Transcript and vid: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: NATO will split if proxy war with Russia continues, raising the risk of nuclear war
In this interview on Going Underground, Afshin Rattansi speaks to ex-US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s chief of staff and retired US Army Colonel, Lawrence Wilkerson.
Productivity Commission’s clapped out thinking demands clean out
"The Commission’s claim that it is too costly to preference the development of domestic industry over imports is completely at odds with contemporary reality and recent experience. These are no ordinary economic times, Australia and the world are going through an industrial revolution as we fundamentally restructure how our societies are powered. Yet the Commission seem to think that it’s just business as usual."
OzFish Unlimited: Innovative trial could be game-changer in restoring Australia’s shellfish populations
“The best estimates are that somewhere between 96-99% of oysters are gone from Moreton Bay. We talk a lot about endangered ecosystems like corals and seagrass but there’s none worse than oysters.” A new product being trialled in South-East Queensland could be a game-changer for shellfish restoration in Australia. A mesh bag made from biopolymers from 100 per cent vegetation that has been sustainably sourced is being tested to see if they can grow oyster clusters in the Maroochy River and Moreton Bay.
"NIMBYism in Sydney is leading to racist outcomes," Developer agenda slurs democratic resistance to subdivision
Developers want to treat Australia as their backyard, and they want you to shut up.
IPAN welcomes India's withdrawal from forthcoming Talisman Sabre war exercises in Shoalwater Bay, Queensland
In a media release on 17 July 2023, Annette Brownlie of the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) welcomed the decision by India not to particpate in the 'Talisman Sabre military exercises which were scheduled to be held from 22 July in Queensland's Shoalwater Bay.
Promising results of new Alzheimer’s drug published – early diagnosis is key - Dementia Australia
Dementia Australia has welcomed the publication of the results of a trial showing that a new drug, donanemab, has been able to slow the progression of symptoms of early Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia Australia CEO Maree McCabe AM said this drug was an exciting new development and another step forward in expanding the number of treatments for dementia.
“These results provide much needed hope for people who are developing symptoms, have mild cognitive impairment or who are in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease,” Ms McCabe said.
Jewish comedian Roseanne Barr, who had family murdered by Ukrainian nazis, explains how nazis influence Ukraine in 2023
Animal Liberation is hosting a webinar and you're invited
Our webinars are a great place to learn about animal rights issues and the campaigns that are working to create a kinder world. You will also discover ways you can get involved, and connect with like-minded people. See below to know some of the people who will be presenting there.
During this meeting you'll hear from:
ABC National helps UDIA push to cover golf-courses with housing VIC
We predicted this would happen when the Vic government put developers in charge of what happens to the many golfcourses in Melbourne and regional Victoria. The seizure of these green public and private lands is now being normalised on public media.
Stop the Great Wall of Frankston - Minister intervenes
There is exciting news from Frankston. On Wednesday Victorian Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny announced an Interim Design and Development Overlay which included mandatory height limits of 3 storeys on the section of land between Kananook Creek Boulevard and Nepean Highway.
There's not enough housing - to the tune of "There's a hole in the bucket"
(The new words for this old song are by Quark and Neutrino.)
There's not enough housing, dear Liza, dear Liza,
There's not enough housing dear Liza, there's not!
Then build it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry
Then build it, dear Henry, dear Henry, then build it!
But how will I build it, dear Liza, dear Liza
But how will I build it with not enough tradesmen?
World Kangaroo Day launch October 24, 2023 - Photo competitions and more
We're excited to launch this years World Kangaroo Day, October 24th 2023. The theme is 'Co-existing with Kangaroos’. We once again are pleased to welcome our ambassador, Australian cricket legend and proud Kamilaroi man, Jason 'Dizzy' Gillespie. Let's get together across the world to start preparing fun and ground breaking activities to celebrate kangaroos. (Kangaroos Alive)
Russell Brand explains how this is a huge threat to your use of the internet
Marine Le Pen likely to be next French President
Alexander Mercouris of the Duran makes a good summary of what is happening in French politics at the moment in this short embedded video. Inside I make some comments.
Self-serving Australian property & construction industry argue supply, ignore demand
The property development and construction industry is having a lend of Australia: By promoting massive migration numbers, it keeps housing and land costs high and it keeps its own costs low.
Make the Catholic Church pay land-tax, not the poor - Response to new land-tax bill Victoria, Australia
The Catholic Church owns many billions of dollars of land in Australia but does not pay any land-tax. Today, in Victoria, Australia, if you own a second property worth more than 300,000, you pay land-tax. Soon, however, property worth 50,000 and upwards will be taxed, if a new bill goes ahead.
