On Saturday 11 March, Pionair Australia
(Skyforce Cargo) British Aerospace BAe 146-200QT VH-SFV was noted
visiting Longreach Airport twice while on a closed freight charter
flight from Brisbane to The Monument (a.k.a. Phosphate Hill
Airport) in Western Queensland.
File photo
It flew as SFZ914/915 and later departed Longreach Airport for
Bankstown.
Meanwhile, also on Saturday 11
March, Gulf Aircraft Textron Aviation (Cessna) 208 Caravan
VH-PYO looked to also depart Longreach Airport but for
Caloundra. It seems to have arrived a couple of days
prior.
Central Highlands Aerial Services (CHAS) Cessna 208 Caravan
VH-LMZ flew back from Adelaide (Parafield) via Charleville Airport
to its Emerald landing site. It looked to have flown down
there to South Australia last year!
And Stirling Helicopters Eurocopter AS350B3 Squirrel
helicopter VH-EUM flew up from Redcliffe to Bundaberg Airport, The
Old Station, Rockhampton Airport, the Whitsunday Airport at Shute
Harbour and finally, Mareeba.
UPDATE! On Sunday 12 March,
VH-EUM continued up to Papua New Guinea (PNG) via a few stops in
Far North Queensland.
Finally, also on Saturday 11 March, Alliance
Airlines Fokker F-100 VH-UQA completed a sports charter into
Rockhampton Airport from and back to Cairns as UTY3385/6.
And LifeFlight (Aeromed) Canadair CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604
bizjet VH-OFB "Ambulance 624" called into Rockhampton Airport,
arriving from Brisbane and Toowoomba (Wellcamp) and later departing
to Townsville.
On Wednesday 8 March, Navair Flight Operations
Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 bizjet VH-LXZ as "Navair 131" visited
Mackay Airport from Bankstown and Cessnock.
File photo
While McDermott Aviation Group / Machjet International Cessna 525A
CitationJet CJ2 bizjet VH-SUY visited Emerald Airport from the
Sunshine Coast and Archerfield.
And overnight and in the wee small hours of Wednesday 8 March, LifeFlight (Aeromed) Canadair
CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 bizjet VH-OFB "Ambulance 624" was noted
visiting Rockhampton Airport. It arrived from Townsville and
later departed to Brisbane.
Meanwhile, also on Wednesday 8 March,
Nebrean P/L Hawker Beechcraft B200GT Super King Air 250 VH-JHP was
noted visiting Rockhampton Airport. It looked to arrive from
Toowoomba and Orange before later departing to Tennant
Creek.
UPDATE! On Thursday 9 March,
VH-JHP was photographed above arriving back into Rockhampton
Airport from Tennant Creek before it then departed to Orange and
back to Toowoomba.
On Friday 10 March, the visiting Capital
Jet Charter (Canberra) Pilatus PC-12/47E VH-STE was photographed as
it rested on the General Aviation (GA) Apron at Rockhampton
Airport. It later departed to Toowoomba and Canberra.
VH-STE had arrived into Rockhampton Airport from Canberra
and Toowoomba earlier in the week.
Meanwhile, also on Friday 10 March, the
Queensland Police Service (Airwing) (State of Queensland) Raytheon
B1900D VH-PSK flew into Rockhampton Airport from Cairns and
Townsville. It then departed to Brisbane before returning to
Rockhampton Airport and then back to Townsville and Cairns.
Finally, also spotted at Rockhampton Airport, also on
Friday 10 March, was Heli-Aust Whitsundays
(Mackay) Eurocopter EC135 P2 helicopter VH-ZGZ.
It looked to fly up from Gladstone Airport and then later
depart to the Hay Point Coal Loading Terminal, South of
Mackay.
Decades ago some passing Melbourne Uni student wrote on a wall
in Carlton, We are being farmed. The truth is
simple but there is much cunning detail involved in the
reality.
We are now seeing hyper-efficient human resource management
being put into place. Old people are trouble so its out with
them, and in with the new people, their reward for compliance is
that they can come into Australia from anywhere to displace local
Useless Eaters.
Hot desking is not just for offices, its a lifestyle now,
nomadism is back in vogue so you are deployed here or there, for
maximum effectiveness. Accommodation is available from web apps
such as Stayz, which ad...
https://twitter.com/AmboRudd AmboRudd??? AmboWeirdo more like.
Be nice if AmboWeirdo sticks. Here's AmboWeirdo's world premiere
AmboWeirdo Launch video: Great first few days on the job meeting
the @AusintheUS Embassy team. pic.twitter.com/VGGDPGfnIz Kevin Rudd
AC (@AmboRudd) March 22, 2023 Here's one of his earlier diplomatic
triumphs. AmboWeirdo. Tell all your friends!...
The Left will pull any trick. Getting public servants to act as
extras for the ABC and press pals, and clap the Prime Minister
walking from his referendum press conference ... Wow. Amazing how
many Canberra media lemmings accepted this as reality. It's called
a photo op. A taxpayer funded...
Australia has ranked 12, while Finland sits at number 1 when it
comes to happiest countries across the globe, according to the 2023
World Happiness Report, released earlier this week.
Despite disruption to social and emotional lives during the crux
of the pandemic years, more people reported acts of everyday
kindness like helping a stranger, donating to charity and
volunteering than pre-Covid times. The report says acts of kindness
and altruism have been linked to greater happiness and
wellbeing.
So, what are some of the key factors of altruism? And what is it
about helping others that leads to greater feelings of wellbeing
and purpose? The Wires Emma Wotzke spoke with Senior Lecturer at
University of Queenslands School of Psychology Dr Michael Noetel to
find out more.
Produced By: Emma Wotzke
Featured In Story: Dr Michael Noetel Senior
Lecturer at University of Queenslands School of Psychology, and
This year, the Australian Government decided to extend
Harmony Day to Harmony Week.
However, across the world, 21 March is known as The
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination a
day of mourning which the United Nations says is observed annually
on the day the police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire and
killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against
apartheid.
According to the UN, the day marks the beginning of a week
of solidarity with the peoples struggling against racism and racial
discrimination.
So why are we clinging onto Harmony Day, a Howard-era
rebranding of this global solidarity movement to end racism? We
speak to National director of Democracy in Colour Neha Madhok to
find out more.
Image: Image courtesy via Wikimedia
Commons
Produced By: Anisha Pillarisetty
Featured In Story: Neha Madhok national
director of Democracy of Colour
Reports have emerged that further
corroborate allegations that a group of queer rights protestors
were attacked by a mob in Sydneys south-west.
The small group, from Community Action for Rainbow Rights,
were gathering to rally against New South Wales One Nation leader
Mark Lathams policies targeting transgender people outside a church
where he was speaking.
This comes days after a group showing up for trans rights
clashed with anti-transgender campaigners outside of Victorias
Parliament, following a talk bycontroversial UK
gender activist Kellie-Jay Keen. During this incident,
a group of around 30 men marched down Spring
Street repeatedly performing the nazi salute.
The Wire speaks to Charlie Murphy from grassroots
organisation Pride in Protest about the blatant, rising wave of
transphobia and violence towards marginalised groups.
Image: Image courtesy of Pride in
Protest
Produced By: Anisha Pillarisetty
Featured In Story: Charlie Murphy Member of
Pride in Protest
Concerns around rental affordability and housing insecurity in
South Australia continue to rise as the state reaches 17 000 people
on the waiting list for public housing with 4000 in category 1.
A new report from a peak South
Australian welfare body has ranked state
electorates in metropolitan Adelaide by rental affordability impact
calling for the SA MPs representing the worst-hit
areas to spearhead urgent
action to ease the burden for renters.The Wire looks further into the unfolding
rental crisis in the
state.
Image: Image courtesy of Unsplash: Tom
Rumble
Produced By: Emma Wotzke
Featured In Story: Ros Womersley CEO of South
Australian Council Of Social Service, and
In Cairns briefly and wouldnt mind maybe watching it on the big
screen outside of my hotel room somewhere. Anyone know a good place
that wouldnt be super loud?
Retired @AustralianArmy Major and war veteran Andy Cullen's
message for General Angus Campbell @CDF_Aust in response to the
latter's PR war against his own: "How's recruitment in the ADF
going at the moment? I'd be surprised if you could get *anyone* to
sign up ..."#auspol pic.twitter.com/Y4JLUlkHQT Stuart McCarthy
(@StuartMcCarthy_)...
Thanks to Dave Simmons for the tip, he writes: LEAD????? THIS IS
A LEAD Michael! Pauline Hanson has just disclosed a Federal
Government Aboriginal group created an 11 point plan that was found
in Woden Cafe in Canberra. This is explosive...
Sunny Coaster here. I've been in Melbourne looking after a dying
parent for more years than expected and by the time i've returned
to the coast - it's gone from a 150,000 population to 300,000 and
is full of southerners - everything I loved about living there
feels lost. Hoping to move further north to regain some space and
quiet although I am in no doubt it's grown there too.
Looking for a quarter acre or so. Lots of tree's and silence. I
don't want to see or hear neighbours too close to the home - not
being rude - just value the quiet. Happy to be 30+ mins from the
city but would like water closer. I am an avid fisherman and
gardener so land to start a huge veggie patch is top of the list.
Couple in our 40s - no kids and no need for schools or any of that
crap. Just quiet - a shop or 2 nearby and Rusty's on the weekend is
fine for us.
I'm thinking of outskirts suburbs like the back end of
Redlynch/Smithfield + Kerrawa - keeping west of the highway without
heading as deep inland as Kuranda as I hear the road getting in and
out of that place is a nightmare?!
I'm heading up for a quick reccie trip in a couple of weeks - I
was wondering if there are other areas you can suggest I check
out.
It's black letter, L.A.W. Binding law. In this case binding
constitutional law with no idea about its future consequences. It
creates two classes of Australians, based on race. It's wrong. It's
a no from me.
The quintessence of etymological exactitude. Do you agree with
Matt Walsh? pic.twitter.com/6G8YvlkzIp Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis
(@DrLoupis) March 22, 2023
School bus driver suffers heart attack and 13-year-old gets
behind the wheel and saves all children's lives
pic.twitter.com/V0hoandvnt Great Videos (@Enezator) March 22, 2023
Where was he when the Liberals needed him?
The idea that these neo-Nazis are just cosplayers, attempt by
numerous lone wolves and paramilitary groups to seize control of
multiple countries, is too dangerous to seriously contemplate. The
better question might be: why do so many anti-trans rights
activists, who often see themselves as left-wing or self-describe
as feminists, tolerate or downplay the presence of Nazis in their
circles? And, just as importantly, why do neo-Nazis show up to
support them?
My interview with global broadcaster TRT World on
rising violence in the West Bank and faux Western (and Israeli)
concerns about the Supreme Court, a body thats rarely protected
Palestinian rights.
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co-operate with any health, safety or welfare requirements. This
includes abiding by all WHS policies and procedures of
CAFNEC.
As a CAFNEC volunteer, you commit to not do
anything to compromise safety or the safety of others and you
understand that there may be risks associated with providing
particular voluntary services. It is a duty of vo...
A federal jury found an LAPD officer personally liable after a
protester was shot in the face with a rubber bullet during a 2020
George Floyd protest. @DeMarcoReports shares his story.#GMA3
pic.twitter.com/FO4UggT1pI GMA3: What You Need To Know (@ABCGMA3)
March 22, 2023
Earlier this week, my swimming friend was telling me about how
she was trying to close her account and transfer money from the
Commonwealth Bank (Australia) to another. She attempted to transfer
the funds online, but a SCAM ALERT popped up preventing the
transfer. The next day she went to her branch, waited for a long
time, and just before closing time sat down with one of the bank
staff to help her transfer the funds. At the end of a long process,
the staffer said it was done and the funds transferred. But no, on
checking her account days later the transfer had not gone through.
She then went to the main city branch to get the transfer done. On
arriving, she...
This posting is a COVID-19 Casualties Cooking
Class that provided practical insight into how the people
responsible for the harms they have caused, cook the books
when concealing the deaths caused by the (State-sanctioned)
bioterrorist activity that I refer to as
COVID-GATE.
The recent visit by Chinas Xi Jinping to Moscow and his meeting
with Russias leader Vladimir Putin as an important event. On one
side, it heralds a new level of the relationship between the two
nations. On the other, it marks a new chapter in the
realignment of global politics and power, and this will effect all
nation, including Australia.
