Three new federal voting intention polls have dropped in short order, including the monthly Resolve Strategic poll for Nine Newspapers, which seems to have lost most of the Labor lean that distinguished it from other pollsters before the start of the year. Both major parties are down two points on the primary vote from the February result, putting Labor at 32% and the Coalition at 35%, with the Greens up two to 13% and One Nation down one to 5%. Anthony Albanese’s combined very good and good rating is down three to 38%, with his combined poor and very poor up two to 49%, while Peter Dutton is respectively steady at 36% and down one to 44%. Albanese’s lead as preferred prime minister shifting out from 39-32 to 40-30. In the absence of a two-party preferred measure from Resolve Strategic, my own favoured method of calculating one from flows at the 2022 election (which lumps together independents and all parties other than the majors, the Greens, One Nation and the United Australia Party into a single category) gets a result of about 52.8-47.2 in Labor’s favour, compared with a bit over 52-48 last time. The poll was conducted Tuesday to Sunday from a sample of 1610.
The Guardian reports the fortnightly Essential Research has what is by some distance Labor’s worst result on voting intention this term, with the Coalition opening a lead of 50% to 44% on the pollster’s 2PP+ measure, the balance being undecided. This compares with a Labor lead of 48% to 47% last time and a reversed result the time before, the latter being the only previous occasion when the Coalition led this term. We will have to wait upon the release of the full report later today for the primary votes. Despite this, The Guardian report relates little change on a monthly leadership on which respondents rate the leaders on a scale of one to ten, with 32% (down one) giving Anthony Albanese a rating of seven to ten and 35% (steady) a rating of zero to three. Peter Dutton had 31% at the top of the range, down one, and 34% at the bottom, up one.
UPDATE: The primary votes are Labor 29% (down three), Coalition 36% (up one), Greens 11% (steady) and One Nation 7% (down one), with undecided up one to 6%.
Further questions relate to campaign finance reform and the state of Australian democracy, recording a drop from 46% to 32% in satisfaction with the latter since immediately after the 2022 election and dissatisfaction up from 18% to 31%. There was strong support for truth-in-advertising laws (73%), real-time reporting of donations (64%) and donations caps (61%), though the related proposal of greater public funding found only 29% support with 35% opposed.
The weekly Roy Morgan poll is also less than stellar for Labor, recording a tie on two-party preferred after they led 51.5-48.5 result last time. However, this is more to do with a weaker flow of respondent-allocated preferences than changes on the primary vote, on which Labor is steady at 31.5%, the Coalition up one to 38%, the Greens up one-and-a-half to 14% and One Nation down one to 4.5%. My own measure of a result based on 2022 election preferences has Labor leading 51.5-48.5, which is little different from last time.
We also have from The Australian further results from the latest Newspoll showing 51% support for fixed four-year parliamentary terms with 37% opposed.
Matthew Abraham gives a local Adelaide interpretation of the Dunstan by-election result in SA
https://www.indaily.com.au/opinion/columnists/2024/03/28/a-biblical-bashing-in-dunstan
The Liberals enacted many of the IPA’s wishlist so they could be counted as reforms but the last nine years were mostly wasted.
Nicholassays:
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 12:16 pm
The Albanese Government is hemorrhaging public support because it isn’t unequivocally on the people’s side. It needs to mobilise the immense power that the federal government has to improve people’s lives in obvious ways.
Implement some version of Cameron Murray’s HouseMate program….
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Of course you are right. All good ideas. Hard for the Liberal lite Labor Party to do this. Didn’t learn from the 2013 loss, copying much Liberal policy doesn’t win votes.
Or does a budget surplus when there is so much need in the community.
Albo is starting to deliver on a serious modern nation building agenda…and the big investors are joining with Australian ingenuity to get it done.
AGL Energy and a Sydney-based solar technology start-up backed by its biggest shareholder, Mike Cannon-Brookes, is one of several ventures lining up for a share of $1 billion of federal government funding intended to kickstart a domestic solar panel industry in the face of low-cost competition from China.