Weapons, costing billions to US taxpayers, used by Kiev regime to bombard civilians: Max Blumenthal to the UN Security Council and the US 'response'
Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal speaks to the UN Security Council, detailing huge financial corruption and unsustainable rationale for supporting Ukraine war. Update, 7 July: The United States' 'response' to Blumenthal's testimony has been added.
Alarming discovery by citizen scientists sparks concerns illegal logging will continue
Citizen scientists from Wildlife of the Central Highlands (WOTCH) and the Victorian Forest Alliance (VFA) have discovered state-owned logging company VicForests has continued to illegally destroy numerous endangered Tree Geebungs while doing ‘regeneration’ works. The area is within the Immediate Protection Areas announced by the Daniel Andrews government back in 2019. One tree knocked over is estimated to be hundreds of years old.
Sponsored by US-NATO - Ukraine mercenaries trapped in minefield hell - Drone footage:
Look at this footage and ask yourself why Australian PM Albanese just sent another 70 armoured vehicles to Ukraine. For what? There are no good answers, but Mr Albanese isn't likely to find himself with his legs blown off in Ukraine-Russia, struggling on his elbows for the shelter of the last tank, although that is where he and the other US-NATO supporters should all be sent.
Mutiny fades: What's happening to Prigozhin and Wagner troops
Wagner had launched a major mutiny in Russia overnight Saturday 24 June 2023, seizing control of the Southern Military District headquarters in the city of Rostov-on-Don, as well as advancing towards Moscow. The insurrection was stopped late on Saturday, following talks between Prigozhin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, with the PMC leader agreeing to return his units to their “field camps.” The Kremlin has given the following details about the Wagner agreement
The PMC's founder Evgeny Prigozhin will "go to Belarus," Dmitry Peskov says
Putin rebuts in detail US-NATO accusations, provides dishonoured Ukraine neutrality agreement
African delegates from Zambia, Senegal, African Union, South African Republic, Arab Republic of Egypt, Republic of Congo, and Uganda, met with Putin yesterday and proposed a 10-point peace plan for Ukraine. At this meeting Putin told the press that this was the third peace plan offered to Ukraine, which had so far knocked back one from the Pope and one from the Chinese. He also provided
SPA: Australia’s population growth rate of nearly half a million ‘too high’
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) considers Australia’s population growth rate in 2022 too high and called on the federal government to put a brake on immigration. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest population figures today showing Australia’s population grew by nearly half a million (496,800 or 1.9%) in the year ending 31 December 2022.
Migration mystique and push-pull factors in the US and further afield
Recently the right-wing governor of Texas, who just happens to be named Abbott, announced that the state will install a barrier made of buoys along a section of the Rio Grande to deter migrants from entering the US. As is so often the case his measures, which also included a commitment to spend $5.1b on other border security measures, was met with howls of indignation by immigration advocates who argued that this deprives migrants of the right to seek asylum from persecution. Those supporti
Tucker Carlson hilariously explains why President Biden is not a dictator
Make your Australian Parliament act to free Julian Assange - update
Further update, Wed 15 June: Assange mentioned only once this week in Parliament this week, whilst German MP speaks up (see Appendix 2 below). Although Julian Assange was not mentioned either in the House of Representatives or the Senate, yesterday, on Tuesday 13 June, there is still good reason to hope that, over the remaining 7
Video Debate: World's rising investment in nuclear weapons - Press TV Iran
Parliament Must Act Now to Free Julian Assange - an Open Letter to the Assange Parliamentary Support Group
I emailed the following to Independent Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie and to a number of other members of the Bring Julian Assange Parliamentary Support Group on the evening of Monday 12 June, the day before the 13 June resumption of the sitting of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. How you can help : Contact your local Member of Parliament, your state Senators or members of the Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Support Group and ask them to vote for my proposed motion, included below or, at least, to vote for the procedural motion to allow Standing Orders to be suspended so that motion can be put. Please let us know here on candobetter of your efforts, any responses or lack thereof.
Assange prosecutions are a giant fraud and we are being lied to
More fantastic speaking from the Friday afternoon Julian Assange support group at the Sydney Town Hall.
Assange's extradition go-ahead signals gloves off in the west
As Australia agrees to host a second US military base among the 800 to 1000 US bases and installations round the world, it also stands almost silently by as the US pursues Julian Assange's extradition to the bowels of the bent and fractured US legal system. This appalling system is now poised to outlaw free speech indefinitely in the United States and wherever its tentacles reach around the globe.
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