Wisdom suggests that taking note of this and its implications is
a very good idea.
There are two very different interpretations. One peddled by the
United States and its satellites is that China and Russia are
trying to destroy the rules based order and take over the world,
and they must be stopped. This has been broadcast loudly be most of
the big corporate media in the nations where governments singing
this song. They beat up about inevitable conflict and the prospect
of war. In fact, its most zealous proponents are calling for
war.
Just what it this rule based order? In reality it is a system
where the West, principally the United States, position themselves
as the custodians of civilisation, democracy, and freedom. Control
over the rules and processes that administer economics,
international trade, finance, politics, and military affairs was
imposed.
illustration by Chen Xia/GT
Since Bretton Woods
system was put in place in 1944, global trade has been administered
by institutions that serve it. The two most prominent ones are the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. Gold and the
U.S. Dollar were cemented as the medium for international exchange.
Those who did not sign onto Bretton Woods, or excluded, were locked
out of the global economy. To be included meant to come submit to
demands of the United States.
Todays champions of the rules-based system are really calling
for a continuation of this system and defending the interests of
the dominant power.
There are echoes of nineteenth and twentieth century colonialism
here. The existing rules system benefits some at the cost of others
and preserves the right of a few to interfere in the concerns of
others.
From 1970 the budget for black education was raised by about 30%
per year every year. More than any other government department.
From 1955 -1984 the amount of black school students increased 31
times from 35,000 to 1,096 000.
At the height of
Apartheid in 1978 Soweto had 115 football fields, 3 Rugby fields, 4
athletic tracks, 11 Cricket fields, 2 Golf courses, 47 Tennis
courts, 7 swimming pools built to Olympic standards, 5 Bowling
alleys, 81 Netball fields, 39 children play parks, and countless
civic halls, movie houses and clubhouses.
65% of black South African children were at school compared to
Egypt 64%, Nigeria 57%, Ghana52%, Tanzania50% and Ethiopia 29%.
Amongst the adults of South Africa, 71% could read and write (80%
between the ages 12 and 22). In South Africa, the whites built 15
new classrooms for blacks every working day, every year. At 40
children per class it meant space for an additional 600 black
students every day!
In 1985 there were 42,000 Blacks at 5 universities in South
Africa, about the same amount at the universities of the homelands
(another 40,000 at another five).
An article called Die Afrikaner 11 Feb 1987, the quarterly
magazine called Vox Africana Nr 29 4/87 stated that South Africa
had 4,8 million whites and 18,2 million blacks in 1987. The whites
paid 77% of the taxes and the blacks only 15%despite this56% of the
government budget was spent on blacks.
Under Dr. Verwoerd. the living standards of Blacks rose at 5.4%
per year against that of the whites...
Bruce Lehrmanns lawyer Paul Svilans filed an affidavit in his
defamation case against Channel 10 and News Corp which shows
further evidence of the Australian Federal Polices conspiracy to
protect Bruce Lehrmann []
I have been avoiding much of the news about the possible
indictments of Donald Trump because prosecutors offices tend to be
pretty tight-lipped, so the constant speculation about if or when
he will be indicted, by whom and for what, tends to be fact-free
and thus of not much value. One might as well wait until something
actually happens. But then last week Trump himself said that he
expects to be indicted and also arrested on Tuesday by the
Manhattan district attorney on the recommendation of the grand jury
looking into his case and that caused a media frenzy. It is not
clear if Trump had some inside source for this news or whether he
was also guessing and simply trying to rally support in the event
that he does get indicted soon.
Tuesday came and went with no indictment. Since the grand jury
only meets on Mondays and Wednesday, that would make today the
possible day. I do not how how the process works in detail but I
would have thought that in complex, high-profile cases it would
take at least a day or two after the grand jury ends its
deliberations and delivers its verdict for the DA to prepare and
file an indictment, so I would not expect anything today
either.
Trump had called on his supporters to protest but according to
news reports, police, media, and anti-Trump protestors
outnumbered pro-Trump supporters outside the Manhattan DAs
office on Tuesday. Some of the pro-Trump protestors even looked
like they were not sincere supporters but
performance artists. I can well understand his supporters being
a little cautious this time around. Many of them are bitter that
after they responded to his call to protest on January 6th 2021, he
did not march with them to the Capitol as he had promised and for a
short while even seemed to abandon them. The fact that so many of
them have been prosecuted, convicted, and jailed, ruining their
lives, must have a cooling effect on their passions.
So did Trump get wrong information? It is possible that the DA
had planned to do something on Tuesday but deferred it in order to
defuse any gathering of the Trump supporters. Or it is possible
that Trump simply made up the story (he has absolutely no regard
for the truth) in order to fund-raise. He has already sent out
appeals to his followers. It is also possible that he wanted to
shift attention to himself and away from the retreat being held in
Florida by Republican members of Congress to plan their strategy.
If so, it worked. Speaker Kevin McCarthy had to answer questions
about the possible indictment instead of what his party was
discussing.
Whatever his reasons, the discussion among the chattering
classes...
The new Labor/Greens Government appears to be in complete
denial! They actually believe that THEY won the election, and have
been given a mandate to do whatever they want?
The TRUTH is, the FACT is, Labor only achieved 32% of the
vote,.68% of Australians did NOT vote for Labor (36% voted for the
Coalition!)!
The Labor/Greens Government, again in denial, are also claiming
that it was a Climate Change Election, and that Australians
overwhelmingly voted in favour of more action on the Climate Change
conspiracy theory/myth/hoax/scam!
Once again, the TRUTH is, the FACT is, THEY only got 30% of the
vote,.70% of Australians voted AGAINST the Climate Change
scam,.skyrocketing electricity costs,.unreliable and inefficient
electricity supply.
The 2019 election WAS the Climate Change election,.and it was a
resounding/landslide NO vote!
During the 2022 campaign, NOBODY (Normal, decent, intelligent
people) was talking about climate change, NOBODY! That is why
Labor/Greens only achieved 32% of the vote!
The ONLY people who were obsessed with the Climate Change
conspiracy theory/myth/hoax/scam during the campaign, were
Labor/Greens/Teal politicians, the corrupt left-wing extremist
portion (90%) of the media, 90% of celebrities (all obscenely
wealthy, never having lived, worked, or even breathed in the REAL
world), and the obscenely wealthy Yuppie-Blue-Bloods living in the
obscenely wealthy suburbs of the major cities,.also never having
lived, worked, or breathed in the REAL world!
Unfortunately, its those same obscenely wealthy
Yuppie-Blue-Blood suburbs of the major cities where many of
Australias politicians live,.and like the above mentioned, have
NEVER lived, worked, or even breathed in the REAL world!
Reminder:-
CO2 makes up just 0.04% of the atmosphere.
NATURE produces 97% of the CO2 in the atmosphere.
HUMAN ACTIVITY produces just 3% of the CO2 in the
atmosphere.
Australia produces less-than 1.3% of the 3% of the 0.04% of CO2
in the atmosphere!
China produces 30%,.and rising daily!
If Australia ceased producing ANY CO2 whatsoever, it would make
absolutely NO difference to the CLIMATE here, or in fact, ANYWHERE
in the WORLD!
The Indo-Pacific is a vast geographical region that encompasses
the Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific Oceans,
including the many seas in Southeast Asia and Oceania. In a
geopolitical context, the term only started to appear in the
lexicon of geopolitics in the late 2010s. The late Japanese Prime
Minister Abe Shinzo first referred to the confluence
of the Indian and Pacific Oceans in mid-2007, and the official use
of Indo-Pacific first appeared in Australias 2013
Defense White Paper. Since then, the U.S., India, EU, and ASEAN
have all published their respective visions and strategies for the
Indo-Pacific. What drove the emergence of this vast super-region in
the geopolitical discourse?
Mental Maps, the Far East, and the
Asia-Pacific
Regions are social constructs that serve political agendas.
Fundamentally, they are mental maps that revolve around power,
shape identity, agenda setting, and sense of belonging as a
stakeholder in a shared space. Regional identities form the basis
for which a state perceives itself vis--vis others. A logical
consequence of the dynamic nature of political agendas is that
regional constructs are also dynamic, and subject to reflect the
given state of international relations.
The contemporary Indo-Pacific construct is a relatively recent
phenomenon. Previously, the term Far East was widely used. The term
has mostly fallen out of popular use, due to its certain
connotations with eurocentrism, colonialism, and cultural
exoticism. The term was also initially used by Imperial Japan, but
it later opted for East Asia in an attempt to create an alternative
region order in the form of the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity
Sphere.
Fast-forward to the late twentieth century, the Asia-Pacific
emerged as a new regional construct with the worlds largest ocean
the Pacific at its heart. What was previously seen as a
geographical barrier is instead seen through the lens of
connectivity, where shipping lanes and flight routes would bring
the emerging economies of Asia closer to the developed markets of
the U.S. This occurred in the context of the
unipolar moment, where the United States emerged from the Cold
War as the worlds sole superpower. It is within this unipolar
framework that the U.S. was able to act as the security guarantor
the regional order through hubs and spokes a series of bilateral
security ties between the U.S. and its partners in Asia.
Institutions played a key role in upholding the regional order.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) perhaps best
encapsulates the idea of an Asia-Pacific construct. Formed in 1989,
APEC pr...
Answers in Genesis isnt just that annoying
collection of stupid people and con artists anymore theyre
embracing hate and bigotry as fervently as they have ignorance, and
its getting worse. Dan makes an interesting discovery while trying
to track down the source of some recent hateful articles on the AiG
website.
Whats curious is that AiG is trying to hide the source there are
these articles that are currently anonymous, but the Wayback
Machine reveals that they were initially posted under the byline
Harry F. Sanders, III. Why is AiG actively trying to conceal the
authorship? And further, Harry F. Sanders, III is itself a
pseudonym for someone named Emory Moynagh (probably also a
pseudonym) who had a YouTube channel (now deleted) called In His
Image, where he was an extremist antisemitic conspiracy theorists.
And now AiG is trying to launder his history while giving him a
bigger platform to peddle that extremism. Also interesting: AiG is
taking other creationist organizations know they are heretics and
blasphemers. Ken Hams ego is totally in charge, I imagine he
considers himself a modern-day patriarch who must chastise all
those who deviate from his dogma.
This is a common problem in authoritarian worldviews, you know.
Were witnessing a predictable acceleration as AiG fully embraces
its cult nature. Its only going to get more feverish and
vicious.
If youd rather not listen to a 14 minute video, heres the
conclusion:
Ken Ham is going all-in on the culture
war
And hes decided to go all-in against other YECs
Hes enlisted Harry F. Sanders, III/Emory Moynagh as the primary
author of this series
Harry/Emory has a history of articulating extreme positions,
including borderline incitements of violence, antisemitism, and
conspiracies
This is dangerous and irresponsible, especially considering Ham and
AiGs recent aggression towards the LGBT+ community and the trend of
right-wing violence
220323 CHRISTIAN VALUES AND PRINCIPLES LACKING TODAY IN
SCHOOLS.
NEW DAWN FM NEWS
Secondary and Primary schools today in Bougainville lack Christian
Values and Principles taught to them. Mr. Lera said.
According to UOG Regional Coordinator Joe Lera, he said the
importance of moral principles taught in school helped in
addressing issues affecting people.
He explained, most law and orders issues are occurring because most
of these youths are not taught to value moral principles.
People follow moral principles as guidance to ensure they are
acting morally.These consists of values like honesty, fairness, and
equality.
And schools in Bougainville should instill christian values more in
schools because it influences most of our decisions in life. Mr.
Lera stated.
The Madang Eye Care team will not be visiting Arawa District
Hospital due to circumstances beyond the teams control.
The schedule visit of the visiting team was supposed to be for two
weeks. First week in Buka and the second week in Arawa.
However, that did not happen because of delay on the teams
equipment arriving in Buka.
The team apologies to their clients in Central Bougainville for
causing any inconvenience and that its beyond their control.
They are encouraging those in Central and South to travel to Buka
for eye screening and operations as they will be available until
Wednesday, March 29th, 2023.
The visiting team are yet to confirmed the surgical operations on
the 11 eye clients.
A NSW teacher is goaded by little shit kids in the classroom to
the point of breaking. The teacher is stood down and charged with
assault. Life rolls on for the little shits who video it and post
it all over the internet. The local community stands up for
the...
