Three items of electoral relevance to emerge amidst the New Year news and polling drought:
• Paul Sakkal of The Age reports Stephanie Hunt, corporate lawyer and former legal adviser to Julie Bishop and Marise Payne, will seek Liberal preselection for Goldstein, which Tim Wilson hopes to recover after losing to independent Zoe Daniel in 2022. Wilson remains the front-runner, in the estimation of a further report in The Age today.
• Lydia Lynch of The Australian reports Margie Nightingale, former teacher and policy adviser to Treasurer Cameron Dick, is the front-runner to succeed Annastacia Palaszczuk in her seat of Inala, the by-election for which is “tipped to be held in March”. Palaszczuk’s former deputy chief-of-staff, Jon Persley, had long been mentioned as her likely successor, but he has withdrawn from contention, saying the party’s gender quota rules played a “big factor” in the decision.
• Sue Bailey of the Sunday Tasmanian reports that veteran former Liberal Senator and conservative stalwart Eric Abetz will seek state preselection in the division of Franklin for an election due in June next year, assuming Jeremy Rockliff’s government is able to keep the show on the road that long.
Thanks William.
73 mm rain overnight. That’s nearly 3″ in the old money!
Never really heavy downpours – more just constant light rain.
Mains is down. Cant see the top of the nearby ridge.
Waiting to hear the neighbours ark up their generators* .
Careful on the roads people.
*There they go!
Player One @ 1.21pm.
I can raise you a further level of adherence, to three levels of devotion.
I vacillate between; spirits, beer and definitely “in vino veritas”, too.
First time in 31 years Inala will have a non Palaszczuk as the MP. Maybe there is a nephew or a niece available to continue the dynasty?
Not one drop of rain on the Pretty Beach area last night. It’s on its way from Katoomba it seems, however. I’m glad Katoomba is getting the rain so that the areas devastated by the bushfires can recover. 🙂
Senior women in the Liberal Party are growing increasingly concerned about female representation as men dominate preselection battles ahead of the next election.
A review of the Liberal Party’s 2022 election loss, released one year ago, recommended a target of 50 per cent female representation within parliamentary ranks in 10 years.
But with preselections under way in Victoria and NSW, only one new woman, Mary Aldred, has been preselected in a Liberal-held seat, and top female members fear the federal party’s record-low level of women MPs will not improve.
In Victoria, just three women have been endorsed as candidates for the 13 lower house seats where preselections have been held.
In order to reach gender parity for Victorian candidates at the next election – due between August and May – female candidates would need to be endorsed in two out of every three remaining seats.
Melissa McIntosh will face a challenge in her western Sydney seat of Lindsay,
In NSW, sitting MP Melissa McIntosh is under serious threat of losing her seat, and senior Liberal figures, speaking anonymously to discuss internal party matters, expect Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will intervene to protect her. Deputy opposition leader Sussan Ley also staved off a preselection threat last year.
Jo van der Plaat will run in Labor-held Eden Monaro, Gisele Kapterian will run in independent-held North Sydney, and Katie Mullens will run in Labor-held Parramatta.
A group of NSW seats – including Wentworth, Reid and Gilmore – do not yet have candidates, meaning more women may be picked.
Frustrated that the party will fail to improve the gender gap at the next election, female party members including Charlotte Mortlock, who runs Coalition women’s advocacy group Hilma’s Network, and Karyn Sobels, who was the first female president of the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, are calling on the party to come up with ways to attract more female candidates to run.
Mortlock said if the party was truly committed to the target then more would need to be done in 2024 because 2023 was a year of stagnation.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/frustration-over-preselection-as-liberals-wrestle-with-gender-balance-20240107-p5evn7.html
Labor’s renewable energy target has been thrown into jeopardy after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek vetoed its lynchpin, Victoria’s offshore wind strategy, over a “clearly unacceptable” risk to local wetlands.
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan’s green energy plan centres on a terminal at the Port of Hastings, where wind turbines will be assembled together and sent to an array of offshore energy farms. Initial estimates by the state-owned Port of Hastings corporation in October priced the project at $0.8-$1.4bn.
But Ms Plibersek has vetoed its construction, citing “clearly unacceptable” risks to local flora and fauna, sparking angst within industry and government over potentially significant delays to the state’s renewable energy transition.
Industry and government sources on Sunday feared the lack of suitable alternatives to the Hastings site is likely to derail the timeline for the offshore wind farms, leave Victoria dependent on coal for years longer, and ultimately derail the renewable energy targets set by the governments of both Ms Allan and Anthony Albanese.
