Well Pubsters here we go. After many tears and years we have finally arrived at Election time. 2019. Contrary to polls for years this will be a close and nail biting time .
The bookies are all saying Labor are a shoe in and in my experience and to my bank balance are very rarely wrong
All starts from now on and updates will continue .
Lets have fun and hopefully celebrate a labor victory on Sunday Morning.
With The Boss’s kind permission, I am adding links to Gippsland Laborite’s and Vote 1 Julia’s analyses here, in case anyone wants to refer to them.
NSW: https://pbxmastragics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/new-south-wales-2.pdf
QLD: https://pbxmastragics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/queensland-1.pdf
SA: https://pbxmastragics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/south-australia-1.pdf
TAS: “https://pbxmastragics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/tasmania-5.pdf
VIC: https://pbxmastragics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/victoria-3.pdf
WA: https://pbxmastragics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/western-australia-1.pdf
ACT: https://pbxmastragics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/act-4.pdf
NT: https://pbxmastragics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/nt-4.pdf
Independent and minor party candidates: https://pbxmastragics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/federal-seat-1.pdf
THE PUB 
Was this why Mitch Fifield got booted off to the UN?
Henderson is one of FauxMo’s pets, he chose her to open his one man band campaign launch, he’d love to have her back in his shoddy farce of a government.
Fifield is thick as a brick. His fronting Australia at the UN is a disgrace.
And with all that is going on in the Senate hand-outs, PJK was right in calling them unrepresentative swill.
Good!
I don’t know what Kevin Bonham was on about with his postal votes comment. It’s easy to find out precise numbers on votes still waiting in the queue. Maybe Kevin just uses the ABC site, which does not contain the detail the AEC site has.
The AEC clearly states how many postal votes were issued for any given electorate, how many were actually returned, how many were rejected for some sort of fault and how many are waiting to be processed.
The same detail is given for all the other late votes – absentee, declaration, whatever.
This is the latest count for Macquarie (Go Susan Templeman!). Way down at the bottom of the page we are shown there are still 220 postal votes waiting to be processed plus another 2032 other types of votes still waiting.
https://tallyroom.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionPage-24310-133.htm
Susan is a friend of mine (I am a lucky person). Over the last week she has moved from almost 200 in arrears to over 60 in front. As she hit the lead today, it was the first moment of political joy I have had since the counting of votes started last Saturday week night.
I may well be wrong, but, in the words from My Fair Lady, “i think she;s got it, I think she’s got it”.
I hope you are right.
Not a-bloody-gain!
We’re back to the msm doing Bad Labor!
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/28/kristina-keneally-frontbench-position-set-to-spark-labor-factional-brawl
Talk about making mountains out of molehills.
If it is so, so what? Everyone knows that is the ALP. Why do you think the leaders who get to the top are as good as they are? Because they put 2mill into the party or are friends with the clives of this world? The only ALP factionless leader I can think of is Rudd, although I am in the dark on most ALP faction-matters.
And the Libs and Nats have their own factions, they just have journalistic-proof fences around theirs.
Yes, there are some good points to come out of faction-fighting, after all.
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Good morning Dawn Patrollers.
Ross Gittins says it’s a bit of a worry for Morrison as the RBA is running out of bullets. Gittins busts the economic illusion that Morrison spruiked before the election.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/morrison-s-new-economic-worry-reserve-bank-running-out-of-bullets-20190528-p51rty.html
Latika Bourke looks at how Albanese might set up his shadow ministry.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/bill-shorten-being-considered-for-disability-portfolio-as-kristina-keneally-s-ambitions-thwarted-20190528-p51ryp.html
And Sarah Martin writes that a factional brawl is set to erupt within the Labor party over concerns the party’s right faction may block Kristina Keneally’s elevation to the frontbench.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/28/kristina-keneally-frontbench-position-set-to-spark-labor-factional-brawl
Jody Fassina explains why the Hanson threat is now to Labor as opposed to the Coalition.
https://www.smh.com.au/federal-election-2019/labor-has-a-problem-and-it-s-name-is-pauline-20190528-p51ry5.html
Simon Benson reports that the government is set to rol out it’s “big stick” on energy pricing. (Google).
coalitions-big-stick-for-energy-firms-at-the-ready/news-story/68c4f2ffceda195ae6cbe6b9ca5ab10a
Michael Koziol writes about Dutton’s new protegé Jason Wood defending his “ African gangs” election effort.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/no-regrets-new-multicultural-affairs-minister-proud-of-campaign-against-african-gangs-20190528-p51s0c.html
The Conversation takes a closer look at Scott Morrison’s new ministry.
https://theconversation.com/a-closer-look-at-scott-morrisons-new-ministry-117909
David Crowe reports that Canavan has claimed a mandate for coal-fired power and backed a new power station proposal. We are going to hear that spurious term “mandate” quite a lot!