The giant electricity supplier and SunDrive, whose investors also include former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, will examine building solar panels in AGL’s coal power heartland of the Hunter Valley.
The agreement between the AGL and SunDrive came as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced $1 billion of subsidies, grants and other support to set up domestic production of solar panels. The funds will be delivered through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and come on top of more than $830 million the agency has already invested in 233 solar PV projects.
The initiative is expected to provide a tailwind for the local solar panel industry to try to claw back market share from China, which has made significant investments in large-scale solar panel manufacturing and now controls about 80 per cent of the global market.
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SunDrive, which was spun out of a university project in 2015, fabricated the world’s most efficient commercial-size solar cell in 2021, and has been keen to develop solar panel manufacturing in Australia, with the help of its heavyweight investors, which also include Blackbird Ventures and Main Sequence Ventures.
SunDrive chief executive Vince Allen said on Thursday the company would explore setting up a plant at AGL’s Hunter Energy Hub.
SunDrive, which is advised by Tesla chairwoman Robyn Denholm, is also backed by the federal government’s green bank, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, and by ARENA.
Mr Albanese said Australia “should not be the last link in a global supply chain built on an Australian invention”, pointing to Australia’s track record as a reliable energy producer and exporter.
https://www.afr.com/companies/energy/agl-energy-links-with-sundrive-for-solar-panel-push-20240328-p5ffvk
Nicholas says:
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 12:16 pm
I agree with your comments 100%
We gotta keep pointing out the good that Govt can do!!
Can an array of Labor Maaaates installed Solar Panels burn your house down, like those 236 houses turned to ash under Rudd/Gillard?
Boerwar:
Mate, what world are you living in?
Has it occured to you that not every millenial (or zoomer, etc) has parents who are well-off? And that some millenials (or zoomers, etc) might want to actually be financially secure and own their own home before they are pushing retirement age? And they they might actually want to accomplish that goal through their own hard work and accomplishment – something previous generations could realistically do even on low incomes before the housing market spiralled out of control – rather than waiting for an inheritence that they did nothing to earn?
Beyond all that, there’s something so utterly ghoulish about telling people, “Don’t worry, everything will be super once your parents die!” I mean… Jesus.
I know an epidemiologist very well. Following on from COVID, she has often been asked what will be the next infectious disease of concern. She has always answered that bird flu was bad for birds, but if it ever crossed species we could all be seriously fucked.
‘The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) says Avian Influenza HPAI (H5N1 strain), commonly called bird flu, has been found in multiple dairy herds in Kansas and Texas.
This latest case is not the first time that bird flu has been found in mammals.
H5N1 has been found in polar bears, South American seals and even in Antarctica.
The spread to livestock has not surprised one expert, who says it is a numbers game for the disease to be able to spread as it becomes more prevalent across the world.
Professor Marcel Klaasen from Deakin University said:
“Unless we do something about the evolution of these really nasty strains, then it will not only infect birds but, as we now learned from the case in Texas and Kansas, in cows, [it will infect] mammals and ultimately also us.”’
abc.net.au
Jon Stewart breaks down what a fraud Trump is ( watch the video at the end of the article)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/27/2231756/-Jon-Stewart-breaks-down-what-a-fraud-Trump-is?pm_source=ICYMI&pm_campaign=ICYMI03272024
And what is Australian industry’s view on Albo’s vision for Australia?
Well may you ask:
The government’s $1 billion Solar Sunshot initiative has been warmly welcomed by the industry. David Griffin, chief executive of solar technology company 5B, described it as “very positive” for Australian solar manufacturing.
“This clear action plan from the government will make innovative, locally manufactured solar technologies more scalable, for Australian manufacturers to meet the energy transition demand,” Mr Griffin said.
“Strategic policies like this have catalysed solar manufacturers in overseas markets, so we know how significant a boost it provides for home-grown companies like 5B.”
