely within the rule...
14:28
AFTINET joins civil society in calling for the release of IPEF pillar 2 agreement and current texts "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
July 5, 2023: The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) is a new regional forum initiated by the US that proponents say will strengthen economic cooperation between its 14 participants and divert supply chains away from China. IPEF, unlike traditional trade agreements, does not include market access commitments like lower tariffs. Instead, the main incentives are increased investment and capacity building projects (you can read more about the 'Four Pillars' negotiating objectives of IPEF here).
IPEF recently announced the substantial conclusion of negotiations for pillar 2, which aims to increase the resilience and sustainability of supply chains amongst the 14 members, following a Ministers meeting in Detroit in May. However, the text of the agreement has not been released and civil society is now calling for greater transparency from trade ministers ahead of the next round of IPEF negotiations from July 8 in Busan, South Korea.
IPEF is being promoted as a new model of trade arrangements with greater consultation with civil society. Yet the secrecy of the text means that civil society is unable to assess the agreement or ensure those benefits are real, and not a repeat of the trade agreements designed to benefit powerful states and transnational corporations.
By failing to release the texts and ensure the transparency of negotiations, IPEF negotiators not only deny the public and civil society meaningful input to ensure that the self-defined IPEF outcomes of fairness, collaboration and inclusivity are met, but also risk repeating the problematic approaches to free trade agreements that has led to their deep unpopularity.
AFTINET has joined with 16 civil society groups from IPEF countries in signing a letter to leaders and ministers participating in the IPEF negotiations in Busan to release the Pillar 2 agreement and other negotiating texts. You can read the full letter here.
13:30
The N word and the A,B,C of racism here in Australia. "IndyWatch Feed National"
<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em>*Updated July 2023, Thank you to my friends M & A for the kitchen table conversation in relation to The Voice to Parliament that lead to updating this post. It is as relevant today as when I first wrote it many years ago and reflected in the diverse and polarising comments.
The Intergenerational Impact of Australias Racist History</strong></p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">I have often thought that those divisive, racist terms, Australias equivalent to the <em>N </em>word, the <em>ABC</em> of racism, have not been publicly outed here in Australia. Australia has <i> three</i> versions of the <i>N word</i> that are derived from the same source of psychologically under developed entitlement.</p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Its as if those derisive names and derogatory terms have gone underground but still live and perpetuate in the collective psyche today, erupting occasionally at the football ground but generally not aired or brought to the light of public discussion and transformation.</p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">I pre-empt the following with an apology to those who are offended.</p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">In the context of the <em>N (Nigger) </em>word discussion it is important that we acknowledge the toxic, pervasive impact of the racial slurs imposed upon Aboriginal people.</p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Abo, boong and coon.</p> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><em>Abo, boong & coon the vitriolic inference of the superiority of one group that demonises another. </p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Australias ABC of racist names and labels.</p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Dehumanising, diminishing names that were instilled in the post European settlement consciousness of this country.</p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">As a migrant child in the 60s hearing use the words used in a derisive, mocking, disdainful manner transmitted their racist origins down through the generations and their legacies are alive and breathing long after the first people who uttered them have gone.</p> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><em>Why do they call them boongs? its the sound they make when they hit the bull bar.</em></p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">That old adage that <em>you cant heal it until you claim it</em> is as relevant when discussing collective language and divisive stereotyping as it is when discussing personal mental, emotional and spiritual wounds.</p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">It is the very early days of recovery from the violence of colonisation in this country and naming and accepting responsibility for the impact of the l...
13:13
Which NSW councils need ward redistributions? "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
Prior to the 2021 NSW council elections, I analysed the population trends in another of Sydney councils which have been shouldering the bulk of Sydneys population growth. I wrote about Camden, Blacktown, a number of other councils, and an overall post.
Now as we get closer to the September 2024 elections, I have started paying attention to which NSW councils might be redrawing their ward boundaries.
Unfortunately there is no central record of the redistribution process, unlike in Victoria and Queensland. Each council handles redistributions through their regular decision-making process, usually involving a round of public consultation.
There are still some rules that apply to this process. Councils must make a final decision by 5 October 2023. Wards in New South Wales must elect the same number of councillors across a council area, and must be drawn so no ward varies from any other ward by more than 10% of enrolment. This process cant change the structure of the council the number of wards and number of councillors can only be changed with a referendum.
Some councils are obliged to redraw their ward boundaries, if wards deviated by each other by more than 10% over a specified time period. Councils can also choose to redraw outside of this situation, but this deviation obliges a council to make a change.
Its worth noting that I originally interpreted the legislation as requiring wards to fall within 10% of the average enrolment, which would have been much less strict in terms of forcing redistributions. Once realising this I had to re-run my calculations and update this blog post.
In todays post, Ill be looking at enrolment data to identify councils which are obliged to redraw their map, and those that have narrowly escaped.
When I was first looking into this issue, I downloaded the latest enrolment data for the 48 councils in the state which used wards in 2021 (at the time they were April 2023 data) to look for wards that were 10% higher than other wards in their council. But when I read the legislation, I realised that the trigger is based on a much earlier point in time.
Section 211 of the Local Government Act requires a redistribution if the council becomes aware that a ward deviates by more than 10% during a councils term of office, and if that difference remains at the end of the first year of the following term.
This means that a deviation would only force a redistribution if it had appeared during the previous council term. If a new deviation was to appear now, it would only trigger a redistri...
12:22
I have to lodge an appeal so that I can go to my local shops by myself: what its like to be an NDIS participant "IndyWatch Feed National"
NDIS plans are sometimes drafted by a local area coordinator, but always formalised within the National Disability Insurance Agency. They are finalised by a planner and approved by a supervisor, and neither of those people meet the participant whose life they are planning for the next two years. We do not even know their names.
The post I have to lodge an appeal so that I can go to my local shops by myself: what its like to be an NDIS participant appeared first on Overland literary journal.
12:00
Reserve Bank has gone mad "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
The successive rises in the cash rate to March 2023 by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) leave one doubting the intelligence of its Governor, Philip Lowe, and his senior staff.
The further rise in the cash rate to 3.85% on 2 May 2023 confirms ones doubts.
The cash rate began its most recent descent in November 2011, lowered from 4.75% to 4.50%. The rate was pushed down successively to 0.10% in November 2020, where it stayed until May 2022. In March 2021, Lowe claimed that the cash rate would stay low for another three years to 2024. The rate was then raised during ten successive months to 3.60% in March 2023. Many would-be mortgagors apparently took Lowe at this word.
Philip Lowe speaks like an automaton, delivering the conventional wisdom in myriad re-phrasings but which remain opaque. Yet Lowe is earning over $1 million a year (the U.S. Feds Jerome Powells salary is around US$200,000 (AU$295,842)). His deputies are on a good earner as well. Salaries are supposedly set to acquire and reward expertise.
Moreover, the formal reason for affording central banks independence is that the detached expertise of central bankers must be given free rein for analysis and implementation without the interference of ill-informed and opportunistic politicians. But where is the expertise?
The RBA employs over 1,300 staff, a huge total and growing over the last decade. Why are so many formally well-educated brains not filtering intelligence to the peak of the pyramid?
Lowe has a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the very to...
10:05
Children, grandmothers arrested at forest protests "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"
Yesterdays multi-pronged, multi-generational action to stop native forest logging in NSW led to the arrest of six people between the ages of 17 and 76.
The protests and lockons took place at Orara East State Forest in Coffs Harbour and Boambee State Forest a few kilometres away.
About 6.20am (Tuesday 4 July 2023), officers attached to Coffs Clarence Police District...
10:02
Nobbling royal commissions: a Scott Morrison how-to guide "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
Nobbling royal commissions: a Scott Morrison how-to guide
09:22
Saltbushes Bloom As Our Next Big El Nino Lurks "IndyWatch Feed National"
Sheep and cattle farmers across Australias south east have begun planting an elite variety of Old Man Saltbush this winter, to supplement feed during dryer conditions in anticipation of a potential El Nino predicted to cause widespread droughts in Australia in the coming years.
Anameka Saltbush is a specially selected variety of the drought-tolerant native shrub, developed over 15 years by the CSIRO, with partners in government and industry. Its unique for its higher nutritional value and improved palatability for livestock and its potential to regenerate the topsoil of land that is too saline or infertile. Its fast-growing, and occurs naturally in WA, SA, NT, Vic, NSW and Queensland.
Saltbush is generally not the first choice of feed for livestock, but its a genuine supplement when pastures have dried up. Even humans can eat it the seeds and leaves of Old Man Saltbush have long been a staple in bush tucker circles. It can be used like a leafy vegetable or salad, blanched or sauted, wrapped around meat or fish, or used as a stuffing for poultry. You can even dry it, for use as an herb. It has, as you might expect, a salty flavour, and is rich in protein, antioxidants and minerals.
CSIRO agricultural scientist, Dr Hayley Norman, says that during dry years when there is a shortage of available feed, Anameka saltbush can provide key nutrients that improve livestock productivity and health.
Anameka Saltbush is a moderate-energy, high crude protein and sulphur feed source that is full of essential minerals and antioxidants, Dr Norman said. It grows well on most landscapes, and once established, Anameka Saltbush can become a living haystack for grazing livestock for more than 20 years if managed correctly.
CSIROs Drought Resilience Mission is driving wider adoption of Anameka Saltbush in drought-prone regions across southeast A...
08:17
Final Robodebt royal commission report will be delivered on Friday, outlining who was responsible for the scheme "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
What we learned from nine weeks of the Robodebt inquiry
...
08:08
In which the pond is triggered, and takes some time to get around to "Ned", some two party ningnong and the bromancer's war with China ... "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
Apropos of a note regarding the pond's work not yet being done, yesterday the pond visited the RPA and was shocked and disturbed to discover everyone was still required to wear masks on entry ...
To what avail? And another thing, when will the medical profession get over this bizarre fetish for wearing masks during operating procedures? Where's the harm if a few germs drop on an open wound?
Everyone knows that the efficacy of masks is disputed on almost a daily basis in the lizard Oz as an idle superstition.
Sure doctors waste time spending seven years or more studying medicine and doing internships and maybe 24-7 service in an emergency ward, but a little learning is a dangerous thing. There's nothing they couldn't learn by dropping in on a Joe Rogan podcast for five minutes or spending ten listening to the deepest thoughts of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (They might even discover mass shootings are linked to prescription drugs and that vaccines can cause autism and assorted other conspiracy theories).
Oh they'll quibble and cavil, as if they know anything. When in doubt regarding your medical knowledge, trust an environmental lawyer. Better still, trust Killer Creighton or the Caterist, with a deep medical understanding honed over years of writing columns. Weigh up a third rate sociology degree against wasted time at university studying medicine, and there's only one conclusion. Better still, Killer has degrees in economics, so he's entirely suited to explaining how masks are a very expensive con job. He's full of sage advice.
Another thing: the pond is convinced that mask-wearing is somehow related to the prevalence of assorted tough-to-fight staph forms in hospitals. Settle. Of course the pond has no evidence, but isn't that the scientific way? Advance a theory, just ask questions, and soon enough the proof will come along. Or not, as the case may be, but what fun asking the questions.
Sorry, that little outburst came from the pond being made to wear a mask, going against years of reptile warnings. Sure it kept the face warm on a cold day, but it also fogged the pond's glasses, and that might have led to a fatal injury, not to mention the harm done by fatal ingestion of carbon dioxide, which is good for the planet and plants, but can be tricky for the metabolism.
What else triggered the pond at the start of this day? Well the pond took a look at the top of the lizard Oz digital page and threw a hissy fit and decided its work was pretty much baked to the point of burning ...
See if you can spot any report on the disgraceful behaviour of the far right government of Israel, aerial bombing a refugee camp with "precision"? You can find it elsewhere: ...
08:00
Top tech trends to boost your business "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
Key areas in which companies can succeed in the digital business world have been identified by a leading tech firm, writes Paul Budde.
TECH CONSULTING FIRM Gartner's identified trends for cloud, data centre and edge infrastructure in 2023 underline the importance of optimising existing infrastructure, embracing new architectures, adopting cloud principles on-premises, and prioritising sustainability. By staying abreast of these trends and effectively navigating economic and geopolitical challenges, organisations can position themselves for success in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Optimisation and refactoring of cloud infrastructure
Gartner emphasises the need for organisations to revisit their cloud infrastructure in 2023. Many companies hastily assembled or poorly architected their cloud infrastructure in the past, resulting in inefficiencies and increased costs.
This year presents an opportunity to optimise and refactor existing cloud infrastructure to enhance efficiency, resilience, and cost-effectiveness. The focus should be on eliminating redundancy, overbuilt or unused infrastructure, building business resilience, mitigating supply chain disruptions, and modernising infrastructure.
Embracing new application architectures
As new application architectures emerge, organisations will need to consider alternative infrastructure options. Gartner suggests that non-x86 architectures, such as Advanced RISC Machines (A.R.M.)-based processors, will be in demand for specialised workloads. A.R.M.-based processors are gaining popularity due to their energy-efficient nature, particularly in the mobile device industry.
By adopting alternative architectures, organisations can harness energy efficiency and optimise their infrastructure for specific workload requirements.
Adoption of cloud principles on-premises
Data centre teams will increasingly adopt cloud principles on-premises to deliver more agil...
