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03:52

Nature Conservation Council Regional Conference 2023 "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"

Nature Conservation Council NSW

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Tuesday, 25 July

20:59

London/Jerusalem calling Palestine "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

Last night I spoke at an online event organised by the Jewish Network for Palestine and Convivencia Alliance, two UK-based groups with global reach. I discussed my recent book, The Palestine Laboratory, in conversation with writer and film-maker Haim Bresheeth, author of An Army Like No Other: How the Israel Defense Force Made a Nation (Haim also endorsed my book).

The audience for the webinar was mostly in the UK, Europe and Palestine.

The post London/Jerusalem calling Palestine appeared first on Antony Loewenstein.

20:01

Building and renovating for profit is easier than it seems with Rebeka from BuildHer "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

Renovating for profit

This week, Amy and Owen are joined by Rebekah Morgan to discuss building and renovating for profit.

Tune in here (or click on the image below):

You can also watch on YouTube here:

19:52

How dangerous is the European far-right ? "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

As is usual with trends of all kinds, some recent electoral successes for far-right parties in Europe have been extrapolated into a narrative in which the rise of the far-right is just about unstoppable.

That narrative took a blow with the recent Spanish elections in which the far-right Vox party performed poorly and its coalition with the traditional conservative Popular Party failed to secure a majority. Possibly as a result, the leader of the German CDU backed away from a suggestion that his party might go into a similar coalition with the AfD. And a similar coalition government in Finland appears to be on the verge of collapse.

From the other side of the world, its hard to know what to make of all this, but important to try to understand it. So, Ill toss out some thoughts and invite readers closer to the action to set me straight.

As I wrote a few years ago, the rise of a Trump-style far right has been driven by the collapse of the neoliberal consensus that dominated politics throughout the capitalist world from the 1970s, with power alternating between hard neoliberalism (represented by traditional conservative parties) and soft neoliberalism (represented by formerly socialist and social democratic parties). As the failures of neoliberalism became undeniable, there was no longer enough support to sustain two neoliberal parties, and alternatives began to emerge on both left and right.

The most dramatic manifestation of this process on the right has been Donald Trumps takeover of the US Republican party, which is now well to the right of any of the European far-right parties (with the possible exception of Fidesz in Hungary), and still commands around 50 per cent electoral support.

In Europe, though the more common party has been the rise of a far-right party commanding around 20 per cent of the vote. In most cases, this doesnt look to me like an upsurge in the popularity of rightwing ideas. Rather, this 20 per cent has always been there, waiting for the circumstances in which views that are normally unacceptable can gain political expression.

In my own home state of Queensland, for example, the racist One Nation party scored more than 20 per cent of the votes in a state election in 1998, before fading back into single digits.

A 20 per cent vote for the far-right enough to make it difficult for traditional conservatives to win government in their own right, but usually not enough for the far-right to lead a government of their own. Hence, the contortions mentioned above.

A lot of attention has been focused on the neo-fascist origins of some of the fa...

17:33

Grey Kangaroo Conservation Culling Advice "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

Response by ACT The Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate to John Smith on July 25, 2023.

Awaiting classification.

OFFICIAL Good afternoon, Please find attached a letter from the Information Officer regarding your application concerning the Grey Kangaroo cu...

17:03

Climate Change: Unfucking the ETS "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

Earlier in the month Lawyers for Climate Action won a historic victory, overturning labour's 2022 ETS settings decision, which had crashed the carbon market. The courts told the government to go back to the drawing board and do it again and come up with ETS settings that complied with the law. Today, the government released its response. The full settings are here, and they have largely followed the Climate Commission's advice. On price, they've adopted the Commission's advice completely, so from December we'll have a CCR trigger price of $173, and from next year we'll have a two-tier CCR triggering at $184 and $230. Which is high enough that it should never happen, meaning those units will never be released. On volume - the measure which matters - they've differed a little from the Commission advice, likely because they're trying to mash two sets of Commission advice together. But the court-granted ability to adjust this year's settings means they've ripped 2.9 million tons out of 2023, giving a number even lower than that originally recommended by the Commission. The table below shows auction volumes without the CCR, to make them easy to compare (the 2023 Commission figures are adjusted to account for the fact that there has been no CCR release in 2023):

Year	Current settings	New settings	CC 2022 (p45)	CC 2023 (p 42, ignoring step 7a)
2023	17.9	15.0	16.3	-
2024	17.1	14.2	15.6	13.6
2025	15.3	12.6	14.0	12.0
2026	13.5	10.7	12.2	10.2
2027	11.7	9.1	10.4	8.7
2028	-	6.9	-	6.6
Total (2023-7)	75.5	61.6	68.5	-
Total (2024-8)	-	53.5	-	51.1

So, they've unfucked their previous decision, and once you account for ripping 2.9 million tons out of 2023, actually come in half...

17:00

The Devastating Economic News About Rising/Falling/Stagnant House Prices "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

From time to time I like to remind people of the wonderful poem, Said Hanrahan which Ive included at the bottom for those who dont know it. But basically, Hanrahan announces how well all be rooned any day now. While its basically about the trials of the farmer, it has a certain modern appeal for

The post The Devastating Economic News About Rising/Falling/Stagnant House Prices appeared first on The AIM Network.

16:35

Woodside Energy [ASX:WDS] Up as Crude Over 52-Week High "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

Oil and gas giant Woodside Energy Group [ASX:WDS] shares are up by 1% today, trading at $37.62 per share as commodity prices continue to rise.

LNG and oil are up today, with Brent crude and WTI oil above the 52-week moving average price. Signs of tighter supplies and pledges from Chinas leaders are the primary drivers as oil continues its fourth week of gains.

The timing could not be better for Woodside, who faced downward pressure last week after releasing its second-quarter report, which showed production and revenue were down from Q123.

Despite bumps in Q2 performance, Woodsides share price is still up by 22.46% in the past 12 months as more investors move into the supply-constrained sector and realise the limitations of the promised energy transition.

Source: TradingView

Woodsides quarterly update

Woodside shares are up 1% today, reversing any losses in share price after a shaky second-quarter report released last week.

Despite delivering fairly reliable production and sales volume, both experienced declines compared to the previous quarter due to planned turnaround and maintenance activities.

The company delivered quarterly production of 44.5 MMboe (489 Mboe/day), down by 5% from Q123.

As a result, revenues decreased by 29% from the first quarter with an average of $63/boe.

Woodside CEO Med ONeil commented on the Q2 update, saying:

Strong underlying operational performance in the second quarter was impacted by planned turnaround and maintenance activities, particularly at the onshore Pluto LNG facility and associated offshore facilities in WA.

Full-year production guidance remains unchanged at 180190 MMboe as maintenance will be offset by the early production at the new Argos platform ramps up.

The Argos platform began production in April this year and is part of...

16:32

The Palestine Laboratory in 3 minutes "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

Global broadcaster TRT World has produced a slick 3-minute video about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, which has been shared across its popular social media platforms. I had no involvement in this clip but I think it captures well the thesis of my work.

The post The Palestine Laboratory in 3 minutes appeared first on Antony Loewenstein.

16:00

Wireless technology poses credible risk on wildlife "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

Research has exposed the risks posed by electromagnetic radiation from Wi-Fi and cell towers to birds, mammals, insects and even plants, writes Reynard Loki.

THERE IS GROWING evidence that our addiction to cell phones could be impacting brain functionality and be the cause of stress, anxiety, insomnia, and a lack of attention and focus.

A 2017 report found that human beings are not the only living things to be affected by societys increasing dependence on wireless technology. Mammals, birds, insects and even plants are likely being harmed by the electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emanating from Wi-Fi, cell phone towers, broadcast transmitters and power lines, according to an analysis of 97 peer-reviewed studies conducted by EKLIPSE, a biodiversity and ecosystem project funded by the European Union.

Impact on birds

The researchers said that evidence is accumulating that mammals (e.g. bats and mice) have a magnetic sense that is affected by radio-frequency-modulated electromagnetic fields (RF-EMR). Birds in particular may be highly susceptible. The researchers found that even weak magnetic fields in the radio frequency range can disrupt birds magnetoreception, their ability to use the Earths magnetic fields to orient themselves and find their way home.

Homing pigeons are well-known for their magnetoreception, but this sense has also been detected in other animals like red foxes. There is evidence that even large mammals like deer use the planets magnetic fields to sense direction. A number of invertebrates, including worms, molluscs and fruit flies also use this ability.

One co...

15:59

Unsmoking the World: The Philip Morris Rebranding Effort "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

God really must love Philip Morris. (John Safran, Haaretz, Nov. 29, 2021). John Safran is a scamp, but in the finest tradition of investigative ones. With the enthusiasm of a bloodhound, he gets wind of a scent and goes for it. Of recent interest to his gonzo style of comedic yet lethal line of inquiry

The post Unsmoking the World: The Philip Morris Rebranding Effort appeared first on The AIM Network.

15:03

The Big Switch "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

Our neighbour came over for an apero yesterday. She told us about her poor father:

Hes 96 years old. He and my mother have been married more than 70 years. But he pointed to her last week and asked me: Whos that woman?

Its sad. Hes lived in that house for 50 yearsbut he cant remember where the bathroom is.

When he got the COVID virus, we all thought he was going to die. But he just lost his mind.

What has to happen will happen, sooner or later. Often, it takes longer than you expect.

The Fed has increased its key lending rate faster and more than any Fed ever did. But the stock market hasnt crashed. Unemployment is still low. And were still waiting for the recession.

How come?

The big switch

Last week, we were exploring the issue. The secret, we believe, is that the federales have lost their minds. The Trump Team went bonkers in the COVID Hysteria with a deficit of US$4.2 trillion in 2020then the Biden Bunch followed up with another US$1.4 trillion deficit in 2021.

In the meantime

Its still inflate or die. But now, consumer prices are coming downand the economy still lives. The reason, we believe, is that the source of inflation has largely switched from the monetary front (the Feds interest rates) to the fiscal front (federal deficits). The Fed is still lending at around zero cost in real terms. But now, in addition, the federal government is running the biggest budget deficits in history.

Inflation refers, technically, to an increase in the money supplywhich typically leads to an increase in prices. In todays global economy, you dont even have to spike your own punchbowl; about half of the worlds central banks are still lending money below the inflation ratesome as low as 6% below consumer price increases. Some of it is likely to leak in your direction.

But there are other ways to enliven a party. Turn up the music. Bring in a stripper. Pass out the hard drugs.

For the last 12 months, the US Government has been throwing the biggest shindig in history spending about $130 billion per week or nearly 14% more than the year beforeand 40% more than before the COVID era blowout.

Bank bailoutsthe slaughter in Ukrainea boondoggle for the silicon chip industry it adds up. And now, Government spending is headed toward 39% of the US economy (see below). Not since the Second World War has so much of US output been squandered by the Government.

Bananaless republic

The federales are taking charge of everything deciding which industries will prosper and which wont which news reports are disinformation, and which are truthtelling foreigners what kind of governments they must have, where their borders should be, and with whom they should tra...

15:03

When the Long-Term Becomes Short Term "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

For those baffled by Wall Streets miraculous recovery in 2023, todays morning edition of Sky News solved the mystery

Fat Tail Investment Research

Source: Sky News

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Bad news for the Bullspark rangers have now released the Bear.

Watch out. Grrrrr.

Two long term trends on a collision course

In last Tuesdays Daily Reckoning Australia, we looked at the powerful drivers that propelled the S&P 500 to an extraordinary 48-fold gain over the past four decades.

The period of gain which has been almost, but not quite, all my adult life is why we expect the share market to be our retirement benefactor for the remainder of our adult lives.

It has gone on for so long that we simply expect itll continue in a business as usual fashion. But thats not how long-term cycles work.

There are prolonged periods of outperformance followed by underperformance.

Even the US Federal Reserve recognises the factors behind the last four decades of outperformance on Wall Street, are all but exhausted.

To quote from last weeks Daily Reckoning Australia

In June 2023, the Fed published this discussion paper

...

14:56

Protected: In brief: Planning deregulation, Housing Supply and Affordability "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

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12:48

Climate Change: Turning the supertanker around "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

Newsroom reports on StatsNZ's latest estimate of greenhouse gas emissions, and the news is hopeful: gross emissions have dropped, and are now at their lowest level in at least nine years:

A drop in greenhouse gas emissions due to Covid-19 measures was sustained well beyond the end of movement restrictions and lockdowns, new data shows.
In fact, climate pollution continued to fall through all of 2022, with the December 2022 quarter delivering the lowest figure in at least nine years barring the period covering the first lockdown, Statistics New Zealand reported on Thursday. While the pace of the decline isn't yet sufficient to meet New Zealand's climate goals, it suggests we have well and truly bent the emissions curve and are on our (slow but steady) way to a net-zero economy.

