[{"id":3315196,"post":43143,"parent":0,"author":763698,"author_name":"Mavis","author_url":"","date":"2020-01-04T12:24:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T01:24:38","content":{"rendered":"

With evacuees disembarking in Hastings (Victoria), there’s a mighty big drill hall in HMAS Cerberus (Crib Point), a short distance from Hastings, if the Sommerville relief centre fills to capacity. There would also be plenty of empty beds given most of the ship’s company would be on leave Xmas leave.<\/p>\n"},"link":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/2019\/12\/26\/newspoll-breakdowns-november-december-2019\/comment-page-128\/#comment-3315196","status":"approved","type":"comment","author_avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d2d27b71c44e06ed5ebdc3f22c370344cbf8e0127f9adda52a32116d26aa498f?s=24&d=identicon&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d2d27b71c44e06ed5ebdc3f22c370344cbf8e0127f9adda52a32116d26aa498f?s=48&d=identicon&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d2d27b71c44e06ed5ebdc3f22c370344cbf8e0127f9adda52a32116d26aa498f?s=96&d=identicon&r=g"},"meta":{"_wp_note_status":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/3315196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/763698"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"post_type":"post","href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43143"}]}},{"id":3315195,"post":43143,"parent":0,"author":440246,"author_name":"citizen","author_url":"","date":"2020-01-04T12:21:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T01:21:58","content":{"rendered":"

New garb to deal with Morrison’s wandering hands and to keep him otherwise out of trouble<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n"},"link":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/2019\/12\/26\/newspoll-breakdowns-november-december-2019\/comment-page-128\/#comment-3315195","status":"approved","type":"comment","author_avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e44b886053e909cc08ee2a4f5a68d642914be6485482c45ed110b0bb95a22f69?s=24&d=identicon&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e44b886053e909cc08ee2a4f5a68d642914be6485482c45ed110b0bb95a22f69?s=48&d=identicon&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e44b886053e909cc08ee2a4f5a68d642914be6485482c45ed110b0bb95a22f69?s=96&d=identicon&r=g"},"meta":{"_wp_note_status":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/3315195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/440246"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"post_type":"post","href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43143"}]}},{"id":3315194,"post":43143,"parent":0,"author":0,"author_name":"Quoll","author_url":"","date":"2020-01-04T12:20:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T01:20:29","content":{"rendered":"

beguiledagain<\/p>\n

As I posted previously that ALP policy amazingly appeared just three days after the Greens announced a far better funded version of it on March 14
\nhttps:\/\/nick-mckim.greensmps.org.au\/articles\/national-disaster-response-unit<\/a><\/p>\n

Who knew it would only take a few days for the ALP to have the same idea, with less resourcing?<\/p>\n

This was apparently reiterated by RDN to an ABC interview on Jan 1 but which has not been shown or raised. Along with the call for a RC into what has evidently been a massive failure to understand and prepare for the circumstances facing Australia today, despite months and years of advice otherwise.<\/p>\n

Too early to point out the gross lack of understanding and perspective by the govt?<\/p>\n

Meanwhile I wonder if SmoKo, and Albo, will listen to Tina Arena calling even the SmoKo himself to end any new coal mines? via Guardian<\/p>\n"},"link":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/2019\/12\/26\/newspoll-breakdowns-november-december-2019\/comment-page-128\/#comment-3315194","status":"approved","type":"comment","author_avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/927ae00a12d6bd4bc9bbd20b8a340159139665a01fb2a6c70d010394f5492e44?s=24&d=identicon&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/927ae00a12d6bd4bc9bbd20b8a340159139665a01fb2a6c70d010394f5492e44?s=48&d=identicon&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/927ae00a12d6bd4bc9bbd20b8a340159139665a01fb2a6c70d010394f5492e44?s=96&d=identicon&r=g"},"meta":{"_wp_note_status":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/3315194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"post_type":"post","href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43143"}]}},{"id":3315193,"post":43143,"parent":0,"author":536473,"author_name":"Rex Douglas","author_url":"","date":"2020-01-04T12:18:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T01:18:55","content":{"rendered":"

\ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n"},"link":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/2019\/12\/26\/newspoll-breakdowns-november-december-2019\/comment-page-128\/#comment-3315193","status":"approved","type":"comment","author_avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/91754da9770716475795ec6cd486f2a333a65587ad80483453226b4a7c50fc01?s=24&d=identicon&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/91754da9770716475795ec6cd486f2a333a65587ad80483453226b4a7c50fc01?s=48&d=identicon&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/91754da9770716475795ec6cd486f2a333a65587ad80483453226b4a7c50fc01?s=96&d=identicon&r=g"},"meta":{"_wp_note_status":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/3315193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/536473"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"post_type":"post","href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43143"}]}},{"id":3315192,"post":43143,"parent":0,"author":0,"author_name":"frednk","author_url":"","date":"2020-01-04T12:18:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T01:18:27","content":{"rendered":"

blog watch
\nQuestions for Scott Morrison after deserting a nation in need of leadership
\nThe PM went on holiday for a few days. It didn\u2019t need to look like a political crime scene. But as usual, the cover-up made everything ten times worse.<\/i>
\nhttps:\/\/independentaustralia.net\/politics\/politics-display\/questions-for-scott-morrison-after-deserting-a-nation-in-need-of-leadership,13455<\/a><\/p>\n

New Year’s Eve in an incinerated NSW South Coast apocalypse
\nWe were lucky. Pure and simple. A confluence of events allowed us to avoid the otherworldly fire front shown above by approximately 50 minutes.<\/i>
\nhttps:\/\/independentaustralia.net\/environment\/environment-display\/new-years-eve-in-an-incinerated-nsw-south-coast-apocalypse,13451<\/a><\/p>\n

