Funny, that.

oops

Scotty is keeping very quite at the moment...

Keep an eye out for the next bit of spin.

Source

Too busy accomodating Joyce as he backstabs his farmer constituency.

Barnaby Joyce fined $200 for not wearing mask in breach of COVID-19 health orders

No words.

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/morrison-funded-27-car-parks-just-one-day-before-he-called-the-election-20210629-p585c2.html

Pork-barelling on an industrial scale. This kind of schtick is the most blatantly cynical self-dealing that this government has been caught doing.

See, this is why we don't need a Federal ICAC; it'd be flat out trying to keep up with political corruption. Can't have that.

jfc

https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-ranked-dead-last-in-world-for-climate-action-in-latest-un-report/

Australia has been ranked dead last for climate action in the latest Sustainable Development Report, which assesses the progress of countries towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. In the latest edition of the report, produced by the UN-backed Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Australia received the lowest score awarded to any of the 193 members of the United Nations for the level of climate action, a withering repudiation of the Coalition government’s climate efforts.

I don't think the SDG's really have much to do with climate change, and I doubt Australia has much of a problem with:

" (1) No Poverty, (2) Zero Hunger, (3) Good Health and Well-being, (4) Quality Education, (5) Gender Equality, (6) Clean Water and Sanitation, (7) Affordable and Clean Energy, (8) Decent Work and Economic Growth, (9) Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, (10) Reducing Inequality, (11) Sustainable Cities and Communities, (12) Responsible Consumption and Production, (13) Climate Action, (14) Life Below Water, (15) Life On Land, (16) Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, (17) Partnerships for the Goals. ".

If Australia is rated low, it sounds like UN bullshit to me.

SDG 13 is Climate Action. I had a look a the spreadsheet; the main culprit is exported CO2 emissions - gas and coal. Couldn't find anything that placed Australia dead last... only in the bottom three or four.

Hey, on the bright side, Australia is near the top, if not first, in exporting CO2!

Hey, on the bright side, Australia is near the top, if not first, in exporting CO2! — Banno

Which they couldn't do without Japan and India. Dealing with climate change is a global problem.

Which they couldn't do without Japan and India. — frank

Oh, not Japan and India - small players. We provide the raw material for the empty cites of China.

Oh, not Japan and India - small players. We provide the raw material for the empty cites of China. — Banno

Oh. They have empty cities?

ooo lots. Fifty or so.

That's weird

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-27/china-ghost-cities-show-growth-driven-by-debt/9912186

This year China is buying all our Eastern Red cedars. I hope it's not going to a ghost city. I need some.

After twenty months, we have a plan to make a plan...

The missing 'magic numbers' in Morrison's COVID strategy are a stark reminder of our bungled vaccine rollout

In the prime ministerial pandemic lexicon — which has included "proportionate measures", "escalating threats", "flattening the curve", "targeted, measured and scaleable plans", "the other side" , "the road out", "uncharted territory", "fighting the virus and winning", "getting Australians home by Christmas", and of course "national vaccination allocation horizons" — the idea of "magic numbers" did seem to reflect the zeitgeist of where the Prime Minister, if not the rest of us, finds himself now.

It was better when he was in hiding.

Blistering OP from Rudd this morning, on Greg Hunt's failures, which, now he spells them out, are abundantly obvious. Not that it will be heeded.

Around Morrison’s cabinet table sits: Michaelia Cash, who refused to fully cooperate with police investigating leaks from her office; Angus Taylor, who was caught trading in a falsified annual report; Bridget McKenzie, the architect of sports rorts; Alan Tudge, whose car park rorts put McKenzie to shame; Linda Reynolds, who mishandled an alleged rape in her office, then called the complainant a lying cow; Peter Dutton, another pork-barreller who wouldn’t let Border Force officials appear at the Ruby Princess inquiry; Christian Porter, who resisted an inquiry to establish that he was fit and proper for ministerial office; and the list goes on.

Thanks for the link.

Wouldn't surprise me if it was co-authored by Malcolm, but if so he's keeping shtum. :-)

The most terrifying aspect of this is that this kind of looking-out-for-each-other's-corruption is that it becomes structural - if everyone is compromised, it only encourages more. Corruption is named so because it spreads, radiates outward. It's so fucked.

The concern I have is apathy. It seems not to matter to so many folk. Or it's excused with "the other side is just as bad".

We can, and have, done so much better with our past leaders.

I'm not sure it's apathy so much as cowardice. Australian national culture is generally one of petty minded fear of losing the little we think we have, and change of any kind is anathema to it. We're a village of supplicants pretending to be a country, and it shows. The control of the press by corporate power has not helped.

Cuttingly accurate; but alternately and as well, there's a habit of obsequiousness, together with a pretence of disrespect for authority.


I blame the Celts.

There's a distinct lack of leadership candidates on the scene. When Kevin Rudd first appeared, for the first time in generations there seemed to be an exciting potential leader. (Didn't turn out well.) In hindsight, Julia Gillard was really pretty good despite numerous own-goals. But since then it's been a wasteland, and I can't see Albo steering the ship of state anytime in the future.

I can't see Albo steering the ship of state anytime in the future. — Wayfarer

Out of curiosity, why not?