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Post by ponto on Jul 19, 2021 20:17:07 GMT 10
Poor planning for a climate change extreme heat storm, while selling power to other states knowing a crisis was looming.
Glossing over the whole story with a blanket statement of blaming renewables doesn't paint the whole picture and that renewables are quite viable and the ,cheaper option.
As also what happened with previous rolling power blackouts in California, before renewables, blackouts were created by companies like Enron to drive up prices...happens when utilities are privatised.
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Post by Gort on Jul 20, 2021 13:22:01 GMT 10
Meanwhile, The Age poll confirms that voters wish a pox on both houses but most think the Coalition will win the next election ... When voters are asked to name the party and leader they believe are best to handle the COVID-19 challenge, 37 per cent name the Coalition and Morrison while 25 per cent name Labor and its leader, Anthony Albanese. Voters have cut their primary vote support for the Coalition and their net performance rating for Morrison, who is down from 8 per cent to minus 1 per cent. But there is no victory parade for Albanese. Labor’s primary vote has fallen and his net performance rating is down from minus 13 to minus 16 per cent. The frustration with Morrison brings a frustration with Albanese. If voters think the Prime Minister is not performing, they expect the Opposition Leader to do better. Or go harder. So the gap between the two leaders has barely changed: Morrison still leads as preferred prime minister, 45 to 24 per cent. www.theage.com.au/national/resolve-political-monitor-20210322-p57cvx.html
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Post by matte on Jul 21, 2021 22:01:03 GMT 10
According to former Labor strategist, Bruce Hawker, the Minister for Health is like a door-to-door vacuum salesman talking about the wizz bang numbers, but when they plug it in it doesn't work.
Full comments in the above video.
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Post by ponto on Jul 21, 2021 23:03:16 GMT 10
Yep ScoMo and et al suck as salesman.....
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Post by Gort on Aug 24, 2021 13:07:42 GMT 10
Coalition gains on pandemic management as Morrison holds ground, Labor vote fallsVoters have swung to the Coalition and backed Prime Minister Scott Morrison on key personal measures, lifting the government’s primary vote from 38 to 40 per cent amid a debate about when to end lockdowns. The government has gained ground among voters on its response to the pandemic and management of the economy, while Labor has seen its primary vote fall from 35 to 32 per cent.The findings are part of a new survey that shows 46 per cent of voters prefer Mr Morrison as Prime Minister compared to 23 per cent who favour Labor leader Anthony Albanese, with another 31 per cent undecided and the results barely changed over the past month. The Resolve Political Monitor, conducted for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age by research company Resolve Strategic, finds the Coalition has recovered some support from voters on policy issues as the same time it increased its primary vote. “This extends the Coalition’s primary vote lead to the highest in our 2021 tracking so far and equal to the 2019 election lead,” said Resolve director Jim Reed.Support for the Greens was steady at 12 per cent while support for independent candidates rose from 7 to 10 per cent and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation fell from 4 to 2 per cent. The Coalition’s primary vote has returned to the level that won it the 2019 federal election, new research from the Resolve Political Monitor shows. CREDIT:FAIRFAX MEDIA Asked about which party and leader were best for the country, 37 per cent named the Coalition and Mr Morrison while 21 per cent named Labor and Mr Albanese. This is compared to a gap of 36 to 25 per cent one month ago. Labor lost its lead on policies where it appeared to gain ground in previous months. On healthcare and aged care, for instance, 30 per cent named the government and 29 per cent named Labor. That compared to 30 per cent and 35 per cent one month ago. On the environment and climate change, 24 per cent named the government and 21 per cent named Labor as best to manage the policy area. This was a change from 23 per cent and 24 per cent and was part of a trend of three consecutive surveys showing Labor was losing its lead. Asked how they rated Mr Morrison performance in recent weeks, 46 per cent of people said it was good and 46 per cent said it was poor, with 8 per cent undecided. After rounding to the nearest decimal place, this produced a net result of minus 1 per cent, the same as one month earlier. Asked about Mr Albanese, 28 per cent said his performance was good and 47 per cent said it was bad, with 25 per cent undecided. This produced a net rating of minus 19 per cent, down from minus 16 last month. www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/coalition-gains-on-pandemic-management-as-morrison-holds-ground-labor-vote-falls-20210823-p58lan.html
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Post by Gort on Sept 19, 2021 22:58:57 GMT 10
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Post by caskur on Sept 20, 2021 15:28:48 GMT 10
Before people can vote they should pass an aptitude test.
