'Fixated' Friendlyjordies case brings us closer to a police state
The formation of a Fixated Persons Unit and the exploitation of its power is another example of excess in political law enforcement.
A PM running on Trump time risks getting left behind by Biden
Biden sees action on climate as a key plank of restoring international respect for the US.
Joe Biden had no time for the PM’s attempt to chart a middle course on climate change and pointedly avoided a one-on-one meeting with Morrison. It was not the greatest snub an Australian leader has faced from a US president on climate change. Barack Obama, who Biden served as vice president, famously embarrassed Tony Abbott when the Liberal prime minister hosted the G20 summit in Brisbane in 2014. Obama used a speech to students at the University of Queensland urging Australia to step up on climate change.
The Spin
“The President has a busy schedule at these meetings, and he was very generous with his time,” Morrison explained to reporters on Monday. “And we also had the opportunity to speak one on one to each other at that meeting as well and afterwards.”
When Morrison was asked if he agreed with the G7 that climate change was, indeed, an existential threat he waffled: “Well, of course, we heard today from David Attenborough and I mean, the science on these matters, we understand all very well. And what is more important now, as I’ve been saying for some period of time, the destination is clear. I’ve made it very clear that we are moving towards net zero.”
Morrison hedges at the risk of alienating Biden because the National Party won’t support net zero. As the Nationals Senate leader Bridget McKenzie told Alan Jones on Sky News this week: “We will not let our people be put under the bus to chase some fake ambition to appease overseas masters.”
Here in Australia, it seems we still want to run on Trump time.
Top private schools build up multi-million dollar investment portfolios
Australia’s richest schools have hundreds of millions invested in the stock-market reaping big financial returns while also receiving more than $600 million a year in government funding.
When your not a private school
On August 23 1966, Vincent Lingiari and his fellow Aboriginal stock workers walked off the Wave Hill cattle station in the Northern Territory. Their action, in pursuit of fair working conditions, wages and land, was supported by unions across the country, and lasted nine years – the longest in Australian history.
No comments:
Post a Comment