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The sad joke – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Pascoe also noted that Morrison refused to condemn the violence that occurred when the US Capitol was stormed by rioters in January, unlike Conservatives such as the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. A week later, Acting Prime Minister and Nationals Party leader Michael McCormack added fuel to the fire generated by LNP backbenchers spreading false or unsubstantiated statements on social media by stating Facts are sometimes contentious, and what you might think is right somebody else might think is completely untrue. “That is part of living in a democratic country. In 2015, on the release of a report into bullying and harassment in the military, Australian Army Lieutenant General David Morrison stated: ‘The standard you walk past is the standard you accept’. The comment was reflected on by a writer for The Huffington Post who went on to suggest Every time we accept the status quo of poor behavior, we are endorsing it. A strong leader should not only advise of behavior that is appropriate, they should embody it. They should be the person telling us that we don’t tolerate bullying or harassment. Morrison and the state premiers aren’t necessarily being booted permanently from Twitter or Facebook or inciting mobs to invade the Parliamentary buildings on Capital Hill, Spring St or George St, but they are implicitly supporting behaviours that demean the democratic process by not speaking out about them. They, and the parties they represent, are also openly involved in a winner take all battle where belittling, bullying and harassment of those with different opinions is not only common, but expected. In recent months, the US has seen the results of a winner take all battle of wills for the future of the country. Let’s hope our leaders observe, reflect and actually lead, before it’s too late.

The sad joke – » The Australian Independent Media Network
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Public servants confirm mismanagement by Morrison ministers

IF THERE WAS one thing which should unite all media commentators, economic analysts, religious leaders and decent citizens in outrage against the Morrison Government, it is this. After the robodebt scandal in which the Government relentlessly pursued debt repayment from countless poor people, it can’t be bothered chasing millions rorted by the rich. The Coalition was ruthless in harassing pensioners for puny debts, that were often non-existent. It didn’t stop even when it was proven many were taking their own lives in despair. But they now refuse to require corporations to repay taxpayer funds fraudulently pocketed.

Public servants confirm mismanagement by Morrison ministers
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When you can’t trust the leader… – » The Australian Independent Media Network

My thought for the day We exercise our involvement in our democracy every three years by voting. After that, the vast majority takes very little interest. Why is it so? ( John Lord )

The revolving door of Conservative wrongdoings – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Morrison must have known, when he made his announcement one month ago, that there was no possibility of vaccinating 80,000 people in February and 4 million by the end of March. He must have known this, and yet he delivered this message to the country anyway. This is not how we need a leader to behave in these circumstances, or any other.

When you can’t trust the leader… – » The Australian Independent Media Network
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Former intelligence boss Nick Warner joins lobbying firm while working as a consultant for Prime Minister’s Department – ABC News
An illustration of a man in black and white against parliament house done in white and red with words about political lobbying

The ABC can reveal Nick Warner started being paid as a consultant for the Prime Minister’s Department in January This is despite working for a private lobbying firm with close links to the Middle East Mr Warner is a former director-general of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service

Former intelligence boss Nick Warner joins lobbying firm while working as a consultant for Prime Minister’s Department – ABC News
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AdRorts: Comrade Hunt deploys Communist propaganda tactics in government advertising – Michael West

AdRorts: Comrade Hunt deploys Communist propaganda tactics in government advertising – Michael West
Propaganda Rorts

“I suspect Orwell would see, as he did back in the 1930s, the rich and outrageous irony of governments using the resources of the people to manipulate them and to keep them acquiescent, passive and apathetic.” Shadow Minister for Public Accountability, Kelvin Thompson’s introductory remarks for the Government Advertising (Prohibiting use of taxpayers’ money on party political advertising) Bill 2005. Unfortunately the Thompson’s bill never got up. John Howard’s majority saw to that. It has now become widespread practice for Coalition ministers to spend public money advertising their political parties. Government ministers are using official ministerial announcements as a platform for Liberal Party and National Party advertising, drawing widespread condemnation for misuse of public money. The dubious practise reached a flashpoint this week after Health Minister Greg Hunt was caught branding an announcement for Pfizer vaccines with the LNP logo early. Hunt was questioned about the political party advertising by ABC presenter Michael Rowland and responded with personal insults, branding Rowland a “leftie”.

