The News Corp Sunday papers yesterday carried a Freshwater Strategy poll showing 50-50 on two-party preferred, from primary votes of Labor 31%, Coalition 39%, Greens 14% and others 15%. This is very similar to results the same pollster produced for the Financial Review last month, differing only in that the Greens were on 13% and others 16%. The poll was conducted last Wednesday and Thursday from a sample of 1007.
News Corp’s coverage was incomplete with respect to voting intention and focused on attitudinal findings: that 81% said the government was not doing enough about the cost of living, 51% said the country was headed in the wrong direction, 51% expected “green measures” would increase power costs, and that while 52% said they would vote yes to a republic, 55% did not think a referendum should be held “now”. The utility of these numbers is limited by the News Corp report’s lack of detail on contrary and uncommitted responses, on which I can shed no further light.
In other news, Labor and Liberal have both confirmed their candidates for the Dunkley by-election, expected to be held late February at the soonest. Labor’s candidate is Jodie Belyea, manager of a foundation that provides tertiary scholarships for disadvantaged women, who was endorsed by the party’s national executive with backing from the Socialist Left faction. For the Liberals, Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy was chosen yesterday from a ballot of local party members with a reported 89 votes, against 40 for former state MP Donna Hope and 25 for Bec Buchanan.
“The utility of these numbers is limited by the News Corp report’s lack of detail on contrary and uncommitted responses, on which I can shed no further light.”
News Corp is all about narrative, not ‘news’.
15% ‘others’: Teals? PHON? Local independents? Libertarians? Kattermites?
It would be informative to know more about the breakup of that bundle of licorice allsorts.
Also the misleading or deliberate propaganda part to suit the narrative by lib/nats propaganda media units
Labor 50 % Lib/nats 50%
Labor down 2%
Lib/nats up 5%
would have meant
Labor 52%
Lib/nats 47%
Total 97 %
This is good to see (from the previous thread):
Macarthur (AnonBlock)
Sunday, January 14th, 2024 – 10:55 pm
Comment #1064
2024 US Presidential Election, Trump v Biden, RealClearPolitics Polling Average:
Trump lead over Biden:
Dec 14: 3.2
Dec 21: 2.3
Dec 28: 2.3
Jan 4: 1.7
Jan 11: 1.0
https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-biden
The trend is only a month old, but it is clearly there. Going pollster by pollster:
Rasmussen: Dec 6-7, Trump +10; Jan 7-9, Trump +8
Economist/YouGov: Dec 9-12, Dec 16-18, Dec 31 – Jan 2, Jan 7-9, all Tie
Reuters/Ipsos: Nov 13-14, Trump +2; Jan 3-9, Tie
Morning Consult: Dec 15-17, Trump +2; Dec 30 – Jan 1, Trump +1; Jan 5-7, Biden +1
I&I/TIPP: Nov 30 – Dec 1, Trump +2; Jan 3-5, Trump +1
Who knows how much longer or further this trend will run. What it does say is that predictions of doom for Joe Biden’s re-election are definitely premature.
Good morning, C@tmomma!
A lot cheaper than a nuclear sub. Australia is supplying 100 a month,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ckYz616rEc
Good (cooler) morning to you, Macarthur! 🙂
Want some more US polling?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/14/trump-republican-iowa-caucuses-haley/
If the Republican Primary voters see sense through the miasma of ‘Trump inevitability’ and end up with Nikki Haley as the Republican nominee, then the Biden camp have a whole different ball game to contend with. The age thing hoves into view.
Thanks for that, C@tmomma. My first take: that poll certainly gives an indication that Trump’s surge in the polls last Oct-Nov was more about his name simply being in the media so often because of his trials, simply prompting a number of voters to get ‘nostalgic’ about his term as POTUS (ha!), rather than actually switching their support to him because he is on trial.
C@tmomma @ Monday, January 15, 2024 at 6:29 am:
“If the Republican Primary voters see sense through the miasma of ‘Trump inevitability’ and end up with Nikki Haley as the Republican nominee, then the Biden camp have a whole different ball game to contend with. The age thing hoves into view.”
