There is a post below from Adrian Beaumont on the unfolding drama in British politics and another one here relating the last scraps of counting for House of Representatives seats. As for this post:
• Both sides now have their front benches in place, the announcement of the Albanese government’s front bench last Monday resulting in promotion to cabinet rank for Murray Watt and and Clare O’Neil, respective beneficiaries of Left and Right vacancies caused by the electoral defeats of Terri Butler and Kristina Keneally. Anne Aly of the Left and Anika Wells and Kristy McBain of the Right have been promoted to the outer ministry, filling vacancies created by the promotion of Watt and O’Neil and the relegation of Shayne Neumann to the back bench as his Left faction sought to achieve gender balance.
• Peter Dutton’s shadow ministry was unveiled yesterday. The Nationals’ relative electoral success resulted in them gaining a sixth position in cabinet, their new entrants being Susan McDonald in resources and northern Australia, Perin Davey in water and Kevin Hogan in trade and tourism. Seven Liberals won promotion to shadow cabinet: Jane Hume in finance and public service, Andrew Hastie in defence, Julian Leeser in attorney-general and indigenous Australians, Jonathan Duniam in environment, fisheries and forestry, Ted O’Brien in climate change and energy, Michael Sukkar in social services and NDIS and Sarah Henderson in communications. Angus Taylor was rewarded for his record of integrity with Treasury and Alan Tudge is definitely in education now. Stuart Robert (Liberal) and Andrew Gee (Nationals) have been demoted to the outer shadow ministry, Alex Hawke, Linda Reynolds and Melissa Price (Liberal) and Keith Pitt (Nationals) are relegated to the back bench, and Marise Payne is now shadow cabinet secretary after apparently having “asked not to be considered for a prominent role”. Others formerly present and now absent: Scott Morrison, Josh Frydenberg, Ken Wyatt and Greg Hunt.
• The Australian reports Scott Morrison is “expected to weigh up his future in the coming months, but is understood to be in no immediate rush to quit politics”.
UPDATE: A discussion of various matters relating to the election between me and Ben Raue of The Tally Room:
WB, is this a new general post replacing “Late counting: week 3”?
Yes, it’s the new open thread.
Re the SNP/Green coalition in Scotland ..
‘The SNP’s War on the Public Sector .. this week, the SNP announced plans to shrink the public sector and cut tens of thousands of jobs – exposing the myth that the party offers an alternative to neoliberal orthodoxy .. Scottish Finance Minister Kate Forbes announced her spending review .. the London Tory journal The Spectator hailed her as ‘the McMilton Friedman of Scottish nationalism’ .. and if you are wondering where the Scottish Greens are in all this—having joined the Scottish Government last year—they are lockstep behind SNP leaders’
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2022/06/snp-austerity-militarism-neoliberalism
‘McMilton Friedman’
“Angus Taylor was rewarded for his record of integrity …”
Naughty, William.
It is hard for a man to ride a bike without wearing heavily sponsored Lycra
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/palmer-splashed-31m-on-ads-during-six-week-election-campaign-20220606-p5areq.html
Barnaby Joyce makes the case for not implementing a federal corruption watchdog.
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https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/federal-anti-corruption-body-will-manacle-political-vision-barnaby-joyce-20220606-p5arb6.html
Not exactly a compelling argument!
Confessions @ #7 Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 – 6:32 am
Joyce lives in Gina’s handbag.
Fess, I love the way Beetrooter manages to insert the ‘appeal to the regional voter’ with phrases like “power would reside in another building far away in Canberra”. Totally spurious as an argument and not designed for deeper analysis but it’s what keeps the New England gentry voting for him, sadly.
Fine-sounding words for foul deeds.
Rubbish, basically Joyce is saying a minister should be above the law and be able to basically dictate what happens. From my understanding of politics the difference between and Authoritarian regime (AKA Hitler, Stalin, Kim Jong whatever and Putin) and a Democracy is that in the Democracy the rule of law dictates what can and cannot happen, in the other cases it’s the individual making any decisions they like.
The fact that a certain politician can’t keep his zipper closed while simultaneously espousing the sanctity of marriage and frequently turns up to work drunk doesn’t give much confidence in their ability to think about the greater good.
