Death Notice

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I was on the crux of publishing another article about Fed Parliament, rape, and the rule of law (and will do so soon), but I’m so enchanted by this that I must share – what a brilliant woman!
I hope her family will forgive me for republishing this, but given it’s already in the public domain, and given what a fantastic woman she obviously was, I hope they will forgive me.

EVANS, Elaine Anne

After 84 years of pushing and dominating her family, ‘little sis’ Elaine has lost her final battle with the grim reaper.

Although she managed to get her way on most of the matters she took on during her lifetime, she bit off more than she should with the big C, but she would say only because it took a rare and highly aggressive one to finish her off.

Despite her diminutive stature and disarming smile, only the brave took on Elaine or the causes she fought for, at least directly, and woe to anyone who misjudged her tenacity and will power to push aside mountains of bureaucracy and accepted practice if these stood in her way.

Not content with getting her way with her immediate and extended families, Elaine took her battle for fairness and justice for her beloved Sydney western suburbs to such areas as Board member of Parramatta Hospital (1984-88), Councillor on Parramatta City Council (1987-91), Board member on Parramatta Park Trust (2001 -11).

While these organisations all probably felt the heat of Elaine’s passion to challenge the ‘accepted way’, they would probably all admit they emerged fairer and more responsive to local needs for her time with them.

Eschewing most official recognition for her community work, Elaine was chuffed to be pulled up by the Western Australian police while holidaying with her beloved Bill in 1999, telling her she needed to fly back to Sydney to receive the inaugural Justice Medal awarded by the Law Foundation of NSW at Parliament House for her “outstanding contribution to justice in NSW” – arising from her decade of work at the then Women’s Legal Resource Centre supporting women, especially in western Sydney as well as the more remote and needy corners of the State.

All pretty good for the daughter of a fettler and a railway gate keeper in Armidale who left school at 15 to take care for her newly widowed dad, worked in factories and farms before resuming her schooling at forty by completing her HSC so she could enter tertiary studies to better help others. Always the overachiever, Elaine topped her class at the then Milperra College of Advanced Education and was awarded the Council Medal in 1979.

Elaine’s passion for justice for all made her a very active member and supporter of the Labor Left, and the Evans dinner table at Toongabbie was never free of animated discussion and debate on the failings of the ‘other side’, be it Labor or Liberal, to achieve fairness and equity for those in need.

Elaine will be greatly missed by husband Bill, her siblings Grace, Joan and Gerald, along with her proud children Graham, Jennifer, Jeffrey and Sharon (dec) and their wider families.

Thanks to Sally-Ann, Trish and their respective teams at Mt Druitt Palliative Care Unit for their special care in Elaine’s final weeks, along with Dr Dinh at Westmead Hospital oncology.


3,208 thoughts on “Death Notice”

  1. Gladys is in gold-standard panic mode – way too late

  3. Paul Kelly is a disgrace!

    my bold

    …

    Kelly notes there are lockdowns in Victoria and South Australia that have been “seeded from this outbreak” and delivering extra vaccines to New South Wales has an “opportunity cost” in other places.

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/jul/23/australia-covid-live-update-national-cabinet-nsw-braces-for-increase-in-cases-despite-sydney-lockdown-astrazeneca-vaccine-push-scott-morrison-gladys-berejiklian-dan-andrews-pfizer-coronavirus-victoria-melbourne#comments

  4. Guess who is responsible for the national emergency? The same dithering fool who is STILL avoiding a proper lockdown.

  12. Speaking of Jordan –

  14. Gawd! The confusion!

    First we were told it was OK to have less time between AZ injections despite advice the recommended 12 week wait would give more efficacy. Cutting the time between doses to, say 6 weeks, will reduce that efficacy to around 55%.
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2021-03-11/covid-19-vaccines-astrazeneca-doses-efficacy-rate/13202050

    Now we are being told to space out Pfizer injections to make more vaccine available for those who have not yet had their first dose. Lord knows how long those who follow this dodgy advice from that well-known medical adviser Scovid will have to wait for that second dose. Maybe until next year?

    Morrison gets into a little more nitty gritty now. He says that in NSW they will slightly tinker with the state-run vaccination centre measures to allow for a delay on second doses of Pfizer and a shorter gap between second doses of AstraZeneca. These measures are already backed by the Atagi advice, he says.

