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Thursday, 20 April

22:41

Anyone have any insight on Ward 10B at the old hospital? "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Wasnt around at the time, have seen bits and pieces online. Its not really something talked about in the Townsville community. I am interested to know what exactly happened and what the Townsville public knew at the time.

Does anyone know where I can find footage of the 60 minutes episode on it? 60 Minutes investigation of the unusual methods of treatment, abuse, death and suicide in psychiatric Ward 10B at Townsville Hospital

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22:21

Behrouz documentary a window into Australias refugee detention system "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

A documentary on award-winning Kurdish journalist and writer Behrouz Boochani who spent over six years in detention in Manus will be screening across the country.  

Behrouz, directed by Simon V Kurian and produced by Anji Kurian, was filmed in secret at the the Australian Immigration Detention Centre on Manus Island.  

Boochani and Kurian worked together for the first time on a previous documentary called Stop the Boats, which went on to win multiple awards.  

The latest feature highlights the humanity of Boochani, and other refugee detainees, beyond their suffering in the camps using filmic and creative techniques to shed light on invisibilised people and hidden human rights violations.

Ahead of the screening in Adelaide next weekend, The Wire speaks with director Simon V Kurian and Behrouz Boochani about how the films came to be, and the broader issue of refugee rights, harsh Australian government policies, and challenging dominant narratives through art. 

Image: Image supplied

Produced By: Anisha Pillarisetty

Featured In Story: Writer and journalist Behrouz Boochani, and Filmmaker, director and producer Simon V Kurian

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 20 April 2023

The post Behrouz documentary a wind...

22:05

Snake Matt Kean screws over a friend to control who gets the late Jim Molans Senate spot "IndyWatch Feed National"

Snake Matt Kean will do and say anything to advance his power. He'd even screw over a good friend. The "friend" is Fiona Scott. She's the former member for Lindsay near Penrith. Fiona Scott is left faction through and through. She even works for the disgraced Michael Photios as a...

21:56

Everybody Knows, Part 2: Lawyers, Have You Seen any of These Transgressions in the Pridgeon Case? "IndyWatch Feed National"

Photo: nswbar.asn.auPhoto: nswbar.asn.au

by Mary W Maxwell, LLB (Adel)

The photo shown above appears on the Professional Conduct page of the New South Wales Bar Association website, without a caption. I presume it means Stay on the Straight and Narrow.

Ah, the straight and narrow.  What is that for the legal profession today?  Does it mean Do the done thing?  I hope not, as the thing that is being done in Childrens Courts today is horrible.

This series at GumshoeNews.com, entitled Everybody Knows, concerns the criminal charges 101% unwarranted leveled against Dr Russell Pridgeon. Part 1 discussed the list of professional ethics for doctors.

I chose only the items from the AMAs code of practice that bear upon Russells duties to society as a doctor. Today its barristers turn. I will quote from the New South Wales code for barristers, but I wont be so abstemious; Ill copy out ma...

21:10

Any other hip hop / grime artists in Cairns??? "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Just doing a bit of a public call out for any other bedroom artists that maybe want to hey together for a beer or a group studio hang?

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20:06

Idiot. "IndyWatch Feed National"

driving a train while on a smartphone pic.twitter.com/716iOgEr6m clips that go hard (@clipsthatgohard) April 19, 2023

19:44

We are many, we are united and we are ready "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

From Monica Smit, Reignite Freedom Theres only ONE MONTH before the global eventWE ARE READY. Were pretty excited about this and I (Monica Smit) am going to Portugal to support it! Hope to meet some of you there.

19:36

Ban toilets to stop gender confusion "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Letter to the Editor Noted plans for de-sexing our western world and thought this may be a viable idea. But, on a lighter note, as we consider the current insanity swamping the world, with this sexual confusion, I am suggesting that all public facilities, (once known as toilets) be re-named ITS-LOOS, (copyright applied for) rather []

18:14

No Jobseeker increase despite desperate calls, leaves local advocacy group appalled "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

The Federal Governments indication to not adopt a committee recommendation to raise Jobseeker payments in next months budget, has been met with anger.  

An Adelaide-based poverty advocacy group says this is abandoning the most vulnerable during the cost of living crisis.  

The Federal Government created the Economic Inclusion Committee last year to review income support payments with the committees interim report finding jobseeker payments seriously inadequate. Despite recommendations from poverty-experts, The Government has  still indicated it wont make changes to lift jobseeker to 90% of the aged pension, citing it would cost $24bn over four years.  

The Wires Emma Wotzke speaks with Brendan Folwell from the Anti-Poverty Network SA to find out more.  

 

Image: Image courtesy of Matt Hrkac: Flickr

Produced By: Emma Wotzke

Featured In Story: Brendan Folwell spokesperson for Anti Poverty Network SA, and

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 20 April 2023

The post No Jobseeker increase despite desperate calls, leaves local advocacy group appalled appeared first on 4YOU 98.5FM Capricorn Community Radio.

18:08

Digital licences rollout for some Queenslanders after delays "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Digital licences rollout for some Queenslanders after delays

The Queensland government is rolling out digital licences in a staggered approach starting with Townsville residents being able to download their IDs from next week.

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17:53

Skin Check Recommendations "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Hi just wondering if anyone has a recommendation for a good place to get myself checked for skin cancer regularly? Possibly including taking photos of mole growth to compare with each visit.

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17:34

New partnership supporting hospitality sector in South Australia "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

The hospitality sector in South Australia is in crisis, with many job vacancies in restuarants. But with limited migration and a vulnerable

economy after the COVID pandemic, its getting difficult to fill these

positions.

 

The Australian Institute of Hospitality is partnering with Australia Study

Team to motivate international students to work in the sector, with a

potential pathway for permanent residency.

 

The Wires Eduardo Jordan asked Manager of the Australian Institute of

Hospitality Ben Sharp, hows the hospitality sector at this point.

Image: Florian Plag via Wikimedia Commons

Produced By: Eduardo Jordan

Featured In Story: Manager of the Australian Institute of Hospitality Ben Sharp

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 20 April 2023

The post New partnership supporting hospitality sector in South Australia appeared first on 4YOU 98.5FM Capricorn Community Radio.

17:31

Cairns News updates format "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

As all of our readers would have seen we have a new WordPress format. They advised us to update as it was 11 years old and starting to malfunction. Now you have seen it but we have not ironed out all the bugs yet but be patient we are working on it. Editor

17:27

A good start to prevent total surveillance would be to refuse a digital drivers licence before it is tied to digital currency "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

From Dept Main Roads and Transpor Queenslands Digital Licence rollout is entering an exciting new phase with Townsville residents trying out the new technology. The system which is the first of its kind used in Australia has been provided to a select group of customers to trial. Theyll be providing feedback on their app experience []

16:51

Macron pension battle puts the French elite in a dilemma "IndyWatch Feed National"

Contributed by Ben Wilson

Embattled French President Emmanuel Macron continues to face the enmity of the French. Months of strikes and protests continue over the raising of the retirement age. This has taken the shape of a battle over what sort of nation France is going to be in the future, and it has implications for Europe and the world.

Unions have acted together in a show of unity that hasnt been seen for a long time. Students and youth in general are taking part in big numbers. The turmoil is in the big cities and tow across the country.

Forcing the change through by decree, rather than going through the process of a parliamentary vote which would have defeated it has raised an uproar. Most French see this as an act against democracy. In combination with brutal police suppression of protests the swelled, and this has included the defence of democracy.

Photo from AP: at least 1.5 million marched in Paris on 12 April

This provides evidence that the Marcon administration is running scared, and ultimately fighting for its ongoing survival.

The political crisis this has caused, is really the result of ongoing and building tensions over time. France is beset with economic troubles and the old two-party political system is in disarray. In fact, this is what was behind the rise of Macron in the first place. The former prominent member of the Socialist Party and as the party came close to extinction, he became the face of a new hope for the political elite. The conservative Republicans fell nearly as far, which provided space for the rise of new political movements.

Marcons job was to save the day for a section of the political elite. Another section turned to the Marine le Pen led and far right National Rally. Up till now, the Macron camp has had the upper hand. But it started to unravel with the rise of the Yell...

16:27

My 1yo Granddaughter Already Owns A Shotgun And Rifle, Brags US Governor "IndyWatch Feed National"

An American politician has bragged to a National Rifle Association conference that her one-year-old granddaughter, who is soon to turn two, already owns a shotgun and a rifle, and will soon need them.

Kristi Noem is the Govenor of South Dakota, in the north west of the continental United States. She was elected to the role in 2019 after an endorsement from then US president Donald Trump, but she came to national prominence during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic by refusing to mandate mask wearing throughout her state.

At the start of the pandemic South Dakota had the lowest death rate in the country, with a single death in the month of March 2020, set against a population of almost one million people. After a year-and-a-half, South Dakotas death rate was ranked 9th overall, with just over 2,000 actual deaths.

Earlier this month, Noem was back seeking the spotlight with a speech to a National Rifle Association leadership forum, where she claimed her granddaughter, Addy, already own guns.

Little Miss Addy who is almost two who soon will need them, I want to reassure you, she already has a shotgun and she already has a rifle.

Noem added that she also has a pony named Sparkles so the girl is set up.

Anyone 18 or older can buy a handgun from a private individual, and they dont need a permit, firearms registration or a background check. Additionally, open carry which means walking around with a firearm strapped to your hip like the old days of the wild west is also legal in South Dakota, again with no permit required.

South Dakota, despite having one of the smallest populations in the United States (its ranked 46th), also has the 7th highest rate of suicide by firearm.

The post My 1yo Granddaughter Already Owns A Shotgun And Rifle, Brags US Governor appeared first on New Matilda.

16:09

Rio Tinto [ASX:RIO] Hits New Quarter Export Record "IndyWatch Feed Qld"

Diversified mining behemoth Rio Tinto [ASX:RIO] has revealed a new record for exports in its Australian iron ore segment, which surged 16% in for the first three months of the year.

Pilbara iron ore shipped 82.54 million tonnes, suggesting a promising era for the miners flagship business.

While focus was on its new record this morning, a downgrade to copper production guidance was also flagged on complications at mines in the US and Chile.

RIO was trading for $123.19 a share at the time of writing, after a subtle uplift to share price.

It has risen nearly 6% year-to-date, and also continues leading in its sector average by nearly 6% along with peers BHP and Fortescue:

ASX:RIO Rio Tinto Stock Chart News 2023

Source: TradingView

 

Rio Tintos new first quarter production record

Today, the iron giant celebrated its best historical start to the year touting an uplift of 16% in Australian iron ore export volumes.

Its Pilbara operations produced 79.3 million tonnes (100% basis) in the first quarter, 11% higher than the first quarter of 2022.

This led to shipments of 82.5 million tonnes, a 16% increase in export over the same time last year, breaking its first quarter record today.

This number surpasses the groups previous record of 2018, when RIO managed to ship 80.31 million tonnes.

Rio said the increase was delivered through stronger mine production and a drawdown of stocks.

As for its other minerals, RIO said bauxite production hit 12.1 million tonnes, 11% lower than the first quarter of 2022 due to higher-than-average rainfall at its Weipa operations, yet aluminium production of 0.8 million tonnes was 7% higher than the same time last year thanks to benefits from the continued ramp-up of the Kitimat smelter.

Rio said recovery at the Boyne and Kitimat smelters is progressing to plan with fu...

15:09

Establishment of the US Department of Defence All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office "IndyWatch Feed National"

Media release

On 20 July 2022, the U.S. Department of Defense published a media release titled "DoD Announces the Establishment of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office." The text of the release reads:

https://media.defense.gov/2021/Mar/03/2002592680/-1/-1/0/210212-A-BI463-0003.JPG

"On July 15, 2022, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence [DNI], amended her original direction to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security by renaming and expanding the scope of the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group [AOIMSG] to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office [AARO], due to the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2022, which included a provision to establish an office, in coordination with DNI, with responsibilities that were broader than those originally assigned to the AOIMSG.

Today, USD (I&S) Hon Ronald S.  Moultrie informed the department of the establishment of AARO within the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, and named Dr. Sean M. Kirkpatrick, most recently the Chief Scientist at the Defense Intelligence Agency's Missile and Space Intelligence Center, as the Director of AARO.

The mission of the AARO will be to synchronize efforts across the Department of Defense, and with other US federal departments and agencies, to detect, identify and attribute objects of interest in, on or near military installations, operating areas, training areas, special use airspace and other areas of interest, and, as necessary, to mitigate any associated threats to safety of operations and national security. This includes anomalous, unidentified space,...

15:00

Dunno the difference between Christianity and The Taliban? Pop over to Kabul in a bikini love. "IndyWatch Feed National"

the view is making me sick to my stomach and comparing US Christians to the Taliban that is beyond repair the view needs to be Cancelled ASAP pic.twitter.com/YbCe9OXt8b (@DustinMills24) April 19, 2023 Set up the next Pride event in Helmund.