Dog’s Brunch @ #9 Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 – 6:48 am
He conveniently forgets that Parliament House, where the power actually lies is itself a building far away in Canberra…
Barnaby Joyce throwing his hat into the ring to be the first under investigation 🙂
This excellent Tuesday morning song is for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL8chWFuM-s
It’s obvious that Barnaby Joyce has been given the job in Opposition of Loaded Dog.
Fess, as I said, those who vote for him don’t think that far into the issue. 9Fax just being balanced though *sigh*
C@t, I wouldn’t get near him with a naked flame given his booze consumption
Fess
Barnaby Joyce simply disgusts me. He’s an intellectual moron who sells his soul to the highest bidder. He’s without regard for democratic norms and is truly a cancer on our body politic.
Fess
28 responses to Barnaby’s article so far and none complimentary, he just doesn’t get it.
Dave Gould
@davesgould
Nadine Dorries has just announced that donors have said that they want Boris Johnson to continue and will withhold funding if he’s removed and therefore backbench MPs should listen to them.
Nakedly admitting that the Tory party leadership is in the hands of a few millionaires.
Same same Australia, I reckon.
Barnaby Joyce is NOT a moron. He is a very intelligent faker of a superficial similarity to being a bogan. An image he cultivates on behalf of the Tories in Australia to gull the bogans in the boondocks into voting for him.
As someone said of SfM, he was Australia’s first post-truth PM- and Joyce is in the same mould. Rubbish though it is, unfortunately stuff like this reported in the MSM without unqualified condemnation (and probably approbation in the case of Murdoch) can shift the Overton window subtly. The fact that a substantial percentage of Americans genuinely believe that the 2020 election was stolen illustrates that.
Maybe the FICAC and other reforms will be a reset and anti corruption/public integrity standards will become stronger- meaning that statements like Joyce’s will be politically suicidal in times to come.
Cronus @ #16 Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 – 7:06 am
I cannot stand this whole balance thing the media has going on. Illogical, irrational or worse, statements that conceal a vested interest reported without challenge has done debate a serious disservice.
Facts must be countered with anti facts. Truth must be balanced with lies and obfuscations. I look forward to the counter argument to Joyce’s clear fallacies but won’t be holding my breath.
C@t, exactly. He has the skills to appeal to the rural idea that they are under appreciated and that the country owes them much more that they think they are getting. Mind you, the LNP has had no regional development policy except building something near where Barnyard owns ( or is about to own) land. The social and economic needs of the poorer end of the rural demographic has been criminally neglected.
Looking forward to Kristy McBain’s contribution in this regard as it was a theme when she visited our area with Butler just before the election. She’s a newby but no fool.
Reporter predicts ‘bombshell’ Jan. 6 committee hearing will show a split-screen of Trump vs. attackers
Speaking to MSNBC on Monday, Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig explained the main ways the House Select Committee will do to show the alleged conspiracy and corruption of Donald Trump and his allies. Officials intend to show side-by-side examples of the violence at the U.S. Capitol and what was happening at the White House at the same time.
“So, you will see this split screen of what was Donald Trump doing, what was he saying,” Leonnig continued. “And then what was actually happening on the capitol. The violence and the mayhem and the terror that he could have stopped and chose not to. This goes to the heart of what Liz Cheney warned early on, the dereliction of duty. She has brought that up over and over again and I think that will be a big subtheme of that hearing.”
https://www.rawstory.com/january-6-hearing-split-screen/
Good morning Dawn Patrollers
Boris Johnson has survived an attempt to remove him as British Prime Minister by rebel MPs, who argued he was no longer an electoral asset and likely to lead the government to a substantial election defeat in two years’ time. The vote was 211 to 148.
https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/british-pm-boris-johnson-survives-bid-to-oust-him-from-office-20220607-p5arkh.html
Boris Johnson won the confidence vote but in every other way he is the big loser, says Martin Kettle.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/06/boris-johnson-won-confidence-vote-big-loser-damaged
Beijing’s overtures to Canberra are insincere, and the Albanese government is hardly about to capitulate to its pressure, says Peter Hartcher.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/china-offers-australia-friendship-but-expects-the-full-kowtow-20220606-p5ard4.html
Anthony Albanese has flagged a new approach to visa rules to ensure Australia is “more welcoming” to Indonesian investors, travellers and students as part of a plan to expand a $17.8 billion trade relationship while tightening security ties in meetings in Jakarta.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-indonesia-news-20220606-p5arfl.html
Greg Sheridan praises Albanese over his visit to Indonesia, point out it was a good start, but with plenty of work ahead.
https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/albanese-right-to-place-highest-priority-on-indonesia/news-story/3bf1b2f252af73e610043f1712c8fc5e
Anthony Galloway reports that Richard Marles has said he doubts Australia will be able to build its first nuclear submarine by the previous government’s deadline of 2038, accepting an interim fleet of conventional boats may be needed to avoid a serious capability gap in the nation’s defences. (By refusing to consider a “Son of Collins” early in Abbott’s prime ministership we lost a big opportunity).
