Microsoft and NextDC threaten Australians with terrifying prospect of cleaner air, lower climate impacts, lower power bills and less noise in urban communities
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There is a solution to underfunding hospitals, roads, NDIS, aged care, GST shortfalls for states and territories, medical research, science, the arts ...
All it takes is a government with a modicum of courage.
Where on earth are we going to find one of those ...?
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The Great Gas Giveaway just hit $78billon.
And look, tbf, the gas companies are doing it tough. The government choosing to not do a 25% tax on gas exports is only fair - not like there are any needs currently being unmet... health, education, care, poverty, disability...
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In the last 48 hours, Trump has invented an energy ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine, pretended that much of this year’s energy price surge is not because of his reckless war on Iran and cut a side deal to funnel billions to Russia for sanctioned diesel. Not a friend. End AUKUS.
Those most impacted by the downturn in housing sales are the "ticket clippers"; the real estate agents, the mortgage brokers & state governments. #auspol
#Melbourne grass #pollen forecast for today (Thursday, Oct 8) is Moderate. Get the App for more pollen forecasts: https://airhealth.short.gy/melbournepollen
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
For 33 years, McConnell has voted against family and medical leave for working Americans. Then he disappears from the Senate for 92 days and keeps collecting his full paycheck. Apparently, paid leave is only a problem when someone else gets it.
Having travelled extensively across Australia, I can assure you that potholes don’t stop at Victoria’s borders.
Kathy Diviny, Coburg
@theageaustralia.bsky.social letters
If Coles kept "only" $500m in profit and redirected the remaining ~$590m into essentials, that's enough for an average 1.4% discount across all supermarket sales, or much bigger cuts if targeted at staples like bread, milk, fruit, veg and meat, helping families and inflation.
Just remember it's wages *expectations* that the RBA is worried about. And poor Ampol had no choice but to charge higher prices and have profits go up 376%.
Good thing it only cost the govt $3.3bn to artificially lower petrol prices, no one else had any need of that money...
Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk is expected to spend up to $200 million in the midterms. It could be a big boost for GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who’s struggled to raise cash. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...