The Australia Institute has a poll out which offers the interesting finding that 41% favour the repeal of the stage three tax cuts, with only 22% on board and the remainder unsure. Forty-six per cent understood the cuts to most favour high income earners, compared with 18% for middle income earners and 8% for low income earners. Asked whether “adapting economic policy to suit the changing circumstances even if that means breaking an election promise” rated higher than “keeping an election promise regardless of how economic circumstances have changed”, 61% favoured the former and 27% the latter. The poll was conducted September 6 to 9 from a sample of 1409.
The Guardian reports on the fortnightly poll from Essential Research, which continues to hold off from voting intention and does not include leadership ratings on this occasion, and is mostly devoted to questions on incidental political relevance regarding the Optus security breach. Fifty-one per cent would support stronger curbs on information collected by private companies and 47% expressed concern about governments collecting their personal information. The full report should be along later today.
UPDATE: Full Essential Research report here.
Rex Douglas,
Who used the term ‘woke’ and in what context?
Honestly, that epithet is just the latest Conservative put-down for any Progressive idea meant to make the world a better place.
Mexicanbeemersays:
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 8:19 pm
From my experiences living in Islamic countries, these women’s experiences, while nowhere near the norm, are hardly surprising.
Mexicanbeemer at 8:19 pm
You seem to have forgotten the MSM publicity we were fed about the conflict and those fighting against Assad in the early years.
Barney
From my experiences living in Islamic countries, these women’s experiences, while nowhere near the norm, are hardly surprising.
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I can understand that being the case in other countries but here in Australia feminists spend a lot of time on white guys while these women are being left behind.
Rex Douglassays:
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 8:21 pm
He almost could have been describing you.
I am a feminist and I love empowered Muslim Women.
Mexicanbeemersays:
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 8:30 pm
Why should Australia be any different?
It sounds like you have issues with feminists.
Barney
Why should Australia be any different?
It sounds like you have issues with feminists.
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Australia practices gender equality and if these women were being cowed in their marriages then they are not experiencing gender equality.
Good evening bludgers. You might recall my posts on V2L charging and the economics of purchasing EVs (either pure EVs or PHEVs), and I’ve linked some you tube blogs by John Cadogan discussing these issues. Well John posted a video today pointing out that its not as straight forward as one might think:
https://youtu.be/qDfoivEjmnw
This is matter of active research for me as as am spending the next 6-12 months on the next phase of my household’s transition to a net zero future.
So far we have put on a 21 panel solar system, completely overhauled our electrical system (we already have phase 3 because we installed a pool back in 2015) and done an efficiency audit (LED lights throughout the house, and running all our big energy appliances during the middle of the day – ie. washing machine (we don’t have a tumble drier), pool filtration pump, and dishwasher. This cut $1500 from our energy bill straight away, and even with rising electricity costs we are still getting bills substantially lower than when we did that.
One of the drivers for us however is that we have also increasingly electrified the house. We no longer use gas for cooking or heating: we use induction cooking and a reverse cycle ducted air conditioner (this obviously uses a lot of power, but as part of our substantial renovations of black summer vintage we substantially upgraded our insulation and energy efficiency of the house generally. So we are still doing pretty well.
However the next phase will involve going away from using gas for hot water – and the installation of pool hearing (the pool is plumbed for solar, but we never installed a solar water blanket on the roof because we were planning the renovations which was going to substantially change the shape of the roof line where we would otherwise put the blanket. Now folk are going away from blankets and towards solar heat transfer units, which is what i plan on buying: we also have a huge gas heater, which is used to extend the shoulder of the swimming season by a month to 6 weeks on each side summer – but which got a substantial workout during both covid lockdowns as the pool became a much used item of exercise – as it has a three jet swimming jet system).
Because there is only two of us living at home these days, and our house is really only a small cottage, V2L charging from an EV will probably be more than sufficient to use for our evening energy – even in the middle of winter when we use the reverse cycle aircon to keep the house at an even 20 degrees – or on hot summer days when we cool it to 24 degrees. However, even with adding in the seperate circuit/breaker system as John recommends (and which may become mandatory for safety reasons) V2L may struggle with additional energy required for hot-water heating (showers, bath, kitchen tap and of course, the pool). I reckon I will also need a small wall battery as well & perhaps an upgraded inverter, as I plan on putting on up to another 30 odd solar panels on the newly reshaped and enlarged house roof.
A-E
I like hearing your zero net strategy stories. Thank you.
Mexicanbeemersays:
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 8:30 pm
Ah! So Australia has become a Utopia where all of society’s ills have been addressed.
My perception from the media and PB is that we have a significant way to travel before we can start thinking in those terms.
Mexicanbeemer says:
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 7:25 pm
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Dai Lee seems to forget Vietnamese refugees came in boats from cruel refugee camps.
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Going to Syria to support ISIS is different to being a Vietnamese refugee and its not uncommon for migrants to be less supportive of refugees.
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The children either taken to Syria or born there, obviously did not choose to go and support ISIS. Not all the mothers did either, as some were under 16-years-old when they were taken to Syria.