07:50
Chris Hedges: They lied about Afghanistan. They lied about Iraq. And they are lying about Ukraine "IndyWatch Feed National"
Chris Hedges, American war correspondent, investigative journalist, and winner of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize, has created a storm for his revelations about the war in Ukraine. In this article (Scheerpost 2 July 2023), Hedges writes about the lies and misrepresentation used by Washington to prosecute wars in the past are being used over Ukraine. This is another war to serve US interests. The armaments industry, serviced by the pimps of war.
The playbook the pimps of war use to lure us into one military fiasco after another, including Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and now Ukraine, does not change. Freedom and democracy are threatened. Evil must be vanquished. Human rights must be protected. The fate of Europe and NATO, along with a rules based international order is at stake. Victory is assured.
The Ukraine flag is the present mascot to cover the lies for justifying war
The results are also the same. The justifications and narratives are exposed as lies. The cheery prognosis is false. Those on whose behalf we are supposedly fighting are as venal as those we are fighting against.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine was a war crime, although one that was provoked by NATO expansion and by the United States backing of the 2014 Maidan coup which ousted the democratically elected Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. Yanukovych wanted eco...
06:21
Die Debatte um Sicherheitsgarantien "IndyWatch Feed National"
Russland demilitarisieren
In einer aktuellen Stellungnahme aus der Berliner Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) zur derzeitigen Debatte ber mgliche Sicherheitsgarantien fr die Ukraine heit es, jenseits einer formalen NATO-Mitgliedschaft gebe es lediglich zwei Optionen, die Kiew wirklich Sicherheit gewhrten. Die erste bestehe in der Demilitarisierung Russlands.[1] Dazu sei eine Reduzierung der Streitkrfte und der Rstungsindustrie des Landes auf ein Ma notwendig, das zur Verteidigung genge, aber keine Offensivoperationen erlaube, erklrt die SWP. Ergnzend sei eine Demilitarisierung der strategischen Kultur erforderlich. Weil sich diese jedoch nur ber langfristige Sozialisationsprozesse oder externe Schocks verndern lasse, seien eine eindeutige Niederlage der russischen Armee und ein Verzicht der russischen Fhrung und Bevlkerung auf ihr neoimperiales Rollenverstndnis ntig. Dafr sind ein Regimewechsel und eine gesellschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit der hegemonialen Vergangenheit unumgnglich, heit es weiter bei der SWP. Absolut sicher fhlen knne sich die Ukraine aber selbst in diesem Fall lediglich bei einer gleichzeitigen Denuklearisierung des russischen Militrpotentials und diese Variante, rumt die SWP offen ein, sei zurzeit unrealistisch.
Die Ukraine nuklearisieren
Die zweite Option, die Kiew verlsslich Sicherheit biete, besteht der SWP zufolge darin, dass die Ukraine ihr Abschreckungspotential durch eine unilaterale Nuklearisierung strkt, also entweder ein Atomwaffenarsenal aufbaut oder doch zumindest mittels einer Ankndigung, dies zu tun, Druck erzeugt. Zwar sei der Weg zu Atomwaffen ein sehr komplexes und langwieriges Projekt, das erst langfristig Sicherheitsgewinne brchte und der Reputation der Ukraine schaden wrde. Doch besttige das Beispiel Sdkorea, dass allein die Drohung damit helfen kann, US-Sicherheitsgarantien zu erhalten. Sdkoreas Prsident Yoon Suk-yeol hatte zu Jahresbeginn eine Debatte ber eine nukleare Aufrstung seines Landes ausgelst; daraufhin hatte US-Prsident Joe Biden erklrt, setze Nordkorea Atomwaffen ein, dann bedeute dies das Ende der nordkoreanischen Regierung. Die USA kndigten zudem an, ein nuklear bewaffnetes U-Boot vor die Kste Koreas zu entsenden.[2] Zu einer mglichen nuklearen Aufrstung der Ukraine heit es bei der SWP weiter, wenn Kiew diesen Weg whle, nhere es sich dem israelischen Modell ..., das auf starken Streitkrften, Atomwaffen und bilateralen Abkommen beruht. Eine Atommacht Ukraine sei aber aus Berliner Sicht nicht wnschenswert, weil sie die europische Sicherheitsordnung ... schwer belaste[n] wrde.
Das Modell Igel
Mit Optionen, die unterhalb einer Demilitarisierung Russlands, einer nuklearen Aufrstung der Ukraine und eines NATO-Beitritts liegen, befasst sich ein Ende vergangener Woche von der Deutschen Gesellschaft fr Auswrtige Politik (DGAP) publizier...
06:13
Minister for Republic is a Peter Fitz grade imbecile. "IndyWatch Feed National"
Incredibly, Therapeutic Albo who cant sell The Vanity Voice, has a full time minister working on his next assault on the country - the republic. Lifelong unionist and political game player, Matt Thistlewaite is the Minister responsible. This is the peak of his logic. Peter Fitzsimmons grade idiocy.
06:00
The Pacific Engagement Visa needs to be delivered "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
Labors announcement that it would introduce a Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV) to provide Pacific Island citizens with 3,000 permanent resident visas annually has been warmly welcomed in the region. Good progress was made with the new visa, with crucial details released at the start of the year, but it is now clear that the target starting date of 1 July has been missed.
The legislation to enable the PEV passed through the House of Representatives in March, and was tabled for consideration in the Senate in June. However, it never made it to the Senate floor.
While all parties have expressed support for the PEV in principle, the sticking point has become the lottery behind the visa. Labor has modelled the PEV on equivalent New Zealand lottery-based Pacific visas (the Samoa Quota and Pacific Access Category visas). The Coalition has opposed the introduction of a lottery into Australias migration system, meaning that the prospects for the actual introduction of the PEV are now in the hands of the Senate crossbench.
The Greens and the Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN) have indicated their support for the PEV. The Greens have proposed (in the report of the Senate committee established to scrutinise the bill) an amendment explicitly limiting the lottery to the PEV, and the JLN has proposed a motion supporting the PEV but also indicating support for developing permanent pathways for temporary Pacific workers. Both proposals seem reasonable, meaning that the government should have the numbers to pass the PEV enabling legislation. If so, then it must just have been a matter of a crowded legislative agenda that prevented this legislation being passed in June, and the PEV legislation should be tabled and passed when the Senate next meets at the end of July.
We certainly hope so. Having raised the expectations of the Pacific, and of Australias Pacific diasporas, it would be not only tragic but deeply damaging for Australias reputation were it now to walk away from the PEV.
The best scenario would be passage with bipartisan support. The Opposition has indicated that they support the PEV in principle, but not the lottery. They have instead called for PEV eligibility to be restricted to temporary Pacific migrants in Aus...
01:45
Down Under High: Australia Is the First Country To Use MDMA and Psilocybin To Treat Severe Psychiatric Conditions "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
Lately, it has become difficult to detect exactly where the cure ends and where the poison begins. The rationale behind many decisions in Big Pharma and regulatory agencies around the world is getting increasingly difficult to support.
Ecstasy and Magic Mushrooms for psychologically unstable people? Sure, why not? What could possibly go wrong? Sounds like a joke, but now its a reality in Australia.
Sputnik reported:
Australias controversial move to become the worlds first country to allow the clinical prescription of MDMA, better known as part of the drug ecstasy, and psilocybin the main ingredient in magic mushrooms for a raft of psychiatric conditions has left many clinicians and researchers concerned.
The therapy would provide an options for people with mental illnesses not responding to other treatments. Some hail it as a game changer, but others fear that the was decision rushed.
3,4-Methylenedioxy-methamphetamine, commonly known as ecstasy, and psilocybin are both Schedule 9 (prohibited substances) in Australia. The drugs in question are still being tested in clinical trials.
The decision to approve their being prescribed for the treatments in question is very early as compared with the usual process of developing and rolling out new treatments, clinical psychiatrist Dr. Colleen Loo, a professor of psychiatry at the University of New South Wales [] in Sydney told the media.
There is also no data on the long-term results of the treatments, or about how permanent are the promising positive effects.
Professor Richard Bryant, School of Psychology, University of NSW: The science is at a point where we can say it is too early to be prescribing MDMA for PTSD patients. Instead, we should be investing in research to understand how MDMA can be used in relation to proven treatments.
The cost of psychedelic-assisted therapy is estimated to be around $25,000.
The new regulations allows approved psychiatrists to prescribe MDMA for post-traumat...
00:39
Military Initiative by Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States (AUKUS) Is Another Major Step in Prospective War on China "IndyWatch Feed National"
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Tuesday, 04 July
23:42
Listings remain low, but... "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Listings remain low
Property for sale remained relatively tight across
each of the major capital cities, and significantly lower than a
year earlier in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth.
Listings have increased notably in Canberra and
Hobart, after some stellar price performance in recent
years.
Asking prices are higher over the year in most
cities, but there has been some weakness in regional markets of
late, including in 'lifestyle' locations such as the Sunshine Coast
(which I can attest to personally) and the Mornington Peninsula
(which I can't).
23:23
Quick as a flash, nothing happened "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
ausbiz TV
The Reserve Bank of Australia kept interest rates
on hold today.
I joined Danielle Ecuyer on ausbiz TV to discuss what it all means for property
here (or click on the image below):
James Foster analysed the 'on hold'
decision in detail here.
22:21
Newsletter #862 What's On this Week "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Read Online Newsletter: What's On | 4 - 10 July 2023 What's On Melbourne Newsletter Tuesday 4th July 2023 - Monday 10th July 2023 E periences in the
21:48
"IndyWatch Feed Qld" "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"
On Friday 26 May, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Alenia C-27J Spartan transport aircraft A34-010 as "Wallaby 61" was noted flying yet again into the Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA) after flying up from RAAF Base Amberley. It then flew down to Rockhampton Airport and then back to the Bay and then back to Amberley.
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Fellow RAAF C-27J Spartan A34-007 as "Wallaby 74" was also
noted flying into Samuel Hill Airfield from and then back to
Amberley.
Photo taken by Jason Miller
21:44
Flight Options (Australia) Textron Aviation (Cessna) 525C CitationJet CJ4 VH-8CJ Calls into Hamilton Island Airport - Plus More - UPDATED with PIC! "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
On Friday 26 May, brand new and recently delivered Flight Options (Australia) Textron Aviation (Cessna) 525C CitationJet CJ4 VH-8CJ was noted arriving into Hamilton Island Airport from what appears to be its Sunshine Coast base.
The brand-new Citation arrived into Australia at Armidale
(NSW) on Tuesday 16 May from Wichita (USA) via
all stops. It flew up to the Sunshine Coast the next day and
the flight to Hamo is its first.
UPDATE! On Sunday 28 May,
VH-8CJ was photographed above as it departed Hamilton Island
Airport for the Sunshine Coast.
While over on the mainland, Mitchell Water Cessna 525 Citation
M2 bizjet VH-WMY flew up from Archerfield and the Sunshine Coast to
the Whitsunday Airport at Shute Harbour. It then flew down to
Mackay Airport.
UPDATE! On Monday 29 May,
VH-WMY departed Mackay Airport and returned to Shute Harbour before
then heading down to Broken Hill, Waikere, Melbourne (Essendon) and
Melbourne (Moorabbin).
Of interest, VH-WMY visited Miles Airport twice on Friday 25 May.
And LifeFlight (Aeromed) Canadair CL-600-2B16 Challenger
604 bizjet VH-OFA "Ambulance 614" visited Hervey Bay (Fraser Coast)
Airport from Brisbane.
Meanwhile, also on Friday 25 May, Gulf
Aircraft Textron Aviation (Cessna) 208 Caravan VH-PYO flew down
from Longreach Airport to Chinchilla Aerodrome.
Armada Aviation (of Ringwood in Victoria) Pilatus PC-12/45
turboprop VH-XAQ flew down from Cairns to Emerald Airport and then
Injune Aerodrome. It seems to be on a closed tourist charter
flight and flew up to Far North Queensland ten days earlier.
Link Airways (Corporate Air / Vee H Aviation) Cessna 441
Conquest VH-VEJ flew up to the Oaky Creek Coal Mine site from
Brisbane before then flying down to Moree and ...
21:39
Is it time to create a separate sub for Cairns Locals or make r/Cairns for locals only? "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Lets be honest, no one reads the r/Cairns wiki. This sub just gets inundated with the same old tourist questions. Would we be better of with say r/Cairnstourist and funnel all their questions over there?
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21:21
Yeah Nah Pasaran! #168 w Isabella Currie on The Wagner Group : July 6, 2023 "IndyWatch Feed National"
Thank you to everybody who donated to 3CR during Radiothon. With your help YNP! managed to raise just over $7,000 for the station in order to stay radical and continue to provide a vital platform for the issues that get Continue reading
21:07
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Alenia C-27J Spartan Transport Aircraft A34-004 "Wallaby 61" Flys into the Shoalwater Bay Training Area - Plus More "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
On Thursday 25 May, Royal Australian Air
Force (RAAF) Alenia C-27J Spartan transport aircraft A34-004 was
noted flying up from RAAF Base Amberley and into the Samuel Hill
Airfield within the Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA).
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A34-004 was flying as "Wallaby 61" and is yet another arrival into the training area ahead of upcoming military exercises. It arrived from and departed back to RAAF Base Amberley.
Meanwhile, also on Thursday 25 May, the
action of the RAAF's Exercise Black Dagger came down from
Townsville to the Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA) with RAAF
Pilatus PC-21 Forward Air Control Aircraft A54-047 as "Mayhem 17"
and Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighter jets as "Viking flt"
flying down from and back to Townsville.