    Morrison:

    “To that end, we discussed and will be confirming over the next 24 hours the ability for, in New South Wales, in their state vaccine centres, for them to do greater amounts of first doses by staying within the medical advice, the target advice, which says that second doses of Pfizer can be extended out to six weeks. So that is an existing regulation. It is an existing approval, it is an existing medical advice. To increase the dose of first doses that can be delivered, maximising greater supply we have available, then we are working to put that in place in New South Wales because of the situation that exists there”

    ”
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/jul/23/australia-covid-live-update-national-cabinet-nsw-braces-for-increase-in-cases-despite-sydney-lockdown-astrazeneca-vaccine-push-scott-morrison-gladys-berejiklian-dan-andrews-pfizer-coronavirus-victoria-melbourne

    Well, that will really confuse the cloth-brained voters who still believe Scovid is doing a great job, despite truckloads of information to prove he is the world’s worst leader.

    Can’t the oaf just tell us how many doses are definitely expected to arrive and when, instead of jeopardising the immunity of millions of Australians with his very suspect advice? That advice, of course, is aimed at making him appear to be managing the crisis he himself created.

  15. Katharine at 20:18 23 July

    …

    Going into Friday’s meeting, some of the premiers did wonder whether they were walking into a stitch-up, given the drama of Berejiklian’s pre-positioning.

    They wondered whether the premier’s declaration of a national emergency, and her argument that vaccines needed to be redirected to Sydney urgently, reflected some pre-agreement with Morrison.

    The passage of time has taught premiers to keep their wits about them. When these leaders invented national cabinet on the hop in a football stadium in Parramatta in March 2020, during the first wave of the pandemic, there was a strong sense of solidarity that bridged the partisan differences.

    While this national cabinet – a governance structure to manage a federated crisis – continues to function, there are now a bunch of accumulated resentments that hover in the room, like hungry ghosts.

    …

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/23/the-feeling-around-the-national-cabinet-table-these-days-is-gladys-berejiklian-succumbed-to-hubris

  18. I love the positive aspects of the Olympics.

    I acknowledge and hope for solutions for the negatives.

    I cheer for the underdogs, the countries getting their first ever medals and the athletes overcoming hardships just to compete.

    Much needs to be changed but I hope the original concept remains, in a less costly form.

    My favourite part of the Opening Ceremony is seeing small countries I hardly know, with their flags and clothes and excited athletes.

    I prefer the Olympic expression national pride and competition over wars.

  19. That was a perfect Opening Ceremony for the current times.

    Many athletes, including Australia, left immediately after doing their Ceremony entrance.

    I was worried about the kids singing without masks, but I assume everyone was vaccinated. Anyone going anywhere within a 100kms of this event should have been jabbed by now, vaccine passport style.

    I dearly hope this does not end up a super-spreader event.

    On the positive it will be good distraction for people in lockdown, or even just suffering from anxiety over the plague.

  20. https://www.theroar.com.au/2021/07/21/how-bloody-good-matildas-perfect-statement-before-nz-clash/

    Well done, ladies!

    “Australia’s Matildas posed with an Aboriginal flag and linked arms as their own special statement against racism ahead of their Olympic Games opening group game against New Zealand, which they won 2-1.
    The Kiwis had taken a knee to protest against racism while the Australians had stood opposite them with arms linked in their own special statement, before posing with the red, black and yellow flag.

    The International Olympic Committee relaxed rules around protests or political statements at the Games ahead of the Tokyo Olympics – allowing athletes latitude outside of competition or dais appearances.”

    • Cynical ol’ me reckons it is ‘virtue signalling’ . A public cost free and effort free show of ‘virtue’ but afterwards they’ll do sfa. Seen it too many times.*