Despite the state currently depending on brown coal for the majority of its electricity, the Allan government has a target of 95 per cent renewable energy by 2035 – much of which was to be underpinned by offshore wind. Victoria’s plans were also key to the Albanese government reaching its target of 82 per cent renewables by 2030.
In a notification signed by Ms Plibersek on December 18, and published on Friday, the Environment Minister found the plans for a 600m-long, 100m-wide wharf would have “clearly unacceptable impacts” on wetlands “of international importance” at the site off the Mornington Peninsula, southeast of Melbourne. “The proposed action would have resulted in permanent and irreversible damage to 121 hectares of a declared Ramsar wetland,” Ms Plibersek found. “It would also have involved dredging up to 92 hectares in the wetland to allow ships to access the wharf. “In addition to Australia’s international responsibilities to protect the ecological character of the wetland under the Ramsar Convention, the project also presents a threat to the habitat of native species that breed or live in the area, including waterbirds, migratory birds, marine invertebrates and fish.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/plibersek-ruling-on-victorias-offshore-wind-strategy-an-illwind-for-alp-energy-policy/news-story/1e36e1ba893c1a62df278db37ac2b48f?amp
Peter Dutton knows that the Liberals have a Women problem. That’s why he sits all of them behind him in parliament to be in camera when it focuses on him.
Oh dear.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/matildas-captain-sam-kerr-ruptures-acl-six-months-out-from-olympics-20240108-p5evph.html
C@tmomma @ 6.50am.
And judging by their antics, Dutts would be better served by hiding his “women members” in the top right of the parliament.
The countdown is on for the launch of a privately built lunar lander on a quest to become the first commercial mission to successfully touch down on the moon. The “Peregrine” lander, developed by a Pittsburgh-based company called Astrobotic, is scheduled to launch into space on Monday at 2:18 a.m. ET. The uncrewed craft will lift off atop the United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Peregrine lander is the first spacecraft to launch under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. It will be carrying five NASA instruments to the moon, including gauges to measure the radiation environment on the lunar surface and spectrometers to study the abundance of materials such as hydrogen. The mission will also be carrying several other nonscientific items, including payloads for two companies, Elysium Space and Celestis, that offer “space burials” by taking cremated remains into orbit or to the moon.
Morning all. Sam Kerr’s injury is a tragedy for the Matildas. They still have a lot of talent left.
I am happy to bow to the opinions of female bludgers but I struggle with both the Liberal Party’s continued inability to preselect women into winnable seats, and at the same time the credibility of the women MPs they already have.
In the midst of the worst incidents involving misogynistic behaviour in parliament they largely said nothing in the Morrison government. Rather than call their group Hilma’s Network, perhaps they could call it Aunt Lydia’s sisters.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/frustration-over-preselection-as-liberals-wrestle-with-gender-balance-20240107-p5evn7.html
Another factor causing a lack of spots for women and renewal in the Liberal Party is that the defeated men simply won’t go away. Tim Wilson, Scott Morrison and many others – they seem incapable or unwilling to move on from politics after clear rejection by the electorate
Cat
I reread A-E’s and your comments last night re AUKUS and to be clear I do not agree with A-E’s reference to you personally. I remain opposed to the project as proposed, but intend no personal offense in stating that opinion..
Eric Abetz trying trying to return to parliamentary life says he is done with volunteering in the aged and disability sectors and wants to draw a salary again.
Eric Abetz…
Thank you, Socrates. That means a lot to me. 🙂 We can disagree without getting personal. At least that’s what I try to do. Sometimes I fail, sure, but I have actually been trying to teach myself to pull my punches and lead only with evidence. It’s a work in progress, to be sure. 😉
Confessions @ #12 Monday, January 8th, 2024 – 7:12 am
I don’t think it’s that. I think he believes, as do a lot of men, that they know best what’s good for us. Which intersects with the rise of the Christian cohort in politics and the ‘values’ they want to reimpose on the rest of us. Again.
Thanks Cat and agreed. Best wishes.
Peter Dutton may stack women behind him for the camera shots, but on the seats that actually matter, it’s still men all the way.
C@t:
I was being tongue in cheek. Of course Abetz wants to come back: retribution for having lost his seat due to “ageism and sexism”, his inability to get a job post politics (same as Morrison), and not having to suffer the ‘indignity’ of volunteering given who he is (‘don’t people know who I am?!’).