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RCP is not as promising for Haley as it is for Trump. However, if she were to prevail over Trump, her numbers would get a boost from those who right now might think she’s a RINO (ha! again), but would swallow that pill to oust Biden from the White House. So, yes, Biden would urgently need a fresh plan if he was contesting Haley instead of Trump in November.
I think that Trump would act as a spoiler if he doesn’t get the nomination, Trump is all about Trump . I hope I live long enough to experience a Trump ( and Murdoch) free world.
I Made a error , previous post
Also the misleading or deliberate propaganda part to suit the narrative by lib/nats propaganda media units
Labor 50 % Lib/nats 50%
Labor down 2%
Lib/nats up 5%
would have meant
Labor 52%
Lib/nats 45%
Total 97 %
Princeplanet @ #11 Monday, January 15th, 2024 – 6:47 am
It’s keeping me going, that’s for sure!
Just read:
‘The biggest political hurdles the SA government faces in 2024
By Stephanie Richards and Rory McClaren’ – ABC Just In
A pretty accurate piece.
Some opinions from me.
Peter Malinauskas is a bit of a populist. A large part of his appeal was his good looks and his promise to bring back the V8 Supercars to the city street circuit. He followed the car race with the AFL Gather Round series and LIV golf, which were both a big success. Tourism is pretty big here. Add to the above music and art festivals, and the Fringe, and Adelaide gets a lot of visitors filling up its many 5 star hotels, restaurants and bars. People usually leave thinking it’s an easily accessible, clean, pretty city to walk around in where the locals are polite and friendly. Many tourists also take in the Adelaide Hills, Barossa Valley and Flinders Ranges.
Bringing back government ownership of the trains was also well received.
However, the major campaign he led to end hospital ramping has become a disaster for him. There’s record waiting times and some poor guy died after waiting 10 hours for an ambulance. Although, I know from personal experience, that if they prioritise you as an emergency, the Ambos turn up pretty quick, you get wheeled straight in and the medical treatment is excellent. It saved my life a couple of years ago and I just visited a friend who had a similar experience.
The major merger of two universities is going ahead. It’s received good press but a lot of academics aren’t happy. It will invariably lead to staff sackings, and probably women over 50 will be over-represented.
Rents have gone through the roof and there’s been an increase in homelessness with tents appearing in the parklands. And that’s not a good look for any government.
Still, he’ll probably get at least another term. Like I said, he’s a good looking guy and people do like their bread and circuses. He’s helped by the Liberals being, well, Liberals. Here they’re usually just a stop gap between long term Labor governments.
Good morning Dawn Patrollers.
The rules of political conflict will change this year. But to capitalise on the gains he’s made on Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton needs a new battle plan, writes Sean Kelly.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/dutton-wants-2024-to-be-a-repeat-of-2023-but-wishing-doesn-t-make-it-so-20240114-p5ex3t.html
Millie Muroi has written a good piece on productivity, saying that if we want to improve our living standards and rein in inflation, the key is not to exhaust ourselves on the treadmill. Instead, we should encourage more competition between firms, invest in education and perhaps upgrade our treadmill – or reinvent it.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/dutton-wants-2024-to-be-a-repeat-of-2023-but-wishing-doesn-t-make-it-so-20240114-p5ex3t.html
“If the PM thinks this supermarket sweep is enough, he’s off his trolley”, writes former ACCC chair, Rod Sims in an article well worth reading.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/if-the-pm-thinks-this-supermarket-sweep-is-enough-he-s-off-his-trolley-20240111-p5ewm0.html
A review of supermarket industry standards in an attempt to ease ever-increasing food prices has begun, but will this address the underlying cause of inequality, wonders Michelle Pini.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/food-fuel-and-news-a-neoliberal-nightmare,18230
After a slow and sometimes bumpy start to Labor’s return to power in Macquarie Street, the new year offers a slew of opportunities for the fledgling Minns government. Housing reform, public sector pay negotiations, energy policy and infrastructure delivery are key issues Labor will need to tackle over the coming 12 months. The Sydney Morning Herald believes drug reform deserves to be equally high on the agenda, says its editorial.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/drug-law-reform-must-be-key-priority-for-minns-government-20240114-p5ex3g.html
Those who believe the ABC propagates extreme left-wing content live in an alternate universe, writes John Longhurst.
