The latest fortnightly voting intention numbers from Essential Research, which include a 6% undecided component (up one on last time), show Labor recovering a primary vote lead by holding steady at 32% while the Coalition drops two to 30%, with the Greens also down two to 14% and One Nation up two to 7%. The pollster’s 2PP+ measure is unchanged with Labor 52% and the Coalition on 42%, although the vagaries of rounding means undecided gains a point to 6%.
The report also features its month leader favourability ratings, which differ from its more conventional monthly leadership ratings in having respondents rate the leaders on a scale of zero to ten. This provides further evidence with a downturn for Anthony Albanese, whose positive rating (for ratings of between seven and ten) is down five to 36%, with neutral (four to six) up two to 32% and negative (zero to three) up three to 27%. Peter Dutton’s positive rating is up four to 27%, recovering from a three-point dip last time, with neutral down two to 32% and negative down one to 34%.
Perhaps relatedly, a monthly read of the national mood, in which respondents are asked if the country is on the right or wrong track, records a pronounced worsening in sentiment, with wrong track up nine on last month to 47% and right track down eight to 33%. This is comfortably the worst result shown on an accompanying chart going back to February 2022, which shows a surge of positive sentiment after the government came to power last May that has now worn off entirely.
A suite of questions on government action on economic issues find substantial majorities saying the government is not doing enough to relieve cost-of-living pressures (75%), ensuring affordable and secure rentals (69%) and ensuring a fair income tax system (48%). The government scores better, but not overwhelmingly positive, on a corresponding set of questions about environmental issues. A head-to-head question on whether parliament works better with minor parties and independents holding the balance of power produced a statistical tie of 51% no and 49% for yes.
The poll was conducted Wednesday to Sunday from a sample of 1148.
why is the PM giving away political capital for the sake of the Voice referendum?
there is no program tied to the proposal? why not set up by legislation an aboriginal advisory board – sure there is rick that Liberals will one day abolish it but that’s true of all legislation. There is simply not enough gained by this raucous debate about the referendum. Albanese is far too sentimental about aboriginal matters – fine, but he’s not up to a tough debate on the voice matter nor should he be. why let the red necks out of the pound? more importantly why give oxygen to someone like dutton. I don’t understand this. I was interested in a fully representative body (of all tribal groups) with big meetings once or twice a year in canberra – but that does not appear about to happen. Albanese cannot risk the goodwill he has – pull the referendum (there are good reasons for doing so) and pass legislation asap.
hungry jack,
The legislation will not be pulled. It is too important. It’s actually about something that should be above politics.
Some things are worth more than “political capital”. I understand that some people feel this way, after all we’ve had a decade of federal government which didn’t believe in anything much more than lining the pockets of its mates and picking fights with the most disadvantaged among us. Certainly the coalition did nothing for the good of the nation (that I can recall), so perhaps it isn’t surprising that there are people who would view the referendum purely in terms of the payback for the government of the day.
But it’s bigger than just the zero sum game.
And this comment from goll, that he put up last night and which many may have missed today, deserves a second run:
goll (AnonBlock)
Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 – 11:50 pm
Comment #849
The 2022 election indicated that enough voters realised the Morrison LNP government was not representing the voters with the best intentions.
Revelations since the election have shown the Morrison government to be much further “down the rathole” of dishonesty, deception, fraud, crime and self-interest than previously imagined.
The sunset tree industry right wing media, Dutton, the Nationals, Sky, the token middle class indigenous and the menagerie of social commentators have hijacked “the voice”.
The Greens have demarcated between themselves and “their supporters”.
The housing fracas highlights the plight of indigenous Australia and their prospects.
For all of you with no close indigenous friendships and no experience of an indigenous town or settlement please refrain from “whitefella” opinions together with the security of being a ‘whitefella”.
It’s was, is and will be indigenous genocide for a while yet.
Someone suggested earlier that Chalmers challenge Albanese for the leadership of the Federal Labor Party! Get a brain!
How quickly voters, commentators and the media have forgotten just how well developed Australia had become as a “banana republic’, governed by a right wing jaunta, with homeless in every shade of grey, poverty stricken, migrant dependent for labour, elitist, tribal and racist.
And I can’t remember it ever being so good! Except for those……………………..
Great minds think alike, ‘fess. 🙂
Liz Cheney on what’s wrong with politics:
‘We’re electing idiots.’