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/resources-minister-backs-new-coal-plant-as-labor-reconsiders-climate-policy-20190528-p51s31.html
The Commonwealth Bank’s incoming home loan applications jumped to a 10-month high in the week following the Coalition’s surprise election win.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/strong-rebound-cba-home-loan-applications-hit-10-month-high-post-election-20190528-p51s2i.html
The SMH editorial calls for John Setka to stand down from his CFMMEU role given his criminal guilty plea.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/union-boss-needs-to-step-down-from-role-after-guilty-plea-20190528-p51s36.html
The AFR says that political infighting and a high turnover of leaders has left Australia with waning diplomatic influence across Asia.
https://www.outline.com/C8Lb2v
If you are not of Morrison’s faith, your Prime Minister believes you will endure eternal damnation in a lake of fire and brimstone. This is a literal belief — it is not a metaphor, writes Dr Jennifer Wilson.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/getting-a-go-pentecostal-prime-minister-style,12747
‘Egg boy’ Will Connolly is donating the crowd-funded $100,000 to help the Christchurch mosque attack survivors.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/egg-boy-will-connolly-donates-100-000-to-help-mosque-attack-survivors-20190529-p51s5y.html
According to James Hulme Sydney has to get serious about water recycling.
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/sustainability/sydney-has-to-get-serious-about-water-recycling-20190528-p51s0h.html
Elizabeth Knight outlines CBA’s ambitious plans to bring in new customers.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/how-cba-s-comyn-plans-to-spend-5-billion-to-lure-customers-20190528-p51rzx.html
The fix is in! Defying all odds, prospects for Adani’s coal mine in the Galilee Basin have never looked better. This is a risk for Australia, and the world. Energy expert Tim Buckley reports on the world’s most controversial mining project, Carmichael.
https://www.michaelwest.com.au/the-fix-is-in-adani-hooks-indias-poor-and-australias-taxpayers/
Clay Lucas reports that the Victorian government will tackle the state’s flammable cladding crisis – but only where it is the owner of the building.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/government-to-act-on-cladding-crisis-but-only-for-buildings-it-owns-20190527-p51rpr.html
Malaysia has warned of showing “no mercy” in its war on waste as it prepares to send containers of stinking rubbish back to Australia.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2019/05/29/malaysia-rubbish-australia/
Australia is on track to achieve 50% renewable electricity by 2030 even without new federal energy policies, according to modelling by the energy analysts RepuTex.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/29/australia-to-achieve-50-renewables-by-2030-without-government-intervention-analysis-finds
Analysts believe the post-election bounce will not last and are encouraging investors to look outside Australian equities.
https://www.outline.com/PhT4XX
The huge pools of capital around the world have pushed valuations towards a peak not seen since before the global financial crisis, says the founder of private equity firm BGH, Ben Gray.
https://www.outline.com/JxZ96s
Australia’s public psychiatric system is in slow and painful decline, with “profoundly disillusioned” psychiatrists leaving for private practice, senior specialists warn.
https://www.smh.com.au/healthcare/overburdened-psychiatrists-abandon-broken-public-system-20190528-p51s3j.html
The quality of corporate audits by the big four firms in Australia has been questioned by ASIC, a parliamentary committee and the government’s independent adviser on the financial reporting framework and audit quality and there are calls to reveal audit quality data.
https://www.outline.com/kbYDkx
The European Union will not renegotiate the Brexit deal that Prime Minister Theresa May agreed, Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said on Tuesday, as concerns grew that a successor to May could trigger a confrontation with the bloc.
https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/eu-tells-britain-there-will-be-no-renegotiation-of-brexit-deal-20190529-p51s5e.html
Cartoon Corner
David Rowe and the pests Albo might find in Queensland.
Cathy Wilcox goes to Manus Island.
John Shakespeare and the Mount Everest issue.