https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/abcs-left-wing-bias-upsets-conservatives,18240
If immigration must stay in Home Affairs, Abul Rizvi tells us how to fix the agency. It’s an interesting contribution within whick Rizvi says that, partly due to Pezzullo’s arrogance, and Scott Morrison’s view the public service is there to just do as it is told, it appears the policy advising, research and statistical analysis part of immigration has also been run down. This will need to be re-built.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8484250/stephanie-foster-faces-herculean-task-in-home-affairs-role/?cs=14350
More than 900 questions from the Senate about the health and aged care portfolio have been left unanswered since October, as crossbench and opposition members accuse the government of having “contempt for transparency”, reports Olivia Ireland.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/more-than-900-parliamentary-questions-on-health-and-aged-care-unanswered-20240112-p5ewx1.html
Ronald Mizen reports that Peter Dutton said Anthony Albanese must intervene in the industrial brawl between stevedore giant DP World and the Maritime Union of Australia because it threatened to badly damage the economy. Mr Dutton said with “hundreds of ships lining up offshore” it was within the prime minister’s power to “pick the phone up” to union leaders and get the issue sorted out. “This is a critical issue,” he said. As easy as that!
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/dp-world-s-spiralling-port-costs-stoking-price-rises-20240114-p5ex3z
According to Matthew Knott, federal Labor faces internal pressure to treat extremist Israeli settlers in the occupied Palestinian territories akin to listed terror groups as Foreign Minister Penny Wong heads to the Middle East on a high-stakes mission to help secure an end to the war in Gaza.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/finger-pointing-not-enough-penny-wong-urged-to-punish-israeli-settlers-ahead-of-mid-east-trip-20240112-p5ewwz.html
Foreign Minister Penny Wong will not visit the southern Israeli towns where the October 7 massacres occurred, marking another break in Australia’s position from some of its closest allies whose leaders have visited the Jewish state in the aftermath of terror group Hamas’s assault, complains Yoni Bashan in The Australian.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/penny-wong-will-not-go-to-october-7-massacre-sites-during-israel-visit-sparking-fury-in-jerusalem/news-story/1a87e7f50397c22c75cf2b00d424510f?amp=
Meanwhile, Julian Hill has suggested that Australian citizens should be banned from funding Israeli settlements in the West Bank, calling on his own government to take a stronger stance against settler activity deemed illegal under international law.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/15/labor-mp-urges-crackdown-on-australians-funding-israeli-settlements-in-west-bank
Global inflation was about to be tamed, but the Red Sea attacks are now fanning revival fears, explains Bloomberg’s Edna Curran.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/dutton-wants-2024-to-be-a-repeat-of-2023-but-wishing-doesn-t-make-it-so-20240114-p5ex3t.html
If Trump wins, it will not be in spite of democracy, but because of it, opines George Brandis.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/if-trump-wins-it-will-not-be-in-spite-of-democracy-but-because-of-it-20240114-p5ex2b.html
Whoever rules the waves rules the world… The Red Sea crisis will show us if that’s true, posits Kim Darroch.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/14/houthi-airstrikes-rishi-sunak-joe-biden-yemen
“Europe is marching to the right. Can Keir Starmer carry the centre-left torch?”, wonders Tim Bale.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/14/europe-marches-right-keir-starmer-carry-centre-left-torch
Lai’s victory in Taiwan is an embarrassment for Beijing, writes Eryk Bagshaw.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/lai-s-victory-in-taiwan-is-an-embarrassment-for-beijing-20240114-p5ex3c.html
William Lai’s presidential election triumph in Taiwan represents a humiliation for Beijing, a strong refusal by the people of Taiwan to be bulled, a harbinger of increased strategic danger in northern Asia and both a wake-up call and a challenge for the Albanese government, says Greg Sheridan.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/taiwanese-people-deliver-a-giant-vote-for-beijings-humiliation/news-story/dba5b0b96c466b70c5f7af2a0cf2aec2?amp=
Cartoon Corner – where that the Ninefax Cartoons gone?
