We write in sadness and despair at your government’s failure to condemn openly and persistently the Israeli government’s determination to ethnically cleanse Palestine and to cause brutality, famine, death and destruction to a whole people and their country. From: Australian Academics To: The Hon Anthony Albanese MP Prime Minister, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 June Continue reading »
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One of the great complaints of bosses and corporations is that they can’t fire people whenever they want to. Employee protections were one of the great victories of the 20th century and the union movement, though far more in Europe than in America, except in the Federal civil services.
But bosses do have a point: being able to get rid of employees without fuss isn’t unreasonable: they’re hired to do a job, and if you don’t like how they’re doing it, firing them makes sense.
At first glance the problem is that often such power is abused, in too many ways to recount.
But the real problem is that without a job, people suffer: they have less, they may wind up homeless, in the US they’re essentially cut off from medical care and so on.
The Target novelisations of Doctor Who Season 1 adventures The Church on Ruby Road, Space Babies, 73 Yards, and Rogue arrive in August.
The Supremes Have It, Why Not Trump? If you wonder why Alito and Thomas are basically telling the whole country “I do what I want” and daring anyone to try and do anything about it, here’s why: Sen. Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, plans to block an effort by Senate Democrats to unanimously pass a Supreme Court ethics bill Wednesday on the Senate floor. “I will object,” Graham, R-S.C., told NBC News. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who chairs the Judiciary Committee, said earlier Tuesday that he would make a unanimous consent request to pass Supreme Court ethics legislation that the panel advanced last July. Graham’s objection means the bill won’t be able to move forward, because any senator can block a request. It isn’t clear whether the measure will come up for a vote under the normal process, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he’s considering it. Even before Graham made his comments, Democrats doubted the legislation would advance.
How a simple word illuminates children’s cognitive development and linguistic creativity.
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The Republican amendment to the annual defense budget is just one of several proposals to restrict humanitarian aid to Gaza.
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A MEDICARE Mental Health Centre is opening in late June at the Coffs Harbour Neighbourhood Centre. Healthy North Coast, who delivers the North Coast Primary Health Network program on behalf of the Australian Government, has contracted not-for-profit organisation Open Minds as the centre provider. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for...
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BORN at Upper BoBo, Cecil Whitney has spent a lifetime collecting items of historical significance to the Coffs Coast, a treasure trove which now needs a new home. At 82-years-old, having worked in 20 different trades and industries throughout his career, Cecil has amassed an enormous amount of historical paperwork and memorabilia relevant to the...
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Igor Bobic asked Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley about the Hunter Biden verdict: “In our constitutional system, you gotta rely upon what the judges and juries decide. I’m sorry for the Biden family but people decide what justice is and you got to conclude that justice was done.” As for whether that applies to the Trump verdict he said “it’s an entirely different thing. The Justice Department was doing everything they could to cover up his tax problems and his gun problems.” What? Ok. Sen. John Thune: “Hunter Biden’s not running for any political office. Donald Trump’s running for president. There are all kinds of different dynamics in two totally different cases,” he said. “The clear thing in the (Trump) New York case, I mean, there’s no argument. … This is politically motivated. The prosecutor ran, he got up there, got the job on the predicate of trying to prosecute the former president.” Sen.
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Language bots are no substitute for teaching children to speak and learn.
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Get a load of this ridiculous nonsense: The GOP team’s practice was supposed to start at 6 a.m. But when NOTUS showed up around 5:52, the majority of the team was already on the field, their arms warm and their hamstrings loose. Most were wearing jerseys and gray baseball pants. The Democrats showed up in combinations of sweatpants, shorts, T-shirts and soccer jerseys. They looked like “The Bad News Bears” at the beginning of the movie. The Republicans look like the rich kids in “The Sandlot” — but with the gear and the game. They look like a real baseball team. The Democrats do not. As both teams prepare for the annual Congressional Baseball Game — a contest that oscillates between bipartisan goofiness and partisan combat, depending on the Congress — the two teams this year seem to be, if not on different planets, then at least in different leagues. Republicans are using the game to literally tee off on Democrats. Months of crack-of-dawn practices and buckets full of bruised baseballs can attest to their frustration — a frustration borne out of uncomfortable political realities. The party is divided.
The 21st Shangri-la Security Dialogue, held in Singapore between 31 May and 2 June, saw the United States’ Secretary of Defence unveil a new way to describe his country’s Asia-Pacific policy, and hold a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart. China was unyielding on its “core interests”. Australian Defence Minister Marles embraced the “global rules-based Continue reading »
“When will you finish them?” These aren’t words you normally hear while waiting in line for a coffee in the Sydney CBD. They are words that you might find a former presidential aspirant and US ambassador to the UN writing on the side of an artillery shell during a visit to Israel. Clearly the cafe owner, Continue reading »
President Biden has now announced a ‘roadmap’ for Gaza that has been doing the rounds for weeks, and Australia has loyally supported it with a contribution of $A10 million. But much more time, money, and negotiations will be needed if the three-stage plan is to be a success. It would have done Prime Minister Albanese Continue reading »
When I think of Australia, the first things that pop into my mind are koalas and kangaroos. Those adorable marsupials are wooing travellers worldwide every year to the beautiful land. But travellers can also say hello to Giant Pandas in Australia. It is the only country in the Southern Hemisphere that hosts those cuddly animals Continue reading »
It’s been a month since I relocated to a new town. It’s been traumatic. The emotions have run wild and the somatic reactions strong. At the epicentre of this emotional firestorm is a deep, wounding sense of dislocation, of severed connections with people and place. As I began to reflect on all this, I found Continue reading »