AdRorts: Comrade Hunt deploys Communist propaganda tactics in government advertising – Michael West
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Scott Morrison will leave a legacy of corruption without consequence

As election time rolls around – September and October are months most mentioned – it will be interesting to see whether Morrison and his ministers take their foot off the opening gear for the pork barrel sluice gate.

Scott Morrison will leave a legacy of corruption without consequence
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China, Papua New Guinea and Australia’s Backyard Blues – » The Australian Independent Media Network

It might have made more sense to realise that PNG, precisely in being sovereign, is making its own arrangements. Security cadres in Canberra and Washington take issue with the fact that the natives are showing initiative. Shoebridge even comes close to accusing the country of being a harlot of international relations. “Promises of millions – even billions – of dollars for a remote province are attractive not just for the Moresby government but for provincial leaders who need to deliver funds to local supporters.” The sort of cash, in other words, Australia is simply not interested in supplying.

China, Papua New Guinea and Australia’s Backyard Blues – » The Australian Independent Media Network
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That extra you’re about to get in super, most of it will come from you, but don’t expect the ads to tell you that

Fair enough, but the increases in compulsory super contributions will come out of the same bucket as wages – so-called on-costs which employers use to pay wage cheques, workers compensation, payroll tax, employees pay-as-you-go tax, and employees super contributions, which is also known as the “super guarantee”.

That extra you’re about to get in super, most of it will come from you, but don’t expect the ads to tell you that
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Mainstream media roll out pro-Coalition narrative for the election year
They can’t cut the ABC it’s too obvious .However Face Book and Google are their targets for not the right reasons

With a federal election due this year or early next, the misinformation from Australia’s mainstream media is ramping up. Alan Austin reports. COALITION PARTIES and the pro-Coalition media already spreading the falsehoods they hope will dupe enough voters. The upcoming election is already being influenced by these elements.

Mainstream media roll out pro-Coalition narrative for the election year
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Far-right extremism motion ‘whited-out’ by government

Kristina Keneally claims the federal government is “turning a blind eye” to the threat of white supremacists, in a dispute over a hotly contested Senate motion where the Coalition deleted and amended mentions of right-wing extremism.

Far-right extremism motion ‘whited-out’ by government
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Events will decide political fates and defy expert predictions
Prime Minister Scott Morrison during his address to the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on Monday.

But the premiers have been given a free pass because the lockdowns have been funded by the Commonwealth. That money runs out in March, so it will be interesting to watch whether the will to imprison populations remains in the face of cash-strapped states being forced to bear the full financial cost of their decisions. If push comes to shove when the cash dries up expect the premiers to direct their communities’ anger at Canberra. This is a risk for Morrison because he won’t win a fight with a popular premier on a state’s home ground. It’s another depressing lesson from the pandemic: Australia is still a collection of colonies masquerading as a federation.

Events will decide political fates and defy expert predictions
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‘Taxypayer-funded nong’: Kelly, Plibersek in fiery parliamentary clash
craig kelly tanya plibersek

Tensions have spectacularly boiled over in the halls of Parliament, with Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek and Craig Kelly squaring up in a heated argument over the Coalition MP’s debunked and “dangerous” claims about COVID.

‘Taxypayer-funded nong’: Kelly, Plibersek in fiery parliamentary clash
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View from The Hill: Now Scott Morrison’s ‘preference’ is for net zero emissions by 2050
Keeping on and really saying nothing

Scott Morrison has taken another, albeit very small, step towards endorsing a target of net zero emissions by 2050. He told the National Press Club on Monday: “Our goal is to reach net zero emissions as soon as possible, and preferably by 2050”.

View from The Hill: Now Scott Morrison’s ‘preference’ is for net zero emissions by 2050
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Craig Kelly: Community campaign to dump controversial MP

Screenshot_2021-02-02 Craig Kelly Community campaign to dump controversial MP

Controversial Liberal MP Craig Kelly’s relentless promotion of conspiracy theories and unproven coronavirus cures on social media have led to a campaign to boot him out of politics – a push being mounted by his own community.

Craig Kelly: Community campaign to dump controversial MP
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Australia no longer in top ten global anti-corruption ranking

The latest global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) rankings places Australia at 11 out of 180 countries.

