The latest fortnightly Essential Research poll includes the pollster’s monthly leadership ratings, which finds Scott Morrison’s approval down one to 57% and disapproval up four to 36%, while Anthony Albanese is respectively steady on 39% and up one to 36%. Morrison’s lead as preferred prime minister is at 48-28, narrowing from 50-24 last time. The pollster’s regular question on the handling of COVID-19 gives the federal government its weakest result since the beginnings of the series in March last year, with its good rating down five to 53% and its poor rating up six to 24%.
The trends for the leadership ratings are COVID-19 questions are worth noting: the former can be found at BludgerTrack, which no longer registers a recovery for Morrison after his slump in May, but also now records Anthony Albanese in net negative territory for the first time; the latter is shown in the chart of the Essential Research series below.
However, it’s not just the federal government that Essential Research finds to be down from its earlier peaks on COVID-19 management: the Victorian government’s good rating is down 15% amid the state’s latest lockdown to 48% (the federal government is also down 15% in the state, to 42%), and recent results for the other state governments are all down around six points from where they were at the start of the year, ranging from 65% for Queensland to 75% for Western Australia.
The poll also finds 40% view the federal government less favourably than they did a year ago, compared with 25% for more favourably and 35% for the same; 43% of the view that the vaccine rollout is being conducted efficiently (unchanged since April), 67% that is is being done safely (up four) and 54% that it will be effective at stopping the virus (up two); and 55% agreeing the Victorian government is raising valid concerns about the federal government’s vaccine rollout performance compared with 45% for the alternative option that it is seeking to shift the blame.
The poll was conducted Wednesday to Sunday from a sample of 1104. This being Essential’s first result since the launch of the Australian Polling Council code of conduct, it comes with a separate disclosure statement containing detail of the poll’s response options for voting intention, from which we learn that state and Senate voting intention questions were included even if we may never see the results, and that the poll is weighted for age, gender, location and party identification (a somewhat contentious practice in the latter case).
https://www.pollbludger.net/2021/06/09/essential-research-leadership-ratings-and-covid-management/comment-page-19/#comment-3623989
Canada was able to hold an in camera session of their parliament during the Iran Hostage Crisis to authorise the issuing of fake Canadian passports to US diplomats.
We could do something similar if we had to.
Chutzpah Boer: there might – and I emphasis might – be 16 operational Chinese ICBMs of the type you described. It doesn’t take a genius to realise that the Chinese would rather have them trained (each with 6-8 warheads) at North America than wasting any of them targeting Australia. Similarly the Chinese only have 6 to 8 ballistic missile subs and again it doesn’t take a genius to work out the priority would be to supplement the ICBMs trained on North America with intermediate ballistic missiles also trained on North America.
That means that secondary targets – like Australia and china’s neighbours – will be targeted by shorter range missiles.
So what is fanciful exactly about china taking advantage of, perhaps even manipulating, an internal political crisis in our near neighbours of that creates an opportunity to base the shorter range missiles that it has in abundance in its arsenal?
Even without the ‘helpful’ intervention of China or Russia, with over 1 million Australians working overseas before Covid (and one assumes similar numbers into the future post pandemic), with Australian economic assets also strewn across the globe, the need to have as a capability, the ability to deploy lethal force waaay beyond our immediate territorial boundaries AND to do so rapidly and in secret is obvious.
While you don’t trust the likes of Morrison, that’s the calibre of politician that our democracy seems to throw up. Some requirement of a mandatory joint sitting isn’t necessarily going to improve the decision making process concerning the extra territorial use of lethal force, but hamstringing the ability of the government of the day to do so, may well make things worse. Imagine for a moment of Khrushchev thought that JFK could not act militarily during the Cuban Missile Crisis without first getting congressional approval (which is actually what the US Constitution requires): that little game of geopolitical poker would have ended very very differently. If our potential adversaries knew that it would take weeks of insipid debate before we could act decisively to protect our citizens and external assets we would be a sitting duck for all sorts of shenanigans.
Chutzpah Boer: there might – and I emphasis might – be 16 operational Chinese ICBMs of the type you described. It doesn’t take a genius to realise that the Chinese would rather have them trained (each with 6-8 warheads) at North America than wasting any of them targeting Australia. Similarly the Chinese only have 6 to 8 ballistic missile subs and again it doesn’t take a genius to work out the priority would be to supplement the ICBMs trained on North America with intermediate ballistic missiles also trained on North America.