      * My opinion was not influenced by the result 😆

  21. Good morning Dawn Patrollers. There’s a lot of meat in this Lockdown Special.

    In another scathing assessment, Laura Tingle writes that, as Australia’s COVID crisis reaches boiling point, Morrison seems unable to articulate what’s wrong with our lack of policy.
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-24/australia-covid-crisis-scott-morrison-unable-articulate-policy/100319266
    Laura will upset dear old Gerard Henderson with her latest! Henderson continues with his infatuation with the “biased” ABC.
    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/governing-can-be-difficult-while-its-easy-to-criticise/news-story/1819be8caddc73aae341eb9f521713cc
    Peter Hartcher declares that Scott Morrison’s reckoning has arrived.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/scott-morrison-s-reckoning-has-arrived-20210723-p58cbm.html
    The feeling around the national cabinet table these days is that Gladys Berejiklian succumbed to hubris, writes Katherine Murphy who seems to have the goss from inside the last meeting.
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/23/the-feeling-around-the-national-cabinet-table-these-days-is-gladys-berejiklian-succumbed-to-hubris
    There is an increasing likelihood that the Delta strain of the Covid-19 virus has dealt a fatal blow to the prospects of the Morrison government retaining office at the next election, whenever it is held, argues Paul Bongiorno in a contribution well worth reading.
    https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2021/07/24/delta-variants-political-toll/162704880012121
    Dennis Atkins writes that, from character to competence, ‘Scotty from Marketing’ is in a world of pain.
    https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2021/07/24/atkins-morrison-character-competence/
    PM has dealt with the ‘sorry’ question, but it might be harder to put the ATAGI questions to rest, writes Michelle Grattan.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pm-has-dealt-with-the-sorry-question-it-might-be-harder-to-put-the-atagi-questions-to-rest-20210723-p58c7s.html
    In this long examination, Jacob Greber writes that Scott Morrison has the haunted look of a man who woke in fright this week. He says our lockdown nation yearning for leadership.
    https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/lockdown-nation-yearning-for-leadership-20210722-p58c34
    Karen Middleton tells us that the government’s appointment of a three-star general to head the vaccine rollout is part of a larger trend that risks politicising the Defence Force.
    https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2021/07/24/the-militarisation-the-public-service/162704880012129
    A power-sharing relationship inside the NSW Liberals has given the party stability – and edged out the influence of Scott Morrison, writes Mike Seccombe.
    https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2021/07/24/how-power-and-factionalism-work-berejikliand/162704880012127
    Crispin Hull says that the buck will never stop with Morrison if he keeps passing it.
    https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7353990/the-buck-will-never-stop-with-morrison-if-he-keeps-passing-it/?cs=14264
    Gladys Berejiklian is set to delay thousands of second COVID-19 vaccines and redirect the doses to south-west Sydney in a dramatic escalation of the government’s response to the Delta strain.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/second-jabs-to-be-delayed-more-first-doses-sent-to-south-west-sydney-20210723-p58ceo.html
    The federation has fractured once more over the coronavirus outbreak, opines Rob Harris.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/federation-fractures-once-more-over-coronavirus-outbreak-20210723-p58cfj.html
    Peter van Onselen also examines the state the federation.
    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/premiers-the-true-power-steering-thenation/news-story/9b1163bdff0e804a95d138e26f6e8bd7
    South-western Sydney suburbs have among the lowest vaccination rates in the state despite being in the epicentre of the city’s worsening Delta outbreak. The SMH looks at how Sydney’s outbreak turned into a national emergency – and where to from here.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/how-sydney-s-outbreak-turned-into-a-national-emergency-and-where-to-from-here-20210723-p58ccz.html
    In her weekly media round-up Amanda Meade writes about News Ltd turning against Berejiklian.
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jul/23/hazzard-warning-as-news-corp-turns-on-nsw-government
    Katina Curtis weighs up the risk equations for AstraZeneca in various circumstances.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pfizer-vaccine-approved-for-children-aged-12-to-15-years-by-therapeutic-goods-administration-20210723-p58c8i.html
    Nick Coatsworth writes, “A section of the medical and scientific commentariat has peddled extreme risk aversion to Australia’s detriment. The most egregious examples have amounted to anti-AstraZenecism. It’s not academic freedom. It’s academic dishonesty – and it will cost lives.”
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/unqualified-and-dishonest-the-experts-who-undermined-confidence-in-astrazeneca-will-cost-australians-lives-20210722-p58c1f.html
    Public policy and personal reticence due to side effects continue to impede the use of Australia’s available and effective AstraZeneca (AZ) COVID-19 vaccine at a time when it is most needed, the now critical 6 months before sufficient supplies of alternate vaccines can deliver the desired 80% vaccination rate required to end the need for crippling lockdowns, writes Graeme Stewart.
    https://johnmenadue.com/graeme-stewart-we-can-help-to-restore-confidence-in-the-az-vaccine/
    Aisha Dow and Melissa Cunningham write that, according to Allen Cheng, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation’s co-chair for COVID vaccines, Australia is likely to experience a coronavirus epidemic in unvaccinated people once the nation is reopened to the virus, as everyone would eventually either be infected with the disease or get vaccinated against it.
    https://www.theage.com.au/national/flu-on-steroids-former-deputy-health-officer-warns-of-epidemic-among-unvaccinated-20210723-p58c8p.html
    Philosopher Adam Piovarchy writes about why we wanted the Prime Minister to say, ‘I’m sorry’.
    https://www.theage.com.au/national/why-we-wanted-the-prime-minister-to-say-i-m-sorry-20210722-p58byu.html
    The editorial in The Age looks at how we face a tough transition from fortress Australia.
    https://www.theage.com.au/national/we-face-a-tough-transition-from-fortress-australia-20210723-p58c9l.html
