Economics is the devil's discipline. This is such a diabolical conclusion: if poor people want cheaper insurance, then they should spend money paying off debt and raising their credit scores rather than repairing their homes after disaster.
The royal commission already found that Serena Wilson misled the ombudsman. In 2023.
It took the NACC three years to copy and paste this uncontroversial finding.
Do it in Australia too
Friday:
Intriguing reporting from Nine here - the objection to former High Court justice Virginia Bell to lead the royal commission apparently relates to a previous decision where she upheld the democratic right to protest www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Absolutely disgraceful from the Adelaide Festival.
I hope other participants reconsider their part in it.
Mid rise apartment pattern release entirely illustrated by renders instead of architectural plans in a press release on an architectural website. And we wonder why architects are typecast as cosmetic curators rather than as fundamental to housing liveability and performance…🤯
Minister Gallagher refuses to answer basic questions from @davidpocock.bsky.social about whether they got legal advice that giving cops these powers to cancel welfare payments is constitutional
"This is extraordinary that the government won't even confirm"
Many legal & welfare groups fear this amendment will punish victims of domestic violence, particularly First Nations women
Gallagher says Centrelink has "a history of engagement" w/ these victims & will provide info to prevent them being harmed by these new powers
My goodness
"Our country is starving the people of Gaza to death. The international community must impose crippling sanctions on Israel until it ends this brutal campaign and implements a permanent ceasefire": letter in the Guardian from prominent Israelis.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
He's right.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.
Just in case anyone was accidentally excited by the election outcome - this from the PM today…”“Get out of the way and let the private sector build it. That is going to be one of my priorities.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
On a day the Israeli government announces horrific new plans to ethnically cleanse Gaza, Labor MPs are bragging about how their “centrist” position won them votes.
Brereton: "I agree there may be a perception that because the Royal Commission referred something to us we should do something." lol
If Leo can do a submission the night before his year 11 exams, the least I could do was back him (and others) in by sending in one of my own.
The words "drongos" and "cowards" featured prominently after a list of my nine favourite reasons this is a fucking stupid idea.
The ICC has issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant
Construction is the world’s biggest carbon emitter
New buildings are not subject to VAT. Time to level the playing field by also removing VAT on retrofit and refurbishment of buildings
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is so true.
The car rules, deforms the design of our cities, of our streets.
Pedestrians have no equivalent rules, & therefore too often diminished ’rights’.
It happens at every intersection in cities, set out by car & truck turning.
It even determines where we can (or rather can’t) plant trees
And then him deciding for over a decade to not work out how energy markets work
It’s funny that the author uses air travel as an analogy given that:
- Airlines have steadily reduced the space afforded to economy class passengers without reducing ticket prices
- Most people do not have a choice and *have* to fly economy.
Sadly not one that is so clear, or not that I have seen. The data is mostly there but it is scattered and obfuscated.
A legal expert responds to Keir Starmer’s genocide comment.
🔴 Israeli air attack on a Lebanon village kills six people, including three children.
🔴 Yemen's Houthis say they attacked “a vital target” in Israel’s port city of Eilat with a number of drones.
🔴 At least 36 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn.
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Why does it always seem that those with the biggest developments /developers invariably seem to get the easiest treatment/ well-oiled passage … to help them make more $ more quickly …
Is it like this everywhere?
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This is only going to get worse as they try to 10x their demand-fabrication efforts because they only get 1% of the results they expected
Exclusive: NACC dumped Gleeson over concerns for Coalition minister
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri...
It’s a shame that the announcement of the pattern book competition winners - if nothing else a showcase of excellent housing design - has been overshadowed by the government’s new troika approval process for mega developments and rezonings.
The gap between the promise of the planning application … & the dismal disappointment of delivery (view in same position)
Aust we have huge problems on the design, construction, environmental performance & cost of our housing.
Beyond planning, just not building well or enough
