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Wednesday, 12 July

21:31

The recent Jenin operation looks different when considering Palestine as a weapons laboratory "IndyWatch Feed National"

A strong review of my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, by writer Syndication Bureau (focusing solely on the Middle East).

An extract:

The occupation of Palestine is the most funded and resourced state project in Israels history. On the surface, the occupation has been sold as a temporary defensive measure necessary for Israels survival. However, it satisfies many other needs. Given the biblical connection to the West Bank, the occupation provides a religious veneer to the project of secular Zionism. Control over holy cities with deep meaning in Jewish religious history rallies Jews worldwide to support Israel and its government.

More importantly, Israels military control over an entire population has facilitated the creation of a lucrative weapons industry. In his new book, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World, Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein has documented the intricate connection between the occupation of Palestine and the development of the modern weapons industry. Controlling millions of people requires more than a strong military. Israel has dominated virtually all aspects of Palestinian life with remarkable efficiency through a matrix of checkpoints, physical barriers, and advanced surveillance technologies.

Read the whole thing: What Drives Israels Lucrative Weapons Industry | by Joseph Dana | Jul, 2023 | Medium

The post The recent Jenin operation looks different when considering Palestine as a weapons laboratory appeared first on Antony Loewenstein.

16:11

AliExpress enabling frausters doing nothing about it? "IndyWatch Feed National"

Any selling medium does attract criminals and while in Australia there may be law against false or misleading advertising, Australian 'consumers' are at the mercy of others.

There are plenty of fraudsters, Chinese nationals, on AliEpress, where they are blatantly ripping off overseas buyers.

What is AliExpress doing about it? Very little, not enough.

What is the Chinese government doing about it? Nothing!

Would one seriously expect a government to act against its nationals defrauding 'round eyes', when (globally recognised) copyright law has zero effect or execution in China?

What about Team America World Police, when are they going to save the day?

As they say, buyer beware.

In any event you can see this video, for 'entertainment' purposes:

Fake SSD from AliExpress | How to recognize a fake


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I Got Scammed - Fake 4TB Samsung SSD from AliExpress


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I bought a $58 "64TB" External Drive from AliExpress...same scam, bigger storage claim


14:39

Link "IndyWatch Feed National"

Above: Tim Wilms (The Unhinged) and Jarrad Searby (Proud Boys/National Socialist Network/Finks/Melbourne Magistrates Court) pose for the camera. Wilms is wearing RWDS merch popularised by the Proud Boys and, more recently, mass murderer Mauricio Garcia. This week on Yeah Nah Continue reading

14:11

Hmmm. Have we seen this before? "IndyWatch Feed National"

In the 1970s, Whitlam set up the Royal Commission into Human Relationships (fascinating stuff).

One of the many topics they considered was comprehensive sex education.

There is a need for early and continuous sex education and for an educational program which will help young people to be responsible to themselves and to each other and to decide and act with knowledge, not in fear or ignorance.

Royal Commission into Human Relationships, Final Report, 1977

Conservatives at the time went into a frenzy of pearl clutching, insisting that priests and parents were the only people who should ever talk to children about sex. They ignored the evidence that many parents didnt have the information their kids needed, or didnt know how to talk to kids about sex, or had deeply disturbing attitudes towards sex that needed disrupting.

Most of all they ignored all the parents who wanted schools and experts to teach their kids about sex because they knew it would make their kids safer and happier.

Almost 50 years later, the only thing thats changed is a different Royal Commission stopped even the LNP demanding that priests should talk to children about sex.

Effective consent education stops the weaponisation of fear and shame. It gives kids and teens the power to make safer, stronger choices about their own lives and bodies.

People who reject consent education and people who think their power base depends on weaponising fear and shame theres a Venn diagram thats pretty much a perfect circle.

If you want to know more about consent education, heres something I prepared earlier

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13:24

Lies, Lies, and Autism, Part 5: Putting Something Malicious in a Vaccine "IndyWatch Feed National"

(L) Frank Rochelle, plaintiff veteran, Photo: CNN (C) Dan Olmsted of ageofautism.com, Photo: UPI (R) Dr John Walker-Smith, Photo: Wikipedia
(L) Frank Rochelle, plaintiff veteran, Photo: CNN (C) Dan Olmsted of ageofautism.com, Photo: UPI (R) Dr John Walker-Smith, Photo: Wikipedia

by Mary W Maxwell, LLB

Bioweapons are the type of weapon directed at human health. Of course, weapons such as a gun or a spear are also directed at human health, but here the method is to make the person sick rather than wounded. How to deliver a bioweapon? Put it in the food supply or water supply, inject it, or put it in an insect (or a rat?) which will then deliver it via a bite.

Its claimed that today there are higher-tech bioweapons. You get a chip put into your body which has a receiver of information. The perp can then send instructions for it to interfere with one of your bodys systems. Arent we just marvelous human beings that we have fi...

13:12

Federal Court does not recognise age pension discrimination, despite Australian Government's failure to close life expectancy gap "IndyWatch Feed National"

The Federal Court of Australia has dismissed the legal challenge seeking fair and equal access to the age pension for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Proud Wakka Wakka man Uncle Dennis* brought the case in which the Federal Government faced court for the first time in connection with its failure to close the gap in life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous people.

Despite recognising the ongoing gap in life expectancy, the Court did not accept that Australia's racial discrimination laws should give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people earlier access to the age pension.

It comes on the same day as The Closing the Gap Annual Data Compilation Report found that Australia is still not on track to meet the target of equal life expectancy by 2031. No progress towards this target was reported since the previous year.

The Albanese government has a responsibility to address age pension inequality out of court, by lowering the pension age for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The current pension age of 67 years does not account for the stark differences in life expectancy and health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It means that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people do not have the same opportunity to retire and receive support through the age pension as other Australians. Equal access to the pension would also support several Closing the Gap targets.

Uncle Dennis brought the case with the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and the Human Rights Law Centre, with support from DLA Piper.

Proud Wakka Wakka man Uncle Dennis said:

Im frustrated with this white system, its not a system of the land. It doesnt give us a say. White people are living longer because they havent lost what we have lost. As an Aboriginal man, Ive seen too many of my people dying at a very early age. We are lucky to get to 50 years old. This case was about telling the truth, and asking the Government to work together with us, to give our people the same chance in life as everyone else.  

Things will never get better unless the Government closes the gaps it created. We didnt have a problem, a problem came here. Our language, our culture and our identity comes from here, it doesnt come from another country. Truth, justice and accountability are important.

Nerita Waight, CEO at the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service said:
Everyone deserves to live a life with dignity but this is not possible for our communities who have been left with no choice but to live shorter lives in poverty because of decades of racist colonial policies and a continued lack of investment and change in the systems, institutions and policies that affect their lives day in day out. 

D......

12:32

Make it new? Art and knowledge in the age of automated content generation "IndyWatch Feed National"

In its combination of the already-known, AI cannot respond to the important challenges of our ageclimate change, various forms of prejudice, the inequalities of capitalism and settler colonialism, incipient fascisms. We need, more than ever, art and thought that gives us the authentically new, that tells us something about human life beyond the norms of media normativity of tech platforms and billionaire tyrants.