For almost 20 years, Australia ranked in the top ten (least corrupt) countries. In 2012, Australia ranked seventh with a score of 85. By 2018, it had fallen to 13th with a score of 77. In the latest 2020 rankings, it has also scored 77.

Being ranked 11th out of 180 is relatively good. But falling by eight points is not good. It is a wake-up call and raises serious questions about the ethical underpinnings of politics in this country.

Australia no longer in top ten global anti-corruption ranking

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Two years on from Australia’s banking royal commission, why has progress stalled? | Australia news | The Guardian

Commissioner Kenneth Hayne hands treasurer Josh Frydenberg the banking royal commission's final report at Parliament House in February 2019

When the banking royal commission wrapped up in early 2019, the government said it was committed to enacting change. Senior business reporter Ben Butler explains how two years on, most recommendations have either been delayed or abandoned

Two years on from Australia’s banking royal commission, why has progress stalled? | Australia news | The Guardian
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Could Australian small businesses survive without Google search function?
LNP want to dumb down Australia

It gave Scott Morrison a Howard moment — “we’ll decide who searches Australia and the manner in which they search!” — as he huffed, “we don’t respond to threats”. (This will surely be news to anyone who follows the LNP-News Corp relationship.)

Could Australian small businesses survive without Google search function?
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Morrison: Opportunity Lost to Attack Racism or Political Expediency? – » The Australian Independent Media Network
All Three Monkeys in One

So, is Morrison’s behaviour a lack of leadership, which seems likely given his stance or lack of it on so many issues, or is it a demonstration of his and the right-wing intolerance, insensitivity and racism towards our own Indigenous peoples? Perhaps he is simply appealing to his base and it is all about votes. Whatever the case, history will not be kind to him when it judges his performance. Or is it all three. I suspect it is the latter.

Morrison: Opportunity Lost to Attack Racism or Political Expediency? – » The Australian Independent Media Network
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Old Dog Thought- While the educated in who the nation invested are Deliverooing the ignorant are our decision makers
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison wears a face mask on a C-27 airplane after landing in Quilpie, Queensland, this week.

Fighting Fake News with REAL 24/1/21; The educated suffer while the daggy dad shows his ignorance; 40 years of climate denialism;

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Unemployment down, but recovery still way off: ACTU – » The Australian Independent Media Network
When recovery hasn’t been equally distributed it’s not a recovery and when the gov refocuses on cutbacks it’s even worse

“The Morrison government’s plans to cut income support and introduce industrial relations legislation which cuts workers’ pay and conditions will worsen unemployment, increase insecure work and further drive down wage growth,” O’Neil warned.

Unemployment down, but recovery still way off: ACTU – » The Australian Independent Media Network
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Trump’s Enigmatic Legacy – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Unsurprisingly, there are those here in Australia who are mourning the departure of this enigma of American politics. Why?

Trump’s Enigmatic Legacy – » The Australian Independent Media Network
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Sunk before Service: Australia’s Disastrous Submarine Project – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Another Abbott brainstorm turned disaster

One only gets into the submarine procurement business to spite government treasurers and economic managers. Efficiency and effectuality are bonus additions, but hardly necessary. Witness the evolving disaster that is Australia’s SEA 1000 Future Submarine program, won by France’s DCNS, now Naval Group, in 2016.

Sunk before Service: Australia’s Disastrous Submarine Project – » The Australian Independent Media Network
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A ‘last outpost’ for Trump tactics: did Donald change Australian politics?
Mr Morrison was welcomed to Washington DC by Mr Trump in 2019.

The Labor leader thundered that Scott Morrison had gone “too far” in his support for the defeated President, claiming “Trumpists” were the “bedrock” of the Prime Minister’s supporters. While it’s no secret Mr Morrison enjoyed a far better relationship with Mr Trump than most world leaders – feted with a state dinner, lauded as the “man of titanium”, and awarded the Legion of Merit – what is less clear is how the Trump era changed Australian politics.

A ‘last outpost’ for Trump tactics: did Donald change Australian politics?
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The Morrison government’s two alarming assaults on freedom of speech after spruiking liberty
The Australian government continues to curtail what you can say online.
Why is it we allow our PM to get away with BULLSHIT. Bring back the ABC

When Prime Minister Scott Morrison was invited at a recent press conference to condemn far-right conspiracy theories promoted by government members such as George Christensen, he refused. He also defended another Liberal backbencher, Craig Kelly, who has undermined the government’s health message by spreading false information about COVID-19. At the time, Morrison said: “There’s such a thing as freedom of speech in this country and that will continue.”