Mr Griffin said the policies should provide customers with more choice and access to innovative solar technologies, and should help accelerate the race to ultra-low-cost solar.
Large energy users also applauded the program, pointing to the support for local manufacturing that helps underpin the transition to net-zero emissions.
“Manufacturing solar panels locally will not only ensure we do not lose important skills, but it will also enable Australia to modernise its economy into new growth industries,” said Andrew Richards, CEO of the Energy Users Association of Australia.
For AGL, the memorandum of understanding with SunDrive builds on its strategy to transform its coal power generation sites at Liddell and Bayswater in the Hunter Valley into low-carbon energy hubs. It committed in December to build a 500-megawatt battery with two hours of storage at the Liddell site.
So what is a better fit for these soon to be former coal-fired industrial sites?
A: Liberals – phantom nuclear power plants in 30 years time?
B: Greens – an industrial wasteland crippled by economic vandalism?
C: Labor – thriving renewable based industries, import substituting high tech products?
https://www.pm.gov.au/media/solar-sunshot-our-regions
Bowen made some blunders as shadow treasurer, but he’s been doing a great job in his current portfolio. I’m not sure why anyone would have any issue with his performance unless they were against renewal energy, in which case, well, who really cares what they think?
Burke too has been doing some very good stuff in IR. The people pissed off at him are exactly the people that a good Labor government should be pissing off.
What was Sean Carney saying about lack of leadership and vision?
Quotes attributable to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese:
“Australia should not be the last link in a global supply chain built on an Australian invention.
“I want a future made in Australia. And I want a future made in our regions. Places like the Hunter that have powered our nation for more than a century will power our future.
“We have every metal and critical mineral necessary to be a central player in the net zero transformation, and a proven track record as a reliable energy producer and exporter.
“We can also invest in strategic manufacturing capability, particularly in components critical to the energy and economic transition, like solar panels.
“Historically, Australia has been good at going from the mining pit to port, and long may this continue. But the Australian Government will also invest in the path from pit to panels and capture more value for our economy and workforce.”
Quotes attributable to Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen:
“Australian research helped invent the modern solar panel – today’s announcement is about creating Australian jobs to help manufacture them.
“We know that the world’s climate emergency is Australia’s jobs opportunity, $1 billion to support Australian manufacturing in solar technology will help seize that opportunity.”
Quotes attributable to Minister for Industry and Science, Ed Husic:
“Solar panels were our idea, we should be making them here and that’s what we’ll do. Aussie know-how is creating Aussie jobs, that’s what a future made in Australia is all about.”
Asha @ #813 Thursday, March 28th, 2024 – 2:28 pm
Exactly. Straight down the middle, consultative politics. If groups on the edges of reality don’t like it too bad.
gympie:
You really are an idiot.
gympie @ #808 Thursday, March 28th, 2024 – 2:21 pm
You are despicable. 😡
Gympie
Are you Rowan Dean?
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Socratessays:
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 2:11 pm
Matthew Abraham gives a local Adelaide interpretation of the Dunstan by-election result in SA
https://www.indaily.com.au/opinion/columnists/2024/03/28/a-biblical-bashing-in-dunstan
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Socrates
Following paragraphs brought smile to my face. 🙂
“Heavens above. It was never a good idea to hold a by-election rolling into Holy Week.
The trouble with Easter by-elections is they turn non-believers into true believers and true believers into traitors.” ( Me: Could this be the reason Democrats won Alabama special election/ by-election? 🙂 )
“On Monday, David Speirs declared: “My leadership is 100 per cent secure – I won’t be challenged”.
No, it’s not and yes you will be.
“I canvassed my colleagues extensively over the last 48 hours and the views were very resolute that I need to stay in the job.”
They’re fibbing, David.
Then he really made a meal of it.
“If I thought there was someone better to lead this party, I would stand aside.” So, the rest of your team are duds?”
