David Peetz

Sounds familiar.

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Guardian headline: “Bob Carr, ‘a masterpiece’ and a hornet queer fantasy”

And this, kids, is why we need Oxford commas…

Joint Statement: Alliance of Industry Associations rejects cashflow tax, welcomes better regulation agenda - Business Council of Australia Alliance of Industry Associations warns the Productivity Commission’s proposed cashflow tax would place greater strain on the cost of living.

The G8, to which Adelaide University belongs, has now signed up to be part of the business class. So it is no surprise that it has done this, even though it is deeply disappointing and very much against the traditional role of universities.

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"President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth"

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But yeah, blame federal regulation and say that cutting it will "lift innovation, attract investment and support stronger growth".

Ha!

I love how they say "A recent AICD-Mandala report showed federal regulation imposes a $160 billion cost annually."

They also showed that large Australian businesses are now in "retreat from R&D investment" (p7) and that R&D by Australian businesses is only half the rate in peer countries (p.8).

I think they’re not *backing* the business lobby. They’ve become *part of* the business lobby.

That’s literally what this is.

Any more evidence needed on whether top Australian universities have lost their way?

The only time in his speech he used the word “war”.

He’ll come to regret it (or at least, his advisers will). Many in Congress don’t like presidents declaring war without their authorisation. A bit hard now for him to pretend it’s just a special military operation.

He was shot from behind. No crime.

It appears, from the video, to be an ambush.

No wonder that the IDF 'declined to say why it was withholding Jad's body.'

What was the child’s crime?

The IDF said 'Jad threw a rock and was a "terrorist" who "attempted to attack the force”.'

But 'footage emerged showing one of the soldiers entering the scene from out of shot, dropping a heavy object next to Jad, then taking a picture of the object next to him.'

Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian boy and stood around as he bled to death, video shows Israeli forces blocked Palestinian ambulances while a 14-year-old lay bleeding for at least 45 minutes.

In the West Bank.

I must admit, the headline is a bit misleading.

“Stood around” implies passive indifference.

But actually "As Jad lay collapsed in an alley, the soldiers created a cordon around him and blocked two Palestinian ambulances from reaching him."

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The Perfect Storm When warnings are everywhere, and still no one moves

Horribly chilling.

“Years from now, someone will write about this period the way we now write about Munich & Berlin & London &
New York in the 1930s. They will describe the weather. The headlines. The conversations that seemed harmless at the time.“

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People with perfectly good cholesterol levels take statins daily, just so that they can tell their the spouse that they can’t eat grapefruit.

Also, as I mentioned in the original post, @epi.org references the @laboraction.bsky.social report, which documented 298 strikes last year. So the BLS measurement misses a lot.

Does DemosAU do national polls? If so, what is their ON? ON 21 in Qld state seems no higher than other states or nationally? And I think Resolve was only ON 16 in last Qld state. Yet Qld is (was?) the ON stronghold.

These are work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers.

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30 across the whole US is indeed an incredibly low bar.

I did like “Now he’s sweating"

Will be interested in the response.

Yep, EY would definitely be telling them that they have a chance of getting a refund because they had to lower their export prices, even though they didn’t pay the tariff, and that EY could help them get that refund.

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Indeed. And why would the ABC think it’s OK to reproduce and publicise such rubbish?

This isn’t even both-sidesism.

Consumers deserve over 90% of the value of the refunds. They won’t get it.

The rest of the cost was absorbed by US importers (who will get all the compensation) and overseas exporters (who’ll get none).

A huge mess that Trump created by his illegal acts.

Where does it say in the SCOTUS decision, or in any of the American commentary on it, that overseas exporters would be eligible for a refund?

A blow to Trump could be a $1.4b windfall for Australian businesses Modelling by consulting firm EY Australia shows Australian exporters would be owed more than $1.4 billion in refunds collectively if the US tariffs are struck down.

What is EY talking about?

Since when did Australian exporters pay Trump’s tariffs? They’re paid by American importers.

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