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Sunday, 19 March

00:53

Vielleicht sollte ich anstatt ber Schlangenl zu ... "IndyWatch Feed National"

Vielleicht sollte ich anstatt ber Schlangenl zu meckern lieber schlechte Ideen verffentlichen.

Prior Art 1: Mit einer "KI" erkennen, welche Teile einer Konfigurationsdatei Keywords und welche variable Werte sind. Dann Konfigurations-Fuzzing!

Prior Art 2: In Echtzeit Konfigurationen unternehmensweit durchrotieren, so dass die Funktionalitt bestehen bleibt, aber stndig andere Parameter ntig sind fr die Inanspruchnahme von Diensten. So reduziert sich die Angriffsoberflche automatisiert und man belstigt Exploiter!1!!

Prior Art 3: Auf Mobiltelefonen haben Apps einen serialisierten State, den sie dem System sagen, und anhand dessen sie in genau denselben Zustand wiederhergestellt werden knnen. So kann man eine App killen und spter neustarten, ohne dass fr den Benutzer erkennbar ist, dass die App in der Mitte weg war. Das knnte man auch auf Servern machen! Dann in der Mitte des Unternehmens einen Orchestrator haben, der stndig Dienste killt und neu startet mit dem State, vorher meinetwegen dafr sorgt, dass die solange aus dem Load Balancer genommen werden. So verhindert man, dass irgendwo ein Angreifer Schadcode injected hat.

Prior Art 4: Antivirus / Firewall / AI based anomaly detection fr den hinterlegten State. Observability. Einmal das ganze Programm!!1!

Prior Art 5: Serviceangebot: Wir fahren Angriffe auf Ihr Unternehmen, aber nicht um Schwachstellen zu finden, sondern damit Ihre "KI" Anomalien zum Trainieren hat!1!!

Hat noch jemand brillante Ideen, bei denen man den Patentanwlten mal in den Pool pinkeln msste?

Update: Ein paar Kumpels meinen, Prior Art 3 werde jetzt schon so gemacht. Man nenne das "Rejuvination". Einer meinte gar, das sei bei der Mondlandung so gemacht worden.

Update: Aus Prior Art 1 knnte man auch noch eine Firewall und Anomaly Detection "erfinden".

Update: Prior Art 6: Bei der Passwortrcksetzung knnte man einen KI-Chatbot haben, der vorher schon mit dir gechattet hat, und dich dann wiedererkennt anhand frherer Konversationsthemen und -Meinungen. Quasi sowas wie Schrittmustererkennung, nur halt fr Textchat!

Prior Art 7: Eine KI benutzt das ber dich vorhandene Wissen aus dem Netz, um Kandidaten fr die Sicherheitsfrage zu bewerten (abzulehnen) bei der Accountregistrierung.

Prior Art 8: KI-assistierte Partnersuche. Die KI matcht Leute, die online ber dieselben Dinge und Leute Hatespeech verbreitet haben.

Kennt ihr das, wenn jemand einen Zusammenhang herstellt ... "IndyWatch Feed National"

Kennt ihr das, wenn jemand einen Zusammenhang herstellt zwischen Dingen, die ihr bisher nicht im Zusammenhang betrachtet habt, und pltzlich rast euer Hirn los und bewertet Dinge neu?

So ging mir das gerade bei der Lektre von diesem Jonathan Haidt-Artikel. Jonathan Haidt hatte ich hier schon ein paar Mal verlinkt, der hat die Heterodox Academy mitgegrndet. Da geht es darum, dass unter College-Professoren die politischen Positionen sehr einseitig verteilt sind und das am Ende dem jeweiligen Feld schadet, wenn da nur noch gegenseitiges Schulterklopfen statt kritischer Auseinandersetzung gemacht wird. Ihm ging es um Psychologie und Geisteswissenschaften, er ist auch selber Psychologieprofessor. In der Forschung ist sein Gebiet vor allem Moralfragen.

Haidt wurde berhmt mit einem Buch namens "The Coddling of the American Mind", auf das sich natrlich die ganzen Konservativen gestrzt haben, weil sie glaubten, es sttze ihre Position.

Aber betrachtet den Artikel mal unabhngig von dem ganzen geschichtlichen Ballast. Das Buch geht zurck auf eine Kooperation mit einem Freund, der unter Depressionen leidet, und dafr im Krankenhaus in Behandlung war, wo man ihm CBT beigebracht hat, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Sie haben ihm gezeigt, worauf er achten kann, in seinem eigenen Verhalten, um zuknftige Depressions-Episoden abzumildern oder ganz zu vermeiden. Anders ausgedrckt:

Thinking in these ways causes depression, as well as being a symptom of depression. Breaking out of these painful distortions is a cure for depression.
So und die These von dem Papier ist jetzt, dass viele dieser Verhaltensmuster heute (ihm geht es vor allem um Universitten, aber das lsst sich auch auf Schulen und Bibliotheken verallgemeinern) angewendet werden, nicht um absichtlich die Schler krank zu machen, aber dass das eben der Effekt ist.

Naja, knnte man denken, dann zeig uns doch mal die Zahlen, dass die Uni-Studenten alle psychisch krank werden. Jetzt liegen da ein paar Zahlen vor. Besonders heftig betroffen sind junge linksliberale weie Frauen.

Ich hatte noch nie von CBT gehrt und daher ist die ganze Herangehensweise seines Kollegen absolut neu und faszinierend. Vielleicht geht euch das ja auch so.

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Saturday, 18 March

21:41

I love her! More strength to you! "IndyWatch Feed National"

I will be referred to as a woman, as female, as a feminist there isnt a misogynist alive who has the chops to change my mind. But theyll call me a TERF regardless & Im at the point when I just dont f***ing care It is worth listening to every...

16:33

GKP S5/E8 CBDCs a Solution Looking for a Problem "IndyWatch Feed National"

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-czdkj-13bd430 Gday Folks, On todays show no Andy as hes over in PNG but Ethan joins me for a discussion about bank closures in Australia, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), Inflation, and US bank collapses.  Not the most high energy conspiracy style of topics but we hope we made it as interesting and informative as []

14:22

No-ethics Case, Part 1:  The Regime That Condones Child Sexual Abuse "IndyWatch Feed National"

One courageous individual not in alignment with the Nazi regime

Definition of Regime:

Mode of rule; a government, especially an oppressive or undemocratic one; heavy-handed administration or group in charge; a way of organizing or managing a system; a regulated period of rule

by Dee McLachlan...

13:46

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Hate to be the Russian local police station warrants guy who gets this Interpol warrant to execute! No more overseas jaunts for Vlad. On 22 February 2023, I submitted applications to Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court for warrants of arrest in the context of the Situation in...

12:24

Press gallery useful-idiot fan-girls get selfies with Albo - so much for independence. "IndyWatch Feed National"

You look at the bright smiles and cheesy grins and ask yourself would Laurie Oakes have behaved like this? TV try-hard mini celebrities claiming to be journalists queuing up to get a picture with Therapeutic Albo and Labors Chris Minns. Any wonder the public has no confidence in their...

08:11

Elsa Patakay, rip off merchant gone bust and rightly so? "IndyWatch Feed National"

Elsa's 100% supportive husband a Mr. Chris Hemsworth

What does the world need?

Another model, or another influencer?

How about a human that does both with extra skill-set of re re-branding someone elses products and flogging them off as their own?

Basically a low value human.

Well, it seems that Ms. Elsa Lafuente Medianu, who trades under the false name of Ms. Elsa 'Patakay' ripped off the founder Habitual Beauty Keira Rumble by casing her product from the comfort and 'anonymity' of her brand new, tax deductible laptop i.e. getting Ms. Rumble to ship very generous orders to Ms. Patakays head office address in Sydney.

So whats next?

You get someones I.P. (Intellectual Property), i.e. design of the product and flog it off as your own.

Brilliant!

Thankfully no one else is as entrepreneurial as Ms. Patakay, well, sans China with Euro brands e.g. BMW luxury cars, but thats government supported.

In any event, her husband a Mr. Chris Hemsworth thought it was such a...

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Friday, 17 March

22:00

Science-Based Satire: Florida Authorities Report First Case of Mosquito-Borne Fentanyl Overdose "IndyWatch Feed National"

Can a mosquito bite result in a fentanyl overdose? Will police soon be fitted with wearable naloxone pumps? Can fentanyl be detected by a handheld electronic device? The answer...is no. This is merely more nonsense cooked up in the mind of someone who probably should stick to his day job.

The post Science-Based Satire: Florida Authorities Report First Case of Mosquito-Borne Fentanyl Overdose first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

21:47

Monitors installed at Scarborough and Coalcliff "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

MOTORISTS are advised of changed traffic conditions on Lawrence Hargrave Drive at two locations next week.
Sensors will be installed to monitor the slopes to ensure the stability of the road.
Work will be carried out near Scarborough Railway Station for three nights from Sunday March 19 to Tuesday March 21.
Work will then be carried out about 500m north of Coalcliff Railway Station for two nights on Wednesday March 22 and Thursday March 23.
Work will be carried out at night between 8pm and 4am, weather permitting.
Single lane closures, traffic control and reduced speed limits of 40 kmh will be in place for the safety of workers and motorists.
Transport for NSW advises motorists to drive to the conditions, follow the directions of signs and traffic control.
An additional five minutes should be allowed for travel time.
For the latest traffic updates visit
livetraffic.com or call 132 701.

21:40

Aboriginal elites - the chosen people - have spoken "IndyWatch Feed National"

Here is todays self-generated summary of what the Aboriginal elites talked about. Imagine how boring this little gab fest would have been. A room full of people agreeing with each other and trying to out-worthy one another. In the real world, its called a wank. Subject: Referendum Engagement Group Communique...

20:00

TENNESSEE HOUSE BILL: STATE TREASURER MAY ACQUIRE GOLD TO PROTECT ... "IndyWatch Feed National"

User Answers

We round out this week's blogging about the pushback movement from the states with this story from Tennessee shared by K.M.  This is another

The post TENNESSEE HOUSE BILL: STATE TREASURER MAY ACQUIRE GOLD TO PROTECT ... appeared first on The Giza Death Star.

19:47

The AUKUS nuclear submarine deal is part of an imperialist crusade against China "IndyWatch Feed National"

By Timur Fomenko | RT | March 17, 2023

Earlier this week, a trilateral summit was held with the leaders of Australia, the United Kingdom and the US in San Diego to flesh out the details of an AUKUS deal providing Canberra with nuclear-powered submarines, with the intention of containing China in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

The pact will also create a rotational presence of UK and US nuclear submarines near Perth, Western Australia, starting from 2027. The goal is to integrate the US and UKs nuclear sub fleet while Australia builds the necessary operational capabilities of its own.

It is no coincidence that the deal was announced on Commonwealth Day, an annual celebration of the former dominions of the British Empire. On the same day, the UK government released its integrated review, whereby it vowed to increase defense spending. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak then proceeded to describe China as an epoch-defining challenge, framing the UK, and the AUKUS alliance at large, as a benevolent force dedicated to keeping the Indo-Pacific open and free. China reacted by harshly condemning the meeting, decrying it for a typical Cold War mentality that will only exacerbate [an] arms race, undermine the international nuclear non-proliferation regime and hurt regional peace and stability.

Chinas interpretation of the AUKUS submarine deal is correct. The Biden administration is aggressively expanding its alliance system in a bid to militarily contain Beijing. Along with the AUKUS pact, it is also pushing for trilateral cooperation with South Korea and Japan, something South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol is open to, expanding its military presence in the Philippines, and taking part in other regional groups such as the Quad. However, AUKUS is unique because it consists solely of Anglosphere nations, and as such, embodies the neo-imperialist sentiment of Anglophone exceptionalism.

The UKs decision to pursue an increasingly anti-China foreign policy is, of course, influenced by the US and against Britains best interests. However, its foreign policy narrative, especially in light of Brexit, is clothed in imperial nostalgia, which reflects back on the British Empire as a force for good. It drums up not memories of enslavement, exploitation, or aggression against o...

19:47

Link "IndyWatch Feed National"

What Policymakers Need to Know About the First Amendment and Section 230


The Supreme Court just heard two cases - Twitter v. Taamneh and Gonzalez v. Google - that could dramatically affect users speech rights online. Last week, EFF hosted a panel in Washington D.C. to discuss what legislators need to know about these cases, the history of Section 230, and the First Amendments protections for online speech.

Alongside EFF Senior Staff Attorney Aaron Mackey, the panel included Billy Easley, Senior Public Policy Lead at Reddit, and Emma Llanso, Director of the Free Expression Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT). Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), one of the co-authors of Section 230, gave opening remarks. 

Senator Wyden and the Supreme Court 

Senator Wyden opened the panel with background on the law: it simply establishes the principle that the person who creates and posts content is responsible for that content. Thanks to Section 230 and the First Amendment, websites can take down what they want. Section 230 is essential to smaller companies and startups: The big guys can take care of themselves, but the small guys should be able to compete with the big guys, Wyden explained. The law democratizes speech, and elevates the choices of users. Thanks to Section 230, people are able to speak out. 

Wyden then discussed the latest Supreme Court cases. In Gonzalez v. Google, the petitioning plaintiffs made a radical argument about Section 230. They asked the Supreme Court to rule that Section 230 doesnt protect recommendations we get online, or how certain content gets arranged and displayed. In Twitter v. Taamneh, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that online services can be civilly liable under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) based on claims that t...

18:10

FDA authorizes 4th booster for babies "IndyWatch Feed National"

while data from the UK and Germany suggest you cause 22 serious injuries with the shot in order to prevent a single childs hospitalization

By Meryl Nass | March 15, 2023

We need to start charging the individual public health officials with crimes for acting outside their legal authority where is the US Pascal Najadi?

On December 8, 2022 the FDA authorized bivalent COVID boosters for children as young as 6 months old.