13:43

Cairns obsession with lawns "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

What is the obsession with lawns in this town, 99% of front yards basic council style Buffalo Grass yet they treat it like Buckingham Palace, there's people down my street mowing multiple times a week and even watering it, I leave mine for a couple weeks and the curtains start twitching, get a life people, it's fucking grass

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12:30

New home sales crunch continues "IndyWatch Feed Qld"

New home sales fall again

New home sales fell by -7.2 per cent in March, and have effectively been cut in half since the first quarter of 2022. 

With cancellation rates now above 30 per cent, many builders are reporting "negative sales" over recent months according to the Housing Industry Association:

Source: HIA

In New South Wales, new home sales have fallen by more than three-quarters from a year earlier, portending a dire shortage of properties in Sydney as immigration ramps up.

Queensland and Victoria aren't faring much better, to be fair. 


Source: HIA

With more and more development projects being scrapped, Australia is heading for an unprecedented housing shortage. 

Due to the "potential for further interest rate rises" - and for financial stability purposes - a record 300 basis...

12:23

Why do so many houses not have front fences? "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

It seems weird that so many don't fence the front of the yard, went for a walk last night and you can see right into people's houses, also what's weirder is that it seems the shittier the suburb the less fences they have

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11:46

Our dubious war on weeds "IndyWatch Feed National"

All our environmental problems require a radical change in how we think about resources and land. Before 1788, there was no wilderness: management for biodiversity was also management for the availability of food, fibre, wood and medicine. Harvesting these things was also a form of management.

The post Our dubious war on weeds appeared first on Overland literary journal.

10:47

The strip bar manager who's shown more leadership than the Parliament of Australia "IndyWatch Feed National"

David Ross runs Maxine's Erotic Lounge in Melbourne. He banned trashbag Sentator Lidia Thorpe for life for conduct unbecoming of a strip bar customer. To date, he's shown more leadership on Thorpe's behaviour than: Prime Minister Therapeutic Albo. Greens leader Adam Brandt Senate Leader Penny Wong David Ross understands that...

10:20

SkyNews - Jesus Christ allegedly crucified "IndyWatch Feed National"

The juniors are on at the SkyNews grammar desk today. Jesus Christ was not allegedly crucified. Its been backed up a few times in a reasonably well publicised and circulated book. Thankfully Christians dont go trying to behead or blow up people who cant write.

09:25

Federal Police CAUGHT ON CAMERA fabricating evidence "IndyWatch Feed National"

WARNING: Never trust the police.

The police lie, tamper with evidence and provide false statements in court.

The police are not there for you, nor are they your 'friend'.


The best part of all this is that they are allowed to get away with this.

Where those police personnel charged with criminal offences?

09:00

Pip Podcast #41: Alison Pouliot "IndyWatch Feed National"

In this Pip Podcast, we chat to ecologist, author and environmental photographer Alison Pouliot about the diverse world of fungi and its importance in our ecological networks.

07:26

06:00

Rupert Murdochs other lawsuits set to cost Fox shareholders $billions after $1.17 billion benchmark set in Dominion payout "IndyWatch Feed National"

Rupert Murdoch and his companies Fox Corp and News Corp are on the ropes after agreeing to pay Dominion Voting Systems $1.17 billion ($US 787.5 million) for defamation after Fox promoted lies []

02:47

West Papua Tensions Building "IndyWatch Feed Niugini"

https://www.asiamediacentre.org.nz/opinion-and-analysis/west-papua/
West Papua Tensions Building
19 APRIL 2023
The long-running conflict in West Papua has slipped from the headlines in recent times as other regional issues took precedence in many newsrooms. But this week its back on the news agenda so whats going on there?
Separatists in Indonesias Papua region say they have killed nine Indonesian soldiers in an ambush, as the Indonesian military (the TNI) continues to search for kidnapped New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens.
Mehrtens was detained by members of the West Papua National Liberation Army after he landed at an isolated airstrip in Nduga district in February.
The plane, carrying five passengers, was scheduled to pick up 15 construction workers building a health centre in the small town of Paro, after a group of separatist rebels reportedly threatened to kill them.
The plan to evacuate the workers angered the rebels, who responded by setting fire to the plane, and seizing the pilot.
Shortly afterwards two battalions of the Jakarta-based Unit 81 counter-terrorism squad were sent to Timika, a city on Papuas south coast. Unit 81 has traditionally been the military group which spearheads operations against rebel groups throughout the country.

Indonesian military spokesman Julius Widjojono said soldiers were searching at a number of sites, and despite weather problems they believe they are close to finding the pilot.
The West Papua National Liberation Army has previously demanded that Indonesia recognise Papuan independence in return for the pilots release.
They are also demanding a face-to-face meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, to discuss concerns over the continued presence of the Indonesian Army in the troubled province.
The United Nations and the New Zealand government have an obligation to push Indonesia to stop the military operation, rebel spokesman Sebby Sambom has said. Top of Form
Other demands include more arms and ammunition, along with a $US5 million ransom for the kidnapped Kiwi.
Background
When Indonesia gained its independence from the Netherlands in 1949, the Dutch government retained control over the territory of West New Guinea. From 1949 until 1961 the Indonesian government sought to "recover" West New Guinea (later known as West Irian or West Papua), arguing that the territory, a part of the former Netherlands East Indies, rightfully belonged with Indonesia.
In late 1961, after repeated and unsuccessful attempts to secure its goals through the United Nations, Indonesias President Sukarno declared a military mobilisation, and threatened to invade West New Guinea. In Washington, the Kennedy a...

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22:54

Germany and Nord Stream Sabotage: Victim or Confidant? "IndyWatch Feed National"

So far, Germany has been the blind spot in discussions over the Nord Stream sabotage. The economic disadvantages to the worlds fourth-largest economy from blasting the pipeline are too great. Of course, no one will seriously assume that the traffic-light coalition in Berlin stands behind the attack. However, the outwardly conspicuously indifferent and dismissive handling of the act of sabotage suggests that Berlin either has a particularly opaque approach to its MPs or has its reasons for downplaying the significance of the Nord Stream sabotage. Several observations in Germanys handling of the sabotage suggest that, though Germany was a victim of the attack, it is advancing the line that it no longer has a national interest in the Nord Stream pipelines.

 

Parliamentary questions from the opposition

Parliamentary groups and individual members of the opposition have addressed parliamentary questions about the sabotage to the German government. Particularly exciting are the answers some of which are verbatim identical from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action to the members of parliament Matthias Hauer  (CDU), Leif-Erik Holm (AfD) and Zaklin Nastic (Die Linke), which state, that the federal government assumed that sabotage had taken place, but that it had no concrete insights of the facts of the case, in particular of the possible authorship. Furthermore, the German Bundesregierung, after careful consideration, has come to the conclusion that further information cannot be provided for reasons of the state interest (Staatswohl) not even in classified form because they are subject to the third-party rule. The German state, according to the letter, would jeopardize the basis of trust with other intelligence services by publishing the information that would result in a serious impairment of the participation of the intelligence services of the Federation in the international exchange of intelligence and consequently: If, as a consequence of a loss of confidence, information from foreign agencies were to be omitted or substantially reduced, significant information gaps would arise with negative consequences for the accuracy...

21:10

Strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes Papua New Guinea "IndyWatch Feed Niugini"

A strong earthquake shook Papua New Guinea on Wednesday but no serious damage or casualties were expected, officials said. The magnitude 6.3 earthquake was centered in West New Britain province at a depth of 55.7 kilometers (35 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said. It said the quake caused strong shaking, but economic losses and casualties were expected to be small.

21:00

Bar recommendation for 40 F "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Hello! I'm flying in tomorrow from Sydney for a week long stay. I'm looking for a place to have a cocktail or two on Friday or Saturday night. I've spent time in Cairns and have been to The Jack, Rattle n Hum etc over the years.a

I won't have a car so I'd prefer it's within walking distance of Cairns RSL down to to the Marina. I'm happy to Uber to Smithfield etc if the place gets good recommendations from you.

I've looked at a few places and think Salt House may fit the bill. I'm after somewhere that there may be other solo visitors (local or otherwise), where the music isn't deafening and I may get to have a chat with someone.

Thanks in advance!

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20:26

PAT Testing Frequency: A Guide for Homeowners and Business Owners "IndyWatch Feed National"

As a homeowner or business owner, ensuring the safety of your electrical equipment is crucial. One way to do this is by conducting Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) regularly. PAT testing is the process of inspecting electrical equipment to ensure that it is safe for use.

PAT testing frequency is a common question that many homeowners and business owners ask. How often should it be conducted? The answer to this question depends on various factors, such as the type of equipment, the environment in which it is used, and the level of risk associated with its use.

In general, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recommends that portable electrical appliances in a low-risk environment, such as an office, should be tested every two to four years. In contrast, equipment used in a high-risk environment, such as a construction site, should be tested every three to six months.

However, its essential to note that these recommendations are not set in stone. The frequency of PAT testing will vary depending on the specific circumstances. For example, equipment that is frequently moved or subject to wear and tear may need to be inspected more frequently.

As a homeowner or business owner, its your responsibility to ensure that your electrical equipment is safe to use. To help you determine the appropriate PAT testing frequency for your equipment, here are some factors to consider:

Type of Equipment

Source: freepik.com

The type of equipment you have will play a significant role in determining how often it needs to be inspected. Some common types of equipment that require PAT testing include:

Electrical appliances

Extension cords

Power tools

Lighting equipment

Kitchen appliances

Portable heaters

Environment

The environment in which your equipment is used is also an important factor to consider. For example, equipment used in a dry, clean office environment will typically require less testing than equipment used in a wet, dusty construction site. Other environmental factors to consider include:

Temperature

Humidity

Dust...

20:21

Two days left to get your submission in to the Consultation to Amend the Defence Act "IndyWatch Feed National"

The consultation is tagging amendments which may:  impede or prevent public protest against war activity or contractors involved in production of war materials ;  result in greater integration of the ADF with foreign forces (U.S.) ; enable the U.S. to carry our bombing missions from Australia without Australia Government approval ; overide state/territory health and safety regulations, environmental protect laws, indigenous rights, safety regulations in transiting radioactive material in order to "train with realism"

Details at  

The consultation is tagging amendments which may:

* impede or prevent public protest against war activity or contractors involved in production of war materials

* result in greater integration of the ADF with foreign forces (U.S.)

* enable the U.S. to carry our bombing missions from Australia without Australia Government approval

* overide state/territory health and safety regulations, environmental protect laws, indigenous rights, safety regulations in transiting radioactive material in order to "train with realism"

...

20:02

NSW Supreme Court invalidates half of Covid fines issued by police not helpful to their KPI "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

From Sydney Criminal Lawyers, December 2022 In a statement a week prior to the Redfern Legal Centre challenge to COVID fines issued by NSW police taking place, acting principal solicitor Sam Lee said, the case was about more than just two fines, rather it spoke to the need to properly adhere to the rule of law, even during a pandemic. []

19:04

How To Propagate Hardwood Edibles "IndyWatch Feed National"

With a bit of knowledge and patience you may never have to buy a semi-hardwood or hardwood plant again.

19:03

Air Niugini Resumes Fokker Jet Services to Mount Hagen "IndyWatch Feed Niugini"

Air Niugini wishes to advise the travelling public that the airline has resumed its Fokker jet services to Mount Hagens Kagamuga airport, Western Highlands Province effective from Tuesday 18th April 2023.


The resumption of Fokker flights follows the completion of runway maintenance and repair works by the National Airports Corporation (NAC). Since the work on the critical section of airport runway commenced on 08th March, Air Niugini has maintained air services to Mount Hagen using smaller Dash-8 aircraft, but with passenger numbers restricted to as few as 23 at times because of the shortened runway.

Air Niugini Acting Chief Executive Officer, Mr Gary Seddon said The last six weeks of restricted operations at Mount Hagen has been inconvenient for both our customers, business houses around Mount Hagen, and the airline. However, we do appreciate the work done by NAC to repair the runway and return it to the standard required for jet aircraft

Mr Seddon added Air Niugini is pleased that the works are now complete and we can resume our Fokker 100/70 jet services into Mount Hagen airport. 

Effective from Wednesday 19th August, Air Niugini will operate up to four Fokker jet services each day between Port Moresby and Mount Hagen.

Safety is paramount in our operations, and Air Niugini appreciates the travelling publics patience and understanding on these matters.

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19:00

MORE MARS ANOMALIES: BONES, OR AT LEAST, A BONEY STRUCTURE? "IndyWatch Feed National"

User Answers

There's been another "sighting" of strange stuff on Mars, this time once again by NASA's Curiosity rover near Gale Crater on Mars, a site

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18:53

Large police presence at Mareeba funeral for indigenous man shot by police "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Aborigines from across the Atherton Tablelands have sent smoke signals trying to entice the indigenous member for their electorate of Cook to referee a smouldering feud with police after a Mareeba man was shot by specialist officers during a domestic dispute three weeks ago. Labors elusive Cynthia Lui MP has not been seen or heard []

18:53

Fox News settles for record $1.2 Billion in defamation case "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

The voting machine maker Dominion had sued Fox News for defamation following sustained commentary on a number of its programs claiming that in the 2020 presidential election various types of voting frauds had taken place.