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/expect-submarine-delays-marles-says-as-he-plans-for-defence-capability-gap-20220606-p5argk.html
Australia’s chief energy adviser says switching the power grid from coal to clean energy is a “mind-boggling” challenge that demands urgent reforms to drive funds into energy projects like gas, pumped hydro and big batteries to back up renewables and stop blackouts and power bill spikes. Mike Foley and Nick Toscano tell us that Energy Security Board chief Anna Collyer will brief state and federal ministers at an emergency meeting tomorrow on a plan to move to a “capacity market”, which would force retailers to pay generators to invest in power projects that can quickly be called on when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/mind-boggling-challenge-demands-deep-energy-reforms-chief-energy-adviser-20220606-p5areo.html
They also tell us that former AGL chief executive Brett Redman has said federal Labor’s ambitious clean-energy target and the rise of the Greens and climate-focused independents are clear signals that the nation must prepare for an earlier shift from fossil fuels to renewable power.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/we-can-get-there-power-chief-backs-labor-s-green-energy-goals-20220525-p5aobr.html
The Australian’s Perry Williams reports that two major gas operators, Shell and the Santos-backed GLNG export venture, have cautioned the Albanese government against intervening in the industry and say it could ruin Australia’s reputation as a reliable energy supplier.
https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/gas-giants-shell-and-glng-fire-warning-over-labor-intervention/news-story/f92d05fa56b1ec8a17ba9b2447e4fedf
Alan Kohler says that iIt’s 1973 all over again, but with a greater energy cost for Australia.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2022/06/06/alan-kohler-energy-cost-australia/
The debacle of the latest big rise in retail electricity costs reveal just part of the deception with the Liberal National Party aware of what was coming, but choosing to keep the public in the dark, complains the editorial in The Canberra Times. It says the LNP handballed an electricity grenade to Labor.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7768180/lnp-handballs-electricity-grenade-to-labor/?cs=27763
Dan Jervis-Bardy opines what Peter Dutton’s frontbench says about the Coalition’s path forward.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7768666/decoding-dutton-what-the-coalitions-frontbench-says-about-its-path-forward/?cs=14329
A federal anti-corruption body will manacle political vision, argues Barnaby Joyce. (Did he submit the article by SMS?)
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/federal-anti-corruption-body-will-manacle-political-vision-barnaby-joyce-20220606-p5arb6.html
Meanwhile, Annika Smethurst reports that Victoria’s anti-corruption commissioner has complained to the Attorney-General that laws allowing people to challenge his draft findings in court are unnecessarily delaying him tabling his findings in parliament.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/ibac-chief-calls-for-reform-to-stop-logjam-in-courts-20220606-p5arei.html
The new parliament will have a record number of female faces on its benches. But the Coalition lost women. After a year of debate about the role and treatment of women in politics, some Liberal women say they know they face a long, hard road back, writes Katina Curtis.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/record-number-of-women-in-parliament-masks-liberal-losses-20220603-p5aqto.html
“Rate rises or recession: pick one to worry about, not both”, writes Jess Irvine.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/rate-rises-or-recession-pick-one-to-worry-about-not-both-20220606-p5arb8.html
Why the RBA shouldn’t obsess over inflation when it sets interest rates, argues John Quiggin.
https://theconversation.com/why-the-rba-shouldnt-obsess-over-inflation-when-it-sets-interest-rates-184380
The final report on the Morrison Government’s economic management was a damning indictment of failure, as Alan Austin reports.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/national-accounts-mark-coalition-f-for-fail-on-the-economy,16438
After nearly two years of real wages falling, the Perrottet government had no option but to increase the wage cap for its public sector workers. Not just to calm industrial tension, but to slow pay cuts. However, with inflation at 5.1 per cent (and expected to trend up), the 0.5 percentage point increase to the wages cap due from July 1 is a necessary start but one that will have very little impact, writes Alexandra Smith.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/nsw-had-to-move-on-wages-but-the-increase-will-have-little-impact-20220606-p5argj.html
The mainstream media in Australia is currently whitewashing fascist politics. It is not just sycophantic, or lazy, journalism. It is dangerous, declares Lucy Hamilton.