More children now have the opportunity to update their protection against COVID-19 with a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, and we encourage parents and caregivers of those eligible to consider doing so especially as we head into the holidays and winter months where more time will be spent indoors, said FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D.

Yesterday, the FDA authorized a 4th dose of mRNA COVID vaccine for children aged 6 months to 5 years of age.

Risk-benefit assessment used to be the foundation of public health practice. Lets look at some recent data on vaccine risk and vaccine benefit.

The German Minister of Health, Dr. Karl Lauterbach, admitted that 1 in 10,000 COVID vaccine doses leads to a serious adverse event. He also appears to be building his alibi, claiming he did not sign the vaccine contract. Yet he did promote, cajole and enforce the vaccinations, nonetheless.

Family physician Dr. Scott Jensen, former Minnesota State Senator, noted th...

18:00

Secret Pfizer & Government Documents reveal Millions Dying Suddenly "IndyWatch Feed National"




Not quite AIDS ,but same profile and worse, it is not getting better. What i am saying is that if 1.8 million diedover the past two years, will 1.8 million die in the next two years.


If that actually happens, or god forbid, we see a a  steady increase, then the real event will be a slow creeping AIDS like pandemic where folks die from any damn infection.

If 4,000,000,000 are infected, then we will see the 4,000,000,000 reported to me from the other side.  At least the path is now clearer.


Secret Pfizer & Government Documents reveal COVID Vaccination has caused Antibody-Dependent Enhancement, V-AED & AIDS resulting in Millions Dying Suddenly




Confidential documents reveal that within months of receiving the initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, some individuals are developing Antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) and Vaccine-Associated Enhanced Disease (VAED).

And as if that werent alarming enough, official documents also prove that a mysterious form of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is also appearing in a disturbing number of recipients just five months after their initial injections.

This may explain why, tragically, official Government records confirm that millions of people have mysteriously died suddenly in countries around the globe, including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and Europe, in the wake of the widespread distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines.


Antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) and Vaccine-Associated Enhanced Disease (VAED). are serious adverse events that can occur after vaccination.

ADE and VAED can occur when an individual is exposed to a pathogen, such as the alleged Covid-19 virus, after receiving a vaccine tha...

17:40

Contemporaneous account of aboriginal savage tribal war and cannibalism in Gundagai "IndyWatch Feed National"

Extract thanks to Mark Smith, you can verify the story in full for yourself from the Wagga Daily Advertiser, Saturday 18 May 1912, page 3, archived at Australia's National Library here: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/15632125

16:45

Trade Justice Dinner 2023 "IndyWatch Feed National"

We hope you'll join us for an evening of delicious Greek food, entertaining speakers and great company at the return of our annual fundraising dinner. All proceeds will support AFTINET's trade justice campaigns.

6pm, Tuesday May 16, 2023

Meraki Restaurant, Cyprus Club, 76 Stanmore Road, Stanmore 2048

Directions: The club has car parking for 200. Bus routes 423, 426, 428, 430 from Martin Place via Railway Square stop at the corner of Enmore Rd and Stanmore Rd, 5 minutes walk from the club, as does 355 from Bondi Junction.

$79.50 per person

Vegetarian/Vegan options | Bar Available

Please pay by Wed May 10, 2023 https://www.trybooking.com/CGRZM

Special guest speaker: Senator Tim Ayres

Assistant Minister for Trade and
Assistant Minister for Manufacturing

Tim was elected as a Senator for New South Wales in 2019. During the 46th Parliament, he was Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration and Member of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Standing Committee. His office also hosted parliamentary forums on trade justice issues organised by AFTINET.

Before entering Parliament, Tim spent twenty-four years in the trade union movement, representing the interests of workers across a variety of sectors including manufacturing, defence, food processing, aviation and metal industries.

He held several elected leadership roles in the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, including NSW state secretary.

 

 

 

15:51

A very lucky girl. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Damn. pic.twitter.com/f0eaLWKo2j Geminigirl (@desertlife88) March 16, 2023

15:46

The Wearin o the Green, and Parallel Laws Today "IndyWatch Feed National"

The Easter Rising, Irish Rebellion of 1916

by Mary W Maxwell, LLB

William Butler Yeats sixteen-line poem famously memorializes the unsuccessful 1916 Easter uprising (known as The Rising) of the Irish volunteers:

Sixteen Dead Men

O but we talked at large before

The sixteen men were shot,

But who can talk of give and take,

What should be and what not

While those dead men are loitering there

To stir the boiling pot?

 

You say that we should still the land

Till Ger...

15:00

Australian Dollar and Bitcoin "IndyWatch Feed National"

1.00 AUD = 0.00002 BTC
0.00010 BTC = 4.00 AUD
Converter

13:54

Have you got a funny kid? "IndyWatch Feed National"

Do you have a funny kid? The search for Australias funniest teens is making its way across the nation! The Melbourne International Comedy Festival host Class Clowns a nation wide search for young talent. For school kids 14 to 17 years who have a unique way of interpreting the world.

Running for more than 25 years, the Class Clowns program plays a valuable role in supporting the confidence, self-expression and creativity of young Australians. The competition, workshop and mentoring opportunities aim to amplify the voices and perspectives of young people, creating a pathway for emerging Australian talent. Class Clowns works best when seen as a way of complementing existing English, Wellbeing, Drama and public speaking initiatives.

Free workshop Brunswick Heads

Registrations are currently open for the heat in Brunswick Heads, so if you have any comedy-inclined storytellers in your midst please sign them up! Registered participants will have the opportunity to work on their comedy with Mandy Nolan, a professional comedian who has taught over 2,000 people, before hitting the stage in front of a live audience. 

These workshops are FREE, but limited to the first 18 people who register, so get in quick!

Your students could WIN a free trip to Melbourne to perform at the National Grand Final held during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Well fly all the national finalists (and their guardians) to Melbourne to perform at the Festival for a chance to win the Class Clowns crown and a $2,500 prize package! 

To sign up head to our online registration form here please note that a teacher or guardian must register on behalf of students.

What to Do:

  • Register for a heat near you   register here now.
  • Check out our Education Resources
  • What videos of expert advice through a series of videos from some of Australias funniest folk, filled with tips and tricks to help get budding performers started on their comedy journey. The first of these videos Why try comedy? is available to the public here, ...

13:29

Make Bellingen a carpark! More roads, wider roads and more parking "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Bellingen car park, Creek Ln,  still with trees. Google image 03.2023

Sprawling suburbia is deprived of public forms of transport. Private fossil fuel mobility is encouraged and choosen. The town runs on petrol, plonk, meat and timber. Motorists' expectation is carpet to carpet mobility to not get their R.M.Williams muddy. In between there is a lot of AC idling and cruising to find a big enough parking spot. Monstrous SUVs speed though town to fight for parking. Tree roots are crushed by the weight of 2,000 kilograms of vehicles. The oversized tanks park right across the access route to the toilets as well.
With the growth of the obese-sized vehicles grows the hunger for more and wider roads. It is insatiable. Above all parking, getting stuff or dumping the kids or dogs is the most important issue in town.

Roads are congested and aggressive, frustrated motorists harass non motorised living entities and smaller, slower vehicles. The jam-packed CBD roads are rich in ambient particulate matter pollution. The Al fresco crowds seem to suffer from anosmia and look the other way when large bull haulers and timber trucks fly through the narrow main street. 

There are already many free car parking opportunities to store private vehicles in public spaces. But now there is a brand new car park smashed into the landscape. Residents seem blissfully unaware that in the middle of a climate emergency many native mature trees magically disappeared and the soil surface was sealed. One just smeared asphalt over the 'dirt'. A very large area of impervious surfaces has been constructed after months of heavy fossil fuel equipment made a racket next to the adjoining park and creek. The new treeless hardscape will not provide any shading canopy and there will be no extra cost of blowing nasty leaves from the car park.

...

13:19

Global Beats Harmony Week lantern workshops and parade at the Byron Twilight Market on Saturday 25th March "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Byron Multicultural Inc will celebrate cultural harmony and diversity, introducing unique cultural experiences. A stellar line-up of music, dance and rhythms plus Lantern Parade!
Daylight Parade

4:00 Main Beach Drumming Byron Japanese Taiko and Batala Brazilian Samba Percussion, plus Indigenous Flag Bearers.

4:15pm Parade to start from Main Beach and go along Jonson Street to arrive at the Twilight Market, Railway Park around 4:40pm.

4:40pm Performance at Twilight Market by Batala Samba Percussion group, at lawn area near childrens playground.

Lantern Market Workshops

5pm 7pm Lantern making workshops for children and adults coordinated by Japan Festival Byron Bay at Twilight Market.

Sunset Night Parade

7:00pm Byron Taiko Japanese group performance at Twilight Market. Drumming plus some softer Japanese flute and chants.

7:15pm Parade by Byron Taiko group to depart from Twilight Market, back along Jonson St to finish at Main Beach around 7:45pm with Taiko Drum performance.

Come and enjoy the Harmony Week World Music Lantern Parade!

The post Global Beats Harmony Week lantern workshops and parade at the Byron Twilight Market on Saturday 25th March appeared first on Byron Bay Blog.

13:09

AJPs Susie Hearder "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Susie Hearder is running for the seat of Tweed.

Animal Justice Party (AJP) candidate Susie Hearder responds to The Echos questions on building on State Significant Farmland (SSF), free parking at the Tweed Valley Hospital and what the future for the old Tweed Hospital might be. 

To see Ms Hearders response on short-term holiday letting and floodplain development click here.

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13:04

Russell and Ulf drive a shitbox from Rocky to Tassie "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Shitbox drivers Ulf Steinvorth and Russell Wilson somewhere in Queensland this morning.

Contrary to mythological belief, the Shitbox Rally is not a race, but rather a challenge to achieve the unthinkable to drive cars worth up to just $1,500 across Australia via some of its most formidable roads, all in the name of charity.

The Shitbox Rally 2023 Summer event starts today in Rocky and ends on Saturday week in Tassie Hobart to be precise, via the Great Artesian Basin   3,500 km crazy ks.

The Shitbox Rally website reminds drivers that you dont have to be a car person to drive a Shitbox with less than 1,500 bucks across Australia. You just need the desire to make a difference.

...

12:56

Post Your History "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Griffith Pioneer Park Museum is seeking out those who remember the old Post Office in Griffith, as part of their new display

The Post Office was on the site of the current building, but an older style with red brick and grand arched windows. 

Pioneer Park Museum has a recreation of the original Griffith Post Office which was operational from 1925 to 1979 with staff keen to talk to those who have stories to tell about the original building. 

Were currently developing new displays with a focus on the Post Office and would love to be able to share memories, stories, experiences and anecdotes to preserve this important part of our local history, said Jason Richardson, Curator Griffith Pioneer Park Museum. 

Do you have memories of the Griffith Post Office? Maybe you received an important telegram, or worked behind the counter? We would love for you to share any stories you might have. 

Postal services at that time included technologies not seen today, like telegraph operators communicating through the percussive messaging of Morse Code. Aside from parcels and letters, the building also housed the switchboards used to link telephones in the region. 

Those who lived on farms might remember the distinctive ringing of their party line, which indicated when a phone call was for their household rather than another that shared the connection, said Mr Richardson. 

There are many ways the Post Office connected Griffith and its surprising to discover what services were provided in the building. 

Phyllis Bell recently recalled working as Phonogram Operator for seven years and says her colleagues were the nicest people, he said.  

She remembered that as she progressed to being a senior staff member, her role included liaising with the CSIRO to update weather reports placed at the front of the Post Office. 

Memories like these will help the new display to reflect how important services within the community have changed. 

Its details like th...

12:50

Election 2023 Tweed: Marc Selan "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Marc Selan is running for the seat of Tweed for the Legalise Cannabis Party. Photo supplied

The Legalise Cannabis Party has Marc Selan running for the seat of Tweed. Mr Selan left Australia eight years ago after suffering numerous adverse reactions to pharmaceutical medications before he discovered cannabis put his symptoms from severe ulcerative colitis into remission. He returned to Australia last year and is running in the seat of Tweed as he is shocked at how backward we are and is fired up about changing our laws.

What is your big number one issue that youre looking at going into this election? 

I decided to run in the NSW state elections to try and address a broad range of social, industrial, and economic issues affecting all Australians.

One of the main issues facing 30-40 per cent of adults in all cities is our draconian drug driving and cannabis laws. These are destroying peoples lives and criminalizing them.

The Legalise Cannabis Party will put forward a bill to amend drug-driving legislation for a medical exemption and an impairment-based test for adults, instead of the current inaccurate saliva test that is not based on impairment.

 

We will introduce a bill to allow adults to cultivate, carry, and consume cannabis and for a pilot program for Cannabis Social Clubs. These entities would be licensed to cultivate cannabis solely for distribution among private adult members. Cannabis associations are non-profit and the bridge between the public and public health sector.

These significant changes would allow police to more adequately redistribute funds and energy towards dangerous crime.

What is your background what did you study or train for? What skills do you bring to this? What is your current job? 

...

12:44

New Report Identifies Need for Rental Affordability Champions in State Parliament "IndyWatch Feed National"

Friday, 17 March 2023

A new study ranking State electorates in metropolitan Adelaide by rental affordability impact highlights the need for SA MPs to take urgent action on easing the crisis.

12:34

Fiction | Wonder women of the lizard world "IndyWatch Feed National"

I was fanning myself with a textbook when the tradie told me about the gecko. It had, in search of reprieve from the burning meteorological irregularity, crawled inside our air conditioning unit, damaged the wiring, and gotten itself fried. Without climate control, we had suffered through December and January, red-faced and irritable.

The post Fiction | Wonder women of the lizard world appeared first on Overland literary journal.