This meant damage for Dominions brand as a company commissioned to count votes in various states and they lost business as a result.

Today just as the case was about to begin, Fox News sought a settlement that ended the action which would have seen Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch and other senior executives and personalities from the popular Republican-leaning network forced to give evidence .  But there could be more to come.

Image: Image: Shutterstock Leonard Zhukovsky

Produced By: Roderick Chambers

Featured In Story: Bruce Wolpe United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 19 April 2023

The post Fox News settles for record $1.2 Billion in defamation case appeared first on 4YOU 98.5FM Capricorn Community Radio.

18:45

Australia installs more Bitcoin ATMs than whole of Asia "IndyWatch Feed National"

Asia, which includes major economies such as China, Japan, Singapore and India, hosts 355 crypto machines, representing 1% of the total crypto ATMs installed worldwide.

18:36

Father Bob dies aged 88 "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

An outpouring of grief today has today been in evidence in the media, online and with ordinary Australians in their everyday life.

Father Bob Maguire was a Roman Catholic Priest who dedicated his life to charity and helping those on the lower rungs of society.

Coming to prominence in the media later in life, his cheeky and robust discussions with media personality John Safran struck a chord with many that transcended the appeal he had in his native Melbourne to a national audience.   Even in his last days he was still vowing to fight the decision to remove him from the board of his Father Bob Maguire Foundation.  Vale Father Bob.

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Featured In Story: Reverend Bill Crews Minister Uniting Church Ashfield, Founder of the Rev Bill Crews Foundation and Broadcaster

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 19 April 2023

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18:31

Shape-Shifting Antibiotics "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Researchers at The University of Adelaides, The Waite Research Institute were involved in a collaborative study with Professor John Moses from Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory, in New York.

The researchers have designed and synthesized a unique class of shapeshifting vancomycin dimers that evade resistance acquisition mechanisms in superbugs, including the ESKAPE pathogens, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA, also known as golden staph) and vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA).

Their research was recently published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

doi:10.1073/pnas.2208737120

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Produced By: Rodney Monk

Featured In Story: Jessica Wyllie, PhD Student, Waite Research Institute, The University of Adelaide

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 19 April 2023

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18:00

Russias Electronic Warfare Capabilities "IndyWatch Feed National"

Drago Bosnic Global Research April 17, 2023

Electronic warfare (EW) is one of the most important aspects of modern military capabilities and is often the litmus test of how advanced the state and its armed forces are. Its part of the invisible and yet extremely intense battle that we usually cannot see directly.

However, its impact is wholly undeniable. Russia is among the world leaders in EW and its warfighting capabilities in this regard are a source of pride for the Eurasian giant, but also fear for its adversaries.

Russian dominance in EW on the frontlines of Ukraine is so comprehensive and massive that its one of the few things the mainstream propaganda machine never dared to question or ridicule. Even Russian strategic thermonuclear capabilities were subjected to propaganda attacks at times, but its EW capabilities never. And for good reason.

And yet, as with everything concerning the mainstream propaganda machine, we must tread carefully. This is especially true when it comes to the media citing the Pentagon leaks as their primary source of information. Needless to say, an actual leak would require an inadvertent release of classified information and most intelligence experts agree its extremely unlikely there was anything inadvertent about it. However, this is not to say that all information connected to the leak is false. On the contrary, its relatively elaborate nature implies that much of it is indeed true, but it can be difficult to discern what exactly. One of the few leaked facts we can surely believe concerns precisely Russian EW capabilities. Still, this begs the question why?

JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition)

To answer that, we should first dissect and specify the claims of the mainstream propaganda machine. The leaks include a massive amount of information, including the claim that US-made JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) bombs are failing in Ukraine due to successful R...

18:00

Fewer people, living better - new Low Migration for Australia movement "IndyWatch Feed National"

There is a new policy blog or political movement called Low Migration Australia.  It is very well written and explains the relevant concepts succinctly.  The movement was started by Edward Smith.  Well worth a look.

 

We have republished from the page entitled, "," from "Low Migration Australia" at

"In a nutshell" by Edward Smith

Migration policy in Australia is just a tug of war between big business and the community, our politicians are the rope. The many justifications for high migration levels offered by media and think tanks are not determinative of migration policy. Business just pulls government harder than the public.

Migration levels are one of the most important decisions Australian governments make. Low migration can boost wages for low skill workers, reduce rents and house prices, protect our environment and increase unity, empathy and understanding in our politics and community.

Unfortunately, domestic big businesses (especially the property industry) either want the opposite of those things or are indifferent. Big business has bought in the political and epistemic systems and steered governments to high migration.

We have no grievance with any migrant, past, present or even prospective all of whom have merely walked through a lucrative open door, as many Australians would. We have a disagreement with the business and political leaders who want to leave this door open.

Low migration Australias goal is to persuade our business and political leaders to end their high migration agenda and to inform the community about migration policy. We do not vilify business at all, we want them to focus on the important work of running businesses and leave public policy to the public and their governments.

17:59

A lot of Americans in Cairns atm? "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

I've been hearing American accents around a lot lately. Especially at Muddys for some reason. Wondering if anyone has some insight?

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17:56

A National Energy Transition Authority long overdue "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Eleven coal-fired power facilities shut down from 2013 to 2022; at least seven more are expected to follow suit between now and 2030. Australia is on its way to going off-grid from fossil-based energy consumption but still has no central authority overseeing the energy transition effort across the nation.

Dr Simon Wright from the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney said establishing such authorises is a overdue step the federal government has long ignored. Looking at European countries, national energy transition authorities have been credited as the effective way to ensure that workers exiting the industry are protected.

 

 

 

 

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Featured In Story: Dr Simon Wright Research Principal at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 19 April 2023

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16:47

Selected Articles: More Unanswered Red Flags Regarding Jack Texeira and the Pentagon Leaks "IndyWatch Feed National"

More Unanswered Red Flags Regarding Jack Texeira and the Pentagon Leaks

By Larry Johnson, April 18, 2023

Several former military and intelligence professionals have contacted me and voiced similar doubts about the pat story being circulated regarding National Guard

The post Selected Articles: More Unanswered Red Flags Regarding Jack Texeira and the Pentagon Leaks appeared first on Global Research.

16:34

Latest agreement puts Wafi-Golpu copper/gold project back on track "IndyWatch Feed Niugini"

A landmark memorandum of understanding between the Papua New Guinea government and the Wafi-Golpu Joint Venture participants, Newcrest Mining and Harmony Gold, marks a key step towards the granting of a special mining lease for the copper-gold mine, the application for which was first lodged back in August 2016.

wafi golpu

Prime Minister Marape and key representatives of his cabinet, the Governor of Morobe Province and Harmony Gold and Newcrest Mining representatives celebrate the Framework Memorandum of Understanding for the Wafi-Golpu project. Credit: Wafi-Golpu Joint Venture

A framework has been established whereby Newcrest and Harmony, and the State on behalf of the Morobe Provincial Government and landowners will progress Wafi-Golpu mine development so that it can start at the very earliest, said Prime Minister James Marape in announcing the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) last week. 

This is a major resource, with substantial gold and copper, which will anchor our country for the next 40 years and beyond. 

In addition setting the projects long-term investment framework, the MOU outlines the PNG governments stake in the project, royalty and tax rates, plus commitments by the venture partners to invest in local infrastructure and social development.

PNG to be the biggest winner

The Prime Minister describes the MOU as an improvement on the one his predecessor Peter ONeill signed in 2018, with the...

15:00

AI will destroy Hollywood as we know it "IndyWatch Feed National"

Tom Graham, founder of Metaphysic.ai, on how generative AI will upend the film industry and change our understanding of whats real.

Tom Graham was a couple of hours away from his keynote conversation with Chris Anderson on stage at TED 2023 in Vancouver when I Zoomed him in search of some definitive answers about AI. Drowning in artificial generative quicksand, buried in amazing news week after week, I needed to grab his hand and come up for air before sinking back into the mud of the next generative artificial intelligence update.

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14:55

Clean energy subsidies enrich bankers and Aussie battlers pay the bill "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

By TONY MOBILIFONITISTHE shocking truth about so-called clean energy, how it is funded and how its inherent inefficiencies are paid for, has finally emerged. We knew that the rise of inefficient renewable energy correlated with rapidly rising electricity bills for consumers, but the details of how that was occurring were obscure. Now we know and []

14:45

Everybody Knows, Part 1: All Doctors MUST STAND UP for Russell Pridgeon, MD "IndyWatch Feed National"

by Mary W Maxwell, LLB

Dr William Russell Pridgeon, a GP in Grafton NSW, has come out with a major, major, major book on the subject of pedophilia in Australia. It particularly discusses the capture of the police profession.  You already know of Dr Pridgeon from the fact the APF arrested him 4 years ago. Gumshoe has covered his case and the Operation Noetic that was used to hunt him down.

He was made to look like a criminal and Ill bet many members of the Australian Federal Police have come to believe their own rhetoric. Tomorrow in a Brisbane Court he faces another hearing. We all need to be there, at least in spirit.

I now demand that ALL DOCTORS IN AUSTRALIA BE THERE,...

14:22

In brief: Outstanding foreign exchange orders almost K1.5 billion says Central Bank and other business stories "IndyWatch Feed Niugini"

Outstanding foreign exchange orders almost K1.5 billion according to Bank of PNG, Newmont makes offer for Newcrest Mining, and progress on Porgera gold mine. Your business news digest.

The long-awaited 2023 cocoa crop arrives in Kokopo, East New Britain. Credit: NGIP Agmark via LinkedIn

Economy

Outstanding foreign exchange (FX) orders in PNG amounted to K1.486 billion (US$422 million) as of 24 March, according to the Bank of Papua New Guineas March Monetary Policy Statement.

As long as PNG continues to provide exemptions and concessions under the PDAs [Project Development Agreements for resources projects], and with the underperformance by the non-mineral export sector in generating sufficient foreign currency, the country will continue to experience a shortage of foreign currency to meet its import needs, warns Acting Governor Elizabeth Genia. It is important that the Government considers moving away from these kind of PDAs to production sharing arrangements, and adopt a more equitable regime to improve the inflow of FX.

The statement projects GDP growth at 3.2 per cent for 2023 and inflation at 5.5 per cent. (Bank of PNG)

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Increasing womens engagement in paid work to the level of mens could result in GDP per capita being 20.8 percent higher in the long run, according to the new World Bank report, Unlocking the Benefits of Gender Equality, published as part of the World Banks latest Papua New Guinea Economic Update.

The report also suggests annual losses associated with absenteeism because of gender-based violence are equivalent to 0.5 per cent of PNGs GDP. (World Bank)

Mining

Following an i...

14:18

Parliament has never been sovereign the people are "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

[Editors note: The following article is longer than usual, but it gives the legal history and reasoning that is conspicuously absent from Australian Constitutional Law. Gumshoe is the only place that has ever re-printed it. No legal publication, Bar Association, Law Society or cute legal trade magazine would touch it. Most of the bolding is mine.] []

14:00

Australian Dollar and Bitcoin "IndyWatch Feed National"

1.00 AUD = 0.00002 BTC
0.00010 BTC = 4.35 AUD
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13:36

Thank you Pauline for "the kind of person who will infiltrate Albanese's Vanity Voice' "IndyWatch Feed National"

The kind of person who will be infiltrating Anthony Albanese's race-based Voice. pic.twitter.com/IH4idg9EpI Pauline Hanson (@PaulineHansonOz) April 19, 2023

13:26

Chinese and North Korean troops reinforce Russia on Ukrainian front as WW3 looms "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

EXCLUSIVE direct from the Cossack Colonel via our interpreter Dark clouds gather over Ukraine particularly in the southern regions of Bakhmut where the NATO Hoard has gathered an estimated 800,000 strong force to confront Russia and its allies China and North Korea. The RF is estimated at 650,000. The NATO Hoard has depleted Europe of []

13:24

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed National"

Sudan Hospitals Struggle with Casualties, Damage in Fighting

By SAMY MAGDY

A patient is being carried into a hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, April 17, 2023. Hospitals in the Sudanese capital are overwhelmed as the city turns into a war zone in fighting between the countrys two top generals. At least six of the around 20 hospitals in Khartoum and its neighboring city Omdurman have shut down, the Doctors Syndicate says. (AP Photo)

CAIRO (AP) At the Khartoum Teaching Hospital, people wounded during street battles flowed into the wards. Supplies were running low, with doctors, nurses, patients and their relatives trapped inside for days as the Sudanese capital turned into a war zone.

