Its always bemusing/upsetting that people would Vote LNP. I have no idea why when their polices are based on hate and hurt and and magical thinking yet their toxicity is so poular they’ve pulled Labor to their toxoc neo liberal way way of doing things .
All around us is complete policy failure (education, health, housing, Climate, environment, tranport etc) over 40-50 years and yet this is rewarded by voters ?
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Weird anectode, we used to have 50 acres behind Coffs Harbour (48 acres of bush), when we had excess we’d sell some to the local organic wholesaler. She inisited it was perfect or customers wouldn’t buy it. I was kind of bemused because the only way it’s getting that way in any volume is pesticides.
Another anecdote, we had all sorts of different fruit but they onky wanted the same fruit you get supermarkets, as that was all that sold (apple, bananas, mandarins and oranges…we only had the latter two)
Australian governments spent more than $20.5 billion on first home buyer help in the past decade, which made housing affordability worse by driving up property prices and left existing homeowners richer, new research found.
I was there once. It was hot and muggy and generally unpleasant.
Seems a fair summary.
Gold Coast (east of the M1 at least) has the beaches and rainforest in the mountains to at least.compensate. I lived and owns an apartment on the ocean there for a few years, as I couldn’t afford NZ, lots of Kiwi’s there as well.
Pope clears way for 'God's influencer' to become a saint (www.bbc.co.uk)
Google to build first subsea fiber-optic cable connecting Africa with Australia (techcrunch.com)
Sovcit made her own license plate out of cardboard. (lemmy.world)
Popular car uses 31% more fuel than advertised while other makes fare poorly in Australian efficiency test (www.theguardian.com)
No surprises there I guess :(
New Zealand man filmed trying to ‘body slam’ an orca in actions described as ‘idiotic’ (www.theguardian.com)
Wot ?
The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is rapidly melting. Scientists now have evidence for when it started and why | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Thank god we elected a government that takes climate change seriously.
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Scaremongering won’t keep Australia’s lights on. Picking up the pace of energy transition will | Dylan McConnell (www.theguardian.com)
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Woolworths CEO says supermarket contributes 'very little' to food waste (www.abc.net.au)
Revealed: Govt set to scrap grants to help first-home buyers onto property ladder | Newshub (www.youtube.com)
Pull up the ladder after you.
Coastal property owners warned of growing extreme weather risks as insurance costs soar - ABC News (www.abc.net.au)
Australia’s largest insurer, IAG, is calling for property buy-backs and an end to new housing in high-risk zones....
As NZ unemployment rises, Kiwis are making their way across the Tasman (www.abc.net.au)
Bad in NZ or hyperbole ?
Winston Peters accused of 'entirely defamatory' remarks about ex-Australian minister (www.rnz.co.nz)
Lol. Q3 here sets out what he (edit: allegedly) said (anything said in the House is protected by Parliamentary privilege)...