Can’t say I disagree. 😐
Defining Chris Merritt via Murdoch is too narrow.
He was the most anti ICAC author in NSW and spent years hinting at doubts re the prosecutions of Eddie Obeid and Ian MacDonald, fortunately, to no avail.
There is a certain type of person who likes people to get away with things.
To spend millions revealing plenty and then doing nothing at all? What about disciplining a few coppers?
C@t:
I think people have just forgotten that government is also about doing the big things, not just the day to day legislative grind.
Opinion polling
Once again all the propaganda by corrupt lib/nats and media units still have not taken any ground off Labor primary vote or any sign of improvement for lib/nats combined primary vote
Any Melbourne Uni alumni/students/staff here? If so, congratulations!
“Three Australian universities have made the world’s top 20 list for the first time after new metrics placing greater weight on international research and sustainability were introduced.
The QS World University Rankings, run by global higher education specialist Quacquarelli Symonds, draws from millions of academic papers and insights from 240,000 academics and employers across 1,500 universities.
The University of Melbourne ranked 14th on the list, a historic high for any Australian university, while the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney tied for 19th.”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/28/three-australian-unis-place-in-top-20-list-of-the-qs-world-university-rankings
Corruption in politics will be bigger focus then recent times from tomorrow and after July 1 this year , the start of National Anti-corruption Commission
Data from JWS Research has revealed that three quarters of Australians would prefer the government focus efforts on the cost of living crisis over the upcoming referendum …
Daily Mail: https://apple.news/A1yTDRij8RYGHIDJuOvuFAQ
Shared from Apple News
VCT Et3e @ Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 6:59 am:
“Data from JWS Research has revealed that three quarters of Australians would prefer the government focus efforts on the cost of living crisis over the upcoming referendum …”
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Non-sequitur false dichotomy alert…
Our surplus is bigger than we thought — but it’s not the size of it, but how you use it that matters, The Australian says. It reports that an event in Darwin today, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will reveal the $4.2 billion surplus forecast for 2022-23 will be higher thanks to low unemployment (higher income tax and lower welfare payments) and high commodity prices, according to an expert the AFR spoke to. We’ll learn the surplus figure on Friday when the Commonwealth monthly financial statements are released. Still, high inflation, recessions overseas, rate rises and stable productivity mean it’ll be a short-lived sugar hit, the Oz says, so Chalmers is reportedly planning to return the “bulk of revenue upgrades to the bottom line”. He’ll also say we can expect inflation to tumble from 7% to 3.25% in 2023-24, and economic growth from 3.25% to 1.5% in 2023-24.
It would be quite unfairly ironic if the Coalition’s decision to make the Voice referendum a party-political issue (by pronouncing opposition as its formal policy) resulted in voters feeling that it is the Government which is ‘unduly’ focusing upon it. I put ‘unduly’ in irony quotes precisely because I disagree with the implied premise that the Voice is unimportant.
Holdenhillbilly @ 7.03am
I am certain that The Treasurer will also acknowledge the Greens and The CLP for their $10 Billion contribution towards the increased surplus.
Good morning Dawn Patrollers
Strong commodity prices and a super-tight jobs market have swelled the federal budget surplus beyond the $4.2 billion forecast just seven weeks ago, but economists are warning there is now a 50-50 chance of a recession this year, says Shane Wright.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/budget-surplus-improves-despite-high-chance-of-recession-this-year-20230627-p5dju5.html
The budget surplus for this financial year will be “significantly” higher than the $4.2 billion forecast last month, thanks to revenue from the jobs boom, sustained high prices for commodities and company profits. Phil Coorey says that dispensing with the caution he displayed at the May budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will confirm the nation’s coffers will be in the black for the first time since the global financial crisis 15 years ago.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/company-profits-jobs-boom-drive-surplus-above-4-2b-20230627-p5dju7
Paul Bongiorno reckons Albanese has gone into the winter break in better shape than has the Voice.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2023/06/27/paul-bongiorno-albanese-winter-break-voice/
Former premier Dominic Perrottet was urged to only grant a three-month extension to the chronically delayed corruption probe into Gladys Berejiklian amid concerns from then attorney-general Mark Speakman that the report was already taking too long. Not long to wait now – it will be released tomorrow.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/speakman-pushed-perrottet-for-tighter-timeframe-on-berejiklian-icac-report-20230627-p5djsg.html
Police have recommended prosecutors criminally charge William Tyrrell’s foster mother, alleging she covered up his accidental death almost a decade ago. However, her lawyer was not even aware of the development last night, which comes just one day after what would have been William’s 12th birthday.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/police-allege-william-tyrrell-s-foster-mum-covered-up-death-seek-charges-20230627-p5djyb.html
Referring to Samantha Crompvoets, an expert on organisational culture, whose 2016 report on war crimes allegedly committed by cliques of elite Special Air Service regiment soldiers serving in Afghanistan started a chain of events that has visited a world of pain on the Australian Defence Force and eventually helped disclose the truth surrounding the obscene behaviour of Ben Roberts-Smith, VC, the SMH editorial is upset at the shameful treatment of the messenger who exposed war crimes.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/shameful-treatment-of-the-messenger-who-exposed-war-crimes-20230627-p5djrl.html
Here Samantha Crompvoets tells us her story of the shameful treatment meted out to her. No wonder the SMH was upset!