From Matt Golding.
David Pope sends Arfur off o Washington.
Fiona Katauskas is not happy about the treatment of refugees.
Zanetti sets Albo off for his Queensland tour.
Sean Leahy and Albo’s Master Voice.
Jon Kudelka pokes a stick at Morrison’s humility.
https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/a6d546d72f5e26a4a98b214c6fcc7c0d?width=1024
From the US.
Welcome back, BK.
Leone, thanks for posting BK’s links while he had a break from The Pub.
Razz is okay, hopefully will spend a bit of time awake today. She will be back home Friday, minus her three little piggies.
Best wishes to Razz for a speedy recovery.
Has anyone else noticed the sudden rush of National ministers wanting to talk about praying?
Michael McCormack started it with his inane “pray for rain” drought management strategy. Then Bridget McKenzie joined in with blather about praying –
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/new-agriculture-minister-senator-bridget-mckenzie-considers-practical-drought-responses/529749
I’ve never noticed Bridget talking about her “faith” before, or mentioning the importance of prayer as a management strategy. She has, in the past, been referred to as a Protestant and someone who believes in God, but that’s it. Now this proven liar and cheat is preaching the virtue of prayer at us.
Are they trying to impress FauxMo? Do they want something more for the Nats from our happy-clapper PM? Do they believe talking up their alleged faith is the way to win him over and get another Nat into the ministry?
It’s all very suspicious, and it does not bode well for the separation of church and state under this farce of a government.
Even Chris Bowen mentioned faith. I remember Shorten saying he didn’t believe that homosexual would go to hell. Maybe, according to some, he shouldn’t have said it. He was right though.
Dangerous stuff.
Excellent!
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/28/john-bercow-reveals-plans-stay-commons-speaker
Who chooses the clothes for those poor girls?
The older one seems to be wearing a very unflattering white smock.
I think his words were hypocritical but it is reasonable for this kids to be there. I would refrain from judging the daughter’s appearance. It is a pretty dress and she looks very proud, as she should.
Girls going regularly to church, look demure and gauche, no matter what they wear.
Could you make the older girls look any larger?
leonetwo
Something else those two have in common. In interviews both sound like contenders for ‘least sharp knife in the drawer’ . I guess it must be a very desirable attribute in Nat. circles.
The dumber the better as far as Nats are concerned. I look at what represents us here, state and federal, and who has preceded them, and honestly, you’d be hard pressed to find any intelligence among the lot of them, even the ones who have been lawyers and doctors.
They all excel at one thing though – arrogance. They have that in truckloads.
KK wil be in the Ministry. I really hope she’ll be Deputy. Not Marles.
Hi Pubsters,
I am in the backblocks of WA and have kept right away from post election stuff for the last week. Also I am recovering from a dreadful cold that kept me in bed.
I just realised that here, on this un-named for privacy, Aboriginal Community there is no newspapers except the local school newsletter. They must not be sold here because no-one is interested.
TV and Internet are available so who needs to pay for newspaper except it would be good for scaling fish on. OK, yes I am near the ocean and Broome is the nearest, (hahaha would not Brits et al find that incomprehensible?) by a few hundred kms, town.
I know we did not win, and the forces of darkness, enabled by Clive’s greed and sociopathy, did not win either. They take power, but with the prospect of negotiating the very landmines they laid for the Labor Party, the expected winners.
I will see how I go, I am quite busy up here, at least when not laid out by a cold I always seem to get after plane flights. (Counter measures, such as wearing gloves and using hand sani, or a full hazmat mask?)
Oh, my smartphone refuses to log me in, so I can only post on my laptop.
That man makes me sick. But I blame the effen idjits who give him kudos by listening to him like its ingesting crack cocaine.
Has the Media Watch bloke ever been interesting? Fancy having these 2 men on the programme. And comparing Palmer’s loss to Labor’s loss.
Not really.
Did anyone during the election campaign see if Media Watch pulled up any of those false adverts doing the rounds and the media’s failure to report on that action? It was so close to the USA social media take-over for their last election, and yet no-one in our media was awake to the happenings?
Or did Rupert frown at its mention in polite company?
Oh, and today is the funeral of a person who started out as a client I was looking after and ended up as a dear friend. We clicked as contempories and of similar attributes.
Least said, tobacco companies, lung cancer and slow medical response saw her go from un-noticed stage one to stage three and death in 18 months.
