Earlier this month, the chair of Australia’s National Housing Supply and Affordability Council, Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz, attacked the federal government’s international student caps and downplayed their impact on the rental market by citing spurious Student Accommodation Council (SAC) report. Caps on international student numbers would likely have “very little effect” on housing supply, according to Ms
Four years ago today, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation abolished its 15-minute 7.45am news bulletin.
The 7.45 bulletin was first broadcast in December 1939, at the outset of the Second World War. I have been unable to find the exact date.
Citing cost factors and a declining audience, the ABC announced in 2020 that the 7.45 bulletin would be abolished, 80 years after it began.
Ok, if I make the various links you can probably put the whole conspiracy together for yourself, but then you’d have no reason to read on and Facebook would have no reason to ban this like they did my last post… which, by the way, has nothing to do with that bugle thing they play…
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By Denis Hay Description Discover why the Australian government backs developers for building public housing, affecting affordability. Learn how Australia’s monetary sovereignty could change this. Introduction Australia’s housing affordability crisis is at a tipping point. While the demand for affordable housing surges, the government continues to rely on developers rather than investing in public housing…
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How to create an appearance of progress while doing nothing.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 12th September 2024
Let’s talk about perceptionware. Perceptionware is technology whose main purpose is to create an impression of action. Whether it will ever work at scale is less important, in some cases entirely beside the point. If it reassures the public and persuades government not to regulate damaging industries, that’s mission accomplished.
Trump, the personification of America’s decline, is Norma Desmond redux An aging silent film queen refuses to accept that her stardom has ended. The Washington Post and charactour.com drew some parallels: A Norma Desmond-like character, Trump watches Sunset Boulevard, “one of the greatest of all time,” again and again and again according to former White…
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Sometimes, even writers get tired of waiting for their books to come out. I know I’m not alone in hanging out for the final volume of The Cruel Stars trilogy. (My stalker here, assures me she’s also super keen to find out what happens with that whole space Nazi invasion thing.)
Nice video from Bloomie: However, this admirable fellow is tilting at windmills. There is no way that the greedy and corrupt Aussie political economy can reform so comprehensively. What hope is there with those who are 100% to blame for the crisis lie so comprehensively: Australians want their leaders to act now to make housing