That means that secondary targets – like Australia and china’s neighbours – will be targeted by shorter range missiles.
So what is fanciful exactly about china taking advantage of, perhaps even manipulating, an internal political crisis in our near neighbours of that creates an opportunity to base the shorter range missiles that it has in abundance in its arsenal?
Even without the ‘helpful’ intervention of China or Russia, with over 1 million Australians working overseas before Covid (and one assumes similar numbers into the future post pandemic), with Australian economic assets also strewn across the globe, the need to have as a capability, the ability to deploy lethal force waaay beyond our immediate territorial boundaries AND to do so rapidly and in secret is obvious.
While you don’t trust the likes of Morrison, that’s the calibre of politician that our democracy seems to throw up. Some requirement of a mandatory joint sitting isn’t necessarily going to improve the decision making process concerning the extra territorial use of lethal force, but hamstringing the ability of the government of the day to do so, may well make things worse. Imagine for a moment of Khrushchev thought that JFK could not act militarily during the Cuban Missile Crisis without first getting congressional approval (which is actually what the US Constitution requires): that little game of geopolitical poker would have ended very very differently. If our potential adversaries knew that it would take weeks of insipid debate before we could act decisively to protect our citizens and external assets we would be a sitting duck for all sorts of shenanigans.
Andrew_Earlwoodsays:
Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 9:52 pm
“China can launch ICBMs now against Australia, but at a cost of not being able to do so against, I dunno, America.
China probably has less than 100 ICMs, but it has over 1,100 intermediate range missiles: putting a hundred of those on Mindanao or Aceh to take out our Comms if it came to that, means that it can focus its ICBMs on the main game”
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Bingo.
China may have a few operative ICBM’s (without the benefit of Wikipedia) I doubt it has any that could fly 15,000km. Why the fuck would you waste one on Sydney, or an obscure military base in Western Australia, when you could fire them all at San Diego and hope for the best.
What a fatuous argument: China has the ability to launch ICBMs to Australia, therefore it will…so we better be nice to China, so it doesn’t.
Comrade Earlwood, China will see our weakness to do anything about it as cause to launch them at us anyway. Why make nice with an Australia that has caused you to lose face in the world? That’s how they think, you should know that, as a so-called China expert. They are vindictive, aggressive munts.
Andrew_Earlwood @ #641 Thursday, June 10th, 2021 – 9:21 pm
As for this, I disagree wholeheartedly that it is ‘delusional’ to think that China’s rise to pre-eminent pole position in our global politics is inevitable and therefore we shouldn’t be so silly as to get in their way and annoy them by doing so.
This week President Biden is making Putin aware that he’s no easybeat like Trump was, and it’s a pity that he can’t be everywhere, all at once, but I believe he will get around to letting Xi know that America is not going to give China free reign either. And yes, down the track in a decade or so, using our Pig Iron to make their military hardware, China may outstrip America’s military, which I doubt, but you have to realise that China is only one country, a big one albeit, however, when you combine America + The Quad + NATO, you then come to the realisation that China will never be able to outpace that collection of countries arrayed against it.
Yes, they might do some damage along the way and that would be regrettable, but they will not prevail.
C@tmommasays:
Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 11:02 pm
What a fatuous argument: China has the ability to launch ICBMs to Australia, therefore it will…so we better be nice to China, so it doesn’t.
Comrade Earlwood, China will see our weakness to do anything about it as cause to launch them at us anyway. Why make nice with an Australia that has caused you to lose face in the world? That’s how they think, you should know that, as a so-called China expert. They are vindictive, aggressive munts.
lolz
Says the person who never been to China. Can’t judge a country by it’s cover and the lies made by the west.
Arthur says:
Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 10:35 pm
“ Why the fuck would you waste one on Sydney, or an obscure military base in Western Australia”
because the Harold E. Holt Communication Station is one of three bases in the world that communicates with US Submarines while they are fully submerged and Pine Gap is a key base in the Missile Launch Detection and Early Warning system. Add to that our Jindalee Over the Horizon Radar which can see into Asia and there are plenty of important strategic targets which would be on any first strike list. Oh, and Perth is the most remote city in the world making it an ideal example target.