Then early Monday, one of the wards was heavily damaged by shelling.

We are running out of everything, Dr. Amin Saad told The Associated Press. We are working with the least possible capabilities. Were all exhausted, but there is a shortage of physicians.

Not long afterward, the hospital shut down completely with staff, patients and relatives stuck inside as clashes raged throughout the neighborhood. It was one of at least 12 hospitals shuttered in the capital area because they were damaged in fighting, were inaccessible because of clashes or had run out of fuel, according to the Doctors Syndicate.

Khartoums hospitals have been thrown into chaos by the explosion of violence between Sudans two top generals. People have been unable to leave their homes since Saturday as the two sides engaged in gun battles and bombarded each other with artillery and airstrikes. More than 180 people have been killed and over 1,800 wounded since the fighting erupted, U.N. envoy Volker Perthes said.

There are some 20 hospitals in the capital and the neighboring city of Omdurman. Those that still managed to operate were understaffed and overwhelmed, running low on supplies and struggling with power or water cuts, doctors said.

The sudden outbreak of fighting caught everyone off guard, trapping doctors and nurses inside hospitals, and preventing other staff from reaching the facil...

12:54

Labor Government-Funded-Media reports on the greatness of the Labor Government "IndyWatch Feed National"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/jim-chalmers-very-busy-before-first-may-budget-2023/102236258 The federal budget is less than three weeks away. Treasurer Jim Chalmers still has a lot to do between now and then, including releasing a number of important reports. He wants his budget to provide cost-of-living relief for households, and to support employment and wages for workers, in line...

12:52

Short Term Rental Apartment "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Hey!

Apologies for another accommodation Post!

A friend and I are very stuck for a place to stay at the moment. Hostels are just as expensive as apartments and there doesn't seem to be many options in long term rentals either. I'm struggling to find any of these on the web. Ive only found 'Cairns Sharehouse' and they said they have a lot of requests coming in. Would you know of any other websites or contacts for short term rentals

Thanks guys!

Edit: Our budget would be 150 - 250ish dollars per week each

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12:38

Toxic positivity and exclusion in the autistic community "IndyWatch Feed National"

Disability justice is linked to prison and police abolitionism, to racial justice, to poverty, to employment and opportunities, to all kinds of social equity issues. We need so much more than awareness, acceptance and appreciation alone.

The post Toxic positivity and exclusion in the autistic community appeared first on Overland literary journal.

12:24

Secret trials have no place in modern Australia: Witness Js sentencing finally revealed "IndyWatch Feed National"

The Human Rights Law Centre welcomes the long overdue publication of Witness Js sentencing remarks by ACT Chief Justice Lucy McCallum after years of secrecy.  

In deciding to publish the partially-redacted remarks today, the Chief Justice acknowledged that secrecy is anathema to the rule of law. 

A public trial is recognised by law as a crucial element to the right to a fair trial, and open justice is a central democratic safeguard. The level of secrecy in the prosecution of an intelligence officer known as Alan Johns, or Witness J, should never have happened and can never be repeated. 

Between 2018 and 2019, strict secrecy orders were applied to all aspects of Witness Js case, with the entire prosecution taking place behind closed doors. The federal government invoked the National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 (Cth) (NSI Act) to require this secrecy. 

Quotes attributed to Kieran Pender, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre: 

Secret trials have a long history in authoritarian states; they have no place in democracies like Australia, where open justice is a fundamental protection of our human rights.  

Todays publication of the Witness J sentencing remarks brings an end to an alarming five year long saga that should never have happened. It is testament to the media, civil society and the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor that this secret trial was identified, called out and now addressed.  

The government must change the law, in line with the Monitors recommendations, to ensure this can never happen again. 

The right to a fair trial is protected in the ACT under the Human Rights Act, but this level of secrecy was permitted by federal law underscoring the importance of a federal Charter of Human Rights. 

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Media Contact:
Thomas Feng
Human Rights Law Centre
Media and Communications Manager 0431 285 275
thomas.feng@hrlc.org.au

12:22

Albanese's Vanity Voice YES campaigns bullshit survey of Aborigines - they asked 300. "IndyWatch Feed National"

The left will do and say anything to get their way. The yes campaign is touting an opinion poll allegedly of Aboriginal Australians' attitudes - no surprise the YES campaign says they found 80% in support of The Voice. Warren Mundine has drilled down and figured that the headline comes...

11:21

NEW DAWN ON BOUGAINVILLE "IndyWatch Feed Niugini"

180423 KIK is encouraging white copra farmers to see their produce at good price
New Dawn FM News

Senior Raw Materials officer James Mukar, works with Coconut Resources Limited a subsidiary of Kokonas Industry Koporesen.
I carry out marketing and purchasing of the white copra produced by the farmers. The big difference between us and other local buyers is that the farmers bring their produce by meeting their own expense to sell their copra bags. As for Coconut Resources Limited, they try as much as possible to pay for the farmers produce right at their doorsteps so they dont incur unnecessary expense. Another big difference between the Coconut Resources Limited and other local buyers is that cash is not directly dealt with instead we utilize the SMS banking system from Bank South Pacific (BSP), he said.
CRL officers are encouraging local farmers to open bank accounts so their money is directly transferred into their respective accounts.
We try as much as possible to manage and reduce the risk of handling heavy cash, he said.
Mukar added CRL had begun purchasing white copra from farmers in December of 2021.
K3 per kilo was the price then in 2021 and has reduced to K2 per kilo, he added.
Two pilot projects in Selau and Haku Constituencies had KIK assisted in providing drier materials.
Mukar said they have yet to reach other parts of the region but concentrating on small Buka and Selau to Tinputz.
He added the white copra is shipped to Rabaul and exported to Dubai where the buyer is located.
KIK reiterated that Bougainville has the potential to export directly from Buka, all it takes is the quantity in metric tones to ship it out. ENDS////AK

11:07

Their ABC reports on 'sophisticated Aboriginal warriors' in war 'that made Australia' "IndyWatch Feed National"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-18/indigenous-frontier-war-tactics-revealed-in-how-they-fought/102230578

11:05

Climate Change Scandal in Australia Heating Up "IndyWatch Feed National"

BY CHRIS MORRISON | THE DAILY SCEPTIC | APRIL 17, 2023

Further significant doubts have been cast on the accuracy of global surface temperature results following the discovery that electronic thermometers in Australia have read up to 0.7C higher than traditional mercury glass units. The Australian dataset is a major component of global compilations since it provides an important guide to one of the largest land masses in the southern hemisphere. After many years of trying, local freedom of information requests from scientists have forced the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) to release comparative information from the two measuring devices around Brisbane airport. It shows that automatic readings are higher 41% of the time, compared with 32% when the temperatures were the same.

Electronic temperatures devices have been in general use in Australia since 1995. The guidance of the World Meteorological Organisation suggests averaging temperatures over a minute to remove corruptions caused by temporary effects such as a sudden gust of hot air. But the BoM records highs for just a second, something that basic mercury thermometers cannot do. For years, the BoM has refused to release comparative instrument data.

The Australian journalist Jo Nova takes a sceptical view as to why the BoM has been so stubborn. Potentially, the electronic sensors offer a bonanza of propaganda headlines for the Green Blob to pick from, especially when coldest ever days get ignored by the media. The sensors are offering many more headlines of records for heat, heatwaves, hottest nights, more days over 35C, she continued, adding, there are many cherries to be picked here.

The use of highly sensitive measuring equipment to produce temperature records and hence whip up climate emergency fears is common throughout the world. Last year In the U.K., the Met Office promoted a record high of 40.3C halfway down the runway at RAF Coningsby on the afternoon of July 19th. Admittedly, the record was declared to have stood for longer than a second 60 seconds to be precise. To this day, the Met Office has refused to answer a number of Daily Sceptic enquiries about possible non-climatic causes of this widely promoted record. In the light of the Australian disclosures, we wonder if the Met Office should re-examine the way it declares heat records and compare the results of its measuring devices with t...

10:59

Open Letter on AUKUS to Prime Minister of New Zealand "IndyWatch Feed National"

By the undersigned, April 18, 2023

Security in the Indo-Pacific Region including New Zealands Relationships with the AUKUS Alliance

TO: Rt Hon Chris Hipkins, Hon Nanaia Mahuta and Hon Andrew Little
Parliament Buildings
Wellington

Dear Prime Minister and Ministers,

The International Affairs and Disarmament Committee supports the values-based approach to foreign policy adopted by the current government and expressed in Hon Minister Nanaia Mahutas Inaugural Foreign Policy Speech (Feb 4, 2021) which emphasizes an international rules-based order, global action on sustainability issues where solutions depend on international cooperation, and principles of manaaki, whanaunga, kaitiaki, mahi tahi and kotahitanga.

We would appreciate your response to comments and concerns we have about AUKUS, New Zealands relationship to this new alliance and recent government comments by Minister Little and others about New Zealands involvement with it. Many aspects of AUKUS appear at odds with the values-based approach of New Zealand. In addition, we have specific concerns about AUKUS potentially undermining important non-proliferation and disarmament treaties. We share concerns about AUKUS and New Zealand being involved in it that have been expressed by former New Zealand Prime Ministers Helen Clark and Jim Bolger, former Australian Prime Ministers Paul Keating and Malcolm Fraser, and former National Party leader Don Brash.

AUKUS involves the supply of highly enriched nuclear fissile material, which means it is usable as nuclear bomb fuel, to a non-nuclear weapons state. As has been asserted by a number of independent experts, and also by the Indonesian and Chinese governments, this threatens the objectives and purposes of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. This is particularly the case as this fissile material will not be subject to inspections and monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency.  Insisting on such inspections and monitoring has been crucial in endeavouring to ensure Iran does not develop the means to secure highly enriched uranium that could be used in nuclear weapons, and suggestions of a double standard ha...

10:43

Senators - over to you. Does a strip club have higher moral standards than The Senate? "IndyWatch Feed National"

On Monday, we wrote to the Chair of the Senate Committee of Privileges to ask that it take action on Lidia Thorpe's vile, drunken and publicly abusive behaviour outside a Melbourne strip club in the early hours of Sunday morning. My report to the Senate Committee of Privileges re Lidia...

10:41

Construction insolvencies to record highs "IndyWatch Feed Qld"

Construction failures soar

There were another 524 construction insolvencies in the March 2023 quarter, an increase of 93 per cent from a year earlier. 

235 of the failures were in New South Wales, 149 in Victoria, and 89 in Queensland. 


The residential construction sector is known to have a high multiplier, and failures will ripple out through subcontractors and small businesses, in turn hurting the economy.

Over the year to March, there were 2,130 insolvencies in the sector, including 964 in New South Wales, 583 in Victoria, and 332 in Queensland. 



Unfortunately this shrinks the capacity of the sector to build homes, with many projects now failing or being scrapped. 

Financial markets aren't pricing any further rate hikes, but with lending for new homes and construction already sinking to decade lows policy is already wel...

10:19

Spain and Portugal show us a few things about taking on the cost of housing "IndyWatch Feed National"

Contributed by Joe Montero

Like Australia and many other countries, Spain is experiencing a surge in homelessness, and the cost of housing is forcing many younger citizens to remain in the home of their parents. Only 16 percent of young people live independently. The average for Europe is 32 percent.

The government there is not ignoring the problem. A decision has just been made to make 50,000 foreclosed homes held by Serab, a mostly government owned bank, available for affordable rent. A further 15,000 homes will be added to social housing. And there is an intention to pass a bill through the parliament to introduce rent caps of 3 percent per year, in areas where rents are rising significantly. These rises were sometimes more than 20 percent last year.

Photo by J. M. Cadenas: The Madrid headquarters of the Banko de Espana, the national central bank and majority owner of Serab

Serab was created in 2012 to take over 50 billion Euros worth of real estate resulting from the housing market crash of 2009.

Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said the government was trying to increase the supply of public housing which at 300,000 homes is just 3 per cent of total housing, The aim is to boost the 209,000 public homes by 17 percent.

Industry organisations are attacking these reforms and accuse the government of playing to win votes at the coming regional elections.

There is still a long way to go to resolve the housing situation. But at least the Spanish government has taken some important steps, and the pressure coming from society is to do much more.

Transport for trains, buses, and trams, have already been cut by 30 percent. country trains fares are to be cut. There has been a crackdown on heating and air conditioner costs by placing limits on what energy suppliers can charge. Tax on this has been reduced. A financial package, including a 17.5 rise in pensions has ben provided.

Prime minister Pedro Sanchez said: Housing in Spain is a constitutional right, but not a real right. Young people have to wait an unacceptably long time to access housing and become independent. He was referring to the need to align the reality to the constitution.

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10:17

Victorian Corruption Commission's damning report on Andrews government corruption "IndyWatch Feed National"

The special report on IBACs Operation Daintree found that in October 2018, the then Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) entered into a $1.2 million contract with the Health Education Federation (HEF) a recently established entity linked to the Health Workers Union (HWU) to provide occupational violence...

