Premier says move will end the ‘nexus between money and political power’ and challenges state and federal counterparts to follow suit. The South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, has announced plans to ban political donations from state elections, paving the way for nation-leading electoral reforms....
"Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has signalled he will scrap the nation’s legally binding 2030 climate target and risk #Australia’s membership of the #ParisAgreement, following his vow to deploy nuclear energy to reach net zero by 2050.
He would also pause the rollout of wind and solar farms.
The Albanese government is currently committed to more than double the amount of #RenewableEnergy to 82 % of the grid by 2030 as the key measure to reach its climate target."
Crowded House, the Aussie/New Zealand band formed in the mid-1980s, has a new album, "Gravity Stairs." Stereogum spoke to founder and frontman Neil Finn about the band's history, Split Enz, Fleetwood Mac, "Flight of the Conchords" and "Bluey."
As per the Beastie Boys, you’ve got to fight for your right to party.
Well, OK.
But you shouldn’t have to fight for your consumer rights… but I did when using Apple Australia’s supposedly “easy” trade-in service for an iPad. It was anything but easy…
(A long read at Gizmodo Australia, because I’m stubborn about these kinds of things. It should not take the kind of fighting I had to do here to get a positive result)
It's not often I revisit a review, but that's just what I've done with my review of D-Link's Aquila Pro AI Mesh system, now with test results for two and three node systems.
(If you're already asleep, it's home wifi mesh gear. Makes things go faster, in theory... and, it turns out, in the real world too!)
I love that the HMD Pulse Pro is repairable by design… but even in the budget space, a phone has to have a little more than that to truly stand out. Here’s my full video and text review!
“in Norway they tax the fossil fuel industry and give kids free university education, in Australia we subsidise the fossil fuel industry and charge kids a fortune to go to university.”
Australia's superannuation system needs an overhaul to make it fairer for people on low incomes and women. One thing this story misses is that for women in their late 50s and older, the compulsory superannuation guarantee levy did not exist when they were working before they had children.
It is extraordinary that in this day and age a woman is still dependant on having a husband for some kind of financial security in old age. Sadly, divorced women face an older life of financial difficulties. #women#Australia
South Australia introduces ‘world-leading’ bill to ban political donations from elections (www.theguardian.com)
Premier says move will end the ‘nexus between money and political power’ and challenges state and federal counterparts to follow suit. The South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, has announced plans to ban political donations from state elections, paving the way for nation-leading electoral reforms....