Digging into the detail, the biggest drops were in electricity generation, manufacturing, and agriculture and forestry. Part of this is weather-related - its been a good year for hydro, so a bad year for coal and gas. But manufacturing emissions have dropped because major polluters have closed down (e.g. Marsden Point) or are cleaning up in response to (then-)high carbon prices. As for agriculture and forestry, in December 2022 we had had years of rising carbon prices, and so years of dirty inefficient farming being replaced by clean, efficient trees. Unfortunately transport emissions are still rising, but there's a clear policy path which should turn that around as well. And we're still well behind other developed countries, which have reduced their emissions significantly while ours have risen.

...which leaves us with the giant cow in the room. While agricultural emissions have dropped slightly, its not nearly by enough. we need real policy in this area, and the government's he waka eke noa bullshit won't cut it. Either we need to price agricultural emissions by including them in the ETS at the processor level, or we need to use a regulatory scheme of using the NAIT database to cap cow numbers and manage them down directly. The alternative is an unmanaged decline, as Fonterra destroys its own markets and the cyclones they cause destroy their production. Having actual policy seems less cruel.

12:00

Voice Referendum a step closer to an Australian republic "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

With Australia boasting one of the world's most progressive societies, the upcoming Voice Referendum is a chance to make history, writes Kaijin Solo.

THE STATUE of Alexander the Invincible was sighed upon in 80 BC for not having yet conquered the world.

Then, 1,998 years later, we finally ended the War to End all Wars in 1918.

Or so we thought.

Another 18 years later, this tumorous root belched forth its rancid strident rancour in the striated jugular, bulging eyeballs and pounding fists of Goerings Puppet, as Jessie Owens became the star of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.

We, still reeling from the numbness of a depression brought on by the fiscal gluttony of our Roaring Twenties, watched and did nothing as it spread through the body of Europe.

World War 2 started in 1939.

Six years later, the panic-driven scientific laboratory research compact brought on by the lust for the ultimate alternative to ammonia reached critical mass in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Nuclear was the new black.

Three years later, we declared our solemn intention to never do these things again when the newly formed United Nations General Assembly ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and created The Hague.

In 1948 the same year a distinguished officer of the Red Cross acting as a United Nations peace envoy was...

11:27

Elegant Evenings in Vegas: Discover Mature Escorts "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

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Remember its not just about the parties or the games. Its about the moments. The shared laughter, the engaging conversations, the quiet companionship under the Vegas night sky. These are the moments that make your...

10:53

TRT World interview on Israels judicial reforms "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

I joined International broadcaster TRT World to discuss Israels so-called judicial reforms which are (mostly) about protecting Jewish supremacy at the expense of the Palestinians.

The post TRT World interview on Israels judicial reforms appeared first on Antony Loewenstein.

10:12

The Race to exploit Critical Minerals amidst governance concerns in Zambia "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

The Race to exploit Critical Minerals amidst governance concerns in Zambia

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09:57

Protected: Land Ownership Makes No Sense "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

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09:56

Demanding IPEF timeline threatens to undermine open and inclusive process of negotiations "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

25 July, 2023: There has been increasing criticism of the process for negotiating the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) with the recent conclusion of the fourth round IPEF negotiations in Busan, South Korea which reported incremental progress.

The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) is a 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 in addition to commitments to improve human rights, labour rights and environmental standards in the region.

The US has set an ambitious timeline to conclude IPEF negotiations before the US-held Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in November. However, there are concerns that US pressure to quickly conclude IPEF is harming the transparency of the process, even for negotiators.

Increasingly limited stakeholder consultation

IPEF promised to be a new model of progressive trade arrangements which prioritises high labour, environmental and human rights standards. The rhetoric of IPEF has centred heavily on inclusivity and engagement during negotiations.

However, from the start of discussions, the US has prevented IPEF countries from revealing the negotiating texts until 5 years after the negotiations are completed. This is a year longer than for The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, a previous trade agreement widely criticised as opaque and corporate-dominated.

Despite the announcement of the substantial conclusion of pillar 2 supply chain negotiations in Detroit in May, the text of the completed agreement has still not been released. IPEF governments have not responded to calls from AFTINET and other civil society groups to release the text.

This marks a step back for both the negotiating text and concluded text. In 2016, negotiators did release the concluded text of the TPP at this stage to the public, showing that the...

09:06

Protected: Community Land Trusts can progress Georgist theory "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

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08:52

Protected: An Open Letter To King Charles III On His Coronation "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

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08:43

In which the pond is forced to listen to groaners groaning and bromancers whining, while stories erupt elsewhere ... "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

A day too late for the Major's Monday outing this week, but Media Watch has likely provided the Major with the topic for his next outburst and his ongoing war with the show ... though he was only MID, with chief attention paid to prize maroons of the Bolter and Rowan Dean kind, after a detour through the maroons at the WSJ ...

Meanwhile, on another planet ...

Greece is burning? The font of Western Civilisation that the reptiles like to wax lyrical about every so often? Do tell, the pond must check out how the reptiles are attending to the crisis ...

Nope, nothing to see there ... and yet...

08:00

Voting 'Yes' to the Voice is about more than just politics "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

Despite the limitations and shortcomings of the proposed Voice to Parliament, the 'Yes' campaign remains the favourable outcome, writes John Card.

IT'S NO SECRET that the many various groups and personalities on the activist Left in this country don't all see completely eye-to-eye on the impending Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum. While the far-Right gets to be unanimous in its frothing hatred of the Voice and its intent to vote No, most of us progressives have been forced to take a much more nuanced position.

The push for a Voice to Parliament started back in 2017, when the Uluru Statement from the Heart petitioned the Coalition Government for some sort of Indigenous representation to be enshrined in the Australian Constitution. The Uluru Statement was the culmination of years of meetings between hundreds of Indigenous leaders from all over the country, but despite not asking for more than a seat at the table in Canberra, then-PM Malcolm Turnbull called the Statement's proposed Voice not desirable and flatly rejected the idea.

Turnbull's successor, Scott Morrison, spent his time in office frequently and...

05:05

Australia fact of the day "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

Health officials have virtually eliminated HIV transmission in parts of Sydney that were once the centre of the Australian Aids epidemic, raising hopes of conquering a disease that has killed more than 40mn people.

HIV diagnoses in inner Sydney plunged 88 per cent from the 2008-12 average to just 11 cases last year, a decline on a scale never before recorded in a former Aids hotspot.

The results add to evidence that existing prevention strategies, including testing and pre-exposure drugs, are highly effective when implemented correctly.

Rapid progress towards ending Aids is possible. If trends continue, several countries in several global regions will reach the [UN] goal of a 90 per cent HIV incidence reduction by 2030, researchers said.

Here is the full FT story. As I have been saying people, you are living in a new age of biomedical miracles.

The post Australia fact of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

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00:15

Link "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

Don't just sing along to this song - make it real.

It's time for an genuinely inclusive Australia

VOTE YES in the 2023 national referendum!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh9DusRmM-0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kfFmwEgJPs

00:02

The Giants Film Screening - Bairnsdale "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

Bob Brown Foundation

Plant and Dance 2023 "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

Gippsland Intrepid Landcare

#WathaurongWay Campaign Launch "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

Wathaurong Aboriginal Co Op

Kurze Durchsage der FDP:Mehr Geld hilft nicht, sondern ... "IndyWatch Feed National"

Kurze Durchsage der FDP:

Mehr Geld hilft nicht, sondern schadet eher.

Das freut mich zu hren! Das heit ihr spendet jetzt euer Vermgen an Bedrftige?

Oh nein, warte. Es ging nicht um Abgeordnete. Es ging um die Kindergrundsicherung. Und DAS wei ja wohl JEDER, der noch nie ein Kind hatte: Wenn Eltern Geld zur Versorgung ihrer Kinder haben, dann ist das nicht gut fr die Kinder. Kinder sollten in Armut aufwachsen und Hunger leiden, sollten sich keine Schulbcher leisten knnen und am besten auch nicht ins Kino gehen.

Eigentlich sollte man das dann wohl machen wie frher. Ab in den Bergbau!1!!

Wie hat denn der Typ seine eigenen Kinder durchgebracht? Nun, er hat bei MLP "Finanzprodukte" "angeboten". Klar wei der dann nicht, wie das bei Leuten aussieht, die ihr Geld mit ehrlicher Arbeit verdienen mssen.

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Monday, 24 July

20:22

Should we delay the Voice vote? "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese should not abandon the Voice referendum at least not yet. But if the polls continue their present trend, he will have to seriously consider it.

The choice is stark. If the referendum is put and lost, a very sensible proposal and all of the exhaustive consultation with Indigenous people would be lost, never to be regained.

The anguish among Indigenous people, the vast majority of whom support the Voice, will be palpable.

Further, Australias international reputation would be tarnished. After the loss of the republic referendum, people outside Australia thought we were just silly. If the Voice goes down, they will think we are racist, no matter how many hands-on-heart denials from No voters.

That will mean some of our tourism industry will suffer. Plenty of foreign tourists come to Australia for natural beauty and ancient culture. They will be turned off.

The cost is simply too high to risk. That is a good ground for calling off the referendum if the polls point to defeat. At least the very good model can stay on the table for another day, even if it requires new enabling legislation later.

Without polls changing direction, there are also good Machiavellian reasons for calling the referendum off, but calling it off as late in the day as possible.

If the polls look poor and he does have the leadership quality to call it off, he will have to be a bit Machiavellian about it and rely on the dictum that the ends justify the means.

The referendum must be held between no earlier than two months after the Referendum Bill was passed and no later than six months. And it must be on a Saturday. The Bill was passed on 19 June. So, the latest date for the vote is 16 December.

There has to be 33 days for campaigning before the voting date. So, the writ for the vote must be issued (by the Governor-General on the advice of the Government) by 12 November.

If Albanese has not set the date for the vote by 12 November, the referendum is off. And if, on 12 November he sets a date for the vote, that vote can only take place on 16 December. If he wants it earlier, he must advise the Governor-General to issue the writ correspondingly earlier.

Albanese can just nominate any Saturday after 19 August without advising the Governor-General to issue the writ, and still call it off. But once he advises the Governor-General to issue the writ for his chosen day at least 33 days...

18:48

Nevil Shutes On the Beach warned us of nuclear annihilation. Its still a hot-button issue with a new play at the Sydney Theatre Company "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

ABC News The Conversation / By Alexander Howard, 23 Jul 23

.. the nuclear threat is still very much at the top of our collective mind.

The Sydney Theatre Company is staging the very first stage adaptation of Shutes novel On the Beach. And Oppenheimer, one of 2023s two most-hyped films, tells the story of the man referred to as the father of the atomic bomb.

Australias most important novel

Journalist Gideon Haigh calls On the Beach arguably Australias most important novel important in the sense of confronting a mass international audience with the defining issue of the age.

British-born Shute emigrated in 1950 to Australia, where he lived outside Melbourne. As well as writing novels, he worked as an aeronautical engineer.

The title of On the Beach whi...

18:46

AUKUS nuclear waste dump is the secret no-one talks about. So whatll it cost? "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

The $360 billion cost of AUKUS might be startling, but on top of that is another undiscussed figure: the cost of building storage for nuclear waste.

Crikey, DAVID HARDAKER, JUL 24, 2023

In late 2021, it came as a shock when Australia woke up to find that its government, under then-prime minister Scott Morrison, had secretly agreed to join the nuclear submarine club with old friends, the US and the UK.

The secret within that secret was that Australia would be responsible for the radioactive waste generated by its involvement in the AUKUS program. For the first time, Australia had signed up to construct a storage facility for high-grade nuclear waste, robust enough to last 1000 years.

Australia had never done it. Nor the US. Nor the UK. Was the iron-clad commitment to building a waste dump part of the deal struck by Morrison when he announced the AUKUS partnership? If so, he didnt mention it at the time. Nor was it mentioned by US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak or Australia...

18:44

Black Mist Memories "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

July 23, 2023 by beyondnuclearinternational

Aboriginal and veteran delegates tell Australian parliament the horrors of nuclear testing

By Gem Romuld, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Australia

In mid-June, four special people who know intimately the personal impacts of nuclear weapons testing, on physical health, mental health, and on the land, travelled to Parliament House in Canberra, Australias capital city.

The four were:

Karina Lester: Yankunytjatjara Anangu woman, senior Aboriginal language worker, ICAN Ambassador. Karinas late father was blinded by the Totem 1 nuclear test at Emu Field.