10:06

Restoring Some Vaccination Choice in Mississippi "IndyWatch Feed National"

By Adam Dick | Ron Paul Institute | April 18, 2023

Like every American state government, the Mississippi government pressures parents to ensure their children take a slew of vaccination shots as a condition for the children to attend school. But, unlike most states, Mississippi law does not recognize the right of parents to refuse, based upon philosophical or religious objections, to follow the state-imposed childhood vaccination schedule.

Instead, the only exemption Mississippi parents have had available is a medical exemption that has turned out for almost all parents to be the same as having no exemption at all. I wrote about this in an April of 2015 article:

The New York Times  reported in February how extremely restricting vaccination mandate exemptions causes a significant increase in vaccination rates, pointing to Mississippi as an example. Mississippi has among the strictest vaccination requirements in America barring philosophical and religious exemptions and allowing only a medical exemption for students in both public and private schools. In the 2013-14 school year the Times reports that only 17 out of 45,179 kindergarten students in the state were exempt from the states vaccination mandate.

The medical exemption could more accurately be called the mirage exemption. In contrast, philosophical and religious exemptions can allow much greater ability for parents to refuse government pressure to have their children subjected to each and every state-mandated shot at each and every state-mandated time in a childs life.

Since I wrote that article in 2015, California and New York, two of the largest population states, have joined Mississippi by eliminating all exemptions other than the medical exemption. Three additional states  Connecticut, Maine, and West Virginia  also recognize only the medical exemption.

Some good news came for Mississippi parents this week. The Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN) has announced that on Monday a federal court ruled that the First Amendment requires that, by July 15, 2023, the State of Mississippi afford its residents a religious exemption for their children to attend school without one or more state....

09:59

NEW DAWN ON BOUGAINVILLE "IndyWatch Feed Niugini"

180423 Preparations are well underway for the PNG Games 2023
New Dawn FM News

Preparations for the PNG Games 2023 is underway in Bougainville, Autonomous Region of Bougainville for eleven respective codes.
From the eight codes which was played at the recent 4th ABG Games at Wakunai district, Central Bougainville. The codes were basketball, volleyball, Rugby nines, Touch Rugby, Soccer, Netball, Athletics and Boxing. Body-building and weight-lifting will also be added as part of the sporting codes contingent to the PNG Games in November outlined by a Sporting Committee official.
Efforts in selecting a better team to produce results in NCD is important to get the on campus and off campus training facility.
It is understood that a strict 2weeks regime should be able to boost team spirit. However, a guideline and recommendations on training activities will be done by respective codes for the department responsible to analyze and plan into their games activities.
Efforts to speak with the newly appointed Games Manager for Team Bougainville was unsuccessful. ENDS////ak

09:48

Supreme Courts Rules COVID Fines Invalid as the Penalty Notices Did Not Specify the Offence "IndyWatch Feed National"


The overbearing law enforcement approach to the COVID pandemic, which had a focus on criminalising those who didnt follow health restrictions, via the widespread imposition of draconian fines that were issued seemingly with no discretion and in the most absurd of circumstances.

Following the passing of the pandemic, as people went back to business as usual, however, many civilians had to deal with these outstanding fines continuing to hang over their heads as the average COVID infringement notice amounted to $1,000,

So, the Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) challenged the legitimacy of COVID fines issued to three clients, who sought declaratory relief from the penalties they were subjected to, in accordance with section 69 of the Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), with the outcome likely to affect thousands in NSW.

Brendan Beame, Teal Els and Rohan Pank all claimed that the ...

09:44

To fix the Privacy Act, we need one extra sentence "IndyWatch Feed National"

Indirect identification, individuation, disambiguation, distinguishing from all others, or singling out. call it what you want, but the statutory definition of personal information needs to clearly state that it includes when individuals can be singled out and acted upon, even if their identity is not known.

Yet as they now stand, the proposals to amend the Privacy Act do not include this critical reform.

We wrote previously about some of the themes arising from the Final Report into the review of the Privacy Act.

One of the surprises, but not of the happy-surprise-birthday-party kind, was the way in which personal information has been treated.

The definition of personal information is a critical threshold definition, because the privacy principles only apply to personal information.  If a business can successfully argue that some data is not personal information, they can collect, use, disclose and trade the data with impunity.

Right now, the definition of personal information includes if someone is reasonably identifiable.  But that phrase is foggy, to the detriment of businesses and consumers alike, who may ask:

Can someone be identifiable if a business doesnt know their name?

The OAIC says yes.

In guidance dating back to 2017, and in a string of case law determinations, the OAIC has maintained that identifiability in law does not necessarily require that a persons name or legal identity can be established from the information.  Instead, it implies uniqueness in a dataset: (g)enerally speaking, an individual is identified when, within a group of persons, he or she is distinguished from all other members of a group This may not necessarily involve identifying the individual by name.

The Attorney-Generals Department says yes.

The Final Report quotes without challenge the OAIC position, and states that The test does not require that an individuals legal identity be known provided the information could be linked back to the specific person that it relates to.

Based on the European and Californian privacy laws and others, our global trading partners say yes.

Each has either explicitly expanded on the meaning of identifiability, or has introduced alternatives to identifiability as a threshold element of their definitions.  The GDPR calls it singling out.  The California law (CCPA) includes, within its definition of personal information, data which is capable of being associated with, or could reasonab...

09:44

What Is a Safety Signal and Why Does It Matter? "IndyWatch Feed National"

By Ramesh Thakur | Brownstone Institute | April 18, 2023

The pandemic has been an extended three-year teachable moment for many of us who previously had been content to go along with the public health messages from our nearly universally trusted medical experts, drug regulators and public health institutions.

Safety Signals

In a peer-reviewed recent article, David Bell and colleagues concluded that based on costs, disease burden and intervention effectiveness, mass Covid-19 vaccination campaigns did not meet standard public health requirements for clear expected benefit. Several eminent experts warned about the likelihood of such a conclusion from the start and opinion has gradually been shifting towards this view, as I tried to summarize earlier.

In this article I want to look specifically at the concept of safety signals because I dont believe the significance of this concept in medical science and public health interventions is widely understood in the general public.

I first became interested in this after watching Dr Peter McCullough in a TV interview with France Soir in June 2021. He pointed out that the CDCs Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) normally records about 25 deaths per year from all vaccines. During the Covid pandemic, by 11 June 2021 it had verified 5,993 deaths, 20,737 hospitalizations, 47,837 urgent care visits, 1,538 anaphylaxis cases, and 1,868 cases of Bells palsy.

Because VAERS is a passive-surveillance system, he said, the general consensus is that the numbers are vastly underreported. He warned that this is a major safety signal that has exceeded all boundaries of acceptability. Quizzed on the causal link to vaccines, he answered: its biologically plausible, temporally associated, internally consistent month by month and also externally consistent with data from the US, Europe and England. The vaccine is in the causal pathway to death The majority of these 6,000 Americans, they were healthy enough to walk into a vaccine center and within 2-4 days theyre dead.

That was almost two years ago.

The European Medicines Agency defines safety signal as:

Information on a new or known adverse event that is potentially caused by a medicine and that warrants further investigation. Signal...

09:06

Jungle creatures, Chicago. "IndyWatch Feed National"

A human disaster is unfolding right now in Chicago pic.twitter.com/itC1yfiYgE Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) April 18, 2023

08:48

QC2022/008 - Waanyi People #3 Native Title Claim "IndyWatch Feed National"

 The native title claim group is the Waanyi People.

A person is a Waanyi person if and only if:

1. the other Waanyi people recognise that he or she is descended (which may include by adoption) from a person who they recognise as having been Waanyi; and

2. the person identifies himself or herself as a Waanyi person.

It is accepted that adoption may take place and that where adoption has occurred it confers upon the adoptee the right to identify as being a Waanyi person.

The following deceased persons are recognised as having been Waanyi people from whom living Waanyi people may be descended:

1. King George (Gundawarinya), Mary Starr (Namura), Marrandu

2. Johnny Rockland (Guyanda)

3. Wuragaga (including his sons Toby Daly and Charlie Walden)

4. Wirduga (including her sons King Pedro and Fred Mangala), Yurumburinya, Gudurju, Jagijagi (including her children Left-hand Dick, King Darby, Violet Darby), Lagayi, and Brenda Munara (including her children Duncan Hogan, Julie Darby, Dan Darby, Clara Darby, Frank Hogan, Arthur Peterson) 

5. Jack Riversleigh (including his children Doris Aplin and Vera Johnny, Annie King and Elaine Cairns)

6. Diana (Dina) Jackson

7. Fred Mangala (including his children Jimmy Doolan, Tommy Doolan, Oscar Gregory and Queenie Bell) and King Pedro (including his children Dinny, Jock and Cubby Pedro)

8. Janggali (including his son Yarribijas children: Duncan Hogan, Julie Darby, Dan Darby, Clara Darby, Frank Hogan, Arthur Peterson; and his daughter Muranjis daughters: Jamuyu and Lidi Wayawarrinya)

9. King Darby, Left Hand Dick and Violet Darby

10. Ruby Lilwayi (including her daughter Elsie Foster), Polly Nganduyu (including her children: Nancy Carlton, Ned George, Sally OKeefe, Bubi Dick, Netty Malbow and Nuts Logan), May Black Nijirijbina (including her children Nancy Wilson, Nora Black, Dora Doolan nee Black and Archie Black), Ruby Gijaya (including her children Mavis Carlton, Junie Clay, Maurice Carlton, Marina Dick, Mick Miller, Murray Donaldson), and Mailman Dick Gungayamaji (including his child Ivy George Ngayaya)

11. Smiler Diamond (including his children: Mick Diamond Nguyjbirri and Jack Diamond Bandangala and Sydney Punjaub and Ruby)

12. Mailman Jack Libaninji (including his son Fred Carlton Gajangga, daughter Rosie and her daughter Betty Lloyd Jayinbalina, and son Ned Ngaragulanji and his children Bessie Holt and Colin Holt)

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08:07

NSW Nationals push mRNA jabs for livestock, hence farmers blind support "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Letter to the Editor In general terms, the poor stupid farmers and the supermarket chains have NO CLUE what is going into their animals and produce with few exceptions, they just swallow all the government BS hook line and sinker so they will ALL be BLINDSIDED when mass boycotts begin against their meat []

07:29

NEW DAWN ON BOUGAINVILLE "IndyWatch Feed Niugini"

180423 Judge raises concerns over the non-appearance of offenders at the courthouse
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Judge Ravunama Auka raises concerns over the non-appearances of offenders at the courthouse progresses day one into week long National Court Circuit in Buka.
Presiding Judge said this was a concern and appealed to the Correctional Services saying it was a grave concern.
During the court hearing some of the offenders stated to be in remand at the Beikuit Rehabilitation Centre, had notices put out for escaping since 2021. State prosecutor lawyer Mr Nathan Pare told the court for those who have escaped, he will file application for bench warrant issued to have these escapees rearrested and brought back to stand trial for their crimes.
Meanwhile, Justice Auka told the Correctional Service officer present to ensure the file documents and such as incidence reports should be filled in on time.
According to both the Public Solicitor and lawyer representing the state shared same sentiment to the non-availability of reports to assist the National Court to prosecute those cases still outstanding.
Justice Auka made it clear in court that he was not present to ask for offenders files but officers concerned to do their job and have those important documents ready for hearing tomorrow. ENDS///AK

05:38

Aussie trans basketballer Lexi Rodgers is blocked from playing in the women's WNBL1 competition "IndyWatch Feed National"

Transgender basketballer Lexi Rodgers has lashed Basketball Australia for its decision to block her application to join the Kilsyth Cobras women's side in the WNBL1 South basketball league. The decision came after a three-person panel assembled by Basketball Australia concluded that Rodgers was ineligible to play elite-level basketball. However Rodgers has slammed the decision and vowed to continue to fight to pursue her basketball career. 'I sought a different outcome from Basketball Australia. I participated fully and in good faith with the process and eligibility criteria. Consistent with the views expressed by so many, I firmly believe I have a place as an athlete in women's basketball,' she wrote on Instagram.

01:16

Just how many US troops and spies do we have in Ukraine? "IndyWatch Feed National"

By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos | Responsible Statecraft | April 18, 2023

Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who has flooded the docket in recent months with resolutions designed to get U.S. troops out of overseas missions he believes have not been approved by Congress, is now demanding that Biden tell the American people just how many American military personnel are operating in Ukraine today.

His new Privileged Resolution of Inquiry, which forcing Biden to notify the House of  the exact number of U.S. military inside Ukraine and to hand over copies of any and all documents outlining plans for military assistance to Ukraine, comes a week after leaked Pentagon documents showing previously unreported U.S. Special Forces inside the war zone.

