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In Estimates a fortnight ago, Treasury confirmed its "minimal" role in figuring the gov's 2050 Net Zero plan. Modelling instead came from private US consultancy McKinsey & Co. That's the same company Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor was a partner at in the early 2000s.
Angus' brother Charlie was, until recently, a senior partner with McKinsey. Now brother Charlie is the Liberal Party's federal treasurer. An old student rowing-buddy of Angus', Christopher Gradel, ended up at McKinsey too...
Years later an investment fund run by McKinsey put money into a company run by Gradel, who in turn invested $5m in one of Angus Taylor's Cayman Is companies, EAA, which made donations to the Liberal Party...
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I need to vent for a moment, so please bear with me. My grandmother died yesterday. Thankfully it was peaceful, she made it clear that she didn't want heroic measures, so they weren't provided. 1/11
I need to vent for a moment, so please bear with me. My grandmother died yesterday. Thankfully it was peaceful, she made it clear that she didn't want heroic measures, so they weren't provided. 1/11
But unfortunately she spent the last year of her life in isolation and, despite what this government may say, this was avoidable. With properly administered quarantine and vaccination systems she could have spent her last days, months, with her family. 2/11
Her friends, her children in Melbourne and Sydney, her grandchildren, her grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. But thanks to Mr. @ScottMorrisonMP she spent this time in isolation; and I hate him for it. 3/11
Some thoughts on lockdown and incomes; or lack thereof.
Bill Bowtell, and others in the broad epidemiology community are stressing the need for people to not be impoverished in a matter of days due to lockdown.
They're on the money; ppl will do all sorts of they're on the ...
Bill Bowtell, and others in the broad epidemiology community are stressing the need for people to not be impoverished in a matter of days due to lockdown.
They're on the money; ppl will do all sorts of they're on the ...
... edge of not eating, providing for kids, meeting rent obligations. Bear in mind we've been living under a punitive austerity-focused FedGov since late 2013. The lowest incomers, and the least securely employed, be they casual with several jobs, or gig workers, are always ...
... the first to be hit. FedGov, as monopoly issuing and taxing Govt., can very easily get this in hand, and get payments out to ppl. The detail of the arrangements, how to reach accounts, how long to pay them for, are incidental. Ppl need support, now.
But here's the ...
But here's the ...