Photo taken by Steve Vit
20:57
Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) - South-Eastern Section - Textron B300C Super King Air VH-MQK "FlyDoc 286" Arrives into Rockhampton Airport - Plus More! "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
<p><p><p>On <b><i>Thursday 25
May</i></b>, Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) -
South-Eastern Section - Textron B300C Super King Air VH-MQK as
"FlyDoc 286" was noted arriving into Rockhampton Airport from
Tamworth.</p> <div><br></div> <table
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<div><b>UPDATE!</b> On
<b><i>Friday 26 May</i></b>, VH-MQK "FlyDoc
286" departed Rockhampton Airport for Albury and then Melbourne
(Essendon).<br> <br> <div>Meanwhile, also on
<b><i>Thursday 25 May</i></b>, Navair
Flight Operations Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 bizjet VH-LXZ as
"Navair 169" visited Mackay Airport from Bankstown and
Cessnock.</div> <div><br></div>
<div>FlyPelican (Pelican Airlines) British Aerospace BAe
Jetstream 3206 (Jetstream 32) turboprop aircraft VH-OTQ 'PE990'
flew up from Bundaberg Airport to Gladstone Airport via some
sightseeing over the water.</div> <div>
<div><br></div> <div>Brisbane-based
Crockett Aviation Group Beech B200 King Air VH-FAQ flew up to
Labona Station Airstrip within Adani Australia's (Bravus Mining
& Resources) Carmichael Coal Mine site from Archerfield before
then returning there.
Flight One (Services) Beech B200 King Air VH-FON also arrived
into Labona but from Archerfield and the Sunshine Coast before it
then returned to these places. </div> </div>
<div><br></div> <div>The Queensland
Government Airwing (State of Queensland) Raytheon B300 Super King
Air VH-SGQ flew into Rockhampton Airport from Mount Isa before it
then departed to Brisbane via a low pass over Lady Musgrave Island
and Lady Elliot Island. </div>
<div><br></div> <div>Link Airways
(Corporate Air / Vee H Aviation) Cessna 441 Conquest VH-VEW flew up
to Mackay Airport from Goulburn. </div>...
20:35
New co-responder team to tackle youth crime in South Brisbane. "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
South Brisbane now has a new youth co-responder team patrolling our streets. Their mission is to end to the cycle of youth crime in the area. The teams are composed []
The post New co-responder team to tackle youth crime in South Brisbane. first appeared on Westender.
20:13
Local clubs benefit from Better Suburbs Grants. "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Local community groups Youth Advocacy Centre (South Brisbane), Southern Suburbs Rugby League Football Club (West End), and Queensland Maritime Museum Association (South Brisbane) the sports and community groups across Brisbane []
The post Local clubs benefit from Better Suburbs Grants. first appeared on Westender.
20:10
RAAF Boeing B737-7ES / E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) Aircraft A30-005 as "Wedgetail 27" Missed Approach at Bundaberg Airport - Plus More! "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"
On Wednesday 24 May, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Boeing B737-7ES / E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft A30-005 was spotted back in the region again but this time completing airwork at Bundaberg Airport.
A30-005 was this time flying as "Wedgetail 27" and looked to
fly up from RAAF Base Williamtown to complete a missed approach at
Bundaberg Airport before then flying back down to Williamtown via
more airwork at Coffs Harbour.
Meanwhile, also on Wednesday 24
May, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Alenia C-27J
Spartan transport aircraft A34-010 looked to visit the Samuel Hill
Aerodrome within the Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA) yet
again.
It again flew up from RAAF Base Amberley to Samuel Hill
Airfield before again popping down to Rockhampton Airport. It
then returned to Samuel Hill Airfield before then flying back down
to Amberley.
20:04
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Alenia C-27J Spartan Transport Aircraft A34-010 "Wallaby 61" Calls into Rockhampton Airport - Plus More! "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"
During the late afternoon on Tuesday 23 May, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Alenia C-27J Spartan transport aircraft A34-010 was spotted arriving into Rockhampton Airport. It was flying as "Wallaby 61" and flew down from the Smauel Hill Airfield within the Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA) having earlier flown up from RAAF Base Amberley.
The Spartan then departed back to Samuel Hill Airfield before
returning to Amberly.
As posted below, A34-010 "Wallaby 61" has visited the
Shoalwater Bay Training Area each day since Sunday from and back to
Amberley, presumably ferrying personnel and equipment into the
Training Area ahead from upcoming military exercises.
Meanwhile, also on Tuesday 23
May, RAAF Boeing B737-7ES / E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early
Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft A30-005 as "Wedgetail
25" flew up from RAAF Base Williamtown to complete a missed
approach at Gladstone Airport before then heading back South.
Photo taken by Jason Miller
19:40
INTERVIEW: Basil Valentine & Blake Lovewell Glastonbury, Corbyns Persecution & Euro Sanctions Woes "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"
<p><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 27, 2023, On the next leg of Patricks podcasting-radio roadshow, we travel to beautiful Brighton, Patrick talks with our roving correspondent for culture & sport, Basil Valentine, and 21WIRE writer and commentator Blake Lovewell, to discuss the British summer festival season, especially Glastonbury, and the controversial film about the political persecution of former UK Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, which was screened there this week. Also, Europes attempt to sanction and destroy the Russian economy has backfired badly, as the EU economy continues to hit the skids, especially in Germany. All this and more. <em>Listen:</em></p> <p><span class="mce_SELRES_start" style= "display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;"> </span></p> <p><strong><em>More from Basil:<br> <a href= "https://twitter.com/says_basil">Twitter</a></em></strong></p> <p><em><strong>More from Blake:</strong></em><br> <em><strong><a href= "https://21stcenturywire.com/category/blake-lovewell/" rel= "nofollow noopener" target= "_blank">21stcenturywire.com</a></strong></em></p> <p><strong><img alt="" class="emoji" draggable="false" src= "https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/svg/25b6.svg"> 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):<br></strong> <a href= "https://tntradio.live/"><strong>https://tntradio.live</strong></a></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">READ MORE PROPAGANDA NEWS AT:</span> <a href= "https://21stcenturywire.com/tag/propaganda/">21st CENTURY WIRE PROPAGANDA FILES</a></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">ALSO JOIN OUR</span> <a href="https://t.me/My21wire">TELEGRAM CHANNEL</a></strong></p> <p><strong><em>SUPPORT OUR INDEPENDENT MEDIA PLATFORM <a href="https://21wire.tv/membership/plans/">BECOME A MEMBER @21WIRE.TV</a><br></em></strong></p> <div class= "ad-480x320 adsanity-480x320 alignnone adsanity-alignnone" id= "ad-157532"> <div class="adsanity-inner"><a href= "https://21stcenturywire.com/ads/surfshark-vpn-for-in-content/" target="_bank" title= "Get Surfshark - Jaw Dropping Deals on Fast, Easy-to-Use VPN"><img alt="Get Surfshar...
19:19
Cancer Treatment Progress "IndyWatch Feed National"
Editors note: We have written quite a bit on cancer on this site and Mary Maxwell has written a...
19:17
Too many women in power have made too many skewed decisions worsening juvenile crime "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Queensland Labor Party parliamentary members. Too many bloody women in here a parliamentary usher once told a Cairns News writer A Cairns News feature Too many women in parliament and too many in support services and government agencies have led to a skewed and jaundiced culture which pervades the essence of juvenile crime prevention. There []
19:15
The Power of Her Lived Experience "IndyWatch Feed National"
Many of the women who work in domestic violence shelters and crisis settings have had a lived experience of violence and have dedicated their life to making the world a more peaceful, safer place for women, children and family pets.
This is particularly relevant to the era of womens collectives and grass roots community refuges and shelters. The following is a tribute to some of the women who staff Shelters and have chosen to transform her trials and difficulties into knowledge, wisdom and guidance for other women.
- Overcoming Trauma: This extraordinary woman has demonstrated immense strength and resilience by building her life on top of trauma. Despite facing significant challenges, she has refused to let her past define her, instead choosing to use her experiences as a driving force to create a better future for herself and others.
- Commitment to Empowerment: Despite her own struggles, this courageous woman has remained steadfastly committed to making the world a better place. She understands the transformative power of empowerment and has dedicated herself t...
19:08
CNS-Cape Trib. Which route? "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
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Hey all, which route would you suggest for Cairns to Trib? Coming up from ADL on October, grabbing a rental. Time's not a huge concern so long as we're there before sunset obviously. Macalister Ranges or coastal road? [link] [comments] |
19:04
1) OPM Willing to Free New Zealand Pilot Philips Max Mehrtens "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
2) Jokowi
highlights economic cooperation as focus of visit to
Australia
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https://en.tempo.co/read/1744257/opm-willing-to-free-new-zealand-pilot-philips-max-mehrtens
1) OPM Willing to Free New Zealand Pilot Philips Max Mehrtens
Translator Dewi Elvia Muthiariny Editor Petir Garda Bhwana 4 July 2023 11:37 WIB
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19:04
GBR Snorkelling tours for adults "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Probably been asked a bunch of times but just want to know what the best snorkelling tour is from Cairns (we will be staying at Trinity Beach, but also willing to travel and do the tour from Port Douglas). I've had a look online and quite frankly all the different options are overwhelming.
A few things to factor in: - We don't have a budget (happy to spend $$$ for the best experience) - we are not divers and only interested in snorkelling - would prefer a smaller group so it's more personalised and hopefully not too many small kids
-i'm going with my dad so not interested in romantic tours etc - will be going in mid to late August
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19:00
JUST A REMINDER OF WHAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE CELEBRATING "IndyWatch Feed National"
Just a reminder that America was not founded as a country with a caste system, political dynasties, and for the benefit only of the
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18:59
The Weekly Times | TWT | 5 July 23 "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
The post The Weekly Times | TWT | 5 July 23 appeared first on THE WEEKLY TIMES.
18:14
Have a motor home for 7 days from Cairns. What are your must dos? "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
We have booked a 2 berth motor home for 7 days leaving and returning from Cairns.
We have booked our first night at Port Douglas and the last night in Cairns but have time to fill. Unlimited kms so distances is not rest a factor.
Thanks in advance
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17:58
I thought you were supposed to need less sleep as you got older. "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
I seem to be going in the other direction. I was woken at 2.30 last night and couldnt get back to sleep. Consequently, I was cactus today. Stood at the keyboard grinding away, but at the end of the day I didnt have much to show for it besides a big old pair of possum eyes.
Wondering when I get to this senior citizens promised land of needing only a couple of hours of nod because for now, I seem to be dysfunctional on anything less than ten hours a day.
17:41
IAEA hypocrisy, and the little Fukushima nuclear radiation mill "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"
Do you remember the old Norwegian folk story? In this, the little salt mill is thrown into the sea, because it wont stop producing salt. Thats why the sea is salty.
Well, the not-so-little damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor will soon be releasing radioactively-contaminated water (equivalent in volume to about 500 Olympic-size swimming pools) into the sea and thats just the start.
The International Atomic Energy Agencys Director General Rafael Grossi will visit Japan from Tuesday to deliver a final report on the safety of the process.
That is just a formality. Despite the perilous situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Rafael Grossi and the rest of the well-paid IAEA troop, and Japans political big-wigs, and TEPCO -all are happy to release irradiated water ad infinitum into the worlds oceans.
This really should be a wake-up call for the world. The International Atomic Energy Agency doesnt give a damn about your health, your childrens health, your grandchildrens health, your great-grandchildrens health and so on ad infinitum.
The religious belief that nuclear reactors, and especially small nuclear reactors will save the world from global heating that is a load of codswallop, and the IAEA knows this.
There are safer alternatives for dealing with the Fukushima nuclear wastewater, and with wastes from other nuclear reactors.
This permission from the ultimate authority whose real job is saving the nuclear industry, this permission should be a wake-up call to the world.
17:39
Sinking billions: undergunned and overpriced "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"
Missing records, billions in over-runs, conflicts of interest, and flawed ships. How the Defence Departments new frigates project is a boondoggle for a British weapons-maker.
MICHELLE FAHY, JUL 3, 2023, https://undueinfluence.substack.com/p/sinking-billions-undergunned-and?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=297295&post_id=132705738&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email
Part one of a two-part series.
In this two-part investigation, Declassified Australia examines the flawed contracting process that led to a $46 billion naval ship-building deal that has been found to be suffering what an investigative audit described as corruption vulnerabilities.
The company at the centre of the scandal, UK arms giant BAE Systems, is revealed to have lied to Australias Defence Department about the planned ships design.
Crucial departmental records of key decision-making meetings have gone missing, while no overall assessment of whether the selected BAE design was value for money was ever made.
The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) reported in May its findings on the multi-billion dollar contract Australia signed in December 2018 with BAE Systems to build nine Hunter-class frigates.
The ANAO found that BAE had overstated bureaucratic language for lied the level of development of the frigates design, which meant cost inflation and schedule slippage were severely under-estimated.
BAE exaggerated the maturity of its design to get around a key government objective requiring the ship to be based on an existing military-off-the-shelf design with a minimum level of change.
Defence selected the BAE Systems frigate even though the two other ships on its shortlist were considered the two most viable designs.
Business as usual
Conflicts of interest, secret consulting deals, and revolving door appointments all undermine democracy, yet this is business-as-usual at the Defence Department, the nations biggest procurement agency.
Former senior BAE executives have been placed at the heart of Australias naval procurement. They have helped write government shipbuilding policy, overseen the navys largest tende...