Asha @ #816 Thursday, March 28th, 2024 – 2:33 pm
That’s being too kind. It’s an evil imputation. Not to mention that it was cowboy installers cutting safety corners that were implicated in the deaths that occurred, not a well-meaning government.
Gympie, because facts are an anathema to right wingers I was going to google up some actual sources to prove your 8 achievements over 9 years of the ATM Governments was a sick joke, but it’s easy to do off the top of my head.
1. Construction – up and down like a bride’s nightie according to the Bureau of Statistics. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/industry/building-and-construction/building-approvals-australia/jan-2024
2. Made a decision on subs in the first 6 months – during the Abbott regime?????. Please explain.
3. Roads and Bridges are the responsibility of state governments.
4. NT Crime – responsibility of NT Government that was starved of federal funding.
5. Made the NDIS work – bullshit – allowed it to be riddled with corruption.
6. Stopped boats – unlikely, if it were true it wouldn’t be a secret.
7. Reduced offshore numbers – and continued to pay $billions for empty camps.
8. Jobseeker – billions paid to companies that didn’t qualify and no effort made to recover it. Some was donated back to the LNP as is now being examined by ICAC.
steve davis @ #818 Thursday, March 28th, 2024 – 2:39 pm
gympie, by his words, proves exactly what type of person is a rabid supporter of Dutton’s LNP (being a Queenslander I am using that construct). Vile, despicable human beings, whose only concern is having power over the rest of us.
And what an intellectual pygmy the guy is as well, which he has proven conclusively here over the last week. Yet, in the Lord of the Flies world that Authoritarianism encourages and rewards, gympie is exactly the sort of person that is rewarded with access to power, and if they are really vile, bloodless and heartless, with power itself. It wouldn’t surprise me if he already has been. Such is his fanatical proselytising here on behalf of the Coalition and any and all of their brain farts and overblown critiques of the government and their policies.
Gympie has a few of us on the line 😉
“Sydney-based solar technology start-up”
Far out.
I know the people involved. This makes them sound like spun-out-of-the-garage venture. They are not – these people set up manufacturing in Germany before the Chinese came, then set up better manufacturing in China after the cheap and shitty stuff started to fail. They think they can do better again here using high levels of automation.
And they have serious funding. From what I’ve heard, the $1B the govt is putting up isn’t 10% of the capital that’s going to flow.
Boerwar says:
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 3:24 pm
‘The Greens want to destroy lots and lots of things….
The Greens want to destroy the almond industry’
I say destroy the almond industry.
‘Almonds use an average of 12.5 megalitres of water per hectare, per year, according to the Almond Board of Australia — more water than any other irrigated crop in the lower Murray… one kilogram of shelled almonds in Australia carried a water footprint of nearly 7,000 litres — that’s more than eight litres for a single 1.2-gram almond.’
abc.net.au
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Boerwar says
‘The Greens want to destroy the feedlot industry.
The Greens want to destroy the rodeo industry.
The Greens want to destroy the live cattle trade.
The Greens want to destroy the flat racing industry.
The Greens want to destroy the cotton industry.’
The Greens want to destroy the dog racing industry.’
I say destroy all of these industries, which make their filthy lucre from animal cruelty and gambling.
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Boerwar says
‘The Greens want to destroy the coal industry.
The Greens want to destroy the gas industry.
The Greens want to destroy the oil industry.’
Boerwar claims he cares about global warming but his solution is not to end the fossil fuel industry. His solution is to stop the 3 million migrants who have arrived in Australia since 2000 from ever travelling to see their families. He also thinks killing everyone’s pets would help.
Completely off topic, but it’s now been well over a month since Google’s Gemini AI engine was blocked from creating images of people due to its embarrassing refusal to draw anyone with a fair complexion.
So anyone who thought it was a minor and easily-corrected blip was probably mistaken.
Asha, I agree Bowen is doing a very good job.
A shame about his fossil fuel colleagues though.