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Post by pim on Sept 20, 2021 16:42:17 GMT 10
Quis custodet ipsos custodes? - as they used to say down in the Coliseum …
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Post by Gort on Sept 21, 2021 12:47:22 GMT 10
The one thing you should remember when reading polls and political researchBy David Crowe September 21, 2021 — 11.30am Labor leader Anthony Albanese made a series of political gains when winter arrived this year and was able to build the party’s core support to the point where he had a winning edge over Prime Minister Scott Morrison. The Labor primary vote rose from 33 per cent in April to 35 per cent in May and 36 per cent in June as Australians waited for vaccines to arrive while coronavirus case numbers grew and lockdowns came into force in Sydney and Melbourne. Polls and political research capture a moment in time. They do not predict election outcomes. This was a winter of discontent for Morrison. The Prime Minister enjoyed very strong approval ratings in May, thanks in part to $74.6 billion in outlays in the budget that month, but his net performance rating tumbled from 15 points in May to 8 points in June.Morrison’s net rating went negative in July. It fell to minus 1 point that month and stayed there in August. Those who rated his performance as poor suddenly outnumbered, just, those who thought he was doing a good job. Those twin trends have stopped. The latest Resolve Political Monitor shows Labor has lost those gains, with its primary vote falling from 32 per cent in August to 31 per cent this month. It shows Morrison has recovered some of his personal support, with a net performance rating of 4 points, positive once again.Most of the changes in the September survey are small. The survey of 1,606 voters has a margin of error of 2.5 per cent, which means a change of one percentage point is not a trend. But the results tend to confirm the setback for Labor that began in August and continued in September. Morrison has no reason to be complacent. A net performance rating of 4 per cent is not a ringing endorsement from voters, even if he holds a clear lead over Albanese as preferred prime minister, 45 to 26 per cent.This is the sixth Resolve Political Monitor since The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age began the new survey in April in order to bring more competition to political polling. The story of those six surveys is about Labor gaining and then losing ground, based on the same methodology each month. One of the most important Resolve findings, the Labor primary vote of 31 per cent, is lower than some other surveys. This week’s Newspoll, for instance, estimated the Labor primary vote to be 38 per cent. The Roy Morgan poll had Labor on 35 per cent last week. The most recent Essential Research result on primary vote was several months ago, making it difficult to compare. Many Labor supporters are sure their primary vote is closer to 38 than 31 but they have been too sure about their success before. They have won the opinion polls and lost the elections. The Labor primary vote was 33.4 per cent at the 2013 election and rose to 34.7 per cent at the 2016 election before falling back to 33.3 per cent at the 2019 election.The Resolve survey uses a different methodology to others. There is no “undecided” category because Resolve asks voters to nominate their primary votes in the same way they fill in their ballot papers for the lower house at an election. This means the final Resolve tables do not exclude the “uncommitted” group, which can be about 8 per cent of all respondents. There is no “uncommitted” cohort. Respondents have to choose an option. This may also explain another feature of the Resolve findings. Support for minor parties and other candidates is 30 per cent in the latest survey. This includes the Greens, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, independents and others. It also includes 3 per cent support for the United Australia Party, run by mining magnate Clive Palmer. This is the first time Resolve has put the UAP to respondents by name as an option for their primary vote. Other surveys have slightly lower figures for the minor parties, independents and others. This group was about 25 per cent in last week’s Roy Morgan poll and this week’s Newspoll. One other big difference with the Resolve surveys in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age is the decision to report primary vote rather than simplify the outcomes into a two-party preferred result after calculating preferences. The six Resolve surveys so far this year suggest Labor and the Coalition are close in two-party terms. They are so close, in fact, that it can be misleading to suggest one side is “winning” a poll. The outcomes have been tight in each survey, within the margin of error of 2.5 percentage points. Political polls only capture a moment in time. The latest Resolve survey does not predict the next election. What it shows, however, is that Labor has been unable to maintain the gains it made in the first months of winter.www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/the-one-thing-you-should-remember-when-reading-polls-and-political-research-20210921-p58tgi.html
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Post by Gort on Sept 25, 2021 10:31:26 GMT 10
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Post by Gort on Oct 3, 2021 23:32:42 GMT 10
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Post by ponto on Oct 6, 2021 18:55:19 GMT 10
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Post by ponto on Oct 6, 2021 19:46:38 GMT 10
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Post by pim on Oct 6, 2021 23:12:24 GMT 10
Morrison Confused By This New ‘Taking Responsibility For Actions’ Thingwww.theshovel.com.au/2021/10/01/morrison-confused-by-this-new-taking-responsibility-for-actions-thing/The Prime Minister has looked on at Gladys Berejiklian’s resignation with bewilderment, wondering why on earth she would stand down simply because of something she’s done. “It seems a bit over the top,” the PM said in his media conference today. “I mean, by that measure, Greg Hunt wouldn’t have a job because he failed to order vaccines in a global pandemic. Josh Frydenberg would be out the door just because he misjudged budget spending by $60 billion. Christian Porter wouldn’t be contesting the next election because he was accused of rape and took $1 million from an unknown source. He said it set an unrealistic precedent. “It really throws away all parliamentary conventions. Where do you draw the line? Does Barnaby Joyce have to quit politics because he’s been accused of sexual harassment? Does Angus Taylor have to stand aside because he used a falsified document to discredit a Lord Mayor? Does the Aged Care Minister have to be accountable for hundreds of avoidable deaths in aged care facilities last year? I mean, really. “Next thing you’re going to tell me that I should take responsibility for the fact that, as Prime Minister, I didn’t do anything to build quarantine facilities to stop COVID-19 being re-introduced in Australia. It’s all very, very odd. But each to their own I guess”.