https://johnmenadue.com/dutton-and-trump-politics/
There are many ways to forge diplomatic friendships. Wobbling around the Indonesian President’s palace is one of them, as Anthony Albanese discovered, says Tony Wright.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-tucks-trousers-into-socks-and-pedals-into-bicycle-diplomacy-20220606-p5arhz.html
Anthony Albanese needs some new departmental and agency leaders. The limitations of some of the existing ones are obvious. But the prime minister need not order some summary executions, as Tony Abbott, John Howard, Malcolm Fraser and Gough Whitlam did. Nights of the long knives often seem personal, sometimes vindictive, or in breach of the tradition of secure jobs. A patient, cautious Albanese can be moving with all deliberate speed on his primary agenda, leaving it to the new head of the service to visit the battlefield, shooting the terminally wounded, and applying balm to those of continuing value. Perhaps with a list of diplomatic vacancies in his back pocket, writes Jack Waterford.
https://johnmenadue.com/ps-chiefs-need-trials-before-executions/
Patrick Hatch reports that Australians’ overseas travel plans are being put in jeopardy by delays in issuing new passports amid a massive backlog caused by a rush of applications after two years of border closures. DFAT says processing times have doubled since October and now advises applicants to allow at least six weeks to get their passport, but many are waiting longer than this.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/it-s-chaos-passport-office-delays-throw-travel-plans-into-disarray-20220606-p5ares.html
According to Latika Bourke, billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes will lead a high-level dialogue between leading figures in Australia and India in New Delhi later this year in an effort to grow links between the countries’ technology sectors.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/mike-cannon-brooks-to-help-link-australia-s-burgeoning-tech-sector-with-india-20220606-p5ari9.html
Stephen Bartholomeusz dons his well-worn black cap to write that he world’s energy crisis could get worse.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/power-struggle-the-world-s-energy-crisis-could-get-worse-20220606-p5arbg.html
Working conditions will need to improve for NSW to recruit thousands of promised new health staff to its hospitals, peak bodies and unions say, with two years of exhaustion influencing the willingness of trained professionals to return to the frontline, writes Mary Ward.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/conditions-must-improve-for-nsw-to-recruit-10-000-new-workers-to-hospitals-say-unions-20220606-p5arbx.html
May’s auction clearance rates dropped below 60 per cent in Melbourne and Sydney, and below 70 per cent in other capitals, showing the property market is weakening, explains Melissa Heagney who tells us why house prices are tipped to fall even further
https://www.theage.com.au/property/news/a-very-clear-jolt-why-house-prices-are-tipped-to-fall-even-further-20220606-p5arh8.html
As many as 5000 members of the mafia have been identified in Australia, with Italian organised crime responsible for smuggling tonnes of illicit drugs onto our shores and washing billions in dirty money through the economy. The Australian Federal Police is investigating 51 Italian organised crime clans, 14 confirmed as ’Ndrangheta, or Calabrian mafia families, some taking their orders from the godfathers back in Italy, writes Ellen Whinnett.
https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/nation/51-clans-5000-members-italian-families-rule-crime-gang-networks/news-story/c49911820ff9f062a3313589a540035d
And she tells us how the secretive Ndrangheta mafia families avoid police detection.
https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/nation/how-secretive-ndrangheta-mafia-families-avoid-policedetection/news-story/3085f47bd5469b5c5489d0d6ad1e5a13
Welfare advocates have warned job seekers may have their payments suspended under a new points-based mutual obligations system because of “unnecessarily onerous” requirements. The “points-based activation system”, to be introduced from 1 July, replaces the rigid 20 job applications a month requirement that has frustrated job seekers and employers for many years. Luke Henriques-Gomes provides the details.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/07/job-seekers-could-have-welfare-stopped-under-onerous-new-points-based-system-advocates-warn
Thousands of employees across 70 companies in Britain have started the first day of a four-day work week as part of a pilot program
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/people-want-a-work-life-balance-four-day-work-week-trial-begins-in-the-uk-20220607-p5arki.html
Lifting a ban on patient testimonials would worsen the exploitation of young women by unscrupulous cosmetic surgeons, medical and social media experts warn. The proposed removal of the prohibition on using testimonials in medical advertising is part of a suite of amendments to the national health practitioner laws backed by state and territory health ministers in February, writes Dana Daniel.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/scrapping-ban-on-patient-testimonials-would-give-free-rein-to-cosmetic-cowboys-experts-warn-20220606-p5are1.html
“Climate change is slowing down the conveyor belt of ocean currents that brings warm water from the tropics up to the North Atlantic. Our research, published today in Nature Climate Change, looks at the profound consequences to global climate if this Atlantic conveyor collapses entirely”, write these scientists for The Conversation.