One more paper co-authored by Australian health journalist
Maryanne Demasi has earned an
expression of concern for image duplication.
The move comes seven years after the journal Biochimica et
Biophysica Acta (BBA) was first made aware of
potential problems with a figure in Demasis paper that showed
Western blots. It marks the third time one of the former
researchers scientific publications has been officially
flagged as concerning or
retracted.
Demasi, who earned
her PhD from the University of Adelaide in 2004, has been in
the
news
recently after she did a
controversial interview with the lead author of a
Cochrane review that cast doubt on face masks. She has drawn
frequent
rebuke over the past decade, beginning with a 2013 program in
which her reporting questioned statins. She and her co-authors
told us in 2018 that they believe her work as a journalist made
her research a target of criticism.
Following a yearslong probe by the university int...
New Boxer armoured forward
reconnaissance vehicle which reports say have several technical
issues
Kurrajong NSW
These soldiers patrolling a street have their Steyr rifles at
ready it seems without red Blank Firing Attachments which means
they mean business. The picture was posted on March 20, 2023.
Unfortunately with a lot of Twitter postings there is little
information attached. We have contacted Army Media for comment.
210323 GREATER NEED FOR EDUCATION SAYS EDUCATION ADVOCATE.
NEW DAWNW FM NEWS
The former regional Member for Bougainville and current UOG
Regional Director Joe Lera sees the need of education in
Bougainville.
From the 2021 census in Bougainville, the population had increased
three times after the Bougainville crisis which is 3070 thousand
population.
Therefore, out of that population, 60% are youths and the other 40%
is illiterate because of the crisis. Research shows South
Bougainville with 20% illiteracy rate, 15% in Central Bougainville
and North Bougainville with 5%. Mr. Lera stated.
Mr. Lera mentioned the law and order issues are the result of
illiteracy rate in Bougainville.
As Bougainville is working towards independence; vocational,
technical and even collages should be built to cater for the
students to equip them with proper skills Mr. Lera said.
210323 LOCAL BOUGAINVILLEAN VENTURES INTO COCONUT HUSK
PRODUCTION.
NEW DAWN FM NEWS
A local Bougainvillean ventures into the coconut husk production in
the Gogohe constituency have been manually processing the products
in his village early this year.
Mitchell Lahis who is passionate about what he discovered from the
waste of coconut husk have been involving his family and community
in the production.
Early this year Mr. Lahis registered with IPA the company called
Gelasabe Corporate Society.
Mr. Lahis mentioned the project haven been keeping the youths very
busy which they work twice in a week and even mothers help in the
process.
According to Mr. Lahis the coconut husk which are produced are
packed into fine grains to 20kg of 12 bags. The bags are ready for
a buyer who Mr. Lahis is in contact with currently.
He stated the production was manually process with bush knives,
canvas for drying the chopped husk and other vital tools for the
process.
As many would know the usage of coconut husk from copra plantations
as waste to make fire or even used as plant potting. But from Mr.
Lahis many useful products are made such as; door mats, yarns,
mattresses, pillows, and many other useful products.
As Bougainville Government is preparing for independence, these are
the sort of innovative projects that will boast the economy.
And create employment opportunity for our youths mostly to keep
them away from trouble. Mr. Lahis commented.
He is also appealing to copra farmers to preserve coconut husks for
this project.
As for funding, currently Mr. Lahis is following government
procedures to allow granting of funds for the project.
Malka Leifer attending one of many hearings in Jerusalem about
her extradition to Melbourne, Australia where the abuse of school
kids occurred. She was their principal.
"Always wanting more" is an operational definition of
"hedonism." This brief article is my "mea culpa." Inexplicably, I
overlooked hedonism per se as a trait in my "psychoscope" of the
evil superpower elite in America's corpocracy. This article seeks
an answer to why our species is always wanting more.
On tonights podcast show 22/03/23 i am joined by former AVN
president Nadine Sisterson to catch up on all the latest and to
discuss the mechanics behind what is happening right now in
Australia. Read More
Senator Alex Antic dared discuss the catastrophic rise in excess
deaths in sync with the rollout. The censorship industrial complex
is rife and health bureaucrats, politicians and blinkered corporate
media hand maiden journalists dont want you to know !
At some point in life, everyone fantasizes about packing
everything up and moving abroad. But for many, fantasy is as far as
it goes because moving abroad is quite a big change. Now, for the
people who are ready for such a revolution, globetrotters in
essence, Thailand might seem the perfect destination.
The Land of Smiles, the country of a thousand landscapes and
exotic dishes, is famous for its hospitality. When choosing the
country you want to live your life in, this is a key aspect and it
can be the feature that helps you make the final decision. However,
moving abroad is not an easy deal and the best way to approach it
is by checking all the items in the
aspects-to-consider-before-moving list. So, if you are considering
Thailand as a place to live in, these are the things you should
take into account.
Thailand is a highly popular destination among expats
source:adamfayed.com
Finding a home in Thailand will not be so hard, especially
because it is full of other expats that are willing to help you in
the search. Besides, the locals welcome hundreds of new visitors
and foreigners who go there to live every year. Most new residents
that are foreigners go from the United Kingdom, the United
States and Australia, so, even if you will eventually learn the
language, you will find English-speaking people everywhere.
The bigger cities are the preferred destinations of foreign
residents so, when looking for a house, consider Bangkok, Pattaya,
or Chiang Mai, although islands like Koh Samui or Koh Tao are also
popular choices for expats.
A new species of spider has been discovered in the Brigalow Belt
in central Queensland.
Researchers at Queensland Museum are the first to describe the
species, naming it Euoplos Dignitas, a nod to the large size of the
spider and the DIG program at Queensland Museum.
Experts are hoping the discovery of this species will help
advance the cause of conservation in the state, as the habitat of
the spider is small, fragile, and at risk from the local
agricultural industry.
Image: Image: Queensland Museum
Produced By: Jono Wakeley
Featured In Story: Jeremy Wilson Research
Fellow at Queensland Museum
Britain
will be sending Depleted Uranium (DU) ammunition along with the
Challenger tanks it is sending Ukraine. Click to enlarge
Russian President Vladimir Putin warns that Moscow will
react to an earlier decision by the UK to arm Ukraine with
ammunition containing depleted uranium.
Speaking in London on Monday, Britains Minister of State for
Defense Annabel Goldie said some of the ammunition for the
Challenger 2 battle tanks that Britain was sending to Ukraine
included armor-piercing rounds, which contain depleted uranium.
The United Kingdomannounced not only the supply of tanks to
Ukraine, but also shells with depleted uranium. If this happens,
Russia will be forced to react, Putin told reporters in Moscow on
Tuesday.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also cautioned that the
British decision was moving Moscow and the West closer to the brink
of nuclear collision.
Another step has been taken, and there are fewer and fewer left,
he told reporters in remarks cited by domestic agencies.
Ammunition containing depleted uranium can pierce tanks and
similar armor-plated vehicles due to the nuclear components density
and other physical properties.
Naturally, Russia has something to answer this with, Shoigu
added.
Russia started a military campaign in neighboring Ukraine last
February to defend the pro-Russian population in the eastern
Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk against persecution by
Kiev.
Ever since the beginning of the war, Western countries, led by
the United States, have been slapping Russia with a slew of
economic sanctions and pumping Ukraine full of advanced weapons,
steps that Moscow says would only prolong the hostilities.
The Wests ongoing armament of Ukraine comes, although, Putin
recently said he welcomed a Chinese proposal for mediation between
Moscow and Kiev towards resolution of the now-year-long
conflict.
Many students will have to start changing their
lifestyles due to the new work-hour cap. During the pandemic, the
restrictions for international students were relaxed and removed
entirely in January 2022 in order to help meet workforce shortages.
But from July 1st 2023, the number of work hours allowed will
be 48 per fortnight, which means 24 per week.
This has caused concern and uncertainty in the
student community because a lot of international students depend on
work income to pay for their expenses, including tuition fees and
living costs. The government argued that they intended to ensure
that international students focus on their studies and will not be
overwhelmed by the demands of work.
A new endorsement model for cosmetic surgery will be coming into
effect soon.
It aims to provide accreditation for qualified cosmetic surgeons
and help improve safety in the Australian cosmetic industry.
While some are supportive of this change, others worry that
unqualified medical practitioners will be recognised as cosmetic
surgeons.
Image: Image: Shutterstock Puhhha
Produced By: Josie Lu
Featured In Story: Dr Chris Rudge Law lecturer
at the University of Sydney, Dr Anoop Rastogi President of the
Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine, and Dr Sally
Langley President of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
The SP PNG Hunters will be playing their first home game
at the Santos National Football Stadium in Port Moresby against the
Suzuki Brisban Tigers on the 25th of March, which is this
Saturday.
The Hunters will be looking to make a mark in the HostPlus round
three at home for the 2023 season.
Assistant Coach Paul Aiton in an interview with FM 100
today said his boys are looking forward to the game especially the
new players who will be playing in front of family and fans in the
Hunters colours for the first time.
SP PNG Hunters player Brendon Nima
After two weeks in Australia for rounds one and two, the boys are
really excited to be back home and are looking forward to playing
in front of their home fans Aiton said.
After opening the season with a win and a draw last weekend, the
hunters are hoping to seal this round in Port Moresby with a win
and to share the win with the people here in Papua New Guinea.
Hunters number 68 and a senior player, Brendon Nima said he is
looking forward to the home game saying homes games give the team
more advantage to win.
He also encourage new and young hunters to listen and follow
simple instructions and always ask questions.
Aiton said that after the draw last weekend, the boys will be
looking to work on themselves and how they can build up from their
last weekend game in order to secure the win at home this
weekend.
Meanwhile former Hunters Head Coach Matt Church side will be
having some NRL experience players who will be looking to give the
home side a tough encounter on Saturday.
This week on Yeah Nah Pasaran! we talk to Jayne Persian
[Twitter]. Jayne is an historian and the author of Beautiful Balts:
From displaced persons to new Australians (NewSouth, 2017) and the
co-editor with Evan Smith and Vashti Jane Continue reading
Victoria Police are on a recruitment drive
in 2023 for 500 new officers in 2 years...
A percentage of officers resigned during the
pandemic, as they were not comfortable in assaulting the general
population based on unlawful policies.
To obtain training of the calibre shown in
the illustration above, being a wife basher helps tremendously.
Some officers think that it is acceptable to
assault their wife because they are police officers, where they can
and do get away with this heinous crime.
For the life of me, I have stated the obvious that the Biden
Administration has been pushing China and Russia together not to
mention North Korea, Iran, and perhaps even Turkey. I cannot
believe that I am so brilliant that none of these people in the
White House understood the historical event that just took place.
That leaves me with the only possible conclusion that they
KNEW what they were doing, and that this was
DELIBERATE with the intention of creating World
War III.
They made it clear that Russia is willing to negotiate but the
USA wants war not peace. All they need to do is honor the Minsk
Agreement which they refuse to do. In addition, they expressed
concern about the West effectively creating NATO in Asia and the
AUKUS (Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and
their plans to build nuclear submarines that would violate
the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Russian and China came to an agreement concerning a
comprehensive partnership in the energy sector. They also expressed
concern for the American Neocons who have been pushing
military-biological activities and demand full disclosure. They are
furthermore pushing for the US to accelerate the elimination of its
stockpile of chemical weapons, which the Neocons seem to be
dragging their feet intentionally under the Biden
Administration.
They also stressed that the United States is pushing Ukraine
into this proxy war that they viewed as leading to an
uncontrollable phase. Moreover, they have also pointed out that the
United States and the UK are bypassing the UN Security Council
and acting in a rogue manner. The Biden Administration has already
divided the world economy. Now, China and Russia are moving to a
joint security policy on food and energy which will include
defense.
NATO is by no means a defensive organization. They violated the
agreements of 1991 and moved Eastward to the border of Russia. In
return, China and Russia have called on NATO to strictly observe
the defensive nature of their organization and respect the foreign
sovereignty of nations, which they have not. Aside from the fact
that they invited Russia to join in 1991 which led to the Gorbachev
coup, the need for Russia to be the evil empire has been vital.
Without an enemy, NATO serves no purpose.
They have also expressed concern that the United States has
clearly intensified...
