STOP RELEASE OF EXPLORATION ACREAGE AT SEA FOR FOSSIL FUEL EXPANSION

At sea, iconic places like #Ningaloo and the #GreatAustralianBight need to be protected and not sacrificed to the #FossilFuel industry. Damaging their sensitive #ecosystems places protected marine life at risk, like the Australian #SeaLion and #SouthernRightWhale. The #AustralianGovernment must stop the mindless release of exploration acreage at sea for fossil fuel expansion.

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The #LeePoint Area Plan approved in 2015 (without NT Planning Commission involvement) allows housing at Lee Point. This Plan is focused on the disused Defence land. Defence Housing Australia (#DHA) which is wholly owned by the #AustralianGovernment has proposed a development (see below) to house thousands of people at Lee Point.

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#Australiangovernment #gutted #consultants #auspol

https://michaelwest.com.au/government-gutted-as-pwc-big-4-pick-up-1-4b-a-year-for-giving-advice/

https://mastodon.social/@salgoldsaidso/110403892810140744 “Just.Equal has issued a report card on the principals after their first year in office i.e. what has the federal ALP government done and not done since being elected one year ago?” #JustEqual #ALP #AustralianGovernment #LGBTIQA+

A worthwhile read for those working in the Australian research or higher education sectors:

"Trusting Australia’s Ability: Review of the Australian Research Council Act 2001."

Some initial thoughts in 🧵

#ARC #AustralianResearchCouncil #AustralianGovernment #HigherEducation

In Jan 2021 the #NRL said the then new #AFL #concussion rule "is a backward step". And now the NRL is considering mandatory stand-downs. While the sports have "the players' interests at heart", be aware there's a Federal Parliament Senate Inquiry currently on. #senatehearing #australiangovernment #sport #concussioninsport #CTE #returntoplay

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-set-to-make-call-on-mandatory-stand-downs-for-concussed-players-20230219-p5clp7.html

Albanese Government’s secrecy over nuclear weapons grossly irresponsible https://andrewhansen.au/albanese-governments-secrecy-over-nuclear-weapons-grossly-irresponsible/ #IndependentAustralia #AustralianGovernment #AlbaneseGovernment #LatestNews #USNuclear

Thanks so much to the Australian High Commission in Nairobi for getting this to me so quickly and for your professionalism and efficiency. As for our "honorary consulate" staff in Kampala, who were two and three hours late, with one of them arriving just in time for their 1.5 hour lunch break (also repeatedly absent), didn't give me all the info, and use a Gmail address, they should not have jobs. Other Aussies here have also described them as "useless".
#Australianhighcommission #Nairobi #DFAT #consularservices #Australia #Kampala #Uganda #eastAfrica #diplomats #Australiangovernment

If only #Australia had a government with sole authority to issue Australian dollars, to fund whatever is needed.

The Queensland and NSW flood victims might have expected that to be the role of #AustralianGovernment: to use its sole currency issuer power to generate whatever Australian dollars are needed for recovery and rebuilding.

Oh well, it seems there's no money for that (?) and so a GoFundMe is the best they can come up with.

https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/peter-duttons-gofundme-is-coalition-indifference-writ-large,16101

Australia's Prime Minister is in denial; the #AustralianGovernment can't run out of Australian dollars.

“We’ve invested hundreds of billions of dollars getting Australia through this crisis. But we’re now in a stage of the pandemic, where you can’t just make everything free because when someone tells you they want to make something free, someone’s always going to pay for it and it’s going to be you.”

#MarketFailure #Dickhead #FuckYouIveGotMine #HaveYouTriedNotBeingPoor

https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/you-can-t-make-everything-free-pm-stands-firm-on-covid-tests-20220103-p59lfj

Your irregularly-scheduled reminder that #AustralianGovernment is the sole source of Australian dollars.

A Federal government deficit is *where our money comes from*: it didn't exist before, govt signs a spending bill, and now the money exists for us to access.

If the AU govt is in financial surplus, *all of that is private debt* owed to privately-held financial institutions.

And that's why the obscenely wealthy endlessly screech to reduce govt deficit: that forces us all into debt to them.

“This program is no longer available in iview”

Oh yes? What was the point of #TaxpayerFunded media then, #AustralianGovernment? We pay for it but don't own it, is that what you're telling me? Why do we have #CopyRestriction then, remind me?