>Boerwar claims he cares about global warming but his solution is not to end the fossil fuel industry. His solution is to stop the 3 million migrants who have arrived in Australia since 2000 from ever travelling to see their families. He also thinks killing everyone’s pets would help.
Boerwar also wants to stop all animal farming as well
Because we Lefties are such kind hearted souls, here is some good advice for Gympie. When someone proves you are an idiot, don’t respond because it just reinforces that fact.
YouGov: 51-49 to Labor, in from 52-48. Primaries: Labor 32 (-), L-NP 38 (+1), GRN 13 (-2), ON 7 (+1). I’ll do a post on this and the RedBridge Group poll this evening.
https://au.yougov.com/politics/articles/49029-a-quarter-of-australians-say-celebrating-jesus-is-the-most-important-part-of-easter
William
I don’t accept that gympie’s comments are opinion. Here, we read opinions, that is what PB is all about, accepting that they are biased, naturally, and tolerate them or choose to respond – but gympie’s comments are not opinion. They are nasty, abusive comments, akin to trumpian comments. They may be suitable under the excuse of free speech in the US , but not here in Australia.
Very good piece by Ronni Salt in The Shot.
https://theshot.net.au/news/general-news/breaking-the-news/
Griff @ #823 Thursday, March 28th, 2024 – 2:48 pm
Griff @ #823 Thursday, March 28th, 2024 – 2:48 pm
His comments were not the joke you are making them out to be, in order to reel us in.
Dandy Murray,
Will the Solar Start-Up be manufacturing those new ultra thin solar panels? Also, if so, will they be cheap enough to fit onto rental properties by stingy landlords?
WTF are the Coalition up to??
The federal opposition is indicating it will support extraordinary immigration laws the government rushed into parliament, less than a day after delaying a vote on the proposal.
An unlikely alliance emerged in the Senate on Wednesday with the Coalition, Greens and crossbench banding together to refer the bill to a Senate committee, which will not report back to parliament until May 7.
The legislation was first introduced to parliament on Tuesday morning, and the government hoped to have it dealt with before politicians left the capital for a six-week break.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-28/federal-opposition-support-immigration-laws-after-delaying-vote/103645580
C@t,
Don’t know, and don’t care.
It’s all about building a supply chain to deploy 1 billion panels in large scale projects over the next couple of decades.
Hint: There will be another set of announcements regarding critical minerals and/or raw materials for the PV supply chain coming before the budget.
I don’t think I’d take action against a comparably dishonest anti-Coalition comment, so I’m not disposed to do so here. Even so, I wouldn’t put money on Gympie being around very long.
I quickly read the Ronni Salt piece recommended by Kirsdarke & I reckon it’s spot on. Look no further than the whole “Convicted rapists, murderers, etc” people the previous coalition governments let into the country & the way the issue’s been skewed to create controversy & negativity.
A falling out between Ch7 Spotlight producer and Bruce Lehrmann about who is telling porkies about alleged $1,000 a pop Thai masseuses is going to defamation proceedings …
Bruce Lehrmann’s denial about his involvement in a drunken night at the apartment of a former Channel Seven producer with two Thai masseuses has sparked a defamation threat against the former Liberal staffer.
On Wednesday, Taylor Auerbach, 32, a former producer on Seven’s Spotlight program, sent a concerns notice, the first step in defamation proceedings, to Lehrmann, 28.
Auerbach is claiming that he has been defamed by Lehrmann, who issued a press release effectively calling the former producer a liar after stories about the night in question emerged last week.
The recent flurry of colourful stories has been prompted by the controversial appointment of Auerbach’s former boss at Spotlight, Steve Jackson, to the role of media manager for NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb.
Last week, news.com.au’s Samantha Maiden, while not naming Auerbach, reported that “two Thai masseuses were booked – one for Mr Lehrmann and another for a Seven employee” in the early hours of Saturday, November 26, 2022.