Zerlo,
Speaking of fatuous arguments…’you’ve never been to China, so what would you know?’
Lol.
You couldn’t pay me to go to China.
Anyway, I can spot a bully from thousands of kilometres away. I don’t need to.
This is how Labor win the next Federal election (and the next Qld state election after that):
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/10/queensland-commits-2bn-to-boost-local-renewable-energy-jobs
C@tmommasays:
Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 11:25 pm
Zerlo,
Speaking of fatuous arguments…’you’ve never been to China, so what would you know?’
Lol.
You couldn’t pay me to go to China.
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Exactly, you just arm chair racist bully. So you have no say in the matter.
No knowledge of China, history, people or the minority groups that live there, then decide on a political blog that you think you know more than those that have been there.
This is called a hypocrite.
If you think we need Parliament to sit for war like activities and/or a 1,000 km limit then every time we deploy a sub on patrol there’s going to have to be a sitting of Parliament because those girls and boys are out there playing world championship hide and seek with specific orders for acts of war if things turn to poo. The same with most of the surface fleet as well up in the Gulf of Arabia and other hot spots.
Good to see you not making shit up for once, buce!
Dandy @11:27
True, but it still requires a lot of selling so that the voters actually understand what’s in it for them personally. And, there needs to be a lot, lot more of this.
FBI Director Condemns ‘Extremist Violence’ That Occurred During Riot | MSNBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDBGDEQyQk8&ab_channel=MSNBCMSNBCVerified
More violence, more drugs, more hate crime, than ever before in America.
Robopolled to VM last night, about dinner time, press for issue that matters most to you: 1 for local jobs, etc strong and secure borders, climate change, vax, local roads, overdevelopment …
Also polled yesterday, by email. Same questions as VCT Et3e, plus a LOT of questions about Aged Care and Nurse to Patient ratios and general staffing of Aged Care, plus who should be running it, feds or the states.
I smell a big election announcement about Aged Care.
Dandy Murray @ #960 Thursday, June 10th, 2021 – 11:27 pm
And that is the WHOLE point around Renewable Energy jobs. How much the workers are paid. I can remember the Mayor of Townsville saying that the reason keep working in coal mining was because the pay was about twice what they would get working in Renewable Energy. There’s no bigger incentive to keep doing it than that.
… the reason ‘people’ keep working…
Good morning Dawn Patrollers
David Crowe reports that, in a dramatic intervention in a growing row, a former Chief Justice of the High Court, Sir Gerard Brennan has said he is ashamed of the treatment of the family after one of the daughters, Tharnicaa Murugappan, was evacuated to Perth to treat a suspected blood infection.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/deliberate-cruelty-to-punish-parents-former-high-court-chief-justice-slams-tamil-treatment-20210610-p5800t.html
Michelle Grattan proposes that the government has another, simpler option to return this Tamil family to Biloela.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-government-has-another-simpler-option-to-return-this-tamil-family-to-biloela-20210610-p57zt5.html
The continued detention of the Tamil Biloela family, let alone the threat to deport them, confirms the government’s fascination with cruelty as policy. To demonstrate their bravery in defending Australia’s borders, Ministers think that to protect comfortable and fortunate Australians, they must show a wanton disregard of the interests of the powerless and vulnerable, writes Professor Stuart Rees.
https://johnmenadue.com/the-tamil-family-cruelty-beggars-belief/
Michael Pascoe says that the government treatment of the Biloela family is stepped in blood.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2021/06/11/biloela-family-government-treatment/
The SMH editorial simply declares that the Biloela family saga has gone on for too long.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/biloela-family-saga-has-gone-on-for-too-long-20210610-p58005.html
“If only the Morrison government’s zeal for passing laws to tackle organised crime would extend to legislating to create a strong anti-corruption body” laments Dr Catherine Williams, research director at the Centre for Public Integrity.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/going-gangbusters-on-crime-while-integrity-watchdog-goes-missing-20210610-p57zt4.html
Phil Coorey announces that the wedge season is upon us as election draws nearer.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/wedge-season-is-upon-us-as-election-draws-nearer-20210610-p57zqj
Michelle Grattan writes about Scott Morrison’s quest to be a Biden ‘bestie’.