In any case, whatever they did wrong, they are still Australian citizens and entitled to the protection of Australia. If any of the people concerned have broken any laws, they should be charged and face the full rigour of Australian justice. Those who cannot be charged can still be placed under security surveillance.
Returning these families to Australia will also limit their chances of being radicalised and becoming a threat to Australia in the future.
Barney
Ah! So Australia has become a Utopia where all of society’s ills have been addressed.
My perception from the media and PB is that we have a significant way to travel before we can start thinking in those terms.
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Don’t know where you get that idea from but if we are too believe the women in Syria were subservient to their husbands and thats taken as normal in certain communities then that needs to change.
Andrew_Earlwood says:
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 8:48 pm
Next step heat pump for pool… or turn it into a pond
Mexicanbeemer says:
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 7:40 pm
Barney
How many of these women had a choice?
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These women were not underaged girls taken to Syria by a parent. I’ve had this conversation with Turkish and Lebanese mates and most of if not all of these women knew where they were going.
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I see, so a few of your “Turkish and Lebanese mates” are the repository of all knowledge and wisdom regarding this. Did any of your mates actually know the people concerned? I trust you’re aware that being a member of a particular community doesn’t mean you know everything that’s happening within it.
I guess it doesn’t matter, because you’re relying on the old tried and true method of inquiry: someone told me.
Mexicanbeemersays:
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 8:56 pm
Amazing. Just like that, so simple.
But I suppose cultural change always has been¿
Are we expecting a news poll tonight, to feed my addiction to polling?
Asking for a friend!
I want a Newspoll too! I’m over this place turning into Engineering Bludger! 😆
Sir Henry Parkes says:
I see, so a few of your “Turkish and Lebanese mates” are the repository of all knowledge and wisdom regarding this. Did any of your mates actually know the people concerned? I trust you’re aware that being a member of a particular community doesn’t mean you know everything that’s happening within it.
I guess it doesn’t matter, because you’re relying on the old tried and true method of inquiry: someone told me.
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I don’t see these women as security threats but i also don’t believe some of the stories when one of the women told an interviewer she didn’t know she was in Syria.
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Barney
Amazing. Just like that, so simple.
But I suppose cultural change always has been¿
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Didn’t say it was simple but if its true these women thought they had to go off to a war zone because husband demanded it then the gender message isn’t getting through.
Mexicanbeemer says:
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 9:12 pm
Sir Henry Parkes says:
I see, so a few of your “Turkish and Lebanese mates” are the repository of all knowledge and wisdom regarding this. Did any of your mates actually know the people concerned? I trust you’re aware that being a member of a particular community doesn’t mean you know everything that’s happening within it.
I guess it doesn’t matter, because you’re relying on the old tried and true method of inquiry: someone told me.
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I don’t see these women as security threats but i also don’t believe some of the stories when one of the women told an interviewer she didn’t know she was in Syria.
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Okay, so you don’t have as much sympathy for these women as others do. Still MB, what about their children? Shouldn’t we be thinking about them?
Also, don’t you agree that it would, all in all, be best to bring all these women and their children home to Australia?
Nope. No Newspoll yet. 😐
September 4 was the last Newspoll! Over a month ago!
Sir Henry Parkes
Okay, so you don’t have as much sympathy for these women as others do. Still MB, what about their children? Shouldn’t we be thinking about them?
Also, don’t you agree that it would, all in all, be best to bring all these women and their children home to Australia?
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Wouldn’t say i have no sympathy because I have not heard all their stories and we know the media can edit interviews and the children are caught in a situation they have had no say in.
Nope, still no Newspoll! 😡
Mexicanbeemersays:
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 9:31 pm
But when you hear their stories, you don’t believe them.
Barney
But when you hear their stories, you don’t believe them.
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If the story is believable then i would.
I don’t want to verbal you MB, but I think you agree that we should bring the women and children home to Australia.
When that happens, the authorities can decide whether any of them are security threats and what should be done about it.
I’m not sure I believe all of their stories either. It does stretch credulity a bit for some of them to say they did not know where they were going or what country they were entering. Still, like Barney, I would say it is at least plausible, however unlikely.
But whatever the truth of the matter, these people are Australian citizens in need of rescuing and protection. That must happen as soon as possible.
And how much support would Labor receive from Crowe and the rest of the MSM? Nothing.
Sir Henry Parkes says:
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 9:42 pm
I don’t want to verbal you MB, but I think you agree that we should bring the women and children home to Australia.
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That’s fine you not verbaling.
Imacca
Thanks I do follow that site. There are articles on Australia getting SSNs there dating back over a decade.
Mexicanbeemersays:
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 9:41 pm
You’re projecting yourself onto people whose lives bares no resemblance to your own, but somehow you know the truth.
How arrogant.
Barney
You’re projecting yourself onto people whose lives bares no resemblance to your own, but somehow you know the truth.
How arrogant.
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So you think we should just believe everybodies story because its their truth.