At the time, Seven was trying to secure an exclusive interview with Lehrmann, whose criminal trial for the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins had collapsed due to juror misconduct. Lehrmann has always maintained his innocence.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/bruce-lehrmann-hit-with-legal-threat-from-ex-seven-producer-over-masseuse-denial-20240328-p5ffww.html
‘Asha says:
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 2:23 pm
Boerwar:
I would have thought that all the Millennials have to do is to wait for the mums and dads to die which is happening at an increasingly satisfactory rate.
But I suppose the Millenials will think it unfair that some Millennials will do better out of inheritances than others so will object to those Millennials being twice-screwed.
Or not, as the case may be.
Mate, what world are you living in?
Has it occured to you that not every millenial (or zoomer, etc) has parents who are well-off?…’
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It specifically points out just that in my post. The biggest inter generational wealth transfer in Australia’s history is under way. There are going to be a host of millenials who are going to be big winners out of this. They will inherit a house and shares and stuff.
These Millenials winners will, de facto, be joining in screwing other Millenials who made the really bad mistake of not choosing the right mum and dad.
CORRECTION:
The 2 Thai Masseuses were not ‘$1,000 a pop’. Apologies are in order…
The total cost of the Thai masseuses – almost $3000 – was put on a Seven corporate credit card.
Earlier that night, Spotlight’s executive producer Mark Llewellyn, Auerbach, Lehrmann and Lehrmann’s then-friend former Liberal political strategist John Macgowan had dined at a restaurant in Paddington in inner Sydney.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/bruce-lehrmann-hit-with-legal-threat-from-ex-seven-producer-over-masseuse-denial-20240328-p5ffww.html
‘Holdenhillbilly says:
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 3:36 pm
WTF are the Coalition up to??
The federal opposition is indicating it will support extraordinary immigration laws the government rushed into parliament, less than a day after delaying a vote on the proposal.
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They were, along with the Greens, festering moral panic. They voted for the Bill in the House then fell for Shoebridge’s moral panic raging in the Senate.
Suckered!
They suddenly realized that they had joined with Blocker Bandt to delay the legislation, that a critical High Court decisions is imminent and that THEY would be held responsible for the behaviour of any miscreants let loose by the High Court without the benefit of some restraining legislation. The next Session is the Budget Session.
I recall Ch7 submitting to Justice Lee in the Lehrmann v Ch10 and Wilkinson case that wtte- ‘we paid no fee to Lehrmann’. And I think that Lehrmann said something similar.
Soon after the year’s rent of a luxury Northern Beaches apartment was revealed – paid for by Ch7.
Now the Thai masseuses.
What else was provided as ‘payment in kind’ to Lehrmann, so that ‘we paid no fee’ could be pled?
“WTF are the Coalition up to??”
The focus group results are in?
Kirsdarke says:
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 3:19 pm
Very good piece by Ronni Salt in The Shot.
https://theshot.net.au/news/general-news/breaking-the-news/
Most of Australian politics and political media now is about chasing nothing. Ghosts. Phantoms. Nothing stories. It’s all theatre. There is nothing behind it. Political journalists in Australia now work for the headline, not the audience….’
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As noted previously it is culture war stuff, smoke and mirrors stuff and moral panic du jour stuff.
Meanwhile, the Albanese Government enacts reform after reform after reform.
Boerwar
I don’t think you saw my post late yesterday afternoon in response to one of your’s earlier so I’m repeating both below:
Boerwar
Interesting post. What programs do you think need to be put into place to solve these problems.
C@tmomma says:
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 3:25 pm
“Griff @ #823 Thursday, March 28th, 2024 – 2:48 pm
Gympie has a few of us on the line
Griff @ #823 Thursday, March 28th, 2024 – 2:48 pm
Gympie has a few of us on the line ”
His comments were not the joke you are making them out to be, in order to reel us in.