June Lennon: Yankunytjatjara, Antikarinya and Pitjantjatjara woman who survived the Totem 1 nuclear test as a baby. Her mother, Lallie, and brother Bruce, were recipients of compensation due to their ill-health, caused by radioactive contamination.

Douglas Brooks: was stationed at Monte Bello Islands as a serving member of the Royal Australian Navy in 1956. He was aboard HMS Alert when a 98 kiloton nuclear bomb was detonated just ten miles away, exposing him and the rest of the crew to the full blast of the explosion.

Maxine Goodwin: is the daughter of an Australian nuclear veteran, who became ill as a result of his involvement in the first atomic test in Western Australia. He passed away at 49, leading Maxine to a lifelong search for the truth on how the tests have affected veterans and their families.

The delegates brought their expertise and personal testimonies to speak with parliamentarians about recognition, respect, and repair, and to urge Australia to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

They spoke about the shock of witnessing a n...

18:42

The Empire Knows Its Pouring Ukrainian Blood Into An Unwinnable Proxy War "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

Thats right kids! Were turning Ukraine into an uninhabitable wasteland of death and dismemberment to save the Ukrainians

Caitlins Newsletter CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, JUL 24, 2023

In a new article titled Ukraines Lack of Weaponry and Training Risks Stalemate in Fight With Russia, The Wall Street Journals Daniel Michaels reports that western officials knew Ukrainian forces didnt have the weapons and training necessary to succeed in their highly touted counteroffensive which was launched last month.

Michaels writes:

The claim that western officials had sincerely believed Ukrainian forces might be able to overcome their glaring deficits through sheer pluck and ticker is undermined later in the same article by a war pundit who says the US would never attempt such a counteroffensive without first controlling the skies, which Ukraine doesnt have the ability to do:

America would never attempt to defeat a prepared defense without air superiority, but they [Ukrainians] dont have air superiority, the U.S. Army War Colleges John Nagl told WSJ. Its impossible to overstate how important air superiority is for fighting a ground fight at a reasonable cost in casualties.

Antiwars Dave DeCamp writes the following on the latest WSJ revelation:

Leading up to the Ukrainian counteroffensive, which was launched in June, the Discord leaks and media reports revealed that the US did not believe Ukraine could regain much territory from Russia. But the Biden administration pushed for the assault anyway, as it rejected the idea of a pause in fighting.

So the empire is still knowingly throwing Ukrainian lives into the meat grinder of an unwinnable proxy war, even as western officials tell the public that this war is about saving Ukrainian lives and handi...

18:41

If Everybodys Going to Join NATO, Then Why Have the United Nations? "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

Slowly, NATO is positioning itself as a substitute for the UN, suggesting that it and not the actual international community is the arbiter and guardian of the worlds interests, security, and values.

Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. by VJ Prashad, 20 July 23

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) held its annual summit on 1112 July in Vilnius, Lithuania. The communiqu released after the first days proceedings claimed that NATO is a defensive alliance, a statement that encapsulates why many struggle to grasp its true essence. A look at the latest military spending figures shows, to the contrary, that NATO countries, and countries closely allied to NATO, account for nearly three-quarters of the total annual global expenditure on weapons.

untries closely allied to NATO, account for nearly three-quarters of the total annual global expenditure on weapons. Many of these countries possess state-of-the-art weapons systems, which are qualitatively more destructive than those held by the militaries of most non-NATO countries. Over the past quarter century, NATO has used its military might to destroy several states, such as Afghanistan (2001) and Libya (2011), shattering societies with the raw muscle of its aggressive alliance, and end the status of Yugoslavia (1999) as a unified state. It is difficult, given this record, to sustain the view that NATO is a defensive alliance.

. NATOs increasing membership has doubled down on its ambition to use its military power, through Article 5, to subdue anyone who challenges the Atlantic Alliance.

The Atlantic Alliance, a phrase that is part of NATOs name, was part of a wider network of military treaties secured by the US against the USSR and, after October 1949, against the Peoples Republic of China.

This network included the Manila Pact of September 1954, which created the Southeast Asian Treaty Organisation (SEATO), and the Baghdad Pact of February 1955, which created the Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO). Turkey and Pakistan signed a military agreement in April 1954 which brought them together in an alliance against the USSR and anchored this network through NATOs southernmost member (Turkey) and SEATOs westernmost member (Pakistan). The US signed a military deal with eac...

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Ukraines Lack of Weaponry and Training Risks Stalemate in Fight With Russia "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

U.S. and Kyiv knew of shortfalls but Kyiv still launched offensive

WSJ, By Daniel Michaels, July 22, 2023

BRUSSELSWhen Ukraine launched its big counteroffensive this spring, Western military officials knew Kyiv didnt have all the training or weaponsfrom shells to warplanesthat it needed to dislodge Russian forces. But they hoped Ukrainian courage and resourcefulness would carry the day.

They havent. Deep and deadly minefields, extensive fortifications and Russian air power have combined to largely block significant advances by Ukrainian troops. Instead, the campaign risks descending into a stalemate with the potential to burn through lives and equipment without a major shift in momentum.

As the likelihood of any large-scale breakthrough by the Ukrainians this year dims, it raises the unsettling prospect for Washington and its allies of a longer warone that would require a huge new infusion of sophisticated armaments and more training to give Kyiv a chance at victory.

The political calculus for the Biden administration is complicated. President Biden is up for re-election in the fall of 2024 and many in Washington believe concerns in the White House about the wars impact on the campaign are prompting growing caution on the amount of support to offer Kyiv.

The American hesitation contrasts with shifting views in Europe, where more leaders over recent months have come to believe that Ukraine must prevail in the conflictand Russia must loseto ensure the continents security.

But European militaries lack sufficient resources to supply Ukraine with all it needs to eject Moscows armies from the roughly 20% of the country that they control. European leaders are also unlikely to significantly increase su...

18:39

Backgrounder on health consequences of nuclear radiation fallout and the Anthropocene "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

Mary Olson July 21, 2023

Since fatal cancer and some catastrophic impacts to pregnancy originate from damage to a single living cell, there is no amount of ionizing radiation that is safe. It is therefore extremely appropriate in terms of human and environmental health, that particles of plutonium from nuclear weapons fallout has been chosen as the marker for the new geologic epoch in which the dominant force acting on this planet is us.

The Anthropocene is, so far, a time of imbalance and disease, including destabilization of our climate, destruction of natural habitat sending extinction rates up and biodiversity down, made worse by dumping new toxic chemicals widely, polluting air, water and food. Radiation from nuclear fission adds the additional scrambling of genes and genomes.

Fallout warrants an update from the health perspective. The disproportionate impact of bomb radiation on women and girls is established, and particularly troubling given the global distribution of fallout particles. However, a new paper from Dr Alfred Krblein is the first to find the correlation of very large numbers of lives lost and fallout. Krblein reports the death rate of infants (live-birt...

18:36

Coalition attacks rooftop solar inverters in new scare campaign against renewables "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

Coalition attacks rooftop solar inverters in new scare campaign against renewables

18:35

Generation begins at first of biggest wind turbines to be installed in Australia "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

Generation begins at first of biggest wind turbines to be installed in Australia

18:35

Battery developers given extra month to bid for 2GWh of storage to fill coal gap "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

Battery developers given extra month to bid for 2GWh of storage to fill coal gap

17:43

GKP S5/E16 Cashless Banks, WEF Top 10 Emerging Tech Trends, Comm Games Cancelled "IndyWatch Feed National"

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vc9pt-146213a Gday Folks, Ethan joins me for this episode as Andy couldnt make it due to family commitments. Ethan and I tackle 3 main topics for this show and we keep our eye on the big picture as we observe whats being rolled out around us in the incremental creep towards the globalist technocractic agenda. []

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Fractures within the newly formed AUKUS 'alliance' "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

Not everyone is on board with the terms of the AUKUS arrangement, writes Dr Binoy Kampmark.

ANY SECURITY arrangement with too many variables and multiple contingencies, risks stuttering and keeling over.

Critical delays might be suffered, attributable to a number of factors beyond the parties concerned. Disputes and disagreements may surface. Such an arrangement is AUKUS, where the number of cooks risk spoiling any meal they promise to cook.

The main dish here comprises the nuclear-powered submarines that are meant to make their way to Australian shores, both in terms of purchase and construction. It marks what the U.S., UK and Australia describe as the first pillar of the agreement. Ostensibly, they are intended for the island continents self-defence, declared as wholesomely and even desperately necessary in these dangerous times.

Factually, they are intended as expensive toys for willing vassals, possibly operated by Australian personnel, at the beck and call of U.S. naval and military forces, monitoring Chinese forces and any mischief they might cause.

While the agreement envisages the creation of specific AUKUS submarines using a British design, supplemented by U.S. technology and Australian logistics, up to three Virginia Class (SSN-774) submarines are intended as an initial transfer. The decision to do so, however, ultimately resides in Congress.

As delighted and willing as President Joe Biden might well be to part with such hulks, representatives in Washington are not all in accord.

15:44

PODCAST: Dr Sophie Scamps talks #MackellarVotes still rising on #TransitZone "IndyWatch Feed National"

DR SOPHIE SCAMPS: INDEPENDENT MP FOR MACKELLAR | RSS.com JUST OVER A year ago, on 21 May, 2023, Australia experienced a seismic shift in its political landscape with a federal election that saw six community independents, six women, elected to parliament by defeating sitting Liberal Party members in affluent, blue ribbon seats in Sydney, Melbourne []

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Margo Kingston, Peter Clarke and Tim Dunlop come together to talk through the transitions and transformations happening in the world at the moment as we all deal with Covid-19 pandemic. With regular guests from a range of occupations and disciplines, with minds wide open, and a heartfelt desire to see the best of what is possible at this weird moment in the history of the world, we hope #transitzone becomes your alt podcast of choice.

#transitzone theme is by Ivan Clarke at Pang Productions.

14:48

Mainstream logic should conclude the Australian unemployment rate is above the NAIRU not below it as the RBA claims "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

Lets put ourselves in the shoes of a mainstream New Keynesian economist for a moment. We would never want to walk in them for long because our self esteem would plummet as we realised what frauds we were. But suspend judgement for a while because to understand what is wrong with the current domination of

14:16

Protected: The Great Australian Nightmare "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

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antifa notes (july 24, 2023) : jock, sunshine, gyms, geelong, nazis "IndyWatch Feed National"

1 Last week on Yeah Nah Pasaran! we spoke to Jock Palfreeman [Twitter] about the International Day of Solidarity with Anti-fascist Prisoners, July 25. Of particular note is the repression currently being faced by anarchists and anti-fascists in Belarus and Continue reading

13:46

Sydney University to dish out scholarships to foreigners "IndyWatch Feed National"

Your tax dollars at work. Youll be happy to know that the University of Sydney has just been granted permission to provide exclusive financial scholarships to students from the following countries: Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Tajikistan Azerbaijan Kyrgyzstan China India Pakistan Bangladesh Sri-Lanka Nepal Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam Myanmar...

13:32

Labour's self-inflicted wounds "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

"Justice Minister resigns after being charged over drunken car crash" was not what I expected when I heard the news this morning. And obviously it sucks for that Minister, and they clearly need help (and maybe to leave politics so they can have a normal life). But its also the latest in a long-line of completely self-inflicted wounds for Labour, which may end up being the death knell for its re-election chances.

Michael Wood, sacked for keeping his pecuniary interests hidden. Jan Tinetti, caught lying to parliament to cover her control-freakery. Stuart Nash, sacked for corruption. These were all completely voluntary and hence completely avoidable political wounds, the result of arrogance and stupidity. So is drunk-driving and refusing to accompany police to provide an evidentiary alcohol test. And the fact that this just keeps happening suggests there is something very wrong with the Labour team, and the behaviour it sees as acceptable.

Another self-inflicted wound is the refusal to promote anyone to Cabinet to cover the gaps left by the various resignations, meaning that core Ministers get overworked with additional portfolios - and important policy areas get neglected due to lack of Ministerial attention. Not that Labour is doing policy anyway - they're the government of doing nothing, and the proximity of the election means what little they do do is all reactionary bullshit made up in five minutes to neutralise a bad headline. But not having proper Ministerial oversight does not help, and is likely to lead to more unpleasant surprises in the future.

None of which bodes well for October. The equation for government under MMP is that you need around 48% after the wasted vote. For the left, that means the Greens need to bring 8% and Labour 40%. Te Pti Mori gives Labour a bit of wiggle room most years - and more than usual this year. But Labour still is not doing as well as required. If they end up on the opposition benches after October, they'll have no-one to blame but themselves.