The post Make it new? Art and knowledge in the age of automated content generation appeared first on Overland literary journal.

11:42

World Federation of Trade Unions issued statement on the NATO Summit 2023 "IndyWatch Feed National"

The NATO summit in Vilnius is about to conclude. It faced some serious issues. Notably the situation in Ukraine and the controversy over an intended expansion into Asia. Critics point out that NATO is on a course towards war and that the push for the prevention of war and for a peaceful relationship between nations is critical to our collective future. The World Federation of Unions, representing 105 million workers in 133 countries issued the statement below just prior to the summit.

The World Federation of Trade Unions, on behalf of its 105 million workers who live, work and struggle in 133 countries of the 5 continents strongly condemns the imperialist plans of NATO and considers the 2023 Summit which is going to be held July 11-12 in Vilnius, Lithuania, one more blatant provocation to the whole peaceful humanity.

The peoples all over the globe know we well the bloody mission of this imperialist alliance is to maintain, and expand if possible, the existing favourable correlation of forces for the NATO countries in order to safeguard the profits of their monopolies.  In the imperialist system which is characterized by the fierce competitions of the imperialist forces for geopolitical control and the control of energy resources and their transport routes, both the peoples of the member-states of NATO and the other counties peoples have nothing to expect from the imperialist alliances and wars except death, suffering, poverty, and misery.

The class-oriented world trade union movement, the militant unions, and those who truly want peace consistently and continuously struggle against NATO which constitutes an aggressive war machine in the service of the interests of the imperialist countries of the alliance.   The peoples of the world have a first-hand experience of NATO crimes and they know that NATO means nothing but interventions, wars, juntas, refugees, starvation, destruction, and death.

The WFTU condemns the continuation of military interventions and wars, the accelerated militarization of international relations, and the soaring military expenditures; it demands an immediate end to all imperialist armed conflicts, full respect for the sovereignty, independence, and right of every people to freely choose their present and future.

We denounce the exclusions, discriminations, embargoes, and sanctions imposed by the US, NATO, and the EU against various countries, as they negatively impact the standard of living of low-income families, workers, poor small farmers, and popular strata in general.

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11:42

Anyone With Drugs, Put Them On The Table: The Redgum Years In The Sunshine State "IndyWatch Feed National"

John Schumann (ex-Redgum lead singer/songwriter) and the Vagabond Crew are returning to Brisbane with The Redgum Years in August. Here, Schumann reflects on gigging in the dark days of the Bjelke-Petersen regime, and finds Redgums protest songs from the 70s and 80s still apply today.

It was September 1979. We were staying in some crappy three-star holiday units in Tweed Heads and Tim Woods, our tour manager, assembled us in one of the kitchens after breakfast.

Redgum was very much a part-time band then. Two of us were high-school teachers so touring opportunities were confined to school holidays. Tim, now a successful concert promoter, was the only member of the touring party who had the faintest idea about the music industry and Queensland.

Okay, anyone with any drugs at all I mean at all  put them on the table now.

People shuffled uncomfortably and little by little, small quantities of marijuana in tobacco tins and Gladbags and the odd morsel of crumbly black hash in tinfoil appeared on the Laminex table. It was pretty pathetic, really. These days the combined stash would be considered well within personal use limit for one person.

Iconic Australian band, Redgum.

Right. Were going into Queensland. Were Special Branch targets so we need to be as clean as a bottle of Dettol. Smoke it now, flush it, bury it somewhere I dont care. But its not coming across the border.

Wed released our first album, If You Dont Fight You Lose, barely a year before. One of my contributions was a strident song delivered in my strangulated, nasal tones called Letter to BJ. It was addressed to Queenslands notorious premier and it had garnered a fair bit of attention on both sides of the civil liberties argument. Plenty of Queenslanders were dying to see us play it live. Plenty more would have been just as happy to see our heads on pikes lining the road out of Tweed Heads.

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11:15

What Is Zero Waste? "IndyWatch Feed National"

New to the zero waste movement? We explain exactly what is zero waste and how living a zero waste lifestyle can help reduce your impact on the planet.

10:28

Clive Palmer launches second ISDS case against the Australian government with third case likely "IndyWatch Feed National"

12 July, 2023:  The Attorney Generals Department has confirmed that Clive Palmers company, Zeph Investment which is registered in Singapore, has lodged a second Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) claim suing the Australian government for $41.3 billion under the 2012 ASEAN-Australia New Zealand Free Trade Agreement.

ISDS is a mechanism within some trade agreements which enables foreign (but not local) investors to sue governments for millions and even billions of dollars of compensation if they can argue, among other reasons, that a change in domestic law or policy has reduced the value of their investment.

Clive Palmer is claiming to be a Singaporean investor, as Zeph Investment is registered in Singapore, to utilise the ISDS mechanism to lodge his claim. He is alleging that the refusal of coal exploration permits in Queensland, which were refused on environmental grounds, entitles him to ISDS compensation.

Clive Palmers most recent ISDS case is just one of the two new prospective ISDS cases revealed in the May budget papers. The Attorney Generals Department has confirmed that Zeph Investment is expected to lodge a third ISDS case.

These cases follow two previous cases that Clive Palmer has taken against the Australian government. In October 2021, Clive Palmer lost his $27.8 billion High Court (non-ISDS) case against the Western Australian government over a disputed mining lease. He moved assets to  Singapore to take this case to an ISDS tribunal and in April 2023 he sued the Australian government for almost $300 billion.

Clive Palmers latest case means he is currently suing the Australian government for $337.3 billion under ISDS, not accounting for a potential third case. Even if Clive Palmer loses these cases, it can be expected to cost the Australian government billions in legal fees. A previous ISDS case between Phillip Morris and the Australian government over plain cigarette packaging cost Australia than $12 billion in legal fees and over 5 years to resolve.

09:46

Discussing Lachlan Murdoch with Paddy Manning "IndyWatch Feed National"

Journalist Paddy Manning has written a fascinating book on Lachlan Murdoch, the heir apparent of the global media empire, called The Successor.

I interviewed him about the book and his methods behind it at this years Newcastle Writers Festival:

 

The post Discussing Lachlan Murdoch with Paddy Manning appeared first on Antony Loewenstein.

09:08

Barnaby Hunts A Name For New Nationals Think Tank. Hilarity Ensues. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Apparently (and by apparently we mean possibly) the Nationals are contemplating a Think Tank and Political Activist Group to rival GetUp!, Advance Australia and the IPA. Which, for pretty obvious reasons isnt going to be easy. Because, you know, the words Barnaby Joyce and Think Tank appearing in the same sentence is almost certain to evoke fits of laughter in most quarters, and get in the way of the very thing that think tanks are supposed to promote namely, thinking.

Ever ready to assist, the Twitterverse has exploded with suggestions to help the Member for New England find his way through the confusing maze of word thingies (and in the interests of accuracy its also possible that the Twitterverse is equally responsible for creating the whole concept but wheres the fun in fact-checking that). The batting was opened by a Mr. Philip Riley, proud Wiradjuri man and retired schoolteacher, whose suggestions include Intellecta Nullius, All Hat No Cattle, and Happy Hour.