My mourning is anger.
I will rewatch this movie. https://youtu.be/jiZERmW-Cs4
Leone,
I am mindful that children do not choose their parents and I have my doubts that a happer-clapper parent is going to do much for a girl’s self-reliance and esteem.
But on the topic that photo raises, this may explain much. I perused a few other pages of it, and it scares me how far from my understanding of Christianity this is, fostered in a church in a low income area where the local Anglican priest was a member of MOW, the Movement of the Ordination of Women. Hell, this is not the stuff he preached, or should I say, let into discussions of such topics.
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/5-bible-verses-on-how-a-christian-woman-should-dress/103602.htm
The stuff about the cross-dressing is downright nuts. Is this why when I was young all women’s slacks had zippers at the sides and it was embarrassing to put on anything with a front fly? I remember putting on my brother’s old trousers to do some dirty work, and felt really ‘unright’ to have a zipper in the front.
Maybe is was a rural thing.
I don’t think FauxMo’s church enforces a dress code.
From what I’ve seen of FauxMo’s wife and daughters their dress is not always what a strict religious person might call “modest”. .Mrs FauxMo favours plunging necklines and strappy or off-the-shoulder frocks.
There must be designers of frocks for young ladies clamouring to be allowed to dress these two girls. I’m sure they could do better than today’s outfits.
I remember those zipper in the side slacks. I rebelled by having a pair of jeans with a very prominent, exposed brass zip down the front, and a pair of very nice pants that closed with black buttons at the front. Both garments were white, so the closings were a feature. It wasn’t a rural thing, I remember struggling with those damn side zippers when I started learning to sew.
Maybe there had to be a injunction against women wearing men’s clothing, in case women put on men’s clothing to get to places they were not allowed, and vice versa? I try to bring religious edict back to the probably practical aspect of the tribe, for better word, would set up a rule and have it set by the religious elder. Not eating pork to stop disease, covering men and women to prevent insect bites and getting covered in filth. Staying inside so the bearers of the wealth, the women in their adornments, don’t get stolen. Christians for example keeping wealth in the family be making sure a female only paired with selected a selected man.
Many women historically dressed as men to gain access to careers or resources, or more interesting lives of less restriction.
Anyway there would be PhDs aplenty on the subject.
But, can someone please tell me that is not a Morning suit, that Morrison is wearing? Surely it is not tails?
Certainly a long coat of some sort. Which is totally weird
It’s just a normal suit. What you are seeing is part of the flag behind him giving the impression of a long coat.
Other photos taken at today’s swearing-in give a better image of what he was wearing.
I’m not going to contaminate The Pub with those photos.
There is a video here, if you really want to look.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-29/morrison-coalition-government-sworn-in-holding-a-narrow-majority/11159408
Pretty classy
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/29/ed-husic-kristina-keneally-labor-anthony-albanese
Very civilised, and as you said, classy.
Maybe he doesn’t quite get along with Albo.
Look at the size waists on those patterns! They are all the same. Looks like the lower ribs have been removed. Eating disorders much?
Is there a way to make that image smaller? i do not want to clog people’s phones.
please.
Beyond me.
Razz is coming home tomorrow. Her pain level is back to normal, hooray, and she didn’t fall asleep on me once, but I nearly fell asleep on her. I think it was all the sitting around in the airconditioning that made me dopey. Got a very rude shock when I went outside. BRRRR.
I am so glad to hear this. Well done both you and Razz.
Glad to hear Razz is better!
I have to remember I am paying for mobile data, not the unlimited stuff I have at home!!!!!!
Puffy,
I deleted it. If you want it back you’ll have to post it again.
Thanks Ducky. it was too big an image for a blog, needed to be at least half that size. beyond me how to fix it, too.
ducky
hmm. there is a whole social history just in vintage home dressmaking patterns. some of these my Mum described as her ‘going out’ dresses. Tightly belted ballerina (calf) length skirts over a starched petticoat or two, and a tulle petticoat for filling out. (Meoldema was from the good-looking branch of the family). Dances were alcohol-free and no girl refused the poor sod who worked up enough courage to cross the room to ask for a turn at proper dancing. (so I am told, it was an unwritten rule. so long as he minded his p’s and q’s)
https://jaycotts.co.uk/collections/patterns_vintage
Leonetwo
I will bypass the video, thanks. The less I see of that crazy (appropriate Aussie cusswords) smirker the better for my calmness.
