Salubrionicle: 2019

Murdoch media attacks rooftop solar, gets its numbers hopelessly wrong | RenewEconomy

Murdoch media attacks rooftop solar, gets its numbers hopelessly wrong | RenewEconomy: The Australian launches a new attack on rooftop solar subsidies, but forgets to do some basic maths and fact-checking.

Cashed-up retirees getting a refund for tax they never paid? We’ve hit peak rort | Richard Denniss | Opinion | The Guardian

Cashed-up retirees getting a refund for tax they never paid? We’ve hit peak rort | Richard Denniss | Opinion | The Guardian: Some of the wealthiest Australians pay negative tax and still get to call themselves self-funded

Cashed-up retirees getting a refund for tax they never paid? We’ve hit peak rort | Richard Denniss | Opinion | The Guardian

2-Year Universal Basic Income Trial Shows One of The Most Common Worries Is Unfounded

2-Year Universal Basic Income Trial Shows One of The Most Common Worries Is Unfounded: Basic income would give everyone a base amount of money every month, regardless of employment status. A common criticism: without an incentive, people would work less.

Project Dragon and China's attempts to reclaim money from inside Australia - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Project Dragon and China's attempts to reclaim money from inside Australia - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): Two ex-detectives suspect dirty Chinese money is being laundered through multi-million-dollar waterfront mansions on the Gold Coast. They've been hired to get it back.

Senior politicians in Australia have committed crimes, says top lawyer

Senior politicians in Australia have committed crimes, says top lawyer: Julian Burnside claims some of Australia's most senior political figures would be found guilty of international crimes, if they were allowed to be charged.

Criminals in charge of Australia.

Recent increases in tropical cyclone intensification rates | Nature Communications

Recent increases in tropical cyclone intensification rates | Nature Communications: Article

Scott Morrison thinks cutting taxes is ‘economics 101’. As an economist, I beg to differ | Richard Denniss | Opinion | The Guardian

Scott Morrison thinks cutting taxes is ‘economics 101’. As an economist, I beg to differ | Richard Denniss | Opinion | The Guardian: The prime minister is wrong to pretend that it’s the economy’s loss if high-income earners have less money to spend.

Scott Morrison, see also Macroeconomics For Dummies. Just spouting "*subject* 101" doesn't mean you get to make stuff up.

Negative gearing changes will affect us all, mostly for the better

Negative gearing changes will affect us all, mostly for the better: Despite all the talk about negatively geared nurses and property baron police officers, 90 per cent of taxpayers do not use negative gearing.

MP Tim Wilson's position is untenable

MP Tim Wilson's position is untenable: The principle that positions of public office are positions of public trust has been trashed.

Corruption.

Coalition abandons plan for register to help beat tax avoidance | Australia news | The Guardian

Coalition abandons plan for register to help beat tax avoidance | Australia news | The Guardian: Despite explicit promises, Treasury says there was never any commitment to establish register beneficial ownership register.

#LNP #Corruption #KellyODwyer

Anti-vaxxer movement fuelling global resurgence of measles, say WHO

Anti-vaxxer movement fuelling global resurgence of measles, say WHO: The World Health Organisation warns immunisation gaps at a local level leave the door open for the measles virus to spread.

Eurovision 2019: Australia's entry confirmed after nail-biting contest

Eurovision 2019: Australia's entry confirmed after nail-biting contest: The singer-songwriter was chosen from a pool of 10 artists after a televised showdown.

Living in a dying town: The outback community that refuses to quit - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Living in a dying town: The outback community that refuses to quit - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "We had a Commonwealth Bank here that closed down, then the supermarket's closed, the coffee shop's closed — it's a bit sad really, isn't it?"

Living in a dying town: The outback community that refuses to quit - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Australian government ignored refugee transfer advice from its own doctors for up to five years | Australia news | The Guardian

Australian government ignored refugee transfer advice from its own doctors for up to five years | Australia news | The Guardian: Plight of sick refugees detained offshore revealed as MSF launch telehealth psychological service to treat patients on Nauru

Honest Government Ad | The ABC - YouTube

Honest Government Ad | The ABC - YouTube

The politically invested continually attack the ABC with highly contrived excuses of quality and bias.
The Australien Government has made an ad about the ABC, and it's surprisingly honest and informative! -*- Defend the ABC: https://defendtheabc.getup.org.au

Bankers are never going to be punished for their dead-eyed corruption | First Dog on the Moon | Opinion | The Guardian

Bankers are never going to be punished for their dead-eyed corruption | First Dog on the Moon | Opinion | The Guardian: The banking royal commission has shown us that the real arbiter of justice in Australia is the market

Economy shows worrying signs for government ahead of election

Economy shows worrying signs for government ahead of election: Weak economic outlook. LNP about to get trounced in election and, of course, will blame Labor for economic problems. LNP always blames, never takes responsibility.

