So Morrison urges states to throw open borders. But once again Morrison fails to ensure vaccines ( in this case booster shots) are being delivered in time for the next wave. A litany of incompetence on this pandemic. And with massive economic consequences. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Michael Pascoe: Here we are again - govt spin & dodgy numbers faithfully reproduced but Treasury forecasts mean real, take-home wages will be lower in 2024-25 than they were last year.
And jobs/migration figures don't add up either | The New Daily thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2021/1…

We’re now in science-free political management of the pandemic. No science behind individual responsibility. NSW COVID cases grow, Victoria COVID cases grow, Qld COVID cases grow, ACT COVID cases grow, Doherty modelling sparks warning. smh.com.au/national/austr…

Australia wrote to Naval Group noting progress on submarines a week before contract was cancelled theguardian.com/australia-news…

Think about this....

After a stroke in jail, Assange is gravely ill. 300 drs again write to Govt to call for his urgent release, 2 yrs after writing to Marise Payne: 'if Julian should die in a British prison, people will want to know what you did to prevent his death.' We will all know the answer.

Look at this moth from the genus Phalera

It looks like a fragment of twig complete with chipped bark and even the layering of wood tissue at the “cut” ends...

perfectly resembling a broken piece of wood to avoid predation.

There are only 6 working days left of the year, and about 5,000 researchers don’t know if they’ll have a job next year.

7,000 uni researchers have already lost their job during the pandemic. We can’t afford to lose any more brilliant minds.

The Australian Electoral Commission has instituted Federal Court proceedings against Dr Andrew Laming, the Member for Bowman, alleging he failed to authorise Facebook posts leading up to the 2019 Federal Election.
More: aec.gov.au/media/2021/12-…

The biggest trees on Earth,

the giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)

🎥Michael Block.

Heading to Mannum tomorrow. If you see me round, come say “hi and join in our kitchen table conversation. Send me a DM to make sure I don’t miss seeing you! #mannum #SouthAustralia #bearealchangemaker

chuffed.org/project/chris-…

Our colleagues Friends of the Earth are suing the UK government for throwing $1 billion into a gas mega-project in Mozambique.

We cannot let government officials continue to claim climate leadership while simultaneously pouring money into climate destruction.

reuters.com/markets/commod…

In short: there's two key message we're trying to help people understand here:
1. The idea is to target Liberal/National held Lower House seats that Labor/Greens do not have a reasonble chance of winning. I repeat: we are specifcally talking about *SAFE* LNP seats...

BUT if you're traditionally a Labor/Greens voter AND happen to live in one of those safe Lib/Nat seats, then you need to understand the strategy that Simon suggests in the podcast: VOTE 1 for the Not-Shit candidate and help them unseat a LNP MP. This is called 'strategic voting'

There's a certain arrogance about a man of great privilege, who as PM accumulates a $trillion debt yet poverty/homelessness increases, then in an election campaign poses for a photo op handing out food for the poor to try to win the votes of the poor & homeless🤬

FMD
🐝
#auspol

A permanently insecure workforce has been a deliberate goal of long-run efforts of the business sector to exert more power and control over workplaces and workers.
D/l the Fact Sheet here: bit.ly/3mmgkMA
D/l the Explainer video here: bit.ly/3Eh3tl5

And remember: the LNP only holds a 1 seat majority government, so if just 2 or 3 of those safe Lib/Nat seats can elect a Not-Shit candidate to the crossbench, that's the end of this shit-stained Government's majority. It really all comes down to strategic voting in those seats.

Our latest Honest Government Ad about Hung Parliaments now has a companion podcast! I chat with Simon Holmes à Court 💧simon holmes à court about why Not-Shit candidates running in safe LNP seats in the 2022 election are the key to ending this Govt.

👉 Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=vuMspL…

Yup. And Matt Canavan told me he was a Communist at Uni.
smh.com.au/national/after…