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Post by Gort on Oct 7, 2021 11:11:53 GMT 10
The headline might cheer the Labor luvvies ... but don't get too carried away ... check out poor old Albo's negative rating. Don't dismiss the popularity ratings, they matter. As the election draws closer and the polling gets tighter, as it always does ... that popularity rating comes into play in the end. Albo requires a hell of a lot of improvement in that rating. Voters in NSW and Victoria cut support for Scott Morrison’s CoalitionBy David Crowe October 7, 2021 — 5.00am Voters in the nation’s two biggest states have cut their support for the Coalition since the last election in a setback for Prime Minister Scott Morrison despite a rebound for the government in Queensland over the past three months. Primary vote support for the federal government has fallen to 40 per cent in NSW and 37 per cent in Victoria amid a series of disputes over the response to the pandemic, down from 43 per cent and 39 per cent at the last election. Federal primary voteBut Labor has also lost ground in the two states since the election, down from 35 to 32 per cent in NSW and 37 to 35 per cent in Victoria, in a sign that some voters may have shifted their allegiance to smaller parties and independents until closer to the election.The exclusive results compile responses over the past three months from 4820 voters in the Resolve Political Monitor conducted for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, producing estimates with a margin of error of 1.4 per cent. “Scott Morrison’s personal ratings have slid over the last three months nationally but are better outside the cities, in Queensland, among older people and males, and in several cases have bucked the overall trend,” said Resolve director Jim Reed. Labor leader Anthony Albanese has also seen a drop in his personal ratings in the biggest states and remains behind Mr Morrison as preferred prime minister nationwide, with a gap of 45 to 25 per cent over three surveys in the quarter to the end of September. “Mr Albanese has done little to improve his preferred PM rating and has dropped on personal performance,” Mr Reed said. “That’s particularly marked in Queensland, suburbia and among males, which is exactly where Mr Morrison is doing best.” Victorian voters have marked down Mr Morrison over the past three months amid regular disputes between Canberra and the states over vaccine supplies, economic support and hospital funding. Asked to rate Mr Morrison’s performance, 42 per cent of Victorian voters said it was “good” in the September quarter, down from 49 per cent in the previous period. The number who rated him “poor” rose to 50 per cent from 41 per cent. But Victorians consider Mr Morrison their preferred prime minister over Labor leader Anthony Albanese, by a margin of 41 to 27 per cent during the last three months, even though the gap has narrowed from a result of 47 to 25 per cent in the previous quarter. Popularity raceAsked to rate Mr Albanese’s performance, 30 per cent of Victorian voters said it was “good” in the September quarter, down from 32 per cent in the previous period. The number who said it was “poor” rose to 47 per cent from 44 per cent. NSW voters also cut their support for Mr Morrison over the three months amid the disputes over economic support including calls from Premier Dominic Perrottet, then the treasurer, for the restoration of the JobKeeper wage subsidy. Asked to rate Mr Morrison’s performance, 47 per cent of NSW voters said it was “good” in the September quarter, down from 56 per cent in the previous quarter. The number who said it was “poor” rose to 46 per cent from 35 per cent in the previous quarter. But NSW voters consider Mr Morrison their preferred prime minister, giving him a lead of 46 to 26 per cent over Labor leader Anthony Albanese during the last three months, even though the gap has narrowed from a result of 50 to 24 per cent in the previous quarter. The exclusive results reveal the gains for the Coalition and Mr Morrison in Queensland over the past three months, although the government’s relative strength in the north may not be enough to offset the challenges in the southern states. The trend in Queensland has lifted the government at the same time Mr Morrison takes on its Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk over health funding, accusing her of a form of extortion by using the pandemic to demand more federal money. The government’s primary vote in Queensland remains below the 44 per cent result at the last election but rose from 39 in the June quarter to 42 per cent in the September quarter. Mr Morrison has also improved his standing among Queensland voters, who consider him their preferred prime minister by 51 to 18 per cent over Mr Albanese, at the same time he lost ground in the southern states. Asked to rate Mr Morrison’s performance, 54 per cent of Queensland voters said it was “good” compared to 49 per cent who said the same in the previous quarter. The number who said it was “poor” fell slightly to 38 per cent compared to 39 per cent, with the rest undecided. The results meant Mr Morrison had a net positive rating of 16 percentage points among voters in Queensland (after rounding to the nearest whole number) compared to a positive rating of 1 percentage point in NSW and minus 8 in Victoria.