12:10

Labor commits to planning for Memorial Drive extension "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

LABOR will commit $20 million to determine the feasibility of extending Memorial Drive from Bulli if elected to Government on March 25.
The NSW Shadow Roads Minister
John Graham said if Labor is elected it will take action to address growing traffic congestion along the Princes Highway in the northern suburbs.
Mr Graham said Labor will undertake detailed planning and assessment work in the first step to determine how Memorial Drive would be built in the future.
Whilst the road corridor for the road extension has been largely designated, the detailed design and geotechnical assessments havent taken place.
Business Illawarra identified the project as a priority in 2019 and the call for the roads extension is frequently raised by residents and local business owners.
Mr Graham said it is now critical that the first step commence to address traffic congestion in the northern suburbs gets underway.
Labor has made its priority clear we will focus on local roads like the Memorial Drive extension rather than Sydney toll roads, Mr Gr...

11:34

Election 2023 Lismore: Part II local and state issues Q&A "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

We asked all candidates for the seat of Lismore the same set of questions. This is the second round of answers. Their responses are in the order they arrived in our inbox.

What is your feeling about the mining of fossil fuels i.e. coal and gas?

 

Allen Crosthwaite Lismore Independent

We should be phasing out our reliance on fossil fuels, and only continuing to mine fossil fuels as a stop gap measure. We need to look for alternative energy sources for the good of the planet.

A passion of mine is to develop and provide solutions using biofuel as a smart answer to coal and gas. I have been talking about these solutions for years and on radio.

Ross Honniball Sustainable Australia Party

Sustainable Australia Party supports the science that humans are contributing to climate change. To this end, our Australian greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets are adopted from recommendations by the Climate Council.

We should act on climate change and contribute to staying below 1.5 degrees global temperature rise compared to pre-industrial levels. This means no new mining for coal and gas.

What is your solution for creating more jobs?

Allen Crosthwaite Ind

Trains and better transport enhance all job opportunities for people who live in the region, with the cost of cars and fuels rising. Rail, light rail and future rail into the region will activate businesses, logistics and create ongoing and more employment opportunities and make the region affordable for those who call it home.

Our children, especially those from regional areas needs to given priority and training.

Ross Honniball SAP

Establish a federally funded national job guarantee program in order to ensure full employment, managed through the re-established Commonwealth Employment Service (CES), and initially focused on protecting and restoring Australias environment.

What do you think can be done about the housing crisis

Allen Crosthwaite Ind

Government should re-enter the housing market with a state-owned housing authority that build...

11:32

Dan Andrews. Never forget. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Australia imposes sanctions on Iran and Russia over human rights violations. This is Australia pic.twitter.com/XOzgRwYrif Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) December 11, 2022

10:50

Election 2023 Lismore: Ross Honniball Sustainable Australia Party "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Ross Honniball says he is running for the seat of Lismore to de-corrupt politics in NSW and implement sustainable solutions for our future. Photo supplied.

Ross Honniball is preparing for the upcoming election and is running for the Sustainable Australia Party

What is your big number one issue that youre looking at going into this election?

The number one issue for Sustainable Australia Party is protecting our environment which includes stopping overdevelopment and stopping corruption.

People who arent members of Parliament would certainly get the impression from watching the television that its a bunfight Are you prepared for that sort of life in Parliament?

Sustainable Australia Party is an independent community movement but will work with all sides of parliament when we share the same goals. Politics should be about collaboration not competition.

What is your background what did you study at uni? What did you train for? What skills do you bring to this? 

I started life as a draftsm...

10:47

United States bank failures point to a deepening financial crisis "IndyWatch Feed National"

Contributed by Joe Montero

While  U.S. government spokespeople, including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, are doing the rounds to convince everyone that the nations banking system is sound, there is an air about that suggests this is not the case.

First of all, so much energy would not be spent on trying to re-assure the public, unless there is something going on. There have been a series, no just one, of recent banking collapses in the United States. One bank, First Republic, saw its share price plunge almost 70 percent last week. Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. So did New Yorks Signature Bank. Others find themselves in a precarious situation. They could tip over any time. 

Concern was so high that President Joe Biden had to hold a press conference to ensure Americans.

President Biden reassures Americans that our banking system is safe.

Video from Bloomberg

The fact that more than one bank is involved suggests the something is going wrong with the banking system. Despite some politicians and commentators pretend it is only the Silicon Valley Bank that got into trouble and blamed it on the woke problem, whatever that means, there is no evading the truth. Silly claims must give way to the reality.

Promises to impose better regulation are well and good. On their win they are not enough because this is dealing with the symptoms and not the cause. The claim that the banks are paying for the help is not true. They will receive money that comes from somewhere else, and this is being covered by the government. They may pay something off in the long run, that is, if it is said they can afford to do so.

Whether government support is justified or not depends on whether this is directed into ringing about a major overhaul of the banking system. Biden has not offered this.

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10:25

Canberra event: "Are we really living in a democracy?" 19 March, Smiths Alternative "IndyWatch Feed National"

Canberra Conversations SUNDAY 19 March 2023 AT 3:30 PM 5:30 PM Smith's Alternative, 76 Alinga Street, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory. 3 speakers plus forum.

 

 

Are we really living in a Democracy?

JOIN THE CONVERSATION
Come to our first ever Canberra Conversation to discuss with 3 expert speakers whether we do indeed live in a democracy and if not what we can do about it.

GUEST SPEAKERS
Tim Hollo https://greens.org.au/act/person/tim-hollo
Topic: "Democracy is dead. Long live Democracy!"

Christine Milne https://christine-milne.com/my-work
Topic: Wrestling back democracy from plutocracy: Proportional Representation

Dr Tjanara Goreng Goreng tjanara@oneinmaglobal.org...

09:55

Violet Coco released on good behaviour bond "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Co-accused Alan Glover and Violet Coco Glover a volunteer firefighter, was released with similar conditions to Coco. Photo supplied

It was a long wait from April 2022 until December and an even longer wait from then until this week for climate activist Violet Coco who was released on a good behaviour bond after being sentenced to 15 months jail in December for blocking the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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09:17

Scientists offer evidence that Venus is volcanically active "IndyWatch Feed National"

Venus appears to have volcanic activity, according to a new research paper that offers strong evidence to answer the lingering question about whether Earth's sister planet currently has eruptions and lava flows. Venus, although similar to Earth in size and mass, differs markedly in that it does not have plate tectonics. The boundaries of Earth's moving surface plates are the primary locations of volcanic activity. New research by University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute research professor Robert Herrick revealed a nearly 1-square-mile volcanic vent that changed in shape and grew over eight months in 1991. Changes on such a scale on Earth are associated with volcanic activity, whether through an eruption at the vent or movement of magma beneath the vent that causes the vent walls to collapse and the vent to expand. The research was published today (March 15) in the journal Science.

08:57

Victoria offers solutions for a kinder world "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Victoria Thompson has authored Animals Are Us a guide to a kinder world. Photo Tree Faerie.

Local author, Victoria Thompson, is so passionate about protecting animals that she spent eight years researching and writing the book Animals Are Us a guide to a kinder world.

An animal advocate for many years, Thompsons book describes our appalling failures in regard to animal welfare, and praises those (including Mahatma Gandhi, Peter Singer, the Dalai Lama, St. Francis, Brigitte Bardot, and the Buddha), who promote the enlightened awareness and humane treatment of animals. 

Resources to exploit 

Thompson believes that we must not continue to think of animals merely as resources to exploit, for animals, too, have a right to live naturally. In the book, she gives us solutions for a kinder world.

Born in Alexandria, Egypt, of French, Italian, Spanish and English parentage, she grew up speaking five languages. In Australia, she trained as an actress and worked in film, television and theatre. She left acting to study psychol...

08:31

Jim Chalmers "I have a plan". "IndyWatch Feed National"

The @AlboMP Government has a comprehensive plan to build a more productive, more resilient and more prosperous economy, one that creates more opportunities for more Australians. My speech to CEDA today here: https://t.co/VaOwOLVACJ #auspol #ausecon pic.twitter.com/aSwaY88JbJ Jim Chalmers MP (@JEChalmers) March 16, 2023

08:18

Debrah Novak on mining and waste incinerators in Clarence "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Clarence Valley Councillor Debrah Novak. Photo supplied

Independent candidate for Clancence, Debrah Novak, tells The Echo what her position is on mining in the Clarance catchment and the proposed Casino thermal waste incinerator.

To see Ms Novaks response on short-term holiday letting and floodplain development click here.

Do you support the Clarence Catchment Alliance anti-mining pledge?

Yes I do

What action will you take if elected to achieve a ban on mineral mining in the Clarence catchment?

If elected I will be sitting on the crossbench and will lobby the new government to have the current 35 licenses bought back as they did with the CSG.

Do you or your party support the NSW Government Policy and Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Amendment (Thermal Energy from Waste) Regulation 2022 which allows a thermal waste incinerator to be built in the Richmond Valley Job Precinct Casino? Yes/No

No

If yes, what is your personal or party policy on thermal waste incineration?

If no, what is your personal or party policy on waste management?

Begin with education around personal...

07:45

THE NSW STATE ELECTION AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

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03:32

Australian premiers spar over nuclear sub waste disposal "IndyWatch Feed National"

RT | March 16, 2023

The Australian political establishment is divided as to where the federal government should dispose of nuclear waste associated with the countrys expanded submarine deal with its AUKUS allies.

An accord was struck by the leadership of the countries which make up the trilateral AUKUS alliance Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom when they met in San Diego, California earlier this week, which rubber-stamped the sale of nuclear-powered submarines by Washington to Canberra.

In addition, Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that his country would construct its own fleet of nuclear submarines, which will be delivered in the early 2040s. The terms of the agreement stipulate that the Australian government will be responsible for the disposal of nuclear waste from the vessels but this appears to have opened a new political front for the countrys various state leaders.

I think the waste can go where all the jobs are going, said Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Thursday, referencing the 8,000 jobs which are expected to be generated in South Australia during the construction of the military submarines. I dont think thats unreasonable, is it?

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has also indicated that nuclear waste disposal sites are unwelcome in his state, joining Andrews in suggesting South Australia as the most appropriate location.

Susan Close, the acting South Australian premier who doubles as the regions environment minister, responded to the suggestions by saying the decision on nuclear waste locations should be dictated by science and not by state leaders trying to move nuclear waste that doesnt yet exist across the border.

A final decision on the location of the site is not expected for another 12 months, and the site that is eventually selected wont be required for use until around 2055.

The AUKUS deal will see Australia become the seventh nation with nuclear-powered submarines in its military arsenal, and comes amid Western concerns about Chinas military expansion in the Indo-Pacific region. Beijing has rebuked the AUKUS nuclear submarine agreement, saying it contradicts accepted norms of nuclear non-proliferation.

02:37

Silicon Valley Bank collapse "IndyWatch Feed National"

Last week, two major banks collapsed: Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature. These were the second and third largest bank collapses in US historythe largest being Washington Mutual in 2008. Since I seem to be writing about finance this month, I wanted to try my hand at explaining why, for the reader who doesnt know anything about finance.

Short answer: SVB placed a big bet long-term US treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities. However, the prices of these assets went down. Companies with money in SVB were worried about it, so they started withdrawing a lot of money, requiring SVB to sell its assets at a loss until it was wiped out. Bank collapses tend to spread via a process called contagion, and Signature appears to be the first victim.

Really long answer: Okay, lets walk through these concepts one by one.

First of all, what even is a bank? A bank is an institution that accepts deposits of money, we know that. But how does a bank pay you interest, pay expenses, and make its own profit besides? A bank basically borrows money from depositors and uses it to give out loans or make other investments. The bank makes money because its own investments give it greater returns than the interest they pay you on on your bank deposit.

You might think, why allow the bank take a cut? Cut out the middleperson, invest your money directly instead of depositing it in a bank. However, the bank account offers two distinct advantages: you are guaranteed your money back, and you can easily withdraw it at any timewith important exceptions to be discussed further down.

The ability to produce money on demand is called liquidity. If an asset is illiquid (meaning not liquid), that means that it may be difficult to sell on short notice, and you may suffer a loss from having to put on a fire sale. While depositors want their bank accounts to be completely liquid, the bank itself doesnt need to be completely liquid. Thats because, generally speaking, depositors are not going to withdraw all their money at once. Banks need enough liquidity to cover the aggregate demand of depositors, but theres a lot of room left for illiquid investments, which tend to have higher returns.

The way banks guarantee all your money back is by taking on almost all the risk themselves. Banks make leveraged investments, which means borrowing money (e.g. from depositors) to invest money. For example, suppose a bank makes a $100 investment with 10x leverage. Theyre investing $10 of their own money, and $90 of your money. If their investment has a 10% payout, then they earn $10, doubling their money. If it had a 10% loss, they lose everything, and the bank becomes insolvent, which could lead to collapse.  But it doesnt really affect deposits unless the bank suffers more than 10% loss, in which case depositors might lose some money...

01:27

India, Australia, and the Indo-Pacific Imperative "IndyWatch Feed National"

With the rising challenge of China, Indo-Pacific geopolitics is headed for more uncertainty. In his recent visit to India, Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited INS Vikrant, Indias newest aircraft carrier.

Aboard the INS Vikrant, PM Albanese declared that there has never been a point in both of our countrys histories where weve had such a strong strategic alignment. He noted that India is a top-tier security partner and that the Indian Ocean is central to both countries security and prosperity.

The visit to INS Vikrant underscores the growing importance of the maritime dimension of Indo-Pacific geopolitics. Hosting the Australian PM on an aircraft carrier is also a demonstration of the strength of Indias strategic ties with Australia. Furthermore, it underlines the evolving strategic alignment between India and Australia.

The defence and security partnership has emerged as one of the key pillars of Indo-Australian strategic partnership. Both countries are participants in the Malabar naval exercises and are deepening and widening their military-to-military exchanges. Australia has invited India for Exercise Talisman Sabre. Such joint exercises not only build interoperability and familiarity but also contribute to creating greater trust and awareness about each other.