Other suggestions forthcoming include Septic Tank, Lie Down (a play on GetUp!, arf arf), Drink Up!, No Flies On Us, Empty Paddocks, No-one Left, Rorting Rooters, Bourbon Bangers, All Hat No Head, and Cattlemen Up No Trails.

Some of the more classy names included The Bull Dust Institute, The Mudguard Centre (all bright and shiny on top but filthy underneath), the Fertiliser Forum, and the Sir Les Patterson Foundation.

And in a flurry of suggestions, Greg Burch offered: Drink Tank, Gin Up!, Institute of Public Bars, Institute of Elicit Affairs, Institute of the Public Purse, and Integrous Nullius. Its possible Mr Burch is either no fan of the Nationals, or believes them to have a drinking problem.

Judy Lloyd Dalton offered more of an interpretive artwork than a name a photo of Barnaby Joyce sleeping through a session of parliament, prompting Mr Riley to remark, Hes got 2 of the Seven Dwarfs covered Sleepy and Dopey.

Keiran Dwyer also offered up some artwork:

07:40

No consultation with new planning body "IndyWatch Feed National"

NSW Reconstruction Authoritys key powers.

The NSW Reconstruction Authority has released a draft document, Protocols exercise of powers and functions under the NSW Reconstruction Authority Act 2022, outlining its powers to act in relation to promoting community resilience to the impact of disasters in NSW. 

The Authority has absorbed both the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation (NRRC) and Infrastructure NSWs HawkesburyNepean Valley Flood Risk Management Directorate (HNV).

The NRRC retains its Northern Rivers identity and continues to focus on rebuilding communities in the Ballina, Byron, Clarence Valley, Kyogle, Lismore, Richmond Valley and Tweed local government areas. This includes delivering the Resilient Homes Program, states the NSW Reconstruction Authority.

While the draft document outlines that it seeks transparency and engagement with stakeholders, the Overview of NSW Reconstruction Authoritys key powers clearly identifi...

07:39

The two-tier economy "IndyWatch Feed National"

Have you tried to get a tradie recently?

How about booking your car in for a service, or hiring a removalist that can fit you in before Christmas?

If youve tried calling any of these local businesses recently, youve probably discovered that demand for basic services like these is majorly outstripping supply.

Welcome to the north coasts two-speed economy.

While the local retail sector struggles under the dual pressures of rising interest rates and the increased cost of living, industries involved in providing basic, grass roots services are booming.    

Many tradies have waiting periods of two months for an average-sized job, while some, such as carpenters and tilers, are almost impossible to get, unless youre willing to pay a premium.

The average wait to book your car in for a service in the Shire is two-to-four weeks, and if youre moving house within the local area youll want to plan at least eight weeks ahead.

A series of interviews conducted by The Echo with experts and those working in these industries suggest the boom and consequent shortages in these industries are the outcome of multiple factors.

They include the increase in demand for the building industry brought about by the 2022 floods, and the mass migration to the Northern Rivers during covid.

At the same time, there is a critical shortage of workers in some of these areas, particularly in the trades sector.  

Jason Bentley, from the Byron Bay Chamber of Commerce, said the region was definitely seeing different industries at different levels.

The trade sector is going gang busters. Some are struggling to keep up with demand.

But at the same time, others are having to close down their operations or move out of the area.

Jane Laverty, President of the Northern Rivers chapter of Business NSW, said businesses in the region typically fell into one of three lanes: those that were really struggling, those who were hanging in there, and those who were seeing ongoing very high demand.

Golden triangle

All of these businesses are facing what I call the golden triangle, which is housing, staffing and skills, she said.

These are the three biggest challenges that pretty much everyone is facing.......

06:50

Peter Duttons puppet is National Anti-Corruption Commission Deputy Commissioner Jaala Hinchcliffe. Has the NACC already been corrupted? "IndyWatch Feed National"

Peter Dutton and Jaala HinchcliffePeter Dutton covered up a lot of corruption in the previous government and one of his puppets he used to do the dirty work was Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI) []

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Tuesday, 11 July

22:33

Rental price growth has...peaked! "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Rental growth peaks

SQM Research has been ahead of the curve on picking rental market trends with its asking rents index ballooning more than 25 per cent higher in Sydney and some other cities.

In real time, they are now seeing the rental crisis easing as tenants push back on rental price increases and make more efficient use of the housing stock. 

Nationally the rental vacancy rate ticked up from 1.2 per cent to 1.3 per cent in June, and asking rents actually declined over the past week in Sydney, for the first time in ages. 


Looking at the smoothed 6-month trend, Brisbane and Adelaide and still very tight, but there are signs of pressures easing elsewhere. 


Of course, there is still rollicking rental demand expected over the next 5 years - and there probably is a seasonal element to this - but this does suggest that we may be through the immediate worst of the rental crisis, especially in Canberra and Hobart, and much of regional Australia to boot. ...

20:09

Fire at powdered milk factory burns for 2 days in Australia "IndyWatch Feed National"

Firefighters will need to lift the roof off a powdered milk factory in order to extinguish a fire that has been burning for almost two days on the New South Wales South Coast. The factory in Bomaderry, north of Nowra, caught alight at about 1:30pm on Monday. Several employees attempted to fight the fire before Rural Fire Service and Fire and Rescue NSW crews took over. Shoalhaven Fire and Rescue Inspector Rick Jones said the factory was full of highly flammable powdered milk, which had prolonged the firefighting efforts. "The product itself is something that burns very fiercely, which was evident yesterday," he said.

19:54

New film: protecting the alpine peatlands "IndyWatch Feed Gippsland"

This is a beautiful short film about the alpine peatlands by Stephen Curtain.

It is based on the work of the Cross-regional Victorian Alpine Peatlands project and features interviews with Gunaikurnai elder Russell Mullett, Jess Haughton and Helen Wilson from North East Catchment Management Authority, Dan Brown from Parks Victoria and others. The project seeks to protect and improve the condition of the alpine peatlands which are scattered across the higher areas of the alpine zone. Threats include deer, weeds and fire. It also has some stunning aerial footage of Baw Baw and Buffalo plateaus and across the high plains.

As Stephen says of the film: The alpine peatlands are the kidneys of the Murray-Darling Basin. They clean and slowly release water in alpine Country for Countrys sake, not to mention the immeasurable value of water downstream for so many purposes. How we manage hard impacts on this fragile, slow-to-recover landscape is the opportunity before us.

You can watch the film here.

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19:29

City of Perth wants you to report anti-social behaviour to a hotline "IndyWatch Feed National"

READ MORE AT TOTT NEWS  Perth authorities, who already have a smart city network comprising...

19:00

Checking In "IndyWatch Feed National"

  What Happened to the Federalnaya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii? The FSB answers directly to Vladimir Putin For the most part, it is the successor organization to the KGB in that the security of Russia is its mission. Since 2014, the FSB devoted substantial resources to preparing for a Russian takeover of Ukraine. Although Russias []

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18:30

When Net Zero Describes Common Sense And Progress, Rather Than Emissions "IndyWatch Feed National"

Australias path to net zero emissions isnt so much rocky as it breathtakingly foolish. That is unless were all okay with wide-scale habitat destruction both here and overseas) while wasting trillions of dollars in the process. Geoff Russell weighs in on the renewables vs nuclear debate, which seems to be going from the bizarre to the absurdum.