When Queensland voters rated Mr Albanese, 25 per cent considered his performance to be “good” while 52 per cent said it was “poor” – a setback for the Labor leader compared to results of 31 per cent and 46 per cent the previous quarter. This meant Mr Albanese had negative performance ratings in the three big east-coast states: minus 26 percentage points in Queensland, minus 17 in Victoria and minus 13 in his home state of NSW.The quarterly analysis draws on three Resolve Political Monitor surveys conducted over the past three months. While the monthly results have been published previously, the analysis of the quarterly total allows for a larger sample size and smaller margin of error in compiling figures by state or by gender. Like the monthly surveys, the quarterly analysis shows stronger support for independents and other candidates than shown at the last election. The primary vote results at the last election were 41.4 per cent for the Coalition, 33.3 per cent for Labor and 25.3 per cent for all others including the Greens, One Nation, smaller parties and independents. The Resolve results for the September quarter suggest 39 per cent support for the Coalition, 33 per cent for Labor and 28 per cent for all others. Mr Reed said this could reflect several factors including the rise of the United Australia Party set up by mining magnate Clive Palmer and led by former Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly. A bigger factor, he said, could be that voters have chosen to “park” their votes with others and independents to suggest a protest vote against major parties or indecision over their support. www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/voters-in-nsw-and-victoria-cut-support-for-scott-morrison-s-coalition-20211006-p58xtj.html
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Post by Gort on Oct 13, 2021 10:15:56 GMT 10
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Post by Gort on Oct 13, 2021 11:29:13 GMT 10
Speaking of Space ... Little ol' Australia is going to help build a Lunar rover. Australian-made rover to help establish a human base on the moonBy Rob Harris October 12, 2021 — 11.30pm Australia will play a key role in establishing a sustainable human presence on the moon after striking an agreement with the United States’ civilian space program for a locally made rover to be part of future missions. NASA is aiming to return humans to the moon as soon as 2024 to build a strategic presence at the Artemis Base Camp – a permanent outpost at the lunar south pole – which will pave the way for long-term scientific activity as well as the first human mission to Mars in the 2030s. An artist’s impression* showcasing how an Australian-made rover could contribute to a bigger international exploration program on the moon. * You should see them do James Cagney. The federal government will support Australia’s leading businesses and researchers to develop the semi-autonomous robot through its $50 million trailblazer program. The robot will be sent to collect lunar soil that contains oxides and, using separate equipment, NASA will aim to extract oxygen from the soil. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the mission would contribute to growing the nation’s economy, with an opportunity for Australia to succeed in a global space sector that is forecast to be worth more than $1 trillion by 2040. “This mission to the moon is just one exciting way that we can create opportunity and jobs for the future, and our government will ensure Australians reap the benefits,” Mr Morrison said. “By 2030, we want to triple the size of our space sector – adding $12 billion to our economy and creating up to 20,000 new, high-skilled jobs – providing more opportunities for Australians and industries.” Under the agreement, NASA will fly the rover to the moon as early as 2026, provided it meets a range of conditions during its development. Greater collaboration in space will form another part of the new AUKUS security pact between the US, Australia and Britain, with any future military action to rely on satellites for communication, navigation and weapon guidance. A Space Threat Assessment report from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, a national security “think tank” based in Washington, recently warned of Russia’s increased testing of anti-satellite weapons and China increasing its space capabilities. Australia was among the first partner countries to join NASA on international co-operation with the signing of the Artemis Accords in October last year. The accords are grounded in the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 and establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration co-operation among nations. They aim to increase the safety of operations, reduce uncertainty, and promote the sustainable and beneficial use of space. The federal government has invested more than $700 million in the civil space sector since July 2018, supporting core industries including manufacturing, robotics, engineering, mining and resources. The Australian Space Agency opened its Adelaide headquarters last year. While Americans first walked on the moon’s surface more than 50 years ago, explorers only spent a total of 16 days on the lunar surface. The missions were