I have devised a foolproof age verification system to ensure that only older Australians can access social media sites. I have sent my invoice to the federal government. Thankyou for your attention to this matter
Semi retired and old enough to see changes in our climate and madness in the world. No to AUKUS, yes to UBI and liveable jobseeker and pension wage levels. Tax the rich corporations as well.
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I have devised a foolproof age verification system to ensure that only older Australians can access social media sites. I have sent my invoice to the federal government. Thankyou for your attention to this matter
Brilliant
The word "dependent" is the concern.
Its getting worse.... This is a government that talked a big game on transparency when they came to office, but what they've done since they came to office is anything but transparent," Mr Leeser said.
This is useful as it covers what you can feed them.
Totally unsafe to ride in.
I've seen them mostly on the skinny lane on the left.
Seems to be plenty for AUKUS payments. confusing.
Had hiking boots that kinda fell apart mid way on a 5 day like. Laces were the only option. Gaffa tape was useful too. Should have tried to sell them instead.
Yet in Victoria... The state has committed $72 million to the racing industry over four years. Meanwhile, to shore up Victoria’s ailing budget, millions have been cut from programs focused on youth crime prevention, gender equity in sport and homelessness.
Hope the UN move elsewhere in the future... Last week, the State Department also said it would not issue visas to Palestinian officials to attend the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York next month.
I was vaccinated but had a cold, mostly by doing a RAT test to eliminate the rest, so was one of these ... Because of the widespread availability of the rapid antigen test (RAT), lots of people can just go to the chemist, do a test, and stay home," Dr Redmond said.
This is the most compelling case I’ve seen yet that America is no longer a democracy but an authoritarian state. Not a *soon-to-be* authoritarian state—a *current* one.
They do snap in the wind, unfortunately. Did you replant it?
I saw it at a local nursery for sale, and it was at bunnings. Search on the name scarlet blaze.
Scarlet blaze www.anbg.gov.au/federation-f...
So true. Even when well fed, the look is the same.
Lots of gold though.
With the climate and environment, Labor and Coalition are the same.
Well, yes. But the Albanese govt really needs to be 'urged' to cut its ties with the fossil fuel lobby, who currently runs Australia's climate policy. #ClimateCrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Queensland's Deputy Premier, Jarrod Bleijie, has defended this weekend's far-right rally, saying they have the right to protest as it is a free society. He's happy to jump on the "anti-Semitism" bandwagon, however, when people protest Israel's genocide. www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...
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Yesterday I chaired a Senate inquiry hearing into the aged care system. The findings are SHOCKING. No new home care packages have been released since June and the govt admitted that 121,000 people are waiting to get on the waitlist. That's on top of the 87,000 actually on the waitlist.
Woodside vs. the planet. This essay explains so much as to 'how a company captured a country'. Quarterly essay.
Good question...this... Likewise, while Australia has a trillion dollars of national debt – despite being one of the world’s biggest fossil fuel exporters – the parliament last term passed laws that will actually serve to lower the tax on offshore oil and gas.
David Pocock: “Like many Australians I was frustrated & angry about many decisions government made that clearly weren’t evidence-based or in best interests of Australians. I’ve come to see why: a lack of transparency and broken lobbying rules.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21450/...
David Pocock: “They allow lobbyist to swipe through security 24/7, sit coffee shops, knock doors, wander corridors, engineer “chance” encounters with ministers, advisers. Community groups and members of the public are forced to wait weeks or months for meetings, if they get them at all.”
This is getting worse. Heard on the radio, it was around 200k.
This is totally wrong.... The laws, which passed Victoria's upper house earlier this week, give authorised officers the power to use "reasonable force" to enter properties. Those who obstruct, hinder or delay access to such officers face fines of several thousand dollars.
Truly a first world problem
Bush Summit: PM #Albo Chased Out of Ballarat by Furious Farmers.
Victoria could do with some decent opposition, but this isn't it.
My car got a very good wash in the rain - while at the gym
I've never known anyone do a mass diagnosis on cohort before.