13:04

Protected: Speculation, housing supply and prices "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

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12:55

Horrible, evil people. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Thanks to Andrew for the tip!

12:24

Everyone loses in Spain "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

Spanish voters went to the polls yesterday in national elections. And it looks like everybody lost, with neither bloc winning a majority.

The elections had been called early after the (former fascist) People's Party and (actually fascist) Vox had swept local elections, causing the Socialist government to panic. But in the end the PP and Vox could only muster 169 seats in the 350 seat Congress. Meanwhile, the Socialists and the left-wing Sumar managed 153. And in between there's a bunch of mostly Catalan and Basque regionalist parties, who both the main blocs hate. They're never going to vote for a PP/Vox government, given the latter's desire to eliminate their languages and end their autonomy - but the Socialists have broken the promises they gave to these parties to secure power last time, and started their campaign with an explicit "fuck you" to them. The gambit here will be the usual "are you really going to let fascists into government?"; the problem is that after years of mistreatment enabled by this bullshit, some of those parties might just say "fuck you" right back, and trust in the power to roll the government whenever they want to limit its abuses, rather than clearly worthless promises. Which is a high-risk strategy, and another way for everyone to lose.

If no government can be formed, then it will be back to the polls, just as happened in 2019. Given that the socialists called the election early for fear of a bigger loss if they waited, hopefully they'll have a strong incentive to avoid that result.

12:00

NSW Labor continues Coalition's contempt of koala conservation "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

Despite promises to do better than the previous government in protecting the state's koalas, NSW Labor has turned its back on the endangered species. Sue Arnold reports.

WILL THE New South Wales Labor Government save the koala?

Unfortunately, the answer is highly unlikely. Evidence points to a government no different in terms of koala protection than the previous coalition.

The most obvious evidence is the absolute failure to declare a moratorium on the proposed Great Koala National Park. In a pre-election promise, Labor Leader Chris Minns declared the establishment of the park was a priority if he won government. An undertaking that gave scientists, environmental organisations and community groups hope after years of battling the Coalition State Government over industrial logging operations in native forest koala hubs.

A touch of cynicism remained as the promise would be the third one made by the Labor Party.

Minns said:

When you see a situation where koalas have gone from not threatened to vulnerable to endangered to potentially extinct by 2050, weve got to take action.

Labors proposal would protect roughly 20 per cent of the states koala population, thus ensuring the species' survival.

Undeterred by Labors promise, Forestry Corporation (FC) plans show that over the next 12 months, 30,813 hectares of a total of 175,000 hectares of state forests that fall within the boundaries of the park will be logged.

Environment Minister Penny Sharpe refused to impose a...

11:46

How the Palestine laboratory impacted Chile "IndyWatch Feed National"

My new book, The Palestine Laboratory, opens with a personal story about the horrific Pinochet regime in Chile in the 1970s and Israels support for it.

Im therefore happy to see my book getting traction in Chile with this story in the local media:

On the 50th anniversary of the coup dtat [in Chile in 1973], the massacre that restored the oligarchic usurpation of Chile, it is decisive to hold Israel accountable for its participation in the Pinochet dictatorship and in the prolongation of its industry during the period of democracy. What involvement did Israel have in the dictatorship? We know that the coup was forged in the United States, which had the necessary support from Brazil, but it remains to elucidate the place that Israel had in this equation.

Read the whole story: Israel and Pinochet: About the 50th anniversary of the 1973 coup dtat The Voice of the Leftovers

The post How the Palestine laboratory impacted Chile appeared first on Antony Loewenstein.

The Mark of the BIS "IndyWatch Feed National"

Seven heads of Switzerland prior to 2023 elections (above) notice how they like to insert an extra, in this case the individual standing right at the back, above the Z in Zurich (below).

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Generally speaking, theres good reasons and bad reasons to oppose government projects, whatever they may be. And then sometimes, the reason itself lacks reason. Geoff Russell weighs in on the recent decision to block the construction of a nuclear waste dump in South Australia.

I recently emailed the Federal Court asking for a link to the registry of cases so I could find out the relevant details of the Kimba Nuclear Waste Repository legal case which got coverage in most kinds of media a few days ago.

Someone with one of those oxymoron job titles, a Client Services Officer, replied: Please provide a file number of your matter so the registry may further assist.

If I had the bloody file number, I wouldnt need to see the register.

Ive dealt with the legal system before in my life, and promised myself to strenuously avoid it in future. I come out in a rash within 100 metres of a courtroom. But bugger it, sometimes you really need to read the actual decision rather than rely on reports.

Happily, a second client services officer responded to my second request for information with a link to the judgement; a good place to start.

The non-reasons for the decision

The ABC report was ambitiously titled: Heres what we know about the Kimba nuclear storage facility decision. It reported that the area concerned had no native title but was a dryland wheat farm.

Its not clear if the Barngarla people understand why they won the case. The ABC reported:

The Barngarla people have a sacred site for women near Kimba, which they fear a facility would destroy.

The Seven Sisters Dreaming is through that area, Barngarla woman Dawn Taylor said.

The Guardian reported:

Its about listening to the First Nations people, the corporations chair, Jason Bilney, said after the ruling.

The lesson is about truth-telling. You can go on about the Voice, but its about listening to the First Nations people and here we are today and we prevailed and we won.

This case definitely wasnt about truth-telling. The truth is that radioactive minerals litter the Barngarla lands and this waste repository poses no risk whatsoever to any mythical beings or stories; both being impervious to radiation. And of course, all of the above gratuitous quotes were irrelevant to the actual legal case. You can read the full judgement here.

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09:34

How do you say schadenfreude in English? "IndyWatch Feed National"

09:14

Exposures are revealing the systemic and corrupt behaviour of the big four "IndyWatch Feed National"

Contributed by Joe Montero

First the PwC scandal and its fraudulent relationship to government. Now Deloitte is taking a hit as its similar toxic relationship with government is made public, thanks yet again, to whistlebower leaked documents.

The new scandal makes it clear that there is something wrong with the ways the consultancy giants operate and that this is systemic to the way they do business. The problem cant be written off as merely a case of a few bad apples. It demands an appropriate response from the government, and when this isnt coming, the rest of us gets to pay the price.

Consider the Deloitte case. Access to confidential defence documents was given, and they were used to help Deloitte line up lucrative government contracts. Deloitte was previously involved in the creation of the Robodebt scheme that is now recognised to have been illegal. Get the picture?

A third of the big four, EY or Ernst and Young as it used to be known, was the advisor to the Victorian government on the Commonwealth Games and central to the cost blowout from around $2.5 billion to almost $7 billion.

Image by erhui/IGetty

Fourth on the list is KPMG. This one might not have been caught out yet. But consider this. Its Australian division was fined $US450,000 in a United States court in 2022 for violations by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) over several years, in connection with its internal training program. They were found to have shared confidential information with their clients. Some of the other countries where KPMG has been found to have acted improperly are South Africa, Bangladesh, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and the Philippi...

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Federal Labor tightens procurement regs on consultancy firms, as PwC scandal deepens "IndyWatch Feed National"

With the revelations that large consultancy firm, PwC, had misused government information for commercial gain, The Echo asked local federal MP, Justine Elliot, whether she supports a royal commission into the consulting industry and to formally ban firms that breach legal and ethical standards?

According to www.theguardian.com, a former KPMG partner is asking for just that.

Misuse of government information

Another large consultancy, Deloitte, has also admitted misuse of government information.

Mrs Elliot told The Echo The Albanese government is horrified about the PwC revelations. Treasury has referred the matter to the AFP and it is currently under investigation.

As way of background, she says The Department of Finance has already taken a number of actions under the Commonwealth Procurement Framework to strengthen our systems following the disclosure of the PwC emails

Secretaries have been reminded that ethical behaviour must be taken into account as part of the value for money assessments which underpin decisions under the procurement framework.

PwC has been directed to stand down employees who were involved in, or had knowledge of, the tax matters from government contracts, until the Switkowski investigation is completed, and the department is satisfied that the direction can be lifted.

New clauses

New clauses will be included into the standard government procurement contracts to further strengthen the ability of the government to cancel these contracts in response to such behaviour in the future.

The post Federal Labor tightens procurement regs on consultancy firms, as PwC scandal deepens appeared first on The Echo.

08:00

OECD accused of pressuring Albanese Government to weaken tax evasion laws "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

A brawl over Australias tax collection policies has erupted between two giants of global economics, reports Alan Austin.

NOBEL PRIZE-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has launched a stinging attack against the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The dispute centres on current Australian anti-tax avoidance legislation.

Joseph Stiglitz is a professor of economics at Columbia University in New York and co-chair of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT). He was chief economist of the World Bank in the late 1990s and, before that, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers serving U.S. President Bill Clinton.

He has been quoted as an authority on fiscal policy many times by this column and features prominently in lists of economists who have affirmed the effectiveness of Australias stimulus response to the global financial crisis.

This column also frequently references the OECD as the body which coordinates economic policy among its 38 wealthy, capitalist member countries. It has a long record of advocacy for poverty alleviation and against tax evasion, and is an invaluable source of global economic data. (So it is somewhat bizarre to report on a clash between two highly venerated authorities.)

At the centre of this brouhaha is Australian legislation, passed last month with the daunting title:

Taxation Laws Amendment (Measur...
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07:56

In which the Caterist turns caring environmentalist and indigenous activist, the bro stays loyal to the far right, and a both siderist Major comes up with nada ... "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

So the poor old sodden English lost the Ashes because of climate change?

Oh wait, they've always been sodden and so this morning in Sydney, but lo, there among the 'leets of Holt street, a new vision arises from the ashes.

Behold, the Caterist turned caring environmentalist and concerned indigenous activist, giving a voice to the downtrodden. Not that Voice, but a voice of sorts, and the transformation is as wondrous and as transfixing as the late, barely remembered Lloyie of the Amazon... (last heard from on 19th April 2023).

Shade the eyes, because the transformation is likely to dazzle ...

To aid the Caterist in his deep environmental concern, the reptiles loaded up the piece with a set of huge photos. The pond is deeply bored by this gimmick from the reptiles' wreck of a graphics department and decided to get them out of the way in one go ...

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07:04

Inflation in focus this week "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

Inflation preview

By far the most anticipated data release this month will be the quarterly inflation figures for June, which are due to be released on Wednesday.

Australia's monthly inflation indicator has already eased back to 5.6 per cent over the year to May, having run as high as 8.4 per cent in December 2022.

The quarterly figures won't be as low as that, but they'll probably come in at around 6.3 per cent over the year to June, down from 7 per cent in March, and 7.8 per cent in December 2022.

So the direction of travel is pretty clear now.

Looking elsewhere around the developed world, the US inflation rate was just a nick under 3 per cent over the year to June, and in Canada the headline inflation figures had already fallen to 2.8 per cent.

Who knows, before long they may well be talking about deflation being a bigger risk!

The UK is a bit of an outlier, having experienced all kinds of bother related to trade friction (Brexit), exploding food prices (Ukraine war), energy bills (ditto), rampant immigration, and more.

But even the Brits have seen inflation drop from 11.1 per cent in October 2022 to 7.9 per cent in June, with the latest figures surprising to the downside.

Core quarterly or 'trimmed mean' inflation is set to continue its downtrend from 1.9 per cent in September 2022, to 1.7 per cent in December, 1.2 per cent in March...to around 1 per cent this quarter.

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06:00

Vale Peter McCawley "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

Australia and the Asia-Pacific region more broadly has just lost one of its most gifted development economists. Dr Peter McCawley, AO, died peacefully in Canberra, Australia, on 18 July, having had cancer for some time.

A person is obviously much more than their CV, but Peters CV is worth noting. Even just reading the first six items in his CV all written in Peters characteristic short, sharp, clear style tells us he was a person committed to international development and policymaking at the most senior levels, right from the beginning. His CV starts:

1972-1974 Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta 1974-1975 Economic Adviser to (then) Mr Bill Hayden, MP, Minister for Social Security and later Treasurer of Australia 1976-1985 Research Fellow (1976-80) and Senior Research Fellow and Head, Indonesia Project (1981-85), Dept of Economics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University 1986-1991 Deputy Director General, AIDAB; (1) Policy Planning and Management Division (1986-89); (2) Community, Commercial and International Programs Division (1989-91) 1991 Economic Adviser to Mr John Kerin, MP, Treasurer of Australia 1992-1996 Executive Director, Asian Development Bank, Manila (representing Australia, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Is., and Tuvalu)

And that is just a truncated version. Peters CV also includes being Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute in Tokyo; a visiting fellow in the Arndt-Corden Economics Division at the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific; a member of the Jackson Committee on the Review of the Australian Overseas Aid Program; economic adviser to the Indonesian Planning Agency, Bappenas; an adjunct professor at the University of Queensland; and a member of the board of The Asia Foundation. And so on.