all in the equatorial region, in an area less than 100 kilometres in size on a lunar surface area that is the size of Africa. Head of the Australian Space Agency, Enrico Palermo, said the mission would demonstrate the Australian industry’s world-leading skills and experience in remote operations, drawing from expertise in the resources and mining sector. “Australia is at the cutting-edge of robotics technology and systems for remote operations, which are going to be central to setting up a sustainable presence on the moon and eventually supporting human exploration of Mars,” the former Virgin Galactic chief said. “This agreement will leverage our expertise in remote operations to grow our space sector here at home, while developments that come from preparing for space will make sure our resources sector keeps powering ahead too.” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the agreement would serve to strengthen the long-time relationship between the US and Australia in areas related to space exploration, which dates back more than half a century ago to the Apollo program. “By working together with the Australian Space Agency and our partners around the world, NASA will uncover more discoveries and accomplish more research through the Artemis program,” Mr Nelson said. www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/australian-made-rover-to-help-establish-a-human-base-on-the-moon-20211012-p58z8j.html
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Post by ponto on Oct 13, 2021 20:14:42 GMT 10
And some responses. Richard Marles MP Clive Palmer has lost this time - but we know he’ll never stop attacking this country. Why do Scott Morrison and the Liberals keep siding with him? Margaret Struthers An absolute disgrace that Scumo (allowed by his LNP fellow politicians) used taxpayer funds to help support Palmer's self-seeking legal case against WA. I hope all Australians remember this when considering their vote at the next Federal elections. Sandra Hobbins To me many people have run down Public Housing or no home at all and these selfish people are wasting millions where are these Millions going can you imagine how many homes they can build ir repair what gives them the right to go ahead to take this money Daryl Easdown ScoMo would sell his mother for a dollar if it would somehow reflect badly on Labor Patrick Gorman MP Another loss for Clive in his sick obsession with attacking WA. Western Australia will never forget that Scott Morrison chose to back Clive Palmer instead of us. www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-13/taxpayers-spend-1-million-high-court-clive-palmer-… See More And my response...what a fucknut prick Palmer is...no wonder the coalition love him....all conservatives are pricks including their fan base.
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Post by Gort on Oct 15, 2021 21:27:37 GMT 10
Yeah baby! All Australians able to travel overseas from November, says Morrison as he lifts travel banPaul Karp Fri 15 Oct 2021 18.42 AEDT Qantas is bringing forward the resumption of international flights as a result of the announcementAustralians will be permitted to leave Australia and return from 1 November, prime minister Scott Morrison has announced. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP Australia’s outbound travel ban will be lifted from 1 November in a move triggered by New South Wales announcing an end to quarantine for fully vaccinated arrivals. On Friday, the prime minister, Scott Morrison, told reporters in Sydney that from November “we will be allowing Australians, permanent residents and citizens and their families, to leave Australia from wherever they live in Australia and return”. Although vaccinated travellers will be able to arrive in New South Wales without quarantine, Morrison noted arrivals will still be capped in other states “because of the vaccination levels in those places”. In response, Qantas has moved forward the resumption of international travel by two weeks, announcing it will operate up to five return flights a week from Sydney to London and up to four a week from Sydney to Los Angeles from 1 November. The end of the outbound ban will encourage airlines such as Singapore Airlines to fly passengers out of other Australian capital cities which have maintained inbound flights for cargo only. Singapore already runs 17 flights into Sydney a week but only seven – one a day – have passengers. The airline will now be able to sell inbound tickets for all flights to returning permanent residents, citizens and their families, and outbound flights too. “Singapore Airlines will open sales on its [1 November onwards] flights between Singapore and Sydney for eligible customers from 16 October,” the company said in a statement. Singapore Airlines regional vice president, Louis Arul, said Friday’s announcement was “a welcome sign that Australia is beginning its journey to reconnect with the world”. Nevertheless, travellers leaving Australia will face uncertainty about which aiports they can return to, other than Sydney, and when other states will follow NSW’s lead on quarantine-free travel. Victoria is the most likely to do so when the double-dose vaccination rate reaches 80% in early November. Vaccinated travellers arriving in