According to the document there were 97 special forces from NATO countries operating in Ukraine as of March, including 14 U.S. special forces. When asked by the Guardian newspaper for confirmation/clarification, the Department of Defense said,  We are not going to discuss or confirm classified information due to the potential impact on national security as well as the safety and security of our personnel and those of our allies and our partners. The Pentagon has not denied the authenticity of the documents, however.

While 14 special forces sounds like a drop in the bucket, these revelations are a drip-drip of other pieces of information over the last year that, when added up, leave more questions than answers, and the bottom line is that the American people have a right to know, says (Ret.) Lt. Col. Daniel Davis.

It is entirely appropriate that the American people know, authoritatively, whether any U.S. troops are engaged in military operations within Ukraine and to demand a change if we dont like the answer, Davis told me yesterday when I asked him about the Gaetz resolution.

American history is rife with too many examples...

00:34

Lula supports de-dollarization on his trip to China, but that is not enough "IndyWatch Feed National"

By Lucas Leiroz | April 18, 2023

Lulas trip to China was marked by several signals about what may be his foreign policy in his third term. In his speeches, Lula suggested that he will continue to bet on partnerships with the global south and emphasized his criticism of organizations linked to or controlled by the US. Lulas trip was well received by Chinese partners and brought new hope to bilateral and intra-BRICS relations.

Undoubtedly, the most prominent point in his pronouncements was his support for the de-dollarization of international economic relations. Lula questioned the need to use the dollar as a global commercial currency and expressed his support for the idea of creating a currency for the BRICS or starting to trade in national currencies.

Why cant we do trade based on our own currencies? () Who was it that decided that the dollar was the currency after the disappearance of the gold standard? () Why cant a bank like that of the BRICS have a currency to finance trade relations between Brazil and China, between Brazil and other countries? Its difficult because we are unaccustomed [to the idea]. Everyone depends on just one currency, he said during a press conference.

With this, Lula reiterated what he had mentioned previously, during a trip to Argentina, in which he proposed the creation of a currency for Mercosur and another for the BRICS, both with the aim of advancing economic de-dollarization. To his supporters, this sounds like a big sign that Lula is distancing himself from the US and turning towards greater participation in building a multipolar world. However, this seems like an overly optimistic analysis.

De-dollarization is part of the multipolar world, but it is not its essence. Many countries, even US allies, have been seeking to de-dollarize their international transactions in recent years. Japan, for example, has traded with Beijing without the dollar since 2011, as well as Australia since 2013. Also, the EU has traded with Iran without the dollar since 2020. France recently started its de-dollarization process and Switzerland will certainly start this process soon, as it began to get rid of some of its dollar reserves.

In fact, economic de-dollarization is a technical and pragmatic measure, whose purpose is much more to generate economic benefits than to operate any geopolitical transition. In Brazil, the measure has even been supported on a large scale by businessmen and parliamentarians linked to the agribusiness sector, which is the main segment of the Brazilian economy and whose biggest partner is precisely China. Recognizing the Chinese interest in de-dollarization, there is internal pressure from the Brazilian business community for Lula to de-dollarize the economy. Therefore, it is a technical and pragmatic issue that does...

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23:38

Guardian refuses to amend article legitimising the blood libel "IndyWatch Feed National"

A month has passed since CAMERA UK, Campaign Against Antisemitism and other concerned organisations complained to the Guardian about their legitimisation of Mohammed el-Kurds blood libel, and the outlet still refuses to amend the article to make it clear they reject his antisemitic accusation.

The Guardian piece in question, written by Sian Cain (Adelaide Writers Week: rare moments of empathy and nuance found amid a storm of controversy, March 12) noted the following about a row at a Writers Week in Australia involving el-Kurd the extremist Palestinian activist.

A storm brewed. Attention turned to the other Palestinian writers on the bill, including Mohammed El-Kurd, a Palestinian poet whose debut collection Rifqa narrates his experience of dispossession in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem. [ADL] has criticised some of his social media comments as antisemitic, as well as a line in one of his poems: They harvest organs of the martyred, feed their warriors our own.

Kurds accusation of Israel harvest[ing] the organs ofmartyred Palestinians and feeding medieval antisemitic blood libel  variations of which...

23:35

Why are Western media suddenly praising Russian electronic warfare capabilities? "IndyWatch Feed National"

By Drago Bosnic | April 18, 2023

Electronic warfare (EW) is one of the most important aspects of modern military capabilities and is often the litmus test of how advanced the state and its armed forces are. Its part of the invisible and yet extremely intense battle that we usually cannot see directly. However, its impact is wholly undeniable. Russia is among the world leaders in EW and its warfighting capabilities in this regard are a source of pride for the Eurasian giant, but also fear for its adversaries. Russian dominance in EW on the frontlines of Ukraine is so comprehensive and massive that its one of the few things the mainstream propaganda machine never dared to question or ridicule. Even Russian strategic thermonuclear capabilities were subjected to propaganda attacks at times, but its EW capabilities never. And for good reason.

And yet, as with everything concerning the mainstream propaganda machine, we must tread carefully. This is especially true when it comes to the media citing the Pentagon leaks as their primary source of information. Needless to say, an actual leak would require an inadvertent release of classified information and most intelligence experts agree its extremely unlikely there was anything inadvertent about it. However, this is not to say that all information connected to the leak is false. On the contrary, its relatively elaborate nature implies that much of it is indeed true, but it can be difficult to discern what exactly. One of the few leaked facts we can surely believe concerns precisely Russian EW capabilities. Still, this begs the question why?

To answer that, we should first dissect and specify the claims of the mainstream propaganda machine. The leaks include a massive amount of information, including the claim that US-made JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) bombs are failing in Ukraine due to successful Russian EW measures. The leak documents not only review the use of Russian countermeasures to make JDAMs ineffective, but also indicate that in some cases this results in failure to even detonate. It seems this includes the JDAM-ER (Extended Range) bombs that the troubled Biden administration sent to the Kiev regime in order to provide certain battlefield advantages to its forces. A futile effort, it would seem now, although the documents suggest that at least a thousand JDAM kits have been sent so far.

Politico claims th...

23:16

Reading List: Joel Marie Cabrita "IndyWatch Feed Niugini"

Instead of listing the books that help her write 'Written Out: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala,' the author notes five books that shaped Regina Gelana Twala.


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My new biography of Regina Gelana Twala tells the story of a woman written out of history. Twala (1908-1968) was a remarkable womana political activist in South Africa and Eswatini, she co-founded Eswatinis first political party and represented the country at pan-African gatherings in Nkrumahs Ghana. She was also a literary giant, writing as many as five manuscripts (all unpublished, and all but one lost to us). Twala additionally wrote hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. However, despite her achievements, Twala is today forgotten by everyone outside her immediate family.

In Written Out: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala, I answer the question as to why such a talented woman has been forgotten by history. The answer is multi-faceted, invoking prejudices of both race and gender. Politicians, editors, and academics all conspired to block Twala from publishing her work and ensured that her legacy was erased after her death in 1968.

Given that my biography of Twala deals with a formidable intellectual who has consistently been denied recognition, I would like to think not about my own reading list, but rather about the books that shaped Regina Twalas life and career. Not all of these books were positive influences. Formative books and reading experiences could constrain, silence, and side-line as well as they could emancipate and inspire. In a 1938 letter to her second husband, Dan Twala, Twala made passing reference to that library of mine. What might some of the books in that library have been?

The Bible: The Bible would undoubtedly have to be my top pick for Twala. She was born, raised, and educated in the Methodist mission station of Indaleni, near Richmond in then Natal, and she attended the Congregationalist Adams College. She would probably have read the American missionary 1883 isiZulu translation 1950s). Daily Bible reading shaped Twalas 60 years of life. As was the case for many educated South Africans of her generation, Twala thought biblically; her language, idioms, and vocabulary were all inflected with the rhythms and resonances of the Judeo-Christian canon. We cant understand Twala without appreciating the significance of her daily soaks in scriptural texts, and the way in which this book shaped her politics, her creat...

23:00

Morning Coffee with DrT Apr 18 2023 "IndyWatch Feed National"

04-18-2023    Dr. Jason Dean joined the Team to talk about parasites and answer any questions from both staff and attendees. This was one of the best and SIMPLE explanations []

21:33

Deadly power struggle in Sudan "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

War and violence seems to dog Sudan no matter what results.

Erstwhile partners in ousting former hardline Islamic dictator Omar Hassan al-Bashir, current supremo General Abdel Fattah al-Burham has the Sudanese Army battling his 2 IC General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo or Hemedti who has his Rapid Support Forces of around 100.000 men.   Khartoum is sustaining air strikes and various types of gunfire, artillery  and random explosions.

The RSF were also known as the GangaWeed and were notorious for atrocities in Darfur and earlier in the independence war with South Sudan.

Sudanese people suffer as hopes for decent government slide further and further away.

 

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Produced By: Roderick Chambers

Featured In Story: Emeritus Professor of Sociology Michael Humphrey, School of Social Sciences University of Sydney

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 18 April 2023

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21:25

Study attempts to foresee the future of Amazonian mammals if the rainforest turns into savanna "IndyWatch Feed National"

If increasing global warming and deforestation were to transform Amazonia into an irreversibly degraded dry savanna, what could happen to the approximately 300 species of mammals that live there? These include jaguars, tapirs and deer. This is the question that biologists Daniel Rocha and Rahel Sollmann tried to answer in a recently published article in Animal Conservation journal. Their study involved the analysis of images taken by 400 photo traps installed in four natural enclaves of the Cerrado biome located in Amazonia, which were formed thousands of years ago: in the state of Amazonas, Campos Amaznicos National Park and Mapinguari National Park; and in the state of Rondnia, the Guapor Biological Reserve and Corumbiara State Park.Their goal was to understand how medium- and large-sized land mammals behave in these isolated patches of savanna in the middle of the rainforest. In doing so, they were able to project what may happen if, some years from now, the climate and vegetation of the planets largest tropical forest were to change. Location of the photo traps (blue) inside the four protected areas included in the study, which lie in the states of Amazonas and Rondnia: Campos Amaznicos National Park, Mapinguari National Park, the Guapor Biological Reserve and Corumbiara State Park. The orange spots indicate natural savanna. Image by Rocha & Sollmann. Researchers have been warning of that the savannization of Amazonia is a risk. This is the tipping point when the forest, after suffering from a combination of deforestation and climate change, turnsThis article was originally published on Mongabay

20:56

Anyone know of any Marine Aquarium livestock/supply shops? "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Does anyone here own a reef aquarium? Where do you guys get your livestock/supplies from? Cairns Marine used to be my go-to place, but I've learned recently that they switched to Wholesale only in 2017, which sucks since they had a huge variety of livestock for reasonable prices.

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19:57

Karen Andrews takes a back seat "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

The announcement of the new Dutton shadow ministry had the predicted move of elevating Senator Jacinta Nampinjimpa Price to Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians.

What did surprise was senior Liberal Karen Andrews moving to the back bench and deciding not contest the next election.

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Produced By: Roderick Chambers

Featured In Story: Dr Stewart Jackson Senior Lecturer in Politics at University of Sydney

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 18 April 2023

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18:53

Chinese develop new missile capable of eluding US air defence "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

(Natural News) While the United States was chasing elusive Taliban and Iraqi fighters in deserts throughout the Middle East for 20 years, China was developing next-gen missile technology that can defeat any known American defensive systems. According to reports, a set of Pentagon files purportedly leaked by Jack Teixeira contain concerning information regarding Chinas hypersonic missile program. []

18:32

US Defence contractors set to integrate into Australian military "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Link at bottom to lodge a submission by April 21 From John Menadue Multinational weapons companies could end up more deeply integrated into Australian military operations if Defence gets its way with legislative reforms. This comes on top of significant public unease about Australias ability to act independently as a result of AUKUS. Activity in []

17:51

Chinas Not Going To F**k Up Our Children. Thats Our Job, Say US Lawmakers "IndyWatch Feed National"

If you havent been watching the debate slowly gathering pace in the United States about the safety of popular social media app TikTok, then its worth tuning in, at least briefly.

Thats partly because Australians are also big users of TikTok, and we almost always follow US trends, Namely, TikTok is also likely to provide a helpful bogeyman in Australia for conservatives to terrify parents once the trans-are-coming-for-our-kids scare runs out of steam.

TikTok, which was launched in 2018, is a video sharing app where people mostly kids create short-form content focussing on mindless shit, in particular bad dancing, how much of a sense of privilege you can jam into a short video, and tantrums. Depending whose figures you believe (weve used Statista, which is a moderately reliable source), TikTok is now the worlds sixth most popular social media app. And its that meteoric rise in popularity that has got American leaders, well, faux terrified, because as it turns out, the app is owned by a Chinese a company aka, the Chinese government.

Earlier this year, the Biden administration repeated threats first levelled by the Trump administration that TikTok must either be sold to an American firm (or at the very least a non-Chinese firm), or itll be banned outright in the US.