The Morrison government’s two alarming assaults on freedom of speech after spruiking liberty

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As Trump exits the White House, he leaves Trumpism behind in Australia

But if Australians followed the 2020 presidential race in the United States with greater-than-usual interest, it was because when boiled down, it presaged a plausible descent for Australia’s politics, too.

As Trump exits the White House, he leaves Trumpism behind in Australia
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When your government thinks banning Trump from Twitter is the real injustice – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Australia’s Disgusting Leadership (ODT)

Members of the Morrison government have saved their loudest outrage for Twitter, the social media platform Trump used to incite his followers, and the platform that has finally banned Trump for life. This, it appears, is the great injustice, an affront to “free speech,” and, wait for it, censorship.

When your government thinks banning Trump from Twitter is the real injustice – » The Australian Independent Media Network
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Donald Trump Twitter ban: Josh Frydenberg ‘uncomfortable’
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says he is ‘uncomfortable’ with Twitter’s decision to ban US President Donald Trump. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Andrew Henshaw

Frydenberg, McCormack, Kelly and even Morrison shame our nation. They believe inciting encouraging and promoting sedition, violence, and insurrection is simply allowable and to prevent it a matter of “suppression of free speech”. Rest assured they don’t practice what they preach at home in the workplace or other of their social and cultural situations. Swearing like drunken sailors isn’t tolerated in their homes. Do they seriously listen to what they are saying? All readily condemning whistleblowers and journalists, so much so, that they demand we maintain and even strengthen the laws that prosecute them are (ODT)appropriate. They don’t speak up for Julian Assange who the American government wants to put away for 174 years. Not so poor old Don the victim of Twitter.( ODT)

Senior government ministers have lashed Twitter’s ban on Donald Trump as multiple social media giants removed the outgoing US President from their platforms.

Donald Trump Twitter ban: Josh Frydenberg ‘uncomfortable’

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Liberal MP Craig Kelly attacks Facebook for warning him over unproven Covid treatment post | Australian politics | The Guardian
Liberal MP Craig Kelly

Labor’s health spokesman, Chris Bowen, seized on the controversy, arguing the social media giant had “called out ‘Conspiracy Craig’s’ medical disinformation campaign” after the prime minister, Scott Morrison, and federal health minister, Greg Hunt, failed to do so.

Liberal MP Craig Kelly attacks Facebook for warning him over unproven Covid treatment post | Australian politics | The Guardian
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Treasury’s latest population projections seem hard to believe
From boom to bust: The Treasurer’s population forecasts

The overall population projection Treasury is now making is that once international borders fully re-open and things go back to “normal”, the population will grow at around 350,000 per annum for the second half of the 2020s. So, can we believe this latest population projection? Is Treasury really now being transparent?

Treasury’s latest population projections seem hard to believe
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Australia, China and the weaponising of trade

Australia seems hell-bent of damaging its economic security in the interests of being in the vanguard of a growing international anti-China “cabal”, writes William Briggs.

Australia, China and the weaponising of trade
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Not Just Careless: Australian weapons part turns up on Armenian battlefield – Michael West
Drone, Microair, Defence

How did an Australian-made transponder, a key part of drone technology, end up in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan where human rights abuses are prolific? Michelle Fahy investigates the murky trail of the drone bit and the cagey response of the Defence establishment from DFAT to DoD to Minister Marise Payne.

Not Just Careless: Australian weapons part turns up on Armenian battlefield – Michael West
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The Morrison Government and the biggest withdrawal of spending since World War 2

As Jobkeeper, JobSeeker and other stimulus measures are wound back in 2021, it is doubtful the Morrison Government will rise to the enormous economic challenges ahead, writes Tarric Brooker.