NSW will need a pre-flight Covid test. Unvaccinated passengers will be capped at 210 arrivals a week, who will still undergo two-week hotel quarantine. In a statement, Qantas said flights to destinations including Singapore, Fiji and Vancouver are still scheduled to commence from 18 December 2021 with other destinations to restart in the new year, but the airline is looking at bringing forward travel to some additional destinations from Sydney. Qantas flights from Melbourne to London, Los Angeles and Singapore and Brisbane to Los Angeles and Singapore are due to resume on 18 and 19 December. The Qantas Group chief executive, Alan Joyce, said “bringing forward the reopening of Australia to the world … is a massive step towards life as we knew it”. “In just a little over two weeks, Australians around the world can fly into Sydney and people from around Australia can leave on trips they’ve been waiting almost two years to take,” he said. The indefinite ban on non-essential outbound travel introduced in March 2020 has proved one of the most controversial anti-coronavirus measures, separating families due to its combination with strict hotel quarantine caps on return to Australia. But due to a generous system of exemptions, more than 170,000 Australians were authorised to leave Australia in the first 15 months of the ban. The policy led to complaints of double standards and that those allowed to leave – including former prime minister Tony Abbott – were crowding Australians seeking to return out of hotel quarantine places. In June, the federal court rejected a challenge to the ban brought by rightwing thinktank Libertyworks. www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/oct/15/australians-will-be-able-to-travel-overseas-by-november-as-scott-morrison-lifts-travel-ban
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Post by ponto on Oct 21, 2021 10:12:18 GMT 10
Yes the government will open up ending restrictions and a 4th wave of covid will hit the people, creating new super mutant delta sub variants as is the case in the UK where cases are spiking with a sub variant as BoJo opened too early insuring that mutant covid will carry on 2022 and 2023.
ScoMo defending Porter highlights the serious lack of transparency in government, as with NSW Gladys Berejiklian and the elite secret club of backers and rorters, the lack of transparency in government is undemocratic and criminal and will end badly, like Trump and his shenanigans, its time for the ScoMo government to go...no if's or buts.
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Post by Gort on Nov 9, 2021 10:18:22 GMT 10
Not such an easy election for Labor: Unpopular leader; low interest rates; high household savings; low inflation; low unemployment; wages starting to rise at long last. Net zero 2050 now a draw. Vaccination a success. Next year is going to be tough for Albo.
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Post by ponto on Nov 12, 2021 6:47:58 GMT 10
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Post by Gort on Nov 12, 2021 23:08:44 GMT 10
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Post by pim on Nov 21, 2021 9:53:05 GMT 10
I can’t claim to have put this together … but I wish I could!
(With apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan.)
I am the very model of a Coalition superstar, with “double-speaking” strategies a feature of my repertoire, a singing, dancing cavalcade of somersaults gymnastical, assisted by deceptions that are totally fantastical.
My backflips, so they tell me, are incredibly sensational, and studied by young Liberals who find them educational, for I can take the truth and make it purely hypothetical, manipulating facts until they’re simply theoretical.
I wouldn’t call it lying, misdirection or hypocrisy, it’s just the Morrisonic understanding of democracy, where what I say and do should never undergo much scrutiny, for that could lead to voters entertaining thoughts of mutiny.
I’ll weaponise religion if it means that I can win again, for God won’t let me scatter all my messianic spin in vain, while what we’ve seen in Melbourne is a campaign opportunity to showcase both my faces for election day immunity.
The Palmer-Kelly voters and the PHONies are excitable, their jingoistic fervour being instantly ignitable, so I can steal their ballots, saying Labor is the crappiest, while I’m the daggy-dad man who will make them all the happiest.
“Technology, not taxes” is my global warming master-plan, a cunning bit of subterfuge I hope will be no faster than a geriatric snail that moves so slowly it’s quite comical, while all my fossil-fuelling mates make profits astronomical.
The rollout of the Pfizer was at first a liability, but now I’m changing history so I’ve no culpability, and pointing to the future as a time of great prosperity to guarantee my name becomes a legend for posterity.
As long as doing nothing is perceived as quite defensible, and staying out of people’s lives is seen as very sensible, I reckon I’m a certainty when we get round to polling day, so I can be Hawaii-bound and have another holiday!
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Post by ponto on Nov 21, 2021 10:03:16 GMT 10
That famous poet Anon...?
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