The theory goes that the Chinese government is using TikTok to corrupt American society. The obvious problem with that theory is that American society doesnt need help from anyone, let alone China, to corrupt itself and ruin its children. And the argument looks even more ridiculous when you consider the ownership of other social media giants dominating the market.

The worlds most popular social media app is Facebook (owned by Meta), followed by Youtube (owned by Google), then Whatsapp (owned by Meta), Instagram (owned by Meta), WeChat (another Chinese app), and then TikTok. Then theres Facebook Messenger (Meta again), Douyin (another Chinese app) and Telegram (owned by a Russian billionaire).

With that sort of diversity, what could possibly go wrong? It certainly doesnt seem to be a focus for American lawmakers, seen here earlier this month grilling the CEO of TikTok who, disappointingly, turns out to be from Singapore, not China.

The first video below is a three-minute precis of Shou Zi Chews testimony before a hostile and bi-partisan US congress. But if youve got five and a half hours up your sleeve, the second video is the extended C-Span version, which is deeply ironic if you think about the average length of TikTok content (in 2020, videos from 11 to 17 seconds performed best on the app).

...

17:42

Australias New R Series Passport "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Every year the Australian Passport Office issues over a million passports. While passports are known to be expensive, the most recent R Series will cost Australians an all-time high of $325.

New counterfeit technologies as well as an increased tax are have increased costs.

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Produced By: Julia Schmidt

Featured In Story: Dr. David Lee, Associate Professor of History at UNSW

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 18 April 2023

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17:40

Northern Territorys Alcohol Licence Buy-Back "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

In January of this year Prime Minter Anthony Albanese visited Alice Springs in hopes of addressing the high crime rates of the Northern Territory.

Since then the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory Natasha Fyles has tried to attack alcohol fueled violence and crime. Her current plan is to try and buyback liquor licences from local corner bottle shops.

Fifty of these stores exist in the territory but the jury is still out if this policy will be widely adopted .

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Produced By: Dominic Giles

Featured In Story: Marie-Clare Boothby the Northern Territory Shadow Minister for Small Businesses

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 18 April 2023

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17:00

Top tier theatre here in Townsville (Bloody Mary is fantastic) "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Went and saw Theatre iNQs production of Bloody Mary this weekend and it was brilliant! Nice to have so much dramatic talent here in Townsville. The play was written and directed by a local, and produced by the same company that does Shakespeare in the Park.

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16:46

The diabolical Klaus Schwab on his tentacles penetrating governments worldwide "IndyWatch Feed National"

Klaus Schwab, Founder of the World Economic Forum brags about 'penetrating' cabinets of Government pic.twitter.com/DIXrRzcVjM IncompetentHuman (@IncompetentHum3) April 18, 2023

16:33

Sun's out, guns out! Thank you 7th Brigade, and good soldiering! "IndyWatch Feed National"

Great to see soldiers being soldiers. Close with and kill the enemy. Lest We Forget.

16:29

5 Tips for Kitchen Painting "IndyWatch Feed National"

Painting your kitchen is a simple and effective way to completely transform the look and feel of your home. However, just because its simple, doesnt mean that you can just dive into a painting project without a plan.

Its important to take the right steps in order to ensure that the job is done correctly. If you cut corners during the process, youll soon discover that the paint job is not going to last long. When a poor paint job eventually fails, youre going to find yourself paying a lot of money for repairs and repainting.

In this blog post, we will provide five tips on how to successfully paint your kitchen so you can avoid this problem and get the desired results.

  1. Clean the Walls

    Before you start painting your kitchen, it is essential to clean the walls thoroughly to ensure that any contaminants on the surface are removed. Any dirt, grime and grease on the walls could prevent the paint from adhering properly. Over time, this can cause the paint job to swell, bubble or peel.

    To clean the walls, you should use a combination of mild detergent and warm water. For tougher stains, you might need to use a stronger cleaning solution or even some sandpaper.

    After that, rinse away any remaining suds with clean water and you should have a fresh canvas ready for painting.

  2. Prepare the Room With Tape

    When painting your kitchen walls, proper preparation is key to achieving a great outcome. Prior to starting, its important to use painters tape to mask off any parts of the kitchen that you dont want painted. Additionally, you should take the time to remove all furniture and other items from the painting area and cover furniture with drop cloths.

    Finally, make sure you have opened windows and ventilation fans to minimise exposure to potentially toxic solvents. While the risk of exposure is not going to be as great as in a paint manufacturing facility, its still a good idea to take safety precautions.These preparatory tips will also help you get a cleaner finish on your walls. You dont have to worry about going over edges and splattering paint on your precious furniture during the process. You can just focus on getting even, smooth coats.

  3. Choose the Right Colour...

16:22

British Medical Journal warns of health impacts of UK membership of CPTPP "IndyWatch Feed National"

April 18, 2023: At the end of March, the 11 members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) agreed to admit the UK to the deal, but the text of the conditions of entry will not become public until after it is signed later this year. There is widespread criticism of this move in the UK, and the British Journal of Medicine has spelt out the concerns on public health.

The existing 11 members of the CPTPP are Australia, New Zealand Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam. The UK will be the 12th. China and Taiwan have also applied to join.

Public Health expert Courtney McNamara and her colleagues argue that joining the CPTPP could increase industry influence in public health standard setting, make it more difficult for governments to regulate for the benefit of health, increase the costs of medicines and generate economic insecurity and, potentially, job losses, with knock-on effects for health.

They urge the government to take seriously its commitment to do no harm and commission a health impact assessment before signing. If the Conservative government fails to do so, they say that public health scholars and professionals should take on the task.

They warn of the following specific risks:

  • the CPTPP requires that foreign corporations be informed of and can contest any new health labelling regulation. Although not a veto power, it allows health-harming industries to influence public health standard setting.
  • the CPTPP imposes the highly contentious Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system, giving foreign corporations a special legal right to sue the UK government in an international tribunal if they can argue that a regulation has undermined their profits. ISDS has been used to challenge a wide range of public health regulations, including measures on tobacco control, taxation, and health insurance.  After public campaigning in Australia and the UK kept ISDS out of the UK-Australia FTA, those governments have agreed not to apply ISDS to each other in the CPTPP, but it will apply between the UK and other CPTPP members.
  • the CPTPP specifies that public health regulations, such as product bans, must be based on documented and objective scientific evidence, which rules out the use of the precautionary principle.
  • the CPTPP requires that member countries extend the time a drug is under patent any time a drug company makes even minoroften trivialmodifications to an existing medicine, thus maintaining monopoly prices for medicines beyon.....

15:24

What an unspeakable prick of a man you are John Hewson, an absolute arsehole. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Fancy being such a scummy grub that you'd try to demean two magnificent women on their special day - their promotion to the shadow-ministry in critically important portfolios, earned by them. I'm struggling for words to describe you Hewson. Serpent.

14:01

Welcome to the New Totalitarian One World Government "IndyWatch Feed National"

QUESTION: Marty, You are the only worthwhile analyst. You were alerting us a year ago that the IMF was creating its own digital currency. We have all these people claiming this will kill the dollar just as they proclaimed the euro when that was created. It is also well known that you were called in about revising the world monetary system numerous times. I heard that you were called in on this one and refused to assist them. You warned back in May of 2021 that the IMF was creating a new reserve digital currency.

Is this all part of the rise of the United Nations, World Bank, and IMF all becoming this one world government? I that why you declined to get involved?

LW

ANSWER: I am not at liberty to speak to issues where I am solicited. Suffice it to say, I took no part in creating this currency. This is part of what I have been warning about digital currency. They can restrict its use and anyone who thinks that somehow Bitcoin will be some independent white knight rushing in to save the day, they have drank too much of the cool aid.

Look, try depositing $10,000 in cash. Watch what happens. I have a friend who owns a bar in a college town. He takes in a lot of cash because the customers often do not have credit cards. Some banks did not even want to accept an account from him. Others required inspection and monitoring because cash CAN BE a way to launder money. Europe has been restricting cash to transactions capped at 1,000.

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13:50

Rave scene in Cairns "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

How the rave scene in and around Cairns? Not looking for commercial party or a massive club. Underground techno and trance specifically pls .

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13:47

Justin Trudeau having a major sook on CBC getting 'Government-Funded Media' tag "IndyWatch Feed National"

Justin Trudeau isnt too happy that Twitter labelled @CBC Government-Funded Media pic.twitter.com/KJF8NSgWyT ALX (@alx) April 17, 2023

11:48

Contribution by Sarah Hanson-Young to dairy fire and beef contamination issues exploding cows! "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Methane, we said it would become a Climate Change problem and you refused to believe us. And now the cattle are exploding. You reap what you so you idiots. Stop eating cattle, now! Spoken on behalf of the Greens.



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09:49

PNG Chief Secretary announces Public Holiday in Respect of Late Sir Rabbie's State Funeral "IndyWatch Feed Niugini"

The Chief Secretary to Government, Ivan Pomaleu, announces today to the People of Papua New Guinea that Tuesday, 18th April 2023, is declared a public holiday in respect of the Late Sir Rabbie Namalius State Funeral.

Chief Secretary Pomaleu said this holiday was recently approved by the National Executive Council to give time to public servants and the general public to pay their last respects to the fourth Prime Minister of PNG.


The Late Right Honourable, Sir Rabbie Langanai Namaliu, GCL, KCMG, died of a sudden illness on Friday, 31st of March 2023 at the age of 75, leaving behind a public service, political and diplomatic legacy that is yet to be matched.

In his distinguished public service career, he served as the Chairman of the Public Service Commission for three years (1976 1979) and in the lead up to self-determination in 1975, he served as the Principal Private Secretary (1974 1975) to the Chief Minister and the first Prime Minister, Sir Michael Thomas Somare.

Sir Rabbie was the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from 1982 1984 and negotiated a Treaty of Mutual Respect, Friendship and Corporation with Indonesia to address the issue of incursions of the Indonesian Military into Papua New Guinea and the influx of refugees from West Papua, which at that time was creating a humanitarian crisis in PNG.

We now enjoy a peaceful relationship with Indonesia.

He was also instrumental in bringing on board the Australian Funded Scholarship Scheme, enabling a lot of Papua New Guineans to study in Australia to this day.

Sir Rabbie became the fourth Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1988 1992 after serving briefly as the Leader of the Opposition in 1988. He also served as the Speaker of Parliament from 1994 1997.

We pay homage to our great leader, Sir Rabbie, for his contributions in nation building, he said.

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09:31

CENTRAL BANK AMMENDMENTS WILL BE A COUNTRY KILLER "IndyWatch Feed Niugini"


by JASON MONDUL

The recent concerns about the independence of the Central Bank of Papua New Guinea have sparked a debate on the importance of safeguarding the financial sector from political interference. The Marape Rosso government's recent actions, under the leadership of Treasurer Ian Ling Stuckey, have raised fears of a loss of independence for the Central Bank.

Isaac Lupari, the former Government Chief Secretary, has expressed his concerns about the amendments to the Central Bank Act. He warns that the proposed changes could politicize and destabilize the bank, leading to a loss of independence and jeopardizing the country's financial future and international reputation.

Lupari emphasizes the potential negative outcomes of a politicized central bank, drawing attention to the example of Zimbabwe where a lack of independence led to economic turmoil and widespread poverty. He also stresses the importance of investing in revenue-generating infrastructure, managing debt, and avoiding costly projects that could damage the country's reputation.

The former chief secretary urges educated citizens to speak out against the proposed changes and applauds the opposition by the governors of East Sepik and Oro Province. He encourages the public to stand up and protect the future of their children, emphasizing that staying silent is not an option.

The importance of maintaining the independence of the Central Bank cannot be overstated. It is essential for sound governance and financial management, and when political objectives influence its decisions, it could harm the nation's economic health and deter foreign investors. This, in turn, could negatively impact the country's credit rating and financial stability.

Sir Mekere Morauta, a visionary leader, understood the importance of protecting the financial sector from political interference and worked to safeguard the independence of banking and financial institutions. His years of public service experience helped him understand the significance of foreign financial institutions and the importance of maintaining financial stability.

As educated Papua New Guineans, we must unite and demand a...

08:42

Rentals snapped up at a record rate "IndyWatch Feed Qld"

Rentals crushloaded

Rental properties are being leased in just 18 days on average at the moment, faster than they can be listed and a record speed. 


Source: CoreLogic

Asking rents for units in Sydney are rising at a 30-40 per cent year-on-year pace at the moment, with Melbourne and Brisbane also recording rapid rises.

Unfortunately there isn't much respite on the horizon, with CoreLogic's latest rental report showing a new record low for capital city vacancies.


Source: CoreLogic

Urban Developer reported yesterday that a majority of Australia's building and construction businesses a...

08:41

Australia must still do much more to shift to clean energy "IndyWatch Feed National"

Contributed by Joe Montero

Last year saw a record rise in renewable energy in Australia. construction begun on more than 5,000MW of large-scale wind and solar farms. More than 310,000 homes had new solar systems installed, totalling a capacity of 2,700MW. The building of 19 big new energy storage batteries with 1,380MW/2,004MWh capacity began.