China Urges US to Stop Politicizing COVID
Origins-tracing After Bill Signed
By GT staff reporters
Mar 21, 2023 10:11 PM
Cartoon produced by Xinhua shows US President Joe Biden turning
to the intelligence community for a COVID-19 virus origins story.
Photo: Xinhua
China on Tuesday urged the US to stop politicizing the COVID-19
origins-tracing in strong opposition to US President Joe Biden's
signing of a bill that requires the so-called declassification of
information related to COVID-19 origins-tracing which hypes up
"lab-leak" hypothesis without any evidence.
Wang Wenbin, spokesperson from the Chinese Foreign Ministry,
expressed China's strong dissatisfaction at Tuesday's press
briefing over the bill saying it severely distorts facts,
fabricates false infomation, hypes up "lab-leak theory" without any
evidence, and smears and attacks China.
The legislation - the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 - passed by
the US Senate and House earlier this month and Biden signed the
bill into law on Monday.
"My Administration will continue to review all classified
information relating to COVID-19's origins, including potential
links to the Wuhan Institute of Virology," Biden claimed in a
statement released by the White House.
Wang condemned the US for not making any responsible moves,
except making irresponsible remarks on the World Health
Organization works in tracing origins and repressing scientists who
uphold consciencee in answeing a question asked by the Global Times
reporter.
Politicizing the COVID-19 origins-tracing will only hinder
global tracing and scientific cooperation, divide global solidarity
in the fight against COVID-19, and undermine the global health
governance mechanism, Wang warned, urging the US to stop
politicizing origins-tracing and respond to reasonable concerns
from the international community, including sharing their suspected
cases, open up Fort Detricks and other bio-labs, Wang noted.
Topics related to COVID-19 are hyperpolitical in the US, not
purely scientif...
Alvan Bragg in his vendetta against Donald Trump is clearly not
just abusing his power, but he is attempting to interfere in the
presidential election of 2024 by harassing Trump and trying to make
him so toxic that nobody will donate to him. While
I personally thought that Trump had fallen too far to be a viable
candidate, at this point, this has all had the opposite
effect. We have to come to the realization that Washington DC
is so toxic itself, on both sides, that perhaps we need Donald
Trump to actually kick ass. Will anyone else be effective in DC as
a president from here on out? The answer is absolutely no way. And
BTW, even if Trump is indicted and found guilty, he can still be
president. A felony does not preclude you from being president.
Bragg is trying to claim that Trump used his own funds that he
put into his campaign to pay the hooker and that makes it illegal.
Bill Clinton did the same to pay $850,000 to Jones to settle a
public lawsuit after an election but before any reelection no less
Hillarys run for president. Trump won against Stormy Daniels
that he never had an affair with her and she eventually admitted
that whereas Clinton did have an affair with Jones. All of this is
absolutely desperate interference in the 2024 election.
What deeply offends me is that Bragg is tainted with the worst
possible funding George Soros the man who wants to destroy the very
economic system that enabled him to make billions. As
...
Breaking: UK to Send Depleted
Uranium Ammunition to Ukraine Russia has previously warned
the use of depleted uranium will be considered an attack by a dirty
nuke | 21 March 2023 | United Kingdom Deputy Minister
of Defense Annabelle Goldie publicly stated today that the UK will
supply Ukraine with depleted uranium (DU) ammunition for some of
the weapons systems supplied by NATO. Russia has previously warned
the use of depleted uranium will be considered an attack by a dirty
nuke and will result in a nuclear response On January 25, this web
site reported that Konstantin Gavrilov, the head of the
Russia Delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation
in Europe (OSCE) has just publicly thrown down the nuclear gauntlet
to the collective west, in an official statement. Gavrilov said
that he has been instructed by his government to announce: We know
that the Leopard-2 tank, as well as the Bradley and Marder infantry
fighting vehicles, are armed with uranium-core armor-piercing
projectiles, the use of which leads to [radioactive] contamination
of the area, as happened in Yugoslavia and Iraq. If such shells are
delivered to Kyiv, we will consider this as the use of dirty
nuclear bombs against Russia, with all the ensuing consequences.
Death is a topic that most people dont like to think about, let
alone discuss. But as the saying goes, death is the great
equalizer, and its something that we will all experience at some
point. While there are many theories about what happens when we
die, the truth is that no one knows for sure. However, recent
research and personal accounts from those who have had near-death
experiences have shed new light on this topic, and the revelations
may shock you.
According to a study conducted by the University of Southampton
in the UK, consciousness can continue to exist for several minutes
after the body has died. The study, which analyzed more than 2,000
cases of cardiac arrest patients, found that nearly 40% of those
who were resuscitated reported some level of awareness during the
time that they were clinically dead.
One of the most interesting aspects of the study is that many of
the patients reported similar experiences, regardless of whether
they believed in an afterlife or not. Many described feeling as
though they were floating above their body, watching as doctors
tried to revive them. Others reported feelings of peace and
tranquility, and some even said that they saw a bright light or a
tunnel.
While its impossible to say for sure what these experiences
mean, they do suggest that consciousness may be separate from the
physical body and that it can continue to exist after death.
Another fascinating aspect of the study is that some of the
patients reported hearing conversations that were taking place in
the room while they were clinically dead. This suggests that
hearing may be one of the last senses to go when we die, and that
we may be more aware of our surroundings than we realize.
Of course, there are still many unanswered questions about what
happens when we die. Some people believe in an afterlife, while
others believe that death is simply the end. However, the research
into near-death experiences suggests that there may be more to
death than we previously thought.
Regardless of what happens when we die, its important to
remember that death is a natural part of life. While it can be
scary to think about, its also a reminder to live our lives to the
fullest and to cherish the time that we have with our loved ones.
So, whether we go on to a new plane of existence or simply fade
away, we can take comfort in the fact that we will all experience
death together, and that its simply a part of the cycle of
life.
FEDERAL Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney says
the referendum for an
Indigenous voice to parliament is on track, despite having not
yet released a question.
Speaking from South Australias parliament house, Ms Burney said
the referendum would be held by the end of the year.
We are doing the work that is needed to get this voice right. I
can assure you that the voice is on track, she said.
We are taking our time, consulting and being very deliberate to
make sure this voice is the voice that people are asking for.
Both the referendum working group, which includes a
cross-section of representatives from First Nations communities
across Australia and the engagement group, which also includes
representatives from Indigenous organisations, met in Adelaide last
week.
The federal government has said it will introduce legislation by
the end of the next parliamentary sitting on March 30. Working
group member Thomas Mayor said meaningful recognition of First
Nations people in the constitution was long overdue.
We are doing a lot of hard work to reach a set of words we can
take to the Australian people to see our nation become
Tosh-Jake Finnigan as he
appeared on election material that deceived Victorian electors in
2022. The Restore Democracy Sack Dan Andrews Party was a vote
harvesting sham set up by notorious election fixer Glenn
Druery.
In 1997, in response to anti-union legislation, 30,000 unionists
marched on WA Parliament, and were ignored. On May Day, directly
across the road from Parliament, aka Bullshit Castle, a site was
pegged and legally claimed by unionists using the Mining Act.
Remarkably, Solidarity Park is now Heritage Protected. The site is
not just historic though, its alive. We ought to keep it
overflowing with our movements.
When will this hate-filled nonsense stop? Surveillance balloons
treated like evocations of Satan and his card-carrying followers;
other innumerable unidentified phenomena that, nonetheless, remain
attributable in origin, despite their designation; and then the
issue of
spying cranes. In the meantime, there has been much finger
pointing on the culprit of COVID-19 and the global pandemic. Behold
the China Threat, the Sino Monster, the Yellow Terror.
In this atmosphere, the hawkish disposition of media outlets in
a number of countries in shrieking for war is becoming palpable.
The Fairfax press in Australia gave a less than admirable example
of this in their absurd Red Alert series, crowned by crowing warmongers warning
Australia to get ready for the imminent confrontation. The
publications were timed to soften the public for the inevitable,
scandalous and possibly even treasonous announcement that the
Australian government would be spending A$368 billion in local
currency on needless submarines against a garishly dressed-up
threat backed by ill-motivated allies.
For days, the Australian press demonstrated a zombie-like
adherence to the war line that had been fed by deskbound generals
no doubt suffering from piles and deranged civilian strategists
desperate to justify their supper. It is a line that always assumes
the virtue of war; that going into battle, much like US President
Theodore Roosevelt thought, will always outdo the tedium of peace
in a haze of phosphorescent glory. It is only in the morgues and
the crowded cemeteries that we find a worthy patriotism. Go out and
kill, you noble sons and daughters. Do your nation proud, however
stupidly.
The desperation of such a measure is also a reflection of how
public opinion rejects the war drive. In a
2022 poll by the Lowy Institute think tank, 51% of Australians
said they preferred their country to remain neutral in a conflict
between the US and China over Taiwan. This was not a bad return,
given the repetitious insistence by various Australian government
ministers that joining a war with the United States over Taiwan was
simply assumed.
In the US, the Wall Street Journal was also doing much
the same thing, plumping for great power competitions that can only
end badly, rather than great power cooperation which, when it goes
well, spares us the body bags, the funerals and the flag
fluttering.
Comrade, Theres something seriously wrong in the Liberal and
National Parties. Weve been conducting some in-depth research on
their candidates over recent weeks and what weve uncovered is
alarming. Many of their candidates have a history of anti-vax
conspiracies, climate denialism, misogyny, homophobia, and rorting.
Its become clear that...
Morrisons dream, brought to you by the ALP and a mere 368 billion
dollars.
Several
commentators have remarked that, while the mainstream media is
locked in furious agreement with the government over AUKUS and the
trillion dollar submarines (a guess at the final price tag), social
and independent media are telling quite a different
tale.
The whole scheme originates with
Morrison, which should ring alarm bells (did he secretly install
Hillsong cultists in the defence department?), and they ring louder
when we consider that the USA doesnt have the political stability
to promise support through the next two or three decades. A
president called Trump or DeSantis would likely disable the treaty
with budget cuts or dismantle it outright. Similarly the UK
government has no political strength, no social capital, and it has
no economic stability either.
But somehow most members of the
major parties, and mainstream journalists, with a few honourable
exceptions, have swallowed whole the colonial Anglosphere will save
us from the Chinese bullshit, and tumbled over each other to affirm
what a brilliant act of statesmanship Albanese has
performed.
It is by no means sure that this is
what the electorate believes, and notably two former prime
ministers have criticised the scheme, but the difference between
them and Albanese is that Keating...
The NSW election, to be held on
Saturday March 25, uses optional preferencing in both houses of
parliament which means that many votes will be unwittingly
exhausted and wasted.
Click here for our handy upper house voting guide.
Last week, The Echo covered
the importance of continuing
preferencing in the upper house (the Legislative Council), to
ensure not only the party with majority support wins, but to give a
chance to minor party and independent candidates.
Now, lets turn to preferencing in
the lower house (the Legislative Assembly).
There is little chance locally for
minor party or independent party candidates to be elected to the
lower house. Only the major parties, ie Labor, the Greens and the
Liberal/Nationals Coalition, are likely to have successful
candidates locally.
In the Ballina electorate (Byron and
Ballina Shires), we elect a candidate to represent us in NSW
Parliament.
The Greens Tamara Smith has held the
seat for two terms, and has won with preferences from Labor and the
minors.
If you do not preference properly,
there is a chance the Nationals Party candidate could win, as the
Nationals will almost certainly be ahead on the primary vote before
preferences are counted.
Overproduction of cash crops, vast monocultures of
chemical-dependent grains and massive animal agriculture operations
are putting major stress not just on U.S. farmland where theyre
contributing to soil erosion, groundwater depletion and climate
change but these practices are also impacting areas such as the
Brazilian Cerrado, where more than half the huge savanna has been
converted to soy. Compounding these issues is the fact that roughly
a third of all food produced in the U.S. is wasted, a statistic
that also bears out globally. As the 2023 growing season begins in
the Northern Hemisphere, author and food journalist Tom Philpott
whose most recent book, Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of
American Farming and How We Can Prevent It, details these problems
joins the Mongabay Newscast to talk about the most problematic
practices, how they permeate the worlds food systems and how
techniques like agroecology and agroforestry could change the game
and provide a way out. Listen here: Agroecology is a sustainable
agriculture practice based on Indigenous and traditional methods of
growing food that can address most of the aforementioned challenges
while slowing the biodiversity crisis, according to the IPCCs 2022
report. Its methods can increase the nutrient profile of soils,
protect it from erosion and provide a more diversified set of crops
for farmers to sell. The question is, why dont we do it? Philpott,
who nowadays dives into these topics as a research associate for
the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, says quarterlyThis
article was originally published on
Mongabay
Blinky settled into a big Norfolk Island pine on the foreshore in
Manly. Photo supplied
As the trees continue to fall at the hands of
the NSW governments Forestry Corporation in Yarret State Forest,
Blinky the koala has had to abandon his home, it had been chopped
down, and seek a new place to live.