https://www.smh.com.au/national/i-exposed-war-crimes-among-the-sas-a-few-weeks-ago-my-car-was-repossessed-20230621-p5diay.html
The first responsibility of any government is to uphold the law. With Australian generals one step closer to criminal prosecution in The Hague, the Albanese administration is falling that test when it comes to alleged war crimes in Afghanistan, writes Stuart McCarthy.
https://michaelwest.com.au/australias-afghanistan-war-crimes-a-serious-challenge-for-albanese-government/
Stuart Robert’s dealings with consulting firm Synergy 360 and the PwC tax scandal are at the top of the Greens’ referral list for the National Anti-Corruption Commission when it opens its doors on July 1, writes Lisa Visentin who tells us that other matters on the Greens’ wishlist include a raft of issues dating back to the former Coalition government such as the Robodebt scandal, former prime minister Scott Morrison’s secret ministries, the $45 billion blowout in troubled defence Hunter-class frigate program, a $2 billion Morrison government health and hospitals funding program, and the sports rorts scandal.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/pwc-former-morrison-minister-on-anti-corruption-watchdog-referral-wishlist-20230627-p5djq5.html
Labor is dealing with changing demographics, explain Peter Lewis who wonders if it can provide what voters want.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2023/jun/27/labor-is-making-compromises-but-can-they-overcome-bad-branding
The National Australia Bank is embroiled in an attempt to recoup $43 million lent to a petrol station and fuel transportation business that was run by two brothers who were allegedly associated with the Rebels bikie gang. The AFR reports that the bank has been scrambling since March to recover loans it made to Xpress Group amid claims of fraud and mismanagement, with its receivers forced to bring in police to recover dozens of vehicles and tankers allegedly stolen from the business.
https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/nab-lent-millions-to-companies-linked-to-rebels-associates-20230607-p5desj
“Was it negligence, naivete or necessity? How to explain the disastrous decision of some of Australia’s most senior public servants to retain PriceWaterhouseCoopers for a project designed to crack down on corporate tax avoidance?”, asks Josh Bernstein who refers to the extraordinarily scathing report delivered last week, where the Senate finance and public administration references committee found that PwC not only engaged in “calculated breach of trust” by breaching confidentiality obligations, it then engaged in a deliberate strategy over many years to cover up that breach and the plan by PwC personnel to monetise it.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8246268/will-the-aps-be-held-accountable-for-its-role-in-the-pwc-scandal/?cs=14350
Anthony Klan reports that the man who was CEO of consultancy PwC Australia for the entire tax payments affair, Luke Sayers, has exited as chair of a charity he runs with his wife.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/pwc-ceo-luke-sayers-quits-as-charity-chair-amid-tax-leaks-scandal,17659
The NSW government has axed Sydney’s primary planning agency, the Greater Cities Commission, and will fold its staff back into the department to wield greater control over planning for the city and state. Michael Koziol and Michael McGowan tell us Chris Minns said the move would reduce overlap and duplication of finite public resources and help achieve his goal of more housing supply. The Western Parkland City Authority, which was building a “third CBD” called Bradfield near Western Sydney Airport, will also be subsumed.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/minns-abolishes-sydney-planning-agency-to-bring-control-back-in-house-20230627-p5djuh.html
June 30 is just days away and tax is front of mind for many of us right now. Be particularly careful when doing your tax returns, as the tax office has developed some of the most sophisticated data-matching systems in the world. Explains Noel Whittaker.