Glen Le Lievre
Peter Broelman
Spooner
From the US
This is what I wrote in reply to Sean Kelly’s piece:
I’m sorry but it’s difficult to agree that Peter Dutton’s Australia Day Culture War Redux was masterful politics linking the economic to the cultural. It all began falling apart, in the comments section of this very outlet, when people correctly perceived that Dutton was being opportunistic, as the stuff he was complaining about could be bought at Coles if you really wanted it, or any $2 shop about the place. His targeted attack directed at Woolworths fell apart when Aldi said that they had no Australia Day merchandise available either, even though his original spray didn’t acknowledge that. So it wasn’t one ‘woke’ outlet not being patriotic enough, but two out of the big three.
Not to mention that most people pointed out that the stuff he was getting exercised over was Made In China and would probably end up in landfill the next day. Not quite the important matter of state that a potential leader of the country should be dying on a hill over. So he just ended up looking silly at the end of it. And so, not exactly starting off the political year on the front foot from a position of political strength. Just some noise from the cheap seats.
So, when attempting to craft his next attack on the Prime Minister I think it would do Peter Dutton well to remember the line from Samuel Johnson: ‘Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel’. We saw it for what it was, a political confection, a manufactured outrage. And Opposition SHOULD be more than that if the Opposition Leader wants to swap sides in parliament.
C@tmomma (or any other sympathetic poster), would do me a favour? There is an article on the ABC News website on ‘a certain topic’ I would appreciate you linking here, which I cannot. I completely understand if you cannot. Thank you in advance, either way.
Yes for sure C@t, I used to like buying the paper every morning (what used to be a centre right Courier Mail ) it went screwy around about the time of Candoe Newman’s equally screwy Qld government and I haven’t bought it since , Murdoch actually singled out the editor of the courier around this time at one of their newscorps shindigs for not being supportive enough of madcap Candoe regime, soon after this, the editor small l style Qld. journo Madonna Kings husband ( centre right small l liberal not extreme enough for murdochracy) was sacked. Trump is connected to this guy and we can blame the murdochracy for at least part of his popularity. I should live long enough all going well, hope you do too C@t. Also thanks BK!!!
C@tmomma @ 6.18am
Yes, the trend away from Trump is encouraging.
The problem, as you well know, isn’t the response by people being polled, it is the actual voter turnout.
I would prefer to see Trump slightly ahead in polling, if it encourages committed and uncommitted Democrat or Democrat leaning voters to get out and vote – particularly in the swing states.
Like in 2016, the Democrats have a huge candidate problem.
Although a competent administrator, Biden is perceived as weak and feeble.
I am very uncertain whether Biden, despite, possibly facing Trump has the personal authority to gather the support which he managed in 2020.
Earlier this week, the European Union’s Earth science team came out with its analysis of 2023’s global temperatures, finding it was the warmest year on record to date. In an era of global warming, that’s not especially surprising. What was unusual was how 2023 set its record—every month from June on coming in far above any equivalent month in the past—and the size of the gap between 2023 and any previous year on record.
The Copernicus dataset used for that analysis isn’t the only one of the sort, and on Friday, Berkeley Earth, NASA, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration all released equivalent reports. And all of them largely agree with the EU’s: 2023 was a record, and an unusual one at that. So unusual that NASA’s chief climate scientist, Gavin Schmidt, introduced his look at 2023 by saying, “We’re frankly astonished.”
Despite the overlaps with the earlier analysis, each of the three new ones adds some details that flesh out what made last year so unusual. Each of the three analyses uses slightly different methods to do things like fill in areas of the globe where records are sparse, and uses a different baseline. Berkeley Earth was the only team to do a comparison with pre-industrial temperatures, using a baseline of the 1850–1900 temperatures. Its analysis suggests that this is the first year to finish over 1.5° C above preindustrial temperatures.
Most countries have committed to an attempt to keep temperatures from consistently coming in above that point. So, at one year, we’re far from consistently failing our goals. But there’s every reason to expect that we’re going to see several more years exceeding this point before the decade is out. And that clearly means we have a very short timeframe before we get carbon emissions to drop, or we’ll commit to facing a difficult struggle to get temperatures back under this threshold by the end of the century.