Macca RB @ #9 Monday, January 8th, 2024 – 7:07 am
But, nay, MaccaRB, Liberal Women just love to prove to their male counterparts that they can be as rough and tough as they are.
And touché, ‘fess! 😀
Speaking of which, I saw Angus Taylor on the TV the other day retailing the Liberal line. It’s a pretty weak one as they go, and nothing in comparison to the ‘Debt Truck’ or the ‘Death Tax’. Apparently, inflation (by implication and shamelessly caused by the Albanese government did you know? 😆 ) ’causes your money to evaporate in your pocket!’
I’d give that one a B-
Good morning Dawn Patrollers.
The SMH editorial looks at the impact of extensive use of heritage classification on limiting housing density in many Sydney suburbs.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/heritage-shouldn-t-stop-us-from-building-sydney-s-future-20240107-p5evmz.html
Chris Richardson suggests a temporary halving of import tax to ease cost of living pressures without increasing inflation. But there are difficulties attached.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-pm-wants-ideas-to-ease-the-cost-of-living-squeeze-here-s-one-20240107-p5evmq.html
Annika Smethurst and Paul Sakkal tell us that preselections are under way in Victoria and NSW but only one new woman has been preselected in a Liberal-held seat – and top female members fear the federal party’s record-low level of women MPs will not improve.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/frustration-over-preselection-as-liberals-wrestle-with-gender-balance-20240107-p5evn7.html
The Labor government ran into headwinds during 2023. But is the political breeze about to shift in its direction, writes Craig Emerson who thinks Albanese can rebuild from here.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/how-albanese-can-rebuild-from-here-20240107-p5evmd
Even when released, the cabinet documents relating to the 2003 Iraq war will not reveal the impulses that drove John Howard into a disastrous commitment, predicts James Curran.
https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/history-s-judgment-still-awaits-john-howard-on-iraq-20240107-p5evml
Ben Smee tells us that Pauline Hanson’s controversial chief of staff attracts cash and clout to Queensland state campaign – with speculation he is positioning himself as party’s heir apparent. Smee says Australia’s richest person was the guest of honour at the event hosted by Ashby who is now running as the One Nation candidate for the Queensland seat of Keppel.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/08/james-ashby-gina-rinehart-wagyu-beef-pauline-hanson-one-nation-fundraiser-yeppoon
Rachel Baxendale gleefully reports that Labor’s renewable energy target has been thrown into jeopardy after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek vetoed its lynchpin, Victoria’s offshore wind strategy, over a “clearly unacceptable” risk to local wetlands.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/plibersek-ruling-on-victorias-offshore-wind-strategy-an-illwind-for-alp-energy-policy/news-story/1e36e1ba893c1a62df278db37ac2b48f?amp=
Rachel Eddie writes that Melbourne’s publicly owned water authorities have been forced to take loans and pay interest just to prop up Victoria’s state budget, in a move experts say is aimed at improving the appearance of Victoria’s budget.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/water-companies-soak-up-millions-in-debt-and-pump-it-into-state-budget-20231211-p5eql7.html
Ray Basset, was involved in the negotiation and drafting of the Good Friday Agreement, suggests that the process used to set a path out of the Irish troubles could be the basis for negotiations in the Israel/Gaza situation.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/an-irish-lesson-for-gaza-take-risks-to-find-path-to-peace-20240107-p5evmo.html
Michael McGowan reports that the Minns government has been warned that attempting to stop religious schools from hiring or firing staff because of their adherence to “Christian ethos”, including sexuality, would be a breach of religious freedoms.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/religious-groups-argue-for-right-to-hire-fire-staff-based-on-sexuality-20240107-p5evmt.html
We are spammed relentlessly but when Aussie Home Loans and Accredible spammed Andy Schmulow, they bit off more than they could chew. Andy shows us how to bam the spammers.
https://michaelwest.com.au/how-to-beat-spam-spammers/
The resilience of the US economy and society during and after the pandemic has been remarkable. But so is the pessimism of ordinary people, writes Paul Krugman who concludes by saying that by most measures, the US is on the mend. He hopes it doesn’t lose its democracy before people realise that.
