BONDI......
Police say at least 10 people have been killed in a shooting near a Jewish gathering at Sydney's Bondi Beach.
One shooter was killed, while another is in custody.
“It will be the last to close:” Loy Yang owner plans syncon and batteries but is in no hurry to shut down coal plant
Loy Yang B coal generator owner says it will be the last to close in the state, but is in no hurry to discuss timings. But there are plans for a syncon and even an 8-hour battery.
Movie matinee
We have just been to a movie matinee put on by some friends of ours. The movie was Frank Capra’s ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’1, which I haven’t seen for a few decades. While the movie was made in 1946, it has many resonances with the modern world.
It is set in small-town America (of course), and the brief blurb on the Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB) encapsulates it as follows: “An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman see the value of his own life”1.
destroying the syrian ethnic and social balance....
the jewish revolution of 1917....
[INTERESTINGLY, GUS RECENTLY HAD A SIMILAR DISCUSSION — ALBEIT MUCH SHORTER — WITH SOMEONE WHO "DIDN'T KNOW" THE INFLUENCE OF THE JEWS ON THE 1917 RUSSIAN REVOLUTION....]
Sydney’s housing market stalls as affordability bites
Cotality’s preliminary auction results show that buyer demand continues to wilt in Sydney, where the preliminary clearance rate has fallen to a 12-month low of just 58.1%. “While the reduction in volume is following the typical seasonal pattern, the gradual easing in auction clearance rates, which has been evident since mid-September, has more to do
the party is over. let's have another one.....
The famed Liberal Party powerbroker Walter Villatora is a former campaign manager for Mike Baird and Tony Abbott. Believing the “Liberal Party is finished”, he resigned his membership last week to start his own conservative party, Reform Australia.
The economic week ahead
By Lucinda Jerogin, Associate Economist at CBA The RBA left the cash rate on hold in a unanimous decision that was widely expected. The Statement took a step in the hawkish direction, but it was the Governor’s post meeting press conference that cemented the end of the easing cycle and warned of potential hikes. The
abbott, our forner glorious australian PM, still has the knack for idiotic brainfarts....
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has been lobbying senior figures in the US to supply Australia with retiring nuclear submarines to give the nation strike power if conflict over Taiwan breaks out before its AUKUS submarines are delivered.
the coalition is non-renewable.......
While the Coalition and Murdoch media ramp up their campaign against renewable energy, renewables set yet another record – more than half the grid for the first time. What’s the scam?