The worst findings from the Banking Royal Commission

The worst findings from the Banking Royal Commission: Charging fees to the deceased, foreclosure, inappropriate advice: this is what the Royal Commission revealed about Australia's financial sector.

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2019 Audie Awards® - APA

2019 Audie Awards® - APA

Yes! Audie nominees are an excellent source for my next potential read!

Independent Senator questions whether 'driest continent on the planet' should grow, export cotton - ABC Rural - ABC News

Independent Senator questions whether 'driest continent on the planet' should grow, export cotton - ABC Rural - ABC News: Centre Alliance Senator Rex Patrick has thrown down the gauntlet to the cotton industry, challenging them to justify its use of water and its right to farm.

New evidence from the cliffsides of Australia suggests that Earth's largest extinction event—a volcanic cataclysm occurring roughly 252 million years ago—extinguished plant life long before many animal counterparts

Age and pattern of the southern high-latitude continental end-Permian extinction constrained by multiproxy analysis | Nature Communications

Nature

Chicago Woman Got 30 Hotel Rooms for Homeless People During Severe Cold Snap - The New York Times

Chicago Woman Got 30 Hotel Rooms for Homeless People During Severe Cold Snap - The New York Times: The woman, Candice Payne, said it was a spur-of-the-moment decision. Her efforts gained widespread attention, grew and helped house more than 100 homeless people.

Craig Kelly faces grassroots campaign to oust him from seat of Hughes

LNP really need Kelly gone.
And Abbott.
And Dutton.
Etc

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/03/craig-kelly-faces-grassroots-campaign-to-oust-him-from-seat-of-hughes?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlBVVMtMTkwMjAz&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayAUS&CMP=GTAU_email

Books of Brisbane

Books of Brisbane
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/02/andrew-mcgahan-captured-the-repressed-rage-of-1980s-brisbane-perfectly

The fury of the Murray-Darling royal commission findings has fallen on deaf ears

Corruption and cover up
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-02/murray-darling-royal-commission-deaf-ears/10772294

What is it that Government doesn't want us to know?

Answer: corruption
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-02/calls-for-political-donation-reform/10773118

Books Read in 2018

So, in answer to the numerous requests for my list of books that I had read during 2018, I present to you the blogspot list linked below.

However, in brief, I highly recommend people read:
The Happiest Refugee, by Anh Do
True History of the Kelly Gang, Peter Carey
The Singularity Trap, by Dennis E. Taylor
The Expanse series, by James S. A. Corey
After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley, by Rob Reid

https://neoporcupine.blogspot.com/2019/02/books-read-2018-below-are-books-that-i.html

Garbage: the Morrison Government has argued Labor's controversial plan to raise more than $5 billion a year by scrapping refundable franking credits on dividends from shares is "not fair".

As if the Morrisson govt cares about the lowest paid Australians, other than using them for political points.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-30/fact-check-labors-dividend-imputation-policy/10626204

Australia's global corruption ranking sparks urgent calls for federal integrity body

Corruption
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/29/australias-global-corruption-ranking-sparks-urgent-calls-for-federal-integrity-body

What does the 2019 economy have in store for Australians?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-29/economic-survey-points-to-bleaker-times-post-election/10755350

US Abruptly Cuts Millions in Scholarships to Palestinian Students In Between Semesters

Corruption.
https://www.albawaba.com/news/us-abruptly-cuts-millions-scholarships-palestinian-students-between-semesters-1244772

UN court judge quits The Hague citing political interference

Corruption
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/jan/28/international-criminal-court-icc-judge-christoph-flugge-quits-citing-political-interference-trump-administration-turkey

D&D net libram wild magic

D&D net libram wild magic
http://wildmagic.web.illinois.edu/

Grid held together by solar, load management, as coal fails in heat

https://reneweconomy.com.au/grid-held-together-by-solar-load-management-as-coal-fails-in-heat-18324/

Scott Morrisson corrupted his way into politics.

Scott Morrisson corrupted his way into politics.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/nasty-saga-you-nearly-missed-20091025-hem5.html

Warm summer

Warm summer
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-24/sa-heating-up-with-records-expected-to-be-broken/10745220

Gay conversion therapy made therapist gay?