The Morrison Government and the biggest withdrawal of spending since World War 2
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The Incredible Shrinking Prime Minister – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Yes, confirmation bias is hard to overcome. If I use Gladys Berejiklian as my final example, I have to ask myself would I be upset if the premier of my state had kept their relationship with a corrupt politician a secret, failed to declare various conflicts of interest, shredded documents and removed computer files that gave information about pork-barrelling, failed to make masks mandatory because well, it’s just more rules, isn’t it, told us that there’s no real concerns about behaviour that some consider corrupt because everybody is and failed to protect koalas? Somehow I don’t think I’d be saying that they’re only human.

The Incredible Shrinking Prime Minister – » The Australian Independent Media Network
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A criminally negligent federal government beneath the festive schmaltz. – » The Australian Independent Media Network

He reminds his daughters that if the economy can’t afford drugs for a child their age with Cystic Fibrosis, the child doesn’t get to breathe. No pressure. No emotional blackmail. What a mensch! What a man for our times. Yet as the pandemic becomes endemic, as his government’s debacle in its megaphone diplomacy with China begins to cost, the Morrison’s government’s hollow promises, lies and incompetence will be its undoing. Looking at the debacle that is the NSW government’s response to what may well prove to be a new wave of coronavirus cases surely no-one can miss the criminally negligent federal government behind the scenes. Our challenge is to hold it to account.

A criminally negligent federal government beneath the festive schmaltz. – » The Australian Independent Media Network
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Unhappy new year for more than 1 million Aussies on JobSeeker as COVID assistance winds back – ABC News
A woman looks at the camera with a stern look

Key points: The coronavirus supplement, paid to more than a million Australians, will be reduced from $125 to $75 per week from January 1 When the payment was $275 in September, it pushed recipients above the poverty line The Government has rejected calls to increase unemployment benefits, and says it is focused on jobs creation

Unhappy new year for more than 1 million Aussies on JobSeeker as COVID assistance winds back – ABC News
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Fair global distribution of vaccines is vital

But with major pharmaceutical companies rolling out vaccines and millions of doses being bought by the United States, Britain, the European Union and Australia, developing countries argue such attempts to give them purchasing power in the market will only go so far. In October, India and South Africa asked the World Trade Organisation to temporarily waive intellectual property (IP) protections so that vaccines and other equipment for fighting COVID-19 could be made more cheaply at greater scale. Australia joined Britain, the US and the EU in opposing the move, arguing that existing rules on licensing would be sufficient to meet demand.

Fair global distribution of vaccines is vital
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A Guaranteed Job? Radical idea to combat automation, alienation gathers momentum – Michael West

Jobs guarantee Tasmania

It was the first time Liberal government had lost a vote in the house since Peter Gutwein took over as Premier in January this year. Sue Hickey is often described as “maverick Liberal MP”. Maverick or not, it is highly unusual for parliamentarians to cross the floor, to side with their political adversaries rather than their colleagues, and Hickey’s decision spoke volumes about the subject matter at hand.

A Guaranteed Job? Radical idea to combat automation, alienation gathers momentum – Michael West
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No favourable economic winds for Morrison’s Australia

“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.” In many ways, Australia heading into 2021 is broadly summed up in this way.

No favourable economic winds for Morrison’s Australia
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Paul Bongiorno: PM shirks duty in gold-standard quarantine blame game
ruby princess inquiry records

When it comes to the managing of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, there is plenty of blame to go around. But don’t look to the federal government to accept its fair share.

Paul Bongiorno: PM shirks duty in gold-standard quarantine blame game
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No, Australia’s economy is not rebounding strongly. Who told you that?

The three key economic messages from the Morrison Government are quite false, but the media keeps promoting them anyway. Alan Austin reports.

No, Australia’s economy is not rebounding strongly. Who told you that?
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Australia must forge an independent foreign policy

Racism, fear and lack of moral courage sees Australia tied to a declining America.

Australia must forge an independent foreign policy
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Scott Morrison’s Industrial Relations Laws Are a Kick in the Teeth for Australian Workers

The Morrison government has proposed sweeping changes to Australian labor laws intended to cut wages, entrench precarious work, and cripple unions. The proposed changes would sweep away the remnants of collective bargaining and hand dictatorial power to bosses.

Scott Morrison’s Industrial Relations Laws Are a Kick in the Teeth for Australian Workers

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St Basil’s families in dark amid Morrison government aged care delays

Families who lost loved ones to COVID-19 in Victorian aged care homes say it’s “unacceptable” the federal government has kept them in the dark about an inquiry into the outbreak. It comes amid revelations the Morrison government is a month behind schedule and won’t be publicly releasing a report into the handling of the virus until Christmas.