He published seven books, including a history of the first 50 years of the Asian Development Bank which was translated into both Japanese and Chinese. Several of his economic books were written or co-authored in Bahasa Indonesia. He published over 30 articles in newspapers on development issues, and over 30 book reviews. He published 63 articles in journals and books, often in Bahasa Indonesia. The articles covered a wide range of topics, all with brisk, concise titles. To name just a few: The price of electricity in the Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies; Aid and poverty: how Australias aid program helps the poor; and Forty years of Australian-Indonesian relations: what have we learned?

But Peter was much more than a bureaucrat or academic author. He was a bridge-builder between Australia and the countries in our region. To illustrate, he once drew up a table on how rich countries and developing countries can view the same development challenge from almost totally...

05:21

Disaster and denial "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

I was looking at this picture of people (mostly tourists, it appears) fleeing massive fires in Rhodes, feeling despair about the future of the world

when I was struck by an even more despairing thought.
Almost certainly, a lot of the people in the picture are climate denialists. And even more certainly, they will mostly remain so despite this experience.

Australia was one of the first countries to experience massive fires clearly attributable to global heating. In December 2019, fires burned up and down the east coast for weeks. Most of our major cities were blanketed in toxic smoke.

The conservative government of Scott Morrison, which had scored a surprise election win earlier in the year, made of botch of dealing with the fires (Morrison himself secretly jetted off to Hawaii for a holiday) and played down any role of climate, ably supported by the Murdoch press. Despite this, the denialist National Party retained its seats in most of the worst-affected parts of the country at the next election.

Labor, which had gone to the 2019 election with a reasonably good climate policy, dumped it in favor of marginal tweaks to the governments non-policy. Since winning office in 2022, the Labor government has approved massive new coal mines and gas fields.

And theres nothing uniquely Australian about this. UK Labour is apparently considering winding back its climate policies on the basis of a mildly disappointing by-election result, and the denialist faction of the Conservative party is gaining strength.

Perhaps there is hope to be had somewhere, but Im not feeling it right now.

05:14

Monday Message Board "IndyWatch Feed Economics.au"

Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the sandpits, please.

Im now using Substack as a blogging platform, and for my monthly email newsletter. For the moment, Ill post both at this blog and on Substack. You can also follow me on Mastodon here.

02:21

Invisalign "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Any recommendations of a good place for Invisalign? How much it does cost usually?

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00:41

Beware The Silver Tongue "IndyWatch Feed National"

We see them on political campaigns, we hear about their impact as charismatic cult leaders, we have seen the footage of Hitler wielding his poisonous Silver Tongue and seducing every day people to agree to the most horrendous crimes against humanity using a fast paced hypnotic cadence, making the unimaginable hideously real.

And weve seen the documentary segments of Hillsongs Brian Houston compelling crowds to religious fervour, engaging with the same kinds of charismatic language and call to deep diving on the inside, in a fashion similar to how personal development GuruTony Robbins who bursts onto stage like a rockstar can make a stadium weep, laugh or cry and swipe their card$ for the next-level -sometimes all at the same time!

Silver Tongues.

When the Silver Tongue misuses, exploits or manipulates their gifts of language, charisma and charm they can leave devastation in their wake.

Weve seen how they can divide a country politically, convince their followers to agree to murder and suicide. Online they can charm...

00:15

A thought on the tardiness of a former prime minister....... "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Liberal Opposition backbench MP for Cook & former prime minister Scott Morrison does not appear to have returned to Australia as yet.

Having departed this country around 16-18 June 2023 and, studiously remained overseas for the tabling and publication of the damning Report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme, he is running out of reasons to continue to avoid his own and the national electorate in his 5th week of a holiday jaunt.

Both houses of parliament resume sitting on Monday 31 July so perhaps he will have found some courage tucked away along with a souvenir from the Acropolis in a pocket of his suitcase and will be back in Canberra by then.

A reminder of how unfondly he has been regarded for many years now.....

"Tell him" was a big hit for The Exciters in the 60s. Now I've just parodied it coz i really really think we should all contact the PMO and tell him exactly what we think of him. Write, email, call, txt. . Really. . Tell him. Tell him right now ... sorry Exciters pic.twitter.com/1RQ6yX3hr7
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23:43

Things I have learnt about flood insurance. "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

What is the difference between flood insurance that is unaffordable vs. a house that is uninsurable? Not much to a resident. Premiums are doubling, tripling or more since the 2022 []

The post Things I have learnt about flood insurance. first appeared on Westender.

20:30

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20:25

Russia Through the Looking Glass "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"

From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 16 No 5 (Oct 2022)

Russia gets into your blood. It got into mine when I studied Russian at the United Nations Language School in New York in the 1980s and 90s while working as a UN information officer, having already learned the basics when I was 19.

I can still hear our teacher Alla coming into the classroom and saying: Today, my dear students, we going to study our beautiful Russian verbs first the imperfective and then the perfective verbs. Who could fail to fall in love with Russian verbs with such a charming teacher? If you happen to read this, Alla, I send you a big wave.

But it was not onl...

20:25

The Tell-Tale Sign of the All-Seeing Eye "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"

From New Dawn Special Issue 18 (Dec 2011)

The symbol of the All Seeing Eye appears regularly among writings by conspiracy theorists. It is alleged the reverse of the Great Seal of the USA is a Masonic symbol and proves that Masonry helped found the United States of America.¹ It is also widely believed the All Seeing Eye is the symbol of the Illuminati,² and where the symbol appears that is evidence of a continuing Illuminatist influence.

While there is much exaggeration...

20:24

Australias Cosmic Capital: Canberras Geomantic Powers "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"

From New Dawn 194 (Sept-Oct 2022)

If you stand on top of Canberras Mt. Ainslie and look west, your eye will pass over the top of the War Memorial and run along the brown strip down the middle of Anzac Parade toward...

20:24

Primal Vision & Active Seeing "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"

From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 9 No 3 (June 2015)

It is almost impossible for modern man to understand how he can be blind. We see what is in front of our noses, and we could not see more even if we opened our eyes as far as they will go.

But there is another kind of blindness, which American philosopher and psychologist William James describes in his essay On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings. James recounts how he was being driven, in a buggy, through the mountains of North Carolina, and looking with revulsion at the n...

20:24

Josphin Pladan: How to Become a Mage "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"

From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 16 No 5 (Oct 2022)

We do not believe in progress or in salvation. For the Latin race, which goes to its death, we prepare a final splendour, to dazzle and gentle the barbarians who are to come. These words, published in Le Figaro on 2 September 1891 as part of an essay titled Manifesto of the Rose+Cross, heralded the major work of one of the most astonishing figures in the history of Western occultism a teacher and visionary wi...

20:24

"IndyWatch Feed Nsw" "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"

From New Dawn 190 (Jan-Feb 2022)

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20:09

XRP Sluggish: Unraveling The Factors Behind Its Gradual Weakening "IndyWatch Feed National"

The XRP community is struggling with a significant rise in profit-booking actions due to repeated attempts at smashing through the unbreakable $0.85 resistance barrier, resulting in a severe loss of traction for the Ripple altcoin price.

The market is now anxiously awaiting the answer to the crucial question: Will the bullish forces muster enough strength to defend the critical $0.70 support level? Investors are patiently waiting for a definitive response as uncertainty reigns, aware of the delicate balance at stake.

Following reports that the US Securities and Exchange Commission planned to appeal the recent legal verdict in favor of Ripple, XRP saw a substantial 12% fall against USDT on Binance. This appeal nullified the profits achieved during the significant spike in XRP and other altcoins brought on by the lawsuits successful resolution.

At the time of writing, the top altcoin was trading at $0.739, down 4.6% in the last 24 hours. Despite the hiccup, XRP managed to tally a 3.0% increase in the weekly timeframe, data from crypto market tracker Coingecko shows.

After hitting a barrier near the $0.85 level, XRP lost impetus, and on-chain signals indicate that whale investors may soon give in to the developing bearish trend.

RSI Shows XRP Losing Steam

The price of XRP decreased by 17% between July 13 and July 22. The partial victory for Ripple stoked excitement among XRP holders and drove the alternative currency to its regional high of $0.9375.

Its also important to note that XRP has yet to go very far despite a few falls over the past week as some traders took profits, with its support level still rising as of this writing.

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19:39

Bush birds whats about "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

While the days remain cold it does feel like we are slowly shaking off the winter chill, especially when the breeze is absent.

Sunday started bright and sunny and there were lots of bush birds to enjoy in the area around Bells Lane Track.

Along with those pictured here I recorded Eastern Spinebill, Crested Bellbird, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, White-naped Honeyeater, White-eared Honeyeater, Golden Whistler, Grey Shrike-thrush, White-throated Treecreeper, Flame Robin, Grey Currawong and Willie Wagtail.

Brown-headed Honeyeater, Muckleford State Forest, 23rd July 2023

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19:18

I'm with you Elon - long live free speech. "IndyWatch Feed National"

19:10

Stuff at Martin's "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

An old wire chair and a little bit of old Martin's stacks of artwork, papers and books

18:33

The up side of cold weather "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

OK, its cold. And a bit damp. On the other hand, any negative thoughts about this should be softened by the horrific reports were getting about heat waves in the northern hemisphere

Kalimna Park, July 19: the fungus might be an Inocybe species? The red stalks belong to the moss Polytrichum juniperinumJuniper moss.

And the good side is that mosses are abundantand beautiful, if youre prepared to get down and have a look. It seems the fungi season is on the wane, but theres still a bit about. Time to get out and have a crawl?

Kalimna north end, July 19: the moss is one of our most attractive: Dawsonia longiseta.

18:32

Promises, promises "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action wants your feedback on the draft of Victorias Bushfire Management Strategy, which will set the vision for bushfire management in Victoria for the next 10 years.

You can find the strategy here.

And you can make a submission here.

The strategy comes in three parts: people safety, conservation, and Aboriginal management.

Theres plenty of reasonable stuff in this document. Nothing wrong with this aim, for example:

To achieve genuine ecosystem resilience and positive nature conservation outcomes, the sector will integrate this improved understanding into decision making. This includes identifying and protecting environmental values and assets during on-ground operations and implementing on[1]ground programs to manage increased threats to environmental values (such as weeds and pests) resulting from the applied fire regime.

The problem with the document might be that there are too many future tense sentences in it. The sector will improve its knowledge of fire regimes The sector will continue to monitor The sector will ensure the scale of each target is appropriate The sector will supportadaptive management The sector willcontinue to improvewill optimisewill ensure And so on.

A reader already sceptical about the sectors monitoring and adaptive management record will not be impressed by the promise that things will continue to improve. Promises like this have been made for years, and its hard to be impressed by the results.

Lets recall the Auditor Generals 2021 report:

DELWP advised us that it cannot guarantee the protection of all threatened species given:

current funding levels
scientific constraints around how species respond to threats and actions to control these in the wild, particularly in a time of climate change
the long-term lag effects on Victorias biodiversity of over 200 years of colonisation.

Lack of funding, lack of knowledgeConservationists have been banging on about these things for years.

Still, if you have the time, it might be worth having a go. We recommend you ask, what is there in the strategy to guarantee that the funding levels identified by the Auditor General as inadequate will be brought up to scratch?

The consultation closes on August 20

18:00

Exactly what to say at every point of your job hunt "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"

From your rsum and cover letter to the interview and thank you note, there are a lot of opportunities to mess up on the road to your dream job. Here, weve gathered essential advice for what to say every step of the way.

When youre looking for a new job theres a lot to figure out: What information should you include on your rsum (and what do you need to trim)? Is a cover letter really necessary? What are the best answers to the most common interview questions? How should you prepare for quirky interview questions? And do you really need to send a thank you note?At Fast Company, weve been covering every aspect of the job hunt process for years, and one writer is behind many of our most popular job hunt advice: Judith Humphrey. Shes the author of the new book The Job Seekers Script, which pulls from five years of Fast Company articles.The first step, Humphrey says, is to focus your search, so that any job you apply for is exactly what you want. You dont want to waste your timeand everyone elsesby applying randomly for 400 or 200 jobs. This leads to considerable frustration and a lot of ghosting. She suggests that job seekers should ask themselves these six questions to make their job hunt more productive:1. Am I prepared to invest time?2. What are my skills and interests?3. Do I want a new direction?4. What kind of culture do I want to work in?5. What size company do I want?6. Will I be able to succeed there?