https://theconversation.com/a-huge-atlantic-ocean-current-is-slowing-down-if-it-collapses-la-nina-could-become-the-norm-for-australia-184254
Elizabeth Knight tells us that the Barangaroo casino’s opening won’t be Packer’s party.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/barangaroo-casino-s-opening-won-t-be-packer-s-party-20220606-p5arf0.html
Max Mason reports that NSW state government insurer iCare told a woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted in an accounting firm office that her story was “implausible” and rejected her compensation claim for psychological injury on the basis it was not a workplace issue.
https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/woman-told-by-icare-her-sexual-assault-allegation-was-implausible-20220502-p5ahu2
Top leaders of the far-right Proud Boys group, including its national chairman, Enrique Tarrio, have been charged with seditious conspiracy, accused of coordinating a plot to storm the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 and criminally obstruct certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory over Donald Trump.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/06/proud-boys-leaders-charged-seditious-conspiracy-jan-6-riot
Nearly half of Republican voters think the US just has to live with mass shootings, according to a poll released in the aftermath of the Texas elementary school murders last month and as politicians in Washington negotiate for gun reform. The CBS and YouGov poll returned familiar results, including 62% support for a nationwide ban on semi-automatic rifles, the kind of gun used in Uvalde, Texas. There is no hope!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/06/us-mass-shootings-republicans-poll
This past September, a new Texas law went into effect that bans state agencies from working with any firm that “discriminates” against companies or individuals in the gun industry. Texas’s new pro-gun industry law requires banks and other professional service firms submit written affirmations to the Texas attorney general that they comply with it. As I said, there is no hope.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/06/how-texas-punishes-companies-who-discriminate-against-gun-manufacturers
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And speaking of public integrity, I hope that Andrews heeds this call from IBAC for bipartisan reform of the Vic legislation:
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/ibac-chief-calls-for-reform-to-stop-logjam-in-courts-20220606-p5arei.html
Corruption has no party ultimately, and is equally damaging potentially to all political participants and the health of the democracy as a whole. Institutions such as IBAC need to be sufficiently resourced at all times.
The Hawks in China is in trouble. It has been shown that it is not easy to invade others. Taiwan well, perhaps not.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/06/ukraine-war-deepens-chinas-mistrust-of-the-west
Thanks BK. Good god, is that praise from Greg Sheridan for a Labor leader?!
@WB Pretty sure it should be “the relegation of Shayne Neumann to the back bench as his Right faction sought to achieve gender balance”. Anika Wells is also a right-faction MP replacing him.
shellbell @ #5 Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 – 3:51 am
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Confessionssays:
Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 6:32 am
Barnaby Joyce makes the case for not implementing a federal corruption watchdog.
Government ministers have – and must have – the discretion to step outside bureaucratic recommendations and make decisions based on a vision for a greater Australia.
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I guess he is right if a “greater Australia” includes making sure you and yours have shares in the Company that won the $170 million contract to set up and run cashless debit card or the mob that got $440M to fix the Great Barrier Reef BEFORE the contracts are signed or….or or …. How great is Australia without an ICAC !!
the liberals seem devided on one hand bermingham the last modderit left other than archer and stevins says liberals should adopt stronger climate targit but dutton and Hollie Hughes says only theritch care abbout it and no change and joice says no ficac but dutton says maybi
has constance consedid gilmore yet on yesterday lindsay ispertential winable when dobell with tompson and all the contraversy but labor with Mcbride won the seat back next election
“power would reside in another building far away in Canberra”
Not from Yass, which I believe has some farms around it.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/07/tanya-plibersek-urged-to-protect-indigenous-rock-art-up-to-50000-year-old-by-blocking-45bn-wa-fertiliser-plant
Confessions @ #7 Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 – 4:32 am
This goes to the heart of Ministerial Discretion.