Mathematicians often use a form of proof called Reductio ad absurdum. If you want to prove something is false, then assume its true and see what that implies. If the implication is false or contrary to something we know is true, then the job is done.

Heres an example. Suppose Jill and Joe are having a discussion. Joe believes in the power of prayer and Jill wants to prove that praying for something doesnt work.

JOE: If I pray, then I can pass my exam.

Jill assumes prayer works and so tries to see what that implies.

JILL: If prayer works, then few, if any Christians would ever have died from cancer.

Thats true if most Christians with a cancer diagnosis respond by praying not to die (from the cancer).

Jill: So, since many Christians die of cancer (every day), prayer doesnt work.

Theres a bit of slack in that argument. Maybe Christians dont all take to prayer when given a cancer diagnosis, and maybe some die without being diagnosed. A mathematician doing mathematics would be more rigorous, but Reductio arguments are often used in this rough and ready way.

Of course, you can escape the argument by exploiting a common loop hole.

Joe: Prayer definitely works, just not all the time and only if you are devout.

Enter Net Zero Australia.

 

Best laid plans

All over the world, research groups are producing net-zero plans of one kind or another. The latest local work came out in April 2023, from Net Zero Australia (NZAU).

NZAU is a consortium of universities and consulting companies, with most of the people being from Melbourne University.

The University of Melbourne. (IMAGE: Geoff Penaluna, Flickr)....

18:00

Animal Liberation is hosting a webinar and you're invited "IndyWatch Feed National"

Our webinars are a great place to learn about animal rights issues and the campaigns that are working to create a kinder world. You will also discover ways you can get involved, and connect with like-minded people. See below to know some of the people who will be presenting there.

During this meeting you'll hear from:

Tara Ward, co-founder and volunteer principal solicitor for the Animal Defenders Office (ADO). The ADO is a nationally accredited, volunteer-run community legal centre based in Canberra. Tara has also taught animal law at the University of New South Wales since 2008, and is an animal welfare representative on a university's animal ethics committee. Tara will be discussing some recent cases, with a focus on animal advocates.

 

Alex Vince, Animal Liberation's campaign manager, will be showing a snippet of On The Fence, an upcoming documentary about Australia's most misunderstood apex predator, the dingo. Alex was interviewed about 1080 poison in this documentary.

 

Tracey and Mick, founders of Peanuts Wellbeing Sanctuary, will be sharing why they started Peanuts Wellbeing Sanctuary, and how they break the cycle of abuse for children and animals, by nurturing empathy and compassion towards others.

When: 6:30 pm (AEST), Thursday, 13th July 2023

Where: 

16:17

Piers Morgan Tried To Interview Roseanne Barr. It Went About As Well As Youd Expect "IndyWatch Feed National"

One of the challenging things about Roseanne Barr, at least over the past few years, has been working out whether or not she has a genuine mental illness (and is thus being exploited by morally bankrupt media types) or if, in fact, shes simply just a spectacularly shit human.

Unfortunately, Barrs latest media outing a bizarre, sycophantic, shouty interview from renowned whinging Pom Piers Morgan does nothing to solve the question. But first the brief background.

Morgan had Barr on overnight because, once again, the former comedian turned sitcom star has hit the headlines for saying things that, well, in the cold light of day look more stupid rant than funny. Which, unless youre Donald Trump, cant be put down to a deliberate career choice.

In Barrs case, at the end of last month she appeared on fellow comedian Theo Vons podcast, where, among many other wildly outlandish statements, she sarcastically claimed that Joe Biden had definitely won the 2020 presidential election over Trump. Barr, in case youve missed it, is a trenchant election denier, and so, to underscore her sarcasm, she also pretended to be a Holocaust denier. Which is never a good idea.

[Biden got 81 million votes in 36 districts]. That is the truth, and nobody died in the Holocaust either. Thats the truth. It should happen, six million Jews should die right now because they cause all the problems in the world but it never happened, Barr said.

In Barrs funny defence, she also told Von that Hollywood was full of Jews and that Americans should be grateful because if that wasnt the case, all youd have is f***ing fishing shows. But unfortunately for Barr, while sections of the left did indeed try to misuse the statements to make out Barr was genuinely anti-Semitic (it was clearly satirical and Barr is, in fact, Jewish), it still went down like a lead balloon within the Jewish community.

Jonathan Greenblatt from the Anti-Defamation League lead the charge: Sarcasm or not, Roseanne Barrs comments about Jews and the Holocaust are reprehensible and irresponsible.

And speaking of that, enter Piers Morgan, who was obviously hopeful he might wring a bit more out of the fortnight-old controversy. Morgan also apparently mistakenly believed he had an ally and friend in Roseanne Barr, who, like himself, has repeatedly been silenced and cancelled for her views (well let the fact Morgan has his own television show, and Barr her own publicist for a national tour fly through to the keeper).

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16:02

The Fukushima Disaster: The hidden side of the story "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Arnie Gundersen speaks of the clich that the solution to pollution is dilution, but with the radiation from Fukushima being sent into the Pacific, there will be bio-accumulationwith vegetation absorbing radiation, little fish eating that vegetation and intensifying it and bigger fish eating the smaller fish and further bio-accumulating the radioactivity. Already, tuna off California have been found with radiation traced to Fukushima. With this planned further, and yet greater dispersal, thousands of people in the Pacific basin will die from radiation, he says.

Exposing the nuclear industry and its lies.  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/07/08/labour-explore-ai-ban-decisions-nuclear-weapons-david-lammy/

The Fukushima Disaster, The Hidden Side of the Story, is a just-released film documentary, a powerful, moving, information-full film that is superbly made. Directed and edited by Philippe Carillo, it is among the strongest ever made on the deadly dangers of nuclear technology. 

It begins with the words in 1961 of U.S. President John F. Kennedy: Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by an accident, or miscalculation or by madness.

It then goes to the March 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plants in Japan after they were struck by a tsunami. Their back-up diesel generators were kicked in but  did not run for long, notes the documentary. That led to three of the six plants explodingand theres video of thisreleasing an unpreceded amount of nuclear radiation into the air.

Fukushima is the worlds largest ever industrial catastrophe, says Professor John Keane of the University of Sydney in Australia. He says there was no emergency plan and, as to the owner of Fukushima, Tokyo Electric Power Company, with the accident its CEO for five nights and dayslocked himself inside his office.

Meanwhile, from TEPCO, there was only good news with two Japanese government agencies also involved in the cover-upthe Nuclear Industry Safety Agency and Ministry of Economy,...

15:02

Melbournes Triple R radio on The Palestine Laboratory "IndyWatch Feed National"

My interview with Melbournes Triple R Radio program, The Grapevine, about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory:

The Palestine Laboratory is a new book by journalist Antony Loewenstein that documents how Israels subjugation of the Palestinian people serves as a testing ground for weapons and surveillance systems that are then exported around the world.

Built on extensive research, interviews and on-the-ground reporting, the book draws on modern events including Harvey Weinstein, 9/11 and the current crisis in Ukraine to show the consequences of a military industrial complex that facilitates the persecution of groups in many parts of the world.

Antony joined Dylan and Kulja on The Grapevine to talk through it all.