It is a pity the people in Dutton’s seat refuse to see pure evil when it is front of them. Each and every one of them should get a weekly update with pictures of what their vote is doing. (not including ALP voters.)
F.M
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/29/how-do-we-fit-the-horror-of-manus-into-out-hearts-the-least-we-can-do-is-maintain-our-brutal-vigil
Feeling somewhat better today because it seems now very likely that Labor will hold on in Macquarie, since Susan Templeman’s lead has increased to 282 votes.
I just hope this term won’t be like the 2001-2004 term with only bitter defeat at the end of it again.
Randy Rainbow (with some not quite covert insinuations, make up your own mind but I’m convinced)
Puffy
I’ll be sure to show the beautiful bunch of flowers you’ve sent Razz. Thank you.
https://www.pollbludger.net/2019/05/28/photo-finishes-3/
Anne Aly wins Cowan.
As of 5.15 today there were still 964 votes left to be processed in Macquarie.
Why can’t these commenters just look up the relevant site instead of making ill-informed guesses?
Exact figures for votes still to be processed –
Absent – 348
Provisional 184
Declaration pre-poll – 207
Postal – 225.
Total awaiting processing – 964
https://tallyroom.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionPage-24310-133.htm
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/may/29/bid-to-stop-tory-leadership-campaign-turning-nasty-live-news#comments
Speaking of Boris …
Interesting
Op. cit.
We have one of these in the garden and that is what it looked like this week.
Next to the Silver Birch
Marvellous, I want some foliage trees on my Tassie block (once the house is built, that is) so could I ask what type of trees they are?
Little sad note: a few years ago I would have copied your images to show to my friend Annie in California, to distract her from her troubles. Alas she died nearly 3 years ago now—emphysema and lung cancer.
Japanese Maple and Silver Birch.
Ta muchly.
Inhabitants of Id.
What could possibly go wrong.
Just ask anyone who has had to deal with Service NSW, the inspiration for this brainfart.
A liar running for PM?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/may/29/bid-to-stop-tory-leadership-campaign-turning-nasty-live-news
Extraordinary!
I have a magnificent silver birch!
Good morning Dawn Patrollers.
They’re off and running! Conservative Coalition MPs emboldened by strong support from religious voters at the election are pushing the Morrison government for more radical and far-reaching religious freedom provisions in forthcoming laws.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/folau-s-law-coalition-mps-push-for-bolder-action-in-a-new-dawn-for-religious-freedom-20190529-p51s9m.html
And the same might be said about the ABC given what Ita Buttrose has just said.
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/we-might-be-biased-more-diverse-views-needed-at-abc-says-buttrose-20190529-p51sj2.html
David Wroe says that Trump is harming Australia’s reputation and that our government is unnecessarily relaxed about it.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/donald-trump-is-damaging-australia-s-reputation-we-shouldn-t-be-so-relaxed-20190529-p51sie.html
And he tells us that Alexander Downer has ridiculed the idea he was sent to spy on a junior Donald Trump campaign aide as part of an international conspiracy to kickstart the FBI’s Russia probe.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6190164/complete-beat-up-downer-laughs-off-trumps-russian-probe-conspiracy-theory/?cs=14232
Michael Koziol reports that an Australian navy vessel brought 20 Sri Lankan asylum seekers to the Christmas Island detention centre where they were held for a number of days before being sent home on Wednesday. Was it the pull factor?
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/boatload-of-20-sri-lankan-asylum-seekers-brought-to-christmas-island-report-20190529-p51skd.html
Phil Coorey shows us how ability has taken a back seat to factional alignment in the choice of Labor frontbenchers.
https://www.outline.com/YqJaWm
John Wanna writes that policies, not posturing, will help Albanese shake the ‘left-wing’ tag and restore faith in his party.
https://theconversation.com/policies-not-posturing-will-help-albanese-shake-the-left-wing-tag-and-restore-faith-in-his-party-117817
Michelle Pini says that in the latest Cabinet reshuffle, regurgitated and newly appointed ministers, some with questionable credentials, to say the least, have already been waxing lyrical about the supposed “mandate” for the most objectionable of the Government’s policies.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/stuart-robert-and-4-more-we-cant-afford-including-an-annoying-envoy,12757
Sarah Martin also contributes on the above issue.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/29/albanese-to-reveal-frontbench-while-fighting-to-contain-factional-heavyweights
Jennifer Hewett tells us about a gung ho Angus Taylor saying that bipartisanship means accepting what the government wants when it comes to the energy “big stick”.
