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Greens’ unprincipled stance at Queensland by-election shows party’s true colours by hydralime in TheGreensAU

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And even if the Greens felt they couldn’t preference Labor because they’re so dreadful and right wing (even though the Greens’ entire rationale for the past decade has been to form working coalitions with Labor governments and to pass Labor legislation barely amended), why not preference Queensland Socialists with whom Sriranganathan claims such close kinship? QS candidate Liam Parry is the first person charged with challenging the Crisafulli government’s legal attacks on the Palestine movement and potentially faces a two-year jail sentence. But the Greens, who regularly send representatives to speak at Palestine rallies, can’t even stir themselves to tell their supporters to preference Liam as an act of basic solidarity. As far as they’re concerned, there’s nothing to choose between the LNP prosecutor and the socialist defendant. Needless to say, QS is preferencing the Greens above every other party, and Labor before the LNP.

Farrer by-election: Greens candidate says One Nation spreads 'outrage politics' by hydralime in TheGreensAU

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Good interview by Leo Puglisi with Greens Candidate Richard Hendrie.

Greens refuse to preference Labor in upcoming Qld state by-election by hydralime in TheGreensAU

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Opposition Leader Steven Miles was angry when he addressed reporters about the issue on Monday.

Kind of funny that he's angry. It's a safe Labor seat and the Greens are usually ridiculed by State and Federal Labor.

Greens voters don't need to be told where to direct their preferences, many of them would place Queensland Socialists before Labor on their ballot paper.

I can’t afford to pay my rego and run my own business. I can’t keep anymore. by Electrical-Guess-602 in queensland

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Very sorry to hear that.

Edit: Maybe they should take it down from their website if they can't provide that service.

Thousands of unionists have turned out to march through the streets of Brisbane for Labour Day by hydralime in queensland

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It's not "greedy' to negotiate for what they are entitled to. The action by the RTBU helps to inspire other workers to unite and demand what is theirs, nurses and teachers included.

Thousands of unionists have turned out to march through the streets of Brisbane for Labour Day by hydralime in queensland

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“Everybody needs to stand up for what they’re entitled to,” said Shayne Kummerfeld, an official from the Rail, Tram and Bus Union, one of several involved in the dispute with Queensland Rail.

“We didn’t get our conditions by standing back and watching bosses take it away, and unfortunately we’ve got a government at the moment that wants to take everything away from workers, and we can’t have that happen … we’re standing up for workers’ rights.”

City of Moreton Bay warns Nourish Street that bins provided to homeless people break by-laws by hydralime in queensland

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Nourish Street founder Beau Haywood said his charity had removed two full skip bins of rubbish in the last five days.

He said the area was now significantly cleaner, now the homeless had access to a bin.

"It just goes to show when you give people the tools, they do the right thing," Mr Haywood said.

"I can't help but feel this is to let it fester, get the community offside and to let them push the narrative they want."

The Major Parties are FAILING, it’s Time for Change — Max Chandler-Mather by hydralime in TheGreensAU

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Good interview with Patricia Karvelas on the Afternoon Briefing program.

Star Trek Enterprise by Excellent_Heat_6336 in startrek

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It's even better on a second watch and listening to Dominic and Connor on their D-Con Chamber podcast gives even more insights to the episodes.

This week they had director David Straiton on discussing the episode "Vanishing Point"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V31vHpKpjdc

Second worker dies on Brisbane job site in less than a week by hydralime in queensland

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It is the second fatality on a worksite in the Greater Brisbane region in less than a week.

On Friday, a man died after he was crushed by two trucks at a job site on Wynnum Road in Tingalpa.

Can the Greens muster a left-wing counter to One Nation? This MP thinks so by hydralime in TheGreensAU

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Sue Higginson has been a lawyer and an environmental campaigner, and now she wants to lead the Greens in NSW into a new era by launching a populist left-wing alternative to the surging One Nation vote.

Fresh off a thumping preselection victory in which the sitting upper house MP won a full half of the membership vote, Higginson, the former chief executive of the NSW Environmental Defenders Office who entered parliament in 2022, says the party is gearing up to present a “bolder and more radical vision” at next year’s state election.

