The problem is that Abbott is too gutless to overturn the pro union legislation so they allow business to import cheap labour, student thing saves them having to pay for unis etc from taxes. Again because Abbott is too gutless to cut spending.
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Obviously you don't follow Tony Abbott's stewardship of the country to make to idiotic claims.
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How about a royal commission that leaves them guilty regardless of the result?
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USA Today: Millions of fish dead in Pacific Northwest — Ocean conditions have ' gone to hell
http://governamerica.com/news/20368...all-over-big-gaping-sores-extinction-concerns
http://governamerica.com/news/20368...all-over-big-gaping-sores-extinction-concerns
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i know you're desperate to link this to fukushima lol, but it's the far less sexy impact of warming waters as our oceans absorb more solar radiation.
nice cheerleading. She still has her nose firmly in the trough. That isn't a claim. That is a fact. Ditto Wayne Swan. Whilst we have to pay off hundreds of billions of debt, they live it up. And you cheer this. Irrational.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...-prime-ministers/story-fni0cx12-1226766891140
JULIA GILLARD $200,000 pension plus estimated $300,000-a-year office and travel costs
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Ridiculous. Pyne drinking beer?
Brazil in economic strife. Ditto Russia. Lower commodity prices starting to hurt.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-...al-rating-crashes-8-worst-military-dictatorsh
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-...al-rating-crashes-8-worst-military-dictatorsh
Learnt a new 'racially offensive' term today - lubra. Apparently it meant an aboriginal woman or wife.
Potentially interesting article on its origins:
https://www.academia.edu/4097561/Th...maginings_of_Aboriginal_Women_from_1836-1973_
Potentially interesting article on its origins:
https://www.academia.edu/4097561/Th...maginings_of_Aboriginal_Women_from_1836-1973_
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Is that someones Phd?
Ever so believable.
http://www.theguardian.com/business...prises-with-economic-growth-in-second-quarter
Greece has stunned the financial markets by announcing that its economy grew by 0.8% in the three months leading up to the crisis that forced the government in Athens to close the banks and introduce capital controls.
Figures from Greece’s statistical agency ELSTAT showed that the country grew more strongly between April and June than the UK, which advanced by 0.7%, even though the last few weeks of the quarter in Greece were dominated by reports of money leaving the country and fears of a debt default.
http://www.theguardian.com/business...prises-with-economic-growth-in-second-quarter
Greece has stunned the financial markets by announcing that its economy grew by 0.8% in the three months leading up to the crisis that forced the government in Athens to close the banks and introduce capital controls.
Figures from Greece’s statistical agency ELSTAT showed that the country grew more strongly between April and June than the UK, which advanced by 0.7%, even though the last few weeks of the quarter in Greece were dominated by reports of money leaving the country and fears of a debt default.
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http://collectivelyconscious.net/ar...not-to-enforce-drug-laws-in-rich-communities/
“We were jumping on guys in the middle of the night, all of that. Swooping down on folks all across the country, using these sorts of attack tactics that we went out on, that you would use in Vietnam, or some kind of war-torn zone. All of the stuff that we were doing, just calling it the war on drugs. And there wasn’t very many black guys in my position.
So when I would go into the war room, where we were setting up all of our drug and gun and addiction task force determining what cities we were going to hit, I would notice that most of the time it always appeared to be urban areas.
That’s when I asked the question, well, don’t they sell drugs out in Potomac and Springfield, and places like that? Maybe you all think they don’t, but statistics show they use more drugs out in those areas than anywhere. The special agent in charge, he says ‘You know, if we go out there and start messing with those folks, they know judges, they know lawyers, they know politicians. You start locking their kids up; somebody’s going to jerk our chain.’ He said, ‘they’re going to call us on it, and before you know it, they’re going to shut us down, and there goes your overtime.’”
Fogg also discussed race more explicitly, but admitted that the drug war was something that affected people of all races, although African-American communities were targeted disproportionately.
He continued,
“What I began to see is that the drug war is totally about race. If we were locking up everybody, white and black, for doing the same drugs, they would have done the same thing they did with prohibition.
They would have outlawed it. They would have said, ‘Let’s stop this craziness. You’re not putting my son in jail. My daughter isn’t going to jail.’
If it was an equal enforcement opportunity operation, we wouldn’t be sitting here anyway. It’s all about fairness, man. And understanding ‘How would I want to be treated?’ Whether I’m on the one end or the other end. How would I be treated if everything was done equally?”