    This is quite a sensible contribution from Greg Sheridan on how, at some time, we will be forced to live with Covid.
    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/in-this-land-of-the-delta-blues-covid-zero-is-no-longer-king/news-story/fb7d4e5e3658bb7c69a0d3c3c0f7de12
    NSW has a right to expect more help from other states after housing the majority of Australia’s returned travellers, posits the SMH editorial.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/sydney-should-not-have-to-do-this-on-its-own-20210723-p58ch0.html
    With half of Australia locked down, Bondi has become public enemy No 1, says Brigid Delaney.
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/23/with-half-of-australia-in-locked-down-bondi-has-become-public-enemy-no-1
    Dr Kerry Chant is on the front line in the fight against Covid-19. She is described by colleagues as someone who abhors small talk and will give advice regardless of the impact on her career, writes Rick Morton.
    https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2021/07/24/what-drives-dr-kerry-chant/162704880012128
    Shane Wright argues that Sydney’s job market was faltering even before the city’s lockdown rules were tightened to stem the spread of coronavirus, with growing evidence the national economy is being derailed by NSW’s struggle to deal with the pandemic.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/job-market-softening-even-before-tougher-lockdowns-hit-the-economy-20210722-p58c1b.html
    John Lord looks at the struggle to get Morrison to say “sorry”.
    https://theaimn.com/ye-shall-know-them-by-their-fruits/
    In the list of policy failures over the past 20 years, the fall in school education performance must rank at or near the top – yet the response has brought contradictory voices and a denial of political responsibility to confront this dis­service to young Australians and our economic future, writes Paul Kelly.
    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/lessons-in-failure-on-education-need-to-be-learnt/news-story/caf28295dab28deffb81758a65411997
    The US President has acted swiftly to deal with the increasing evidence that reduced competition is contributing to a productivity slowdown, and Australia should follow his lead, urges Ross Gittins. He quotes Biden as saying, ‘Let me be very clear, capitalism without competition isn’t capitalism, it’s exploitation.’
    https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/if-biden-can-reel-in-the-big-fish-so-can-we-20210722-p58c5k.html
    Josh Frydenberg promised $65m for car parks at four stations in his electorate ahead of the last election, but if they’re ever to be delivered costs will balloon. And one of the stations soon won’t exist!
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/treasurer-promised-car-park-for-a-train-station-that-soon-won-t-exist-20210722-p58c45.html
    As more details emerge about the government’s car park fund, Karen Middleton reveals that a former departmental officer has described it as ‘a rort’.
    https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2021/07/24/the-car-park-fund-was-rort/162704880012132
    Star Entertainment is likely to return to the table in it’s pursuit of Crown Resorts, but it’s a safe bet that its next offer won’t be as generous as the initial one, writes Elizabeth Knight who says Crown is feeling the heat for playing hard to get.
    https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/corporate-wallflower-crown-feels-the-heat-for-playing-hard-to-get-20210723-p58ce1.html
    Nick O’Malley writes that, as the world gallops to Glasgow, Australia trundles the other way.
    https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/the-world-gallops-to-glasgow-while-australia-trundles-the-other-way-20210723-p58cfm.html
    Having spent a decade framing emissions reduction in apocalyptic terms, the Coalition now has to present different facts, explains Katherine Murphy.
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/24/the-coalition-now-has-to-present-different-climate-facts
    A slow-moving heat dome is bringing record-breaking temperatures to the northern hemisphere. Climate scientists are alarmed by how bad it is – and what might follow in Australia.
    https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2021/07/24/welcome-the-heat-dome/162704880012131
    Julia Baird explains what has changed 17 years after she wrote a book about the media, women and politics. Another good read from Julia,
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/what-s-changed-17-years-after-i-wrote-a-book-about-the-media-women-and-politics-20210723-p58cbc.html
    Michaela Whitbourn tells us that the judge presiding over war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial says there are significant obstacles to moving the case interstate to avoid a worsening COVID-19 outbreak in NSW but he has not yet ruled it out.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/real-difficulties-in-moving-roberts-smith-defamation-trial-interstate-judge-20210723-p58cc7.html
    Matt O’Sullivan reports that the builder and developer of Sydney’s Opal Tower have been ordered to fix defects in the 36-storey building more than two years after residents were forced to evacuate due to cracking.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/watchdog-orders-more-defects-to-be-fixed-in-sydney-s-opal-tower-20210723-p58c8t.html
    John Coates’ cutting behaviour is exactly according to his cloth, say Peter FitzSimons in his weekly sports column.
    https://www.smh.com.au/sport/coates-cutting-behaviour-is-exactly-according-to-his-cloth-20210723-p58cep.html
    Matthew Elmas explains how Australian motorists could miss out on the falling global petrol prices.
    https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/finance-news/2021/07/22/petrol-prices-oil-australia/
    The departure of host Hamish Macdonald after 18 months has prompted questions about Q+A’s future – and an opportunity to get it right writes Karl Quin. And he’s not wrong!
    https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/what-s-wrong-with-the-abc-s-once-mighty-q-a-and-how-to-fix-it-20210723-p58ca6.html
    Nearly 18 months after the coup in Myanmar, Professor David Kinley asks why Australia’s Future Fund is still investing in Adani Ports whose contracts with the Myanmar military are worth $290 million.
    https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/future-funds-adani-investment-supports-myanmar-coup,15323
    The New York Times says that the anti-vaxxer movement is much bigger than Facebook.
    https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/the-anti-vaxxer-movement-is-much-bigger-than-facebook-20210723-p58c9j.html

