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FOLLOWING a recent meeting with local Fire Brigade Employees Union (FBEU’s) representatives, Labor state election candidate Tony Judge has pledged to fight for an increased supply of firefighters, as well as improved pay and conditions. Union member Nat La Macchia said that while the population of NSW has grown significantly in recent years, and with...

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"Then I’ll torch the place. Just kidding! It’s my backyard – I’d never destroy my own property”

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National Australia Bank's recent testimony at the Senate Inquiry into bank closures in regional Australia – that it is "committed to being where its customers are" – is misleading at best. read now...

I had a sense of déjà vu this week when I read the latest release from Australia’s Productivity Commission – Advancing Prosperity – which was released on March 17, 2023 and is a five-yearly exercise conducted by the Commission on behalf of the Australian government. Frankly, if the government was looking to cut spending while…

An increasing number of birth defects have been reported in Iraq following the U.S. detonation of radioactive weapons near homes and schools during the 2003 invasion. read now...

After nearly six months the uprising in Iran—known as Zhina’s uprising after the nickname of Mahsa Amini whose death in police custody triggered the revolt—has begun to die down.

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Jim Jordan doing his MAGA thing From Pro Publica: House Republicans have sent letters to at least three universities and a think tank requesting a broad range of documents related to what it says are the institutions’ contributions to the Biden administration’s “censorship regime.” The letters are the latest effort by a House subcommittee set up in January to investigate how the federal government, working with social media companies, has allegedly been “weaponized” to silence conservative and right-wing voices. So far, the committee’s investigations have amplified a variety of dubious, outright false and highly misleading Republican grievances with law enforcement, many of them espoused by former President Donald Trump. Committee members have cited supposed abuses that include the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago, its investigations of Jan. 6 rioters and the Biden administration’s purported use of executive powers to shut down conservative viewpoints on social media.

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‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn: the Big Lie’ exposes the ‘dark and murky story’ of smears and lies used to bring down the Corbyn Labour leadership and the hope of meaningful change it represented – but Starmer’s Orwellian Labour says this is against the rules The Labour party has banned councillors from watching a film that exposes […]

The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization’s Oligarchic Turning Point Available on Amazon The Collapse of Antiquity, the sequel to Michael Hudson’s “…and forgive them their debts,” is the latest in his trilogy on the history of debt. It describes how the dynamics of interest-bearing debt led to the rise of rentier oligarchies Continue Reading

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Rejecting cancer patients’ petition, the Biden administration refuses to use the power its HHS Secretary demanded Trump use.

A vulva by any other name … causes confusion and unnecessary suffering.

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Actually, it’s today’s GOP Not to mention that this longstanding argument has always been ridiculous. They truly believe that if only Hitler hadn’t tightened some gun laws for Jews and “undesirables,” there would have been no holocaust. Really? Jews were less than 1% of the population. And in case they haven’t noticed, Hitler conquered most of Europe. I don’t really think the German Jews could have held him off with some pistols. It’s so ludicrous it makes you want to scream. But the gun nuts have been saying this for years and now the party itself using actual holocaust images to make their sick, absurd point.

In court, the feds said Oak Flat would be in the hands of mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP by early summer.

The post Biden Moves Forward With Mining Project That Will Obliterate a Sacred Apache Religious Site appeared first on The Intercept.

The surfeit of hurt feelings following Paul Keating's National Press Club address, plus some other things on which Australia could spend $368 billion. read now...

The Australian Electoral Commission has confirmed that busy voters wishing to draw a picture of a cock and balls on their ballot paper will be given an option of ticking a box next to a pre drawn cock and balls.... Read More ›

Has he met any teenagers? These people are living in a dream world. Do they think that teens and young adults are docile cows they can herd at will? Ridiculous:  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ′ administration is moving to forbid classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades, expanding the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” as the Republican governor continues a focus on cultural issues ahead of his expected presidential run. The proposal, which would not require legislative approval, is scheduled for a vote next month before the state Board of Education and has been put forth by state Education Department, both of which are led by appointees of the governor. The rule change would ban lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity from grades 4 to 12, unless required by existing state standards or as part of reproductive health instruction that students can choose not to take. The initial law that DeSantis championed last spring bans those lessons in kindergarten through the third grade. The change was first reported by the Orlando Sentinel. Hey keep it up guys.

It looks like the Manhattan DA prosecutes a lot of people for the crimes Trump is suspected of committing: According to the Times, it’s still a tricky case with the need to attach it to the federal election crime in order to make it a felony, but nobody can say that they don’t ever try people for crimes like this.

In a bonus podcast segment for supporting subscribers, The Lever takes aim at the nation’s chief banking regulator.

The former Prime Minister's refusal to accept responsibility for his own actions only adds insult to the injury of all those forced to make huge sacrifices during the pandemic, writes Adam Bienkov