17:37
Will this whistleblower be heard by anyone? "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"
Date: June 28, 2023, Author: dunrenard, https://dunrenard.wordpress.com/2023/06/28/will-this-whistleblower-be-heard-by-anyone/
RELEASES INTERNAL IAEA DOCUMENT PROVING COLLUSION WITH JAPAN
OVER FUKUSHIMA RADIOACTIVE WATER RELEASE
A whistleblower-released document created by the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on June 1, 2023, shows that the fix is
in IAEA is not only is planning to approve the release of 1.3
million tons of radioactive water from Fukushima but to manipulate
their communication to the world in support Japans position despite
facts showing otherwise, eliminating anything that might be viewed
negatively by the public.
This is outrageous and dangerous for the entire world. Japan, with the IAEAs support NOT protection is planning to commit its own nuclear assault on the world through this radioactive water release.
Weve suspected and accused the IAEA and Japan of working
together in the past, and now we have the proof
Please, do what you can to get this word out not just to our echo
chamber, but to media.
Date: June 28, 2023Author: dunrenard0 Comments
RELEASES INTERNAL IAEA DOCUMENT PROVING COLLUSION WITH JAPAN
OVER FUKUSHIMA RADIOACTIVE WATER RELEASE
A whistleblower-released document created by the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on June 1, 2023, shows that the fix is
in IAEA is not only is planning to approve the release of 1.3
million tons of radioactive water from Fukushima but to manipulate
their communication to the world in support Japans position despite
facts showing otherwise, eliminating anything that might be viewed
negatively by the public.
This is outrageous and dangerous for the entire world. Japan, with
the IAEAs support NOT protection is planning to commit its own
nuclear assault on the world through this radioactive water
release....
17:35
Chris Hedges: They Lied About Afghanistan. They Lied About Iraq. And They Are Lying About Ukraine. "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"
The U.S. public has been conned, once again, into pouring billions into another endless war.
The playbook the pimps of war use to lure us into one military fiasco after another, including Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and now Ukraine, does not change. Freedom and democracy are threatened. Evil must be vanquished. Human rights must be protected. The fate of Europe and NATO, along with a rules based international order is at stake. Victory is assured.
The results are also the same. The justifications and narratives are exposed as lies. The cheery prognosis is false. Those on whose behalf we are supposedly fighting are as venal as those we are fighting against.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine was a war crime, although one that was provoked by NATO expansion and by the United States backing of the 2014 Maidan coup which ousted the democratically elected Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. Yanukovych wanted economic integration with the European Union, but not at the expense of economic and political ties with Russia. The war will only be solved through negotiations that allow ethnic Russians in Ukraine to have autonomy and Moscows protection, as well as Ukrainian neutrality, which means the country cannot join NATO. The longer these negotiations are delayed the more Ukrainians will suffer and die. Their cities and infrastructure will continue to be pounded into rubble.
But this proxy war in Ukraine is designed to serve U.S. interests. It enriches the weapons manufacturers, weakens the Russian military and isolates Russia from Europe. What happens to Ukraine is irrelevant.
First, equipping our friends on the front lines to defend themselves is a far cheaper way in both dollars and American lives to degrade Russias ability to threaten the United States, admitted Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.
Second, Ukraines effective defense of its territory is teaching us lessons about how to improve the defenses of partners who are threatened by China. It is no surprise that senior officials from Taiwan are so supportive of efforts to help U...
17:33
American, Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians gather in Vienna to call for peace "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"
By Medea Benjamin, https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2023/07/02/coming-together-for-peace/
During the weekend of June 10-11 in Vienna, Austria, over 300 people representing peace organizations from 32 countries came together for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine to demand an end to the fighting. In a formal conference declaration, participants declared, We are a broad and politically diverse coalition that represents peace movements and civil society. We are firmly united in our belief that war is a crime against humanity and there is no military solution to the current crisis.
To amplify their call for a ceasefire, Summit participants committed themselves to organizing Global Weeks of Actionprotests, street vigils and political lobbyingduring the days of September 30-October 8.
Summit organizers chose Austria as the location of the peace conference because Austria is one of only a few neutral non-NATO states left in Europe. Ireland, Switzerland and Malta are a mere handful of neutral European states, now that previously neutral states Finland has joined NATO and Sweden is next in line. Austrias capital, Vienna, is known as UN City, and is also home to the Secretariat of the OSCE (the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe), which monitored the ceasefire in the Donbas from the signing of the Minsk II agreement in 2015 until the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Surprisingly, neutral Austria turned out to be quite hostile to the Peace Summit. The union federation caved in to pressure from the Ukrainian Ambassador to Austria and other detractors, who smeared the events as a fifth column for the Russian invaders. The ambassador had objected to some of the speakers, including world-renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs and European Union Parliament member Clare Daly.
Even the press club, where the final press conference was scheduled, was canceled at the last minute. The Austrian liberal/left newspaper Der Standard piled on, panning the conference both beforehand, during and afterwards, alleging that the speakers were too pro-Russian. Undaunted, local organizers quickly found other locations. The conference took place in a lovely concert center, and the press conference in a local cafe.
The most moving panel of the conference was the one with representatives from Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus, who risked...
17:29
Australians listening to radio more than other countries "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Australia is leading the world in radio and digital audio listening. New research shows Australia is tuning into radio and digital audio more than anywhere else in the world.
For such a small and relatively new country, what makes us so interested in radio and audio storytelling?
Image: Image credit: Unsplash
Produced By: Jon King
Featured In Story: James Cridland Futurologist and editor of Podnews, Laura Green Community Manager at SYN Media, and Russell Anderson national Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters Council CEO
First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 4 July 2023
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Australians listening to radio more than other countries "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Australia is leading the world in radio and digital audio listening. New research shows Australia is tuning into radio and digital audio more than anywhere else in the world.
For such a small and relatively new country, what makes us so interested in radio and audio storytelling?
Image: Image credit: Unsplash
Produced By: Jon King
Featured In Story: James Cridland Futurologist and editor of Podnews, Laura Green Community Manager at SYN Media, and Russell Anderson national Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters Council CEO
First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 4 July 2023
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17:18
Generation Alpha: unleashing the digital learning revolution "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Some educational experts uphold the notion of the digital native while others caution the implications of a blanket term.
However, as modern times plunge further into the digital expanse there is little doubt that tech spheres continue to entrench various facets of daily life, including the way information is consumed.
From hyperlinked and online through to chatbots and scrolling sleek interfaces, what impact could this newer digital age have on learning for younger generations like Gen Alphawhat influence could this generation have on education?
Image: Image credit: Unsplash
Produced By: Emma Wotzke
Featured In Story: Bennett Andrews Acting Principal, Head of Campus Carramar at St Stephens School , Ashley Fell Director of Advisory at McCrindle and social researcher, Mark Grant CEO of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership , and Jason Lodge Associate Professor in Educational Psychology at the University of Queensland
First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 4 July 2023
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Generation Alpha: unleashing the digital learning revolution "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Some educational experts uphold the notion of the digital native while others caution the implications of a blanket term.
However, as modern times plunge further into the digital expanse there is little doubt that tech spheres continue to entrench various facets of daily life, including the way information is consumed.
From hyperlinked and online through to chatbots and scrolling sleek interfaces, what impact could this newer digital age have on learning for younger generations like Gen Alphawhat influence could this generation have on education?
Image: Image credit: Unsplash
Produced By: Emma Wotzke
Featured In Story: Bennett Andrews Acting Principal, Head of Campus Carramar at St Stephens School , Ashley Fell Director of Advisory at McCrindle and social researcher, Mark Grant CEO of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership , and Jason Lodge Associate Professor in Educational Psychology at the University of Queensland
First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 4 July 2023
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17:11
English sounding names getting more job call backs "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Australians with non-English names often feel less fortunate in finding jobs, and this is not just a coincidence given the current state of the economy.
New research from Monash University shows English sounding names get more call backs from job applications than from applicants with ethnic names.
The research also highlights theres a pronounced discrimination when hiring someone in a leadership position.
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Produced By: Eduardo Jordan
Featured In Story: Andreas Leibrandt Professor of the Department of Economics at Monash University
First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 4 July 2023
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English sounding names getting more job call backs "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Australians with non-English names often feel less fortunate in finding jobs, and this is not just a coincidence given the current state of the economy.
New research from Monash University shows English sounding names get more call backs from job applications than from applicants with ethnic names.
The research also highlights theres a pronounced discrimination when hiring someone in a leadership position.
Image: Image credit: Unsplash
Produced By: Eduardo Jordan
Featured In Story: Andreas Leibrandt Professor of the Department of Economics at Monash University
First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 4 July 2023
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17:05
ATO urges patience with tax returns "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
As the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) gears up for tax time, they are urging taxpayers not to rush their annual income return.
Early lodgement without complete information may lead to processing delays and follow-up question from the ATO.
ATO Assistant Commissioner Tim Loh advises waiting until late July when pre-filled information becomes available to ensure a smoother and more accurate tax return process.
Harry Liang partner from Captune Partners says tax returns in Australia are anticipated to be smaller or fewer compared to the previous year, as per the expectations of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
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Produced By: Moemina Shukur
Featured In Story: Tim Loh Australian Taxation Office Assistant Commissioner , and Harry Liang Partner at Captune Partners
First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 4 July 2023
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ATO urges patience with tax returns "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
As the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) gears up for tax time, they are urging taxpayers not to rush their annual income return.
Early lodgement without complete information may lead to processing delays and follow-up question from the ATO.
ATO Assistant Commissioner Tim Loh advises waiting until late July when pre-filled information becomes available to ensure a smoother and more accurate tax return process.
Harry Liang partner from Captune Partners says tax returns in Australia are anticipated to be smaller or fewer compared to the previous year, as per the expectations of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
Image: Image credit: Unsplash
Produced By: Moemina Shukur
Featured In Story: Tim Loh Australian Taxation Office Assistant Commissioner , and Harry Liang Partner at Captune Partners
First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 4 July 2023
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17:03
INTERVIEW: Basil Valentine & Blake Lovewell Putin, Wagner & Zelenskys Green T-Shirt "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"
<p><p><p><em><strong>The wild Wagner coup and Putins steady hand in Moscow.</strong></em></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 27, 2023, On the next leg of Patricks podcasting-radio roadshow, we travel to beautiful Brighton, Patrick talks with our roving correspondent for culture & sport, Basil Valentine, and 21WIRE writer and commentator Blake Lovewell, to discuss the wild Wagner coup and Putins steady hand in Moscow, and Zelenskys latest platitudes, as he sports a new green T-shirt for summer. Also, Biden is at it again with another embarrassing gaffe, as the team discusses the 2024 US Election field, and the chances of RFK Jr. for the Democrat primaries and beyond. All this and more. <em>Listen:</em></p> <p><span class="mce_SELRES_start" style= "display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;"> </span></p> <p><strong><em>More from Basil:<br> <a href= "https://twitter.com/says_basil">Twitter</a></em></strong></p> <p><em><strong>More from Blake:</strong></em><br> <em><strong><a href= "https://21stcenturywire.com/category/blake-lovewell/" rel= "nofollow noopener" target= "_blank">21stcenturywire.com</a></strong></em></p> <p><strong><img alt="" class="emoji" draggable="false" src= "https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/svg/25b6.svg"> 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):<br></strong> <a href= "https://tntradio.live/"><strong>https://tntradio.live</strong></a></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">READ MORE RUSSIA NEWS AT:</span> <a href= "https://21stcenturywire.com/tag/russia/">21st CENTURY WIRE RUSSIA FILES</a></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">ALSO JOIN OUR</span> <a href="https://t.me/My21wire">TELEGRAM CHANNEL</a></strong></p> <p><strong><em>SUPPORT OUR INDEPENDENT MEDIA PLATFORM <a href="https://21wire.tv/membership/plans/">BECOME A MEMBER @21WIRE.TV</a><br></em></strong></p> <div class= "ad-480x320 adsanity-480x320 alignnone adsanity-alignnone" id= "ad-157532"> <div class="adsanity-inner"><a href= "https://21stcenturywire.com/ads/surfshark-vpn-for-in-content/" target="_bank" title= "Get Surfshark -...
17:00
People know whats going on but vaccine pushers arent giving up "IndyWatch Feed National"
I do not think that they dare back off even when
the science is comletely clear. It was a fraud program top to
bottom with actual scvience been hijacked out of any informed
debate. Those that knew better were at best shouted down and
never given a podium.
It is exactly like been forced into an exam and
having to answer a question affirming the flat earth idea.
Truth is, if they quit, they will hang and it is
telling just how many wiser voices did step out of the way.
I do think that present noise is about
reconditioning the market to suppress blowback over the Covid
scam. I wonder if they were expecting an accelerating death
rate by now?
Covid Related News: People know whats going
on but vaccine pushers arent giving up
BY RHODA WILSON
ON JUNE 30, 2023
https://expose-news.com/2023/06/30/people-know-whats-going-on-but-vaccine-pushers/
Russia enforces strict covid era-style measures
on participants of an international conference. British corporate
media continue their attack on football legend Matt Le Tissier.
Lockdowns did not save the world from covid and the so-called
vaccines certainly didnt. The European Medicine Agency has known
since 2021 about the thousands of children harmed and killed by
Pfizer-BioNTechs covid injection and more than 40% of Americans
experience illness similar to poisoning after being
injected.
And now after all the false information and
loss of trust in institutions during the covid era Bill Gates, the
W...
16:35
Linda Burney: give the kids a sign for the photo-op "IndyWatch Feed National"
The memos gone out. Desperate times. Push the cause. Use any tactic.