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  22. The federation has fractured once more over the coronavirus outbreak, opines Rob Harris.

    I reckon the Federation has shone through. Without it the whole of Australia would have been forced to follow Scrott into the abyss. So raise teh lord for having Premiers/States , in my case, WA/Mark McGowan between me and that Federal faffer
    It is a larf though. A holy roller from a fundy church* giving us directions on how to handle viruses and vaccines and all that sciency stuff.
    *Some journo really should ask him about evolution. The US branch is Creationist and states…

    The Assemblies of God believes that the account of creation in the book of Genesis “accurately communicates God’s creation of the heavens and the earth” and that “the New Testament treats the creation and fall of Adam and Eve as historical events”.

    The locals a bit more coy but points in the same direction. Sorry about caps. It is copy and paste from their site.

    4.4 THE HOLY BIBLE
    WE BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE IS THE INERRANT, INSPIRED AND INFALLIBLE WORD OF GOD AND OUR HIGHEST AUTHORITY FOR FAITH AND PRACTICE.

    4.5 CREATION
    WE BELIEVE THAT GOD CREATED THE UNIVERSE AND THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, TO LOVE AND WORSHIP GOD.
    https://www.acc.org.au/about-us/doctrinal-basis/

  23. The media have their pro-Scovid narrative and they are sticking with it.

    Their story is he alone, with the help of whatever dark god he prays to, saved us from The Plague despite the efforts of the state and territory leaders to hamper him.

    The latest reports are all the same – the Federation is broken thanks to the grandstanding of state leaders. They are all fighting among themselves, apparently. Pffft to that! They are the only ones who have done anything useful – even Gladys, for all her dithering, has finally woken up.

    Never forget – Scovid always wanted Australia to live with the virus and everything he does is towards that aim. So what if people die? They are all unbelievers anyway as far as he is concerned. His god would not allow his devotees to die of Covid, or so he believes it would help his precious budget no end if all the oldies, the disabled, the homeless (whose ranks are rapidly growing thanks to Scovid’s cruel policies) and the unemployed were to die.

    Hus only interest is hanging on to power by any means possible. If that means cancelling the next election then he WILL do that.

  24. Very interesting.

    Callum Foote for Michael West Media –

    Have the Barilaros avoided GST on their luxury estate? What’s the scam?

    It appears John Barilaro, and his wife Diane have avoided paying over a hundred thousand dollars in GST from renting out their luxury getaway ‘Dungowan Estate’ despite it potentially qualifying as a commercial residential premises. What’s the scam?

    https://www.michaelwest.com.au/have-the-barilaros-avoided-gst-on-their-luxury-estate-whats-the-scam/

  26. A text version of the above audio story
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-24/catboykami-background-briefing/100314278

    • Katie probably deliberately made sure she was deported. Fly to Aus, coupla days, fly back and bank $200,000, noice little earner.

  29. Gladys has taken today off, no doubt copying Scovid, who never works weekends.

    After calling a national emergency yesterday Gladys has done a bunk and left Brad Hazzard to announce 163 new cases, the highest number in this outbreak.