“So you think we should just believe everybodies story because its their truth.”
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More a case that you should not reject them just because you have no experience of their culture.
Why no damn Newspoll!?!
C@t NewsCorp probably saving money because they know it will be grim.
davidwh @ #1938 Sunday, October 9th, 2022 – 10:10 pm
davidwh,
There you are! Big internet hug coming your way! 🙂
A_E,
That’s a case study. Nicely done.
Get that gas connects severed pronto, but keep a gas BBQ just in case. A heat pump for the hot water with some solar diverter smarts will go a long way to maximising the value of your PV. Thermal energy storage is energy storage (and so is a gas bottle.)
Does the building construction include internal masonry?
We finished substantial renovations on our place in May. Ours is a typical 1960s timber-framed chamfer board house in Brisbane. We briefly contemplated knocking it down and rebuilding, but construction costs and the sheer waste of it convinced us to keep the existing structure. We relined all the internal walls and ceilings (after removing the 80% asbestos LDB panels that were there), so added the thermal insulation all around, internal and external. It cost ~$2.5k, and we have not had to run the aircon since we moved in, even though the 60 year-old casement windows are hardly airtight.
The Internal wall acoustic insulation has proven very effective, and has been rigorously tested by my son’s trumpet practice – if his door is shut, you can hear more ‘music’ coming in the front window than down the hall.
We didn’t have a gas connection, but in replacing the original kitchen upgraded to an induction cooker, which is brilliant (we had one at our previous rental too).
Currently I am trying to work out how to best utilise some of the 32 10-year-old panels my father-in-law wants to rid himself of. He has a roof leak and the panels have to come off to fix it, and its going to be only marginally more expensive to replace them than to reinstall them. I’m thinking of a solar pergola on the northside of our place (only temporary, because we’ll put on a deck soon enough), or using them as the roofing material for a carport. Reuse is preferred to recycling.
TPOF says:
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 10:06 pm
“So you think we should just believe everybodies story because its their truth.”
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More a case that you should not reject them just because you have no experience of their culture.
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Someone saying they didn’t know where they were was because of culture!
Re the tax cuts personally I don’t believe we can afford them at present given the economic circumstances. True it’s easy for me to say that as I am no longer an income tax payer.
Albanese position is a bit tricky though and he would need to have sound economic reasons which are communicated effectively to make changes. At present he has the political capital to do this is he can get the communication right.
Thanks C@t been grey nomading. Just got back from Birdsville.
The women and children in Syrian camps are Australians. Bring them home. Leave the nastiness and cultivation of moral panic to the ugly right-wing Coalition. If there is credible evidence that some have broken Australian law – this would be limited to those who were adults when they left Australia – charge them when they return. If any are suspected to be dangerous (probably not the 6 year old), keep an eye on them.
the demented potato’s polling must be making Liz Truss’ look good 😮
What does it say of our democracy when the poll company we all trust won’t do polling because they don’t like the potential result….
Snappy Tom
Thanks for the message. I have sent you a reply.
Night all.
MABWMsays:
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 10:51 pm
It probably actually says that the Australian has contracted a certain number of Newspolls and they are scheduling them accordingly.
The problem being that I haven’t seen any mention of how many Newspolls have been contracted, so there is no way of knowing how frequent they will be.
Steve777 says:
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 10:21 pm
The women and children in Syrian camps are Australians. Bring them home. Leave the nastiness and cultivation of moral panic to the ugly right-wing Coalition. If there is credible evidence that some have broken Australian law – this would be limited to those who were adults when they left Australia – charge them when they return. If any are suspected to be dangerous (probably not the 6 year old), keep an eye on them.
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In an ideal world there wouldn’t be any refugee camps and no one should be spending their life in one and the 6 year old should be in grade one.
davidwh says:
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 10:17 pm
Thanks C@t been grey nomading. Just got back from Birdsville.
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Hey Cobber good to hear from you. Digital handshake from me.
Looked like the Wet is building out west. There are some fish traps out near Birdsville that are about 15,000 years old. Catch fish only during big rain events from overland flow.
The local Station lessee worked with Traditional Owners about 15 years ago to allow land access and a fix up of the traps.
Yellow Belly and from memory Perch the main catch.
They might get a run this year!
Good to hear from you cobber.
C@tmommasays:
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 8:25 pm
Rex Douglas,
Who used the term ‘woke’ and in what context?
Honestly, that epithet is just the latest Conservative put-down for any Progressive idea meant to make the world a better place.
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Newly minted for Harvard Medical School and the National Institutes of Health (US) all now to use the word birthing person.
They whoever these idiots are even tried it here.
The federal government has stepped in to reverse a government form using the phrase “birthing parent” instead of “mother” after facing mass backlash.
“Minister for NDIS and Government Services Bill Shorten on Thursday announced “mother” would be reinstated on the forms.”
I mean it is cringeworthy. Birthing person.
But Catmomma. Well that handle name will have to go, I mean Cat owner person believes is only good works getting a bad wrap.
Jesus wept.