https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/america-is-on-the-mend-but-do-the-voters-believe-it-20240107-p5evmi
In a recent speech to mark the third anniversary of the Capitol attack, President Joe Biden warned that Donald Trump will undo American democracy, reports Julia Conley who says that Trump still remains grave threat to democracy.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/three-years-after-january-6-trump-remains-grave-threat-to-democracy,18220
In the fast-growing city of Zhengzhou, thousands of disappointed buyers are haunted by their unfinished ghost apartments – and the broken promises sold by developers and the government.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/no-doors-no-water-the-people-living-in-the-shadows-of-china-s-property-bust-20240104-p5ev8n.html
China’s disappointing recovery appears to be suffering another indignity. Neighbours whose economic fortunes were supposed to be tied to the heft of the country’s rebound from the pandemic seem to be doing pretty well without it. Far from being pushed into a slump, some bellwethers had a thoroughly respectable year, explains Daniel Moss.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-latest-indignity-for-china-s-flawed-recovery-20240105-p5eves.html
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Megan Herbert
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From the US
C@t 715am – utter bullshit on ur part.
I guess that if Victoria wanted to build a fossil fuel terminal on the Hastings site, Plibersek would have gleefully said yes. She’s from the same NSW Labor mob (Minns) that wanted to ban wind power in the state.
Do the federal Liberal Party actually have any incentive to pre-select more women into their ranks?
It’s patently obvious that their strategy is no longer to win back the leafy, well educated seats in Melbourne and Sydney’s east. They want to go for the outer suburbs and regional/rural areas where they perceive the median citizen’s values are many decades behind that of inner urban areas. This means that these people they are targeting think that men should occupy positions of authority and power in a “strict father” capacity” and “a woman’s job is in the home”*.
*Unless you are an exceptional “woman of calibre”, such as Bronwyn Bishop, Pauline Hanson, or Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Holdenhillbilly at 6.45 am, Cat at 7.25 am
Jo Van der Platt is a Cooma solicitor endorsed by Bronnie Taylor. She may succeed in ensuring that the margin for Angus Taylor in Hume (7.7%) remains smaller than the margin for Kristy McBain (8.2%).
She put together a glossy preselection brochure, which suggests her appeal beyond Cooma is limited. It is all marketing and no substance. Her first priority?
“Own the Ground. Regaining control of the Liberal brand and lost demographics through the re-establishment of a strong grassroots presence in Eden-Monaro.” Etc.
https://issuu.com/jovanderplaat/docs/jo210x210_6_
Unlikely to sway many Bogans in Queanbeyan, let alone those to the East of Cooma.
The Libs held Gilmore for 8 elections with two female MPs then chose two duds (Mundine, Constance). They will need more than marketing spew to challenge Fiona Phillips successfully.
[from last thread:]
nath @ Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 10:34 pm:
[Entropy:] “Still it is better than having Peter Costello telling you how many children you should have and who owns them: “one [baby] for Mum, one for Dad, and one for the country”
[nath:] “Possibly the most interesting thing Costello has ever said. He didn’t really ever go off script.”
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Entropy and nath, that is certainly about the only thing I think of when I think of Peter Costello – which nowadays is only when I hear/read his name mentioned. (Disclaimer – we were direct beneficiaries of his Baby Bonus. And yes, we had three boys, so we did exactly as he urged. And no, his urging was not in any sense the urging which urged us to fulfil his urge for us.)
How badly that exhortation of his has aged, though, given how far the planet has already exceeded what many consider its Carrying Capacity in terms of human population. (Don’t ask me what that Carrying Capacity is. Others are much more expert in such calculations than I.)
Their post 2022 election review recommended 50% women in the partyroom within 10 years.
They have a number but no strategy of how to achieve it. Which is why at the time the review recommendations came out many of us thought it was satire.
A ‘compare and contrast’ which I offer without comment:
A. C@tmomma @ Monday, January 8, 2024 at 7:15 am:
“Thank you, Socrates. That means a lot to me. We can disagree without getting personal. At least that’s what I try to do. Sometimes I fail, sure, but I have actually been trying to teach myself to pull my punches and lead only with evidence. It’s a work in progress, to be sure. ”
B. Lars Von Trier @ Monday, January 8, 2024 at 7:42 am:
“C@t 715am – utter bullshit on ur part.”
C@tmomma, don’t let the bastards get you down.
Lars, did you happen to catch my positive post to you at 7:40pm last night on the previous thread? I haven’t been able to locate your response.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0K9cRbQ_5M
Sabine says science faith based!!
C@tmomma @ Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 8:03 pm:
[me:] “C@t & Soc, I wonder if the antidote is to fight fire with fire: flood the zone with positive affirmations of truthful messages which amplify good principle and policy. I don’t know if that’s the answer to more personally directed character assassination, though.