    You would think she could show up for the update. How many pressers did Dan do without a break last year? Something like 120, I think, without taking one day off.

  30. At one of the “freedom” rallies today –

    Somewhere in the responses is the golden comment “I sent you scientists to develop vaccines and equipment to stop this virus, and your turned your backs on them.”

    Exactly.

  33. Good morning Dawn Patrollers

    James Massola describes Morrison’s political calculus as, “bare his throat now, go to the polls in May”.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/morrison-s-political-calculus-bare-his-throat-now-go-to-the-polls-in-may-20210722-p58c04.html
    Jon Faine explains how ‘corruption’ can thrive in a space where weak regulation is parked. This contribution covers a wide range of less than ethical behaviours.
    https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/corruption-can-thrive-in-a-space-where-weak-regulation-is-parked-20210723-p58cdd.html
    Jim Chalmers and Andrew Charlton have put together a long essay – a call to arms – saying, “No, Australia has not peaked. Our best generation is here now”.
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/25/no-australia-has-not-peaked-our-best-generation-is-here-now
    Having spent a decade framing emissions reduction in apocalyptic terms, the Coalition now has to present different facts, says Katherine Murphy.
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/24/the-coalition-now-has-to-present-different-climate-facts
    Liberal Party policies are designed against the well-being of future generations in order for the current generation to live comfortably, writes John Wren in his review of the last week’s political activities.
    https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/wrens-week-liberal-party-are-intergenerational-thieves,15330
    A very critical Jacqui Maley reckons our horizons keep vanishing as fast as you can say sorry. She makes some good points.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/from-lockdown-our-horizons-keep-vanishing-but-look-is-that-an-apology-no-sorry-false-alarm-20210723-p58cef.html
    James Massola reports that Dominic Perrottet has demanded the federal government reinstate the JobKeeper payment as the number of new coronavirus cases in Sydney rose to 163 on Saturday, declaring “we need it now”.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/bring-back-jobkeeper-now-demands-perrottet-20210723-p58cdf.html
    The federal government has secured an extra 85 million booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine for 2022 and 2023, as Australia’s top vaccine advisory group urged everyone in Sydney to get jabbed “with any available vaccine” due to a shortage of Pfizer doses. The lesson here is that if you actually ORDER something, it will come (usually) when promised.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/government-buys-pfizer-boosters-atagi-says-just-get-jabbed-20210723-p58cdh.html
    The current outbreak in Sydney may take months to recede, according to Guardian Australia analysis of Covid-19 waves across the OECD.
    https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2021/jul/25/sydney-covid-crisis-could-take-months-to-recede-if-other-outbreaks-are-to-go-by
    The SMH tells us that NSW Police have set up a strike force to track down more than 3500 protesters who breached coronavirus restrictions by marching on Sydney’s CBD on Saturday. Go get ‘em!
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/i-do-not-consent-anti-lockdown-protesters-converge-on-sydney-s-cbd-20210724-p58cku.html
    And Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has hit out at thousands of lockdown protesters who descended on the CBD on Saturday, saying the crowd’s actions were antithetical to the “freedom” they were calling for.
    https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/anti-lockdown-protesters-descend-on-downtown-melbourne-20210724-p58ckf.html
    Some young adults have taken it upon themselves to try and convince friends and family in group chats to get AstraZeneca, rather than wait for Pfizer.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/join-the-az-club-the-under-40s-influencing-their-friends-to-get-the-jab-20210722-p58c2v.html
    “If Sky can put Jones’ dangerous stuff to air, what can’t you put on Australian TV?”, asks an angry Peter FitzSimons.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/if-sky-can-put-jones-dangerous-stuff-to-air-what-can-t-you-put-on-australian-tv-20210723-p58cgx.html
    Events have conspired to drive global supply chains towards breaking point, threatening the fragile flow of raw materials, parts and consumer goods, according to companies, economists and shipping specialists.
    https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/perilous-moment-global-supply-chains-buckle-as-variants-and-disasters-strike-20210724-p58cjv.html
    Caitlin Fitzsimmons tells us that dozens of religious clergy and assistants have been granted travel exemptions to enter Australia during the covid international travel restrictions.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/dozens-of-religious-clergy-and-assistants-granted-travel-exemptions-to-enter-australia-20210724-p58ciw.html
    While Australians are left struggling to leave the country on compassionate grounds, the Government turns a blind eye to celebrity transit, writes Max MacBride.
    https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/double-standards-in-australian-travel-ban-crisis,15332
    The Brisbane Olympic Games deserve a gold medal for hyperbole when it comes to economic benefits, argues Greg Jericho.
    https://www.theguardian.com/business/commentisfree/2021/jul/25/the-brisbane-olympic-games-deserve-a-gold-medal-for-hyperbole-when-it-comes-to-economic-benefits
    This is not a good sign. Politicians and scientists in Britain are concerned that people are deleting the official COVID-19 mobile phone app, or at least switching off its tracing function, to avoid having to self-isolate.
    https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/scientists-worry-british-public-may-be-deleting-covid-app-to-avoid-isolating-20210724-p58cl8.html
    In this long essay, Nick Bryant, after eight years living in New York, tells us why he brought his family home from America.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/77-shootings-within-a-mile-of-home-why-our-family-left-america-20210623-p583p8.html

