Australia

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/28020265

We must fix the #PIDact. Government whistleblowers like David McBride, Richard Boyle are not protected by the current legislation and are gaoled instead.

"As an ADF lawyer, McBride was a respected expert on the rules of engagement, and he also taught the PID Act to soldiers."

Paul Gregoire explains the David McBride case in the below article, extensively quoting McBride's lawyer Eddie Lloyd https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/mcbrides-appeal-is-in-jeopardy-as-the-respected-lawyer-needs-finances-to-fund-it/

cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/14420217

David needs money for his appeal. Please donate to his legal fund if you can: https://chuffed.org/project/davidmcbride

100 homes in 2 years is a good rate. Australia should be doing this.

A Folder that is hand-painted with an enchanted forest/unicorn in pink motif

Original and one of a kind

Sprayed with a matte varnish to protect the painted side from wear and tear

The Inside is painted too in a splatter-effect and varnished with the same matte spray, so all angles of the folder are painted!

Years ago I saw some funny clips of an Australian, or maybe New Zealand comedian. He had one episode were he spoke to people trying to shoot a golf ball into a hole on a small platform.

In another sketch he was going undercover spying on some super market to figure out some obscure conspiracy.

I'm not able to find the guy again. Searching on YouTube has become hopeless. Anyone got a clue?

We're just in the market for a new car and looking to get an EV.

One of the optional extras is a very expensive 6m Mode 3 Type 2 400V 16A 11kW IEC 3P cable "for public charging stations".

I assumed the cables were already there are the charging stations, like the hoses at the petrol bowser?

Should we purchase this cable, or is it unnecessary? We don't have a fast charger at home so, for the time being, we're just planning to charge off the (included) 240V 10A cable at home.

For context, I am specific about the part of this story where some developments/investors are highly subsided by the government. This allows the people to hold the government accountable and also transitively the investors that each dollar spent should benefiting the public.

This news is of course in the context of the US. Yet, aren't some of our builders here also received government aids during covid (before and after). Are there any existing plan to start the rent control in Australia in similar manner? Starting off with those investors who received helps from the government first?

Fantales, the famously chewy caramel chocolates once synonymous with an afternoon at the movies, are about to be no more.

Manufacturer Nestle announced the “sad news” on Tuesday, saying people weren’t buying them as much as they used to and the equipment used to make the sweets is breaking down.

Sydney Morning Herald

The Victorian Greens are threatening to block upcoming changes to the state’s planning laws unless they include a requirement for half of all dwellings in new developments to be either public or affordable housing.

Everyone's having ago, I really feel like I'm missing out.

Australia’s economy added 76,000 jobs last month as employers defied signs of slowing demand to expand the national workforce beyond 14m for the first time. The drop in the unemployment rate came even as the participation rate rose to a record 66.9%, meaning more people were looking for work.

Our research shows that aged care work is burdened by three types of stigma – physical, social and moral.

Physical stigma refers to work performed under particularly dangerous conditions, or being exposed to dirt, bodily fluids and death. Examples of jobs with high physical stigma include firefighting, working with sewage and being an undertaker.

Social stigma is associated with work seen as low-status, because it involves being in a servile relationship and working with people belonging to marginalised group – in this case, older people.

Moral stigma involves work that is viewed as deceptive or unethical. Examples include used car salespeople and loan sharks. Our findings point to a moral stigma around aged care work, which is reinforced by media coverage of elder abuse and neglect.

The Neumann Drive will be used by space companies in the US which carry devices on their satellites such as nets or robotic arms to capture orbital waste.

The thruster would then enable those satellites to return to Earth with the waste to be melted down into more fuel.

"It helps the satellites to de-orbit when the lifetime is complete, it could be after three years or five years, so we're helping de-orbiting or reducing space junk," Mr Baig said.

Well nothig really, since our beloved media are run by the same Americans anyway...

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