"Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has signalled he will scrap the nation’s legally binding 2030 climate target and risk #Australia’s membership of the #ParisAgreement, following his vow to deploy nuclear energy to reach net zero by 2050.
He would also pause the rollout of wind and solar farms.
The Albanese government is currently committed to more than double the amount of #RenewableEnergy to 82 % of the grid by 2030 as the key measure to reach its climate target."
Dutton:
Pull #Australia out of Paris Agreement.
Stop building solar and wind.
Build nuclear (he admits it takes a long time).
Use more gas.
(Not mentioned, but I assume: Keep exporting coal).
Meanwhile,
"The Albanese government is currently committed to more than double the amount of renewable energy to 82 per cent of the grid by 2030 as the key measure to reach its climate target."
What a choice in the next election, eh Australians?
"Despite being responsible for more than half of the world’s supply, #Australia captures just 0.5% of the global $57bn #lithium battery market.
The Future Made in Australia policy - which was formally announced in April - seeks to change that, by offering tax breaks and loans to companies seeking to process critical minerals at home."
It's not often I revisit a review, but that's just what I've done with my review of D-Link's Aquila Pro AI Mesh system, now with test results for two and three node systems.
(If you're already asleep, it's home wifi mesh gear. Makes things go faster, in theory... and, it turns out, in the real world too!)
I could understand arguing for more public transport options, even the idea of cheaper point-to-point 'social uber' that's more affordable to folks (as idealistic as it is given our state government's recent development commitments.. tax payers bankrolling an expensive stadium that no who lives here actually asked for and adding highway lanes into a city with limited traffic capacity while the tracks of a once-existent railway system continues to grow weeds).
But to post a comment on an article about how bus fares are being halved arguing that their inconvenience to you demands that they should instead be privatised makes zzzeeerrrooo sense.
If you want a privatised Uber-model transport system... you have Uber?
Unless you mean having a privatised bus system... which also makes no sense. You want the same inconvenience you're complaining about and? Other states have tried privatising their bus services, it didn't go so great.
I was somewhere private and fancy for lunch today. One of the older members had a nice old bottle of wine he had brought along. He was celebrating the Trump conviction with his friends. Solidarity from #Australia
South Australian public hospitals are under strain with the health department boss declaring a system-wide internal emergency after many staff are sick with COVID.
@PeterLG Then we are starting to hear again of ''pandemic preparedness'' regarding birdflu! Where is the surge capacity we should have mounted in order to cope with the new reality of covid and all other threats?
@appassionato@palestine It sounds like it was more about partisan politics than anything else. The Greens advanced the motion, and the other parties backed off in a huff:
The Foreign Minister Penny Wong has signalled an openness to recognizing Palestine. My guess is that the government will do it on their own timetable, and won't let themselves be pushed:
At least #Australia has shown the decency to consider recognising a Palestinian State. The neoliberal racist #NewZealand government’s not even acknowledged the atrocities being committed by Israel in Palestine let alone consider human rights of Palestinians. They are currently trying to dismantle te tiriti o Waitangi. The founding document of Aotearoa NZ. Big protests planned for tomorrow against this corrupt #NZPol government. #ToitūTeTiriti
I didn't know that clubs in #Australia must spend certain percentage of their gambling profits to provide entertainment until i listened to this Dave O'Neil's podcast. The clubs pick standup comedy because it is the easiest to arrange - a mic is usually sufficient - even when their members show no interest.
'We've released a searchable database of the men, women and children admitted to Carrolup Settlement between 1915 and 1922, and those who passed away and were buried at Carrolup or the nearby Katanning Cemetery up until 1949.'
"The gunman, 63, shot Jennifer Petelczyc, 59, and her 18-year-old daughter, Gretl, on Friday at their Floreat home, where his ex-wife was believed to have been staying, before taking his own life."
The culture of 'dropping in' has withered away in Australian cities in particular. Even before the pandemic it had waned, but the pandemic has really reinforced habits of social isolation.
How can we revive this act of friendship AND be considerate of the person we are dropping in on?
One thing I think is important is to first ask people if they are free for a visit. #SocialIsolation#Australia
@perkinsy Asking ahead of time isn't dropping in (to me). I wouldn't mind if I was given a heads up/some kind of advanced "warning"/permission asked. But to drop in unannounced? NO! Oh hell no!
@Glasnozt You have a point. Advanced warning robs the visit of the spontaneity that is the signature of dropping in. I suppose we are trying to transition back to a drop in culture by giving some king of opportunity for the person we propose visiting to opt in to a drop in visit?
The idea of a drop in is there is no appointment. Perhaps the following opt-in options would count:
A few minutes before the drop in. Call/text "I am going to be passing by your place. Are you up for a visit from me?"
A few days before: "I am going to be in your area on XX date. If I have time, are you OK for me to drop in and visit you?"
@skua suggested that one could ask a person if they like the idea of dropping in without advanced notice. This would be a seeking of global permission for dropping in. This would probably be more in the spirit of dropping in.