Police calling Blinky about his housing situation in Manly. Photo
supplied
Yarratt is high-quality koala habitat but
Blinky has had to move on. He travelled down the exceptionally
high-quality road (if only we had such good roads in places like
Main Arm!) made by NSW Forestry Corporation who received $60
million of NSW Flood Recovery money.
It certainly made it easier to access the trees
that my family and I were liv...
By TONY MOBILIFONITIS
PEOPLE in the town of Warwick and others across Australia are
wondering why police used a sonic torture device and strobe lights
against the political adviser and constitutional historian Steven
Harrison, found dead with a gunshot wound to the head.
Read More
Today, by the grace of God, I turned 76. For some time, Ive been
hoping it would all end soon, but now I find that I wish I were
16.
So what brought this on? This new desire for youth? Its
all thanks to a scientist named Judy Wood. You may have heard of
her as a kook that came up with a far-fetched theory as to the
means by which New Yorks World Trade Center towers were attacked
on...
Former foreign minister (1988 to 1996) under
a Labor government, Gareth Evans questions the wisdom of the AUKUS
nuclear submarine deal. This comes from the viewpoint of some who
favours the alliance with the United States. Even so, he sees
significant problems in this deal, which are enough to question the
wisdom of going along with it. His words ae important. Evans joins
a growing list, including Paul Keating, Kim Carr, Bob Carr, and
Peter Garrett. They add to the growing tide of opposition. This has
been confirmed by the latest Essential poll. This article was
published as an opinion[piece in The Guardian (21 March
2023).
Love Paul Keating or loathe him, admire or abhor his
invective, he has raised questions about the AUKUS deal which
are hugely important for Australias future and demand much
more compelling answers than we have so far received from
government ministers past or present.
The big three for me are whether, for all the hype, the
submarines we are buying are really fit for purpose; whether an
Australian flag on them really means we retain full sovereign
agency in their use; and if it does not, whether that loss of
agency is a price worth paying for the US security insurance we
think we might be buying.
On any read of Australias defence needs focusing on potential
adversaries capability, not presumed intent a very strong submarine
fleet is a crucial component, along with air, missile and cyber
power. And there is no question as to the greater capability of
nuclear-powered submarines when it comes to speed of movement, time
on distant station and probably though this is contested
detectability. They are a hugely effective asset.
The "Transgender Pride Flag"was created by American 'trans
woman' Monica Helms in 1999. The designer describes it thus: The
stripes at the top and bottom are light blue, the traditional color
for baby boys. The stripes next to them are pink, the traditional
color for baby girls. The stripe in...
200323 APOSTOLIC NUNCIO VISITS BOUGAINVILLE
NEW DAWN FM NEWS
The Apostolic Nuncio of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands,His
excellency ArchBishop FERMIN SOSA RODRIGUEZ arrived in Buka today
for a one week visit to Bougainville.
He was welcomed at the Buka airport by the Bishop of Bougainville,
His Lordship DARIUZ KALUZA and Representatives of the ABG
government and the Administration.
The ABG member for Tsitalato and Minister for Police and CS, HON
JOHN BOSCO RAGU officially welcomed the Nuncio to Bougainville.
He said that the Government of Bougainville and the Catholics
welcomed his visit and wished him a pleasant stay on the
island.
Meanwhile, NUNCIO, FERMIN SOSA RODRIGUEZ was happy to represent
POPE FRANCIS and came with his blessings to Bougainville.
The Ieta Cultural group and the Buka Town Parishioners welcomed him
also at the Buka airport.
He will visit Hantoa and Chabai on the Northern tip of mainland
Bougainville and Buka island Parishes before returning to Port
Moresby next Monday.
"As the evidence mounts of an even broader censorship effort by
the Biden administration, the Democrats' attacks have become more
unhinged and unscrupulous. After shredding any fealty to free
speech, they now are attacking journalists, demanding their sources
and claiming their reporting is a public threat." Jonathan Turley
And it will stop because, as the old wag Herb Stein laid down in
his law years ago: Things that can't go on, stop. Which raises the
question: which things? And the answer is the things Western Civ is
doing in its attempted suicide: inciting war, recklessly running up
debt, persecuting its own citizens and stealing their liberties,
subjecting them to medical malfeasance, destroying their goods
production and food-growing capabilities, and subjecting the public
to incessant mind-fuckery in a campaign to falsify and disfigure
reality. A consortium of public and corporate bureaucracies has
institutionalized the falsification of reality under the pretense
of saving...
YesPlay is one of the most coveted bookies in the
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The family of Veronica Marie Nelson, a strong
Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman who
passed away in custody, are calling on the Andrews Government to
implement urgent changes to the state's bail laws and have asked
that these reforms are referred to as Poccums Law.
Poccum was the nickname Veronica received from her
family; as a child they took Veronica out to see a possum in the
tree, and she would pronounce possum as poccum.
Thousands of people continue to be funnelled into
Victorias prisons following knee-jerk amendments to Victorias bail
laws. Since 2018 the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander women in prison has almost doubled, and right now a
staggering 41.9% of people in prison are unsentenced and awaiting a
court hearing or trial.
Victorias bail laws destroy families and communities
and put peoples lives at risk. They have led to a soaring prison
population, even though Victorias crime rates have flat-lined.
The Coronial Inquest into Veronica Nelsons passing
labeled the bail laws a complete and unmitigated disaster. The
Coroner found that the bail laws discriminate against Aboriginal
people, are incompatible with Victorias Human Rights Charter, and
should be changed urgently.
56 organisations in the legal, human rights and health
sectors, including the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, Robinson
Gill Lawyers, Dhadjowa Foundation and the Human Rights Law Centre,
support the familys calls and urge the Victorian government to
immediately implement Poccums Law by:
Removing the presumption against bail.
Granting access to bail unless the prosecution shows
that there is a specific and immediate risk to the safety of
another person; a serious risk of interfering with a witness; or a
demonstrable risk that the person will flee the jurisdiction.
Explicitly requiring that a person must not be remanded
for an offence that is unlikely to result in a sentence of
imprisonment.
Removing all bail offences (committing an indictable
offence while on bail, breaching bail conditions and failure to
answer bail).
My Poccums pleas for help must be heard by all
lawmakers to correct a bail system that is broken.
I want these reforms to be made in honour of my
daughter, Veronica, so lawmakers can always be reminded of how
cruel and inhumane prison can be to our mob.
Any reform falling short of our demands will not be
supported by me, and cannot have my Poccums name associated with
it.
Mountain forests are important habitats for many species, but a
new study has found that habitat loss in these areas has been
rapidly accelerating since 2000. In that time, more than 78.1
million hectares (approximately 193 million acres) of mountain
forests have been lost, equaling an area greater than the size of
Texas.
A team of scientists from Leeds University in the UK and the
Southern University of Science and Technology in China studied
changes
in mountain forests annually from 2001 to 2018, analyzing
losses and gains in tree cover.
The researchers estimated a rate of change and compared the
changes across varying elevations. They also compared changes in
different types of mountain forests, including boreal, temperate
and tropical forests. The tropical forests had the most loss and
quickest rate of loss, but this type of forest also had the fastest
tree regrowth rate.
Overall, mountain forest loss increased 50% in 2010 to 2018
compared to 2001 to 2009. From 2010 to 2018, mountain forest loss
accelerated to about 5.2 million hectares per year, primarily due
to logging. Other factors that contributed to forest loss included
wildfires, slash-and-burn cultivation and agricultural
expansion.
Asia, South America, Africa, Europe and Australia experienced
significant mountain forest loss, while the authors observed less
forest loss in North America and Oceania.
More than 85% of mammals, birds and amphibians live in
mountainous areas, meaning widespread forest loss could impact
biodiversity.
Knowledge of the dynamics of forest loss along elevation
gradients worldwide is crucial for understanding how and where the
amount of forested area available for forest species will change as
they shift in response to warming, the authors wrote, as
reported by ScienceDaily.
While the authors found less forest loss in protected areas
compared to unprotected areas, these protected areas were still
impacted by shifting cultivation, agriculture and commercial
forestry.
The study authors noted that protected areas need to be
established in large enough zones to allow natural movements and
sufficient space for ranging species, to best protect...
Hi! I am travelling to Australia in May with my Fianc and will
be in Cairns for 6D / 6N in the first week.
We are currently booked at the Hilton Cairns for all 6 nights
but happy to change it up if better.
We are interested in snorkelling, diving (our first time),
nature, wildlife and great experiences (no hiking).
We are open to renting out a car as we both are good drivers and
would like to visit Daintree, Kuranda, Mossman Gorge and also get
our fill of the GBR (hope to visit one of the islands as well).
Please share any recommendations and itineraries for the 6 days!
Any great places to eat are also welcome
In her interview with the Russian
ambassador to Australia, 7.30 Report 21 March 2023, https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2301H041S00, I
think that Sarah Ferguson failed to give her audience adequate
information about the nature of the International Criminal Court,
and the fact that neither the US nor Russia are signatories. The US
has threatened members of the ICC in ways that would make them
fearful of incurring US displeasure.[1] This makes the court
unreliable in disputes involving the United States, which the
Ukraine conflict clearly does. She also failed to explain how the
United States is able to exert pressure on the UN, although this is
clear in voting patterns during controversies, which reflect
dependencies and fear. Sarah Ferguson did not give the credit due
from a professional journalist to the Ukraine-Russia conflict
having two sides. She seems to be engaged in a propaganda effort
that aimed to consolidate Australias support for US-NATO
involvement in Ukraine.
Sarah Ferguson was the caricature of an authoritarian
headmistress dealing with a pupil from the wrong side of town who
had been reported as a bully by the child of wealthy and
influential parents. Clearly the odious child was there to be
quelled by an avalanche of accusations framed as insults, and to
learn that no-one was interested in his side of the story.
Sarah: For only the third time with the International Criminal
Court, a serving president has been targeted by an arrest warrant.
The ICC has found Russian President Vladimir Putin criminally
responsible for war-crimes, specifically the deportation of
Ukrainian children from occupied areas of Ukraine. Separately, a
UN-backed inquiry did its own report today, detailing war-crimes by
Russian troops during the war. Dr Alexi Palovski is the Kremlins
ambassador to Australia. I spoke to him before the arrest warrant
was made public.
Sarah: Ambassador Pavlovski, welcome to 7.30.
Ambassador: Good day.
Saras first question takes the form of a ridiculous insult:
Ambassador, youre here in Australia, enjoying the benefits of a
free and open society, how do you live with yourself, representing
the repressive, dictatorial Putin regime?
The ambassador laughs.
Sara notes, You find that funny.
Ambassador: What I find funny is your way to start an
interview.
Sarah says, Pretty straight question, with a self-satisfied grin
on her face. [Ill teach you to stand up to the protegs of rich
Americans, you execrable little slav!]
Papua New Guinea Minister for International Trade and
Investment, Richard Maru has thrown his support behind moves by the
Government to classify border posts as Special Economic Zones
(SEZs).
Prime Minister James Marape made the Governments intentions
known on the floor of parliament last week.
Minister Maru told local FM 100/ news that border posts are
mini SEZs and will be identified as economic hubs that will be put
into the SEZ reports.
He said the government needs to build infrastructures like
buildings, roads and bridges to house customs, police and Defence
officers at the border posts.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister said the boarder districts
and provinces will be developed into trade and commerce hubs for
economic purposes.
He says the Department of Foreign Affairs together with the
Department of Trade and International Relations and the Department
of Defense will be engaged to layout the infrastructure of the
border posts.
Papua New Guinea Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai said the
Commission will consult with relevant authorities including the
Department of Justice and Attorney General to review the cost of
legal fees that are charged by private firms on elections petitions
and other matters.