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I am not saying they are a joke. In my opinion they are deliberately provocative in order evoke an emotional response, thereby reeling people in. It is actually rather sad.
sprocket_says:
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 2:26 pm
The government’s $1 billion Solar Sunshot initiative has been warmly welcomed by the industry. David Griffin, chief executive of solar technology company 5B, described it as “very positive” for Australian solar manufacturing.
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What did you expect him say ?
Can’t see the $1b lasting very long with the all the little piggies lining up at the trough already.
‘Catprog says:
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 3:10 pm
>Boerwar claims he cares about global warming but his solution is not to end the fossil fuel industry. His solution is to stop the 3 million migrants who have arrived in Australia since 2000 from ever travelling to see their families. He also thinks killing everyone’s pets would help.
Boerwar also wants to stop all animal farming as well’
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Well here we go again.
1. True. I think global warming is an existential threat to our civilization. I believe if the current trajectories hold and if the current best case science of a 5%-15% drop in commodity crop production come about the something like half a billion extra people will go hungry most nights and that, during bad years, tens, if not hundreds of millions will starve.
2. I have stated repeatedly that we have to stop using fossil fuels. All of us. Now. No brainer. That includes China which burns half the world’s coal and which is increasing its share of coal burning.
3. Pets cost us $33 billion a year. My point about that is that we need a national conversation about that example of consumerism gone mad. The opportunity costs include housing Australia’s entire population of homeless people and building enough housing to create a balance between supply and demand such that the pressure comes right off rents.
4. I personally don’t actually want to stop animal farming. I grew up on an animal farm. I like animals. I like animals farms. My point is that if we want to reach zero net fifty or even zero net forty there is no other solution ATM than wiping out the world’s domestic animals. The issue here is about confronting some very, very nasty realities when it comes to climate change action. My real point is that we can’t even get the low hanging fruit of static energy and transport right and that is before we face the politically really difficult global issue of knocking off around 2-3 billion animals, bearing in mind that around 500 million people depend on this husbandry for their livelihoods.
5. What I do want us to stop doing as individuals is to examine our rampant individualistic consumerism and the cumulative contribution that this is making to global warming while the world gets rid of fossil fuels, bearing in the mind that while that will not happen tomorrow we can change our personal behaviours today.
#2.5 degrees plus.
I think we might need some planning law reform if we want to get to net zero anytime this century: https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/wheatbelt-renewable-energy-projects-fail-to-clear-planning-hurdles-20240322-p5felw.html
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Kirsdarkesays:
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 3:19 pm
Very good piece by Ronni Salt in The Shot.
https://theshot.net.au/news/general-news/breaking-the-news/
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“Take Advance Australia, or just Advance as they now like to call themselves, or as I prefer to call them, the Racist Hate Group Staffed By RSL Club Rejects With Bad Combovers. Which sadly doesn’t fit on an Australian Electoral Commission millionaire donor’s form.
Prior to the Dunkley by-election earlier this month, Advance released a venal little meme typical of their venal little style. Some might think its primary purpose was stirring up fear in the hearts of Dunkley’s voters, forcing them to number that white immigrant Liberal candidate first, in case the dark immigrant-people lurking in the corners of Woolies took them off to parts of Frankston unknown. But its larger purpose, the one you didn’t clock onto, was for it to become part of the news.
The tactic of pushing out grossly offensive material that other people will share in their raging indignation is known in spin-meister circles as mirroring. And with Advance’s racist election meme chock full of shock and scandal, verily the mirroring came to pass. Every second social media account was awash with the uncensored Advance image, passed around and seen by millions of eyeballs.”
‘Taylormade says:
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 4:07 pm
sprocket_says:
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 2:26 pm
The government’s $1 billion Solar Sunshot initiative has been warmly welcomed by the industry. David Griffin, chief executive of solar technology company 5B, described it as “very positive” for Australian solar manufacturing.
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What did you expect him say ?
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Only the truth. Something like: ‘Thank God we got rid of those luddite troglodytes and their climate-destroying coal-burning fetish’.