[C@tmomma:] “Macarthur,
As was drily observed on a podcast I listened to recently, the people that are needed to spread those positive messages just aren’t as zealous and committed to doing so as the Disinfo and Alternative Facts people.”
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Or, they get told they’re no longer welcome to comment on the topics they actually do have zeal for.
🙁
Which is fine, on forums where the disinformation on those topics does, in fact, get short shrift anyway, like this one.
🙂
The government of the Maldives has suspended three deputy ministers after they made derogatory remarks about India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media. Malsha Shareef, Mariyam Shiuna and Abdulla Mahzoom Majid who all worked for the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Information and Arts were disciplined for their comments against Modi on social media. The three had variously described Modi as a “clown”, “terrorist” and “puppet of Israel” on social media platform X, in response to a video of promoting tourism in Lakshadweep, an Indian Union territory in the Arabian Sea.
Rachel Eddie writes that Melbourne’s publicly owned water authorities have been forced to take loans and pay interest just to prop up Victoria’s state budget, in a move experts say is aimed at improving the appearance of Victoria’s budget.
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Unbelievable.
Thanks for the roundup BK. Two stories suggest both the US and Australian economies should be improving this year.
On Australia – bad news from last year should have washed through the system.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/how-albanese-can-rebuild-from-here-20240107-p5evmd
On USA – already doing pretty well in fact
https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/america-is-on-the-mend-but-do-the-voters-believe-it-20240107-p5evmi
Politically, Labor should be in a much better position than Biden. They can afford to wait till 2025, and Albo faces an opposition leader far less charismatic than Trump.
Macarthur,
Sorry, but I didn’t reply to you last night, I’m busily involved in playing a new console game and so I sometimes miss a comment or two when I come back and skim the blog. So, thank you for your continued support. However, I already knew that Lars Von Trier was a sleaze, and that’s why he/she is blocked also, and they know it. But that’s the basis of their continued character assassination, isn’t it? Knowing that I won’t be reading what they’re writing, but continuing to do it anyway. *sigh* Says more about them than me at the end of the day, though, doesn’t it?
Now, off to clean the oven. My chore for the day. Lars Von Trier can suit themselves. I don’t care! That’s what the really liberating thing is. 🙂
Finally, I just wanted to say that this was a story well worth taking the time to read:
Ray Basset, was involved in the negotiation and drafting of the Good Friday Agreement, suggests that the process used to set a path out of the Irish troubles could be the basis for negotiations in the Israel/Gaza situation.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/an-irish-lesson-for-gaza-take-risks-to-find-path-to-peace-20240107-p5evmo.html
The author outlines a very constructive way forward and which may already be happening.
C@tmomma, sorry, my question on missed posts was directed to Lars, not to you. But TBH, it was more of a rhetorical question on my part anyway. 😉
Radical hate preachers face being hauled in front of the nation’s courts and human rights tribunals in a new legal push by Jewish leaders, who said they can no longer rely on governments and police to prosecute against anti-Semitism. It comes as two Sydney clerics called Jewish people “monsters” and “descendants of pigs and monkeys” – but police have been unable to charge either over the diatribes.
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Australia’s peak Jewish body, said it would take legal action against some of the clerics and their sermons, given an apparent inability to lay charges on – or put a stop to – the hate-fuelled rhetoric. The council’s co-chief executive, Alex Ryvchin, said that the organisation and Jewish community were “not going to wait”. “Our history shows us again and again that when preachers and clerics use their platforms to incite against us, lives are lost,” he said. “We’re not going to wait for that to happen.”
In the past, the ECAJ has brought similar cases to the Australian Human Rights Commission and Federal Court under section IIA and 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, which outlaws racial or ethnic hatred – including insulting, offending, intimidating and humiliating on those grounds.
The Australian understands that this was one possibility being actively considered by the body – but that all legal options remained open – and the ECAJ would soon announce what specific legal path it had chosen to pursue. “We have called for those who hold positions of influence to denounce anti-Semitism as un-Islamic and un-Australian, and governments to combat this peril through the law and education,” Mr Ryvchin said.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/jewish-leaders-take-on-hate-clerics-amid-government-law-enforcement-inaction/news-story/2e0142e682c294faf04a8eceaccf22a8?amp
C@t ”Peter Dutton knows that the Liberals have a Women problem. That’s why he sits all of them behind him in parliament to be in camera when it focuses on him.”
I think that’s standard procedure for Liberal PMs. I’m pretty sure that Tony Abbott did it.