https://www.outline.com/68vJBc
According to Scott Colvin the way Australia votes is broken.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/the-way-australia-votes-is-broken,12752
Stephen Koukoulas explains why you need to buy a house NOW!
https://thekouk.com/item/678-here-s-why-you-need-to-buy-a-house-now.html
Christopher Knaus reports that Defence has been ordered to hand over the navy chief’s diary to the senator investigating a particular arms contract. Nice work from Rex Patrick.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/30/defence-ordered-to-hand-over-navy-chiefs-diary-to-senator-investigating-arms-contract
The AFR says borrowers will be the beneficiaries of a likely cut to the cash rate next week, as banks prepare to reset mortgage rates to fresh record lows.
https://www.outline.com/fj7UgS
Nick Bonyhady reports that Anthony Albanese has confirmed Bill Shorten will be given a place on the Labor frontbench if the former opposition leader wants one.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-would-accept-shorten-on-his-frontbench-if-he-wants-a-place-20190529-p51skc.html
The SMH editorial says that Albanese should not be shy of changing course.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-must-not-be-shy-of-changing-course-20190529-p51sdg.html
Andrew Mackenzie tells us why BHP backs an Indigenous voice to parliament.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/let-this-nation-shine-why-bhp-backs-an-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-20190529-p51sd3.html
Michael Pascoe has great concern for the integrity of Frydenberg’s review of the retirement income system. A good read!
https://thenewdaily.com.au/money/finance-news/2019/05/29/retirement-income-review-josh-frydenberg/
In an excellent contribution the director of the drug and alcohol unit at St Vincent’s Hospital puts the case to retain Sydney’s lockout laws.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/don-t-lock-out-the-facts-on-lockout-laws-they-ve-made-this-city-safer-20190529-p51sfm.html
The science says one of our most endangered bird species – the black-throated finch – is at serious risk under the present Adani plan to dig up the Galilee Basin for coal. Research professor Bill Laurance pleads for the Queensland Co-ordinator-Genera to take this into account when bringing down the decision on Adani’s plan by tomorrow.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/clock-ticking-for-the-black-throated-finch-a-plea-before-adani-d-day-20190529-p51s8w.html
Doug Dingwall reports that the federal government’s largest department will rebrand for the first time in its 15-year life as newly sworn Prime Minister Scott Morrison puts it at the centre of plans to overhaul the bureaucracy’s dealings with the public.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6189669/rebrand-for-human-services-department-as-coalition-charges-it-with-it-reform/?cs=14350
Richard Denniss posits that while Australian political debate has never seemed more sharply divided, the philosophical lines between left and right have never seemed more blurred.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/29/whats-left-and-right-in-australian-politics-today-the-lines-are-shifting
Stephen Bartholomeusz explains how while it might have made a somewhat belated start to that process, the T22 program offers the potential to create a new and more nimble Telstra and, therefore, the news that it is reaching its milestones ahead of schedule is positive, despite the extra red ink in this year’s accounts.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/telstra-s-700m-of-new-losses-perversely-is-good-news-for-andy-penn-20190529-p51sat.html
Centrelink staff have continued to issue welfare debts they know could be incorrect under pressure to meet performance targets despite the government’s efforts to reform the controversial scheme, employees have alleged.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/29/centrelink-still-issuing-incorrect-robodebts-to-meet-targets-staff-claim
Patrick Hatch goes into how Coles and Woolies’ secret weapon in war with Aldi is data analytics.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/coles-and-woolies-secret-weapon-in-war-with-aldi-is-data-20190529-p51sej.html
Lisa Martin reports that Australia and New Zealand’s health star food rating system has been dismissed as flawed in a new study because salty, sugary and fatty products are scoring too highly due to loopholes in the system and unhealthy items often avoid carrying the labels entirely.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/30/unhealthy-products-are-gaming-flawed-health-star-food-rating-study-finds
This contribution in The Conversation explains how homelessness has soared in our biggest cities, driven by rising inequality since 2001.