In the context of growing Chinese assertiveness across the Indo-Pacific, military cooperation has assumed critical dimensions. Just like India, Australia too faces growing Chinese challenge in its own region. Chinas forays in the South Pacific have galvanised Australia and the United States into action. India too is slowly increasing its outreach to the island states of South Pacific.

The security in the Eastern Indian Ocean, especially along maritime Southeast Asia, is a shared area of concern for India and Australia. China looms large, geographically as well as strategically, over this region. Building strategic convergence to limit Chinese influence and expanding the strategic partnership is in the interest of India and Australia.

Along with defence and security, trade and economy are also key areas of cooperation. India and Australia signed an Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) last year. The agreement is expected to add economic muscle to the burgeoning politico-military partnership. As India...

01:17

EXCLUSIVE: Ted Cruz Demands Answers From Meta, Google, And TikTok In New Senate Probe "IndyWatch Feed National"

Ted CruzThe Texas senator followed up with Silicon Valley's major players to explain their initial responses to congressional inquiries were not adequate.

01:04

Der Ukraine-Liveticker heute hat ein paar bemerkenswerte ... "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Der Ukraine-Liveticker heute hat ein paar bemerkenswerte Meldungen im Kleingedruckten. Liest das eigentlich berhaupt jemand, diese Liveticker? Ich berspringe die immer, aber diesmal wies ein Leser auf diese Meldung hier hin:

In Bulgarien haben Getreideproduzenten einen Importstopp fr ukrainischen Weizen gefordert. Die um gut 30 Prozent billigere, zollfreie Einfuhr aus der Ukraine mache die heimische Weizenproduktion nicht mehr konkurrenzfhig [] hnliche Probleme gebe es auch infolge des Imports von preisgnstigeren Sonnenblumenkernen aus der Ukraine.
Jetzt macht der Putin auch noch unsere Bauern kaputt!!1!

Aber die Meldungen drumherum haben auch ein paar Klopper. Den hier z.B. finde ich super:

Die Grnen fordern raschere Waffenlieferungen an die Ukraine.
Man vergleiche das mal mit den Wahlkampfplakaten vor dem Krieg. Aber es stellt sich auch noch eine andere Frage. Von wem fordern sie das konkret? Ich dachte die sind in der Regierung?

Oder wie wre es mit dem hier:

Russland hat im vergangenen Jahr dank hoher lpreise einen Handelsberschuss von 332,4 Milliarden US-Dollar (gut 311 Milliarden Euro) erzielt. Das Exportvolumen sei um 19,9 Prozent auf 591,5 Milliarden Dollar gestiegen, der Import im gleichen Zeitraum um 11,7 Prozent auf 259,1 Milliarden Dollar geschrumpft, teilte die Zollbehrde mit. Gegenber 2021 ist der Handelsberschuss Russlands damit um 68 Prozent gewachsen.
Die Sanktionen wirken!! Nur nicht in die Richtung, in die sie gedacht waren. Der lpreis wre ohne die Sanktionen nie so hoch gegangen.

Auf der anderen Seite muss man natrlich immer vorsichtig mit solchen Angaben sein, denn sie kommen von der Landesregierung. Die hat ein Interesse daran, dass die Zahlen so aussehen, wie sie aussehen. Da knnte es ein paar Flle von kreativer Buchfhrung auf dem Weg gegeben haben, wie bei uns mit der Arbeitslosenstatistik z.B.

Auerdem gab es noch die Meldung, dass die Russen die CIA-Story nicht glauben, dass der Nord-Stream-Angriff von einem verwirrten Einzeltter aus der Ukraine gekommen sei, denn die Ukraine habe ja dadurch nichts zu gewinnen gehabt.

Aber die Topp-Meldung in der Liste ist ganz am Ende:

vergangenes Jahr stieg die Ukraine durch die Militrhilfen aus den USA und Europa jedoch zum drittgrten Rstungsimporteur auf.
Wer importiert denn gerade bitte noch mehr Waffen als die Ukraine?!? Dafr muss man zur Prim...

01:02

Melbourne Sat 18 March: Protest against the AUKUS war alliance, nuclear submarines and to free Assange - Victorian State Library "IndyWatch Feed National"

Melbourne State Library 1 pm Saturday 18 March against AUKUS US $170b nuclear sub purchase and alliance , and .

 

 

The , and have organised a at 1pm on Saturday 18 March outside the State Library of Victoria. As the Australian armed forces with its eight US-manufactured nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarines, costing a staggering $170 billion, and used in its planned war against China, the need for protest action to stop this is more urgent than ever.

 

This planned war against China is only one component of the United States' overall war against humanity, upon which it embarked in 1945, following the end of the Second World War. One estimate of the cost, so far, of this war - in Korea, Vietnam, Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere - is 20 million lives.

Protestors will also be calling on the Australian government to act to use the power vested in it to end the illegal imprisonment and torture of Julian Assange by the UK government and also to prevent the US government's no-less-illegal efforts to have him extradited to the US to face trial before a kangaroo court and thence imprisonment in solitary confinement for the rest of his life.

If you are free in six weeks time, on the afternoon of Saturday 18 March, please be there at the State Library at 1pm to add your voice to those opposed...

00:32

Sunak grants 5 billion boost to the military despite growing issues of poverty and inflation "IndyWatch Feed National"

By Ahmed Adel | March 16, 2023

Britains updated defence and foreign policy strategy envisages an additional 5 billion for armaments and is a demonstration that Londons priority is confrontation with Russia and China. Although UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised this considerable appropriation for the military over two years, it is unlikely to appease British conservatives as the figure did not meet the demands of spending 3% GDP on defence.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace wanted a larger military budget but officials are reportedly delighted with the settlement. This is unlikely the case behind closed doors.

Most of the 5 billion will be used to replenish ammunition stockpiles given to Ukraine and work on the AUKUS project to develop nuclear-powered submarines for Australia. Effectively, the main priority of Londons updated defence and foreign policy strategy is to oppose the main geopolitical threats to Anglo hegemony Russia and China.

Speaking from San Diego on March 13, Sunak said: Its clear that the world has become more volatile, the threats to our security have increased. And thats why were investing 5 billion more in our world-beating armed forces over the next two years and increasing our defence spending to 2.5% of GDP so we can continue to be a world leader when it comes to defence and keeping our country safe.

Of course, this omits the obvious failures in Afghanistan and Ukraine, and the fact that neither Russia or China pose a threat to Britain. In fact, it is evident from the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan that the threat is the UK.

Russophobia guides the British political and media establishment, and has thus shaped British public opinion for more than 200 years. Therefore, in the context of Russias special military operation, the updated strategy does not represent anything new in terms of escalation. Rather, it just merely shows the British establishments continuous Russophobia.

The procurement of ammunition and atomic armament demonstrates that the Sunak government is continuing what Boris Johnson, and those before him, started. What is telling though is that a 5 billion boost is being allocated to the military, partially to replenish stocks given to Ukraine, just as the UK is experiencing the worst economic catastrophe of the 21st century, thus far.

According to the latest figures (2020/21), around one in five people in the UK (20%) were in poverty, or 13.4 million people. Of these, 7.9 million were working-age adults, 3.9 million were children and 1.7 million were pensioners. Therefore, one in four children in the UK are living in poverty (27%).

However, a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, an independent social change organization working to solve poverty in the UK, said in January 2023 that living standards are likely to have fallen since the latest official dat........

00:15

La Nia has ended - ENSO now neutral. El Nio WATCH has begun. "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

 

Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Climate Driver Update, media release, 14 March 2023:


Current status: EL NIO WATCH


La Nia has ended - ENSO now neutral. El Nio WATCH issued


  • La Nia has ended in the tropical Pacific Ocean. The El NioSouthern Oscillation (ENSO) is now neutral (neither La Nia nor El Nio) with oceanic and atmospheric indicators having returned to neutral ENSO levels.


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23:15

Rare waterspout swirls over Darwin Harbour, Australia "IndyWatch Feed National"

A waterspout was seen swirling near Darwin Harbour in the Northern Territory on Wednesday, March 15. Credit: Taryn Hirst via Storyful

22:53

ABC 'comedy' wanker "IndyWatch Feed National"

New submarines are on their way! Eventually. Possibly. pic.twitter.com/hOK4T8Qixj Mark Humphries (@markhumphries) March 16, 2023

22:25

NSW Labor on Matt Kean's fundraising war-chest "IndyWatch Feed National"

Dear Comrade, We've always known the Liberals have ultra-rich donors with deep pockets. But would you believe this: Treasurer Matt Kean alone has raised $360,000 for the Liberals' election campaign: And unfortunately for us, that kind of cash goes a long way in tight elections like this one.$360,000 can buy...

20:52

Yet another tacit Liberal Party murder confession. "IndyWatch Feed National"

The Liberal Party has made a number of tacit murder confessions in regard to Robodebt and the illegal importation of COVID-19, but the SA Division of the Liberals appears to be striving to win a glod Logie award for such confessions.

Short link to this posting:  https://wp.me/p1n8TZ-38N

In a video of 35 seconds duration, the SA Liberal Party hammers the Malinauskas Government for making ambulance ramping twice as dangerous, and potentially twice as deadly as it was under Premier Steven Marshall. 

I may be wrong, but I strongly suspect that this advertisment is an admission that the Liberal Party violated the Genocide provisions in Section 268.5 (2) of the Commonwealth  Criminal Code Act (1995) and the Criminal Neglect provision in Section 14(1) of the SA criminal code:

This advertisement is 35 seconds of ultra-compelling audio-visual evidence of the fact that in Australia, politicians see themselves as being above the law when they make fatal decisions.

HOW WIERD This advert is demanding that Peter Malinauskas fix a deadly problem that the Liberal Party did not fix in 4 years of government.

Robo-debt, Welfare-Gate, COVID-GATE and Vaccine-Gate are other examples of this nasty habit of making unlawful decisions that kill people.

PLEASE SHARE MY WEB POSTING LINK WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THIS VIDEO BEFORE THE LIBERAL PARTY WAKES UP TO THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS TACIT MURDER CONFESSION AND CANCEL IT.

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20:18

Population growth approaching record pace "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Population count accelerates

Australia's population increased by 128,670 in the September 2022 quarter, implying an annual pace of around 500k per annum. 


Source: ABS

The population is growing faster than previously projected, and the population clock was ratcheted up to 26,384,000. 

Indeed, this implies population growth of faster than one person per minute, which is actually more like an annual population growth of 573,000 per annum.

I guess it will slow down a bit at some point.


The peak of the rush to south-east Queensland passed in the September quarter, and with more employers requiring workers back at their desks in Sydney and Melbourne with each passing week this trend will continue. 

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20:03

Ukrainians picking very unwise fights with potential mercenary Muslim enemies "IndyWatch Feed National"

Kind-hearted and tolerant Ukrainians use the Koran as a cutting board for their salo. pic.twitter.com/pT9Acfg98z Donbass Devushka (@PeImeniPusha) March 15, 2023

20:00

This and That "IndyWatch Feed National"

  In search of the lost ark   AUKUS trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (Defense News) On Monday, the U.S., Australia, and the United Kingdom unveiled new details about their partnership to produce for Australia its own nuclear-powered submarine by 2040, known as the SSN AUKUS. The U.S. []

The post This and That appeared first on Virtual Mirage.

18:17

BEST OF THE WEB: Study: More infant vaccines lead to higher infant mortality "IndyWatch Feed National"

Do childhood vaccines impact a child's mortality risk? While controversy around this issue continues to swirl, peer-reviewed research suggests the answer is a yes. In 2011, Neil Miller, Ph.D., and Gary Goldman, Ph.D., published a paper in the journal Human & Experimental Toxicology showing infant mortality rates correlated with childhood vaccination rates, with high-uptake countries having higher child mortality. As detailed in the abstract:1 "The U.S. childhood immunization schedule specifies 26 vaccine doses for infants aged less than 1 year the most in the world yet 33 nations have lower IMRs. Using linear regression, the immunization schedules of these 34 nations were examined and a correlation coefficient of r = 0.70 (p < 0.0001) was found between IMRs and the number of vaccine doses routinely given to infants.

18:06

The Flat Earth Movers at The Demolition Derby Were Plowed Under so God Left Them a Rose on the Grave of Their Mind. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Reflections in a Petri Dish March 15, 2023

Dog Poet Transmitting.

They came out from under a rock somewhere and are dancing like stick-figure Meth-heads in their torn underwear. They pay no mind to the rest of The World that pays no mind to them. Except when they trip in front of your car while screaming at invisible creatures from another dimension; Do you know who I are? They burn incandescent for a minute or two, then fizzle out like a cigarette butt in a can of beer.

They drive Flat-Earth movers at The Demolition Derby, where they plow themselves under & God leaves a rose on the grave of their mind. Is it because so many people have collectively become so dumb that they think they can turn the clock back to the day before Pythagoras, and no one will notice? When college grads can no longer find the rest of The World on a map, they might be right.

Then again their world might be flat. Mine is not.

You see certain financial and political forces that are trying to regress humanity back to the primitive tribal mindset, with their tattoos and nose rings.. their pierced privates writhing by the firelight of bad-drumming circles; calling out Lovecraftian rhythms to their poisoned bloodstreams dreaming of the halcyon days of human sacrifice; soothsayers dismembering children and reading their entrails, ALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF The WEF butt bandits, who are liking them to be as dumb as they come so that they can get away with whatever they please.

Is it any less soul-killing to be spending their hours in skyscraper towers, and juggling numbers in the hope that possibly just maybe it will all add up to enough to pay off their indentured enslavement to the company store? Thats not even their real bondage. Their real bondage is to all the nasty habits they picked up trying to forget what they have to go through to afford them.