Whats happening in Palestine is not staying there the occupation is being exported The technologies and tools that Israel has developed over decades whether its spyware drones or facial recognition technology is now a massive export business to countless countries around the world.

The post Melbournes Triple R radio on The Palestine Laboratory appeared first on Antony Loewenstein.

14:37

ROBODEBT PROSECUTIONS "IndyWatch Feed National"

7 UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE MAY FACE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION

One of the outcomes from the Robodebt Royal Commission is a secret chapter that recommends civil action or criminal prosecutions. Years overdue, and far too lateb for deceased victims, but better late than never.

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Below are extracts from the report:

I have provided to you an additional chapter of the report which has not been included in the bound report and is sealed. It recommends the referral of individuals for civil action or criminal prosecution....

14:08

Fanny Lumsden "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Fanny Lumsden. Anglesea Memorial Hall. Anglesea. 7pm. $25 $40.

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14:07

Jess Hitchcock "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Jess Hitchcock. Anglesea Memorial Hall. Anglesea. 7pm. $40.

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14:04

Cable Ties "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Cable Ties. Anglesea Memorial Hall. Anglesea. 7pm. $35.

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14:04

Get your paintbrushes and pencils ready! Art competition celebrates love of books "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Caroline Wang, Donald Smith, and Ramona Watt have already entered the competition. Picture: Wollongong City Council.

PRIMARY school students are encouraged to create an original artwork inspired by this years Childrens Book Week theme: Read, Grow, Inspire.

There are 13 prizes on offer and first-place winners in each category will receive an exciting Childrens Book Week prize pack valued up to $100.

The competition will be judged by Wollongong Art Gallery and Wollongong City Libraries staff.

To participate, pick up a free entry template by visiting Helensburgh, Thirroul or Corrimal libraries. Once your artwork is ready, drop it back in to your local library before Friday August 4 2023 for a chance to win.

Wollongong City Councils manager library and community services, Jenny Thompson said Childrens Book Week is a chance to highlight the stories which are in the libraries collection.

We want to help encourage young people in our community to fall in love with reading, Ms Thompson said.

This competition is a great way to celebrate everything thats great about books. I cant wait to see the a...

14:01

Lowercase Poetry "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Gold Coin Donation

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14:00

LIVE An Exhibit by Lucinda Goodwin "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

LIVE An Exhibit by Lucinda Goodwin

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13:59

DJ Wormboy Residency "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

DJ Wormboy Residency

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13:58

Come Talk Art "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Come Talk Art

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13:52

Saturday Night Vinyl DJs "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Live vinyl DJs from 8pm at Medusa.

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13:51

Saturday Night Vinyl DJs "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Live vinyl DJs from 8pm at Medusa.

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13:30

ABC National helps UDIA push to cover golf-courses with housing VIC "IndyWatch Feed National"

We predicted this would happen when the Vic government put developers in charge of and regional Victoria.  The seizure of these green public and private lands is now being normalised on public media. Affected and ordinary citizens are not being interviewed, or their community organisations, such as Planning Democracy, PPLVic, Sustainable Population Australia, only property developers, who are given an undeserved moral authority via the ABC, simply by promoting their opinion via interviews that allow them to justify overdevelopment and overpopulation without putting any of the obvious logical challenges to their false and self-interested arguments. Australians deserve more, much more from the ABC.

Max Shifman of the Urban Development Institute was interviewed on ABC Radio National 792 Brisbane today around 8.30 am about a push to develop golf courses in Melbourne's South Eastern suburbs - which would include the Mornington Peninsula. This interview used and abused the problem of Australian homelessness as an excuse to overturn hardwon community land and property rights that have to date prevented wholesale slaughter-planning. 

Shifman, without any acknowledgement of the utter irony, pointed to the 'need to house new migrants' who he suggested don't want to live in high rise appartments - contrary to the Vic Government's current 'policies' to build this stylel of dwelling (e.g. activity centres)  - but would rather detached homes. (So would most Australians, Mr Shifman - but not at the price the developer industry likes.)

The obvious rejoinder to the mention of migrants needing such developments to live in was that surely we should be limiting migration if it is causing us to disrupt communities and wildlife.  No such comment. The ABC is so apparently corrupt with regard to pleasing the developer-led agenda.

Of course, we have massive population pressure due to the political pressure groups that have been brought to bear on our polity by the property developer institutes and their financiers, who have got government to engage with a huge expanding migration program.  So, the Urban Development Institute has a history of issuing press releases to justify mass migration, yet we all have to put up with the ABC acting as if mass migration has nothing to do with such interest groups.

Every time I turn on the ABC, they are advocating more housing, more mi...

13:02

Dysfunctionality Critical Mass "IndyWatch Feed National"

The mid-term future looks uncomfortable

J.G.Olsen / Financial Expositor

The Present:

There are now so many syst...

11:24

Alex Jones calls on God to blow up the earth before the Globalists do "IndyWatch Feed National"

During his show on Sunday, Infowar host and career conspiracy theories Alex Jones called on God to destroy the earth before the Globalists get a chance to. Jones said was hopeful God would answer his call for the sake of the children. We have to talk to the establishment and say you know you have []

08:59

Royal Commission shines torch on Robodebt injustice "IndyWatch Feed National"

Contributed by Joe Montero

The Holmes Royal Commission has produced a damning report on Robodebt and presented 57 recommendations Robodebt has been confirmed as one of the biggest scandals in Australia history. Maybe it doesnt offer a clear alternative. But at least it does help shine a torch on a great injustice and found that it was illegal.

A clear outline of how the victims were targeted and made examples of for accepting payments from Centrelink was given. As was how vilification, the hard to navigate process, and the assignment of blame without proof, were used as weapons.

Robodebt was not a mistake, nor was it the result of bad legal advice. This was a deliberate policy to play the blame game for failed economic and social government policies, and in line with the application of neoliberalism. Robodebt and the pain it brought were deliberately intended to force as many as possible into the cheap labour market.

Every indicator suggests a likely connection between corruption in politics and corruption in business, through the granting of lucrative contracts.

We know that the way individuals were treated resulted in immense stress, despair, ill health, and that drove some to suicide. The trauma caused extended to families and impacted on communities.

In the preface to her report, Catherine Holmes noted that the incidence of fraud was miniscule.  This didnt prevent ministers and other politicians from blowing this out of proportion, to justify what was happening.

Now that Robodebt has become scandal, there is no shortage of politicians tut tutting about how terrible it was. They omit that part about the broad bipartisan support for it. There is a smell of insincerity here. The exception is former prime minister Scott Morrison, who continues to deny any wrong.

Cartoon by Megan Herbert

Robodebt was exposed through the effort of many of its victims, their supporters, and of course, the critical role played by whistleblowers within the system. If the politicians had not gone missing at the time, there wouldnt have been Robodebt.

The first recommendation in the report involves treating Centrelink recipients with respect and dignity, putting an end to the use of stigmatising language, and creating a process that is user friendly and efficient.

Instead of this, the post Robodebt system has delive...

07:34

Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating partner- its a gay man "IndyWatch Feed National"

Above recent photograph: Two old Sydney gays. Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating with Sydney radio shock jock Alan Jones.

I dont know who Paul Keatings live-in gay partner is.