He said the State remains the single biggest clients to most of
the law firms that are operating in the country, where all
government departments and State agencies continue to hire their
services.
Mr Sinai said the government has been paying huge sums of money to
private law firms without using an approved legal fee structure.
It is unfortunate that we dont have a standardized or a
prescribed legal fee structure that can be used as a guide to pay
appropriate levels of fees to private lawyers. Currently the
Commission is paying fees based on different categories of tasks
that are undertaken, especially with election petitions. And thats
how we have been operating since the engagement of private lawyers
in 2002 and onwards, he said.
Mr Sinai said the legal bills are itemized and costs are spread
over different activities such as;
Status conference, where all parties in an EP matter are
involved,
Direction hearing
Competency
Trial
Decision
Appeal
Slip rule, and so forth
To be fair on parties, we need to have an approved fee structure
to engage private legal practitioners on urgent matters. Right now
we are operating in a vacuum and theres a need to consult relevant
authorities to review the legal fee issue and put in place a
measure to standardize the levels of fees the State pays to private
law firms, he said.
Mr Sinai said the engagement of private lawyers has been
expensive but due to the increasing number of election petition
cases, it has become necessary to engage the services of private
lawyers to avoid by elections.
The Commissioner hinted that the Commission will pull out of all
election petition cases in the future as a party and allow the
member and the petitioner to fight it out in court.
We will only appear in Court as witness and give evidence where
necessary...
The British government will give Ukraine radioactive depleted
uranium ammunition for the tanks it has promised the Kiev
regime.
Alongside our granting of a squadron of Challenger 2 main battle
tanks to Ukraine, we will be providing ammunition including armour
piercing rounds which contain depleted uranium. Such rounds are
highly effective in defeating modern tanks and armoured vehicles,
Deputy Defence Minister Annabel Goldie said in an answer to a
Parliamentary question on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunaks government has already pledged 14 of
its Challenger 2 main battle tanks (MBTs) to Volodymyr Zelenskys
regime in Kiev. The tanks have been out of production for over 20
years and only 227 remain in service with the British army.
Always wanting more is an operational definition of hedonism. This
brief article is my mea culpa. Inexplicably, I overlooked hedonism
per se as a trait in my psychoscope of the evil superpower elite in
Americas corpocracy.1
In my defense, I did briefly allude to greed as an outgrowth of
ambition.
Why Always Wanting More?
The ancient Greek poet Ovid had an answer, the Goddess of
Plenty. Americas power elite are like Erysichthon, the greedy
timber merchant in Ovids ancient tale. Erysichthon cuts down a
sacred tree, angering Ceres, the Goddess of Plenty. She condemns
him to eat everything in sight including himself after all else had
been consumed.
Well, thanks Ovid, but Id like several other sources to chime in
with their explanations, not that I expect them to be anymore
edifying than you explanation.
The Journalists Answer
I always rely on good journalism as a source for my writings.
Guess what I found? A handbook on hedonism, no less! Its a
step-by-step guide to gluttony. The author is a New York Times
best-selling author.2
I bet it is a best seller among Americas super rich!
The Philosophers Answer
While there must be millions of PhD philosophers on our planet
who think for a living, trying to find them on the Internet is a
chore. The first one I stumbled upon was a philosophers article
entitled The Feels Good Theory of Pleasure.3
In order to read it I would have had to pay $39.95 for a PDF copy!
Had I stumbled upon a case of the greedy writing about greed?
The Psychoanalysts Answer
Whom better to turn to than the guru of psychoanalys...
Hillsong and The Houstons alleged tax fraud and
dishonesty criminal offences
Tax evasion (also known as tax fraud) involves
illegally reducing or eliminating tax liability. This may
involve fraud by lying to
the Australian Taxation Office.
The Criminal Code is expected to provide an integrated and
coherent statement of the major offences against Commonwealth
law.
210323 BBA MEMBERS VOTE NEW EXECUTIVES
NEW DAWN FM NEWS
The Buka Business Association last Friday elected new executives to
oversee the running of the Association for the next three
years.
The New executives are PRESIDENT, JEFFEREY MAGUM Vice
President,MICHAEL TAKAKU, Secretary SALOME RIHATA and Treasurer,
JULIE MOROKO.
The Outgoing President and man who raised the profile of the
Association from nothing in the last five years, ROBERT CRITCHLEY
congratulated the new executives and promised to continue to assist
the Association.
He told a recent BBA meeting that he was very busy with his
operation and needed a break and will not stand for this
election.
New Dawn FM understands that the former BBA President initiated
many activities in his term of President and most times
representing the Business Community in important meetings with the
ABG,Donor partners and Private possible investors.
He and his team also fought to make sure local Business interests
were protected at all times.
The eye specialist who has travelled in last week to Buka have been
conducting eye screening since las week Thursday.
Currently, the team have set up at Family Support Services building
in the Buka General hospital.
This morning patients lined up for eye screening and test and the
eye care team was so busy. So far, the team have seen 40 patients
and are listed for eye surgery
The issue eye specialist team is having now is the delay of
surgical equipment that will be arriving this afternoon from Air
Niugini air cargo.
With the delay, Buka eye test might take five to seven days before
travelling down to Arawa for eye testing there.
According to visiting eye care specialist Dr. David Pahau, these 40
patients who are waiting surgery will undergo eye surgery starting
on Wednesday this week.
Dr. Pahau is encouraging patients who needs eye care to come for
eye test here in Buka before travelling to Arawa next week.
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission has
confirmed it is investigating concerns raised about Hillsong
Church. It is unusual for the ACNC to announce who it is
investigating. This does not bode well for Hillsong or the
Houstons.
The eye specialist who has travelled in last week to Buka have been
conducting eye screening since las week Thursday.
Currently, the team have set up at Family Support Services building
in the Buka General hospital.
This morning patients lined up for eye screening and test and the
eye care team was so busy. So far, the team have seen 40 patients
and are listed for eye surgery
The issue eye specialist team is having now is the delay of
surgical equipment that will be arriving this afternoon from Air
Niugini air cargo.
With the delay, Buka eye test might take five to seven days before
travelling down to Arawa for eye testing there.
According to visiting eye care specialist Dr. David Pahau, these 40
patients who are waiting surgery will undergo eye surgery starting
on Wednesday this week.
Dr. Pahau is encouraging patients who needs eye care to come for
eye test here in Buka before travelling to Arawa next week.
190323BOUGAINVILLE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SET GRADUATION DATE
NEW DAWN FM NEWS
The Bougainville Technical College administration has finally set
the Graduation date for 2022 students as Thursday 20th
April,2023.
The date was finally set as the Certificates have finally arrived
from the Headquarters in Port Moresby.
Students and parents have been requested to be at the School on
Wednesday April 19th for the Graduation.
For other information, the following students are requested to go
to the School on Monday March 20th because they will meet with the
Administration on Tuesday 21st March 2023.
These following students are requested to come with their
Curriculum Vitae, Grade 10 and Grade 12 Certificates and
references.
Under Carpentry and Construction we have five students,
MIKE STEWART Male
MANTA JUDE Male
Grady Luke Male
LEMBO MICHAEL Male
Milton Dvid Male
Under Electro Technology we have another five students,
PEREA KENNEDY Male
SAWARAU JOAN Female
TOOSIH HOSEA Male
VERENGA BARRY Male
ITTA VINCENT Male
Under Diploma in Business Management we have four students,
MONFORD MAGUNG Male
DELILAH LAREKAS Female
RIZPAH PATAAK Female
JACKIE RUPAUU Female
The South African bowler, Kagiso Rabada, is arguably one of the
best to play test cricket, and could retire as South Africas
highest wicket-taker if the country plays more red-ball
cricket.
Years ago, Adam Gilchrist, the legendary Australian wicketkeeper
and former captain of Australias national team, was asked about his
favorite moment on a cricket field. Gilchrist didnt pick landmark
innings or Test match victories. Instead, he described something
more intimate. His favorite moment,
he said, was the fraction of a second when the ball made contact
with the middle of his bat, and he and only he, out of all the
people at the ground and all of the viewers on television, knew the
connection was sweet and perfect.
For Kagiso Rabada, that moment is when the ball leaves the hand
and it feels just right. In that fraction of a second, he alone
knows that the ball is traveling at the perfect speed and will land
on the exact spot, perfect line and length, that he is after. Darts
players are familiar with this feeling. You know as soon as the
arrow takes flight whether it is headed where you want it to go or
if it has gone rogue.
The earliest Rabada can remember having that feeling was in
2009. St. Stithians, his high
school north of Johannesburg, was struggling to take the last
wicket in a timed match. Rabada put his hand up, his captain threw
the ball to him and with his first delivery of the over, Rabada
sent the stumps cartwheeling.
In 2009, Rabada was 14 years old and he alone knew as the ball
left his hand that he had bowled a good nut. The ball went through
the batters defense and disrupted the woodwork before the rest of
his teammates knew it. It was around this time that he decided that
he wanted to be an international cricketer. He wanted to experience
this joy more times. So, all the other sports he took part in at
St. Stithians took a back seat. His focus was on becoming the best
bowler he could be.
Six years later, on November 5 2015, Rabada made his Test debut
in a dust bowl in Mohale in Punjab, India. If there is anyone that
knows how to blunt world-class pace attacks, its Indian pitch
curators. Indian curators are South African, England, Australian
New...
200323 Parents building classrooms to support ECC Immaculate
Heart of Mary
New Dawn FM News
Parents of an early childhood school in Buka, are helping to raise
funds to support the schools infrastructure, office and ablution
blocks.
Chairman of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Vincent Kamitz said this
is part of the schools fundraising committee to ensure children are
given best opportunity to learn.
One hundred sixty children attend our early childhood centre and we
extremely appreciate the effort of the parents who contributed
through the K50 coinaton to help build two in one building.
Most early starters begin school here at Immaculate Heart of Mary
ECC, he said.
Kamitz said it was important for the children to sit down on proper
desks to write and learn effectively.
According to head of fundraising committee Maryann Marena the drive
came from seeing her children attending the school with growing
number of children with limited space.
She said she took up the responsibility after being voted and
appreciates the effort of the parents for driving this project
forward.
Marena is appealing to all parents yet to support the coinaton as
the fundraising will end by Friday this week 24th of March, 2023.
ENDS///AK
170323 Speaker of the Fourth Bougainville House of
Representative commended the OBEC
New Dawn FM News
Speaker of the Fourth Bougainville House of Representative
commended the Office of the Bougainville Electoral Commissioner and
team, for returning the writs of two very important
constituencies.
Mr Simon Pentanu said the Nissan and Haku Constituencies 1) Nissan
has a good number of population but because of its location,
becomes difficult to get there.
He said as for Haku, who had the highest number of candidates and a
higher population was important to be represented in
parliament.
I think it is important, we get someone into Parliament at this
time where he can represent the people of Nissan and Haku, he
said.
Mr Pentanu commended OBEC for completing the Parliament contingent
and for a free, fair and accurate elections in Bougainville.
Bougainville Electoral Commission will later return the writs for
the seven reruns of the community government elections to the
Minister shortly.
Mr George Manu has confirmed a successful delivering of the seven
Community Government reruns. ENDS////AK
170323 Nissan and Haku return of writs to Speaker of
Bougainville House of Representatives today
New Dawn FM News
Bougainville Electoral Commissioner George Manu returned the writs
to Nissan and Haku By-Election Constituency at Parliament House
this morning.
The writs were received by the Speaker of Parliament Mr Simon
Pentanu on-behalf of the Autonomous Bougainville Government.
The Bougainville Electoral Commissioner Mr Manu thanked the
Australian Government for assisting the Office of the Bougainville
Electoral Commission to deliver the Nissan and Haku elections
successfully.
Speaker I am here to return both writs for Nissan and Haku
Constituency By-Election issued in January 2023.
This election had a-lot of challenges, we had two deferrals 1)
polling period 2) deferred twice because no money was made
available.
Then just when we went to the polls, we had to suspend polling due
to bad weather.
I, thank the Australian Government for always coming to aid OBEC
providing the chopper, it was expensive but nothing could stop me
from conducting the successful elections, he added.
Manu also thanked the ABG government for providing the initial
funding for both Constituency by-elections.
On receiving the writs Mr Simon Pentanu said it is such occasions
where positive things are happening in the region, where an office
like OBEC has put its time and effort to deliver on those
tasks.