Yesterday in honor of the flat Earth junkies, someone said that Space isnt real either. I told them that neither is Matter. Matters just energy that woke up and had to pee and it cant find the bathroom. Then there is a period of reasoning it out, and an emergency decision gets made. Then the peeing takes place and it turns back into Matter until it has to pee again its a creeping somnambulism thing. This is where Karma comes from.

So it takes countless forms shape shifting appearing to be and then not being; a sort of to pee or not to pee, is that the question? Youll understand it better once you see Schrodingers cat in the litter box. Then the answer to your own personal existence will be explained when the cat does or does not di...

18:00

The Worst Deal Ever Australia To Pay U.S. For Nuclear Insecurity "IndyWatch Feed National"

Moon of Alabama March 15, 2023

The the last weeks review I mentioned the AUKUS deal. It was first announced in September 2021. Back then I wrote:

Yesterday the U.S., the UK and Australia announced that the latter one will buy nuclear powered submarines to do the U.S. bidding against China.

This is a huge but short term win for the U.S. with an also-ran booby price for Britain and a strategic loss of sovereignty and budget control for Australia.

It is another U.S. slap into the face of France and the European Union. The deal will piss off New Zealand, Indonesia and of course China. It will upset the international nuclear non proliferation regime and may lead to the further military nuclearization of South Korea and Japan.

Australia currently has six conventional submarines. It had ordered new ones from France but scrapped that deal for AUKUS:

The price for the new submarines Australia will have to pay will be much higher that for the French ones. Some $3 billion have already been sunk into the French contract. France will rightfully demand additional compensation for cancelling it. The new contract with the U.S. or UK will cost more than the French one but will only include 8 instead of 12 boats. As three boats are needed to keep one at sea (while the other two are training or in refit), the actual patrolling capacity for Australias navy will sink from 4 to 2-3 concurrent submarines at sea.

The much higher price of the fewer more complicate boats will upset Australias defense budget for decades to come.

I further suggested that blackmail may have played a role in the AUKUS deal.

A few days after the announcement there were new details publish which suggested that Australia would lease nuclear submarines from the U.S. because the new ones will take many years to build. It would upgrade Perth harbor to be able to handle nuclear propulsion boats:

Cont. reading: The Worst Deal Ever Australia To Pay U.S. For Nuclear Insecurity

17:05

Coinbase met with Australian banking regulators over local crypto regulations "IndyWatch Feed National"

Coinbases vice president of international policy told Cointelegraph the meetings took place in Canberra and Sydney and touched on the governments token mapping efforts.

16:15

Simply magnificent new campaign ad for Sleepy Joe Biden. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Thank you Underminder, you always come through with the goods!

15:00

Australian Dollar and Bitcoin "IndyWatch Feed National"

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14:38

Australia's traditional owners - China - buying up our country like it's going out of fashion. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Peaceful invasion hey? But don't despair if you can't afford a house, we've got submarines coming.

13:43

SA union leader resigns after store CCTV records her apparently shoplifting "IndyWatch Feed National"

Leah York has today announced she will step down from her position as Branch Secretary of the South Australian Branch of the AEU following an incident in Mount Gambier last week. Ms Yorks resignation will be effective close of business today. The AEU is in the process of determining interim...

12:48

Legislating short-term holiday letting the way forward say Greens "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Ballina MP, Tamara Smith, has committed to introducing legislation on short-term holiday letting (STHL) within the first 100 days of the next NSW parliament if she is re-elected.

The proposal for non-hosted STHL includes: development applications STHL to operate, a bed tax to fund local services, a requirement for STHL rentals to be used as emergency accommodation during natural disasters, giving local councils planning powers over how STHL operates in their area, and stopping the short-term letting of houses built after 1 January 2018 in an LGA until the vacancy rate hits three per cent.

The policy was launched yesterday at Lions Park in Lennox Head.

Our region has been the belly of the beast for the disastrous impacts of Short Term Holiday Letting but now its adding fuel to the rental crisis across the entire state, said Tamara Smith.

In 2019 we received a commitment from the Berejiklian Government to cap STHL in Byron. At that time the Northern Rivers had a shortage of 15,000 social and affordable homes. Now it is far worse and nothing has changed.

STHL has removed thousands of homes across the Northern Rivers from the rental market, leaving residents homeless, workers unable to afford accommodation, and people who have grown up here forced out of the region altogether. Something has to change, said Ms Smith.

We need homes, not Short Term Holiday Letting.

Treat it as a business

STHL is a business and its time to treat it like a business. This policy would end STHLs dominance over communities across NSW. By giving regulatory powers to councils, each community can deal with the impacts of STHL in the way that best works for them.

Cate Faehrmann, NSW Greens MP, planning spokesperson and lead upper house candidate said, If the gGovernment claims it will solve this housing crisis by building new houses then it needs to make sure those houses become homes and not holiday rentals. Freeing up new housing for rentals instead of STHL will help take some of the heat out of the rental crisis.

Short-term holiday letting makes big profits off the backs of communities while giving little in return. Giving councils the ability to set a bed tax on STHL will allow councils in high tourism areas like Byron Bay the ability to maintain their local services and invest in local housing.

Ms Smith emphasised that communities must be out before tourists, especially during natural disasters.

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12:36

Alignment of DCP and LEP for Kingscliff welcome "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Kingscliff. Photo supplied.

The Kingscliff community has been active in taking the opportunities offered to them over the years to have input into how their community will be shaped into the future. However, differences between various planning instruments such as the DCP (development control plan) and the LEP (local environment plan) have often left locals frustrated that development applications (DA) went through that didnt appear to match the communitys preferred outcomes because the planning instruments werent consistent. 

Kingscliff Ratepayers and Progress Association Inc (KRPA) told The Echo that they welcomed the request to prepare a Planning Proposal for the Kingscliff Locality Plan (KLP) and Tweed DCP that was approved by all councilllors at the last Tweed Shire Council meeting. 

This has been a process of a very long time in the planning and process of council. As many of you will know the Kingscliff community has long called for us to marry up the ideals put forward in the DCP and the locality plan of what the community want to see in their community going forward and get them to be consistent with the LEP (local environment plan) in this zone, said Mayor Chris Cherry (Independent) at the meeting. 

We do have this problem with the expectations in the community and them wanting us to uphold the DCP limits and requirements and to this date, they are not consistent with the LEP. So I think this is a really positive...

12:31

Lydia Tr is dead "IndyWatch Feed National"

To paraphrase a quote, I am less interested in Lydia Trs dreams than in the near certainty that the Trs of the real world dont make it out of Staten Island. Art is the opposite of rent. Artists need money to live and time to create, as do audiences in order to attend.

The post Lydia Tr is dead appeared first on Overland literary journal.

12:31

Trashing Asylum: The UKs Illegal Migration Bill "IndyWatch Feed National"

He was standing before a lectern at Downing Street. The words on the support looked eerily similar to those used by the politicians of another country. According to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Stop the Boats was the way to go. It harked back to the same approach used by Australias Tony Abbott, who won the 2013 election on precisely that platform.

The UK Illegal Migration Bill is fabulously own-goaled, bankrupt and unprincipled. For one thing, it certainly is a labour of love in terms of the illegal, as the title suggests. In time, the courts may well also find fault with this ghastly bit of proposed legislation, which has already sailed through two readings in the Commons and resting in the Committee stage.

On Good Morning Britain, Home Secretary Suella Braverman had to concede she was running novel arguments about dealing with such irregular migration, not making mention of Australias own novel experiment which did, and still continues, to besmirch and taint international refugee law.

In her statement on whether the bill would be consistent with the European Convention of Human Rights, enshrined by the UK Human Rights Act, Braverman was brazen to the point of being quixotic: I am unable to make a statement that, in my view, the provisions of the Illegal Migration Bill are compatible with the Convention rights, but the Government nevertheless wishes the House to proceed with the Bill.

The long title of the bill does not even bother to conceal its purposes. It makes provision for and in connection with the removal from the United Kingdom of persons who have entered or arrived in breach of immigration control. It furnishes a detention regime, deals with unaccompanied children, makes some remarks about victims of slavery or human trafficking and, more to the point makes provision about the inadmissibility of certain protection and certain human rights claims relating to immigration.

The central purpose of the bill is to destroy the very basis of seeking asylum in Britain, along with the process that accompanies it. Much of this is inspired by the fact that the United Kingdom does not do the business of processing asylums particularly well. Glorious Britannia...

12:09

How we built a database of conflicts driven by Indonesias palm oil smallholder scheme "IndyWatch Feed National"

In Sumatra, villagers occupied an oil palm plantation and set tires on fire; in the Bangka-Belitung Islands, they filled the local parliament building demanding action; in Borneo, paramilitary police were deployed to control the protests. Each of these incidents appeared in local media reports in Indonesia in the past few years and told what was becoming, to anyone paying attention, an increasingly familiar story. Since the 1970s, as corporate-run palm oil plantations spread across Indonesia, companies promised to share them with local villagers, in plots known as plasma. Initially, they made these commitments to secure access to land and subsidized government financing; from 2007, it was a legal obligation to share a fifth of any new plantation with villagers. During our field reporting in Indonesias palm oil heartlands, we repeatedly encountered allegations that companies were failing to deliver. Local media reports from across the Southeast Asian country told a similar story, with a steady stream of appeals to government, protests, direct action and sometimes even violence, due to simmering conflicts over plasma. When we began to investigate this in earnest, one of the key questions we sought to answer was just how widespread this problem was. It soon became clear that government monitoring was patchy and unreliable. Government agencies themselves openly acknowledged the flaws in their data. Most palm oil producers declined to share data that would enable us to interrogate their claims that they were complying with the law. Since the 1970s, as corporate-run palm oil plantations spread acrossThis article was originally published on Mongabay

12:02

Child protection and DCJ workers feeling abandoned in Lismore "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Lismore case workers for the DCJ feel abandoned by the NSW government. Photo David Lowe.

The failure of the NSW government to support the most vulnerable people in Lismore and the Northern Rivers a year on from the devastating 2022 floods is being called out. The Public Service Association (PSA) Union is calling for an independent review of Community Services as the number of children in motels increases and the DCJ struggles to secure case workers. 

A year on from the devastating floods that hit the Northern Rivers, Lismores Community Service and Housing Centre, run by the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ), is still without a site clients in the Lismore area can access, said the PSA union spokesperson. 

The two temporary sites that were supposed to become available are still inaccessible leaving nowhere for DCJ workers to meet with their clients in Lismore. 

Lismore clients need to travel to Ballina for face-to-face contact and support. Community service members who may need to meet their clients in a secured area have to do this out of Ballina or Casino.

A demountable proposed for NSW Government Housing staff at the Lismore City car park remains unused and guarded 24/7. Other temporary demount...

12:00

License to Disrupt: Australia Goes Soft on Climate Protestors "IndyWatch Feed National"

Deanna "Violet" Maree Coco, who used a truck and flares to set up an illegal road block on Sydney's main harbour crossing, has just walked free from jail on appeal.

The post License to Disrupt: Australia Goes Soft on Climate Protestors first appeared on Watts Up With That?.

11:45

THREAD: Forestry Corps Total Forest Closure Notice is fake: no arrests at #ForestWalkOn "IndyWatch Feed National"

The Govt is using our money to destroy our native forests. We need them and our native animals need them. Fran Fagan Wingham resident Phew! I got lost, drove rocky waterlogged trails through the Yarratt State Forest lots of forestry utes & blokes but not pulled over. Yarratt Forest NOT closed. Got to []

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11:37

What Does the End of La Nia Mean for Global Weather Amidst the Climate Crisis? "IndyWatch Feed National"

The rare triple dip La Nia that worsened the U.S. southwests drought, harried two busy Atlantic hurricane seasons and poured into record-breaking rainfall in Australia is finally over. 

The National Weather Services Climate Prediction Center issued its final advisory for the outgoing cold phase of the El Nio Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle March 9.

La Nia has ended and ENSO-neutral conditions are expected to continue through the Northern Hemisphere spring and early summer 2023, the center announced. 

What does this mean? The ENSO cycle describes whether the waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean are warmer than average (El Nio), cooler than average (La Nia) or neutral, ie. average. Either warmer or cooler Pacific temperatures can influence weather around the world. In the U.S., for example, El Nio is associated with dryer, warmer weather in the northern states and more rain and increased flood risk in the Southeast and along the Gulf Coast, The New York Times explained. La Nia, on the other hand, typically brings dryer, warmer weather to the south and wetter weather to the north. 

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11:33

Clarence candidate Dr Clancy talks mining and waste incinerators "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Greg Clancy, Greens candidate for Clarence.

As a founding member of the CCA Greens candidate Dr Greg Clancy does not support mining in the Clarence catchment. Here he shares his position on the Casino Waste incinerator and the action needed to address the climate emergency. 

To see his response on STRA and floodplain development click here.

The junction of the Mann and
Clarence Rivers. Corazon site top left. Photo supplied

Do you support the Clarence Catchment Alliance (CCA) anti-mining pledge? The pledge supports the CCA position against mining in the Clarence catchment. 

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11:14

5 Ways to Improve Your Self Confidence "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

A lack of self-confidence can seep into all aspects of life, from career opportunities to
relationships. Take the time and effort to build up your self-confidence, since having a strong sense of self-worth will help you develop a better outlook on life. Here are five ways you can start improving your self confidence.

Build Positive Relationships

Your relationships with family, friends, colleagues, and acquaintances can majorly impact your self-confidence. Being around people who support you and genuinely care about you can make you feel better about yourselves and the world around you. Furthermore, making an effort to build positive relationships with others is an excellent way of boosting self-confidence.

Create Positive Affirmations

Positive affirmations reflect good things about yourself or something you want to happen in the future. Creating positive affirmations can be helpful if you struggle with low self-esteem or lack of motivation because they can become mantras that remind you of your potential and strength when you need it most.