Anyone else feel uncomfortable that the mid winter ball raises money for charities - where the very people attending the mid winter ball and giving the money - can actually do many things to stop the need for charities? 🤔 #auspol
160 other countries have official poverty measures, but Australia still hasn't. #NobodyDeservesPoverty
And this ... It's not easy to parse the entrails of this slightly bizarre episode, or to say why — "meeting" or not — Hegseth wasn't willing to carve out more time for his visitor.
Israel is evil. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
This... Marles said on 30 May that Australia and the US shared the values of “democracy and the rule of law”, but Cameron countered: “The Trump administration’s authoritarianism and disregard for the rule of law means Australians cannot trust the USA as a defence partner.”
I’ll be supporting whistleblower Richard Boyle in the SA District Court this morning as sentencing is delivered. Richard is a hero who acted in the public interest, only to be hung out to dry by Govt. Eight years of suffering. No conviction please! #auspol
How many do you need?... China, SIPRI says, is growing its nuclear arsenal faster than anyone else. It has a total estimated inventory of 600 nuclear warheads, putting it third behind the U.S. in second at 5,328 and Russia in first at 5,580.
Back to the 1970's - so unfair... That method, known as income apportionment, was used for decades but was ruled unlawful, placing a question mark on more than $1bn in debt owed by welfare recipients stretching back to the late 1970s.
This is not a choice any old Australian should have to make. We need to do better than this. Govt must release more home care packages now - there is no good reason to delay until November. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Unfortunately, it was clear when Trump was president last time.
Grovel. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Same happening in Australia, sadly
Independent thinking is definitely a no no
This matters. No marter how much they tell you the cancer journey is fraught and despite Medicare there are costs that can be overwhelming. And those close friends you can rely on, you can’t. Cancer scares people. #cancer www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Ageism is definitely a problem as is being 'overqualified'. The other is the aged pension. People risk losing the pension but can't earn enough to live without it, especially the concession card.
Good article. Regarding space, it depends on who is living in the home, if you wfh, have multiple generations living under the same roof as well as 'me time' space. The other issue of stamp duty is definitely a barrier to downsizing.
Same planet. Different worlds. Children. Opportunities. This MUST change.
Yet they keep doing it.
As the government prepares to announce a tougher target for emissions reduction by 2035, experts say that Australia has made no progress beyond the low goal set by the last Coalition government. satpa.pe/kHhIOJV
This... “The science tells us in no uncertain terms that we need to be at net zero by 2035.” The indications are that Australia will struggle to meet even its current 43 per cent target, much less a more ambitious 2035 target.
Nails it as always.
Thomas Deininger uses plastic waste to create sculptures,or should I say,works of Genius!!!!!!
Japan gets Australia's gas almost entirely for free, and then onsells 41% of it for a profit. Total scam. ieefa.org/resources/ho...
💥Richard Dennis, on Economic Reform Rountable. "Unemployment benefits that are below the poverty line are apparently fine, & it's perfectly acceptable to call for cuts to disability services, but...it's considered quite rude to suggest it's time for the gas industry to stop free riding".💥 #Auspol
Too much focus on the wealthy and too little on the millions of ordinary voters.
This... It fits a stubborn, enduring pattern. A writer loses an award for supporting Palestine. An Elder is booed for speaking truth at the Shrine, a journalist is sacked for posting the truth, a code is introduced to keep things tidy. These aren’t isolated incidents..
It's bad enough when they believe their own bs, but when they start to shove their bs down the throats of others, that's when they should just shut up.
What a surprise that a Summit which excluded Env representation agreed to fast track changes to Env law to speed up approvals for its projects. Would not occur to them that serious Env law might prohibit their developments. Living in La La land as Nature collapses around them.
Of course they haven't. It takes years to set up in another country.
Hmm... The government has promised every deferred dollar will be repaid with interest by mining giant Bravus, formerly known as Adani, but won't reveal details, such as when the money will be paid.
Australia is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. It’s time to lift living standards for all www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s so embarrassing and sad watching the cosplaying of an American President show his stupid collection of hats to a war hero protecting his nation and his democracy.
