Tom's Blog on Life and Livingness
This needs to change. Both Labor and liberl helped get us to where we have descended. Let’s show them how much we don’t appreciate their efforts and kick them out.
Check out some of the independents!
IMOParty and Health Australia are both solidly pro vaccine choice and anti-compulsory vaccination.
CEC are dead against the criminal bankers and thier parliamentary coconspiritors stealing your bank deposits with bail in legislation.
Liberal Democrats are for more personal freedoms than the majors.
Pay rise for politicians as penalty rates trimmed further in hospitality and retail
THIS is why we need to elect representatives of the people rather than Political Parties and their campaign donors!
Both Labor and LNP as well as the Grens can’t be trusted.
Let’s end the two main parties packing. They have landed us in the mess we are in. Clive Palmer wants to give one of the great polluters of the world the go ahead to mine coal and potentially destroy the Great Barrrier Reef. We can do better than Clive!
Check out some of the independents!
IMOParty and Health Australia are both solidly pro vaccine choice and anti-compulsory vaccination.
CEC are dead against the criminal bankers and thier parliamentary coconspiritors stealing your bank deposits with bail in legislation.
Liberl Democrats are for more personal freedoms than the majors.
Hi Tom
Every three years, the NSW Environment Protection Authority releases a report card on the health of our wildlife, forests, rivers, ocean, air and climate. Late yesterday, it released the latest State of the Environment Report, and the results are damning.
In just three years, the number of critically endangered species has jumped 30%, approved land clearing has skyrocketed 244%, and 1025 native species are now threatened with extinction.
We know what the NSW Government needs to do to turn things around – it must end deforestation, protect koala habitat, return water to our rivers and tackle climate change – but they won’t act if we don’t push them.
As I write this email, MPs are setting priorities for this term, so it is the perfect time to tell them to take urgent action to save koalas, forests and our climate.
Please email your state MP and ask them to commit to protect our koalas, forests, rivers and climate this term of government.
https://www.nature.org.au/get-involved/take-action/tell-your-mp-act-for-nature-before-its-too-late/
With a new parliament and a new team of MPs sitting on the benches, we have a fresh chance to push our leaders to act before it’s too late.
Alarm bells have been ringing loud and clear this week, here and around the world. A few days before the EPA released its report, United Nations scientists warned one million species would become extinct if we keep trashing the planet the way we have been, with catastrophic consequences for people everywhere.
Thanks to these two reports and recent opinion polling in the run up to the state and federal elections, MPs know the environment is a top priority for the community.
On Tuesday, when Matt Kean was asked his first question in parliament as our new Environment Minister, he said the UN report was an “important wake up call for all of us”. Importantly, he said it was not too late to make a difference and “that’s exactly what I intend to do”.
Please take a moment to email your local MP now to ask them to commit to protecting our koalas, forests, rivers and climate.
https://www.nature.org.au/get-involved/take-action/tell-your-mp-act-for-nature-before-its-too-late/
People power is already helping turn the tide. Australia’s nature laws have been letting us down, allowing habitat destruction and mining interests to trump community interests and our unique wildlife. But thanks to people like you speaking up, the federal Labor Party has promised to overhaul Australia’s nature laws if elected on May 18. This is a step in the right direction and could provide significantly more protection for our wildlife and wild places.
Let’s show our MPs that the people expect urgent action to save our wildlife and natural places. Email your MP today.
https://www.nature.org.au/get-involved/take-action/tell-your-mp-act-for-nature-before-its-too-late/
Thank you for being a voice for nature,
KateCEONature Conservation Council of NSW
I read a meme on Facebook that said the only thing between us and extinction is a six inch layer of topsoil, sunlight and rain.
Then I read the US are planning on block the sun’s rays and the Australian government is allowing coal companies to destroy our farming land for the coal underneath it.
And I wonder, “Are they insane?”
I read about the deformed babies being born in Iraq after exposure to depleted uranium munitions.
Then I hear of the Australian government letting the US Navy bombard our coast with depleted uranium munitions during war games.
And I wonder, “Are they insane?”
I see a video of a mother turning on her kitchen tap, holding a lighter to it and the gas in the water catching alight from the water polluted by gas fracking.
Then I read of the Australian Labor Party promising to spend AU$1.5 BILLION dollars to build a pipeline to transport fracked gas from the Northern Territory.