Berkeley Earth also noted that the warming was extremely widespread. It estimates that nearly a third of the Earth’s population lived in a region that set a local heat record. And 77 nations saw 2023 set a national record.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/nasa-scientist-on-2023-temperatures-were-frankly-astonished/
nickey haley is not much better then trump she made a raceist attack on the democrat goergia senater Raphal warnockplus sheserved in his administration
The Maldives has called for India to withdraw troops from its territory by March 15, an official said on Sunday, in a step that will further strain ties between the South Asian neighbours.
President Mohamed Muizzu won election last year on a pledge to end the Maldives’ “India first” policy, in a region where New Delhi and Beijing compete for influence.
A contingent of around 80 Indian soldiers are stationed on the Indian Ocean archipelago to provide support for military equipment given to the Maldives by New Delhi and assist in humanitarian activities in the region.
China and the Maldives upgraded their relationship during Muizzu’s first state visit to Beijing last week by agreeing to a “comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership” that sets the stage for the Asian giant to up its investments in the Maldives.
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3248405/maldives-tells-india-withdraw-troops-march-15-it-draws-closer-china
One more thing C@tmomma: very good comment to the SMH. I also noticed that the comments section of the nine newspaper’s were overwhelmingly ridiculing PDs Aussie thong woolies boycott call. Maybe this Sean Kelly may be encouraging the intellectually mediocre LNP to keep this kind of nonsense going?
Aaron newton @ Monday, January 15, 2024 at 7:43 am:
“nickey haley is not much better then trump she made a raceist attack on the democrat goergia senater Raphal warnockplus sheserved in his administration”
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Aaron, there is one crucial policy difference between them, though, which makes her an infinitely preferable POTUS to Trump in my eyes.
UK voting intention via @OpiniumResearch, 10 – 12 Jan:
LAB: 41% (+1)
CON: 27% (-)
LDEM: 11% (-)
REF: 10% (+1)
GRN: 6% (-1)
Morning bludgers.
2 things….
US, Manchin says he doesn’t want to be a spoiler. So expect to see his third party run start in March.
SA, Malinauskas is pushing the friendship. He isn’t fixing elements of public health (which admittedly will take a long time – but he campaigned on it) and education (which is less forgivable) that need fixing and he is doing RW stuff like allowing large swathe exemptions to building environment star ratings compliance. Yeah, he works the crowd with shiny things and keeping some businesses happy. Nobody begrudges him that. But his lack of progress in some areas, disinterest in others and greenfields development first and daylight second is getting up my nose. It is a sad state of affairs when a Liberal Party in SA believes it can successfully campaign on their environmental policy credentials and record.
We are the people Jesus warned us about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ-_iC4m1v0
Conroy should do all right with the female voters.
Team Katich @ Monday, January 15, 2024 at 8:00 am:
“Morning bludgers.
2 things….
US, Manchin says he doesn’t want to be a spoiler. So expect to see his third party run start in March.”
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TK, that would surprise me. I always assumed Manchin took the Republican-adjacent positions he did just to secure his own prospects for re-election as Senator for MAGA-heavy West Virginia. Then, when he came out last year to announce his retirement from the Senate to start an ‘across-the-aisle’ political movement, I assumed he was just trying to keep himself politically relevant for his remaining year representing his constituents. Would he really throw a spanner into Biden’s re-election and risk a return of Trump, with all that would entail for ‘bipartisan spirit’ in the US?
Edit: I just realised I am not entirely convinced of my own suppressed premise: that a Manchin third party run, if it made any material difference at all, would hurt Biden more than Trump. What do you think?
Taylormade says:
Monday, January 15, 2024 at 8:05 am
Conroy should do all right with the female voters.
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Would the female voters trust the party who he is the candidate for
Taylormade @ Monday, January 15, 2024 at 8:05 am:
“Conroy should do all right with the female voters.”
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Why?
Dutton’s whole dummy spit about Woolworths and Aldi doesn’t rate in SA, even though Bolt’s rant has made it to The Advertiser (well down from the Queen Mary stories).
The reason? The dominant supermarket brand here is Foodland, dominantly owned by two families (Romeo and Chapley) and several others. This is the retail face of Metcash, dominating over IGA.
Woolworths and Coles are each at around 30% market share. Aldi is somewhere in the background.
