Who the fuck is Andrew Wicks? The Nation’s Hangman? Someone who never forgives nor forgets and simply bears a grudge? Is he voice of ISIS fundamentalism in Australia? Fraser, Hewson, and Turnbull all gave up their membership of the LNP and the LNP never forgave them. Wicks sounds more extreme right wing than left. Sadly more LNP more Abbott, more Dutton than Australian. Wicks seemingly stereotypes individuals by their “nature” and not by their history or social context. They are simply good, bad and born that way, immutable.

Sadly, we know how the story ends. If we’re happy to rally behind him to fight a more contemporary evil, we should not forgive, nor forget.

Source: The hypocrisy of Turnbull’s climate commentary – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Will Israel now call these 21 of it’s own citizen organizations “Domestic Terrorists”? They don’t call Israeli settlers illegally occupying Palestinian land terrorists. Israel insults the intelligence of a planet.

Twenty-one Israel-based civil society groups on Sunday joined Palestine defenders around the world in condemning the Israeli government’s labeling of six Palestinian advocacy groups as terrorist organizations, calling the move “an act of cowardice.”

Source: ‘An Act of Cowardice’: 21 Israel-Based Groups Condemn Terror Label for Palestine NGOs

When resignation is only a political stunt to deflect the revelations to come! Berejiklian knew the path that lay ahead. Nobody ever said she wasn’t a canny operator! She knew that ICAC knew where the skeletons were buried after the initial silent and private investigation was done and  also knew it would be “publicly tested”. So she acted first. However NSW voters deserve “transparency” from all its politicians.

Mike Baird and Stuart Ayres were among the witnesses at ICAC’s first week of hearings Mr Baird told ICAC he was “incredulous” when he found out about Ms Berejiklian’s secret relationship ICAC also heard the Wagga Wagga shooting grant proposal was questioned by senior public servants

Source: How the words ‘sweetheart deal’ raised eyebrows during week one of ICAC inquiry into Gladys Berejiklian – ABC News

Unfortunately, Goward Is Not Alone Here But while it’s all well and good to point the finger at Goward, it’s also important to remember that she is far from the only Australian who shares this view. Not only did the Australian Financial Review publish it, but thousands of — presumably upper-middle class — Australians will read it and continue to hold this belief that the “proles” are villains that are tearing down our great country, rather than our neighbours and friends who deserve support.

Source: The AFR Compared Poor People To “Weasels” In A Completely Cooked Op-Ed

The Infrastructure Department was unable to tell the federal government whether its plans to spend almost $400 million on car parks at suburban railway stations had merit or could even be built just days before Prime Minister Scott Morrison signed off on the promises.

Source: Commuter car park grants: Internal documents show department was unsure if projects had merit days before Scott Morrison sign-off

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has announced that he and his wife Helen are expecting their seventh child. In a post on Facebook on Sunday night the premier said he had “exciting family news”. The conservative Catholic already has five daughters and one son.

Source: It’s another girl! NSW premier announces seventh child on the way

Days after the PM and the Deputy PM declared Facebook and social media sites will be forced to limit Free Speech the sitting idiot Minister in charge of Education Alan Tudge declares Universities need to be forced to open it up. The Morrison government is certainly not a team that seems to know what it’s doing. They seem more like the Three Stooges.

Peter Ridd was politically financed and supported at great cost to have his dismissal overturned and he failed. Now the government wants to overthrow the Court’s rulings by changing the law because it offends Tudge. There is something very Trumpster about Tudge’s wants, actions, and personal history and it’s not representative of a Democracy that’s for certain.

Universities face the prospect of further rules to protect academics’ free speech after Education Minister Alan Tudge raised concerns about a High Court decision upholding the sacking of marine physicist and climate change sceptic Peter Ridd by James Cook University. The decision ends Dr Ridd’s four-year legal battle with JCU after he was censured and ultimately sacked for challenging his colleagues’ views on climate change and the Great Barrier Reef, along with the university’s attempts to discipline him.

Source: Peter Ridd loses High Court case over climate scepticism censure

Andrew Bolt has had the rug “seemingly” pulled out from under his climate change denials by the very organization he works for and supports him. That should tell us it’s a marketing promotion boosting Morrison’s LNP, to seemingly change tack, on the promise of Net-Zero by 2050. For heaven’s sake we were notified weeks ago that this campaign for Scott was coming. Of course it’s is rubbish just as the Angus Taylor’s argument that Net-Zero doesn’t mean ” zero carbon emissions”. Slightly cleaner and more costly washed fossil fuels is then all they need do. Angus Taylor has guaranteed to fund CO2 emissions to the tune of $250bn if and when nobody else on the planet will.

As for Bolt’s argument that News Corp’s editorial change is “rubbish” well that’s simply posturing, a performance to appear balanced and make noise. All they are doing is what Philip Morris did when it announced it would “un-smoke the world” while still continuing to sell as much tobacco as possible along with the other added carcinogens or tar. Yes Bolt’s a participant because the campaign allows him the space to play the contrarian in the performance and repeat what it is he’s been doing for the past two decades maintaining his ego and crafted media identity little else. After all he can’t simply keep attacking Bruce Pascoe, Muslims, women and the ABC.

The prominent Murdoch commentator Andrew Bolt says News Corp Australia’s major editorial campaign to speed up climate action is “rubbish” and the “global warming propaganda” provides political cover for Scott Morrison. “Millions of Australian readers would have got a shock this morning when they picked up their Murdoch newspapers around the country,” Bolt told his Sky News Australia audience after the company published 16-page wraparounds in every tabloid.

Source: News Corp’s Andrew Bolt says his company’s climate campaign is ‘rubbish’ | News Corporation | The Guardian

NSW’s next premier Dominic Perrottet is a conservative who opposed laws to force priests to disclose child abuse arguing “the confessional seal is sacrosanct no matter what sins are confessed”.

Source: Who is Dominic Perrottet: Controversial comments from new NSW Premier | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

Tawdry attempts by federal Coalition ministers to vilify Victoria’s Premier have now been shown to lack a factual foundation, reports Alan Austin. CLAIMS BY FEDERAL Treasurer Josh Frydenberg that Victoria’s Labor Premier Daniel Andrews harmed the mental health of his constituents gained considerable traction last year. These were damaging to Andrews’ reputation and to his ability to manage the pandemic — which had caused far more deaths in Victoria than in the rest of the country. Data released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) confirms that mental health actually improved dramatically in Victoria as a result of Andrews’ determined efforts. Andrews worked tirelessly last year to control the virus, limit the social dislocation and keep his constituents well-informed.

Source: Frydenberg’s mental health accusations against Andrews exposed as baseless

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Climate scientists believe that if Greenland continues to rapidly melt, tens of millions of people around the world could face yearly flooding and displacement by 2030

Source: Rain fell on Greenland’s ice sheet for the first time ever known. Alarms should ring | Kim Heacox

While the people of the U.S. were mourning and recalling the sadness surrounding the day, Trump eagerly provided commentary with his son for a boxing match on the day. At the same time, other political leaders flocked to remembrance sites. Trump bragged he scored an “obscene” amount of money for the gig, something he likely needs to fight the legal problems he’s facing.

Source: Mary Trump explains why her uncle Donald cared more about boxing instead of Sept. 11 anniversary – Raw Story – Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism