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Prosper Australia Sunday, February 23, 2025 - 17:47 Source

Prosper Australia today expressed deep disappointment at the Victorian Government’s continued failure to implement value capture mechanisms in its recent upzoning announcements. By allowing landowners to reap windfall gains without returning a fair share to the community, the government has missed a vital opportunity to fund essential infrastructure and public services.

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Renew Economy Sunday, February 23, 2025 - 13:31 Source
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George Monbiot Friday, February 21, 2025 - 02:11 Source

Trump’s assaults on governance could trigger systemic collapse. Here’s how it might happen, and how we can prepare.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  18th February 2025

Though we might find it hard to imagine, we cannot now rule it out: the possibility of systemic collapse in the United States. The degradation of federal government by Donald Trump and Elon Musk could trigger a series of converging and compounding crises, leading to social, financial and industrial failure.

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George Monbiot Wednesday, February 19, 2025 - 23:33 Source

This is how Labour’s war on regulations will stymie its own policies. It is irrational and self-destructive.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  11th February 2025

This might sound astonishing, but the UK government’s core programme now appears to be the same as Donald Trump’s: dismantling the administrative state. There’s less theatre, but the results could prove harder to contest. Absurd? Consider the evidence.

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Prosper Australia Monday, February 17, 2025 - 09:54 Source

What could $27 billion fund if Commonwealth-state transfers were adjusted to bring revenue and expenses for each level of government closer to balance?

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Prosper Australia Monday, February 17, 2025 - 09:05 Source

Over the past century and a half, politics and economics have evolved significantly in how we manage society. Yet, the core principle remains: every person born on this earth has a right to a share of its bounty.

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Prosper Australia Monday, February 17, 2025 - 09:00 Source

The relationship between older, younger, and future Australians and our tax and spending priorities is based on an implicit generational bargain. Working age taxpayers support older and younger Australians and can expect the next generation to support them in the same way, and economic and social development will enable each successive generation to enjoy rising living standards. At the very least, we should not leave the next generation worse off.

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George Monbiot Sunday, February 2, 2025 - 22:00 Source

The UK government’s pursuit of growth at all costs hands this country to predatory capital.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  30th January 2025

I can scarcely believe I’m writing this, but it’s hard to dodge the conclusion. After 14 years of environmental vandalism, it might have seemed impossible for Labour to offer anything but improvement. But on green issues, this government is worse than the Tories.

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George Monbiot Saturday, February 1, 2025 - 20:30 Source

Labour’s housing strategy makes a dysfunctional system bigger. We need systemic change.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 26th January 2025

Build baby, build. That’s about the intellectual limit of the government’s housing strategy. Millions are under-housed, so let’s “bulldoze” the planning system and build more homes. But it’s not nearly so simple.

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Monday, January 20, 2025 - 19:20
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George Monbiot Monday, January 20, 2025 - 19:20 Source

Trump’s presidency is a reversion to autocratic tyranny. Only concerted resistance can stop it from spreading.  

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  19th January 2025

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Friday, January 3, 2025 - 00:05
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024 - 19:41
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Friday, December 27, 2024 - 03:05

It is that time of year again: Time to look back at information technology in 2024 and make light of it. As with prior year-in-reviews, this one will be arranged like an award ceremony. There are three criteria for the dozen awards given out this year:• The award must be for something involving digital technology.• The key event must have taken place this year, 2024.• The award cannot take itself seriously. The event receiving attention must lend itself to sass, sarcasm, and ridicule. As a reminder, the awards are worth nothing. The only value is fifteen seconds of fleeting fame on this blog post.

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Friday, December 27, 2024 - 03:05
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Digitopoly Friday, December 27, 2024 - 03:05 Source

It is that time of year again: Time to look back at information technology in 2024 and make light of it. As with prior year-in-reviews, this one will be arranged like an award ceremony. There are three criteria for the dozen awards given out this year:• The award must be for something involving digital technology.• The key event must have taken place this year, 2024.• The award cannot take itself seriously. The event receiving attention must lend itself to sass, sarcasm, and ridicule. As a reminder, the awards are worth nothing. The only value is fifteen seconds of fleeting fame on this blog post.

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Monday, December 23, 2024 - 15:59
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The Australian Independent Media Network Monday, December 23, 2024 - 15:59 Source

Plan International Australia Media Release December 26 marks 20 years since the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which claimed the lives of 230,000 people and [...]

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Monday, December 23, 2024 - 14:53
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The Australian Independent Media Network Monday, December 23, 2024 - 14:53 Source

He looked like a young, freshly sprouting Henry Kissinger, before complicity in war crimes coarsened him, and plagiarism became commonplace in allegedly relevant academic texts.The [...]

The post Concentrated Markets and Iceless Fokkers appeared first on The AIM Network.

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Monday, December 23, 2024 - 14:25
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The Australian Independent Media Network Monday, December 23, 2024 - 14:25 Source

Oxfam Australia Media Release Barefoot children forced to search through rubbish for food scraps across Gaza. Of the meagre 34 trucks of food and water [...]

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Sunday, December 22, 2024 - 22:02
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The Australian Independent Media Network Sunday, December 22, 2024 - 22:02 Source

By James Moore   “If we’re the most intelligent things in the universe, well, that’s just depressing.” – Rekha Sharma, Canadian Actress. In a park along [...]

The post Seeing is Deceiving appeared first on The AIM Network.

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Sunday, December 22, 2024 - 19:46
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The Australian Independent Media Network Sunday, December 22, 2024 - 19:46 Source

It’s been 30 years since the genocide of Rwanda. I recall driving my children to school as the news was on the radio, the numbers [...]

The post Let’s not look at Africa appeared first on The AIM Network.

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