Below photograph: former Australian Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and Paul Keating.

...

06:05

Handling Trump Media Coverage: An Answer For Media Dummies "IndyWatch Feed National"

Donald TrumpThere are no 'mistakes' for the media to learn from. They can either cover Trump like everyone else, or they can give up on the news.

03:24

NATO is 'malicious poison' - former Australian PM "IndyWatch Feed National"

Paul Keating has argued that the military bloc should remain confined to Europe and the Atlantic and not try to expand into Asia. NATO has no place in Asia and should stick to its original focus, that is the security of the Transatlantic region, former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating has argued. The Labour politician, who served in office from 1991 to 1996, also warned against attempts to "circumscribe" China. In his statement published on Sunday, Keating appeared to refer to a recent report in Politico, which claimed French President Emmanuel Macron had blocked NATO's plans to establish a liaison office in Japan.

02:34

Mystery: Young Man Found Dead In Popular Hotel Room In Ughelli "IndyWatch Feed National"

YOUNG MAN

LAGOS JULY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A 23 years old man, identified as Victor Benjamin has died in a popular hotel located along the East West Road axis in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.

Vanguard gathered that the deceased had lodged in room No: 414 of Wetland hotel Ughelli, on Saturday before his mysterious untimely death on Sunday.

According sources, The young man had gone to the hotel to relax and when his friends came looking for him, a receptionist told them that he has checked out of the hotel.

Not satisfied with the answer of the receptionist, they went to the room of the deceased only to find his lifeless body on the floor and they raised alarm. the anonymous source revealed.

When contacted via phone call, an investor in the hotel, Richard Kpedi Esq said, I was told a young man checked into the hotel at about 11-12 in the night and during the routine check and checkout time at about 1:pm his body was found on the floor.

When the house keeper got there he saw the man, he went and call his manager and he came, luckily for them, his relations were already coming because they said he came from Ghana.

He was rushed to the hospital in Ughelli there and when they got there, the doctors confirmed him dead on arrival.

We as a corporate organisation, we decide to inform the police and a statement under caution was taken from the management, before we talked about bail and all that.

I think the next thing now is to wait for the autopsy report and know the cause of his death

When contacted the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Edafe Bright said, I will find out.

However, a source from the Delta State Police Command who confirmed the incident stated that the deceased lodged in the on July 7 and at about 2:pm the next day being July 8, his corpse was found lying on the floor.

According to the security source who spoke on anonymous condition said, The Chief Security Officer, CSO, of Wetland Hotel Ughelli, Oglagha Selebibia came to incident the case about the guest and their discovery.

He was rushed to Shekinah, a private hospital where he was confirmed dead by the Doctor and his body has been deposited at the morgue awaiting the autopsy report and while further investigation is ongoing.

As at the time of this report, it was further gathered the Manager of the...

00:15

The UN holds a robot press conference about the state of AI "IndyWatch Feed National"

The AI for Good global summit hosted by the UN tech agency invited a panel of robots and their creators to a press conference to answer questions from reporters.

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Monday, 10 July

23:24

Inventi Ensemble "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Experience the joy of live music with your preschooler at our monthly cushion concerts.

Cushion concerts are a series of live performances for children by local as well as internationally recognised musicians. They are affordable and presented in a relaxed and friendly environment.

We choose music that is stimulating for young listeners, make sure each concert is unlike the last and keep the performance under 40 minutes.

Children bring a cushion (or borrow one of ours), as well as a teddy and a snack. If they need to move around to get a better view, want to dance or stretch out on the floor, thats fine. If a child has a question or want to talk about the performance thats great.

 

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23:19

Fanny Lumsden: Hey Dawn Tour "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Join ARIA + 8 x Golden Guitar award winning singer-songwriter Fanny Lumsden and her incredible band The Prawn Stars as they hit the road celebrating her 4thstudio albumHeyDawn.

Fannys third album Fallow, released in March 2020 was considered a breakthrough winning the ARIA, CMAA Golden Guitar and AIR awards for Country Album of the Year as well as 4 additional Golden Guitars. It was shortlisted for the prestigious Australian Music Prize, debuted in the top 10 ARIA Charts and got many people through lockdown. Needless to say, following that, a 4thalbum was always going to be a daunting.

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23:14

Randy Feltface: Feltopia "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

In these uncertain times, you need a voice you can trust. Someone whos travelled the world and knows how to fix it. Courage. Integrity. Other stuff. Vote 1 Randy Feltface.

Randy Feltface has spent the past eighteen years carving out a unique niche on the international comedy circuit. He was nominated for best comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, played sold out seasons in London and New York and featured several times at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival. He made his US television debut as crowd favourite on NBCs Bring The Funny, and his comedy specials have become pirated YouTube sensations. Politics seems like the natural next step.

Dont miss Randy Feltface as he brings his Feltopia World Tour home to the Southern Hemisphere.

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23:08

Arj Barker: Power Hour "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

What do you get when you take your very best jokes from over the last 30 years, lovingly restore, refine and remaster each one, jam them all into a single hour, and finally, sprinkle in some brand new material and a hint of improv? You get the best of Arj Barker. Also known as Power Hour.

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23:04

Forever 80s Best of the 80s Tour "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Direct from sell out Australian shows, Australias number one 80s touring show, Forever 80s is coming to Capital Theatre for one unforgettable night.

Prep that neon, put on those leg warmers and relive the soundtrack of the best generation. A time of musics biggest hair and biggest hits! Turn back time and sing along to Wham!, Whitney Houston, Billy Idol, A-ha, Tina Turner, Prince, Cindy Lauper, Bon Jovi and more. A night with Forever 80s, is a night to reminisce and is simply not to be missed.

Get excited, grab your closest and secure your tickets today. Dont miss out because you Just Cant Get Enough 80s music!

Forever 80s are Simply the Best!

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22:58

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Orchestra Victoria, Melbourne International Film Festival and Bendigo Venues and Events present:

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror  

A silent film as it was meant to be heard! 

Experience the thrill of the iconic vampire film Nosferatu, brought to life by a live orchestra, coming exclusively to Ulumbarra Theatre for one night only.

Following award winning, sell out shows at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, and seasons at Edinburgh Fringe (UK), and Art, Not Apart (Canberra); duo Rasa Daukus (piano) and Will Larsen (percussion) have teamed up with Orchestra Victoria to expand their original score to the films eerie, gothic visuals.

A full orchestra, keyboard, electronics, and a massive labyrinth of drums, shakers, bells, cymbals, gongs and percussion come together to create an electrifying atmosphere to accompany the original adaption of Bram Stokers Dracula for the screen. An influential work of early filmmaking and the horror genre that followed, Nosferatu is considered a masterpiece of cinema, even 101 years on.

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22:56

Carl Barron: Skating Rink For Flies "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

When Carl was a small boy at school, he asked the teacher how Ants feel. He never got an answer all those years ago, but he still wants to know.

Voted number one comedian two years running, come along and see Carls brand new show Skating Rink for Flies.

A night where he ponders things we all think about but never mention. Things like plastic bags, peanut butter, and the possible emotions of an ant.

There is no point to this show other than to make you laugh as much as possible.