Foodland is so dominant in fact that Wesfarmers seeks out retail leasing opportunities for its other brands linked to Foodland rather than Coles, and Woolworths does much the same. For example, the local Foodland-dominated shopping centre has a Dan Murphys (former Woolworths brand) but no sign of Woolworths.
But if you don’t live in SA, you’ve likely never heard of them.
And since one of Foodland’s premium stores is at the bottom of my street, I’ve checked. No trashy Australia Day rubbish there. Not even in the adjacent Dan Murphys.
But the butcher does have a lamb special.
William, please excuse me for posting this article on Australian advocacy for Ukraine in Sydney yesterday. Please delete it if you object to my posting it. I will at least offer no comment of my own.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-14/ukraine-requests-australian-taipans/103318810
Edit: C@tmomma, don’t worry about my request to you earlier.
Houses set alight as lava from volcano eruption reaches Icelandic town
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/14/volcano-erupts-near-reykjavik-forcing-evacuation-of-residents
Does Albo sell snake oil on the side …?
Rex, I would not change my preference from Labor to Liberal if the Government scrapped the S3 tax cuts this year. However, it is likely that some of our fellow Australians would; perhaps enough to tip Labor out of office.
The question I have for you is: if the Government scrapped the S3 tax cuts this year, would that lock in your vote for Labor over the Coalition? Because if people in your position are not prepared to commit to this, then there is nothing but downside risk for Labor in making such a decision. Especially since it Labor would need not only that, but also some who voted Coalition ahead of Labor on 2022 to switch their preference, to offset likely losses the other way from the breaking of that promise.
‘Holdenhillbilly says:
Monday, January 15, 2024 at 7:44 am
The Maldives has called for India to withdraw troops from its territory by March 15, an official said on Sunday, in a step that will further strain ties between the South Asian neighbours.
President Mohamed Muizzu won election last year on a pledge to end the Maldives’ “India first” policy, in a region where New Delhi and Beijing compete for influence.
A contingent of around 80 Indian soldiers are stationed on the Indian Ocean archipelago to provide support for military equipment given to the Maldives by New Delhi and assist in humanitarian activities in the region.
China and the Maldives upgraded their relationship during Muizzu’s first state visit to Beijing last week by agreeing to a “comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership” that sets the stage for the Asian giant to up its investments in the Maldives.
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3248405/maldives-tells-india-withdraw-troops-march-15-it-draws-closer-china‘
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A Chinese port/airfield complex would have a dramatic impact on the geostrategic settings for the Indian Ocean – and should be a major concern for those with an interest in Australia’s national security.
Is Modi’s bastardization of muslims coming back to bite India in the bum?
#weatheronPB
Thick familiar scents,
lie easily in the air,
under a soft sky.
https://www.pollbludger.net/2024/01/15/freshwater-strategy-50-50-open-thread/#comment-4208606
… Murdoch infotainment
Some good reflections on SA….here’s my additions….
On housing, Adelaide prices had to catch up sometime with the rest of the country (I moved here from Sydney 6 years ago and it was dirt cheap). Now Adelaide is close to par with Melbourne and Brisbane. With spiralling prices comes all the dislocation and problems we see in the big cities.
I work in health and the SA Govt is investing hugely in new Ambulance stations, paramedics, nurses, and hospital and other beds to relieve pressures. Many ambulance stats have improved greatly, but there is a long way to go and it will take time.
The 3 mega projects- Womens and Childrens, North-South Tunnel and Indigenous Gallery are at various states of planning an delay. Will be interesting to see how they go.
Rainman @7:02
>The major merger of two universities is going ahead. It’s received good press but a lot of academics aren’t happy. It will invariably lead to staff sackings, and probably women over 50 will be over-represented.
The merger is already imploding. Staff attrition is accelerating at the top end – those who can leave are doing so. The University is seriously deficient in areas where there is global demand (engineering and informatics for example) with high ranked professors already jumping ship interstate or overseas and those who are left behind lumbered with unsustainable teaching loads. Administrative staff turnover is off the chart. Merger-focused working groups dominate administration tasks for academics, professional and support staff alike, putting teaching and research on the back burner. Everyone at both universities is miserable (only those at Flinders are even more disillusioned).