He added that the work of the OBEC in the region is important to
the international, regional and country wide communities where very
positive comments were made, he said. ENDS///AK
Ellen Brown, frequent Corbett Report guest and author of The Web
of Debt and Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the
Digital Age, joins us to discuss her latest articles on the bank
runs that are leading us toward the event horizon of the
quadrillion dollar derivative black hole.
17032023 EDUCATION MINISTER ADDRESSES THE STAFF MEMBERS.
NEW DAWN FM NEW
Education Minister Hon. Thomas Pataaku addressed the staff members
of the education department at conference room today.
I urge everyone here today on what roles or position you play in
the department you are serving to think out of the box and not be
fogged down with routine activities. Education Minister said.
He was delighted to be back at the ministry because during his last
term serving as the education minister, the department showed
collaborations and accomplishments were done thanks to the staff
members.
Minister told the staff members; he had a meeting yesterday with
the secretary and executives team that he does not want to keep
things within the department in regards to major agendas.
Higher education must not be kept within the department, but
Information on paper must be floated to the cabinet to respond
effectively of what they think is the way forward.
Mr. Pataaku assured the staff members that frame has been set and
all constituency members are to report to President Hon. Ismael
Toroama on independence.
Therefore, same applies to the ABG departments for Independence
Readiness.
I want all of us to work together to make sure serve government to
accomplish goals and most of all produce human resource for the
future of Bougainville. Mr. Pataaku said.
ENDS// AB
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland announced additional
funds to improving black spots in mobile
coverage as part of infrastructure improvements.
She said this would help with closing the gap targets for remote
Indigenous communities.
There are those who would benefit from a break from screen based
slavery and this appears now to be a receding respite on the roads
less travelled.
Image: Image: Shutterstock -Josu
Ozkaritz
Produced By: Amanda Copp
Featured In Story: Michelle Rowland MP Minister
for Communications
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After a ProPublica investigation last year, a group of senators
demanded answers from a real estate tech company that helps
landlords set rents across the country.
The investigation revealed how some of the
nations biggest landlords share proprietary information with
RealPage, a Texas company whose software uses the data to
recommend rent prices for available units. Legal experts say the
arrangement may facilitate cartel-like behavior among landlords,
who could use the software to coordinate pricing.
In
a letter to the Department of Justice, the senators said
RealPage did not provide all the information they had asked for
last November, but the answers the company did give raise concerns
that its YieldStar software may play a role in driving rent
inflation in some of the countrys biggest markets.
YieldStar has been most prevalent in some of the regions most
heavily targeted by corporate buyers and with the highest rent
increases, the senators wrote.
The legislators said that publicly available information shows
the software is used in pricing more than 4 million units,
representing about 8% of all rental units nationwide. RealPage has
so many clients it has access to tr...
The Australian people voted for action on climate change, and
its what the Parliament should deliver by passing the Government's
Safeguard Mechanism reforms, which will reduce emissions by 205
million tonnes by 2030. pic.twitter.com/2NvwrHOczs Chris Bowen
(@Bowenchris) March 21, 2023
DA Bragg pushes through through the swamp (Bragg pic sourced from
NYpost)
Some commentary on the possibility of Trump being arrested
through the actions of DA Alvin Bragg. The title is a parody of the
1989 movie Bill & Teds Excellent Adventures. It is about 3.00
am in New York now on Tuesday am.
by G5
[Email 19 March 2023]
State-sponsored, induced, psychotic self-harm, on the
altar of psychopathic-driven, patho...
Pre-polling is well underway in NSW and a Guardian poll today
showed that Dominic Perrottet is still edging out Chris Minns as
preferred Premier.
Whilst many predict that Western Sydney seats are the ones to
watch, country seats that were previously held by the imploded
Shooters and Fishers party are likely to prove volatile as
well.
Produced By: Roderick Chambers
Featured In Story: Dr Stewart Jackson Senior
Lecturer in the Department of Government and International
Relations, with a specialisation in Australian politics, at the
University of Sydney
Australian Republic Movement Announces Appointment of Co-Chairs
Nova Peris OAM and Craig Foster AM 21.3.2023 A Special General
Meeting held by the Australian Republic Movement this week resolved
to change the ARM Constitution and for the first time in 32 years,
adopt female and male Co-Chairs. As such, the Australian...
The President of China Xi Jinping has arrived in Moscow with his
twelve point plan for peace, which will bring an end to the
conflict. Both sides have stated that they are not interested
in a political solution, Russia still wants a total victory and the
Ukrainians refuse to concede any land in a peace treaty.
The timing of the visit is raising questions as three days ago
Vladimir Putin was accused of war crimes and has a warrant out for
his arrest.
Every Stakeholder in the conflict knows that China cant mediate
a peace deal but the question remains as to why is the President of
China talking to a freshly accused war criminal?
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Produced By: Dominic Giles
Featured In Story: Dr Sonia Mycak, Research
Fellow at the Australian National University Centre for European
studies., and Dr Alexey Muraviev, Associate Professor of National
Security and Strategic Studies at Curtin University Perth.
Since most of us are used to having access to clean water, we
tend to take it for granted. We dont think twice about leaving the
tap on or taking a really long shower. More concerningly, some of
us dont even think about the financial and environmental
consequences of wasting water on a daily basis.
If we want to save money and preserve this natural resource, we
need to be more efficient with our use of water.
Luckily, there are many ways to reduce water usage. Even the
smallest change can have a big impact on reducing your overall
water consumption.
In this blog post, well explore some of the best ways to save
water.
Install Low-flow Faucets and Showerheads
Installing low-flow faucets and showerheads is one of the most
effective ways to reduce water usage. Low-flow
faucet aerators limit the amount of water being used by around 2 to
4 litres per minute.
This can help you save a significant amount of water with
everyday tasks like washing dishes, brushing your teeth, and taking
a shower.
Use a Dishwasher
You should also consider using your dishwasher more often as
opposed to always washing your dishes by hand. Not only will this
make the process easier and quicker, but it can also help you
reduce water usage significantly.
Dishwashers typically use one-eighth of an average kitchen taps
flow rate, meaning theyre much more efficient when it comes to
conserving water. Additionally, dishwashers are also better at
killing germs than hand washing since they produce hotter water,
which helps to effectively sanitise your dishes. So, the next time
your kitchen is full of dirty dishes and
cutlery, go for the dishwasher instead of the sponge.
Turn Off the Tap When Youre Not Using It Each time you brushyour teeth, shave, or shower, think
about the amount of water youre wasting. Do you have the tap on
full blast while you scrub those pearly whites? Do you leave the
shower on for too long while its heating up? All these seemingly
harmless habits can waste a lot of water over a long period of
time. Wasting heated water is also a significant concern as it can
add to your utility bills and increase your personal carbon
emissions.
Moving homes in the near future? If so, one of the first things
on your checklist should be to find a reputable, trustworthy
removalist company to help make your move as
smooth and easy as possible.
Unfortunately, theres a fair share of removalists out there that
you have to watch out for. But, as long as you do your research,
you should be able to avoid some of the common problems associated
with moving. What are these problems? Lets break them down
below.
Missing Items
No matter how organised you are with packing and labelling your
boxes, if you and your movers arent on the same page then theres a
very strong chance that youll end up losing or at least temporarily
misplacing some items.
Moving days are almost always chaotic and stressful, so you
might not even realise something is missing until days later. All
this time having passed can make finding your items incredibly
difficult, especially if you were working with movers who were
unprofessional or untrustworthy.
Reliable
Removalists will safeguard all of your possessions big
and small and have a tried and tested plan in place to move
everything safely and securely. To achieve this, theyll need to be
organised, experienced and have strong communication skills, all
important attributes of a good removalist.
Damaged Possessions
One of the most common moving-day problems is damaged
furniture and smaller items, with inexperienced
movers dropping, scratching or bumping your furniture or boxes
around and leaving them tattered or even broken.
As long as you take the time to research your moving
company before you hire them, you shouldnt run into this
issue. There are even many removalists who specialise in moving
fragile, high-value items such as pianos and antiques. You can also
protect your most valuable items by working with a removalist
company that offers storage solutions, so that you can keep these
items out of the way during the mess and stress of moving day.
Insufficient Space
Some moving companies dont do appraisals before moving day, or
dont put in the effort to properly...
The world's climate scientists have issued what one expert said
is a "final warning" before global warming exceeds 1.5 degrees
Celsius. Key points: The IPCC says it's "unequivocal" that climate
is changing as a result of human activity At present, between 3.3
and 3.6 billion people are living in places...
The traditional theory of human evolution is predicated around
humans having an ancient chimp/ape ancestry. Way back a chimp-like
mummy and daddy had children that were genetically so different, of
particular concern is the suturing on the skull exclusive to
hominids. All apes and monkeys have no sutures, but instead a rigid
sagittal keel that runs across the top of the skull which means
that their skull size remains static. But the inconsistencies do
not stop there, by our count there are at least another seventeen
genetic/skeletal/facial/muscular points of difference that
challenge any shared ancestry.
Granted be it ever so improbable, there could be an infinitesimal
chance these two non-sutured parents carried a genetic abnormality
that gave rise to suturing, but it just doesnt end there. By our
count there are seventeen other distinct genetic deviations from
every ape/monkey norm, and just the sheer volume of these
contradictions leads on to one inescapable conclusion: our ancestry
and that of the monkeys/apes have nothing in common. It just did
not happen, simply because it just isnt one species of apes but
every animal on this planet that obeys the same rules of evolution
and genesis. While we break all the ru...</p> </div>
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From the Sydney Morning Herald Senior Labor MPs on board the
zero-emissions campaign bus on Tuesday include Penny Sharpe and
Rose Jackson, with the latter playing DJ (Harry Styles so far
dominating the morning playlist). The bus was back on the road
about 11.30am, but travelling media and Labor staff...
International Red Cross Says 2 Kidnapped Staff
Freed in Mali
By SAM MEDNICK
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) Two aid workers with the
International Committee of the Red Cross were freed in Mali on
Monday, the organization announced.
The staff members were released unharmed but the organization
would not disclose the employees identities or the circumstances of
the abduction.
We are relieved to find our colleagues safe and sound. They will
be reunited with their families as soon as possible, said Antoine
Grand, head of the ICRC in Mali. The staff were kidnapped earlier
this month in the countrys north between the towns of Gao and
Kidal, part of the country riddled by jihadi violence linked to
al-Qaida and the Islamic State group thats killed thousands in the
last 10 years.
The ICRC said it has been operating in Malis north region for
more than 30 years and said it will continue its humanitarian work
in the country.
Jihadi groups have been abducting hostages for ransom as a way
to fund their operations and expand their presence. There is no
indication that ICRC paid a ransom for the release of their
employees.
At least 25 foreigners and untold numbers of locals have been
kidnapped in the Sahel the vast, semi-arid expanse below the Sahara
Desert since 2015, according to the Armed Conflict Location &
Event Data Project. Several foreigners remain captive according to
the organization, including Rev. Hans-Joachim Lohre, a German
priest kidnapped in Malis capital Bamako in November.
Others still detained include Australian doctor Ken Elliott and
Romanian national Iulian Ghergut, who was abducted from a mine in
Burkina Faso and has been held since 2015.
The kidnapping of humanitarian staff by armed groups is usually
done to interrogate them and make sure the aid group is doing is
what they say theyre doing.
Violent extremist groups engage in kidnappings for several
reasons, and is very much based on local realities and needs, as
well as the level of influence they have...
Defence has contracted Rheinmetall Defence Australia to deliver
and support 211 Boxer 88 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRV) for
the Australian Army.
This is a significant Army capability that will enhance the
safety, security and protection of Australian troops for the next
30 years. The Boxer CRV will replace the Australian Light Armoured
Vehicle, which has seen extensive operational service since its
introduction in 1996.
The Boxer CRV will operate in a range of environments, from the
littoral environment of our near region, to contested complex urban
environments. The high levels of protection, firepower and mobility
provided by the vehicle will enable sustained operations, varying
from peacekeeping to close combat.
Rheinmetall Defence Australia has delivered the first 25 Boxer
CRVs (known as Block I vehicles) to Defence. The Block I vehicles
were built and assembled primarily in Germany and underwent final
integration and acceptance testing in Australia.