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17:41

Do not support cashless shops "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Cash on the way out By Lyndesy Symonds I do not support the refusal of legal tender cash. I do support direct action against businesses especially Big ESG corporates that are refusing cash transactions. MAKE THEM SUFFER. PAIN. First know before you buy is this a cash free business. You might have []

17:35

Things to do in Townsville? "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Im a 22 year old girl coming from melbs, will be there the 5th of august. Couldnt get tickets for the nrl so any other ideas what I can do? During the day or night? Specific events on that night? Where do the young people go? I land at 11am. Going magnetic island Monday so not that. Thank you

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17:00

Three poems by Louis Armand "IndyWatch Feed National"

17:00

POEM: Football folly "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"

This short story is an *IA Writing Competition (fiction category) entry.

your words will not seduce us

however hard you try

Tassie's travelled down this road before

and we've learned that words belie

the truth behind those statements

designed to soothe and satisfy

and that claim all kinds of benefits

like economic boons that just defy

all reason, common sense, and facts

it makes us roll our eyes and sigh

those attributes you say will flow

from this AFL team deal

and a brand new shiny stadium

that you insist is so ideal

because unless there is a stadium

there'll also be no team

AFL boss Gil has spoken, and

brooks no argument it seems

so this large and ugly stadium

for which you've sold Tasmania's soul

will have a billion dollar price tag

once costs spin beyond control

(which they will, thats just a given

no matter how much you cajole)

but youve dismissed public opinion

in the one and lonely poll

(the result not one you wished for

but instead a clear own goal!)

yet you still support this eyesore

that's been dubbed a toilet bowl

so like premiers before him Rockliff insists we have a fight

and the state is now divided because hes chosen to incite

the anger of the...

16:52

Brisbanes rainbow FU FIFA at Suncorp Stadium "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Destiny Rogers

Intentionally or not, Brisbanes Suncorp Stadium extended a giant FU FIFA when the stadium lit up in rainbow lights during last nights England v Haiti match. In early July, FIFA announced a ban on players at the Womens World Cup wearing the One Love armband in support of LGBTQIA+ rights. Of course, the organisation also ...

The post Brisbanes rainbow FU FIFA at Suncorp Stadium appeared first on QNews.

16:26

Why is Albanese disarming Australia by giving away our military vehicles? "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Letter to the Editor The Danish government reported the Russian nuclear fleet left port months ago and is now dispersed worldwide. China has its military and population on a war footing, their warship tried to ram-slice a US warship recently to start the conflict. UK, French, Canadian, Japanese and US defense forces are on alert []

16:04

US Republicans threaten to block AUKUS deal "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

By Anthony Galloway, The Age, July 21, 2023

Australias AUKUS submarine deal with the United States has hit a hurdle with Senate Republicans threatening to block the sale unless President Joe Biden boosts funding for the domestic production line.

Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday moved to block legislation which would enable the sale of US Virginia-class submarines to Australia.

Under the AUKUS deal, Washington was set to sell Canberra between three and five of its own nuclear submarines in the 2030s before Australia begins building a new class of boat with Britain.

But the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, senator Roger Wicker, said Biden needed to commit more money to guarantee we have enough submarines for our own security before we endorse that pillar of the agreement.

Wicker said Australias commitment of US$3 billion ($4.4 billion) for the US production line would not be enough to meet the needs of both countries.

The president needs to submit a supplemental request to give us an adequate number of submarines, he told US news outlet PoliticoR...

16:02

UK campaigners call on Australian PM to withdraw Kimba nuke dump threat "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

UK campaign groups opposed to nuclear waste dumps were delighted to hear that their counterparts in Australia, the Barngarla Determination Aboriginal Corporation, have just won their court case against the imposition of a similar dump on their Traditional Lands.

In a historic judgement given earlier this week (18 July), Her Honour Justice Charlesworth in the Federal Court of Australia handed down a decision to quash Federal Government plans to move nuclear waste from the reactor at Lucas Heights to an unwanted waste dump at Napandee near Kimba in South Australia. Justice Charlesworth charged government officials with pre-judgement and apprehended bias.

In March, the UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities joined Radiation Free Lakeland, Millom against the Nuclear Dump / South Copeland against GDF, and Guardians of the East Coast, which are local groups fighting plans to locate a so-called Geological Disposal Facility in either West Cumbria or East Lincolnshire, wrote a joint letter to the Australian Government to raise their international objections to the plan.

Our objections were that there was no need for such a dump as the facility at Lucas Heights has capacity to take the waste and that the rights to the land by the Traditional Owners were being wilfully and shamefully disregarded, contrary to international law, with the government giving no proper consideration to the position of the Barngarla.

The attempt to impose a nuclear waste dump is all par for the course in Australia with the ill-treatment of Indigenous Peoples by corporations, political elites and the military over nuclear matters having an established history, with First Nation territories ravaged by uranium mining or shattered by British atomic weapon testing.

Following the damning judgement, the four British organisations have today written to the Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese asking him to take the honourable and courageous course of action, withdraw the plan and leave the Barngarla in peace.

A copy of the letter and a message of solidarity will be sent to the Barngarla Determination Aboriginal Corporation. more https://www.nuclearpolicy.info/news/uk-campaigners-call-on-australian-pm-to-withdraw-kimba-nuke-dump-threat/

16:00

Luck Is Not a Strategy for the Ukraine, The Germans Take the Evidence-based Path. "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

We Chat with Nuclear Expert Dr. Paul Dorfman

Hot Globe, STEVE CHAPPLE, JUL 20, 2023

. HOT GLOBE: Its always bothered me that Saudi Arabia because of the Trump administration has now got access to the beginnings of nuclear power, and to a future nuclear bomb. The idea of selling small nuclear reactors around the world raises a pretty problematic point.

DORFMAN: Thats absolutely true. Saudi has made no bones about its nuclear ambitions and I mean its military nuclear ambitions. Saudi diplomats have said quite clearly that theyre looking towards Iran and that theyre seriously thinking about both civil and military nuclear. So theres a potential for an arms race, a military nuclear arms race in the Middle East region. Its actually even more bad news for the Middle East because in a proxy war if say, for example, Russian and America wanted to have a bit of a go and they didnt want to absolutely destroy each others country where would they be fighting their proxy nuclear war? The first region that comes to mind is the Middle East and Saudi and Iran.

The economies of small nuclear reactors depend absolutely on production to scale. Its been proven time and time again that in order to make any money at all, to break even on small nuclear production, you need to sell them abroad. Now, selling them abroad to whom, for what reasons? Youd be selling them to developing nations who may or may not have the capacity to regulate, to protect, to defend in depth, and so therefore you would be significantly expanding the potential for military nuclear risk whether that means a dirty bomb or further nuclear development.

HOT GLOBE: A slightly different question here, but Germany had ongoing nuclear plants and even though they were still producing electricity, theyve shut those down. That may be a little puzzling to some Americans. Can you explain that?

DORFMAN: First of all, what Germany does is evidence-based policy. Germany puts out its scientific, technological questions, its energy questions, to well-funded high level research units. They go away and do their research. They come back with their research. They give it to the government departments and then the government makes a decision. So its evidence-based pol...

15:20

Advocates welcome Labor policy platform but cautiously "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Destiny Rogers

LGBTIQA+ lobby group Just-Equal welcomes improvements to the Labor platform on LGBTIQA+ rights but cautiously. Just-Equal President Brian Greig says Labor must go much further. Draft Labor Platform Labor distributed a draft platform to delegates last week ahead of the partys 49th National Conference. The conference takes place at the Brisbane Convention Centre from ...

The post Advocates welcome Labor policy platform but cautiously appeared first on QNews.

15:00

My Place with Donna Robertson "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Donna Robertson loves helping those in need with food through her role as a food services manager at genU Business Enterprises. She speaks with Jena Carr about why she calls Geelong home.

What is your connection to Geelong?

I first came to Geelong in 1996 when I went to The Gordon for the schooling component of my chef apprenticeship. At the time, I was living up on the Murry River in Corowa, New South Wales.

I would come to Geelong seven weeks a year to complete my schooling. During this time, I made friends, and once I was a qualified chef in October 1999, I decided to move here and find work.

Over the past 23 years, I have worked in many Geelong hospitality businesses in various positions such as chef, catering and events supervisor, and assistant manager.

During this time, I have learnt many transferable skills that I now use every day in my current role as food services manager at genU.

What do you like about where you live?

Geelong is home for me, my husband and two sons, 13 and 9, who love it here. Although we dont have much family support here, we have a fabulous support network around us.

The boys play football and cricket locally in Highton and enjoy the beaches we are so close to.

What, if anything, would you change about where you live?

As much as I love it here, we need to do better in the inclusiveness space.

We need to offer more support to those in need, which includes the disadvantaged, homeless, ageing and disabled populations.

Where is your favourite place to spend time?

In the kitchen with my family, as I love creating new dishes with my boys. They both love to cook and explore new foods.

I am also known for creating amazing grazing boards for when friends and family visit.

What is something people may not know about you?

I lived and worked in London for two years, from 2005 to 2006.

What do you like about your work?

I love that every day is different and that we make a positive difference in peoples lives.

My current position at genU involves overseeing eight businesses, including four canteens, two cafes, a commercial catering kitchen and a food processing kitchen with my team.

We currently offer supported employment to more than 60 NDIS clients and 226 for all genU.

My day can start between 5am and 9am, and I could be in the kitchen making sandwiches or peeling potatoes on the floor.

The conversations you have with our staff are engaging and encouraging, and its great to help them set goals and watch them strive so hard to reach them.

Some goals might be as simple as making a sandwich or as bold as travelling overseas. I truly love everything about genU and what we do.

Is there anything else you would like to add?

It is really important to support local businesses. Local business means local j...

15:00

Aussie Climate Policy Fracture: States Push Back on Paying Carbon Offsets "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

"No one asked any of us": A federal plan for states to share the carbon offset cost of new gas field development has not been well received.

The post Aussie Climate Policy Fracture: States Push Back on Paying Carbon Offsets first appeared on Watts Up With That?.

14:48

World gym reviews and prices? "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Does anyone here go to world gym at Fairfield? I am interested to know what you think and what the price is like for membership

Thanks

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Looking to purchase all the Harry Potter novels if anyone wants to sell theirs :) "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

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14:30

Spain hits Apple and Amazon with $218 million combined antitrust fine "IndyWatch Feed National"

Apple's consolidation of its third party iPhone, Mac, and iPad resellers to Amazon has induced Spain's antitrust agency to levy a $218 million fine in total on the pair.

Spain's Comision Nacional De Los Mercados Y La Competencia (CNMC) announced in July 2021 that it was investigating if Apple and Amazon have unfairly colluded to "reduce competition in the Internet retail market for electronic products."

Specifically, the group was looking for proof of any deals that the pair made limiting sale of Apple products to Amazon itself. Two years later, it appears to have found the proof it was looking for, and has fined the pair 194.1 million euros in total.

"We reject the suggestion made by CNMC that Amazon benefits from excluding sellers from its market place, as our business model hinges precisely on the success of the companies selling through Amazon," Amazon said in a statement to Reuters on Tuesday morning.

Both Apple and Amazon have stated that the deal benefits consumers, protects buyers from fake products, and increases the number and magnitude of discounts offered to customers.

Of the 194.1 million euro fine, Apple was hit with 143.6 million, and Amazon 50.5 million euro. Both companies have already said that they will appeal the matter, and they have two months to do so.

Apple selling directly in Amazon began at the same time almost worldwide. The deal, which applied to the United States, United...

14:28

Government Expos Renewable Energy a scam! "IndyWatch Feed National"

It has been stated that the renewable energy business in Austalia is vital to the government's "economy", where it's primary obective is about the money and not the environment.

See the Amendment Bill:

within the link:

https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/billsdgs/AQN76/upload_binary/AQN76.pdf;fileType=application/pdf

See also, Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2002:

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r1601

Together with:

https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/bills/r1601_first-reps/toc_pdf/02148b01.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf

and:

https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/ems/r1601_ems_27b43006-8e98-4704-be94-f28660208165/upload_pdf/49939.pdf;fileType=applic...

13:01

Lent 2023 "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

In processing a slow exit from formal Christian religion I have returned to readings at Lent via a pastor friend in Melbourne posted on Facebook each year. I use the readings and his commentary as my own door into reflections on the scaffold and ideas and thrust of evangelical theology/interpretations of the Easter narrative and my ongoing reframing of this. These are a sample.