https://theconversation.com/grattan-on-friday-scott-morrisons-quest-to-be-a-biden-bestie-162533
In quite a devastating contribution, Alan Kohler says that Australia is placing its recovery hopes on the trays of utes — and it’s idiotic.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2021/06/11/utes-tax-write-offs/
The Morrison government risks exposing 43 Australian export industries to painful carbon tariffs by sticking his head in the sand over European Union plans to punish dirty industries, a new report warns.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/finance-news/2021/06/11/carbon-tariffs-morrison/
Deborah Snow tells us about the brief but quietly devastating address outlining the defence to Ben Roberts-Smith suit. She writes that, if it succeeds, it will demolish piece by piece the portrait of the heroic warrior painted at such great length by BR-S’s SC McClintock on Monday.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/a-brief-but-quietly-devastating-address-outlines-the-defence-to-ben-roberts-smith-suit-20210610-p57zxi.html
Andrew Charton explains how COVID forced the planet’s luckiest raincheck. He says that postponing the Glasgow climate change summit took Trump out of the equation.
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/how-covid-forced-the-planet-s-luckiest-raincheck-20210610-p57zzo.html
Strong consumer spending and residential dwelling investment helped Queensland’s economy rebound this financial year, recording economic growth of 3.25 per cent – 13 times higher than originally forecast in December’s budget.
https://www.afr.com/politics/queensland-economy-grows-13-times-faster-than-forecast-20210610-p57zx8
The Victorian Liberals’ Dan Andrews questions are a perfect case study in how to manufacture fake news explains journalism academic Dennis Muller.
https://theconversation.com/liberals-dan-andrews-questions-are-a-perfect-case-study-in-how-to-manufacture-fake-news-162511
Tom Rabe tells us that the state’s train network will be powered by renewable energy within four years under an ambitious plan outlined by NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance, who is also pushing to retrofit some harbour ferries with electric engines.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/entire-nsw-rail-network-to-go-green-by-2025-smaller-ferries-to-go-electric-20210610-p58013.html
David Crowe writes that Morrison used the international crime bust to target Labor, but his tactic misfired.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/morrison-uses-international-crime-bust-to-target-labor-but-misfires-20210610-p5800e.html
The Coalition seems to have a tenuous relationship with scrutiny, opines Michelle Pini.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/the-liberal-party-redefines-scrutiny-no-questions-asked,15177
And reporting by the mainstream media has resulted in a propaganda machine for the Government in place of actual truth-telling, writes Dr Victoria Fielding. She concludes with, “This is a disaster for democracy and is a disaster for good governance. Journalists have the power, and it is their choice how they use it.”
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/journalists-responsible-for-scott-morrisons-lack-of-accountability,15178
Katie Allen puts the case for using rapid antigen tests to support our quarantine sites.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/at-10-a-pop-rapid-covid-tests-are-the-way-to-a-safer-more-open-australia-20210608-p57zaa.html
Mellissa Cunningham writes about modelling by a medical institute finding that thousands of people could die of COVID-19 in Victoria in the event of a highly infectious outbreak if no restrictions are in place. This applied even in the event of 70% of people having been vaccinated.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/research-tips-thousands-of-covid-deaths-without-restrictions-and-more-vaccinations-20210610-p57zvl.html
Cait Kelly writes that Australia is at risk of being left behind by the rest of the world as countries, including the 27-nation European Union – move quickly towards travel for vaccinated individuals.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/coronavirus/2021/06/10/australia-vaccinated-travel/
Auditors who were involved in preparing financial statements for a number of self-managed super funds, which had fraudster Melissa Caddick as the trustee, may find themselves the focus of a lawsuit, writes Kate McClymont.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/melissa-caddick-s-auditors-may-face-class-action-over-financial-statements-20210610-p58007.html
Manufacturers would have to provide consumers and repairers with access to spare parts under a Productivity Commission plan to cut waste and make it cheaper to fix products including cars, whitegoods and smartphones. Bring it on!