https://www.smh.com.au/money/tax/the-tax-traps-that-could-catch-you-out-this-financial-year-20230627-p5djqv.html
Universities have wasted a fortune on consultants, writes Jenna Price who wonders when they will ever learn.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/universities-waste-a-fortune-on-consultants-when-will-they-learn-20230626-p5djmj.html
In the debate on the rehabilitation of public schools, there is an unpleasant issue that must not be mentioned. Not by the Unions, not the Government, not the Principals’ organisations and definitely not the private schools. ‘The elephant in the room’ is severe disruptive behaviour, argues John Frew,
https://johnmenadue.com/public-educations-elephant-in-the-classroom/
Albanese’s commitment to the bogus AUKUS deal stands in stark contrast to the ethical leadership of the late Simon Crean. At the time, Mr Crean’s opposition to John Howard’s craven commitment to the Iraq war was a rare and beautiful exception to the tradition of old politics in Australia. Can the country find leaders who will free us from the old politics forever, asks Allan Patience.
https://johnmenadue.com/a-new-politics-is-coming-ready-or-not/
Pacific Island nationals brought to Australia under a workforce scheme to bolster regional economic and diplomatic ties have abandoned the program by a nearly 10-fold increase in the past five years, with some complaining of racking up debt while languishing for months without work. Something smells here!
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/broke-and-hungry-pacific-islanders-are-abandoning-aussie-farms-in-droves-20230621-p5diah.html
When US intelligence services released a summary of the intelligence that they had collected about the origins of COVID-19 this week, it put the case for a Wuhan lab leak to bed, explains Liam Mannix.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/covid-19-lab-leak-theory-ends-with-a-whimper-not-a-bang-20230627-p5djqb.html
Farrah Tomazin reports that staff at the US prison where accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was held committed significant misconduct that contributed to his death, from falsifying reports and failing to fix faulty security cameras, to allowing him to stockpile dangerous items. I wonder what money might have changed hands.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/misconduct-and-mismanagement-led-to-jeffrey-epstein-s-death-says-us-watchdog-20230628-p5djzb.html
An audio recording of Donald Trump in 2021 discussing what he called a “highly confidential” document about Iran that he acknowledged he could not declassify because he was out of office appears to contradict his recent assertion that the material he was referring to was simply news clippings. Trump done over by his narcissistic big mouth yet again!
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/a-big-pile-of-papers-leaked-audio-undercuts-trump-s-documents-claim-20230627-p5djxq.html
Cartoon Corner
David Pope
David Rowe
Matt Golding
Simon Letch
Cathy Wilcox
Andrew Dyson
A Glen Le Lievre gif
https://twitter.com/i/status/1673493277272686592
Spooner
From the US
Russia just will not stop trying to murder Ukrainian civilians:
“At least four people including a child have been killed and 42 injured after two Russian rockets hit a bustling pizza restaurant in the centre of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday.
“Two rockets were fired at the city of Kramatorsk … at a food establishment in the centre of the city where there were a great number of civilians,” said Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of the eastern Donetsk region.
The missile strike occurred in mid-evening at a popular shopping plaza, raising the likelihood of a high number of civilian casualties. RIA Pizza, the restaurant that was hit, is especially popular among foreign journalists who often use it as an office.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/27/deadly-russian-missile-strike-on-busy-pizza-restaurant-in-kramatorsk
Ukraine has shown saintly restraint towards Russia in spite of such heinous Russian crimes against its civilian population. How much more does Ukraine have to put up with from Russia before the civilised world decides to put its foot down? One thing: after this is all over, if Putin somehow is still ruling Russia, any world leader who meets with him is fair game, IMO.
[‘…but it’s not the size of it, but how you use it that matters…’]
I’ve heard that one before.
#weatheronPB
A motley bunch grows,
jealous of her majesty,
crowding out the sun.
i wonderwhiy albanese is prity quiet as pm wonder if labor would get rid of some long serving mps like shayne newman perit and maria vanvackenew she has been in parliament since 2001 but is very low profile
”Corruption in politics will be bigger focus then recent times from tomorrow and after July 1 this year , the start of National Anti-corruption Commission”
Although most of its deliberations will be secret.
When the Qld DPP refused to charge in connection with a death in custody on Palm Island, a second opinion was sought
https://amp.smh.com.au/national/lawrence-street-heads-mulrunji-review-20070105-gdp69l.html
The idea that a referendum be shelved, because it’s losing support, and anyway isn’t worth the fuss, would be laughable if it weren’t so insulting. “Give up. You’ll never win.”, is a taunt from the desparate.
