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Monday July 28
Reality check
“We have changed the climate of a whole planet and damaged every single habitat on earth. Net zero by 2050 is delusional. Have politicians and the media not been paying attention for the last 50 years? Me buying an EV is not going to refreeze the ice caps. Unfortunately reality does not bite, reality sucks.”
Steve Bentley, Camira QLD
Childcare penalties
“Cutting funding to childcare providers in breach indicates a very poor understanding of both human and organisational behaviour. Such a threat is more likely to motivate ‘keeping mum’ than reporting suspicious behaviours. A more effective incentive to report would be to adopt the Royal Commission into Child Abuse recommendation to hold directors and managers personally liable for breaches.”
Karl Smith
We love snail mail!
“As a visitor to New Zealand, I was recently horrified by its supermarket prices which seem to be about a third higher than Australia. This only makes sense to me if goods are sent via Australia, thereby adding extra costs. Since wages in NZ are lower than here, is there a rational explanation?”
Julia Bovard, via Australia Post
Tuesday July 29
Hormones in US beef
“As a small scale beef producer in Australia, we have to certify that our cattle aren’t treated with growth enhancing hormones to be eligible to be sold in our main export markets. By contrast, some 90% of US feedlot beef is routinely hormone treated. We just need to mandate that any meat sold here must be labelled if the animal has been treated with hormones, so consumers can avoid it.”
David Woodcock
Not all debt is equal
“While the court has mandated the recalculation of welfare debt for individuals, the tax office hasn’t been required to collect significant tax debts. This discrepancy appears to promote discrimination and inequality. The court’s decision impacts many individuals who are already in vulnerable positions, while the lack of similar action for tax debt collection seems to benefit those with greater financial stability. This situation raises important questions about fairness and equity in our legal and financial systems.”
Beverly Cranwell
Book review
“I love when I get knocked for six, and this review of Kazuo Ishiguro’s book ‘Never Let Me Go’ did it for me. The complexity of looking and asking yourself about the requirement for some to live longer at the expense of others shook me and my values. We can see this playing out ever so publicly in other ways on the global stage and the drain of it turns me inward to accept the natural time of my death.”
Emma Hain
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