Funny stories from a bloke with a funny head. What more could you ask for? (Bit of wee guarantee)

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Friday, 07 July

10:25

Construction insolvencies at decade highs "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Building bust

There were 519 more construction insolvencies in the June quarter, with Victoria and Queensland notably higher than the prior year comparative figure. 


Over the financial year there were 2,117 construction insolvencies, up by 75 per cent from an artificially low 1,284 last year. 

Annual construction solvencies are now at decade highs, and they haven't peaked yet. 


The heaps of pressures on builders and developers continue, despite the growing housing shortage.

The off thing is the demand for accommodation has never been higher, but it's just not profitable to build at today's prices.

Student visa applications continue to accelerate.

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07:30

Antidepressants Can Cause Chemical Castration "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

From Maryanne Demasi Reports: Antidepressants can cause severe, sometimes irreversible, sexual dysfunction that persists even after discontinuing the medication. Sufferers have described it as chemical castration a type of genital mutilation caused by antidepressants, mainly selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). The condition is known as post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD), a condition largely unrecognised, and the true incidence of which is unknown.

David Healy, psychiatrist and founder of RxISK.org said, I saw my first patient with PSSD in 2000, a 35-year-old lady who told me that three months after stopping treatment, she could rub a hard-bristled brush across her genitals and feel nothing. Josef Witt-Doerring, psychiatrist and former FDA medical officer said, This condition is so devastating that it will cause serious changes to your life and to those around you.

It happened to Rosie

In 2020, during protracted Covid lockdowns in Melbourne, 23-year-old Rosie Tilli felt an increasing sense of anxiety and depression. Her psychiatrist prescribed a low dose of Lexapro (escitalopram), an SSRI to help Rosie calm down, assuring her that if she experienced side effects, theyd go away once she stopped the medication. Soon after taking the medication Rosie felt emotionally blunted, but took it as a positive sign. At first, I thought it was great because it felt like the medication was working. But then I couldnt feel my emotions, I couldnt cry, I had no sexual desire, and my genitals went numb.

After four months, Rosie decided to slowly wean herself off the medication. Some of her symptoms improved and the fog lifted, but over the next two years her libido faded to nothing. It has been two years of hell. Now, I have no sexual function. Im numb down there. I cant have an orgasm. It feels like my soul has just been vacuumed out of my body. I feel completely asexual, said Rosie. She sought help from various professionals, but none believed it could be the antidepressant because the drug had already left her system. They concluded it was all in her mind.

Rosie went to a local youth centre for help, but they ended up sectioning her under the Mental Health Act with an Involuntary Treatment Order, insisting she take antipsychotic medication. I refused to take an antipsychotic because I knew I wasnt psychotic. Instead, they forced me to take another antidepressant against my will in order to leave the facility, said Rosie. It was the most traumatic thing Ive ever been through in my life. I fel...

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Thursday, 06 July

12:55

Donald Trump Jr cancels speaking tour in Australia over doubt the country would grant him a visa "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Donald Trumps eldest son had to cancel a planned speaking tour in Australia just days before he was due to arrive in the country over doubts the country would grant him a visa, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. Donald Trump Jr was scheduled to make appearances in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne between July 9 and []

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Tuesday, 04 July

23:42

Listings remain low, but... "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Listings remain low

Property for sale remained relatively tight across each of the major capital cities, and significantly lower than a year earlier in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth.


Listings have increased notably in Canberra and Hobart, after some stellar price performance in recent years. 


Asking prices are higher over the year in most cities, but there has been some weakness in regional markets of late, including in 'lifestyle' locations such as the Sunshine Coast (which I can attest to personally) and the Mornington Peninsula (which I can't).

13:49

More myth busting "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Quite amazing how many medics are coming out of the woodwork spruiking low carb eating. Im not keen to use the word diet anymore because diets are associated with weight loss through calories restriction. The keto/carnivore lifestyle isnt strictly about losing weight (Ive now lost twelve kilos), thats an added bonus as far as I am concerned. The real reason is to get healthy Anyhow, this guy has many interesting things to say, heres one I like

On a much lighter note, heres my favourite car journalist going off on a tangent I never expected. Language warning, but its very very good and funny to boot John doesnt understand how you cant exercise your way out of a bad diet, but his message is still more than valid..

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Monday, 03 July

12:19

Make the Catholic Church pay land-tax, not the poor - Response to new land-tax bill Victoria, Australia "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

The Catholic Church owns many billions of dollars of land in Australia but does not pay any land-tax. Today, in Victoria, Australia, if you own a second property worth more than 300,000, you pay land-tax. Soon, however, property worth 50,000 and upwards will be taxed, if a new bill goes ahead. This makes no moral sense in an era of skyrocketing land-prices, where you would logically expect land-tax thresholds to rise, not to fall. This letter to Tim Pallas MP suggests that, rather than punish Australians with very modest land-holdings, Australia should simply tax the Catholic Churchs vast holdings.

The following letter was sent to Tim Pallas Victorian Labor MP.

Dear Mr. Pallas

Re: Land Tax Act 2005, recent amendments and consequences

We write to express our concern and disappointment with your announcement in the recent state budget to reduce the exemption for paying Land Tax from $300,000 to $50,000.

The purpose of this amendment is inexplicable, perhaps other than to perversely begin levying Land Tax in a draconian way on the least wealthy land owners. Setting a $50,000 exemption is unnecessarily cruel and draconian on those who may have acquired a small holding many years ago, and who, for a range of reasons may not be able, or inclined, to dispose of the land.

Indeed, an increase in the exemption threshold was long overdue and was expected to be increased due to the long delay since the last adjustment. Logically, as land values always rise, so should the threshold for exemption, and we suggest the exemption should have been increased to at least $1 million to maintain the existing relativities.

Land-tax changes would affect pension eligibility

Pensioners for example, now forced to sell their land to pay for the increasingly prohibitive Land Tax rates, may find themselves ineligible for the pension, or reduced to only a part pension as they would then have too much cash to be eligible for a pension.

It is cruel and unfair to expect elderly pensioners, who may have owned the block next door for decades to have to engage in a market sale of their land, and the personal consequences to them, such as living arrangements, family issues, eligibility for health care etc. - arising from what is effectively for many a forced sale. In short, given the relatively few people affected it is a very limited source of revenue for the state. It seems instead....

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Sunday, 02 July

07:16

2-Sense: House prices forecasts; record mortgage repayments in the post "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

2-Sense podcast

This week on the Australian Property Podcast I was joined by Chris Bates to discuss the big three property news stories of the week.

We discuss Domain's house price forecasts, which anticipate new highs, and also record mortgage repayments expected next year. 

Tune in here (or click on the image below):


The YouTube version will go live at some point as well. 

Chris notes have incredibly tight lending policy settings are at the moment, and it's obliterating the housing supply, and particularly of rentals. 

Today News reported how Brisbane has become the latest city to turn into a "Hunger Games" style rental market, with one mother reporting being rejected from over 800 applications. 

There don't appear to be any workable plans to tackle this, with Victoria's state government now reducing incentives for off-the-plan purchases and increasing land taxes for landlords in the face of record population growth.