Mired in unprecedented allegations of corruption, perhaps the SCOTUS is starting the feel the heat of the American people:
[‘The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a legal theory that would have radically reshaped how federal elections are conducted by giving state legislatures largely unchecked power to set rules for federal elections and to draw congressional maps warped by partisan gerrymandering.
The vote was 6 to 3, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. writing the majority opinion. The Constitution, he said, “does not exempt state legislatures from the ordinary constraints imposed by state law.”
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch dissented.
The case concerned the “independent state legislature” theory. It is based on a reading of the Constitution’s Elections Clause, which says, “The times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof.”]
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/us/politics/supreme-court-state-legislature-elections.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20230627&instance_id=96138&nl=from-the-times®i_id=90527662&segment_id=137767&te=1&user_id=22fa8332e73ca489c8bab51d495db143
“The first responsibility of any government is to uphold the law. With Australian generals one step closer to criminal prosecution in The Hague, the Albanese administration is falling that test when it comes to alleged war crimes in Afghanistan, writes Stuart McCarthy.”
In the same way that I am one step closer to Perth when I go to my kitchen.
If the referendum falls it will be forever on the head of the Liberals and the Greens. Why would Labor back away from something where they win long-term, no matter the outcome.
The “give up” trolling would indicate the Liberals have worked out what the long-term consequecnes are.
From the previous thread.
Arky @ #851 Wednesday, June 28th, 2023 – 4:42 am
Like Microsoft Bing or hate it, the Bing AI at least lists its sources. Before Yahoo briefly became the darling of the internet, IBM had a search engine, Envista(?), and before that there was “gopher”. I’m sure there were things before that again. Progress marches on its belly.
But philosophically speaking, librarians know a thing or two about disinformation versus information. (Gopher was a librarian’s tool.) But the point is that while “search” is fundamental so is truth. Curating is an art. If it is important, people need to be involved.
‘Envista(?)’
AltaVista?
So, Queenslanders, ie the Treasurer, go to Darwin to escape the ‘cold’ in winter? 😆
Leaving philosophy (or not) anyone who remembers the 2008 novel (and trilogy) “Three Body Problem” by Liu Cixin might be interested in this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lj99Uz1d50
The teaser doesn’t do the novel justice. But maybe that’s the point.
The most enlightening story of the day from the Dawn Patrol is the Anthony Klan investigation of the former PwC CEO, Luke Sayers, and the shenanigans he and his wife, Cate, got up to and the part they played in Josh Frydenburg’s dodgy 2022 election campaign:
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/pwc-ceo-luke-sayers-quits-as-charity-chair-amid-tax-leaks-scandal,17659
Oh, what a tangled web thee weave.
C@tmomma @ #29 Wednesday, June 28th, 2023 – 8:22 am
Perfect. That’s the one.
Unfortunately Albanese comes from a generation of Labor politicians who have deep seated fear of News Corporation. Hence Albanese’s reluctance to push back against then or take them on. It’s rooted in fear. If Albanese wants to stand idly by while misinformation and lies are published and aired daily about his government then that’s his choice, but there is an element of cowardice in the way the Labor government is dealing with News Corp.
The NYT discusses three body politics. Physics tells us that chaos happens, and for example why three children is chaotic. And that MAD was stable because there were two competitors. Adding China makes three. …
(The article is also, where I found the link to Netflix.)
In Henry VI, Shakespeare wrote:
“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers”.
In light of the skulduggery of PwC, it might be appropriate to amend that line.
Late Riser @ #31 Wednesday, June 28th, 2023 – 8:26 am
I’ve read the first 2 and have been meaning to get the third.
I like the dark forest theory, dont stick your head up as a nascent civilization because someone nastier than you will kill you. More prudent and cautious species know this and don’t broadcast on all radio frequencies like we do.
I’m just reading The Origin of Time, written by Belgian physicist Thomas Hertog who attempts unravel Hawking’s last theory. There’s an argument you could put forward that intelligence created itself (us) through quantum theory, and as such is a super rare thing to occur.
An interesting shift in China’s stance on the future status of Crimea and the Donbas regions of Ukraine, considering the very careful way Chinese officials are required to express themselves in public:
“Chinese ambassador unexpectedly supports Ukraine’s desire to liberate Crimea:
Fu Cong, Chinese ambassador to the European Union, has said that he does not rule out Beijing’s support for Ukraine’s desire to restore its territorial integrity by returning to the borders of 1991.