I realise that technical and engineering issues are rated low priority in the political scheme of things. Nevertheless, in addition to climate change and defence shipbuilding, can we please add fixing transport to the policy agenda. Our current transport policy sucks at multiple levels.
When I mention transport people probably assume I am thinking of EVs, funding levels, “Busting congestion” and road vs rail debate.
Yet road safety is a bigger problem, and has fallen off the policy radar screen. Since 2016 fatal and serious injury road crashes have gone up after decades of decline. Road crashes cost Australia significantly more than road congestion. You would not know it though, as most money goes to urban road capacity projects.
We have had two appalling fatal road crashes recently which highlight the problems we have failed to fix over the past decade.
This fatal truck/train crash involved a 75 year old truck driver. Why? There is a shortage of truck drivers, and companies are desperate.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-02/truck-driver-in-court-over-barrier-highway-freight-train-crash/103279520
This fatal overtaking lane crash in NSW highlighted deficiencies in safe vehicles (too many large heavy 4WDs causing severe impacts) and safe road design (a barrier-less 3 way section that would not meet tougher road design standards in UK and Europe).
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-29/double-fatality-great-western-highway-nsw-five-vehicles/103272952
We are putting a large number of not very safe vehicles on the road with drivers not necessarily tested or trained, on roads where there is insufficient budget to upgrade the design standards to match best practice. Hence we spend a lot of money building roads to sub-par safety standards.
There is a federal road safety strategy but it is not addressing the bigger issues. Just nice words.
Back to work for me. Have a good day all.
If you don’t have a plan for achieving something as simple as 50/50 male/female representation. How can you do more complex things?
A slogan doesn’t cut it…
‘Sohar says:
Monday, January 8, 2024 at 7:57 am
I guess that if Victoria wanted to build a fossil fuel terminal on the Hastings site, Plibersek would have gleefully said yes. She’s from the same NSW Labor mob (Minns) that wanted to ban wind power in the state.’
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lies.
#weatheronPB
A grey silent sky,
sits calmly over our heads,
with slow humid breaths.
Yeah you just wish Tanya was as tough on fossil fuel projects as she has been on this Western Port Bay decision. Labor is all fcked up on energy/environment policy.
Let’s just hope that Labor Fed and Vic Govts sort this out quick smart.
Taylormadesays:
Monday, January 8, 2024 at 8:19 am
Rachel Eddie writes that Melbourne’s publicly owned water authorities have been forced to take loans and pay interest just to prop up Victoria’s state budget, in a move experts say is aimed at improving the appearance of Victoria’s budget.
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“Unbelievable.”
So why did you repeat the unbelievable?
Steve777 @ #37 Monday, January 8th, 2024 – 8:45 am
And things have not improved since then. Maybe even have gotten worse. At least the front bench had Julie Bishop prominent and Bronwyn Bishop as Speaker.
Rex Douglas @ #42 Monday, January 8th, 2024 – 9:09 am
Even when Tanya Plibersek makes a decision in favour of the environment, Rex Douglas finds a way to diss it.
Rita Kindhart knows how to get around dender imbalance…she’s buying her own party. Thanks BK, noting you had this in your lineup!
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/08/james-ashby-gina-rinehart-wagyu-beef-pauline-hanson-one-nation-fundraiser-yeppoon
‘Irene says:
Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 9:20 pm
Boerwar says:
Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 9:07 pm
Labor is not interested in low income children and adults. Fact.
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Lies.
EG. 15% increase for aged care workers.
Not that I would expect Irene to notice facts that get in the road of your incessant need to trash Labor.
Has Irene:
acknowledged Shorten’s key role in implementing the single biggest social reform since the Whitlam Government?
acknowledged that she was out by around $400 million on her Indigenous-specific funding shit stir?
acknowledged the dozens of intiatives taken by Labor for low income adults and disadvantaged children
acknowledged Labor’s support for Indigeous housing
acknowledged that Australia’s most housing insecure people – Indignous people in remote communities – deserve home ownership like the rest of Australians.
Stand by for the fossil fuel cartel boost their calls for more gas in Victoria…
C@tmomma @ #45 Monday, January 8th, 2024 – 9:20 am
Labor governments across the country and nationally have done more for our environment than any other party.
Sometimes the truth is just hard for naysayers to swallow.
The consequences of Bill Shortens cuts to the NDIS
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-07/tas-state-judo-champion-james-gittus-ndis-funding-need/103277200
Labor going after NDIS and aged care recipients to cover for their massive S3 tax cuts for the rich says much about them.