Just because the deplorables who read The Advertiser think it’s a good idea doesn’t make it good policy. Unfortunately, Mali’s education is too limited for him to appreciate the damage he is inflicting. It’s no surprise that he hasn’t gained traction in the health sector either.
Morning all. Thanks for the dawn patrol BK. The Taiwan election result is status quo continues, however others might present it.
The Freshwater poll in William’s lead in article is much the same for Australia, assuming the missing data does not change anything.
I hope the Dunkley bi-election does not consume too much political oxygen as Labor needs to refresh cabinet and get moving on parked issues.
Global warming pushes ocean temperatures off the charts: study
https://phys-org.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/phys.org/news/2024-01-global-ocean-temperatures.amp?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17052693785549&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews%2F2024-01-global-ocean-temperatures.html
“In 2023, the world’s oceans took up an enormous amount of excess heat, enough to “boil away billions of Olympic-sized swimming pools,” according to an annual report published Thursday.
Oceans cover 70 percent of the planet and have kept the Earth’s surface livable by absorbing 90 percent of the excess heat produced by the carbon pollution from human activity since the dawn of the industrial age.
In 2023, the oceans soaked up around 9 to 15 zettajoules more than in 2022, according to the respective estimates from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Chinese Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP).
One zettajoule of energy is roughly equivalent to ten times the electricity generated worldwide in a year.
“Annually the entire globe consumes around half a zettajoule of energy to fuel our economies”, according to statement.
“Another way to think about this is 15 zettajoules is enough energy to boil away 2.3 billion Olympic-sized swimming pools.”
In 2023, sea surface temperature and the energy stored in the upper 2000 meters of the ocean both reached record highs, according to the study published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences.”
Macarthur
You raise a good question on the Taipan helicopters. Burying them makes no sense as most are still airworthy and only halfway through their life. Ukraine could surely use them at negligible cost to Australia.
Even if not going to Ukraine these copters could have been sold for spare parts to other MH90.users. Has there been some failure to maintain them adequately?
Marles has not explained this decision adequately. I say that a lot.
If Albo was serious about Cost of Living issues, he would rejig the stage three tax cuts to benefit those in actual need, not those (like politicians) on > 200K per annum who are looking at pocketing a 9k boost.
Even Albo could probably sell that one.
Ven @ #43 Monday, January 15th, 2024 – 9:05 am
You have to wonder what it is going to take to wake some people up, don’t you? Droughts didn’t do it. Heatwaves didn’t do it. Fires didn’t do it. Floods didn’t do it.
I wonder what’s coming next? I don’t think we’re going to enjoy it much.
1007 is an absolute pathetic polling size to get a response they want…
Let’s see, let’s take ten small polls and pick the one that suits our agenda the best… 😡
Eston Kohver says:
Monday, January 15, 2024 at 8:22 am
“Dutton’s whole dummy spit about Woolworths and Aldi doesn’t rate in SA…
The reason? The dominant supermarket brand here is Foodland, dominantly owned by two families (Romeo and Chapley) and several others. This is the retail face of Metcash, dominating over IGA.
Woolworths and Coles are each at around 30% market share. Aldi is somewhere in the background.”
And there is also Drakes supermarkets, which has 60 stores. It used to be part of Foodland but split off a couple of years back as it got big enough to stand alone. I think it has a presence in Qld as well.
I thought I saw a few small plastic Australian flags loitering near the check out in my local Drakes, but nothing more.
‘davo says:
Monday, January 15, 2024 at 9:25 am
1007 is an absolute pathetic polling size to get a response they want…
Let’s see, let’s take ten small polls and pick the one that suits our agenda the best… ‘
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Not much use shooting the messenger when you don’t actually have any bullets in your gun…
Patrick (from X) is trying to get a job as a journalist at Newscorpse.
***has potential 😉
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Patrick
@Prismaticks
Woolworths is the most common brand for a variety such company that is not a member in any other brand but a company with an international brand that has been in the business since it opened last summer in their store at a small business called the London area and is known as Woolworths and is the most famous in London as a major supplier to Woolworths in London which has been in business since it closed last summer in May of last year’s quarter and has since been opened to more customers in London and New New York and other York and many others have had to be sold in London as well and the it was the most expensive of these days in and then they are now.