16:29
Sydney artist Jeremy Smith shows off his gay body of work in new exhibition "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Sydney artist Jeremy Smith is a PhD candidate at UNSW Art and Design and is exhibiting a series of drawings and lightboxes in an exhibition of his doctoral research titled Atlas of Narrative Cartography, from this week until July 19 at M Contemporary in Darlinghurst. The opening night is this Thursday, the 6th of July ...
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16:14
"IndyWatch Feed Seq.art" "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls are returning to Australia and New Zealand.
The folk-punk favourite and his band will hit Wellington, Auckland, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, and Adelaide this November, with a stop at Queenscliff Music Festival thrown in for good measure (see full dates below).
Frank Turner and co. will be supported by Mom Jeans. and Emily Barker on the upcoming tour, although the former wont appear at the New Zealand shows.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday, July 10th at 9am local time. The early bird pre-sale begins on Friday, July 7th at 9am local time (sign up here).
This will be Frank Turners biggest Australian headline tour yet. The English singer-songwriter was in Australia as recently as April, performing some solo shows and appearing at Bluesfest. The relentless troubadour has played over 2,500 shows across the world since his debut solo show in 2004.
Turners last full-length album, 2022s FTHC, earned him a number one on the UK Albums Chart, and was widely praised for its honest and heartfelt lyricism.
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16:05
Rowan Atkinson says more insults are needed to keep free speech, in direct opposition to Labor ideology "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Queensland Labor has introduced new policies to counteract what the Labor left terms hate speech or banned symbols or tattoos. Banning the the display of hate symbols, such as those representative of Nazi ideology, and increased penalties for offences that are motivated by hatred or serious contempt and the existing offence of serious vilification have []
16:02
Executions Human Rights forsworn and Wars fought "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
By Andrew Klein In these days of mass communication and glib reportage, carefully presented and stage managed by the powers that be the reality of death in its many guises often presents more of a picture of entertainment, or at best, outrage at a distance. Many Australians were outraged by the executions carried out in
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16:00
Dutton's defence of Berejiklian oozes Liberal contempt for women "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
Just when you thought the Liberals might be running out of new ways to demean women, along comes Opposition Leader Peter Dutton with his defence of disgraced former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
Berejiklian was last week found by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) to have engaged in serious corrupt conduct. This included failing to disclose her close personal relationship with former disgraced Liberal MP for Wagga, Daryl Maguire, and failing to report her knowledge of his involvement in corrupt dealings.
Dutton found himself caught between a rock and a hard place on the Berejiklian matter. He couldnt accept the ICAC findings without raising the spectre of pork barrelling by the previous Federal Government, for example, the sports rorts fiasco, the regional rorts, the pool rorts and the road rorts. As Ms Berejiklian herself observed everybody rorts. Its not illegal, however, it is corrupt.
Dutton launched a novel defence of Berejiklians actions. Shed fallen in love with a dud, he declared. Shes not corrupt she just made a...
15:27
Albanese Ought to Recognise the State of Palestine, as Wong Put It Firmly on the Agenda "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Labors 2021 National Platform states that while the party supports the two-state solution in regard to Palestine and Israel, it calls on the next Labor government to recognise Palestine as a state and expects that this issue will be an...
The post Albanese Ought to Recognise the State of Palestine, as Wong Put It Firmly on the Agenda appeared first on Sydney Criminal Lawyers.
15:15
Costly Amalgamations: The University Merger Mania "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
Never trust the musings of university management, with their uplifting visions of sunlit glory, their honey-laced promises of healthy workplaces, staff and students. Being several steps removed from the trench, the field, the library, they are the last to be asked about anything of any consequence in the fields of teaching and research. But that
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15:08
King Parrots in Newstead "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Many readers will be familiar with this bird, the Australian King Parrot.
Australian King Parrots feeding in mistletoe, Newstead, 30th June 2023
While a common sight in forested areas along the east coast of the continent it is rarely seen west of Melbourne the Dandenong Ranges are a stronghold.
In recent times there have been some records from Castlemaine and Daylesford areas, but none to my knowledge around Newstead. Ive not recorded the species in my time in the district.
This pair (possibly a female and juvenile) were sighted by Catherine Noone, a local resident and experienced birder, feeding in mistletoe near Rotunda Park on 30th June. They were observed later feeding in a conifer.
Id be keen to learn of any other local observations.
14:45
The reasons why for you to vote Yes "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
The 1967 referendum bill was passed by Parliament because the international community were taking a dim view of Australias treatment of First Nations. First Nations were being excluded as people to count in the census, and those same international observers were cognisant of Queensland and Western Australia resisting pressure to close down the dreadful First
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14:29
Socialist Macron reportedly has been given an ultimatum by the French military restore order or they will "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
France has seen unprecedented rioting over the last few days following the shooting of Nahel M. Former Chief of the Armed Forces of France who fell out with Macron over his globalist policies has said, according to respected commentator Jim Ferguson, that the military are set to intervene next week. He has been a critic []
14:10
AWPA Statement - Indonesian President visits Australia and PNG "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)
AWPA Statement 4 July 2023
Indonesian President visits Australia and PNG
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is attending the 8th Indonesia-Australia Annual Leaders Meeting in Sydney before flying on to PNG for a 2 day visit on Wednesday.
Joe Collins of AWPA said "as usual, investment and trade will be the main agenda of discussion with PM Albanese and with Australian CEOs during the meeting. What we can be assured about is that the human rights situation in West Papua will not be on the agenda.
...
14:00
Australian Dollar and Bitcoin "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
1.00 AUD = 0.00002 BTC
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13:55
Meet the queer Indigenous tattoo artist in Sydney behind Something Original "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Located in the heart of Newtown, Something Original began as the creative endeavour of queer, Gomeroi man Mat Fink. Hailing from a background as a graffiti artist, Mat has spent the past decade honing his craft, drawing from a broad pool of inspiration from traditional Indigenous art styles to western animation, from blackwork to ...
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13:49
More myth busting "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"
Quite amazing how many medics are coming out of the woodwork spruiking low carb eating. Im not keen to use the word diet anymore because diets are associated with weight loss through calories restriction. The keto/carnivore lifestyle isnt strictly about losing weight (Ive now lost twelve kilos), thats an added bonus as far as I am concerned. The real reason is to get healthy Anyhow, this guy has many interesting things to say, heres one I like
On a much lighter note, heres my favourite car journalist going off on a tangent I never expected. Language warning, but its very very good and funny to boot John doesnt understand how you cant exercise your way out of a bad diet, but his message is still more than valid..
13:40
Race Riots and Culture Wars "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
What was it like?
What?
Parisduring the riots.
Were there riots?
Every country has its railroad tracks. And some people are inevitably on the other side of them. In Paris, poor people tend to live in the suburbs. One of them got killed by police last week. Those of us in the centre of town barely noticed.
Nationwide, the French seem to be having their own George Floyd moment.
Heres CNN:
Chaos, destruction and confrontations have led to curfews in some towns around the capital. Bus and tram services faced disruptions with a nationwide shutdown ordered for 9:00pm on Friday to try to stem another night of violence.
Areas within some of Frances major cities have erupted in violence for several successive nights after a teenager named Nahel Merzouk, reportedly of Algerian descent, was fatally shot by police an incident caught on video.
More than 800 people were arrested the night of 29 June, as outrage continued to intensify. Merzouks death appears to have become a flashpoint for anger about racial inequality in France and claims of police discrimination.
Culture warriors
Meanwhile, racism is a big deal in the US too. There is a whole brigade of culture warriors ready to call it outstamp it outand duke it out. They see racism everywhere.
The Daily Beast: White Professor Disgusts Women Historians Conference:
A conference for female historians this weekend was plunged into turmoil when a prominent white academic speaking at the main event said her professional life would have been easier if she were black.
She was immediately called out for her blatantly racist remarks, and refused to apologise, let alone listen, to the reason why her remarks were horrifyingly wrong
And heres another click-baiting headline from something called BuzzLoving:
White men are a danger to society, says a member of San Franciscos reparations committee.
This past weekend, the US press reeled and railed over the Supreme Courts latest decision on universities race-based admissions programs. In brief, the court recognised that you cant discriminate in favour of one group (blacks, for example) without discriminating against another (Asians, for instance).
This anti-racist decision was immediately attacked asyesracism!
Fox News:
...Jemele Hill accuses Asians of carrying the water for white supremacy for backing affirmative action decision.
Harvard pledged to go forth and sin no moreat least not openly. It said, however, that it would continue to take other circumstances, beyond test scores and academic achievements, into account.
13:40
How Do You Hold onto a Bird in the Hand? "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
One of the best pieces of advice I received early in my financial advisory career came from a seasoned investment professional.
His words still ring in my ears
Vern, whenever you hear this five-word preface you cant go wrong buying, thats the moment when everything can go wrong.
Why?
Because once every man and his dog thinks something is a sure bet, cant fail, one-way trip to assured wealth, it means that all risk has been discounted out of the investment equationand thats when an investment contains its most risk.
The only thing thats guaranteed in this business is there are no guarantees.
There are two components to an investmentincome and capital gain.
Neither is assured.
For example, in April 2020, during the COVID meltdown, APRA Chairman, Wayne Byres, penned a letter to the banks, stating:
APRA expects ADIs [Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions] and insurers to limit discretionary capital distributions in the months ahead, to ensure that they instead use buffers and maintain capacity to continue to lend and underwrite insurance
As reported by IG Capital at the time
In response to APRAs letter; Macquarie analysts today said that the big four banks may be forced to either reduce or suspend their next wave of dividends completely.
Looking at a stressed scenario; Macquarie posits that bank losses could run as high as $2527 billion per bank. In this possible world, the banks ability to pay dividends (without raising equity) materially diminishes, it was noted.
Recent history has taught us that other sources of income are not set in stone either.
In 2010, with the RBA cash rate around 5%, who would ever have thought a decade later, money in the bank would earn next-to-nothing?
Who could have anticipated how work-from-home would upset the commercial property applecart?
With higher vacancy levels, per-square-metre rent rates have
come under pressure.
Landlords have suffered a double whammyfalling rental income and
lower property values.
Nothing is ever absolutely guaranteed
Things happen that can change market dynamics.
And what was once placed in the category of you cant go wrong buying, suddenly shifts to how did we get this so wrong?
Of the two types of investment returns, income is perceived as the bird in the hand, while growth is the two in the bush.
So, how do you increase the odds of holding onto that bird in your hand?
With the guidance of someone who has been there and done that.
This is an unashamed plug for my good mate, Greg Canavan
Ive been in this business for 37 years and have seen a lot of investment professionals.....
13:26
Criminal Offences Related to Paying for Sexual Services in New South Wales "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Although sex work has largely been decriminalised in New South Wales, criminal offences still apply to the purchase of sexual services in certain circumstances. Here is what you need to know as a client of sex workers. General Rules Regarding...
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13:17
Company failures reach an all time high while tax office hovers overs small business like a vulture "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
The federal government has been subjecting large and small business to a double whammy from the lingering effects of the scamdemic and then allowing the Taxation Department to bankrupt businesses that have been unable to pay tax. The tax office vultures are circling small and medium struggling businesses as operating costs spiral out of control []
13:12
Locals with type-2 diabetes invited to take part in new Olive Leaf extract trial "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Researchers from Southern Cross University are conducting a ground-breaking clinical trial investigating Olive Leaf Extract as a treatment option for people living with type 2 diabetes.
Researchers are looking for locals to take part in the trial seeking adults living in the Northern Rivers with a diagnosis of type-2 diabetes, who have lived with diabetes for more than 12 months and are not receiving insulin therapy.
Participants will be required to take OLE or placebo capsules once a day for 24 weeks, and to attend Southern Cross Universitys Lismore campus on three separate occasions.
Diabetes is a chronic condition characterised by poor
blood glucose control which, left unchecked, can contribute to
serious complications. However, it is estimated that only one-half
of people with diabetes are able to maintain their target blood
glucose ranges.
Lead researcher Associate Professor Matthew Leach from Southern Cross Universitys National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine said that Olive Leaf Extract presented a relatively safe and low-cost treatment option for those who cannot maintain good blood glucose control.
There are a significant number of people who do not maintain good blood glucose control. This can be for many reasons such as limited access to suitable treatments an...
13:07
Recognised experts agree on that the Australian economy is in trouble "IndyWatch Feed National"
Contributed by Joe Montero
The latest survey by the Conversation should be of interest to everyone. It involved contributions from of leading forecasters in 25 Australian universities, thinktanks and financial institutions among them economic modellers, former Treasury, International Monetary Fund and Reserve Bank officials, and a former member of the Reserve Bank board.
It is the unified view of the state of the Australian economy hat is the most noteworthy part. In short, the probability of a recession high.
The focus of the universities, think tanks, financial institutions, and the rest is on inflation and interest rates. No surprise here. Everyone knows they are a problem. We are all feel the impact on our lives.
But the forecast of a probable recession is about much more. It means a recognition that the economy is not growing and may even be shrinking. Predictions are that even if there is a small growth, it will be less than the increase in population.
Consideration should be given to the reality that official statistics are not accurate and tend to underestimate what is really going on. The reasons are that the methods used tend to be those that paint the best picture for the government.
Take inflation. A price index is used. It contains a basket of essential items for a household and their prices. What is included and whatever weight is given to each of these items matters. The cost of housing is underestimated, and high tech items like computers, mobile phones are excluded. These are just two examples that indicate the Index underestimates the real rate of inflation.
Economic growth is generally measured either by means of the money value of sales. This is called gross Domestic Product (GPD). But there is a problem with this. Financial transactions are considered parts of growth, when all they are is changing ownership of what already exists. There are also certain costs, like those resulting from environmental and social damage that arent included.