… When journalists asked the Chinese diplomat about supporting Ukraine’s goals, in particular the return of Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia, he replied, “I don’t see why not”.
“We respect the territorial integrity of all countries. So when China established relations with the former Soviet Union, that’s what we agreed on. But as I said, these are historical issues that need to be negotiated and resolved by Russia and Ukraine and that is what we stand for,” Fu said.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/27/7408827/
Maybe China is, if only slightly, re-calculating the relative worth to itself of backing in Putin to the hilt over his invasion of Ukraine. I suppose the weekend’s events in Russia were only a coincidence.
Mostly Interested. Now I’m tempted to find the books again. They contained some good ideas. Thanks for reminding me of the dark forest.
Morning all. Thanks for the roundup BK. Either the government or our corporate watchpuppie must do something about PwC. Two conflicts of interest byone firm suggests no credible corporate governance.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-28/pwc-second-failure-to-disclose-interest-in-top-education-group/102530918
In particular some action needs to be taken against individual directors and partners:
“ Eight of the firm’s senior partners, including its two most recent former chief executives, also made personal investments in the company worth a combined $2.5 million.”
Even the employees are in revolt, no doubt as they see their futures slip away.
“ Monday, meanwhile, a group describing itself as current PwC employees who have formed a “committee for the restoration of trust in PwC through transparency and accountability” has issued a rallying call for reform of the company via a letter to senior management.
The letter identifies 11 current or former senior partners and directors of the firm to whom the committee sheets home blame for the tax leak fiasco and for overseeing a corroded corporate culture, and calls the current plan to offload the government-consulting arm of the business “grossly inadequate”.
The employee letter also highlights that it is individual executives that need to be targeted and punished in these investigations. Otherwise they will keep doing it. A two year suspension of a tax agent is a holiday not a punishment. Large corporate fines now will just punish current employees for past employees misdeeds.
Enough Already says:
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 8:42 am
More likely that China sees parallels between Ukrainian reclaiming Crimea & China reclaiming Taiwan
Late Riser @ #39 Wednesday, June 28th, 2023 – 8:48 am
What I found interesting about the books was that as the author is Chinese, there’s a whole lot of cultural perspectives you dont get in western scifi. And they way these perspectives are applied allows western readers to really think about some of the rather fragile assumptions we make about how our culture is constructed.
I’m just making my way through the Glastonbury ’23 link Itza provided the other day, and as we’re on an Asian tip, I found this contribution extremely enjoyable to listen to and fascinating to contemplate the fusion of ancient Asian and modern Western styles of music:
https://youtu.be/vr02zU9R1Cs
Soc,
Read this:
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/pwc-ceo-luke-sayers-quits-as-charity-chair-amid-tax-leaks-scandal,17659
PwC bodies were deeply entwined with the Liberal Party.
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shellbellsays:
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 6:40 am
Defining Chris Merritt via Murdoch is too narrow.
He was the most anti ICAC author in NSW and spent years hinting at doubts re the prosecutions of Eddie Obeid and Ian MacDonald, fortunately, to no avail.
There is a certain type of person who likes people to get away with things.
To spend millions revealing plenty and then doing nothing at all? What about disciplining a few coppers?
”
They like people like Frank Abagale of “Catch me if you can”, who can get away with crime or some Media tycoons, who got away with lot of things.
I have a feeling that a lot of people from ATM government will get away Scott free.
I see that right wing world are giddy with excitement over a surplus.
Still not much love for Albo, Tanya and co in the toons – i.e. Pope, Rowe and Wilcox. It all seem to be heading in the Scomo direction.
The Sayers-Frydenberg relationship should be investigated by the NACC.
Thank BK
A dreadfully humbling article and the previous Coalition has much to answer for in terms of treatment and coverups. They were enablers of SAS behaviour.
‘Sohar says:
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 8:59 am
Still not much love for Albo, Tanya and co in the toons – i.e. Pope, Rowe and Wilcox. It all seem to be heading in the Scomo direction.’
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Yes. True. Good point. Entirely consistent with your one line Labor slayers!
Albanese has five ministries, is a religious nutter and looks aside while his government fosters rank racism, galloping corruption and incompetence destroy the nation.
Nice try!