With a deliberate period of transition, the remaining Boxer CRVs
(known as Block II vehicles) will be built and assembled in
Australia, under a gradual ramp down in Germany and ramp up in
Australia. This will enable progressive technology transfer of the
manufacturing techniques and assembly line processes to Australia
during this period.
The Resident Project Office in Hamburg continues to support the
delivery of the cap...
March 21, 2023: The
Times of India has reported that India issued termination
notices to 68 countries for Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)
with a request to renegotiate on the basis of the model agreement
formulated in 2015.
These 68 BITs were based on a 1993 model which had been amended
in 2003. Alarmed at actions taken against it using the
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provision in these BITs,
the Indian government developed a new model for investment treaties
in 2015. India has a further six BITs under the old model, but
these are not yet open for a notice of termination. There are two
BITs negotiated since 2015, on the new model, and these are in
force.
Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
said the government has signed a host country agreement with the
Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) for establishing a regional
office in India. His Ministry is now working with the United
Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the PCA
and other agencies to develop their capacity to manage
international arbitration challenges.
Under the
2015 model, the controversial Most Favoured Nation clause was
removed, and the scope of National Treatment and Fair and Equitable
Treatment clauses is considerably narrowed.
Although ISDS which allows investors to initiate international
arbitration against states and thereby bypass domestic courts
entirely has been retained, access to ISDS comes only
after the exhaustion of the relevant domestic courts for
the resolution of an investment dispute.
The 2015 model provides an exhaustive list of economic,
environmental and social measures which are exempt under the
treaty. This includes taxation, intellectual property rights and
measures to protect macroeconomic stability.
The current move to terminate 68 BITs follows a 2016 attempt to
terminate 57 BITs. The India-Australia BIT was terminated by India
on March 23, 2017, but it has an extraordinary grandfather clause
that means its provisions apply to investments made before that
date for another 15 years.
The Indian Adani coal company threatened to use ISDS to sue the
Australian government if its investments made before the
termination were harmed by government regulation.
The Interim Australia India Economic Partnership Agreement
signed in 2022 did not have an Investment Chapter and so did not
contain ISDS. AFTINET is...
Fascinatingly, many Useless Eaters seem more au fait with the
monetary aspects of the Great Reset than they do the Depopulation
Agenda by Experimental Lethal Injections.
All over the world now, the winds of monetary change are felt to
be rising.
Countries presently interested in joining the BRICS grouping
include: Indonesia, Mexico, Argentina, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, UAE,
Egypt, Iran, and the front-runner, (formerly French) Algeria.
Reports by the Toowoomba
Chronicle revealed Harrison was highly respected in the local
community.
By TONY MOBILIFONITIS
PEOPLE in the town of Warwick and others across Australia are
wondering why police used a sonic torture device and strobe lights
against the political adviser and constitutional historian Steven
Harrison, found dead with a gunshot wound to the head.
The Queensland Police Ethical Standards Division will be
investigating the shooting. Why the devices were used against
Harrison, who posed no threat to anyone but was anonymously
reported to be carrying a sawn-off shotgun in his backyard, will be
noted with much interest.
Harrison was well known and well respected by people in Warwick
who organised a public memorial service for him on the Friday after
his death on Tuesday morning. Harrison had impaired eyesight and
lived on a disability benefit. He was an adviser for the Australian
Federation Party and was also known as a kind and devout
Christian.
Many concerned people will also be wondering if Harris...
From CNN: Three of the 10 people facing murder charges
in the death last week of a 28-year-old
Black man at a Virginia mental health facility were
security guards at the hospital who watched and then participated
in the fatal smothering, the prosecutor told CNN Friday.
The victims family wants
answers as to how a promising musician having what they called a
mental health crisis ended with him dying and why no one stood up
for him and kept him from being killed.
The county prosecutor said
seven law enforcement deputies, joined by the hospital workers,
smothered him to death while restraining him.
Ive never seen anything
like this, Commonwealths Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill said,
referring to unreleased video that shows the mans death.
Baskervill said the
hospital security guards passively watched the alleged smothering
but eventually joined in and piled on top of the victim along with
the deputies . . .
What are
attorneys saying?
Family attorneys say Otieno
posed no threat to the deputies.
Civil rights attorney Ben
Crump, who is working on behalf o...
ULMWP calls on international community to seek
conflict resolution in Papua
News Desk Susi Air Pilot Hostage
20 March 2023
Jayapura, Jubi The United Liberation Movement for
West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the international community to pay
serious attention to the escalated violence that continued to occur
in Papua, or internationally known as West Papua.
Randongkir said the TPNPB action was an effort to draw
world attention to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Papua, and to ask the
international community to recognize the political independence of
West Papua, which has been occupied by Indonesia since May 1, 1963.
Negotiations for the release of the Susi Air pilot are ongoing but
TPNPB does not want the Indonesian government to intervene in the
negotiations.
Randongkir said that in the past week, there had been
armed conflict between TPNPB and TNI in Puncak Papua, Intan Jaya,
Jayawijaya, and Yahukimo regencies. This shows the escalation of
armed conflict in Papua.
According to Randongkir, since 2018 there have been
more than 67,000 civilians displaced from conflict areas such as
Intan Jaya, Nduga, Puncak, Puncak Jaya, Yahukimo, Bintang
Mountains, and Maybrat regencies. They left their hometowns to seek
refuge in other areas.
On March 16, 2023 the local government and the
military began evacuating non-Papuans in Dekai, the capital of
Yahukimo Regency, using military cargo planes. Meanwhile, the
indigenous people of Yahukimo were not evacuated from the city of
Dekai, Randongkir said in a press release received by Jubi on
Saturday, March 18, 2023.
ULMWP assessed that the evacuation of non-Papuans was
part of the TNIs preparation to carry out full military operations.
This has the potential to cause human rights violations. Past
experience showed that TNI, when conducting military operations in
Papua, did not pay attention to international humanitarian law.
Today 21 March is world Harmony Day and the big day in a week of
activities, where we celebrate the gifts brought to all of us by
people from diverse Backgrounds. This year the theme is everyone
belongs. Harmony Day origin can be traced back to south Africa,
where on this date in 1960, police fired live ammunition into a
crowd of black people in a black township called Sharpeville, who
were demanding the abolition of the pass laws. These laws had taken
away their right of freedom of movement. Sixty-nine unarmed people
were killed. Images of what happened reverberated around a shocked
world.
Photo from The Journalist context matters: Burying
the Sharpeville dead.
The killing became known as the Sharpeville Massacre. It gave
rise to the global anti-Apartheid movement, and this contributed
hugely to the advancing the cause against racial intolerance
everywhere.
Less than a decade later the United Nations proclaimed March 21
the International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination.
Intolerance still exists in some quarters. It is usually often
more subtle than it once was. The fact that it exists shows the
cause not yet completely won. at the same time, there are good
reasons to celebrate the achievements.
Australia is a good example. The diversity of peoples is
building a new nation with a unique and exiting multicultural
culture. We are much better off for it. Hasnt this change
brought about a greater depth and variety of what we eat, enriched
overall culture and lives?
I remember what it was like when I first arrived in this country
as a youngster. Because of my surname, I was called a Dago. This
meant Italian. Although not Italian, I know something of what the
Italians went through. I know how intolerance invited derision and
sometimes violence. Italians were accused of being a threat to the
Australian way of life.
Those who still feel threatened and insist multiculturalism is a
policy thrust on them, dont yet realise that the term is only a
description for what Australia has been since the arrival of the
First fleet. The emergence of a multicultural identity can be
traced back to the goldfields on the 1850s and the Eureka
upris...
In Menindee, New South Wales, millions of dead fish have been
found in the Darling River. Local authorities and scientists say
the die-off event is likely due to high temperatures and low oxygen
levels as water from recent floods recedes.
The dead fish are primarily bony herring, or bony bream, and
also include murray cod, carp, golden perch and silver perch.
These fish deaths are related to low oxygen levels in the water
(hypoxia) as flood waters recede, the New South Wales Department of
Primary Industries posted
on Facebook. Significant volumes of fish including Carp and
Bony Herring, nutrients and organic matter from the floodplain are
being concentrated back into the river channel.
According to the Department of Primary Industries, the area has
experienced widespread flooding. As the flood waters recede, oxygen
in the water depletes. The situation is worsened by a local heat
wave, which causes fish to require more oxygen, but the warmer
water holds less oxygen.
The department noted that bony herring population tends to boom
during floods and often then sees significant decrease as flood
waters recede, especially as this species is more vulnerable to low
oxygen levels and high temperatures. Similar incidents happened in
2018 and 2019,
Reuters reported, where thousands of fish died from extreme
temperature changes and poor water quality.
The region has been dealing with high temperatures and flooding,
and residents are now grappling with the sight and smell of dead
fish in the local river.
Weve just sort of started to clean up, and then this has
happened, and thats sort of youre walking around in a dried-up mess
and then youre smelling this putrid smell. Its a terrible smell and
horrible to see all those dead fish, said local resident Jan
Dening,
as reported by NBC News.
Locals are also concerned about potential health impacts of the
dead fish in the river.
The stink was terrible. I nearly had to put a mask on, local
nature photographer Geoff Looney told NBC News. I was worried about
my own health. That water right in the top comes down to our...
Dictatorships, third world countries, tyrannies and the death of
America are Donald J Trump's latest refrains on Truth Social, which
get repeated widely on Twitter, Facebook, along with many other
social media sites......Donald Trump is now calling on his
supporters, on Republicans and anyone else to protest in the
streets over his impending soft arrest(surrendering in person to an
indictment regardless of the severity of the charge).
Trump wants the country to rage and protest in the streets over
the fact he has to answer for crimes, for his crimes, albeit
crimes(The Stormy Daniels affair and hush money cover-up) that are
very minor in the scheme of things.
Donald Trump is getting his MAGA base all frothy and threatening
over these minor criminal charges against him, a crime he is 100%
guilty of, he had the tryst, cheated on Melania, with
Stormy, he had Michael Cohen pay off Stormy to keep her
silent, then Trump through financial accounting tricks used
donated campaign funds to pay the hush money, he ran the payments
through the Trump organization and even claimed it as a tax
deductible business expense....
That is the crime for which he must answer to next week, in
person.
An indictment means, for Trump, a quick pre-arranged
arrest and, just as quick, a prearranged release from
custody....Trial date(s)and appearance dates scheduled.....These
crimes, even when Trump is found guilty will not result in ANY
prison time and still Trump deems this action as grounds for
mass protests and mayhem in the streets......(gimmee a fucking
break, oh the humanity, Trump having to answer for crimes, fucking
snowflake)
Here is what Trump has bleated in the last few
hours....(The all caps are Trump's doing)
Sydney Morning Herald editor Bevan Shields has published an
article titled "We are not above criticism but these attacks go too
far", tearfully rending his garments over criticisms his paper's
three-part war-with-China propaganda series "Red Alert" has
received from former Prime Minister Paul Keating and from ABC's
Media Watch.----The whole article is Shields moaning about the way
Keating raked Australian war propagandists
An analysis of the rising inflation and concurrent collapse of
Silicon Valley Bank proved that more than 186 banks in the U.S. are
at risk of a similar shutdown if depositors decide to withdraw all
funds.
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In her interview with the Russian
ambassador to Australia, 7.30 Report 21 March 2023, https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2301H041S00, I
think that Sarah Ferguson failed to give her audience adequate
information about the nature of the International Criminal Court,
and the fact that neither the US nor Russia are signatories. The US
has threatened members of the ICC in ways that would make them
fearful of incurring US displeasure.[1] This makes the court
unreliable in disputes involving the United States, which the
Ukraine conflict clearly does. She also failed to explain how the
United States is able to exert pressure on the UN, although this is
clear in voting patterns during controversies, which reflect
dependencies and fear. Sarah Ferguson did not give the credit due
from a professional journalist to the Ukraine-Russia conflict
having two sides. She seems to be engaged in a propaganda effort
that aimed to consolidate Australias support for US-NATO
involvement in Ukraine.
Each time you brushyour teeth, shave, or shower, think
about the amount of water youre wasting. Do you have the tap on
full blast while you scrub those pearly whites? Do you leave the
shower on for too long while its heating up? All these seemingly
harmless habits can waste a lot of water over a long period of
time. Wasting heated water is also a significant concern as it can
add to your utility bills and increase your personal carbon
emissions.