Choose affirmations that resonate with you, write them down, and repeat them to yours daily. For example, I am worthy of love and respect, I am capable of achieving great things, or I am deserving of happiness.

Celebrate Your Accomplishments

It can be easy to focus on all the things you havent achieved or all the goals you havent yet reached. Instead, celebrate the small wins throughout the day; even something as small as getting out of bed in the morning or completing that project youve been dreading for weeks is worth celebrating.

Take Care of Yourself

Taking time for yourself allows for reflection on all aspects of life, including successes and failures, which are essential when learning how to become more confident.

  • Make sure that your diet is balanced with healthy foods.
  • Get enough sleep each night, aim for seven to nine hours.
  • Exercise regularly even if its just going out for a walk.
  • Practice mindfulness activities such as yoga or meditation.
  • Get creative by painting, drawing or writing.
  • Find something that brings joy into your life. It could be anything from ...

11:00

Study: Exercise Should Be First Treatment for Depression "IndyWatch Feed National"

I've been a long-term advocate for exercise as a primary treatment option for depression, and now, an overview of systematic reviews1,2,3 shows just how well-reasoned this advice has been.

Exercise Is 1.5x More Effective Than Best Antidepressants

In all, 97 systematic reviews with meta-analyses of controlled trials assessing the effects of exercise on adult depression, anxiety and psychological distress were included (amounting to a total of 1,039 trials involving 128,119 participants).

Populations included healthy adults, people with mental health disorders and people with chronic diseases. It's the most comprehensive review of research to date, and clearly demonstrates that exercise can rapidly alleviate mild to moderate symptoms of depression, anxiety and other forms of psychological distress. As reported by the University of South Australia, which performed the umbrella review:4

"University of South Australia researchers are calling for exercise to be a mainstay approach for managing depression as a new study shows that physical activity is 1.5 times more effective than counselling or the leading medications

[The study] shows that physical activity is extremely beneficial for improving symptoms of depression, anxiety, and distress. Specifically, the review showed that exercise interventions that were 12 weeks or shorter were the most effective at reducing mental health symptoms, highlighting the speed at which physical activity can make a change.

The largest benefits were seen among people with depression, pregnant and postpartum women, healthy individuals, and people diagnosed with HIV or kidney disease Lead UniSA researcher, Dr Ben Singh, says physical activity must be prioritized to better manage the growing cases of mental health conditions.

'Physical activity is known to help improve mental health. Yet despite the evidence, it has not been widely adopted as a first-choice treatment. Our review shows that physical activity interventions can significantly reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in all clinical populations, with some groups showing even greater signs of improvement.

Higher intensity exercise ha...

10:34

Byron Councillors call for more govt flood funding "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

2022 flooding aftermath in Mullumbimby

Byron Shire Council has launched a pre-election call for more government funding and support to future proof all of the Shires flood-impacted premises.

In an attempt to capitalise on the current state government promise spree, the Council has written to NSW Premier, Dominic Perrottet, Opposition Leader, Chris Minns, and all local candidates for the seats of Ballina and Lismore.

The letter calls on the leaders to recognise the opportunities to make all existing flood-prone buildings safer against future flood risks through buybacks, house-raising and wet-proofing.

It expresses gratitude for the $800M the government has already committed to achieve these goals region-wide, and asks for an additional $180M for the Shire itself to make premises more resilient.

The figure is based on an average of $100,000 per building, plus an additional $35M for buybacks.

It also asks the government to recognise that many of Byron Shires premises can be returned to habitable use through house-raising, because peak flood levels on the Shires floodplains are not as deep as on some other heavily impacted floodplains.

This does not look after the grief, nor does it replace losses, Greens Councillor Duncan Dey told last weeks Council meeting while moving the motion in relation to the letter. 

Its about making t...

10:30

Witchcraft and the Cruelty of Anti-Semitism "IndyWatch Feed National"

(L) Chancellor von Bismarck (C) Witch burning, Photo: Encyclopedia Britannica (R) Chancellor Hitler at Berlin in 1938, Photo: AP(L) Chancellor von Bismarck (C) Witch burning, Photo: Encyclopedia Britannica (R) Chancellor Hitler at Berlin in 1938, Photo: AP

by Mary W Maxwell, LLB

I recently found a 1956 book entitled The Magic Background of Modern Anti-Semitism: An Analysis of the German-Jewish Relationship. It was written by Adolf Leschnitzer from lectures he gave at Free University of Berlin from 1952 to 1954. He served in WWI as a German soldier and then was a history teacher in high schools until he emigrated, to escape persecution, in 1939 first to Netherlands then to England.

The theme of the book Magic Background goes like this.  For two centuries the 1200s and 1300s there was violent persecution of Jews in Germany (this book never talks about Jews elsewhere). Oddly, the cruelty lightened up during the 1500s and 1600s, the reason being that a focus on witchcraft replaced it. Then it came back again in 1800s and 1900s.

In the preface, Adolf Leschnitzer says In an...

08:58

Electricity charges are set for a steep rise "IndyWatch Feed National"

Contributed by Jim Hayes

Australians are about to pay a whole lot more for using electricity. All parties promised to put a stop to all these price rises during the last federal election campaign. The promise has been betrayed.

The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) who is supposed to keep a lid on he rises has just lifted what can be charged by electricity companies, and they have been allowed to set tiers to charge different plans with different prices in some areas. The argument given is that this will generate competition.

Expected price rises are from around 20 percent to more than 30 percent. This will add considerable financial stress to many already pressed households.

The problem with the existing price regulation system is that it relies on the belief that the market is the way to generate the best outcome. If this outcome is to deliver lower prices, it has been a total failure.

To be fair, it must be acknowledged that the Albanese government did set a price cap in October last year. This had a small and temporary positive effect. There was a little fall in prices. Unfortunately. this might be coming to an end. A bigger and longer-term solution is needed.

Images by LAVO: Ending coal power plants and shifting to renewable alternatives is part of the answer

If lower energy cost is still the objective, there must be a different approach. It is not necessary to peg to international prices, as is the case at the moment. Instead of generous subsidies to energy companies, there should be sufficient investment into cheaper and cleaner energy. Australia remains reliant on aging coal generation plants that are no longer working efficiently, and therefore raising costs. T...

08:09

Labors Craig Elliot commits to SSF and keeping old Tweed Hospital site open "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Craig Elliot, ALP candidate for the seat of Tweed at the 2019 state election. Photo supplied

Talking state significant farmland (SSF) and the Tweed Hospitals Labors Craig Elliot has committed to preserving SSF, free parking at the new Tweed Valley Hospital (TVH) and keeping the old Tweed Hospital in public hands in The Echos second round of candidate questions. (See first round here)

Will you give an unequivocal guarantee to protect the remaining Cudgen State Significant Farmland including any attempts to rezone for non-agricultural purposes, such as those proposed by the Cudgen Connection?

Yes. Labor is on the record as being committed to protecting State Significant Farmland. I have never supported having this prime agricultural land rezoned and sold off to developers.

Will you honour the commitment made at the last State Election to provide free parking at the TVH?

Yes. Labor has always supported free parking at the Tweed Valley Hospital. There is existing free parking at Murwillumbah Hospital, Byron Central Hospital and the current Tweed Hospital so the idea of free parking is not extraordinary, but an accepted reality expected by Tweed locals.

What commitments will you make to mitigating the impact of the TVHs identified 5,500 additional daily traffic movements on local communities eg substantial free parking, regular and timely shuttle bus service, enhanced public transport?

Geoff Provest has failed to properly plan for and manage additional traffic movements. He has failed to provide the necessary upgrades to road infrastructure and failed to deliver additional public transport servi...

08:09

Fresh STRA audits and prosecutions ahead "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Research shows that when the Airbnb listings increased, so did property prices and rents. When strict regulations are introduced, the number of listings go down and properties are returned to the long-term rental and home buyer market.

Hundreds of locals who are renting out their studios and granny flats on Airbnb, in breach of consent conditions agreed with Byron Council, could face prosecution under a new measure introduced last week.

In the latest attempt to address Byron Shires housing emergency, councillors unanimously voted to enforce the consent conditions, a move that they hope will encourage the owners of secondary dwellings to move them from the short-term accommodation (STRA) to the long-term rental market.

The new enforcement strategy will par...

07:55

Roller Derby returns to Byron, March 18-19 "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Northern Rivers Revolt is taking place this weekend at Byron Bay. Photo Richard Tompsett

The Northern Rivers Revolt Roller Derby tournament is returning after the covid hiatus to Byron Bay on March 18-19, with six teams competing at the Cavanbah Centre. 

Organisers say five teams will be travelling from around the country to compete in the diverse and all-inclusive tournament.

Northern Rivers Revolt is taking place this weekend at Byron Bay. Photo Richard Tompsett

Co-organiser, Jade Lancett, says, All profits raised will be donated to our charity partner...

07:47

Election 2023 Tweed: Geoff Provest "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Tweed MP Geoff Provest. Photo pronto.com

The seat of Tweed is currently held by Geoff Provest for the Nationals by a margin of five per cent. He has held the seat for 16 years since 2007.

What is your big number one issue that youre looking at going into this election?

Affordable housing/housing supply/cost of living

How long have you been the sitting MP?

16 years 

What are your top three important achievements in Parliament?

The new Tweed Valley Hospital.

Additional land for Cudgen Nature Reserve and funding for the Koala Rehabilitation facility.

Major redevelopments of Tweed local schools ($120 million under construction at present in addition to past projects) and the TAFE College at Kingscliff.

Looking New South Wales Parliament at the moment what is the thing that frustrates you the most?

The time it takes to see positive change implemented in the community from idea, to legislation, to action can be a very long time. 

Do you support building on floodplains?

For new residential developments, NO I do not, but alternatives must be developed to meet the housing needs of affected regions into the future

How would you address the issue of legacy floodplain approvals (developments that have been approved but not yet built, that are on floodplains)?

We need to critically examine them on a case-by-case basis this is clearly evident after the disastrous impact of last years floods.

Do you consider that the current NSW governments Short Term Rental Accommodation laws (STRA) has contributed to the current housing crisis and would you advocate for local councils to regain control over STRA?

The Far North Coas...

07:41

The Not-So-Winding Road from Iraq to Ukraine "IndyWatch Feed National"


U.S. soldiers breaking into a home in Baquba, Iraq, in 2008   Photo: Reuters
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, World BEYOND War, March 15, 2023
March 19th marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. and British invasion of Iraq. This seminal event in the short history of the 21st century not only continues to plague Iraqi society to this day, but it also looms large over the current crisis in Ukraine, making it impossible for most of the Global South to see the war in Ukraine through the same prism as U.S. and Western politicians.
While the U.S. was able to strong-arm 49 countries, including many in the Global South, to join its coalition of the willing to support invading the sovereign nation of Iraq, only the U.K., Australia, Denmark and Poland actually contributed troops to the invasion force, and the past 20 years of disastrous interventions have taught many nations not to hitch their wagons to the faltering U.S. empire.
Today, nations in the Global South have overwhelmingly...

07:00

Australias old media are on the ropes and are being exposed for bias and conflict of interest daily "IndyWatch Feed National"

Australias old media are now being exposed daily for their biased reporting and failure to declare their conflict of interests which has to mean their days are numbered. The evidence for that []

06:45

Fortem launches in Ballina for first responders "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

<figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_324261" style= "width: 2048px;"><a href= "https://www.echo.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/52745906777_38f8f7c41c_k.jpg"> <img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-324261" height="1395" src= "https://www.echo.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/52745906777_38f8f7c41c_k.jpg" width="2048"></a> <figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-324261"> Ballina SES Unit Commander Gerry Burnage, Ballina Mayor Sharon Cadwallader and Fortem Australias Cief operating Officer Darrin Lincoln. Photo David Lowe.</figcaption> </figure> <p>A service which provides mental health and other support for emergency first responders and their families was launched at SES headquarters in Ballina this week.</p> <p>Fortem Australia is a not for profit organisation which supports the mental fitness and<br> wellbeing of those who provide first line protection and care for Australian communities in times of crisis.</p> <p>The organisation was established in 2019, and has now begun recruiting community engagement coordinators locally to assist first responders and volunteers associated with organisations such as the NSW Police Force, NSW Fire & Rescue, NSW Ambulance, Rural Fire Services, State Emergency Services NSW and Marine Rescue NSW.

Fortems Chief Operating Officer and co-founder Darrin Lincoln explained that the name means brave in Latin. He says the hardships experienced by the first responder community, especially in the Ballina and Lismore region, have promoted the expansion of Fortem into new regional areas.</p> <figure class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_324264" style= "width: 2047px;"><a href= "https://www.echo.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/52746929908_4a3eeb411f_k.jpg"> ...</a></figure>

06:09

Human Patenting, The Coming CBDC Push & Does Your Gov Consider You A Domestic Threat Actor? "IndyWatch Feed National"

Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (3/15/23).
As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth is, or claiming they have the answer, is likely leading you astray, for one reason or another. Stay Vigilant.
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04:45

AUKUS deal worst in history former Australian PM "IndyWatch Feed National"

RT | March 15, 2023

Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating has fired a broadside against the current government for its endorsement of the AUKUS security bloc and the purchase of American submarines. It doesnt help protect the country and drags it into the US attempt to preserve its hegemony by containing China, he has argued.

Keating, who chaired the Australian government in the 1990s, reiterated his negative view of the purchase of Virginia-class nuclear-powered boats in a lengthy rebuke this week. He branded it the worst international decision by an Australian Labor government since conscription in World War I. Speaking to journalists from the National Press Club of Australia on Wednesday to make the case for his position, he added it must be the worst deal in all history.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese formally confirmed the acquisition on Monday during a visit to California, where he and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak were hosted at a naval base by US President Joe Biden. The plan was first announced in 2021, with Keating blasting the then-Conservative government in Canberra.

