OT: Current Affairs and Politics

[Gronk]

Mad merkin friend, liberal party member and ultramarathoner Pat Farmer is setting off today from Tassie in support of the Voice.

Run For The Voice

The Run for the Voice is a 14,000km run around Australia over 6 months led by Pat Farmer to raise awareness, support and engagement for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament. Pat Farmer - arguable Australia's most recognised and favourite professional ultra-marathon runner.

www.runforthevoice.com

 

[Gary Gutful]

A poor man’s Cliff Young.

 

[Gronk]

A poor man’s Cliff Young.

Loved Cliffy and his gum boots.

 

[Gronk]

ICAC launches investigation into Sydney's Hill Shire Council over corruption allegations

The Independent Commission Against Corruption has asked the government not to proceed with any inquiries into the Hills Shire Council while it investigates claims a property developer cut deals with Liberal Party members.

www.abc.net.au

 

[the phantom menace]

Not before time...

 

[crocodile]

That's nice.

It's movements in securities, or cumulative variations or some such, and is reflected in the debt statement.

But not repaid by subsequent generations.

 

[the phantom menace]

Seems a case of the outgoing government hiding the true state of the economy from the people and the incoming government again...

NSW government delays budget after uncovering $7.1bn in fresh ‘financial pressures’

State treasurer Daniel Mookhey says ‘difficult to avoid’ costs include extending funding for 1,112 temporary nurses

www.theguardian.com

And do what's left of the NSW LNP rabble even have a new leader yet?

 

[Twizzle]

this is nothing new

 

[the phantom menace]

Nope, they don't have a leader yet - and are such a rabble they can't even agree on who gets to helps them find out why they lost a landslide.

Party rifts emerge over Liberal election review before it begins

One of two people picked to run the review has pulled out after uproar from senior party figures.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Gary Gutful]

You will shit your pants when you find out that a high ranking member of the NSW libs wore his Parra socks to his wedding.

 

[the phantom menace]

Chilli peppers style?

 

[Gary Gutful]

Chilli peppers style?

That would only work if he wore Parra anklets.

 

[Gronk]

Uncle Rupert panics at 1 minute to midnight and settles for $AU1.2B so he and the rest of his minions don’t have to take the stand. Terms of the settlement are that Fox admits to everything, but so far The Australian can’t quite get there. Not that the US court expects his AU arm to be honest about anything, but you’d think that when reporting about a case about honesty in journalism that …..


Fox News parent Fox Corp. agreed to pay $787 million to settle its closely watched legal battle with Dominion Voting Systems, averting a trial on the voting-machine company’s allegations that it was defamed by network broadcasts after the 2020 presidential election.

Dominion alleged that Fox hosts and guests amplified false claims that its voting technology helped rig the election for Joe Biden. The company sought $1.6 billion in damages. Fox argued that it was covering newsworthy claims by associates of then-President Donald Trump and that its broadcasts should be protected by the First Amendment.

Fox in a statement said the settlement reflected its “continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. We are hopeful that our decision to resolve this dispute with Dominion amicably, instead of the acrimony of a divisive trial, allows the country to move forward from these issues.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/the-wall-street-journal/fox-news-and-dominion-voting-systems-agree-to-settle-defamation-lawsuit/news-story/b652d2188b9998f7422606012f157914

You’d be shocked (not) to learn that at the time that I drop this link there is zero mention of the case of the Foxnews website.

Fox News - Breaking News Updates | Latest News Headlines | Photos & News Video

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www.foxnews.com

 

[the phantom menace]

Common sense prevails under Chris Minns and NSW Labor...

‘Big weight off the shoulders’: Warragamba Dam wall-raising shelved

The controversial proposal is dead after the NSW government decided not to proceed with the project due to huge costs and environmental and heritage concerns.

www.smh.com.au

And I guess those waiting to get rich quick by (over)developing the Hawkesbury flood plain can find a new hobby!

 

[Gary Gutful]

Will people continue to get flooded if they do nothing?

 

[the phantom menace]

Labor have created the desired spill buffer zone that would have been achieved by raising the wall by simply lowering the % at which the dam starts to gently release water.

It wasn't rocket science, and that policy setting could have been changed by the NSW LNP at any point in the last 12 years to prevent floods. The water supply dam was never built or intended to serve as flood mitigation - merkins just shouldn't have overdeveloped what has historically always been a flood plain.

 

[Gronk]

 

[Twizzle]

such a lunatic asylum

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Seems a case of the outgoing government hiding the true state of the economy from the people and the incoming government again...

NSW government delays budget after uncovering $7.1bn in fresh ‘financial pressures’

State treasurer Daniel Mookhey says ‘difficult to avoid’ costs include extending funding for 1,112 temporary nurses

www.theguardian.com

And do what's left of the NSW LNP rabble even have a new leader yet?

It's also a case of the incoming government painting the status quo as bad as they can make it. Lowers the benchmark against which their performance is judged. New CEOs do the same thing all the time.

 

[Suitman]

such a lunatic asylum

Not really.
Further to flood mitigation raising the dam wall, Sydney's population in 2050 is projected to be 8 million +.

The raising of the dam wall project was not only to prevent floods but to ensure Sydney's water supply for an ever increasing population.
I'll be dead by then and won't need to worry about turning on a tap and wondering whether water will come out of it.
My kids however............?