Gay conversion therapy made therapist gay?
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/once-prominent-conversion-therapist-will-now-pursue-life-gay-man-n961766

Corruption

Corruption
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/afterpay-accessing-electoral-roll-data-under-laws-designed-to-target-terrorism-money-laundering-20190122-p50sw4.html

Australian banks into the biggest corruption. Morisson was the loudest voice against the banking inquiry.

Australian banks into the biggest corruption. Morisson was the loudest voice against the banking inquiry.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/dirty-money-australias-biggest-banks-used-clean-millions-russian-mafia-funds-3-110752389.html

Study shows same-sex marriage vote damaged LGBT mental health

https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/01/24/study-shows-same-sex-marriage-vote-damaged-lgbt-mental-health.html

Pushy parents agree, until it comes to their own kids, and then surely this is the exception.

Pushy parents agree, until it comes to their own kids, and then surely this is the exception. Everyone thinks they are the exception.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2019/01/23/teachers-should-not-spend-evenings-respondingto-emails-pushy/

The debate is over: The oceans are in hot, hot water

https://grist.org/article/the-debate-is-over-the-oceans-are-in-hot-hot-water/

Corrupt muppet short circuits own party rules to disrupt democratic process

Corrupt muppet short circuits own party rules to disrupt democratic process
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-23/warren-mundine-scott-morrison-grant-schultz-gilmore-preselection/10742782

Corruption

Corruption
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2019/01/22/coalition-election-advertising-pascoe/

Earth’s magnetic field is acting up and geologists don’t know why

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00007-1?linkId=62402500

Allegedly Minister Niall Blair IS the centre of the corruption.

Allegedly Minister Niall Blair IS the centre of the corruption.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-26/nsw-murray-darling-basin-alleged-corruption-punished-minister/8746098

Corruption

Corruption
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/what-they-ve-done-to-us-is-appalling-liberals-fume-after-scott-morrison-intervenes-in-key-seat-20190122-p50sxa.html

Corruption

Corruption
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2019/01/22/scott-morrison-banking-royal-commission/

Corruption

Corruption
https://www.smh.com.au/national/watchdogs-wined-dined-and-given-corporate-gifts-without-scrutiny-20190122-p50sy8.html

Corporate propaganda is wearing off, they are normalising to the rest of the world (not Australia, our 'tard ratio...

Corporate propaganda is wearing off, they are normalising to the rest of the world (not Australia, our 'tard ratio is still quite high)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/climate/americans-global-warming-poll.html

This guy is awesome!

This guy is awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OJTMi_v6DA

'I kept asking them to stop': Doctor says police assaulted her and covered it up

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-21/doctor-claims-she-was-assaulted-by-police/10731622

Honest Government Ad | Amnesia Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaA0hZ406YY

Experts say Australia is not ready for meme warfare

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-01-20/instagram-australian-federal-election-russian-misinformation/10717034

Nice one, Bee.

Nice one, Bee.
https://twitter.com/belindajones68/status/1086856656191840256?s=12

News Feature: Deadly deficiency at the heart of an environmental mystery

https://www.pnas.org/content/115/42/10532

Rich people stealing from the poor

Rich people stealing from the poor
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-18/trust-explosion-raises-ato-concerns-on-tax-minimisation/10725422

Global carbon tax may be more feasible than previously thought

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-global-carbon-tax-feasible-previously.html

washingtonpost

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/17/this-is-not-controversial-bipartisan-group-economists-calls-carbon-tax/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.59f9d6dca581

Australia has always had miserable simplistic nasty idiots.

Australia has always had miserable simplistic nasty idiots.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-17/a-history-of-nazis-and-the-far-right-in-australia/10713514

The anti-vax movement has been listed by WHO as one of its top 10 health threats for 2019

https://www.newsweek.com/world-health-organization-who-un-global-health-air-pollution-anti-vaxxers-1292493

Corruption that Scott Morison instigated

Corruption that Scott Morison instigated
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-16/great-barrier-reef-funding-grant-scrutinised-auditor-general/10720928

Lazy/abusive nursing home staff administer psychotropics to deal with grumpy old people.

Lazy/abusive nursing home staff administer psychotropics to deal with grumpy old people.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/15/nursing-homes-turning-residents-into-zombies-aged-care-royal-commission-to-hear

Classic French Crepes (Basic Crepes)

https://www.theflavorbender.com/classic-french-crepes/

Insect collapse: ‘We are destroying our life support systems’ | Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/15/insect-collapse-we-are-destroying-our-life-support-systems

Samsung and Qualcomm are seriously nasty money grubbers

Samsung and Qualcomm are seriously nasty money grubbers
https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/01/15/apples-coo-delivers-blistering-testimony-on-qualcomms-onerous-demands-over-cellular-patents

Awesome!

Awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koPmuEyP3a0&feature=share

Excellent art / comment on society, which includes the reaction from pseudo-Christians.

Excellent art / comment on society, which includes the reaction from pseudo-Christians.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-15/ronald-mcdonald-mcjesus-statue-sparks-protests-in-israel/10715544

Easing test anxiety boosts low-income students’ biology grades

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/easing-test-anxiety-boosts-low-income-students-biology-grades

Criminal US President? Does this differ much from the others?

Criminal US President? Does this differ much from the others?
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a25868762/donald-trump-fbi-investgation-james-comey-firing/

Sidelined - Endgame for Assange

https://www.freitag.de/autoren/der-freitag/endgame-for-assange

Those in charge abuse their resources. again

Those in charge abuse their resources. again
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/yet-another-qld-cop-charged-with-hacking-517740

The moral and intellectual collapse of Australian conservatism | Richard Cooke | Opinion | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/11/the-natural-conclusion-of-the-moral-and-intellectual-collapse-of-australian-conservatism

Every Product Apple has made so far - Four Decades of Apple Products | Visual.ly

https://visual.ly/community/Infographics/computers/every-product-apple-has-made-so-far-four-decades-apple-products

This will be huge!

This will be huge!
http://mypodride.com/

8 Ways to Start Easin' Into Vegan

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/8-ways-start-easin-vegan

Who are the bad guys?

Who are the bad guys?
https://www.globalresearch.ca/war-criminals-large/5665059

Stealing from the Australian public

Stealing from the Australian public
https://www.michaelwest.com.au/booking-coms-australian-taxpayer-arrangements-a-legal-sham/

The stunning chart revealing Australia's record-breaking run of rising temperatures

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-stunning-chart-revealing-australia-s-record-breaking-run-of-rising-temperatures-20190110-p50qk1.html

We are all interested in what the soon to be unemployed minister is currently doing

We are all interested in what the soon to be unemployed minister is currently doing
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/08/rahaf-al-qunun-australia-asked-to-clarify-reports-it-has-cancelled-saudi-womans-visa

Australia becoming more corrupt, warns former judge

https://www.smh.com.au/national/australia-becoming-more-corrupt-warns-former-judge-20181113-p50fsp.html

Big Oil Tries To Kill The Electric Car (Again) | CleanTechnica

https://cleantechnica.com/2019/01/06/big-oil-tries-to-kill-the-electric-car-again/

Not going well for Earthlings.

Not going well for Earthlings.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/12/inequality-rich-poor-essay-jared-diamond/

What the Presocratic Philosophers Can Teach Us About Overcoming Tribalism

https://escapingplatoscave.com/what-the-presocratic-philosophers-can-teach-us-about-overcoming-tribalism/

Toss them all! The LNP would be so much better without these utter twats

Toss them all! The LNP would be so much better without these utter twats
https://hardright.getup.org.au/

Racism creates terrorists

Racism creates terrorists
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/06/social-exclusion-radicalisation-brain-scans

Labor to scale back negative gearing despite housing downturn

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-03/labor-negative-gearing-gfc-housing-downturn/10682884

Liberal Party on track to run lowest number of female candidates this century

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/liberal-party-on-track-to-run-lowest-number-of-female-candidates-this-century-20190103-p50pdq.html

Because gutless government lets them.

Because gutless government lets them.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-taxes-netherlands/google-shifted-23-billion-to-tax-haven-bermuda-in-2017-filing-idUSKCN1OX1G9

How economic theory and the Netflix Prize could make research funding more efficient

http://www.washington.edu/news/2019/01/02/contest-theory-research-funding/

New Horizons survived its flyby of Ultima Thule

http://astronomy.com/news/new-horizons-at-ultima-thule/2019/01/ultima-thule-press-conference

Stupid people think they're smart by ridiculing science, using many fundamental logical fallacies as their basis of...

Stupid people think they're smart by ridiculing science, using many fundamental logical fallacies as their basis of reason.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/what-deniers-climate-change-and-racism-share/579190/

Man attacks muslims, police only need go as far as mental illness and racism/xenophobia, no need to find paper think...

Man attacks muslims, police only need go as far as mental illness and racism/xenophobia, no need to find paper think links to any political parties/groups because ... why now?
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-man-deliberately-drives-car-at-pedestrians/a-46917056