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-plan-to-make-smartphone-and-whitegood-repairs-cheaper-and-easier-20210610-p57zto.html
Lames Adonis looks at a recent study that examines the value of boards appointing ex-politicians as directors.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/small-business/politicians-as-board-directors-worth-the-cost-20210610-p57zsn.html
A union boss has used parliamentary privilege to reveal Uber Eats settled an unfair dismissal case for $400,000, saying it was willing to pay a “life-changing” amount of money to ensure its business model was not overturned.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/uber-settled-unfair-dismissal-case-for-400-000-union-claims-20210610-p57zv7.html
Power giant Alinta has called for the federal government to step in as a lender of last resort due to difficulties securing bank funding for the nation’s remaining coal plants, amid escalating climate concerns.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/alinta-calls-for-canberra-coal-lending-role/news-story/b2091c6708eb6737e695c2b5059be7dc
Charlotte Grieve reports that residents in Melbourne’s tallest towers are being tormented by creaking noises so loud they are unable to sleep and fear for their safety in a plight made worse by strong winds lashing the city and COVID-19 lockdowns keeping them indoors.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/city-high-rise-residents-fear-for-safety-amid-terrifying-creaking-20210610-p57zu2.html
But Annika Smethurst says that response to COVID is starting to seem disproportionate to the risks.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/response-to-covid-is-starting-to-seem-disproportionate-to-the-risks-20210610-p57zuv.html
The Australian says that all six of the navy’s Collins-class submarines will be completely rebuilt to extend their life for another decade, under an ambitious, high-risk plan to safeguard the nation’s submarine capability in the face of growing Chinese hegemony in the region.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/10bn-refit-for-ageing-collinsclass-submarines-amid-china-concerns/news-story/30d7ff94f443b9d02f54ed779f86f673
And Andrew Tillett and Phil Coorey writes that Peter Dutton has proposed expanding the US Marine presence and hosting more American warships in Australia, as he warns the nation must prepare for whatever threats loom “on or below the horizon” amid growing tensions with China.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/dutton-flags-more-us-troops-in-australia-20210610-p5800r
Labor members of the powerful joint committee on corporations and financial services are trying to get Julie Bishop to appear at the next public hearing on June 18. It’s about her role as a senior adviser to Greensill Capital and chairperson of their Asia-Pacific operations.
https://www.afr.com/rear-window/labor-has-questions-for-julie-bishop-20210610-p57zxj
George Christensen has made two secret submissions to Australia’s privacy watchdog in an attempt to block media access to information about a now concluded police probe into his frequent travels to the Philippines. Perhaps there IS something to hide.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/disappointing-afp-and-christensen-block-access-to-letter-for-almost-two-years-20210610-p57zqv.html
Fergus Hunter reports that one of the top national figures in the Nomads bikie gang has been charged with drug and firearm supply offences in an arrest stemming from the global police sting involving encrypted platform An0m.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/top-bikie-arrested-for-gun-and-drug-offences-as-part-of-sweeping-an0m-operation-20210610-p57zxe.html
And crime reporter Fergus Hunter joins Nathanael Cooper to look at how Hakan Ayik allegedly helped distribute an app compromised by the FBI.
https://www.smh.com.au/please-explain/how-australia-s-most-wanted-man-is-wrapped-up-in-one-of-the-world-s-biggest-crime-busts-20210610-p57zsz.html
When America’s richest men pay $0 in income tax, it is wealth supremacy says Robert Reich.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/10/when-americas-richest-men-pay-0-in-income-tax-this-is-wealth-supremacy
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I love David Pope’s cartoon today!
I loved the Defamation defense case outlined by Nicholas Owens, SC in the courtroom battle with Ben Roberts-Smith. He made one simple but devastating point, every single one of the Afghanis allegedly murdered, was not killed in the heat of battle but as a PUC (Person Under Control). They aren’t supposed to be.
https://www.pollbludger.net/2021/06/09/essential-research-leadership-ratings-and-covid-management/comment-page-20/#comment-3624015
It seems unlikely someone would waste a strategic weapon loaded with WMDs when there’s no need. … or may be they can do us all a favour and take out Canberra ACT during a parliamentary sitting week. If not the PRC then may be the PRNK?
Achieving diplomatic objectives (by other means) wouldn’t take even intermediate or tactical weaponry, be it southern resources area or Antarctic resources area.
Just look at the Port of Darwin NT, Belt and Road VIC …
And there’s always online.
Interesting hearing Sir Gerard Brennan’s name mentioned.
I heard a story last night that he was delivering argument to the Privy Council when it was located close to 10 Downing Street in July 1974. Given he is a Queenslander, it may have been one of those cases between Queensland and the Commonwealth during the Whitlam/Bjelke-Petersen period.