Figures in the British government were looking around for suckers, the famously acerbic Aussie politician said of the prelude to the announcement two years ago. And they found whoo! here is a bunch of accommodating people in Australia. The Albanese cabinet was just as eager to push the deal forward, he added.

The Australian Royal Navy is buying up to five attack submarines from the US and possibly building three more with the UKs help. The deal is estimated to cost 360 billion Australian dollars ($240bn).

With that investment, Australia could have 40 to 50 domestically-built Collins-class diesel-electric submarines instead, Keating suggested.

A larger fleet would be far better at protecting Australia from a possible invasion, which would require an armada of troops ships reaching its coast, he believes. Meanwhile, the nuclear subs would be sent to the Chinese coast to potentially take part in a US-Chinese conflict, the former prime minister suggested.

Its a strange way to defend Australia to have your submarines sunk on the Chinese continental shelf chasing Chinese submarines, Keating mused.

We are part of a [US] containment policy against China, he added. Its about one matter only: the maintenance of US strategic hegemony in Southeast Asia.

The politician dismissed as rubbish the idea that China poses a military threat to Australia in the first place and shamed national journalists peddling it.

03:55

Australias Nuclear Submarine Program "IndyWatch Feed National"

Madness. Via: The Diplomat: From around 2027, U.S. and U.K. nuclear submarines will undertake rotational deployments to Australia. In the 2030s, subject to U.S. Congressional approval, Australia will purchase three to five Virginia-class subs. The Biden administration and Australia itself are also making new investments in the United States submarine-building capacity. Lastly, beginning from the []

03:50

The Worst Deal Ever - Australia To Pay U.S. For Nuclear Insecurity "IndyWatch Feed National"

The the last week's review I mentioned the AUKUS deal. It was first announced in September 2021. Back then I wrote: Yesterday the U.S., the UK and Australia announced that the latter one will buy nuclear powered submarines to do...

03:11

Fishy business of squid vessels needs stronger regulation, study says "IndyWatch Feed National"

Squid fishing could be getting out of control due to the industrys lack of regulations, scientists say, prompting calls for greater oversight. Thousands of squid fishing vessels operate across the world, using light to lure the eight-armed cephalopods to the surface and catching them with nets or jigging equipment. While some research suggests that squid are globally abundant, other evidence suggests that overfishing is driving some populations to decline, including the jumbo flying squid (Dosidicus gigas) in the Southeast Pacific and the Argentine shortfin (Illex argentinus) in the Southwest Atlantic. Experts also say that most squid fishing takes place in unregulated areas in international waters, which has allowed the industry to operate without scrutiny. In a new study published in Science Advances, researchers from Global Fishing Watch, the University of California, Santa Cruz, the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security at the University of Wollongong, and the Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency used satellite and vessel tracking data to study the movements of the squid fishing vessels. It found that squid fishing across the global oceans increased by 68% over three years (2017-2020), accounting for about 4.4 million total hours of fishing time. The study also indicated that 86% of this fishing occurred in unregulated areas, and that many of the vessels traveled long distances to operate in different regions. A major challenge with unregulated fisheries is that we dont know what we dont know and the data to deeply understand questions about stock status andThis article was originally published on Mongabay

00:54

Blockchain is the answer to Russia's settlement issues, banking exec says "IndyWatch Feed National"

There is no technical reason preventing Russia from creating its own blockchain-based system, blockchain provider Fuse Network's CEO believes.

00:15

Link "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

 



CEO former Australian citizen Rupert Murdoch, News Corp:


The Australian, 14 March 2023


Its more than one plus one plus one, from the pen of Canberra Bureau Chief Joe Kelly


..The sum of the three is more than one plus one plus one in this case, Mr Albanese said.

And I think that the co-operation weve had is really exciting. We see that this is an investment in our capability. At the same time, of course, were investing in our relationships in the region as well.

And Ive been talking with other leaders in the region, as well, explaining our position. And...

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23:12

Decentralized Communication - #SolutionsWatch "IndyWatch Feed National"

As the internet clampdown begins, people are finally beginning to wake up to the need to find alternative communication platforms. But if the masses are just herded from one centralized platform to another, has anything really changed at all? Join James for today's important edition of #SolutionsWatch where he examines some of the many decentralized communication networks, platforms and protocols that are being developed to address the root of the censorship problem.

23:00

Are You Too Late To Bitcoin? "IndyWatch Feed National"

What is the top for an immutable money that becomes the standard for humanity? Why its time to get off zero.

This is an opinion editorial by Luke Broyles, a Bitcoin content creator.

How much bitcoin does it take to get rich and fund your lifestyle? How little bitcoin does it take to protect yourself against inevitable inflation, bank runs and fiat demise? Are you too late to Bitcoin? What would a 1% allocation do?

These are questions that newbies and veterans of Bitcoin alike ask themselves and each other and, oftentimes, there isnt a clear answer.

Lets provide a solid framework to answer that question.

There Is No Top For An Immutable Money Standard

January 2009 was BTC's first price prediction. Hal Finney predicted that bitcoin could become the global-dominant payment system, or $10 million per coin (Finneys calculation would be closer to $40 million today). But bitcoin would not surpass $1.00 until April 2011... Over two full years later.

Source

What Finney understood is that upon the invention of perfect money all global wealth would inevitably consolidate into it. Henry Ford, Nikola Tesla and others also foresaw this.

A closed (monetary) system inevitably absorbs all open (productivity) systems. Money is the technology that prices everything else within its own ledger. There is no "top" price prediction for an immutable monetary standard of the human race, the standard.

Source: Author

Its About Purchasing Power, Not Price

So, a better way to think of bitcoin's value is not in price, but in purchasing power. Overlaying a share of monetary stock with a given amount of productivity (or economic value) is a better way to predict the money's value. Its worth noting that in a finite ledger, wealth inequality as we know it today does the reverse as we expect today (a topic for another...

21:53

Australia's Treasury and Reserve Bank Held Consultations With Coinbase, Others "IndyWatch Feed National"

Tom Duff Gordon, vice president for international policy at Coinbase. (CoinDesk TV)

21:45

Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating told his wife in front of friends at a dinner party that their marriage was over, Annita Keating has revealed. "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Paul Keating and former wife Annita Keating

Sydney Morning Herald

Paul ended our marriage at a dinner party:

Annita

Former prime minister Paul Keating told his wife in front of friends at a dinner party that their marriage was over, Annita Keating has revealed.

Breaking her silence on the couples 1998 split, Mrs Keating said she felt as though she had been stabbed when her husband of 23 years broke the news to her.

In an interview with The Bulletin magazine, she still does not explain the reason behind her break-up with the former Labor leader, prime minister from 1991-96.

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21:43

Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating partner- its a gay man "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Above recent photograph: Two old Sydney gays. Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating with Sydney radio shock jock Alan Jones.

I dont know who Paul Keatings live-in gay partner is.

Below photograph: former Australian Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and Paul Keating.

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19:58

Canberra: Join us - rally, say No to War protect truthtellers 8am 20th March ACT Courts "IndyWatch Feed National"

Join us - rally, say No to War protect truthtellers 8am Monday 20th March at the ACT Courts. On the 20th anniversary of the illegal invasion of Iraq, and as the Coalition of the Willing which was responsible for the illegal invasion of Iraq on 20 March 2003 has regrouped as AUKUS, we should remember the legacy of that disastrous war and other destructive wars. (Reposted from .)

 

Two people in particular are suffering persecution today because they dared to expose war crimes. Julian Assange released material including a video of the Baghdad airstrike which killed two Reuters journalists and other civilians, and ADF Major David McBride gave the ABC information about alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. David will be in court on the day to learn the date of commencement of his trial after 4 years!

We have a great line up of speakers

Dr Monique Ryan MP, Major David McBride, Senator David Shoebridge, Lawyer and survivor of a political prosecution, Bernard Collaery, Dr Sue Wareham, President of MAPW, GetUp CEO. Larissa Baldwin-Roberts and CBA whistleblower, Jeff Morris. Co Convenor of AAPP, Craig Andrews will MC the rally.

The wars on Iraq and Afghanistan resulted in the deaths of many hundreds of thousands of people, as well as injuring or displacing millions more. The wars caused widespread environmental destruction.

Join us to call on the Australian government to:

bring Assange home

drop the charges against McBride, and

SAY NO TO WAR ON CHINA.

Please come along to support David McBride and Julian Assange and to express horror that the countries which were responsible for so much heartbreak in Iraq and Afghanistan are bent on engaging in another war.

This rally is a joint event between the Alliance Against Political Prosecutions, the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network and the Medical Association for the Prevention of War.

MAPW Fundraising dinner 6.30pm, 28 March, Ainslie Football Club, with speaker Prof Clinton Fernandes, author of Island of the Coast of Asia, and the recent Subimperial Power: Australia in the International Arena on AUKUS and Australias Role in the Emerging World Order.

This talk examines the contours of a changing global order and Australias....

16:16

Australian Beaches Cleaned Significantly Through Waste Control Strategies "IndyWatch Feed National"

Newsroom

People oftentimes visit Australia not just to get a taste of the city, but to enjoy the beaches as well. In fact, thousands of visitors flock to the waters and watch as surfers ride the waves while others simply sunbathe.

However, with tourism also comes waste. People dont oftentimes think about the trash they leave behind. Theyre simply there to enjoy, without a care in the world. As a result, some parts of the beaches have been littered with so much plastic.

A recent scientific survey was conducted and when this was completed, researchers found that plastic on Australian beaches has fallen by 29 percent since they did the previous survey in 2013. They were impressed at what they found.

The authors of the study give credit to the well-executed and locally focused waste control strategies. They say that this is what Australians can achieve if they just put their heads together, and this may be something that the rest of the world could follow.


The efforts had been organized by the Australian national science agency....

15:18

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed National"

Pentagon Drones Gather Data for Kievs Future Strikes on Russia Ambassador to US

Anatoly Antonov quoted US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby as saying that US UAVs make these kinds of overflights on a daily basis

AP Photo/Michael Sohn

WASHINGTON, March 15. /TASS/. US drones are collecting reconnaissance data to be used by the Kiev forces for their future strikes on the Russian territory and Russian troops, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov has said.

"The unacceptable actions of the United States military in the close proximity to our borders are cause for concern. We are well aware of the missions such reconnaissance and strike drones are used for," the ambassador was quoted as saying in a communique, issued in connection with Tuesdays US MQ-9 Reaper drones crash in the Black Sea.

The Russian diplomat quoted US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby as saying that US UAVs make these kinds of overflights on a daily basis.

"What do they do thousands of miles away from the United States? The answer is obvious - they gather intelligence which is later used by the Kiev regime to attack our armed forces and territory," Antonov said.

"We proceed from the fact that the United States will refrain from further speculations in the media landscape and stop making sorties near the Russian borders," he added.

15:09

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed National"

Putin Lambasts Version on Pipeline Blast by Ukrainian Activists

The explosion of such kind, with such power and at such depth, could only be made by specialists, supported by the whole might of a state having certain technologies, Russian President noted

ULAN-UDE, March 14. /TASS/. Statements that the terrorist act at Nord Stream pipelines was committed by certain Ukrainian activists not affiliated with official Kiev are downright nonsense, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview on Tuesday.

"I am confident this is utter nonsense," the President noted in a comment on publications offering such version.

"The explosion of such kind, with such power and at such depth, could only be made by specialists, supported by the whole might of a state having certain technologies, Putin noted. "Certainly," the Russian leader said, answering the question whether it can be assumed that exactly the Western countries committed the blast.

"One should always look for those having the interest. Who was interested? Theoretically the United States is certainly interested - to halt supplies of Russian energy resources to the European market and deliver volumes of its natural gas, particularly liquefied, even if it is much more expensive - by 25-30% - than Russian one," Putin said.

15:00

Australian Dollar and Bitcoin "IndyWatch Feed National"

1.00 AUD = 0.00003 BTC
0.00010 BTC = 3.80 AUD
Converter

13:57

EXPOSED! Police officer LIES to driver on national television "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Don't trust this cop on his tormenting rant on driver licence possession. 

In the colony Australia the police lie to the people every single day.

They lie in the courts and on the streets. 

Its up to you to not just catch them out but most importantly, hold them accountable.

This is an excerpt from a longer video (available on liabilitymate), where the focus is on the police officers words and not the drivers arguments.



The Victorian police officer clearly states:

Theres been a traffic offence committed, right? And you are required in Victoria when you commit a traffic offence to give me you name and address and produce your licence.

First and foremost is that a police officer alleges that he saw a traffic offence being committed, where it's up to the courts to enforce the law, should you chose not to accept the alleged

He must also caution the driver of a legal action referred to in the U.S as the Miranda warning, which is also applicable here in Australia.

When you hold a driver licence, you are required to state your name, address DoB (Date of Birth) and thats it.

ANY other question asked by the officer, you have the right not to self incriminate and it is to your benefit that you do not answer any other questions, not matter how 'enticing' the may be, as they are actually entrapment.
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13:00

Govt committee in Pakistan lets plagiarizing vice-chancellor off the hook "IndyWatch Feed National"

Muhammad Suleman Tahir

A government expert committee in Pakistan last year cleared a university vice-chancellor of plagiarism charges based on inconsistent claims of ignorance, Retraction Watch has learned. 

The committee, which was convened by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), also appears to have flouted rules that would have held the vice-chancellor responsible even if he had no knowledge of any plagiarism committed by work under his supervision. HEC funds and oversees higher education in Pakistan.

This sends the wrong message to the academic community and undermines the credibility of the HEC, Farukh Iqbal, who brought the charges, told Retraction Watch.

The case seemed simple enough at first. But it has since spiraled into a saga that may reveal as much about the value of political muscle in Pakistan as it does about academic dishonesty.