St Basil’s families in dark amid Morrison government aged care delays
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The global context of China’s assault on Australian trade and diplomacy

For Australia, lessons can be learned from Japan. New Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga used his first overseas trip to visit Indonesia and Vietnam. Suga signed a defence export deal with Hanoi and provided a $670 million low-interest loan to Jakarta. Suga also deepened security relations with Australia through a defence pact. Suga is making clear and systematic moves to diversify relations and contain Chinese expansion, yet is doing so without the belligerent bluster and crude diplomatic noise found in Morrison’s public displays. Japan has ongoing disputes with China over the South China Sea and tensions remain over Japan’s security arrangements with the United States, yet the two maintain productive and mutually beneficial trade and diplomatic relations. Former Prime Minister and specialist in Sino-Australia relations, Kevin Rudd, has described Japan’s approach as “do more, talk less”. For attention-hungry Morrison, such a strategy is inconceivable.

The global context of China’s assault on Australian trade and diplomacy
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Up to 90% of electricity from solar and wind the cheapest option by 2030: CSIRO analysis

With the cost of energy generated from wind and solar now less than coal, the share of Australia’s electricity coming from renewables has reached 23%. The federal government projects the share will reach 50% by 2030. It is at this point that integrating renewables into the energy system becomes more costly. We can add wind and solar farms at little extra cost when their share is low and other sources – such as coal and gas generators now – can compensate for their variability. At a certain point, however, there comes a need to invest in supporting infrastructure to ensure supply from mostly renewable generation can meet demand.

Up to 90% of electricity from solar and wind the cheapest option by 2030: CSIRO analysis
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Cabinet reshuffle: Rumours and daggers surround Scott Morrison’s line-up

Rumours are flying thick and fast over Scott Morrison’s impending ministerial reshuffle this week, but one particularly spicy one lasted barely minutes before being seemingly shut down.

Cabinet reshuffle: Rumours and daggers surround Scott Morrison’s line-up
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The truth about much ‘casual’ work: it’s really about permanent insecurity

The federal government’s industrial relations “reform” bill offers a new definition of “casual” employment that creates more problems than it solves. It effectively defines a casual job as anything described that way by the employer at the time a job commences, so long as the employer initially makes “no firm advance commitment to continuing and indefinite work”. Anyone defined as such loses any entitlement to leave they might otherwise have got through two recent Federal Court decisions. Fair enough, you might think. Casual jobs are meant to be flexible. There can’t be an ongoing commitment.

The truth about much ‘casual’ work: it’s really about permanent insecurity
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El Cheapo Aged Care: why the Coalition’s make-work schemes won’t work – Michael West
aged care in Australia

The best interests of older people are not uppermost in this government’s thinking. Referring to older people requiring care as “consumers”, describing the transfer of residents to hospital as “decanting”, talk of “cohorting” residents into specific sections of a home and other dehumanising language set the scene for its priorities. Using aged care homes as a dumping ground to provide work for people who are unemployed is just the latest ploy, writes Dr Sarah Russell.

El Cheapo Aged Care: why the Coalition’s make-work schemes won’t work – Michael West
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Old Dog Thought- She was Morrison’s pick and now he regrets it.
ABC chairman Ita Buttrose maintained the report should not have been made public.

Fighting Fake News with REAL 11/12/20; The promise to Murdoch continues “get the ABC”

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Lives in limbo: more than 1,500 asylum seekers still face uncertain future | Australia news | The Guardian
Boy standing with facing sea holding a ball

“I think if the Australian government was sensible, it would bite the bullet and allow the people who are in Australia to stay,” Thom says, describing it as the most obvious solution – particularly in light of the halt to migration caused by Covid-19. “But given Australia has a policy of never allowing these people to stay permanently, then it has to accept other offers that are being made in good faith, like the New Zealand offer.” The home affairs department says Australia remains committed to its regional processing policy and is establishing an enduring regional processing capability in Nauru. “The Australian government’s policy remains steadfast: no one under regional processing arrangements will be settled in Australia,” it says.

Lives in limbo: more than 1,500 asylum seekers still face uncertain future | Australia news | The Guardian