“We were jumping on guys in the middle of the night, all of that. Swooping down on folks all across the country, using these sorts of attack tactics that we went out on, that you would use in Vietnam, or some kind of war-torn zone. All of the stuff that we were doing, just calling it the war on drugs. And there wasn’t very many black guys in my position.
So when I would go into the war room, where we were setting up all of our drug and gun and addiction task force determining what cities we were going to hit, I would notice that most of the time it always appeared to be urban areas.
That’s when I asked the question, well, don’t they sell drugs out in Potomac and Springfield, and places like that? Maybe you all think they don’t, but statistics show they use more drugs out in those areas than anywhere. The special agent in charge, he says ‘You know, if we go out there and start messing with those folks, they know judges, they know lawyers, they know politicians. You start locking their kids up; somebody’s going to jerk our chain.’ He said, ‘they’re going to call us on it, and before you know it, they’re going to shut us down, and there goes your overtime.’”
Fogg also discussed race more explicitly, but admitted that the drug war was something that affected people of all races, although African-American communities were targeted disproportionately.
He continued,
“What I began to see is that the drug war is totally about race. If we were locking up everybody, white and black, for doing the same drugs, they would have done the same thing they did with prohibition.
They would have outlawed it. They would have said, ‘Let’s stop this craziness. You’re not putting my son in jail. My daughter isn’t going to jail.’
If it was an equal enforcement opportunity operation, we wouldn’t be sitting here anyway. It’s all about fairness, man. And understanding ‘How would I want to be treated?’ Whether I’m on the one end or the other end. How would I be treated if everything was done equally?”
"The tale of a legendary Nazi ghost train carrying gold which allegedly disappeared without trace in the dying days of the Second World War has taken a new twist.
According to local media reports, two claimants - a Pole and a German - say they have found a 500-foot long “armoured train” with gun platforms and a cargo of “precious metals”, inside a collapsed, Nazi era tunnel.
The claim was lodged because under Polish law treasure finders can keep 10 per cent of the value of their find."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...been-found-Two-treasure-hunters-think-so.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33994483
According to local media reports, two claimants - a Pole and a German - say they have found a 500-foot long “armoured train” with gun platforms and a cargo of “precious metals”, inside a collapsed, Nazi era tunnel.
The claim was lodged because under Polish law treasure finders can keep 10 per cent of the value of their find."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...been-found-Two-treasure-hunters-think-so.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33994483
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Good on them for ditching religion from school. Not a huge fan of the replacement subject though. Seems like the sort of subject that sounds good in theory, but might not be so great in practice.
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I like this.
melbournemartin
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It's the kind of subject that I've been calling out for for years, but I agree in practice there may be some difficulties. It definitely won't be easy to teach.
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This has started to do the rounds on media and several church spokespeople have reacted predictably, claiming this will ruin moral education for kids ant the like:
http://www.9news.com.au/national/20...ur-of-lessons-on-domestic-violence-prevention
Personally I think this is a good change. Religion as a topic should be about the HISTORY of religions, not focused on just one and its ways and how to be one (Catholic in this case)
http://www.9news.com.au/national/20...ur-of-lessons-on-domestic-violence-prevention
Personally I think this is a good change. Religion as a topic should be about the HISTORY of religions, not focused on just one and its ways and how to be one (Catholic in this case)
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I don't have a problem with 20% of primary school kids no longer being taught religious studies. I do have a problem with 100% of kids being taught Cultural Marxism.
Children should not be given an uncritical view of global cultures and traditions regardless of those culture's values, such as those society's prevalence for democracy, family violence and tolerance of diversity etc.
Western traditions that have enabled our modern lifestyle should be emphasised. We should recognise the concepts we value such as : personal liberty, free contract, jury trials, uncensored newspapers, regular elections, habeas corpus, open competition, secure property, religious pluralism.
The new relationships education program will be taught by qualified teachers and aims to help children understand global cultures and traditions, recognise and prevent family violence, and appreciate and understand diversity.
Children should not be given an uncritical view of global cultures and traditions regardless of those culture's values, such as those society's prevalence for democracy, family violence and tolerance of diversity etc.
Western traditions that have enabled our modern lifestyle should be emphasised. We should recognise the concepts we value such as : personal liberty, free contract, jury trials, uncensored newspapers, regular elections, habeas corpus, open competition, secure property, religious pluralism.
It says they are going to have a class on world faith, history, cultures etc. Sounds good. It's kind of what I remember doing. I don't really remember having a specific Christianity class.
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