13:00

UK Frankie Valli show comes to Australia "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Winner of Londons Best Tribute for its celebration of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, UK show Frankies Guys comes to the Geelong Arts Centre on Friday, August 4.

Featuring some the West Ends best and brightest, with cast credits including musicals such as Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia!, We Will Rock You and Footloose, Frankies Guys offers a night of feelgood entertainment for all music lovers.

Australian producer Sam Klinger said the show was jam packed with hits, such as Oh What a Night, Sherry, Walk Like a Man and Cant Take My Eyes Off of You.

Their music really is timeless, and I think thats demonstrated by the fact that there was a cover of their song Beggin in the last year or so that made the top 40 charts, he said.

After touring the UK for 10 years, the show made its Australian premiere this week at Port Macquarie, which Klinger said was particularly touching for the casts British-Australian star Jonathan Whitlow.

Its the first time in a very long time hes been back in Australia, so we actually introduced a Frankie Valli Home.

Its really something special. I saw it for the first time (at the Port Macquarie show), and it actually evoked quite a bit of emotion for me.

Klinger said the audience had a blast at the first Australian show, and he looked forward to bringing it to audiences around Australia during the five-week tour.

While its a tribute show, its not one youre going to see down at the local pub; this is a theatrical, high-end concert, he said.

Theres lots of audience involvement, theyre very much part of the show, which is great.

For information and tickets visit geelongartscentre.org.au/whats-on/all-events/frankies-guys.

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12:55

They tried to make me go to rehab. I said yes, yes, yes. "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Its been three weeks since my below-the-knee right leg amputation, and for the first time, Im starting to feel a connection with my slightly different than before right leg.

Initially, I was cautious and treated it delicately to avoid causing any harm. But yesterday, something changedI began to feel like my leg was truly a part of me again, rather than something separate. Read the rest They tried to make me go to rehab. I said yes, yes, yes.

12:51

Self Portraits "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

12:00

Cold Cases, Part 1: Am I the Only Person Who Has Read Page 232? "IndyWatch Feed National"

(L) Debi Marshalls book Banquet (photo penguin.com.au), (R) Colin Manock (photo abc.net.au)

by Mary W Maxwell, LLB

As noted in my 19 July 2023 article, an international one-day conference was held in London on July 16, 2023. It was advertised as an SRA conference: Satanic Ritual Abuse, under the auspices of Jeanette Archer of the UK. (The speaker from Australia was Rachel Vaughan. She did not speak directly on the topic of satanism, using her 25 minutes instead to report her research into the deaths of abducted children.) The full 7-hour video of the conference is available.

Todays article will be short. The so-called Family murders, that took place in Adelaide from 1979 to 1983, are not a matter on which I have expertise. On the other hand, Im not stupid and I can see, as you can see, when something is just way off the mark. This article is written in reaction to page 232 of the book by Debi Marshall entitled Banquet, published in 2021.

The gist of the offending page, 232, is that one person who held an official post in South Australia in the 1970s, Dr Colin Manock, admitted to Debi Marshall that he knew the location of one of the murder...

11:00

Migration on the rise "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Regional migration is on the rise.

The combination of affordability, lifestyle, and a growing range of services on par with our capital cities is convincing more and more people to make the change.

Over the 12 months to March this year, Victoria attracted the largest share of metropolitan residents moving to regional areas.

More people left a city capital to call regional Victoria home (43 per cent) than all other states and territories, bar New South Wales, combined.

Geelong is at the forefront of this shift, which accelerated during the pandemic but shows no signs of slowing.

This social and economic boom has seen Geelong add the most jobs in larger regional Australia cities over the past three years.

Health care and social assistance, construction, professional and scientific services led the way in growing our jobs base by an average of 5.3 per cent per annum over this period.

This explosion has seen our population increase to about 280,000 people.

However, the trend of people moving to the regions and especially Geelong will only continue.

Within 20 years, we are forecast to top the major milestone of 400,000.

Managing this growth, and its associated impacts, is a challenge for all levels of government.

The jobs, the health services, transport network, childcare and education facilities, recreation and cultural experiences there is so much to consider.

But the first question people ask before considering moving somewhere is where will I live? It always starts with, and comes back to, housing.

Councils long-term Settlement Strategy aims to accommodate our coming growth through an even mix of greenfield development and urban infill.

The Armstrong Creek area is about one-third of its way to its potential population of 60,000.

After that, expansion in the next two decades will be directed to the Northern and Western Geelong Growth Areas.

Alongside this, there are many opportunities to create additional housing in existing suburbs.

Central Geelong is a major focus. The CBD will be a more vibrant and active area if more residents call it home.

Directing more medium and higher density housing stock around existing train stations is also a strategic aim.

We understand building controls will need to be in line with community expectations for their neighbourhood.

But having a higher concentration of people living close to public transport will limit traffic congestion, and provide more diversity in our housing market.

The addition of more apartments will be important for housing affordability, creating more entry points for people to purchase their own property.

Through consultation with local authorities and the community, we want to ensure a suitable mix of housing is available for existing and incoming residents.

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10:28

Congressional Concerns: Stalling Nuclear Submarines for Australia "IndyWatch Feed National"

Any security arrangement with too many variables and multiple contingencies, risks stuttering and keeling over. Critical delays might be suffered, attributable to a number of factors beyond the parties concerned. Disputes and disagreements may surface. Such an arrangement is AUKUS, where the number of cooks risk spoiling any meal they promise to cook.

The main dish here comprises the nuclear-powered submarines that are meant to make their way to Australian shores, both in terms of purchase and construction. It marks what the US, UK and Australia describe as the first pillar of the agreement. Ostensibly, they are intended for the island continents self-defence, declared as wholesomely and even desperately necessary in these dangerous times. Factually, they are intended as expensive toys for willing vassals, possibly operated by Australian personnel, at the beckon call of US naval and military forces, monitoring Chinese forces and any mischief they might cause.

While the agreement envisages the creation of specific AUKUS submarines using a British design, supplemented by US technology and Australian logistics, up to three Virginia Class (SSN-774) submarines are intended as an initial transfer. The decision to do so, however, ultimately resides in Congress. As delighted and willing as President Joe Biden might well be to part with such hulks, representatives in Washington are not all in accord.

Signs that not all lawmakers were keen on the arrangement were already being expressed in December 2022. In a letter to Biden authored by Democratic Senator Jack Reed and outgoing Republican Senator James Inhofe, concerns were expressed about the state of the US submarine industrial base as well as its ability to support the desired AUKUS SSN [nuclear sub] end state. Current conditions, the senators went on to describe, required a sober assessment of the facts to avoid stressing the US submarine industrial base to the breaking point.

On May 22, a Congressional Research Service report outlined some of the issues facing US politicians regarding the procurement of the Virginia (SSN-774) submarine for the Australian Navy. Should, for instance, Congress approve, reject, or modify DODs AUKUS-related legislative package for the FY2024 NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act] sent to Congress on May 2, 2023? Would the transfer of three to five such boats while pursuing the construction of three to five replacement SSNs for the US Navy have a net impact on collective allied deterrence? And should Beijing even worry, given some unequivocal remarks from Australian officials that they would not automatically use the US-supplied boats against them in a conflict involving Washington.

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09:45

Studio ink sketches "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Ink on encyclopedia pages [ 1950s Funk and Wagnell Encyclopedia]

09:32

ABC lifer Quentin Dempster flops out the race card. "IndyWatch Feed National"

The Voice is facing defeat even the Herald thinks so. Committed leftist and ABC lifer Quentin Dempster calls for an escalation: The left wants to frame voting NO as equal to racism. Its a dirty tactic. These people are getting really desperate.

09:02

What type of snake is this? "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

In garden at Goldsborough.

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09:00

Audis RS 6 is almost too much car "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Strewth! Audis RS 6 Avant is formidable. In fact, its almost too much car correction, wagon.

Its right up there in terms of the high-performance stuff that weve driven over the years and should not be underestimated.

I remember driving its little brother, the RS 4 Avant, on the track at Sydneys Eastern Creek, one hand on the wheel, drifting effortlessly around a left-hander.

It was an amazing experience and I can only imagine RS 6 would be even more rewarding driven flat out in an environment that can accommodate its performance potential.

Competitors include the BMW M5 and Mercedes-AMG E63 but they cost more and dont offer the practicality of a wagon. SUVs need not apply.

STYLING

Sitting low to the ground, with pumped out guards and fat rubber, the look is understated, but youd have to be Blind Freddy not to recognise this a vehicle that should be given a wide berth.

The wider single frame grille combines a black gloss finish with an RS-specific honeycomb structure, edged by arresting air inlets that sit below the standard HD Matrix headlights (with front and rear dynamic indicators).

Audi laser lighting technology further enhances the sophisticated lighting system by doubling the range of vision when travelling at speeds of more than 70km/h.

Distinctive 22-inch Audi Sport alloys are standard, with the striking red brake calipers and 285/30 series Hankook Ventus S1 Evo 3 rubber.

RS 6 Avant sits at the pointy end of the RS performance range, priced from $232,200 plus on-roads.

Its partner in crime, the RS 7 Sportback, which shares the same twin turbo V8 drivetrain, is another $8000.

Its a lot but still considerably less than the S8 that we drove recently (our Lotto car) which is a nosebleed $273,000 and not as quick.

Several option packs are also available, including a sensory package, the carbon and black styling package and the RS Dynamic package plus (with ceramic brakes and raised 305 km/h speed limit).

Our test vehicle was fitted with the $2900 RS Design Package, with $1700 Inlays in carbon twill and $700 gloss black Audi rings and badges, bringing the total price to $237,500.

Exterior highlights include the black exterior styling package, panoramic glass sunroof and metallic paint.

Inside, the cabin is upholstered in Nappa leather, while the RS sport front seats are finished in Valcona leather and feature full electric adjustment, heating and lumbar support.

Comfort items include convenience key, electric tailgate, electric/heated/folding mirrors, privacy glass, power-assisted door closure and electric steering column adjustment.

A selection of eight exterior colours are available with the addition of a new crystal effect paint in Sebring black, as well as a striking matt effect paint finish via Audi exclusive.

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09:00

Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Australian Army Exercise Sea Raider - More Amphibious Beach Landing and More Helicopter Action Around Bowen "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Over the first week of July 2023, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) conducted Exercise Sea Raider across the coast of North Queensland.

After completing Exercise Sea Explorer 2023, and a short stay at Townsville, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Canberra-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) ship HMAS Adelaide (III) (L01), along with the Bay-class landing ship HMAS Choules (L100), have again been in waters off Bowen. They have been the launching points for various amphibious landing exercises on the Bowen foreshore, as well as multiple helicopter insertions of personnel and equipment into the Bowen township.

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08:52

Electrify Bass Coast by Werner Theinert "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

First published in the Bass Coast Post*

Were currently in the midst of a worldwide renewable energy revolution which is also taking place in our own national electricity market. Because of our vast solar and wind resources, we have the opportunity to lead the world in developing a renewable energy economy.

One of the most influential figures in this revolution has been Saul Griffith, a Wollongong lad who recently returned to Australia after doing some amazing work in the USA. Hes one of the lead influencers in the recent release of the Inflation Reduction Act in the USA and the recent inclusion of renewables and hydrogen in both the state and federal budgets.

His book The Big Switch (about rewiring Australia) and his Quarterly essay The Wires That Bind (electrification and community renewal) are essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the future of sustainable energy in Australia. He explains where we are now, where we will be in the future, and what we must do to get there.

The two videos on the home page of his electrify2515 website are also a great introduction to understanding how we can reduce carbon dioxide emissions as a community, and how we can also save a lot of money on the way. For further details I would recommend the home page of the Rewiring Australia website.

The vision is to replace our current domestic gas-consuming appliances (when they require replacing) with more efficient renewables-powered electric appliances. For industry, the aim is to change over major industrial processes so that well be exporting green steel and green aluminium instead of iron ore, coal, bauxite and alumina.

When thinking about your next appliances, think about the total cost of the fuels you will use to power those appliances during their lifetime their true cost not just the upfront cost. The biggest savings come from efficient electric appliances using rooftop solar.

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08:42

Vic man Justin Males missing after Grindr date "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Destiny Rogers

Victoria Police would like to speak with a man Justin Males went on a Grindr date with earlier on the day he went missing, almost a fortnight ago. Justin Males went missing eleven days ago in Melton Victoria. Earlier that day, he hooked up with a date he met on Grindr. Justins best friend Amber ...