And I wonder, “Are they insane?”
I hear of generous welfare amounts being given to migrants who have (and in some cases will never) contribute to this country.
Then I hear from a mate in his 70s how difficult it is for social workers to find accommodation for people like him and how the social worker tells him she cries sometimes at the injustice of the system grossly favouring migrants rather than people who have worked and paid their taxes for 40+ years.
And I wonder, “Are they insane?”
I hear of our farmers, desperate for water.
Then I hear of Adani polluting with their operations, being given approval despite not satisfying ecological requirements, illegally drilling prior to approval and the danger their coal mine presents to the Great Barrier Reef, the billions of litres of water that will be used by them without payment, depriving our farmers of much needed water.
And I wonder, “Are they insane?”
I read about the Vietnamese civilians born with deformities and the US troops with health issues after exposure to Agent Orange and the same company that made it being successfully sued for their glyphosate containing weedkiller, Roundup, causing cancer and the WHO calling glyphosate a probably carcinogen.
Then I read the US EPA preparing to allow it to continue to be sold AND IT STILL BEING ALLOWED TO BE SOLD HERE IN OZ.
And I wonder, “Are they insane?”
I hear the Liberal Party claiming their great management of the economy.
Then I hear the coutry is in more debt than we have ever been and we have more than 30% of people over 65 living on or below the poverty line.
And I wonder, “Are they insane?”
I see a whistleblower video of organ harvesting from live patients, apparently state sanctioned in China. So you can appreciate their respect for the value of human life is a tad less than you and I might want it to be. I read of the food reserve buffer in the world shrinking which makes us more vulnerable to crop failures.
Then I hear we have sold a huge quantity of a farmland and infrastructure to Chinese interests with government approval. And I wonder, “What would happen if there was a crop failure in China? What if a significant portion of our local crop was just shipped offshore without us getting any?”
And I wonder, “Are they insane?”
I hear of African migrants forming gangs and terrorising honest, law abiding citizens in their own homes and on the streets and still allowed to stay here. I here of other migrants brought before the courts on sexual assault charges and not even serving jail terms because it was due to cultural differences.
And I wonder, “Are they insane?”
We have an election coming up in a couple of weeks. Please think about these points (and probably others you have in mind) before doing the same old, same old and voting Greens, Labor, Liberal or Nationals. They are the architects of the above insanities.
And Clive Palmer wants to give one of the great polluters of the world the go ahead to mine coal and potentially destroy the Great Barrrier Reef. We can do better than that Clive!
Here are some alternatives to check out:
IMOParty and Health Australia are both solidly pro vaccine choice and anti-compulsory vaccination.
CEC are dead against the criminal bankers and thier parliamentary coconspiritors stealing your bank deposits with bail in legislation.
Liberal Democrats are for more personal freedoms than the majors. Here’s one person’s take on it:
https://www.facebook.com/nocompulsoryvaccination/videos/320576281925805/
Just wanted to share something with everyone.
The world would be a much better place if we were all kinder to each other. Not just when you’re talking to a teacher, waiter, boss or barista, but also in situations where others aren’t being kind to you. Sometimes we have every right to not be kind to others because of how they are treating us, but if we can recognise that everyone has their own shit going on and treat everyone kindly, the world will be a much better place.
Have a great morning/afternoon/night!
That which you resist and fail you become.
That’s how those with anti-social traits became so.
They resisted someone with anti-social traits.
Instead of resisting the bad, fight FOR the good!
Remember, you get that on which you put your attention!
Put your attention on what you want!
(Note to self: Apply this principle more in your own life!)
That’s it Darcy, we’re listening to the Eagles on our walks from now on!
Look harder!
Most people grossly overestimate what they can get in a day and grossly underestimate what they can get done in 10 years.
What’s your ten year target?
The roll-out of genetically modified foods and animal feeds from 1996 is undoubtedly one of the biggest uncontrolled experiments of the modern era. But ploughing full-steam ahead with 5G, with precious little research on its potential impact to humans or wildlife, is a least its match.
Despite growing amounts of scientific data pointing to potential risks associated with increased exposure to new-to-nature radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMFs) – plans to roll-out 5G across the world are accelerating at pace.
This piece takes you through a quick why, what, how and where of 5G, and then calls on you to become an activist so that together we can help stop the uncontrolled global roll-out of 5G – at least until we understand its implications on health and the environment.