Slow burn
\nAt the time of writing, at least fourteen people have been killed by this season\u2019s bushfires. And with most of January and all of February still to come, the number is sure to rise. But these dramatic deaths are far outweighed by the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of deaths that will ultimately result from the toxic smoke blanketing Australian cities.<\/i>
\nhttps:\/\/johnquiggin.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Scapegoats for the real killers of Jamal Khashoggi
\nThey convicted the wrong people.
\nPelosi can commit political suicide or help heal partisan rift
\nThe polls would indicate otherwise.
\nhttps:\/\/www.onlineopinion.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

Guts plus cool professionalism from these NSW firefighters
\nLaura Tingle gets a middle management management smack down with a wet lettuce leaf
\nPersonally I think it is about time afew trolls where told to f*** off.
\nVictorian Premier Daniel Andrews comes out in support of the PM again
\nAlbo has a therapeutic day at the cricket. Talks his way on to TV. Fire emergency or PR assault.
\nGood to have a US President who offs Iran’s leaders in airstrikes instead of sending them pallets of $USD cash
\nAll available at.
\nhttps:\/\/www.michaelsmithnews.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Fire policy shift: Government says \u201chazard reduction\u201d to stop fires. Labor says \u201cCarbon market\u201d
\n Policy is not changing: the Labor party says we should fight fires with a carbon market (tax)
\nhttp:\/\/joannenova.com.au\/<\/a><\/p>\n

ALLAN KESSING. Mendaciously Manufacturing Consent
\nHowever, in three of the Anglophone countries there is a commonality which made the election of Trump, Morrison & Johnson inevitable \u2013 the utterly dishonest coverage of politics, economics and environmental deterioration by the Murdoch media.<\/i>
\nhttps:\/\/johnmenadue.com\/allan-kessing-mendaciously-manufacturing-consent\/#more-34433<\/a><\/p>\n

LAURIE PATTON. My New Year\u2019s wish \u2013 more collaborative technology policy development
\nIronically, it\u2019s the Internet itself that has largely solved the piracy problem by facilitating the creation of streaming services. The vast majority of people guilty of \u2018unlawful downloading\u2019 did so because the content they wanted simply wasn\u2019t available. Communications department research identified pricing and availability as key factors for people consuming pirated content. Even the then communications minister Malcolm Turnbull was among those arguing that the best thing rights holders could do is make their product easily available and less expensive.<\/i>
\nhttps:\/\/johnmenadue.com\/laurie-patton-my-new-years-wish-more-collaborative-technology-policy-development\/<\/a><\/p>\n

EVAN JONES.- Fires. Are they Australia\u2019s Potemkin Moment?
\nLordon explains :\u2018How to trigger a mutiny? As with all uprisings, by the abuse of power. On the Battleship Potemkin, the arrogance of the officers, their aristocratic contempt and their brutality still don\u2019t succeed to set off the sailors. It\u2019s the meat that does the trick. Or rather the maggots. The meat is so infested that it can take to the railings by itself. <\/i>
\nhttps:\/\/johnmenadue.com\/evan-jones-fires-australias-potemkin-moment\/#more-34582<\/a><\/p>\n

GEORGE GRUNDY.- The Slow Death of Retail in Perth
\nAmazon Australia\u2019s Craig Fuller spoke of \u2018investment and development\u2019 bringing benefit to the local economy as the company expands its reach across the Nullarbor, but evidence elsewhere suggests a very different future.
\n<\/i>
\nhttps:\/\/johnmenadue.com\/george-grundy-the-slow-death-of-retail-in-perth\/<\/a><\/p>\n

NOURIEL ROUBINI.-Trump will make China great again.(Project Syndicate 23.12.2019)
\nDespite the latest Sino-American \u201cskinny deal\u201d to ease tensions over trade, technology, and other issues, it is now clear that the world\u2019s two largest economies have entered a new era of sustained competition. How the relationship will evolve depends greatly on America\u2019s political leadership \u2013 which does not bode well.
\n<\/i>
\nhttps:\/\/johnmenadue.com\/nouriel-roubini-trump-will-make-china-great-again-project-syndicate-23-12-2019\/#more-34474<\/a><\/p>\n

ROBERT MICKENS. Pope Francis begins the most important year of his pontificate.
\nFrancis has already hinted that he will endorse priestly ordination of the viri probati (married men of proven virtue), specifically those who are already permanent deacons and a reformed structure and role of the Church\u2019s central offices at the Vatican, known as the Roman Curia.
\nhttps:\/\/johnmenadue.com\/robert-mickens-pope-francis-begins-the-most-important-year-of-his-pontificate\/<\/a><\/p>\n"},"link":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/2019\/12\/26\/newspoll-breakdowns-november-december-2019\/comment-page-127\/#comment-3315192","status":"approved","type":"comment","author_avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/59ca03b150c067bcce3f34b5eb8ae7f34268439c290c8d3bda43770f26204375?s=24&d=identicon&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/59ca03b150c067bcce3f34b5eb8ae7f34268439c290c8d3bda43770f26204375?s=48&d=identicon&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/59ca03b150c067bcce3f34b5eb8ae7f34268439c290c8d3bda43770f26204375?s=96&d=identicon&r=g"},"meta":{"_wp_note_status":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/3315192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"post_type":"post","href":"https:\/\/www.pollbludger.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43143"}]}}]