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08:02

Vale great man - Tony Bennett "IndyWatch Feed National"

"It's the care that creates the longevity." Remembering the legendary Tony Bennett today. #TonyBennett pic.twitter.com/ru8OVvRYgE American Masters (@PBSAmerMasters) July 21, 2023

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1895: Princesse Edmond de Polignac, Winnaretta Singer "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Destiny Rogers

In 1895, the Ladies Chitchat column of Brisbanes The Week newspaper reported that Princesse Edmond de Polignac, otherwise Winnaretta Singer of the sewing machine dynasty, intended to open a shop in Paris. Not, as the paper explained, because she needed the dosh. She is enormously rich. She was also a lesbian. Despite that, at the ...

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06:50

Kathryn Campbells Robodebt lies on video and her friendship with NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton "IndyWatch Feed National"

Kathryn Campbell, advisor to the AUKUS program on $900,000 per year, has been suspended for her role in the fraudulent Robodebt Scheme and is possibly facing criminal charges. Most people would not know []

05:55

What Path are you Walking in Life? "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"

In life, we often find ourselves at crossroads, faced with choices that shape our path. The ultimate question of which path to take, left or right, dark or light, is a deeply personal one. It is a question that speaks to our values, aspirations, and desires.

While there is no definitive answer, exploring this question can lead to self-discovery and personal growth.

One way to approach this question is through the concept of path analysis. Path analysis is a statistical technique used to evaluate causal relationships between variables.

It allows us to understand the direct effects of certain variables on others, helping us to uncover the factors that influence our choices and the outcomes they lead to.

In path analysis, models are often depicted from left to right, with independent variables on the left and the outcome variable on the right.

This visualization helps us understand the causal relations between different factors and how they contribute to the path we are walking in life.

It's important to note that the paths we choose in life are not always clear-cut. They can be influenced by a multitude of factors, including our upbringing, experiences, and personal beliefs. Sometimes, the path may seem dark and uncertain, while other times it may be filled with light and clarity.

Ultimately, the path we choose is a reflection of who we are and what we value.

There is no predetermined number of paths in life. Each individual's journey is unique, shaped by their own choices and circumstances. The paths we take can branch out in various directions, leading to different experiences and outcomes.

It is up to us to navigate these paths and make choices that align with our values and aspirations.

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03:54

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"

G20 Labour, Employment Ministers Asked to Embrace International Solidarity

By GNA

July 22, 2023

Mr. Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO), has called on G20 Labour and Employment Ministers to tackle skills gaps, invest in social protection systems, and embrace sustainable financing mechanisms for employment and social protection policies.

He also called for the closing of the growing fractures in the global labour market and reducing inequalities.

Mr. Houngbo made the call at the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting, which highlighted the need to sustainably finance social protection, to extend social security to more workers, including in the gig and platform economies, and to address the global skills gap.

The Ministers meeting, which was hosted by India and took place in Indore also, focused on three main topics: addressing the global skills gaps, extending social protection to platform and gig workers, and sustainably financing national social protection systems, according to a document made available to the Ghana News Agency.

At present, the global employment divide is deepening in the face of global shocks and risks, with low-income countries being left further and further behind, Mr. Houngbo stated.

To tackle this situation and to promote social justice, more global resources must be mobilized.

Initiatives such as the UN Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions play a pivotal role in generating the necessary technical and financial support.

Such endeavours need to be part of a broader reform of the international financial architecture to make more resources available for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the ILO Director-General said.

Mr. Houngbo spoke about the Antalya Youth target of reducing the share of 15 per cent of the young people who are most at risk of being permanently left behind in the labour market by 2025.

He said to tackle gender inequality in particular, action must focus on promoting m...

00:49

With Another Indictment Looming, Trump Makes Himself Feel Better on Truth Social "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"

Whats a guy to do when he is about to be indicted for a third (and possibly fourth time) for various coup-related crimes and is feeling kinda blue about it? Apparently, if that guy is a former president with severe narcissistic personality disorder, his own social media network, and a cult-like following, the answer is sharing memes that portray him as a messianic figure.

The eyes may be the window to the soul, but Truth Social is the window to what is going on in Donald Trumps head at any given point in time.

Right now, that window tells us that he is feeling mopey and is in serious need of validation. Therefore, if being re-Truthed by a twice-impeached president has been a dream of yours, then today might be a golden opportunity to cross that item off your bucket list.

Here is how: Head on over to Truth Social, create an account, and then either compare Trump to God or put down one of his opponents. Oh, and apparently it helps to pretend to be a member of QAnon.

Lets take a closer look at what will do the trick:

It is probably fair to say, and Two Corinthians would agree, that the former president is not a scholar of the Good Book. However, he loves it when people pray for/over him, and he has a basic understanding of the main plot. Therefore, if you want to be re-Truthed, do not make the mistake of comparing him to one of the minor biblical characters. Stick to the highlights.

The Back Story to Trumps Astonishing Strong Christian Lie

For example, on Friday night, the former president re-Truthed a post saying actor and QAnon fave Jim Caviezel...

00:15

Coastal Emu numbers continue to dwindle in the Clarence Valley due vehicle strike and human population pressures "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Coastal Emu attempting to cross Brooms Head roads in the Lower Clarence Valley, NSW. IMAGES: The Daily Telegraph, archival photographs

Clarence Valley Independent, 19 July 2023:

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Saturday, 22 July

23:09

Avcair (Avgunn) LearJet 60 Bizjet VH-OLJ at Rockhampton Airport - Plus More! "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

An aircraft we haven't seen in Central Queensland for quite some time in the form of Avcair (Avgunn) LearJet 60 bizjet VH-OLJ was noted visiting Rockhampton Airport over the weekend.

It looked to arrive from Archerfield on Saturday 15 July and then return there on Sunday 16 July.

Meanwhile, also on Sunday 16 July, Hughes Aviation (Hughes Pastoral Group) (Gympie) Pilatus PC-12//47E NGX VH-8HP was noted departing Mackay Airport for Miranda Downs before it then flew to Mount Isa and Lake Nash. During the afternoon it flew from there to Emerald Airport and Keeroongooloo.

LifeFlight (Aeromed) Canadair CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 bizjet VH-OFB "Ambulance 624" landed at Mackay Airport from Cairns and Townsville before then flew down to Brisbane. Sistership, VH-OFC "Ambulance 634" visited Rockhampton Airport from Brisbane early on Saturday 15 July.

While also on Sunday, Sydney-registered Robinson R44 II helicopter VH-YEO flew up from Tyagarah to call into Hervey Bay (Fraser Coast), Rockhampton and Mackay Airports before finishing the day at the Whitsunday Airport at Shute Harbour. It looked to have departed Sydney on Saturday 15 July.

UPDATE! Over the subsequent days, VH-YEO has ended up flying through Far North Queensland and on to Darwin.

Property Maintenance Australia P/L Pilatus PC-12/47E VH-WJA departed Hamilton Island Airport for Dubbo. It had arrived from there last Sunday 9 July.

Victoria-based Cessna 402C VH-ZMG flew up from Scone and Tamworth to Emerald Airport before it then continued to Cairns.

And making its first visit into CQ, new Wettenhall Air Service new Textron (Cessna) 525 CitationJet M2 VH-8RT flew up from Tocumwal to Roma Airport and then Ayr.

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22:47

Helicorp (Toll) Leonardo S.P.A. Helicopters (Agusta) AW139 Helicopter VH-XIU Takes to the air from Rockhampton Airport as "Rescue 902" "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"

Late on Sunday 16 July, Helicorp (Toll) Leonardo S.P.A. Helicopters (Agusta) AW139 helicopter VH-XIU "Rescue 902" took to the air from Rockhampton Airport to complete a flight to Camp Growl within the Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA) and back to Rockhampton Airport.

It then flew back to Camp Growl and stayed there.

The Agusta has been deployed there in support of the upcoming joint Military Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023.

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22:15

Syria: UN expert condemns 'snatching' of boys in SDF-run camps "IndyWatch Feed National"

Syria: UN expert condemns 'snatching' of boys in SDF-run camps

Fionnuala Ni Aolain is the first UN expert to gain access to Al-Hol and Al-Roj camps which hold approximately 56,000 people from 57 countries

Areeb Ullah Sat, 07/22/2023 - 13:15

A girl looks on while holding a water container as members of the Syrian Kurdish Asayish security forces inspect tents at the Kurdish-run Al-Hol camp (AFP)

A United Nations expert said hundreds of boys are being "snatched" from their mothers in camps controlled by the Kurdish-run Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the northeast of the country, warning the practice was causing irreparable harm and violated international law.

Fionnuala Ni Aolain, UN special rapporteur for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, is the first UN expert to gain access to the Al-Hol and Al-Roj camps.

Speaking after a six-day trip to northeast Syria, Aolain said the "cradle to the grave detention" of children broke international law and was taking place without any "legal procedure".

"The thing I will say that concerned me the most and my team the most as we visited northeast Syria was the mass indefinite and arbitrary detention of children, particularly boys, in various types of facilities," said Aolain.

"This systematic practice of enforced separation... is in clear violation of international law."

The independent UN rapporteur said she had met women and children from Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Pakistan, Russia, the United Kingdom, the Unit...

22:00

Your Precoiner Friends Might Not Understand The Problems That Bitcoin Is Solving "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"

This is an opinion editorial by Mickey Koss, a West Point graduate with a degree in economics. He spent four years in the infantry before transitioning to the Finance Corps.

It may seem counterintuitive, but in my last four years serving for the U.S. Army, Ive essentially been a customer service specialist, whether its addressing pay issues in the military pay office as a commander, or addressing travel or budget questions as a comptroller in an operational unit.

Of late, Ive found myself asking more questions of the customers than theyve been asking of me. Ive come to realize that many people dont really understand the problems they are experiencing. And, because of this conundrum, the questions they ask me when seeking assistance may not yield an answer that actually solves those problems. Ive come to realize that a large part of my job has become uncovering the actual problems, so that I can fix them at their roots.

Therein lies a common thread Ive found with orange pilling and teaching people about Bitcoin. Much like the soldier who approaches me, asking a question that doesnt quite make sense, your friends and family may be asking you strange questions as well without a real understanding of what problems Bitcoin is trying to solve.

As stewards of the Bitcoin space and de facto ambassadors to our circles of acquaintance, I see the Bitcoiners role as similar to that of a customer service professional. People dont understand the monetary system, let alone the problems they face within. (Insert the potentially-overused analogy about asking a fish about water here.)

Instead of answering questions blindly and taking them at face value, I challenge you to dig a little deeper next time. Help your curious friend understand what they are asking. Help them uncover the issues they didnt know they cared about. Help them ask the right questions. Otherwise, they may never get their problems solved.

This is a guest post by Mickey Koss. Opinions expressed are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of BTC Inc or Bitcoin Magazine.

20:36

Bucks Party! "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Planning a bucks party in cairns for late august. Any locals like to point me in the right direction for activities? PM is open for advice from locals but open to suggestions! Going to be a few days on the bend.

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Early signs "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Some early season competition for breeding territories.

The Black-fronted Dotterel is a smaller bird than the Red-kneed Dotterel but can more than hold its own in disputes. Both species breed on the local wetlands, including the Red Gum swamps of the plains.

Flame Robins will be heading to higher altitudes shortly. The individual pictured here has traces of orange on the throat, possibly an immature male.

Black-shouldered Kites are sitting on eggs at present. This bird is not in full adult plumage yet but appeared to be tending a nest in a large River Red Gum.

Black-fronted Dotterel calling, Moolort Plains, 22nd July 2023

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18:51

#townsvilleshines "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

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18:40

This sacred site is protected by the mob below "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

This mob would not be remotely interested in the Voice or the elite running it. They know from the past experience of ATSIC and countless Aboriginal bodies and corporations nothing will change. All they want is sit down money to buy more VB.

18:21

Watch your kids please "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

If you come with your kids to the skatepark, supervise them and don't let them get into the bowl of they're just going to walk around, please, we're a bit tired of this, this is not a playground.

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17:14

The 1975 Malaysia show stopped over same-sex kiss "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Destiny Rogers

A set by the 1975 at a Malaysian music festival came to an abrupt end last night after frontman Matty Healy criticised the countrys anti-LGBTQ+ stance and kissed bassist Ross McDonald. Scroll down for the vids. The 1975 performed six songs at the Good Vibes festival before Matty Healy stopped and apologised for accepting the ...

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17:05

Down at the Strand "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

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16:45

Lane closures on Mount Ousley Road "IndyWatch Feed Allstate"

The left-hand northbound lane will be closed for one-kilometre from the New Mount Pleasant Road intersection to allow crews to carry out repair work.

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The Race to exploit Critical Minerals amidst governance concerns in Zambia

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Aboriginal and veteran delegates tell Australian parliament the horrors of nuclear testing

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