If these factors are brought into the calculation, the GDP measurement would show less economic growth.
This gives us a clue as to what is really going on. Finance in proportion to the rest of the economy has become far too big, and the largest part of this takes the form of debt. In turn, this debt takes two forms. Debt used to finance business and household debt.
When the first...
13:03
Local artist will design artwork for Corrimal book box "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"
WOLLONGONG City Council is on the hunt for a local community artist to create an engaging artwork for a new Street Library (also known as a Book Box) at Corrimal.
The new Street Library will be installed later this year at Lukes Place Playground in Corrimal Memorial Park.
The successful artist will be commissioned to design an original artwork that will be scaled and/or cropped to size, and digitally wrapped around the new Street Library.
Council will pay an artist fee of $1,500 to the successful artist to cover costs and acknowledge their artistic contribution to the city.
Submissions are open until 5pm Thursday July 13 2023. See here for more details and the Artist Brief.
Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery said that this was an opportunity for local artists to flex their creative muscles.
Were looking for a local artist to create an engaging and original public artwork that can be used to decorate the new Street Library in Corrimal. Artists can use any medium that can be easily photographed and translated into a digital image, Cr Bradbery said.
...13:01
Grants totalling $310,000 awarded to local Aboriginal organisations "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
The State Government has awarded awarded $310,000 to Aboriginal organisations who have together been restoring cultural landscapes and waterways in regional NSW.
Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin MP said this years Protecting our Places grant recipients are undertaking large scale ecological and cultural rehabilitation projects with Elders to heal Country.
With the 2023 NAIDOC Week theme being For our Elders, grantees have been encouraged to invite community Elders to participate in their projects, recognising that their cultural knowledge is the key to success, Ms Saffin said.
I couldnt be happier that three of the four successful Aboriginal organisations who applied for these grants are from our beautiful Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast regions, she said.
For tens of thousands of years local Aboriginal people have looked after our unique landscape using their traditional knowledge and the cultural wisdom of their Elders, and after last years devastating floods that expertise is needed more than ever.
Melissa Wondracz, from the NSW Goverrnments Environmental Trust, said the grants were now in their 20th year and supported Aboriginal-led conservation projects.
She said this years recipients were tackling everything from weed control to environmental education to protecting cave art.
Its such an honour for the NSW Environmental Trust to support these projects that engage the community to repair, reshape and reconnect to Country, Ms Wondracz said.
All these projects, from the Central West to the Northern Rivers, will restore l...
12:26
The Ignorant Imperative: Hannah Gadsby on Pablo Picasso "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
The humourless comedian Hannah Gadsby has much to thank one of the twentieth centurys titans of art. By placing him in the stockade of feminist disapproval, the Australian was picking the easiest target and avoiding the most profound questions of his oeuvre. To be so personal, and play the man with such indignation, is the
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12:00
POEM: An Ode to Senator Thorpe "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (fiction category) entry.
AN ODE TO SENATOR THORPE
It's a new generation and pronouns are the rage
Plus a new batch of pollies have taken the stage
Of all of them though, there is who stands out
And it's Senator Thorpe, without a shadow of doubt.
On the coattails of the Greens, she came by Harley to town
Championing minorities and sticking it to the Crown
Some people are asking, Is she barking mad?
In fairness, it was Bolt and Sky News who elected to give a
platform to her dad.
Now widely criticised for making a fuss
But imagine your own father throwing you under the bus!
Evicted from a strip club with verbal abuse her great crime
Some may just argue she's ahead of her time.
But how was Barnaby Joyce, commenting with presumption
About someone else's alcoholic consumption!
Man-handled by police I've been there myself
If politics was about realness, she'd be top shelf.
Everyone seems to have had a go at ripping her down
But she's not one to mess with how about that Van clown?
On the Parliament's stage, she told Pauline where to go
But there are just so few who haven't wanted to, though.
To their discredit, no sisters have paused the great goad
Easier to paint her crazy it serves their cause so
Condemned by so many and told to go take a hike
In fairness, with chance, I'd ride a great Martin bike!
Neither poised nor polished, but should she need be?
A woman after my own heart you get what you see
She is not fit for parliament, says Van like white Sir
Or could it be the great halls, aren't ready for her?
Running scared and desperate to stop her calling them out
Perhaps running scared of the fact she is gaining some clout
Who would actually write this, I hear the hacks say
It's not even fiction burn the rulebook, she'd
say.
A controversial poem, perhaps, but let it be known
Senator Thorpe this is an ode
Let all young girls take a sip from her cup
If only we were all a bit more Lidia as we grew up.
Naomi Fryers is a writer, author, storytelle...
11:59
FixedIt: Rape is not a date "IndyWatch Feed National"
The Cairns Post is back after erasing an alleged violent rape and replacing it with date goes horribly wrong.
The date went wrong? Really? Thats how they choose to describe 21 charges of rape, sexual assault, physical assault, robbery, and enter with intent?
A date goes wrong when youre wearing white jeans and you sit in a puddle of spilled coffee. A date goes wrong when your date tips soup in your lap or sneers at Swifties or brings their parents with them.
Rape, assault and robbery charges are not a date, theyre crimes to be tried in court.
Erasing an alleged rape like this is not an accident or a mistake. Its a choice. That choice tells me a lot about the person who wrote it and they audience they think theyre writing for.
*This man has been charged but not yet tried in court. He has the right to the presumption of innocence. If you are commenting on this post on social media please remember than anything you say that prejudges his guilt or innocence could be contempt of court and could disrupt his trial.*
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If youre reading this on social media, links to all the articles are on the post on my website: www.JaneGilmore.com
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11:24
An unfinished political obituary for Stuart Robert, a flat circle "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
An unfinished political obituary for Stuart Robert, a flat circle
Some politicians rise and fall. The scandals of others are simply never done.
As the explosive Synergy 360 controversy shows, one can never truly take comfort in the idea the worst has already come to pass with Stuart Robert.
The man is a flat circle, evangelically unburdened by the weight and sting of conscience. His ensuing and almost preternatural ability to spread scandal thin and wide is not unlike that of a toxic weed: the scandal lingers for years, defacing the trust that sits at the heart of our democracy.
But absent a full panorama of Roberts 15-year scandal-distinguished political career, it would be too easy to cast doubt on or downplay the significance of his legacy.
After all, he belonged to a government marked by unrivalled and unconcealed contempt for those conventions designed to ensure propriety where lies were habitually brandished against not just facts but reality itself, government made...
11:15
State of Origin goes off "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Ocean Grove Cobras hosted Glebe Greyhounds in their annual State of Origin weekend for Rivers Gift. Voice photographer Ivan Kemp was at Collendina Reserve to capture the spirit of the day.
The post State of Origin goes off appeared first on Ocean Grove Voice.
10:53
GDP up = GHG up! 4/7/23 "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
The right accuse the left of being melo-dramatic on climate. They call us doomers. The left highlight the dire risks we face in order to overcome inertia, complacency and apathy. Alas, those dire warnings of disaster can have the effect of making folks feel hopeless, so they give up.
For over 30 years now, everything weve tried has failed to even slow the juggernaut of runaway economic growth thats driving climate collapse.
Since the Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero in 1992, where the leaders of the world pledged, hand-on-heart, to drastically reduce the use of Fossil Fuels, we have burnt more than all the rest of history put together!
In 1990 fossil fuels were 87% of global energy use. By 2022 that had dropped to 83%.
A mere 4% in 30 years, despite an enormous increase in renewables. Thats because world GDP has increased a massive 4 fold since 1990.
Up from $25trillion to $100trillion.
By 2030 our GDP is expected to double again!
Every dollar we make also makes around 700gms of
CO2 emissions, on average.
Thats a staggering 70 tons per person per year for every soul that calls this planet home.
(not including Elon Musk. He is moving to Mars)
So all the gains we make in renewables are wiped out by the gains in GDP. We are chasing our tails!
Paradoxically, if we double our efforts to make renewables, ever dollar we spend doing that would produce 600gms of CO2 emissions. All that CO2 pumped into the skywould take us over the tipping points that we are already on the verge of reaching.
So, we could find ourselves achieving Zero Net Emissions, but living in a world or run-away global heating. Ironic isnt it?
Ben Boyang 2023
10:48
"IndyWatch Feed Seq.art" "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
The Brian Jonestown Massacre are returning to Australia and New Zealand.
The psych-rock legends will tour the two countries throughout November, taking in stops in Hobart, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Byron Bay, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Castlemaine, Wollongong, and Auckland (see full details below).
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Thursday, July 6th here.
Anton Newcombes band has released 20 albums over three decades, including this years The Future Is Your Past, which earned positive reviews from critics. Newcombe is clearly energised and that comes through loud and clear, Brooklyn Vegan wrote about their latest album.
The Future Is Your Past is the most consistent album Newcombe has released since Methodrone, hailed Clash. Every song is absolutely fantastic and could have been a single.
The Future Is Your Past was the swift follow-up to 2022s Fire Doesnt Grow on Trees, with both albums proving Newcombes startling consistency this deep into his career. Expect Newcombe and co. to bring new songs and old favourites to their upcoming shows.
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...10:46
TRT World interview on Israeli invasion of Jenin "IndyWatch Feed National"
My interview on global broadcaster TRT World about Israels invasion of the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank and the logic of Israels escalating violence.
The post TRT World interview on Israeli invasion of Jenin appeared first on Antony Loewenstein.
10:37
Police used secret strike force to disregard coroners findings in gay homicide cases "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
The Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ Hate Crimes has heard that NSW Police created a secret task force to reinvestigate the Bondi deaths of Ross Warren, Gilles Mattaini and John Russell but then closed those cases without telling the public or the victims families. In 2005, then deputy state coroner, Jacqueline Milledge had found ...
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10:31
White Lotus star bans homophobes from watching his work "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Michael Imperioli took to social media recently to ban bigots and homophobes from watching any television or film he stars in. His long-standing catalogue of work includes Goodfellas, The Sopranos, and most recently, the second season of White Lotus, which saw Imperioli playing a sexually frustrated Italian dad. His social media statement comes in response to a recent Supreme Court ...
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10:28
Rain doesnt stop NAIDOC Celebration Walk in Ballina "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Yesterday morning saw the temporary closure of River Street in Ballina for the annual NAIDOC Week Celebration Walk. The theme of NAIDOC this year is For Our Elders.
Despite the rain, which grew heavier, hundreds of people walked from the park near the RSL Club to the Visitors Centre, for a flag-raising and short ceremony, before morning tea and a BBQ. The route took the reverse direction of the ANZAC March, and had some parallels with that event, including the mixture of joy and sorrow and a minutes silence before the raising of the flags.
Many jarjums joined the march this year, along with their elders, some of whom travelled in buses at the front, led by a police escort.
10:25
Wadawurrung art accompanies road users "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Motorists travelling along the Barwon Heads Road at Marshall will notice Wadawurrung cultural heritage art and design on their journey.
Wadawurrung contributions feature prominently around the road upgrades Marshall railway line bridge, 4km shared-use path and retaining wall near Settlement Road.
Its approach ramps feature 810 wall panels patterned to represent vertically broken boomerang flanks. BKK Architects collaborated with Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation on the panel design.
Acrylic screens atop the bridge depict a kunuwarra (black swan) flying like movie reel slides as drivers pass. The kunuwarra images are the work of Wadawurrung artist Stephanie (Anie) Skinner.
The retaining wall coloured to reflect the regions soil is also lined with fins designed so the word Jerringot appears as drivers pass in either direction. Wadawurrung for water all around or place of billabongs, Jerringot is the name given to adjacent wetlands that are habitat for species including migratory wading birds, including Lathams snipe.
Its wonderful to think that as you cross over the bridge as a traveller, whether as a pedestrian or in a vehicle, youre travelling alongside kunuwarra, Ms Skinner said.
Kunuwarra is a significant creature to Wadawurrung, and to walk beside her as you move through the landscape honours her story and the importance of the living things that live in and surround the Barwon.
The path also includes etched tracks of native bird species including kunawarra, porronggitj (brolga), ibis, pelican and egret. Traditional owner BJ OToole designed the footprints, which appear in the vicinity of the relevant species habitat.
Along the path, two interpretive signage structures will provide information about the area, its native flora, fauna and Wadawurrung cultural significance. One signage structure will be built near Settlement Road, the other near the rail line bridge.
Living locally and with Lake Connewarre wetlands just down the road, I see these birds regularly flying over me when Im working on Country, Mr OToole said.
It was a real honour to create their footprints and to share my story. I have three children, so for them to be able to go where their fathers artwork appears will be special and theyll hold that connection for the rest of their lives.
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10:25
100,000 trees planted for local koalas "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
A Geelong-based koala conservation organisation has planted its 100,000th tree beside a creek in Teesdale.
Koala Clancy Foundation president Janine Duffy said that its a huge milestone for the small charity, which started by planting just 300 trees in 2016. They planted over 9000 trees in 2020, despite difficulties with lockdowns restricting volunteers, then reached 25,000 in 2021 and 27,000 in 2022, with the bonus of several wet winter seasons in a row.
Weve pressed on, growing and growing every year, because our local koalas need these trees urgently, Duffy said.
Climate change is threatening our regions koalas, but a tree can grow large enough to feed a koala in just four years.
Action taken now could mean the difference between life or death for Geelong koalas, and theres never been a better time to plant koala trees the years of good rainfall means that growth will be rapid.