    Cartoon Corner

    Peter Broelman

    Matt Golding

    Matt Davidson

    Glen Le Lievre (gifs)

    From the US




  34. Scotty really needs to be asked where he stands on vaccines. The mark of the beast crap is a thing among evangelicals.
    .

    Some evangelical Christians say covid vaccine is the mark of the beast.

    ………………definitely not get the vaccine, compared to 44 percent of those who identify as White evangelicals, according to a January Washington Post-ABC News poll.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/16/covid-vaccine-misinformation-evangelical-mark-beast/
    For those who are concerned , relax, some reassurance for you 😆
    No, the COVID-19 vaccine is not linked to the mark of the beast

    https://theconversation.com/no-the-covid-19-vaccine-is-not-linked-to-the-mark-of-the-beast-but-a-first-century-roman-tyrant-probably-is-158288

    • But but but scummo received a vax. Doesn’t mean he now embodies the mark of teh beast?

  35. Seeing a lot of comment about why Scovid has not appeared publicly to condemn yesterday’s disgustingly violent protests.

    He will never say a word of criticism because –

    He believes the same rubbish, being heavily influenced by both his QAnon and cult beliefs.

    He sees the disgusting protestors as right-wing voters and will not criticise them because he does not want to lose their votes, just as he has never said a word about neo-Nazi and white supremacist rallies. As proof look at the way he rushed to criticise young people attending climate rallies. Scovid sees these as of the left and will not hesitate to castigate anyone taking part.

    • From the same link –
      Scovid says “The week commencing next week, they will be receiving 90,000 more than that. That does not include the additional 50,000 which I extended to the premier on Friday, or the additional 150,000 they have already received, over and above their previous allocations”.

      He carefully avoided mentioning that 50,000 extra doses was his secret stash of Pfizer. Few if any in the media noticed that, because no-one seems to have commented or asked why the government had a stash of desperately needed doses in the first place.

      Peter Wicks was onto it – once again an indie journalist doing the things the mainstream media won’t touch.

      No Secrets – Morrison’s Secret Pfizer Stash Revealed

      So, with three states in lockdown, one in pandemonium and a nation crying out for the Pfizer vaccine, today we find out Morrison has a secret stash of doses.
      Today came the welcome news that NSW would be receiving 50 thousand extra Pfizer doses courtesy of the Morrison government.

      While this would appear to be great news for NSW, I wonder what this news means for the country and what it tells us about its so-called leadership?

      Fortunately the extra doses are not being taken from other states allocations, they are coming from a “national stockpile”.

      The existence of this stash prompts questions like;

      How long have we had this national stockpile?
      How many doses are in the national stockpile?
      Why are these doses being held back?
      And
      What the actual fuck are they waiting for before releasing them?

      http://wixxyleaks.com/no-secrets-morrisons-secret-pfizer-stash-revealed/?fbclid=IwAR0Fgh6tAReLEXtdd2rhkF123lv2kCVzREahSoj5FY0XLhYER8X9uILRpeE

    • After all, scummo (though I’m beginning to think sumo would be a better moniker, given his increasing girth) sees himself as PM for NSW. The rest of us? Fergeddit.

  40. I have said this here before, now I will say it again.

    The Pfizer vaccine has a rare side effect the Australian media will not mention – the risk of myocarditis and/or pericarditis which for this vaccine affects mostly younger people, especially young men.

    Did you know there have been 66 cases so far in Australia this year up to last week? No, you did not, because the media won’t tell us, unlike the huge fuss they made of AZ causing blood clots in less than two patient in100,000. This media fuss turned Australians off a safe and effective vaccine, pushing them to believe they needed the only other alternative in this country, a vaccine which has a side effect that is also dangerous.