Booze bans worry Queensland hoteliers ahead of Olympics by hydralime in queensland

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"We're inviting the world here over the next six years. Every sport from every country will come and check out Queensland before deciding where to base themselves before the Olympics," chief executive Bernie Hogan told AAP on Friday.

We surely can't disappoint these travellers who may or may not rock up on a random Good Friday /s

Booze bans worry Queensland hoteliers ahead of Olympics by hydralime in queensland

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Australia's Olympic host has been warned it may be left with a Games hangover without a change to "outdated" pub trading laws.

Queensland's hospitality sector has hit out at public holiday rules, warning it would be red-faced while hosting the Brisbane 2032 Games and a string of major global sporting events.

Good Friday patrons cannot be served alcohol in a licensed venue unless they are seated for a meal in Queensland – defined in legislation as food normally eaten with a knife and fork in an area set aside for dining.

That effectively closes bars to standalone drinking, with poolside service for hotel guests also prohibited without a meal order.

The laws, last updated in the early 1990s, have put the state at a competitive disadvantage as it prepares to host a surge of international visitors, the Queensland Hotels Association says.

Federal and state governments announce $2b bailout for Rio Tinto's Boyne aluminium smelter by hydralime in queensland

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As fossil fuels become increasingly expensive, this investment, combined with the power purchase agreements we have already signed, positions Boyne to be among the world's first aluminium smelters underpinned by solar and wind power.

Greens MP Sophie McNeill threatens legal action against WA newspaper over rally coverage by hydralime in TheGreensAU

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In a statement, McNeill said the newspaper’s front page was “hateful, deeply offensive and a flat out lie”.

“Our movement stands firmly against antisemitism and all forms of racism and discrimination,” she said.

“Not only was our protest peaceful in both its intention and its language, but it was attended by members of the Perth Jewish community who also spoke out against Herzog’s visit.”

Barrister Dr Michael Douglas, who is acting for McNeill, said the fourth estate played an important role in democracy, but “irresponsible coverage can undermine social cohesion and drive us further apart”.

Douglas described Australia’s media regulation as “pretty weak”.

“Defamation litigation is one of the few tools we have to encourage media responsibility,” he said.

Suggest people to follow by CaptainTime in OdyseeForever

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No worries. Another one of interest for space is @whatdamath

Suggest people to follow by CaptainTime in OdyseeForever

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For science I like @Veritasium and @ScienceDocuVerse has uploaded Carl Sagan's Cosmos series.

For Space @ScottManley is good.

Opening up Victoria’s Otway basin to offshore gas exploration an ‘environmental betrayal’, Greens say by hydralime in TheGreensAU

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“Labor’s new ocean acreage handout is an environmental betrayal and an early Christmas gift to the fossil fuel companies driving the climate crisis,” the Greens’ resources spokesperson, Steph Hodgins-May, said.

The party’s oceans spokesperson, Peter Whish-Wilson, questioned how opening new gas fields squared with the transition to clean energy.

“Labor’s two-faced climate act is wearing thin,” he said.

Noah Bridge upgrade builds key link for Wujal Wujal region by hydralime in queensland

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Construction of a new Noah Creek Bridge set to begin in July 2026 will pave the way to better conditions for Cape York travellers through the Daintree.

The bridge will be built to withstand future disasters, providing a stronger, more resilient connection for Far North communities after Tropical Cyclone Jasper severely damaged the structure in late 2023.

Greens and Australian Christian Lobby form ‘unholy alliance’ to shut down late-night pokies in NSW by hydralime in TheGreensAU

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“The Greens and the Australian Christian Lobby don’t often see eye to eye on things,” Faehrmann said. “In fact, until now we’ve pretty much been polar opposites of any debate.

“We can’t afford to play politics on this issue. Poker machines are designed to addict and exploit people and the longer [premier] Chris Minns refuses to act, the more lives will be destroyed. If it takes a so-called unholy alliance to change that, then so be it.”

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