So, we could reduce gas emissions by 80% by not having the gas industry at all.... Kyle Robertson, head of research at Market Forces, said that four-fifths of Australian gas is consumed by the gas industry itself in an “ouroboros” that is then used to justify continued gas development.
Totally agree. At least the the shopping complex next to it gets you out of there while waiting.
I just got an email re the quarterly essay - woodside v's the planet - how a company captured a country
Would get in the way of ongoing fossil fuel extraction and development in general.
Randa Abdel-Fattah details life as a target of the pro-Israel lobby and those who capitulate to it, in an op-ed commissioned by The Age and then rejected www.deepcutnews.com/p/pro-israel...
Trump is already thinking about how he can stay in office for more than 4 years. He disregards the part about Ukraine being invaded by Russia and being at war for their right to exist. Saying the quiet part out loud.
What evil BS. Australia should go 90% renewable. The US does not set a good example to anybody at presen
'My father thought all politicians should be watched hawkishly, confronted truthfully ... and kicked out when they put their interests before those of their country.' ‘Animal Farm was my parents’ teamwork’: Orwell’s son on 80 years of the satirical classic: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Lovely sound, but at times, loud, especially early morning.
The truth emerges. The campaign to silence writers - which imploded the Bendigo Writers Fest - was waged by an anonymous group of pro-Israel academics, 5A. (A group that has no compunction naming and defaming individual writers, btw). Important scoop:
This. .. A pro-Israel academic group lobbied La Trobe University and the Bendigo Writers Festival to "implement immediate measures" concerning the inclusion of Randa Abdel-Fattah in the Festival lineup.
No.
Urgent cheese recall across most of Australia - multiple stores - listeria issue. au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/urgent-recal...
They should use median, not average. Average is inflated by the skew to very high income earners. Average should only be used for "normal" data distributions. In August 2024: Median employee earnings in main job was $1,396 per week, up $96 (7.4%) since August 2023.
Why are we having a Big Economic Ideas Summit for people who don't even have any small economic ideas
The ultra-wealthy have exploited Australia’s tax system for too long. It’s time to ensure everyone pays their fair share | Sally McManus www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Can't even stick to a number... Trump has already suggested he could set tariffs on chip imports around 100%. On Friday, he floated an even bigger number. "I'm going to have a rate that is going to be 200%, 300%," he said.
Don't forget the rapture. Some believe that, too.
can you imagine trying to convince the average skepti-dude in the year 2010 that this is what summer europe will look like in 2025
It's very good.
Here you go.
More interested in any visionary tax strategies.
We absolutely need Australia Post to get into retail banking #auspol www.smh.com.au/business/ban...
It's a ln ideal solution especially with many rural towns without a branch.
The proposed EV road-user charge is unfair & not what the Productivity Commission recommended. Any road-user charge should be part of a national, equitable reform that applies to all vehicles. It should replace the outdated fuel excise & reflect the true cost and emissions impact of transport.
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And with two days notice... Around 20 writers, including prominent Palestine advocate Randa Abdel-Fattah and Stella Prize winners Evelyn Araluen, Clare Wright and Jess Hill, have reportedly withdrawn from Bendigo Writers Festival, which opens today.
I stopped at the 7th vacation in 6 months.
I'm sure the upcoming tax round table will address this and other critical tax reforms...
Last week we learned the Great Barrier Reef has suffered some of the worst bleaching in history This week, Ningaloo, another 🇦🇺 icon is experiencing catastrophic coral loss These are national treasures. We must take strong action on climate to save them. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
This... Up the coast from Ningaloo, in WA’s Pilbara, leading LNG exporter Woodside Energy was recently given the green light to continue operating its North West Shelf gas plant until 2070, something Senator Whish-Wilson says “beggars belief” at a time when Australia’s reefs are “suffocating”
There's no saving Ningaloo, just as there's no saving the GBR. These dies were cast a long time ago, and the results they're going to very slowly reveal, one after the other, don't have the impact or importance of a quarterly financial statement from Woodside, Santos, Chevron, etc... #auspol