While addressing, the privy council was interrupted by news that a bomb had gone off at the Tower of London and emergency vehicles could be heard outside. Parliament had been bombed a little while earlier.
The presiding judge, Lord Morris, aged 78, who had won the Military Cross in World War I paused to think about what to do for a moment and then said:
“Yes, please continue Mr Brennan.”
Ven from yesterday afternoon,
It depends on the type of disaster and how soon they can access the area but once given they’ll drag in crews from all over the state. After the Dunalley fire (from memory) it took about a week to rebuild an entire transmission line from scratch, through rough terrain.
UK, Savanta ComRes poll:
CON-ECR: 44% (+2)
LAB-S&D: 32%
LDEM-RE: 8% (-1)
GREENS-G/EFA: 5%
SNP-G/EFA: 4%
REFORM~NI: 2%
PC-G/EFA: 1%
+/- vs. 28-30 May
Fieldwork: 4-6 June 2021
Sample size: 2,089
Sending out my thoughts and good vibes to lizzie. 🙂
Nick Owens SC would be a candidate for the High Court and therefore South Australia’s virgin appointment.
Probably not appointed under this government.
“https://amp.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-set-for-coldest-day-in-25-years-while-orange-blanketed-in-snow-20210610-p57zq8.html
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Yesterday, apparently it was second coldest maximum temperature in month of June in Sydney (not the suburbs) since 1899 when it recorded 9.7℃
C@
‘You couldn’t pay me to go to China.’
I’m interested in why you have this level of hatred for the country.
We went there for ten days, in the midst of their winter. Just the two of us (eldest son and myself), no package tour. Stayed mostly in Beijing with a dash up to Harbin.
Loved it.
Morrison is travelling overseas to win gold gold gold for Australia and arrive back triumphantly to announce an early election.
Remember Bradbury?
Another Abetz in the news.
https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/wa-gay-conversion-therapy-roadshow-rolls-on-next-stop-geraldton-20210610-p5800m.html
“In quite a devastating contribution, Alan Kohler says that Australia is placing its recovery hopes on the trays of utes — and it’s idiotic.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2021/06/11/utes-tax-write-offs/
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“while the rest of the world is encouraging greater take-up of electric vehicles to help meet demanding carbon emission targets, Australia is spending a fortune to encourage the take-up of diesel vehicles.
In May there were close to 80,000 utes and SUVs sold in Australia, close to double the number of last May, four times the number of passenger cars sold and four times the total number of electric cars sold in Australia in the past 10 years. Just in May.”
It looks like more Aussies want to buy petrol and diesel guzzlers than ever before. Why bother about carbon emmisions and climate change ? No wonder Morrison is popular.
zoomster says:
Friday, June 11, 2021 at 8:27 am
C@M clearly a bogan
“Bogan is the most significant word to be created in Australian English in the past 40 years. It is defined as “an uncultured and unsophisticated person”.
Quite. What was the point of the “Boy’s Own” Afghanistan stories? “Soldiering is hard” – okay, but back to defamation…?
I’ve been in the position of resigning from my job (Kennetted) with the assurances that there were plenty of jobs out there. As a result, I was effectively unemployed for three years and then found myself with a huge gap in my c.v. and not up to date with current practice, competing for jobs with the other bunnies who’d taken the cash and run.
Promises that your job will be replaced by another one aren’t trusted, with good reason. Yes, new jobs might be created in other industries, but there’s no guarantee that they’ll be in your neighbourhood, require your skillset, employ the present group of people you work and socialise with, be interested in employing someone of your age, etc etc. Add to that that most people are distrustful of change, full stop.
Whilst having a transition plan is important, it’s more for planning purposes than to salve workers’ fears. By all means, have a plan for employment for displaced workers in the future; don’t expect those workers to thank you for it.
Donut day in Victoria!
“You’ll Never Never Know, If You Never Never Go”.
Ah, at last an expert on clots. Adolph Kipfler seems to be popping up a bit more in recent times. Watch your back Scrott. Since the last effort Dutton may have learned how to count .
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Rare blood clots must be put into perspective, Dutton says.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/australia-news-live-covid-restrictions-eased-in-melbourne-as-nsw-queensland-remain-on-high-alert-for-cases-ben-roberts-smith-trial-continues-20210610-p57zz5.html
Morning all. Thanks BK. The rug is now pretty close to being pulled out from under Australia’s resource industry thanks to our government’s hapless climate change and foreign policy. They are NOT great economic managers. Despite his grandstanding trip to the G7, Scomo has no ability to stop this.