In October 2020, Iqbal was working toward a PhD in chemical engineering at RMIT University in Australia when he noticed a new paper in the journal Fuel that looked familiar. The authors, it turned out, had lifted heavily from Iqbals 2017 masters thesis, as we reported in 2021.

Iqbal complained to both the HEC and Fuel. The journal investigated and found that Iqbals work had indeed been plagiarized. It pulled the paper in June 2021. (The retraction notice mistakenly refers to a PhD thesis.)

That same month, however, the first author of the retracted paper, Vice-chancellor...

12:38

Kingscliff triathlon this weekend "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

The twenty-fifth Kingscliff triathlon will take place at Kingscliff this weekend. Photo www.kingsclifftri.org

The twenty-fifth Kingscliff triathlon will take place at Kingscliff this weekend. The event will welcome an expected field exceeding 1,300 athletes competing in various distances, including 200 junior athletes ranging from age 7 to 12.

Friday 17 March will host a Take 3 for the Sea beach clean up walk from Cudgen Surf Club at 7am, with all participants enjoying a free coffee afterwards. 

Saturday 18 March the Kingy Tri team will join the local Salt Park Run at 8am, offering random draw prizes to runners in attendance. 

From 9am on Saturday 18 March local families can come and join a Free Community Swim in Cudgen Creek, across 1km, 400m and Kids Splash n Dash distances. Interested families can register on the day up to 30 minutes prior to each event. 

Sunday 19 March will host the triathlon.

This year we are pleased to host a wider community program as part of the event weekend. With a focus on increasing local bed nights, weve added events for the whole family from barefoot bowls, to community swims, to beach clean up walks. And they are all completely free, said Race Director Mike Crawley.

This year we will also trial a move to Rowan Robinson Park to better centralise the flow of business along Marine Parade.

Member for Tweed, Geoff Provest, said he was delighted to see the Kingscliff Triathlon back again in 2023 and encouraged locals to take advantage of the free activities on offer.

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12:28

It flooded the first storey in 2022 so is a 60-lot development a good idea? "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

60 Lot Residential Subdivision on Rileys Hill Road, Broadwater. Photo supplied

Wherever you look we have politicians saying there will be no more development on floodplains yet the message just doesnt seem to be getting through. 

The Richmond Valley Council (RVC) has been asked to approve a 60 Lot Residential Subdivision on Rileys Hill Road, Broadwater on a floodplain 70 metres from the Richmond River. According to locals the area flooded extensively during the 2022 flood with many houses across the road from the site being flooded up to and including the first floor.

The proposed subdivision plan was prepared by Ardill Payne in December last year (2022), for client Broadwater Riley Pty Ltd. The Australian Proprietary Company was registered on 3 December 2020 and has its registered office in Lennox Head.  

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10:58

Tucker Carlson Asked GOP Presidential Hopefuls About Ukraine: Trump Calls for Peace in Europe, Regime Change at Home; DeSantis Response Stuns Establishment "IndyWatch Feed National"

Tucker Carlson Asked GOP Presidential Hopefuls About Ukraine: Trump Calls for Peace in Europe, Regime Change at Home; DeSantis Response Stuns Establishment | 14 May 2023 | Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson asked Republican presidential hopefuls, those who have announced and those exploring a bid, about their policy on Russias war of aggression against Ukraine. Carlson reported the responses on Monday nights show and posted the responses in full on Twitter. Nikki Haley, John Bolton, Mike Pompeo, Asa Hutchison and Chris Sununu [five useless eaters] opted to not participate. But the number of politicians who did respond is impressive, considering as Carlson acknowledged that it was presumptuous of a cable news show to conduct such a query. Those who answered: President Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence, Gov. Ron DeSantis (FL), Gov. Kristi Noem (SD), Greg Abbott (TX), Sen. Tim Scott (SC), former Gov. Chris Christie [also useless] (NJ) and Ohio businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. President Trump called for peace in Europe (but not at any price) and for regime change at home. [Exactly!]

10:31

The ghost who talks then doesnt "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

You can probably count on less than one hand the number of times Cr Andrew Bing has spoken in the Lismore Council chambers. Last nights meeting didnt take it beyond the status quo. Photo supplied.

At last nights Lismore Council meeting, Councillor Andrew Bing moved a motion that Lismore City Council begin the process to reduce the number of councillors from 11 to 9 as soon as practicable.

He immediately reserved his right to speak at the end of the debate then didnt take the opportunity to address the chamber.

Cr Bing is known for being tight-lipped and rarely, and sometimes never, utters any words at all during an entire council meeting, but it appeared that this was his moment and he had something to say.

The Councillor Comment as per the agenda said: We have eleven councillors, and for the population we have in our LGA, its an enormous impost on our council. Our population has shrunk, therefore councillor numbers should decrease.

The Staff Comment was that a referendum is required to reduce the number of councillors. The referendum could be run in conjunction with the 2024 Local Government Election which would be an increase of approximately 10 per cent of the total election cost. If successful, this would not come into effect until the following election in 2028.

Alternatively, the referendum could be run prior to and independently of the election in 2024, but this would incur the full cost of an election. This would come into effect at the 2024 election. 

Not the first time this issue has arisen

Cr Adam Guise said the motion was an interesting one that had raised its hea...

10:12

The Upcoming Northwest "Heatwave" "IndyWatch Feed National"

 Question

On Friday afternoon at 4 PM, where would be the better place to put on your sunglasses and go outside for a warm St. Patrick's Day stroll?

Seattle or Los Angeles?

The surprising answer:  SEATTLE!

To illustrate the stunning situation, here is the latest European Center surface air temperature forecast at that time.    59F in Seattle and even higher over Chehalis and Portland.


In contrast, about 55-56F in LA on Friday afternoon.

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08:59

National Australia Bank makes first-ever cross-border stablecoin transaction "IndyWatch Feed National"

The Big Four Australian bank is the second to issue a stablecoin and hopes to support transactions by corporate clients by the end of the year.

08:58

LIZZO HEADLINES SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS 2023 "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

SECURE YOUR TICKETS IN SPLENDOURS VERY SPECIAL FIRST RELEASE SALE AVAILABLE FROM 9AM AEDT THURSDAY 23 MARCH SIGN UP NOW AT SPLENDOURINTHEGRASS.COM

Turn up the music. Turn down the lights.

Splendour in the Grass, your annual hit of good as hell music and arts, returns to North Byron Parklands from Friday 21 to Sunday 23 July. With the full lineup set to drop in just a few weeks time, its about damn time that Splendour shared a secret with you

Making her much anticipated pilgrimage across the globe to beautiful Byron Bay for Splendours 21st edition is 4 x GRAMMY Award-winning singer, Emmy Award-winner, songwriter, rapper, flautist, and singer of those tunes you just cant get enough of Lizzo!

Theres no denying it. Lizzo has shifted the sound, soul, and spirit of popular music and culture. Shes maintained unstoppable momentum since 2019s now-classic, RIAA platinum certified debut album, CUZ I LOVE YOU. The album is fuelled by history-making hits like the platinum certified Tempo (feat. Missy Elliott), the 2x platinum Juice, the 4x platinum Good As Hell and the 7x platinum Truth Hurts. The latter ascended to #1 on Billboards Hot 100, affirming Lizzo as the first black solo female R&B singer to claim the top spot since 2012 and became the longest-running #1 by a solo female rap artist ever.

Named by Rolling Stone as one of the 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time, Truth Hurts went on to earn a GRAMMY Award for Best Pop Solo Performance, with CUZ I LOVE YOU (DELUXE) receiving a GRAMMY for Best Urban Contemporary Album.

Lizzo makes her Splendour debut armed with her biggest, boldest, and brightest revolution thus far: her hugely adored second full-length offering Special. Bursting with chunky disco-funk beats designed to make you move, Specials spirited, charismatic anthems are her most adventurous yet. The album saw Lizzo receive 5 nominations at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards with lead single About Damn Time taking out the coveted title of Record Of The Year.

Crowned 2019s Entertainer of the Year by bothTIME and Entertainment Weekly, Lizzo has lit up the stage at the American Music Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards, the BET Awards and Saturday Night Live, and now its our turn!

Joining Lizzo will be over 100 of the worlds most provocative and prolific musicians and DJs, alongside a crew of celebrated homegrown talent. Sit tight and stay tuned for the rest of the lineup, which is coming very soon!

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08:13

More resources needed on the ground for Northern Rivers DV services "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Alex Rubin (Nationals), Jacqui Watts CEO of No to Violence and Lismore MP Janelle Saffin (Labor) at the Lismore listening session last week. Photo supplied

The domestic violence (DV) services in the Northern Rivers were already underfunded and stretched before the 2022 floods. Since then they have been inundated with people needing their help as the pressures from the floods, the previous fires and the covid pandemic took their toll.

There is always the spike that takes place after natural disasters like fires, floods, and earthquakes, Jacqui Watt, CEO of No to Violence told The Echo, following their listening session in Lismore last week.

No to Violence (NTV) are a not-for-profit that works with men who use domestic violence, supporting them to change their behaviour through counselling services like their Mens Referral Service phone line. They also advocate for the wider perpetrator intervention sector, which also runs behaviour change programs and other services.

Ahead of the 2023 NSW state elections they are on a listening tour and they spent the day in Lismore meeting with three of the candidates running for the seat of Li...

08:04

Independent MLC candidate Farrelly holds forum in Byron, March 16 "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Elizabeth Farrelly, architect, academic, columnist, is running for the NSW Upper House. Photo supplied

Architect, academic, columnist and 2023 NSW Upper House candidate, Elizabeth Farrelly, will be in conversation with councillor and lawyer, Mark Swivel, on Thursday March 16, at Barrio at Habitat, Porter Street, Byron Bay, from 6pm.

They will discuss issues of particular importance to the Northern Rivers region, such as climate change, mitigating flood risks, jobs creation, cost of living issues and affordable housing for locals, with audience questions and contributions welcomed.

Farrelly says, The challenges facing NSW, and regional NSW in particular, have been growing in magnitude and urgency. But the major parties dont seem to do much about them they dont seem to want to. Elizabeth  Farrelly Independents represents ALL NSW, not just pork-barrelled marginals or the inner city, and we want to address these important issues.

Unlike the major parties, we dont answer to party bosses, big donors or lobbyist mates. Were not interested in political games or point-scoring. Were passionate about positive outcomes for everyone in NSW, whoever you are, wherever you are, Farrelly says. Our beautiful state deserves a long-term vision that puts its land and people first, letting our diverse  communities thrive for generations to come.

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07:49

Feros board refuse to provide evidence of facility closure claims "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Matilda, Kate Smorty and Dianne Briend. Photo Eve Jeffery

With Feros announcing it will redevelop its aged care facility in Byron Bay, the management board, through a public relations manager, have declined to provide The Echo with evidence that the aged care home does not meet the current government standards as a residential care facility.

The Echo sought confirmation of claims by the Feros board that the facility cannot be upgraded to meet the current government standards as a residential care facility and has to close. 

The Echo asked, Is there a report, or government document, that supports this claim?.

The board replied, There are many factors that make it impossible for Feros Care Byron Bay to remain open in its current form. This is because the home now needs to meet the more stringent requirements of nursing home standards.

It comes as elderly residents, some of whom had ju...

07:44

Election 2023  Clarence: Dr Leon Ankersmit "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Dr Leon Ankersmit is running for Labor in the seat of Clarence.

Dr Leon Ankersmit is running for Labor in the seat of Clarence. After working for 30 years in the community services sector he says it is vital to provide affordable housing.

What is your big number one issue that youre looking at going into this election?

The biggest issue for our region is housing. Housing cost is the main driver of cost of living pressure, and housing supply is under great pressure especially now that so many dwellings are uninhabitable following the floods.

A related factor is the availability of tradespeople to build and repair homes. We have lost 60,000 trade apprenticeships during the past ten years in NSW and we are now seeing the effect of having ignored the warning signs for a decade because we simply do not have enough workers to address the housing crisis.

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00:15

Protecting old growth trees and saving Banyabba Koalas in March 2023 "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

 

The Echo, 10 March 2023:




View over Valeries boots at the logging taking place in Doubleduke State Forest. Photo supplied



The magnificent old trees in a grove known as the Gully of the Giants are still standing this morning. They might not be so lucky tomorrow. The trees are part of Doubleduke State Forest, west of Evans Head, being logged under the auspices of the NSW Governments Forestry Corporation.


Logging couldnt go ahead this morning because yesterday, Save Banyabbas Koalas Valerie Thompson, bought the Gully Giants a reprieve. Logging was unable to commence due to the logging machinery having been captured by the ropes suspending Valeries tree platform.

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Tuesday, 14 March

16:48

NSW election candidate Q&A for Ballina "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Candidates for the seat of Ballin ain the 2023 NSW state election.

 

 

 

Where do the candidates stand on policy and values? The following questions were put to all local candidates for the state election, to be held March 25. Candidates are listed as they will appear on the ballot.

Holiday letting

Do you support Councils precinct proposal or supports the governments intervention and decision after the IPC recommendations?

Peter Jenkins Sustainable Australia Party

Yes. Local governments and owners corporations should be given more rights to impose restrictions on short-stay accommodation. Housing is a fundamental need and human right.

Andrew Broadley NSW Labor

Absolutely. The decision by the National Party to break yet another election promise and send this decision to the Planning Panel is a disgrace. Byron Shire residents were promised a 90-day option before the last election and have been let down yet again. Byron Council have undertaken significant community consultation in developing their proposal. The views of the community regarding the operation of STRA should be respected.

Kevin Loughrey Independent

Absolutely not. It is effectively the theft of private property.  Not only that, holiday rental brings wealth into our community. Fix the housing and rental shortage by creating more houses, not by robbing people of the use of their property to derive an income.

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