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Monday, 26 June

13:50

Metabolic Overshoot "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Anyone lurking on this humble blog will have noticed that Ive become rather passionate about the state of the food industry and its impact on the global health system. All of the doctors and scientists Ive featured here in the past six months all say get off the seed oils and switch to olive or coconut oil. Which I did twenty years ago already. This got me thinking, is it even possible?

Global oilseed production is projected to reach 632 million tons on record plantings. Soybean production is forecast to rise 23 million tons to 386 million, a 6-percent increase. Production of all oilseeds is forecast to increase, with all but cottonseed and rapeseed reaching at least 10-year records.12 May 2021

On average, during the period 2016 to 2021, world production of olive oil was 3.1 million metric tons (3.4 million short tons). Spain produced 44% of world production. The next largest producers were Italy, Greece, Tunisia, Turkey and Morocco. I now refuse to buy anything but Australian olive oil after being warned by a Sicilian wwoofer who worked here that most European olive oil is cut with seed oil.

Simple maths therefore shows that theres 210 times more unhealthy oil produced globally than healthy olive oil..

Coconut oil is just as bad at 3.6 million tonnes. Worse, a quick google discovered this :

 

As I suspected, the whole metabolic syndrome epidemic is not a problem, its just another predicament. In fact its so much like lets switch from fossil fuels to renewables, its not funny. This ones outcome, however, is that it will kill millions, if not, eventually billions of people.. And when youre in serious overshoot, population collapse is the only outcome.

according to Dr Robert Lustig who was one of Nate Hagens recent blog guests, the growth in diabetes in the USA (quite...

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Saturday, 24 June

19:09

Taxing Times "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Realty Talk


I joined Bushy Martin at Realty Talk to discuss Victoria's new land tax proposals.

Tune in here (or click on the image below):

01:01

LIMITS everywhere "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

When Nate Hagens says I know things that I cant say in a public podcast, then you know were slouching towards Mordor.

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Friday, 23 June

22:50

Trades Hall backs campaign for refugees trapped in Indonesia "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

RAC activist Margaret Sinclair reported on the situation for refugees in Indonesia to the executive of the Victorian Trades Hall Council on 23 June. The executive carried the following motion unanimously. Victorian Trades Hall and its affiliates note that 14,000 refugees are trapped in Indonesia, most for eight years and many for ten years or []

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22:00

Fare rise unexpected "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

The rise to $5 for a single trip and $10 per day for a standard Myki fare is unexpected, given these usually occur in January. The PTUA along with the rest of Victoria has only had a weeks notice of the increase, which is a big jump for most fares. Passengers wont be welcoming the rise, which Continue reading Fare rise unexpected

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Tuesday, 20 June

11:24

eX-detainees Statement Refugee Week or Refugee Day is like a parody of a PR saviour campaign while we suffer continuous discrimination and detention abuse in Western and non-Western countries. "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

At present, there are over 103 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, with over 32 million refugees among them. Over 1 million refugee children were born as refugees.

What is the main aim of Refugee Week or Refugee Day, originally initiated by UNHCR (the UN High Commissioner for Refugees), a mostly white, non-refugee led organisation? Highlighting fairytale-like sad and happy refugee stories, running a fundraiser for your refugee saviour organisation, or showcasing exotic cooking shows or cultural shows on Refugee Week or Refugee Day, while refugees surviving persecution and abuse have to prove to the world that we can assimilate, smile, or be prepared to participate in social transactions that enable refugee organisations to make money or deliver an exotic cultural presentation to everyone. This is the wholesale package delivered by Refugee Week or Refugee Day.

Do we still want to continue this vulture refugee industry? Is this about us or you? Nothing is surprising when the UNHCR sets the saviour complex bar within the refugee sector by running a patronising PR circus during World refugee week/day. When the world leader of refugee rights organisations functions like this, we can imagine that every other organisation will follow the same orientalist approach.

Meanwhile, the Australian government, and governments across the world are spending millions of dollars acquiring weapons and building their military while blocking those of us fleeing from the destruction caused by these policies from seeking protection and the opportunity to rebuild our lives so we can look forward to a future.

In so-called Australia, racist refugee policies continue. eX-detainees who arrived 30 years ago have still not gotten citizenship, and/or have no access to humanitarian pathways for family reunion. As a result, 1000s of eX-detainee families arriving in Australia kids and adult family members are not allowed to receive access to social security and many other support services to build a future, including Austudy or HECS. Each eX-detainee refugee needs to spend over $10,000 to bring family members to Australia. This adds another layer of trauma and oppression, on top of existing trauma and oppression, with many of us eX-detainees having to live with permanent disabilities caused by institutional abuse and torture by the Australian governments de...

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Sunday, 18 June

09:58

Peak oil according to Dr Tim Morgan "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

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#258: Written in the skies

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PEAK OIL AND THE UNFOLDING INFLEXION

On a glorious summers day towards the end of the Second World War, a German fighter ace, his squadron grounded for lack of fuel, sat in a deck-chair watching the vapour trails of American bombers write the end of the Third Reich across azure skies.

Metaphorically, a similar message is being sky-written now. According to Goehring & Rozencwajg who are as good as it gets where energy analysis is concerned  Hubberts peak is finally here. Only hindsight, of course, can conclusively determine the moment at which peak oil became a reality, but G&R are very probably right.

With conventional oil production in decline since 2016, the only source of unconventional supply which remains capable of further increase is the Permian basin, located in six counties in West Texas.

This basin, say G&R, is within a year of its own peak, and we know how rapidly shale production declines once a basin slips onto the down-slope of the drilling treadmill. The rates of decline of individual shale wells tend to be very rapid, and a point inevitably arrives at which operators can no longer drill enough new wells to stop overall output declining.

OPEC claims to have 4 mmb/d of spare production capacity, but this even if true, which is highly debateable wouldnt tide us over for long, with demand growing, and other sources of supply in relentless decline.

The peaking and impending decline of oil supply is sky-writing dramatic changes to activities hitherto taken for granted. Its almost impossible to overstate the importance of oil for so many aspects of daily life.

Some examples are obvious, though many others are less so. Unless you believe, for instance, we can replace avgas with recycled cooking-oil, mass air travel is finished, not necessarily imminently, but inevitably. Flying may remain an option for the well-to-do, but huge economies of scale will be lost, and industries structured around low-cost flights will be left high and dry.

Much the same applies to motoring...

Thursday, 15 June

22:46

Metabolic syndrome in a nutshell "IndyWatch Feed Vic"

Finding anyone, regarding any subject of your choice, with whom I will wholeheartedly agree is getting more and more difficult as I cut through the quagmire that the internet is starting to consist of.

Even some of the people whose opinions I took as gospels six or seven years ago are seemingly losing the plot. Its a little bewildering. Is it me? Maybe its me losing the plot. Ill readily admit its getting more and more difficult to understand everything thats going on as it all unravels faster and faster.

Last week I featured another YouTube video starring someone who was campaigning on the issue of the growing metabolic syndrome epidemic, but even he didnt understand the role or otherwise of fiber in the diet. Then along comes this heart surgeon who, again, had so far flown under my radar. Philip Ovadia seems more than qualified to talk about metabolic syndrome, hes operated on many victims of this epidemic and he was one of its victims himself.

Yes its a long video, but knowledge always comes at a price. I found this faultless, and I really appreciate his honesty and passion.

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