Europe is looking to tariff our high emission industries. Aluminium would go.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-11/carbon-border-adjustment-taxes-threaten-australian-aluminium/100205362?utm_campaign=news-article-share-control&utm_content=twitter&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web
China is openly threatening our iron ore exports. This would devastate the WA economy and punch a hole in our balance of payments.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/china-warns-of-economic-winter-for-australia-as-it-reveals-a-new-plan-to-ditch-our-iron-ore/news-story/8880204dfa4a56cf7bb076ac32d85925
“Meanwhile this week, Minister for Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor explained why the government is not going to subsidise electric vehicles.
“We’re not into subsidising luxury cars. It’s not something we’re going to do as a government,” Mr Taylor told 7.30.
“People who have the money to buy a luxury car are welcome to go out and do that. And we are seeing people buying, you know, expensive electric vehicles, and that’s up to them. That’s their choice, good on them.”
That is simply idiotic says Alan Kohler, especially when they’re subsidising expensive imported diesel utes at great expense instead.
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Morrison’s trip to the UK – to be an “observer” – will be blown up by the Liberal/Murdoch/Stokes press as some kind of star role for their boy.
I doubt he will get more than 5 minutes from Biden and perhaps a bit more from Blojo……………
Meanwhile, the pictures of Morrison cavorting with Trump those years ago are deeply buried by the said L/M/S propaganda machine…..
Ven @ #983 Friday, June 11th, 2021 – 8:37 am
Does anyone in the federal Labor party read?
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I agree with you on the dangers of worthless promises in job transitions. That is why I think some of what the Qld government is doing on coal and renewable power is interesting. Several government owned companies that run coal power plants are also building wind farms in the same regions. This gives the potential for workers who want to, to transfer directly from one to the other within the same employer. It is a great idea, reducing risks for workers at the closing plants.
Likewise if you can get a company to erect a solar plant and/or big battery at the site of a former coal power plant, and remediate the former plant, again, it is possible for people to switch within the same employer. It doesn’t guarantee it, but makes a painless transfer possible. Skills training is still a big issue.
Congrats to Brisbane, the IOC executive unanimously voted for Olympics in 2032, with the final rubber stamp in July.
Brisbane has struck a good deal- the IOC will chip in over 2 billion and the TV rights are already secured. Spread over 11 years it will cost bugger all.
People criticise the Games, but they are the only time every nation of the world comes together as equals in peace. Without it we would be poorer.
Tricot at 8:55 am
They have been doing so for days. Scotty to ‘warn’ G7 about taking emissions action, Scotty to ‘dig in’ on the issue, Scotty “In a rallying cry to democratic allies ” and giving a “thinly veiled message to China” as Scotty heads to the G7 meeting.
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Friday, June 11, 2021 at 8:37 am
I’ve been in the position of resigning from my job (Kennetted) with the assurances that there were plenty of jobs out there. As a result, I was effectively unemployed for three years and then found myself with a huge gap in my c.v. and not up to date with current practice, competing for jobs with the other bunnies who’d taken the cash and run.
Promises that your job will be replaced by another one aren’t trusted, with good reason. Yes, new jobs might be created in other industries, but there’s no guarantee that they’ll be in your neighbourhood, require your skillset, employ the present group of people you work and socialise with, be interested in employing someone of your age, etc etc. Add to that that most people are distrustful of change, full stop.
Whilst having a transition plan is important, it’s more for planning purposes than to salve workers’ fears. By all means, have a plan for employment for displaced workers in the future; don’t expect those workers to thank you for it.
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Touche’ . Thanks for that because These thoughts were always in my mind. Also, I had similar experience.
I wish to add to your commentary that in your new job in other industries, you have to work extremely hard when compared to others to catch up with others. Hence you may miss out on promotions if you had been in the same job or job with same skills as previous job in new industry.
It’s bringing back presents that nobody really wants!
Shellbell @ #506 Friday, June 11th, 2021 – 8:24 am
Thanks, Shellbell. He certainly cut to the chase very effectively.
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That sounds like an interesting solution, especially if (for example) promotions are tied in with shifting sideways (‘there’s no future if you keep working in this department…”)