Last year saw better cooperation between the federal and state governments on renewables.

Although this is a significant shift for the better, it is still not enough, according to the latest annual report from the Clean Energy Council. It says that Australias total renewable energy generations must lift from 35.9 percent of 2005 levels to 82 percent by 2030.

A second problem is that even if such a reduction was to be achieved, bringing it close to the emissions of 2005 will still remain far from approaching zero net emissions.

Nevertheless, what has been achieved does show that progress can be made. Being an island nation with a lot of sun, makes Australias environment well suited to transform to renewable energy. There is no excuse to not do so.

Future success will depend on a mix of different types of renewables suitable to Australia conditions. Wind and solar are not the whole of the answer. Further research into alternatives is important.

The report calls for lifting targets and providing more government support for clean energy production.in next Mays budget. The report, however, does not go beyond recommending more support for the energy producing industry. The problem with this is that such support has not works well so far and is unlikely to work any better in the future.

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08:27

UK tests nationwide emergency text messages "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Letter to the Editor

Every phone in the UK will get an emergency alert next weekend and this is what its going to say:

The text that will appear has now been revealed and it will say: This is a test of Emergency Alerts, a new UK government service that will warn you if theres a life-threatening emergency nearby.

In a real emergency, follow the instructions in the alert to keep yourself and others safe. Visit gov.uk/alerts for more information.

This is a test. You do not need to take any action.

The message will be received on 4G and 5G mobile phones along with sound and vibration for up to 10 seconds, even if devices are on silent.

Phone users will be prompted to click OK on their home screen or swipe away from the message before being able to continue using their device.

Keeping us safe!!

https://news.sky.com/story/every-phone-in-the-uk-will-get-an-emergency-alert-next-week-and-this-is-what-its-going-to-say-12857757

NEWS FLASH

There was an emergency warning at 12.15 today in Sydney and we were advised it was a test. There were electronic signs on the freeway going into and out of the cbd showing this. From a reader

Brisbane had the same some time ago.

07:50

How could they call the vax 'safe' with doubled pregnancy loss rates, raised fetal abnormality rates and concentration of lipid nanoparticles in ovaries? "IndyWatch Feed National"

The mRNA vaccines were released globally in early 2021 with the slogan 'safe and effective'. Unusually for a new class of medicine, they were soon recommended by public health authorities for pregnant women. By late 2021, working age women, including those who were pregnant, were being thrown out of employment for not agreeing to be injected. Those who took the mRNA vaccines did so based on trust in health authorities - the assumption being that they would not have been approved if the evidence was not absolutely clear. The role of regulatory agencies was to protect the public and, therefore, if they were approved, the drugs were safe. Recently, a lengthy vaccine evaluation report sponsored by Pfizer and submitted to the Australian regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) dated January 2021 was released under a Freedom of Information request. The report contains significant new information that had been supressed by the TGA and by Pfizer itself. Much of this relates...

07:36

A view of climate change future "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

By Peter Campion

The Voice and any treaty that follows are globalist parasite-cabal efforts to ultimately enable them to take our farmlands.
In their twisted view, multigenerational family farms are stolen land so they should be given back to tribal groups to revert to unproductive scrub as a mechanism to force us to eat cancer-causing insect chitins and lab-grown meats produced from immortal cell-lines which is literally what tumours are made of.

Hmm, cockroaches and cancer for dinner again! Thanks, parasites, for not letting me starve!

That theft and repurposing of vital farmland will be sold to a gullible public as essential to save the environment from the rare and vital gas that feeds plants and which has been irrefutably proven by the laws of physics to be incapable of trapping heat.

The displaced rural population will be forced into the cabals planned 15-minute cities open-air prisons we can never leave.

Because of carbon!

All while the most-populated countries open new coal-fired stations every few days and thumb their noses at the cabal.

If you havent seen it yet, be sure to watch Beyond the Great Reset.

06:59

Hillsong founder the child rapist Pastor Frank Houston. Part One. Frank Houstons pedophile activities "IndyWatch Feed National"

The pedophile Frank Houston founder of Hillsong. Pictured in Sydney in the 1980s

Donald Elley of Bellingen

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06:15

BUSTED! Media Crimes Exposed "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

This video is 12 months old but now more than ever it is revealing the murky depth of main stream media marionettes dancing to their government master.

This media manipulation is rife in Australia particularly with the government broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation which has been run by Sydneys Jewish elites acting on behalf of Israel, for decades.

Shocking whistleblower confessions, leaked video footage and secret recordings expose criminal activities by Main Stream Media.

With Project Veritas, Charlie Chester from CNN, Udo Ulfkotte, Julian Assange from WikeLeaks, and more

https://StopWorldControl.com


From David Sorensen

03:02

Sussex Police Failing Sussex Law Abiding Tax Payers.... "IndyWatch Feed National"

Sussex Police's failure to record over 20,000 reports of crime, including violent offences, rape, domestic abuse, and anti-social behavior, is a serious concern for the public. The fact that more than a quarter of people calling the non-emergency switchboard abandoned their call while waiting for a call handler to answer over a two-month period last year only adds to the frustration and anxiety of residents in the area.

According to the...

Monday, 17 April

23:14

Power of traditional beliefs lies at the heart of an anti-mine campaign in PNG "IndyWatch Feed Niugini"

Emmanuel Penis first response to a list of questions about his role in a campaign against a proposed copper and gold mine is to send back an idyllic photo of the Sepik River, his home, with a tray of freshly caught fish in the foreground. The Sepik River is us, and we are the Sepik River, there is no distinction, he says. Its really hard to explain the connection, its so diverse in terms of how people explain the connection to the river. The view from Penis home in the hamlet of Mbavambak along the Sepik River. Sepik river is the lifeblood of the plants and animals, its the lifeblood of us the people who live here, he said. We define ourselves by the river, its the Sepik river and I am Sepik. Image courtesy of Project Sepik. As the project coordinator for Project Sepik, Peni has been at the center of a groundswell of opposition against plans to build a gargantuan 1,145-hectare (2,829-acre) open-pit copper and gold mine and 12,700-hectare (31,400-acre) tailings dam to store the mine waste along the Frieda River, a tributary of the Sepik River, in western Papua New Guinea. Critics of the mine have highlighted the risks of potentially toxic mine waste polluting one of the most biologically and culturally diverse places on Earth, pointing to evidence from scientific experts including a team of 10 United Nations special rapporteurs. But the campaign has also expanded far beyond ecological arguments or economic debates over the potentialThis article was originally published on Mongabay

22:49

The Leaking Republic: The Pentagons Take on Information Security "IndyWatch Feed National"

For years, US intelligence officials could hold their allies, notably the British, in contempt for leaking like sinking vessels and harbouring such espionage luminaries as the Cambridge Five. The whirligig of time has returned the favour with the latest leak from the US Department of Defense. They pose a question pregnant with relevance: Do Washingtons allies have any reason to trust their own secure channels of sharing defence information? The answer: probably not.

The spray of Pentagon documents began appearing on such platforms as Twitter, 4chan, Telegram and a Discord server that hosts video games. (How odd, go the folks at Bellingcat.) The very nature of this distribution has tickled pundits into assuming a sense of play at work here. A few have even asserted that the alleged perpetrator, Jack Texeira of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was making a playful effort to make friends.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was informed of the leak during his April 6 morning briefing after five images surfaced on the platforms. The following day, Austin commenced daily crisis meetings to discuss the matter.

These briefings seem to have come some weeks late. Certain documents began circulating on the Discord messaging platform in March, featuring photographs of folded up printouts, only to then be smoothed out again.

The lions share of the documents came in the form of slides developed by the Pentagons Joint Staff, largely acting as briefing notes for senior leaders regarding Ukraine. A pessimistic picture emerges about the prospects of success for any Ukrainian spring counteroffensive. Shortages in ammunition were also becoming critical, and the capacity of Western states to replenish them had yet to be developed. The delivery of existing equipment to the frontline had also been slow, as was training Ukrainian forces. Soviet-era munitions and artillery continued to be the mainstay of Kyivs military effort.

But then the picture became more cluttered and clotted. Messily, there were suggestions that the United States had observed that old adage that friends need to be spied upon to be good. South Korea proved a case in point.

One leaked document revealed the state of mind of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeols senior advisors on whether to yield to US pressure to send ammunition to Ukraine, or resist arming the state altogether. In 2022, Seoul had agreed to replenish US artillery stocks on the proviso that they keep the shells for th...

20:15

NEW DAWN ON BOUGAINVILLE "IndyWatch Feed Niugini"

170423 RECKLESS DRIVER AWAITS SENTENCING.

NEW DAWN FM NEWS

Richard Kekeru of Selau Constituency who have been charged with dangerous driving causing death on the 30th January 2022, is found guilty by the court and awaits sentencing tomorrow.

As one of the many outstanding cases at the Buka National Court, Mr. Kekerus case is the only one heard today and the court have reached a verdict.
Justice Judge Ravunama Auka read the report of the accident to the accused making him aware of the penalties he will face.

The accused understood the penalties and has responded to the report read by Justice Auka.

Mr. Kekeru apolozied to the victims family and also stated he had gave K2,000 bel kol money.

Tomorrow the Mr. Kekerus councilor Public Solicitor Fidelis Lugabai will prepare copies for submissions for sentencing.

Meanwhile the accussed Richard Kekeru is kept in remand.

ENDS///ab

20:06

NEW DAWN ON BOUGAINVILLE "IndyWatch Feed Niugini"

170423PUBLIC HOLIDAY DECLARED FOR TOMORROW IN PNG
NEW DAWN FM NEWS

Tomorrow Tuesday 18th April has been declared a Public Holiday in Papua New Guinea in honour of the late Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, the late SIR RABBIE NAMALIU.

The declaration was made late this afternoon by the Governor General SIR BOB DADAE upon the advice from the National Executive Council.

On Bougainville, the BANK of South Pacific has already put out a notice that the Bank will be closed for Business tomorrow.

Ends

19:57

Twin waterspouts near the Whitsunday Islands, Australia "IndyWatch Feed National"

Stunning video of twin waterspouts spinning near Australia's Whitsunday Islands in Queensland, was captured by fisherman on a boat on April 12. Video filmed by Murray Story shows two waterspouts rotating close to each other under a low cloud near an island. Story told Storyful that the video was filmed at 6:30 in the morning and that he got to within 400 to 500 metres of the waterspout before he stopped and took photos. "We could literally see the spout picking up the water and swirling it up into the very low cloud," said Story. Credit: Murray Story via Storyful

17:26

A NOBLE LIE: OKLAHOMA CITY 1995 "IndyWatch Feed National"

FREE MIND FILMS

This is a great documentary by Free Mind Films about the 1995 False Flag Event bombing in Oklahoma City. The government claims that 168 people were killed, including nineteen children. For years following the bombing, countless victims family members, survivors, rescuers, and ordinary Americans, have questioned the governments conspiracy theory (aka the official story) about that fateful day. Hoping to shed light on answers long ignored and censored, both by prominent media outlets and the U.S. Government, A Noble Lie peels back what we thought we knew about the bombing and the perpetrators. This film exposes information never before examined or brought to the attention of the American public. A Noble Lie is the culmination of years of research and documentation conducted by independent journalists, scholars, and ordinary citizens. Often risking their personal safely and sanity, they have gathered evidence which threatens to expose the startling reality of what exactly occurred at 9:02 am on April 19, 1995 in Oklahoma City.

The Murrah building was bombed for three reasons, two having to do with records stored there and the destruction of those records, and overall to promote THE FAKE WAR ON TERROR. They were:
1) The first set of records were those concerning the Clintons and their CIA ops in Mena, Arkansas which involved drug smuggling, gun running, and the whole Iran Contra affair.
2) The second set of records of greater concern had to do with the Anthrax vaccine and the use of depleted uranium weaponry, both which had many adverse effects on our troops which participated in Gulf War 1. These records were to be used in lawsuits against the federal government for what is known as Gulf War Syndrome.
3) The official definition of Terrorism had been changed in all dictionaries from GOVERNMENT BY INTIMIDATION to extremists fighting against democracy. The OKC bombing was setting the stage for their biggest upcoming False Flag Event which was 911. That event would be the Final Solution (along with the COVID-19 PLANdemic) in bringing forth the NEW WORLD ORDER agenda against mankind.

16:03

China-based Australian businessman charged with espionage "IndyWatch Feed National"

AN AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSMAN, WHO has worked in China for over two decades, is facing up to 15 years in prison for allegedly selling secrets to two foreign intelligence officers.

16:00

The Leaking Republic: The Pentagons Take On Information Security "IndyWatch Feed National"

Do Washingtons allies have any reason to trust their own secure channels of sharing defence information? The answer: probably not.

The post The Leaking Republic: The Pentagons Take On Information Security appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

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