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
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
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.
Criminals in charge of Australia.
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.
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.
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
#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)
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?"
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
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.
AddToAny Share Buttons and Icons
AddToAny Share Buttons and Icons: Get share buttons for your website visitors to share content on any social sharing service. AddToAny is the universal sharing platform for websites and apps.
When browsing the net, this extension to Firefox/Chrome is one of the best ways to save the link to your blogger blog, Tumblr, WordPress, facebook, Reddit, Twitter, etc.
When browsing the net, this extension to Firefox/Chrome is one of the best ways to save the link to your blogger blog, Tumblr, WordPress, facebook, Reddit, Twitter, etc.
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
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
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 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
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
The whistleblower, politician and journo who hauled the banks before a royal commission
Corrupt banks, supported by a corrupt government
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-01/how-the-banking-royal-commission-was-born/10758404
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-01/how-the-banking-royal-commission-was-born/10758404
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