    TGA updates Pfizer vaccine side effect information
    Myocarditis and pericarditis were listed as official adverse drug reactions on the same day that the vaccine was approved for use in children aged 12–15.
    The revised Product Information follows 66 cases of suspected myocarditis and/or pericarditis recorded by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) up to 18 July, along with reports of similar cases overseas.

    According to the TGA, these cases have primarily occurred within 14 days of vaccination, more often after the second vaccination, and more often in younger men.

    The regulatory body also confirmed that Pfizer’s COMIRNATY vaccine is safe to administer to children as young as 12, but it is not clear when anyone from this age group will become eligible to receive doses as part of the rollout

    https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/tga-updates-pfizer-vaccine-safety-information

  41. Nomination for both Arsehole of the Week and Biggest Ignoramus of the Year –

  43. I absolutely love this comment !

    [ That amount of money spent and emissions expended for the sake of expensive thrills for a mere handful of people is an obscenity in itself, and jointly emblematic of two of the world’s greatest problems right now: the growing gap between rich and poor, and the failure to get serious about cutting our emissions.

    The best comment on the whole thing came from one @BaronvonKlar: “Look, with this new ego-driven space race, if we wanted to boldly send billionaires where no billionaires have been before, we could have just sent them to the tax office.” \]

    https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/if-sky-can-put-jones-dangerous-stuff-to-air-what-can-t-you-put-on-australian-tv-20210723-p58cgx.html

  44. Leroy,

    [ For almost three years, Brazil’s president has chipped away at the social contract that has held the country together for 36 years as a democratic state. ]

    Blimey! How lucky has been Brazil!

    Since 1996, the LNP beginning with Howard, have totally destroyed the ” social contract that has held ‘THIS’ country together for the last 25 years ”

    But IMO we are in a worse position from where we started than Brazil is now! Discuss!!!!!!

  45. And don’t start me on the subject of the absolute mess that Boris Johnson has made of a once vibrant and open democracy in Britain!

    • The NSW police horse punched yesterday is named Tobruk. The mounted police put a post on Facebook last night that said “Our beautiful brave Tobruk safe and uninjured after his awful encounter today. Thank you again everyone for your words of support.”

      With this photo –

      And this morning there was this –

      We cannot thank you all enough for the support shown to our horses and staff. Carrots, apples, licorice, chocolate and bunches of flowers. Tobruk being extra spoilt by the yummy gifts today!!
      Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

      https://www.facebook.com/MountedPoliceNSWPF/

  48. [ Yesterday provided a case in point. Labour MP Dawn Butler stood up in the Commons and listed many of the instances in which Johnson has misled parliament. He had “lied to the House and the country over and over again”, she said.

    It was followed by all the usual clutter and nonsense of modern day political life. The clip went viral, Butler made the most of it, people demanded the BBC cover it when they already had. Standard noise. But once you got past all that, a profound constitutional question was being raised. ]

    [ Two principles had come into conflict. On the one hand, misleading the House is supposed to be a serious charge. It was once the kind of thing you’d resign over, or at the very least apologise for. But even though Butler’s examples are well documented, that has not happened.

    On the other hand, parliamentary rules state that MPs are not allowed to accuse each other of lying in the House of Commons. So when Butler made her speech, it was clear what would follow. She was told to retract. She refused. She was thrown out.

    What’s the difference? Why did one principle hold while the other fell? It’s because one is directly enforceable by the Speaker and the other is not. If an MP accuses another MP of lying, the Speaker must intervene. But the rule on misleading the House is much weaker. It is a convention. ]
    https://www.politics.co.uk/week-in-review/2021/07/23/week-in-review-two-years-of-boris-johnson-have-corroded-britains-public-life/

    There seems to me to be a strong correlation to recent events in the Australian Parliament to similar going-ons in the British Parliament!

    I thought it was the bench mark for the best practice for parliamentary procedure for all democracies that took their lead from British Parliamentary procedure!

    LOL—-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  50. When I saw BK’s link this morning to a story about ministers of religion being allowed into Australia I assumed it was somehow connected to Hillsong or another evangelical church.

    Hillsong and all the others denied it, saying they had not had any overseas visitors.

    BUT – Brian Houston has left the country and flown to Mexico to “save” people.

    He tweeted this twice, then deleted both tweets, but alert Twitter people took screenshots.

    In reply to this –

    So how come Houston gets to jet around the world at will while no-one else in Sydney can leave the city? Did Scovid loan him his VIP jet?

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