https://theconversation.com/homelessness-soars-in-our-biggest-cities-driven-by-rising-inequality-since-2001-117833
Mental giant Matt Canavan has shrugged off Australia’s further greenhouse gas emissions increase.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/29/australias-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increased-for-fourth-year-in-a-row-in-2018
Missouri may lose its last abortion clinic this week. That’s dark news for all in the US writes Jill Filipovic.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/29/missouri-last-abortion-clinic-dark-news
Nick Miller has a look at what the charges against Boris Johnson for lying during the Brexit referendum campaign might mean for him.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/boris-johnson-accused-should-a-political-campaign-lie-be-a-crime-20190530-p51sks.html
This charming lady is the first person subject to an Unexplained Wealth Order, which allows British authorities to seize assets from people suspected of corruption or links to organised crime until the owners account for how they were acquired. She certainly has no compunction in squandering it!
https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/choccies-for-58-825-court-lists-woman-s-35m-harrods-shopping-spree-20190529-p51s6w.html
Matthew Knott outlines what Robert Muller said in his first outing after the release of his report.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/robert-mueller-breaks-his-silence-on-russia-probe-in-shock-press-conference-20190530-p51ske.html
Nancy Pelosi has called Facebook executives ‘willing enablers’ of Russian interference.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/pelosi-calls-facebook-execs-willing-enablers-of-russian-interference-20190530-p51sl5.html
Bloomberg continues to dig as it reports that an Ethiopian Airlines pilot told senior managers at the carrier months before one of its Boeing 737 MAX jets crashed that more training and better communication to crew members was needed to avert a repeat of a similar disaster involving a Lion Air flight.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/it-will-be-a-crash-for-sure-pilot-warned-before-737-max-disaster-20190529-p51sep.html
Have a look at this! Our phones are beavering away while we are asleep sending all sorts of data about us to third parties.
https://www.theage.com.au/technology/do-you-know-who-your-iphone-talks-to-when-you-re-sleeping-20190529-p51s9e.html
Cartoon Corner
David Rowe uses Everest to make his point.
Cathy Wilcox with Morrison’s economic miracle.
From Matt Golding.
Nice work here from Andrew Dyson.
David Pope sings Albo’s problems.
John Shakespeare on the indigenous voice.
Zanetti.
Glen Le Lievre and what interests Australia.
Jon Kudelka takes aim at Warren Entsch.
https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/64d6c2141708c9e5619211ea9b3772e8?width=1024
From the US
And it gets worse – two ministers kicked out of Turnbull’s ministry for corrupt activities – Ley and Robert – now promoted to Cabinet. Robert promoted not because of ability (he has none) but because he’s a Pentecostal and FauxMo likes to reward and surround himself with religious nutters. I presume Ley is there because she is a woman, and women are in short supply among the ranks of the government.
Michaelia Cash, still there despite the huge legal clouds hanging over her. She too is (allegedly) a woman.
Hillsong church attendee Alex Hawke kept in the outer ministry in a Mickey Mouse portfolio just because he’s another happy clapper and a close FauxMo ally.
The FaiuxMo ministry is a sad array of incompetents, nutters and the plain evil.
Do we see any journalistic comment on this? No, we do not. All we get is constant criticism of Labor and of Albo’s new ministry, which has not even been revealed yet. Emotive language is used to describe Labor’s plans, the most popular word seems to be “brawl” closely followed by “factions”.
It may come as a shock to most journalists, but the Libs have factions too, and they are more divisive and more problematic than Labor’s could ever be. We all know how powerful the far right nutter faction has been in damaging this country. That faction dictates climate policy, that’s why this government has none. Now we have a new faction to contend with – the members of FauxMo’s cult. Does any of this get a mention? Nope. I had to search hard to even find information on who is in or out of the ministry and who has been promoted or demoted.
This is the best I could find.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-26/election-2019-morrison-new-ministry/11150728
3% ! OMG ! the BCA etc will be having a melt down over that increase.Declaring the four horsemen of the apocalypse will be arriving any day now .
Annnnnnnd here they come courtesy of Mordor Media of course.
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Wage rise puts jobs, small business at risk
Business warns today’s three per cent minimum wage rise puts jobs in danger and risks the viability of some small businesses.
10 MINUTES AGO By EWIN HANNAN
SHADOW CABINET
So predictable. That extra pay will also mean “small businesses” will have customers able to spend more money, but they never mention that.