Tag: research

ALP Government,

New figures destroy Australia’s tradie shortage myth – » The Australian Independent Media Network

A CFMEU analysis of Jobs & Skills Australia occupation and internet job advertisements data busts the myth peddled by employer groups that there is a worker shortage which must be addressed through migration.

The vast majority of building and construction-related jobs have an indicative vacancy rate below 1%.

In February, there were just 56 ads for plasters – a profession employing 27,600 people nationally.

There are 30,000 bricklayers and stonemasons employed in Australia, yet only 111 job ads, which indicates a vacancy rate of 0.4%.

Vacancies for plumbers, tilers, fencers, carpenters and joiners, insulation and home improvement installers were all lower than 1%.

CFMEU National Secretary Zach Smith said:

“We have exposed the blatant lie that Australia is suffering from a tradie shortage that must be fixed through migration.

Source: New figures destroy Australia’s tradie shortage myth – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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Old Dog Thought- What’s Good?

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Science

If only it was happening in Australia – Pearls and Irritations

Scientists in clean suits using digital tablets in experiment in laboratory.

The French Government’s Research Minister, Silvie Retailleau, has announced a plan to shake up the country’s scientific research including investing an extra Euro 26 billion (equivalent to A$42.5 billion.)

Source: If only it was happening in Australia – Pearls and Irritations

ALP Government,

A Science Future Fund to supercharge economic growth: Budget 2023 – » The Australian Independent Media Network

The question arises whether or not funding will go to private or public interest science and, whether will it be profit or value directed. Abbott tore the shreds out of the value-directed public research into climate science. He claimed scientific research needed to be a Capitalist free market activity and not one based on national and global needs. ” It’s not our job” Morrtison rubber-stamped that and readily funded a 5% cleaner fossil fuel technology calling it a “decarbonisation” success story rather than a maintenance of ” Carbon excess” tale.

Labor talks the talk but will it walk?

The analysis by STA shows that this Science Future Fund could inject $650 million every year from investment income into science breakthroughs, generating a massive $2.3 billion in new economic returns for the country every year.

Source: A Science Future Fund to supercharge economic growth: Budget 2023 – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Climate Change

Coalition climate target consistent with more than 3C global heating, research says | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Aerial of trees scorched by bushfires near East Gippsland, Australia, 2020

The Morrison government’s climate change commitments are consistent with more than 3C of global heating, bordering on 4C, a level that would lead to catastrophic damage across the planet, according to a new analysis.

Source: Coalition climate target consistent with more than 3C global heating, research says | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Education, Teriary Education

How COVID-19 almost killed universities, just as the Coalition wanted

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a nightmare for the tertiary education sector — and the government couldn’t be happier about it.

Source: How COVID-19 almost killed universities, just as the Coalition wanted

Uncategorized

Wind turbines off the coast could help Australia become an energy superpower, research finds

LNP Ignores the experts

Offshore wind farms are an increasingly common sight overseas. But Australia has neglected the technology, despite the ample wind gusts buffeting much of our coastline.

Source: Wind turbines off the coast could help Australia become an energy superpower, research finds

Indigenous Affairs, Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Issues

Indigenous deaths in custody: inquests can be sites of justice or administrative violence

Source: Indigenous deaths in custody: inquests can be sites of justice or administrative violence

Informed Comment

Wake up, Australia! – » The Australian Independent Media Network

We live in an era where the advice on which government Ministers seem to rely does not come from experienced Public Servants, but from political advisers, whose duties are centred – not on “What is best for the country?”, but “What is most likely to help win the next election?” When people’s lives are being damaged in consequence of a totally flawed policy approach, something has to change. And we who are electors have got to be much more vocal in making it clear that what we are being offered doesn’t begin to meet the pub test!

Wake up, Australia! – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Infected after five minutes, from six metres away: study shows COVID-19’s spread indoors
A poster for an enhanced social distancing campaign in Seoul.

The results of the study, for which Lee and other epidemiologists enlisted the help of an engineer who specialises in aerodynamics, were published last week in the Journal of Korean Medical Science. The conclusions raised concerns that the widely accepted standard of two metres of social distance might not be far enough to keep people safe.

Coronavirus: Infected after five minutes, from six metres away: study shows COVID-19’s spread indoors
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Old Dog Thoughts- Abbott a Mini-Trump

Tony Abbott Abbott said he had delivered on his 2013 election pledge to "stop the boats", "scrap the taxes" and bring the budget under control.

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Trump, Trump's Opinion, Uncategorized

Paranoid ‘President’ Claims Negative Hydroxychloroquine Study Is An ‘Enemy Statement’ | Crooks and Liars

Paranoid 'President' Claims Negative Hydroxychloroquine Study Is An 'Enemy Statement'

via Paranoid ‘President’ Claims Negative Hydroxychloroquine Study Is An ‘Enemy Statement’ | Crooks and Liars

Uncategorized

Boomers vs Millennials: Federal funding leaves young scientists under pressure

Whilst Australia has halted declining research funding, Federal funding policy has made it far more difficult for younger scientists to gain experience and stable employment. This is the fourth story in our series exploring intergenerational inequity. Lachlan Gray reports.

I recall back in 2014, during my second year of university, I was told by my lecturer to get out of Australia if I wanted any sort of career in science. At that time, and indeed now, that sentiment has continued to be relevant. Since the election of Tony Abbott in 2013, Australia has witnessed a dramatic decline in meaningful scientific funding from each successive Coalition government.

via Boomers vs Millennials: Federal funding leaves young scientists under pressure

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Old Dog Thoughts- 21/3/20 Leaders of the Free World

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CIA, Uncategorized

Inside the Archive of an LSD Researcher With Ties to the CIA’s MKUltra Mind Control Project

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Climate Change

World Temperature Rise Nears Danger Level

The researchers investigated the overlap between socio-economic development and a range of climate change risks, to try to identify the vulnerability hotspots if the global mean temperature should rise by 1.5°C, 2°C or 3°C by 2050, compared with the pre-industrial baseline.

The researchers are from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the universities of Oxford (UK) and Washington (US).

They report in the journal Environmental Research Letters that they developed 14 impact indicators in three main sectors – water, energy, and food and environment. These indicators include a water stress index, water supply seasonality, clean cooking access, heat stress events, habitat degradation, and crop yield changes.

World Temperature Rise Nears Danger Level

Science

New Research Suggests We Have No Control Over Our Thoughts | IFLScience

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New Research Suggests We Have No Control Over Our Thoughts | IFLScience

IPA

Kevin Donnelly, the IPA, discredited studies and the Right’s ‘universal truth’

Stephen Keim discusses Kevin Donnelly’s use of a discredited IPA study as a benchmark for university education content and the advancement of the Right’s long march into privilege, tyranny and ‘universal truth’.WHEN an opinion piece, starts by citing an Institute of Public Affairs’ (IPA) “forensic analysis of how history is now taught in our universities”, it is probably a good signal that I should read no further.

Source: Kevin Donnelly, the IPA, discredited studies and the Right’s ‘universal truth’

Climate Science

Grid Batteries Are Poised to Become Cheaper Than Natural-Gas Plants in Minnesota – MIT Technology Review

A new report suggests the economics of large-scale batteries are reaching an important inflection point.

Source: Grid Batteries Are Poised to Become Cheaper Than Natural-Gas Plants in Minnesota – MIT Technology Review

Bigots

Section 18C should stay: Australians reject ‘right to be bigots’

New research finds Australians do not approve of the “right to be bigots”.

Source: Section 18C should stay: Australians reject ‘right to be bigots’