Even with flooding to contend with, our tree survival rate is massive. On one farm at Little River, tree survival is 93 percent after four years, and on another near Mount Rothwell, tree survival is 87 percent after three years.
The foundation has plans to plant 300,000 koala trees by 2030. Dozens of landowners and farmers from all across the region have offered their fertile riverside habitat for revegetation, in the valleys of the Barwon, Moorabool and Little River.
Koala Clancy Foundation planted on our property in 2021, they were so organised and great to work with, and even returned to collect all the tree guards for recycling two years later, Mark and Heike Dunn from Stonehaven said.
Some of the trees they planted are already four metres high, Heike said.
Koala Clancy Foundation planted 5500 trees on my property in 2022, and are planting another 10,500 this year, Teesdales Brian OShannassy said.
Im impressed by their knowledge, determination and work ethic.
We love watching the wildlife return to these properties as the native vegetation is replaced, Duffy said.
Property owners with fertile river flats, creeks or drainage lines who are keen to revegetate are encouraged to register interest at koalaclancyfoundation.org.au/landowners/
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10:21
10:13
Will this whistleblower be heard by anyone? "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"
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RELEASES INTERNAL IAEA DOCUMENT PROVING COLLUSION WITH JAPAN
OVER FUKUSHIMA RADIOACTIVE WATER RELEASE
A whistleblower-released document created by the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on June 1, 2023, shows that the fix is
in IAEA is not only is planning to approve the release of 1.3
million tons of radioactive water from Fukushima but to manipulate
their communication to the world in support Japans position despite
facts showing otherwise, eliminating anything that might be viewed
negatively by the public.
This is outrageous and dangerous for the entire world. Japan, with
the IAEAs support NOT protection is planning to commit its own
nuclear assault on the world through this radioactive water
release.
Weve suspected and accused the IAEA and Japan of working together
in the past, and now we have the proof.
Please, do what you can to get this word out not just to our
echo
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10:11
Non-government health expenditure for 2019-20 "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
Response by Australian Institute of
Health and Welfare to Julie
Middleton on .
Successful.
OFFICIAL Dear Ms
Middleton, I refer to your email of 22 June 2023, requesting
information in relation to the Australian Institute of Health and
Welfar...
10:05
Gunaikurnai to jointly manage Baw Baw, Alpine and other high country parks "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
On 26 October 2018 the Victorian Government, the Taungurung Land and Waters Council Aboriginal Corporation (TLaWCAC), and the Taungurung Traditional Owner group signed a number of agreements under the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 (Vic), which means that ownership of nine Victorian parks and reserves, including Mt Buffalo National Park and a section of the Alpine National Park, and up to five surplus public land parcels have been transferred to the Taungurung Traditional Owner Group.
It should be noted that there is an ongoing territorial dispute between the Taungurung people and clans that identify as Ngurai Illum Wurrung, Waywurru and Dhudhuroa, and has the potential to affect the states treaty negotiations. This impacts the agreement in the east of the area, which includes Mt Buffalo and the Alpine national park.
It has now been announced that Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC) has been re-negotiat(ing) the Gunaikurnai Recognition Settlement Agreement with the State of Victoria, and were excited by the addition of four new joint managed parks as part of our Early Outcomes package.
From early July 2023, the Avon Wilderness Park, Baw Baw National Park, Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Park and the Alpine National Park on Gunaikurnai Country will now be joint managed by GLaWAC and Parks Victoria.
Country and Culture are significant pillars of the spiritual and lived strength that our members need and strive for.
We recognise the knowledge, strength and resilience of our Ancestors, Elders, and Community the driving force behind our decision making and our cultural lore.
We continue the long and hard fought path toward self-determination, realising the goals of the Gunaikurnai Whole Of Country Plan, in honour of those who have come before and those who continue to make the aspirations of the Gunaikurnai heard.
...
10:00
GMOs Revealed "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"
Editor's Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published March 17, 2018.
While genetically modified organisms (GMOS), and the pesticides that go along with them, are touted as the solution to feed the world, the reality is a far cry from this industry-spread ideal. In reality, 86% of the value of U.S. agricultural exports in 2015 went to 20 destinations with low numbers of hungry people and high rates of human development scores.1 The top recipient? Canada.
In 2013 as well, U.S. farms contributed only 2.3% of the food supply to the countries with the most starving people.2 Such countries, unbeknownst to many Americans, actually produce most of their own food already. What they need is not for the U.S. to step up its production of genetically engineered (GE) corn and soy, but to be given resources to distribute and increase access to food while helping local farmers to earn a good living.
If we took GMOs off the market today, we would still be feeding the world with the same inefficacy that we are today. We have starvation. We have the biggest famine in human history happening over in sub-Saharan Africa right now. However, the problem with GMOs is one much larger than failed promises or misguided expectations.
Instead, it's a form of technology that threatens human health, the environment and the very food supply we depend on. At the foundation, "GMOs Revealed" seeks to answer a question that's relevant to all of us:
"What if the desire to use technology to enhance our world and save lives has evolved into a lust that, when paired with corporate greed and politics, becomes a catastrophic mass experiment that harms you and your family? Genetically modified foods, also known as GMOs, represent one of the most controversial issues in the world today. What is more vital to humanity, to each of us, than our food supply?"
The Not-so-Green Revolution
As Zach Bush explains, many of the problems with industrialized agriculture began with the Green Revolution, which is not at all "green" as its name suggests. It's easy to forget that at one point, not so long ago, all food was organically grown in a way that supported the ecosystem and environment as a whole. This all changed in the 1940s when the Green Revolution took hold and industrial, chemical-dependent farming techniques quickly spread to become the norm.
When WWII ended, there was a glut of petroleum, and in pet...
09:59
The EU risks repeating another vaccine apartheid with new deals with vaccine companies "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
July 4, 2023: Reuters reports that the European Commission has contracted several European vaccine production companies, such as Pfizer, to reserve capacity to make the EU up to 325 million vaccines a year in case of another future global health emergency. The contracts also obligate the companies to be adequately responsive to crises, including by stockpiling supplies where necessary.
The announcement of these contracts has been met with backlash from members of the Peoples Vaccine Alliance advocating for equitable access to medicines who claim they threaten to repeat the vaccine inequity experienced during Covid-19. As of June 2023, only 35% of people in low countries have received a Covid vaccination compared to 73% in high income countries. The World Health Organisation (WHO) dubbed this inequity a vaccine apartheid which led to large-scale, preventable deaths in the global South.
The EUs announcement of its vaccine contracts comes alongside discussions of a Global Pandemic Agreement by the WHO. The agreement aims to avoid a repeat of the "catastrophic failure" of the Covid pandemic and includes a commitment to reserve up to 20% of any tests, vaccines or treatments for low-income countries in a future global health emergency. However, there are concerns that inward-looking measures to protect supply lines, such as the EUs, threaten the Global Pandemic Agreement and undermine initiatives to ensure equitable access to medicine.
Read Reuters reporting on this subject here and a press release by the Peoples Vaccine Alliance here.
09:55
The 13th Interest Rate Rise OR Lucky For Some "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
Now, I know that some of you have no interest in sport so the fact that Im using a sporting analogy may put you off, but if you just remember its an analogy and stick with it, youll soon see that it was an appropriate comparison. On the other hand, when I start talking about
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09:48
Community award winners named "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Five 2023 Wathaurong Community NAIDOC Awards winners were announced at the Flag Raising and Community Day held at Wathaurong Aboriginal co-operative on Monday July 3.
The event marked the official start of NAIDOC Week, which began on Sunday July 2 and runs until Sunday July 9.
The NAIDOC 2023 theme For Our Elders celebrates the important role that Elders have played, and continue to play, in communities and families. They are cultural knowledge holders, trailblazers, nurturers, advocates, teachers, survivors, leaders, hard workers and our loved ones.
Nedok Yoongga (Elder/Respected Person)
Winner Aunty Sandra Manning
Aunty Sandra Manning was nominated for going above and beyond for the Wathaurong community, in her role as a community strengthening facilitator and local justice liaison. Aunty Sandy never stops, her heart and soul are all for community. She is described as young at heart and respects everyone no matter their age and is a positive influence and hard worker.
Ngarrwa Ngitj (Community Person)
Joint Winners Jay Hickey and Nicole Kirby
Jay Hickey was nominated for his outstanding support for community and his engagement with people of all ages and from all walks of life. Jay goes above and beyond lending a hand to people. Jay shares his passion and skills such as art or skating with community, and has a positive influence on those around him.
Nicole Kirby was nominated for her dedication and support in being actively involved in the running of the Wathaurong Womens Group. As well as being a regular attendee and volunteer for Womens Group, Nicole and her family are always involved in Wathaurong community events and willing to put up a hand to help out with whatever is needed.
Koolay Goopma (Young Male Achiever)
Winner Vaughan Gray
Vaughan Gray was nominated for His passion and dedication to his work with the
Wathaurong youth. Vaughan goes above and beyond for community, outside of what is required in his Youth Justice role, and connects with the young mob. Vaughan is described as a caring and loving person.
Moordeemoondeek Goopma (Young Female achiever)
Winner Layla Boseley
Layla Boseley was nominated for her outstanding work in organising and participating in community events. Her hard work has been recognised and appreciated by many community members, and she was honoured earlier this year by winning the Victorian First Nations Trainee of the Year Award. Many staff and community members have watched Layla grow in various aspects over the past year and her work and commitment has been rewarded. Layla is such a positive influence on community and her happy smiling face is always a joy to see at community events and activities.
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09:36
Good question from the ABC for Bowen - when will power prices come down? "IndyWatch Feed National"
When will power prices start to come down? #abc730 pic.twitter.com/cpgghGa93x abc730 (@abc730) July 3, 2023
09:25
The decline of the humanities "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
A couple of days ago the Sydney Morning Herald published an article on falling enrolments in university humanities subjects, with a focus on history and English.
Ive converted the data into an index to make it easier to see the trends in fields with different absolute numbers of full-time equivalent enrolments. In the late 2000s and early 2010s the humanities shared in general enrolment growth, but after that went into decline. Historys growth and decline were greater than the humanities in general.
Any theories about why the humanities enrolments declined are speculative. We rarely ask prospective or actual students how they choose between post-school options. But there are theories, which I am quoted on in the article. The theories are not mutually exclusive and so combined effects are possible.
Short attention spans?
English literature and history both involve time-consuming reading, which counts against them in the smart phone and social media era. I...
08:50
All Hail King Charles Now That Alan Partridge Has Made Him Almost Bearable "IndyWatch Feed National"
Couldnt sit through the 14-hour live coronation ceremony of
King Charles III last month, because, you know, watching paint dry
had more appeal? Well, theres good news. Weve had to wait more than
a month, but you can now experience the real reason the British
Empire collapsed (amid the unbearable weight of its own pomp and
ceremony) without vomiting back up some of your lunch, courtesy of
an 18-minute segment of the coronation featuring the commentary of
Alan Partridge, Englands consummate media personality and premiere
Royal Watcher.
If youre not sure who Partridge is, he makes even the most British of moments tolerable. The creation of British comedian and satirist Steve Coogan (along with writer Armando Iannucci, the brains behind, among other things, In The Spin), Partridge is described on his Wikipedia page thusly: A parody of British television personalities, Partridge is a tactless and inept broadcaster with an inflated sense of celebrity.
Without wishing to spoil any of the punchlines, this is a random line from Partridges commentary of Charlies coronation: Today a chance to look back and to cherish the many happy memories we have of the former Prince Charles. Of course, the investiture of a rather awkward 21-year-old with big ears and a plum in his mouth. But he was to blossom from what many would openly admit was an ugly duckling. He has grown into, perhaps not a swan, but certainly a very fine goose.
Definitely in the upper echelons of Best Things On The Internet. If you want mroe Alan Partridge, then Baby Cow Productions is his home on Youtube.
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08:24
Historical truth-telling after the great Australian silence "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
"Historical truth-telling is increasingly seen as an important part of restorative justice in settler-colonial contexts."
After 50 years of the great Australian silence don't ask why didnt I know? But how can I find out?
Why didnt we know? is no excuse. Non-Indigenous Australians must
listen to the difficult historical truths told by First Nations
people, The Conversation
08:11
Multi-generation protest halts Coffs Coast logging "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Two HSC students have locked themselves to a cement filled barrel and a third HSC student has locked on to logging machinery to prevent logging operations in Orara East State Forest in Coffs Harbour.
A few kilometres away in Boambee State Forest two grandmothers have halted logging machinery by locking themselves to the arm of a harvester.
A tree-climber has also erected a tree-sit with the intent to stay
for as long as it takes to protect Boambee State Forest from
logging.
The Bellingen Activist Network says these direct actions are a response to both a climate and species extinction crisis.
Communities are increasingly turning towards brave acts of direct action, putting their bodies in the way of irreversible destruction as a last line of defence, the network said in a media statement this morning.
Almost everyone wants to see native forests protected and Bellingen Activist Network (BAN) is currently experiencing more and more everyday people requesting to be upskilled to take direct actions locally to protect the forests.
BAN is calling for an immediate end to all
industrial logging in NSW native forests. Western Australian and Victoria have
committed to ending native forest logging. More
information on upcoming local actions and events, including the
upcoming Forest Fest on July 8 can be found at...
08:07
All rise! Local artist ready to hold court in Byron "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
A basketball court near the centre of Byron Bay would be turned into a giant original artwork under a proposal being considered by Byron Council.
Council has received a proposal from local contemporary artist, Laith McGregor, to transform the little-used court, which lies in the Byron recreation grounds on Tennyson Street.
Under the plan, McGregor, a former winner of the Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, would work with Art Courts Australia to create a dynamic artwork on the surface of the court that is integrated with the existing line markings.
Local youth would be included in the creation of the work, at both the design and implementation phases.
The benefits of reinvigorating the court include increased community use, opportunity for engagement with youth in creation of the work and creating an iconic artwork by a leading contemporary artist at scale in the heart of Byron Bay, Councils Arts and Culture Officer, Melitta Firth, said in a report on the proposal to Councils Arts and Creative Industries Committee.
Council is also currently investigating upgrades to this area, considering the proximity to the newly opened Sandhills Estate Skate Park, Jarjumirr Park.
This project could complement planned upgrades and improve amenity of the area.
The artist proposes developing three concept designs based on the history of the site for approval by the Committee, allowing local youth to be involved in the design trajectory, and potentially in the outer margins of the court painting.
Council would need to allocate an estimated $36,280 from its public art and arts and culture budgets to fund the project.
The surfaces are rep...
08:00
News Corp condemns ICAC and stands for corruption "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
With the release of NSW ICACs findings on Gladys Berejiklian, an editorial in The Australian has condemned the Commission and made a bold stand for corruption, writes David McIlveen.
LAST WEEK saw the official opening of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) and the release of the long-awaited findings from the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on former Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Quite a week.
It makes for a useful occasion to reflect on corruption in Australian politics and the media, and to point out the people politicians, publications and hacks that line up to side with the guilty, attack the accountability body, and provide every lame excuse to downplay or dismiss the findings of corruption. Presumably in hopes of weakening the public unity in condemning something so clearly against its interests.
The few senior current and former Liberals that provided comment on the findings were as predictable as they were vacuous and unprincipled in their responses, and dont deserve any serious treatment. Their contempt for evidence and ICACs hard work and careful deliberation is fitting with the Liberal brand. Just let us use the Treasury as our own private bank account, you can hear them thinking.
The funambulist nature of the Murdoch press is always a little more interesting, however, as its forever obliged to try to present itself as for the people to its limited readership, while simultaneously promoting the interests of the Liberal Party and its associates.
Lets look at The Australians editorial position on the NSW ICAC findings, for...
07:37
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As always, take the information discussed in the video below and
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telling you what the truth is, or claiming they have the answer, is
likely leading you astray, for one reason or another. Stay
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of what he revealed: The Collateral Murder video shows Reuters
journalists, Saeed Chmagh and Namir Noor-Eldeen being gunned down
by a US Apache helicopter. Several others https://t.co/dMUkrFtrAq"
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denied service by the banks, who will speak up when they come for
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07:21
In which the pond cuts back on its diet for a leaner, meaner, dot point laden Groaning ... "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"
The pond regrets to advise that, despite a splendid surge in comments yesterday, today is a leaner and meaner cut down post.
Why so? Well there were the usual alarums in the tree killer edition ...
Indeed, indeed, the last thing anyone
needs is a watchdog with teeth.
A toothless watchdog if you please, but
the pond was immediately settled by a Wilcox, who understood the
spirit of the game, at least if you happened to be a bunch of
dropkick ponces in a dropkick losing country ...
To think the pond's long lost grandma
stayed up late at night to listen to the news from England on the
wireless ...
Some even forgot about a decent
defanging and instead urged on a d...
07:00
Claim: Australia is Opposing an International Shipping Carbon Tax Proposal "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"
The Sydney Morning Herald has accused Australia of siding with Russia, China, Brazil and Saudi Arabia to sink a a Pacific Islands proposal for a $100 / ton of carbon levy on marine shipping emissions.
The post Claim: Australia is Opposing an International Shipping Carbon Tax Proposal first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
06:46
1.5C Breached for First Time During Northern Hemisphere Summer "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"
The Paris Agreement goal of keeping global surface air temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average is starting to fade into the background, climate experts say, as Reuters reported.
According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), in the beginning of June, average temperatures worldwide climbed above 1.5 degrees Celsius for several days.
The world has just experienced its warmest early June on record, following a month of May that was less than 0.1C cooler than the warmest May on record. Monitoring our climate is more important than ever to determine how often and for how long global temperatures are exceeding the 1.5 degrees threshold. Every single fraction of a degree matters to avoid even more severe consequences of the climate crisis, said Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Deputy Director Samantha Burgess, according to C3S.
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Global average temperatures had gone above 1.5 degrees Celsius before, but not in the northern hemisphere summer, which began on June 1, reported Reuters.
Weve run out of time because change takes time, said Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, a climatologist at Australias University of New South Wales, as Reuters reported.
Heat waves have been bringing dangerous temperatures to the United States and Mexico, as the Canadian wildfires continue to produce hazardous smoke and diminish air quality in Canada and the U.S.
As a climate scientist I feel like I am watching a global train wreck in slow motion, said Andrew Weaver of the University of Victoria, as reported by the PBS Newshour. The expectation is that 2024 will be even warmer than 2023 as this El Nio continues to develop. We know as well the warmer the global climate is, the more likely we are to have extreme event.........
06:41
1) Government urges caution in efforts to free hostage pilot in Papua "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
2) Efforts still ongoing to free abducted New
Zealander pilot: Jokowi
3) Meeting in European Parliament addresses Human
Rights in West Papua
4) Papua Police chief confident TPNPB will release
Susi Air pilot
5) Malaitans learn about West Papuans struggle for
self-determination
6) West Papua flag raising quashed in Port Moresby
ahead of Indonesian visit
1) Government urges caution in efforts
to free hostage pilot in Papua
2 hours ago
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Chief of the Presidential Staff
Office (KSP), Moeldoko, has stated that efforts to free Susi Air
pilot Mark Mehrtens, who is being held hostage by Papuan
separatists, must be handled with caution.
He mentioned that the government will also monitor the on-site conditions.
"If the officers act recklessly and a victim is harmed, we would face serious consequences. We need to carefully calculate our actions; there is no room for reckless behavior," Moeldoko said during a press conference on Monday.
He emphasized that the military, police, and Foreign Affairs Ministry have understood their respective roles and functions in the rescue operation of the New Zealander pilot.
Moeldoko further highlighted that the Indonesian government is employing a soft approach based on diplomacy and negotiation to secure the release of Mehrtens.
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He mentioned that the government will also monitor the on-site conditions.
"If the officers act recklessly and a victim is harmed, we would face serious consequences. We need to carefully calculate our actions; there is no room for reckless behavior," Moeldoko said during a press conference on Monday.
He emphasized that the military, police, and Foreign Affairs Ministry have understood their respective roles and functions in the rescue operation of the New Zealander pilot.
Moeldoko further highlighted that the Indonesian government is employing a soft approach based on diplomacy and negotiation to secure the release of Mehrtens.
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06:32
Market Talk July 3, 2023 "IndyWatch Feed National"
ASIA:
A private sector survey in China revealed that factory activity growth slowed in June due to concerns about sluggish market conditions. The Caixin/S&P Global manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) dropped from 50.9 in May to 50.5 in June, indicating a marginal expansion. The index mark of 50 separates growth from contraction. The survey focuses on around 650 private and state-owned manufacturers, with a particular emphasis on export-oriented firms in coastal regions. This data, along with a separate official survey showing a decline in factory activity, suggests that Chinas economy lost momentum in the second quarter as demand weakened. The survey also indicated a softening in manufacturing output and new orders during June.
The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:
- NIKKEI 225 increased 564.29 points or 1.70% to 33,753.33
- Shanghai increased 41.91 points or 1.31% to 3,243.97
- Hang Seng increased 390.16 points or 2.06% to 19,306.59
- ASX 200 increased 42.80 points or 0.59% to 7,246.10
- Kospi increased 38.19 points or 1.49% to 2,602.47
- SENSEX increased 486.49 points or 0.75% to 65,205.05
- Nifty50 increased 133.50 points or 0.70% to 19,322.55
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
- AUDUSD increased 0.00117 or 0.18% to 0.66777
- NZDUSD increased 0.00276 or 0.45% to 0.61516
- USDJPY increased 0.265 or 0.18% to 144.585
- USDCNY decreased 0.01559 or -0.21% to 7.25201
Precious Metals:
- Gold increased 7.42 USD/t oz. or 0.39% to 1,926.99
- Silver increased 0.190 USD/t. oz or 0.83% to 22.942
Some economic news from last night:
China:
Caixin Manufacturing PMI (Jun) decreased from 50.9 to 50.5
Japan:
Tankan All Big Industry CAPEX (Q2) increased from 3.2% to 13.4%
Tankan Big Manufacturing Outlook Index (Q2) increased from 3 to 9
Tankan Large Manufacturers Index (Q2) increased from 1 to 5
Tankan Large Non-Manufacturers Index (Q2) increased from 20 to 23
Australia:
Building Approvals (MoM) (May) increased from -6.8% to 20.6%
Home Loans (MoM) incr...
05:22
Newly Released JFK Documents Raise an Important Question: Whats Left? "IndyWatch Feed National"
Its a good thing that the US government keeps releasing documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Last week, for example, another batch of 1,103 records was made public, which brings the total of documents unveiled by the Biden administration to more than 16,000.
But what about the rest?
The White House noted that 99 percent of JFK records have now been released. However, when taking into account that the total number of documents made public is more than 70,000, that means that hundreds of records are still locked away somewhere almost 60 years after that tragic day in Dallas.
Why?
To get an answer, we must first turn to Dr. Colleen Shogan, the current Archivist of the United States, who said the rules for disclosure are simple.
At the National Archives, we believe in the importance of government transparency and the accessibility of information, she said, adding that the goal of the National Archives is to ensure that the maximum amount of information is made available to the American people, while we protect what we must.
Thats not very specific.
A memorandum from President Joe Biden sheds a bit more light on why some documents have not yet been released.
[President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992] permits the continued postponement of public disclosure of information in records concerning President Kennedys assassination only when postponement remains necessary to protect against an identifiable harm to the military defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement, or the conduct of foreign relations that is of such gravity that it outweighs the public interest in disclosure, the June 30 memorandum states.
That is a bit more useful.
However, to get a more detailed answer as to which documents are still being withheld and why, one has to dig a little bit deeper. Specifically, this information c...
04:36
Building pipeline continues to decline "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Building pipeline struggles
Building approvals bounced +20.6 per cent in May to
15,032, possibly clearing off an Easter backlog.
House approvals were fairly flat for the month, and
at -15 per cent lower than a year earlier continue to trend
lower.
The bounce was overwhelmingly due to an increase in
unit approvals in Sydney in this lumpy data series, with most other
capital cities still trending lower.
This was a welcome monthly increase, although
around 15,000 building approvals in a month is still a
relatively weak figure overall.
04:16
A Schwab prophecy come true? Atlanta Airport employs digital facial recognition IDs "IndyWatch Feed National"
World Economic Forum founder and executive director Klaus Schwab heaped praise on the Chinese Communist Party this week for adopting "new COVID control measures" while boosting "social dynamism" at the WEF's Annual Meeting of the New Champions. We will break down in this article what Schwab means by "social dynamism." This is important, why? Because Schwab, a globalist, a futurist and a transhumanist, holds immense sway over many of our Western politicians in Canada, the U.S., Australia, etc., at both the state and federal levels. Heads of state and governors of all political stripes, from Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia, flock to his meetings in Davos each year. Kemp told the corporate media he was going to Davos in January 2023 to "sell Georgia." He no sooner returned and we found out that Georgia became one of the first handful of states to launch a new drivers' license with biometric digital identities using facial recognition...
04:09
Scream if you wanna fall faster... "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"
ISM gauge plunges
The closely-followed US ISM gauge was released
today and it slowed from a reading of 46.9 in May to just 46.0 in
June (a print of below 50 denotes contraction).
Source: Institute for Supply
Management
This was the weakest monthly reading since
the shuttered economy of all the way back in May
2020.
The prices component contracted faster still,
dropping from 44.2 in May to 41.8 in June.
It's a clear indication that the battle against
inflation is being won, with the balance of risks tilting somewhat
further towards a recession.
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04:06
Cape Tribulation Self Drive "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
My partner and I are heading to Cairns in less than 2 weeks and were looking at doing a self-drive tour up to Cape Tribulation (single day).
Having never been there before, I just wanted to check this itinerary looks okay? I know it's missing a few key stops (such as Mossman Gorge) but we're hoping to check this place out another day/trip.
Cairns --- Port Douglas --- Daintree River Cruise (near the ferry) --- Catch ferry across --- Mt Alexandra Lookout --- Daintree Discovery Centre --- Daintree Ice Cream --- Dubuji Boardwalk/Cape Tribulation --- Back to Cairns
Thanks in advance for any feedback.
Additionally if anyone can offer must-see places to check out on a self-drive through the Tablelands that would also be much appreciated.
Edit: Sorry for the jumbled format. This was the best "list view" I could manage whilst using my phone.
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03:44
Stock for sale falls further "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"
Dearth of stock continues
Rental vacancies remained generally low in June
according to CoreLogic, with several industry participants noting a
recent demographic shift back towards the inner cities.
Capital city vacancy rates remained at a record low of 1.1 per cent.
The number of properties listed for sale
also continued to decline across the combined capital cities, to
now sit some -26.4 per cent below the 5-year average.
This has clearly underpinned the market, with home
values increasing by +1.1 per cent in June and +2.8 per cent for
the June quarter.
The quarterly increase was driven by a +4.9 per
cent increase in Sydney, and a +3 per cent increase in Brisbane,
though recent sentiment suggests something of a cooling in these
markets.
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