No one is saying it shouldn’t exist.
The issue that I see is that there lacks clarity as to why it is being used.
Whenever a Minister overrides a bureaucrats decision, they should have to provide a clear explanation as to why they applied their discretion in that case.
In the case of a grants programme, I don’t see any case for Ministerial Discretion.
The Minister gets to target the grants when they create the programme. After that it should be a case of which applicants fit the criteria best. End of story.
Sheridan was persistently critical of the Morrison Government’s efforts in national security and defence.
Mr Joyce is not concerned about current or future ministerial decisions.
He is worried about what ICAC is going to dig up about the last nine years.
The ABC’s newsworthy priorities at the moment on their news website:
1. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson survives Conservative Party no-confidence motion
2. Interest rates are rising, risks are growing, so the government needs to tread carefully (gratuitous advice)
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18. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will attend Indonesian G20 meeting despite Russia concerns (Albo’s meeting with Jokowi)
max @ #24 Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 – 7:29 am
I agree. Let the complainants complain to the courts AFTER the findings have been made public. See how many do it then. It’s probably those who have had findings made against them.
It’s just a natural part of everyday life! 🙁
happyez @ #32 Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 – 8:00 am
It’s surrounded by them!
Aaron newton @ #31 Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 – 7:58 am
I think Karen Mcnamara was in for two terms for the Liberals in Dobell.
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Ray (UK)says:
Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 4:24 am
Re the SNP/Green coalition in Scotland ..
‘The SNP’s War on the Public Sector .. this week, the SNP announced plans to shrink the public sector and cut tens of thousands of jobs – exposing the myth that the party offers an alternative to neoliberal orthodoxy .. Scottish Finance Minister Kate Forbes announced her spending review .. the London Tory journal The Spectator hailed her as ‘the McMilton Friedman of Scottish nationalism’ .. and if you are wondering where the Scottish Greens are in all this—having joined the Scottish Government last year—they are lockstep behind SNP leaders’
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2022/06/snp-austerity-militarism-neoliberalism
‘McMilton Friedman’
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There is nothing honourable about British politicians. All are as dodgy as the next one, whether it is Tories, Labour, SNP, LibDems, Greens or NI parties
The CDC raised its alert level for monkeypox to level 2 on Monday, recommending that travelers wear masks, among other health measures.
While not on the level of COVID-19, monkeypox has spread across the globe out of Africa since March. Monkeypox symptoms begin as relatively flu-like but soon expand to the swelling of lymph nodes and a rash across the body and face. Ultimately, painful lesions form on rash areas, leaving severe scarring.
“Cases of monkeypox have been reported in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia,” the CDC wrote in its alert.
“Some cases were reported among men who have sex with men. Some cases were also reported in people who live in the same household as an infected person,” it added.
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/monkeypox-cdc-raises-travel-alert-but-how-much-threat-is-it-really-
Somewhere between a quarter and a third of the ACT’s borders are forest reserves of one sort or another.
What Joyce is doing is the same as what Bandt is doing: creating the hated/feared/despised ‘other’ in order to consolidate political support.
This behaviour is a classic marker of cults.
The Coalition may have less female representatives, but there are now more women from the right in parliament.
Such a shame the Coalition didn’t realise their platform and Parties were the barrier. 😆
“Long road back?”
They need to find the road first.
If anyone would like to hear the Landlord and Ben Raue discuss the electoral washup from the election you can access the latest Tally Room podcast here:
https://www.tallyroom.com.au/47888
shellbell @ #5 Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 – 5:21 am
It is hard to ride an unfamiliar bike at barely walking pace in too high a gear.
Below is a link to a long form piece of writing by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/06/05/woodward-bernstein-nixon-trump/
This link will enable you to read it for free as I have brought it out from behind the paywall. It makes the comparison between Nixon’s crimes and Trump’s and concludes that Trump’s are much, much worse. It’s a very long read but a fascinating analysis and compelling indictment of Donald Trump.
https://wapo.st/39g7Frw
https://www.pollbludger.net/2022/06/07/cabinet-and-counter-cabinet/#comment-3934660
Hmmm, the special privileges before common law tradition?
If you have nothing to hide you’d not mind a few questions, be it parliamentary, media, fICAC/ CIC …
Meanwhile go back to touring RSLs!