Recipes for Social Harmony

21 September 2020

• Australian dollar taken hostage by dramatic US election
  21 September 2020
  The Australian dollar fell but was still firm: CFTC longs are increasing as markets buy the dip: Gold is likewise stalled within a bullish pennant:.
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg showed Americans US democracy isn't just about winning and losing
  21 September 2020
  But for Ginsburg, to retire for the sake of a political win would have been beside the... She believed that government could be better than politics.
• Fiscal hole wrecks NZ Oppn election launch
  21 September 2020
  On Sunday, New Zealand's opposition launched their October 17 election bid with a slick hour-long informercial-style affair. Beamed to thousands of ...

21 September 2020

• PM on road to nowhere on climate: Albanese
  21 September 2020
  Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese says Scott Morrison is on a road to nowhere on climate policy after the prime minister declined to commit to a ...
• Labor rift as Joel Fitzgibbon defies party on medium-term target for cutting emissions
  21 September 2020
  ... to set a medium-term target for emissions reductions, defying party leader Anthony Albanese and contradicting its climate spokesman, Mark Butler.
• Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese
  21 September 2020
  Prime Minister Scott Morrison has refused to commit to net zero emissions by 2050. Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese is speaking in Sydney.

21 September 2020

• Tim Blair: Anthony Albanese must channel legendary PM to make his mark on ALP leadership
  21 September 2020
  “Labor is committed to reducing Australia's [carbon dioxide] pollution by 45 per cent on 2005 levels by 2030 and net zero pollution by 2050,” Shorten ...
• ABC gives Daniel Andrews a free pass despite evidence he misled public over coronavirus CHRIS ...
  21 September 2020
  In Australia the virus continues to kill mainly the very old in aged care.... A senior Labor figure told me the party's research showed border closures ...
• Labor rift as Joel Fitzgibbon defies party on medium-term target for cutting emissions
  21 September 2020
  Over the weekend he was critical that the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) had formed common positions with the Labor Environmental ...

21 September 2020

• Bills: Electoral Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2020; Second Reading (2 Sep 2020)
  21 September 2020
  Jacqui Lambie:...the same mistake-I'm owning up to it. Every time I hear the Labor Party talk about how they want to 'strengthen', 'fix' or 'tighten up' our donation laws or say, 'Let's bring on a national ICAC in Australia,' I make the mistake of letting myself get sucked into having a bit of hope that they'll stick to their word. I make the mistake of getting my hopes up every time, and every time...
• Matters of Public Importance: National Integrity Commission (27 Aug 2020)
  21 September 2020
  James Stevens:...'t. The Hawke government and the Keating government could have done that but, of course, they didn't. The Whitlam government could have done it. Imagine if the Whitlam government had established an ICAC. There would be a lot more people in jail, had the Whitlam government established a corruption body to oversee the performance of that government and what some of those ministers got up to...
• Adjournment: Liberal Party of Australia (25 Aug 2020)
  21 September 2020
  Jacqui Lambie:...no longer shocked with behaviour that happens in politics. It's beyond disgusting, but it's not surprising, because, let's face it, it happens; it continues to happen. And, once again, there's no ICAC. I wonder why? The latest scandal has had its fair share of faceless men too. This one was just like the other ones: a young guy comes in who is focused on factual fights instead of achieving...

21 September 2020

• Latest on worldwide coronavirus spread
  India's coronavirus case tally surged to 5.4 million, data from the federal health ministry showed. As European countries introduce new restrictions to ...
• Coronavirus: Fears Sydney taxi driver is super spreader
  Coronavirus: Fears Sydney taxi driver is super spreader. Authorities have been tracking the movements of a Western Sydney taxi driver after the man ...
• Coronavirus: Three new COVID-19 vaccines given go ahead
  Coronavirus: Three new COVID-19 vaccines given go ahead. Three new COVID-19 vaccines have been given the go ahead for research and ...

21 September 2020