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Guest Post: mem – Getting Ready for Glasgow
The overview schedule for the COP26 which is to be held in Glasgow in the first two weeks of November 2021 has been released so participants can prepare for the various workshops. ‘COP’ refers to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (‘UNFCCC’), which is the peak decision-making…
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The baker/ vax problem
The problem before us is whether someone that supports a baker’s refusal to make a ‘wedding’ cake for a gay couple could then oppose the same baker inquiring about their customer’s/ employee’s vaccination status and refusing
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Guest Post: Mem – Extrapolating Backwards or the Case of the Missing Dam
During the millennial drought (2006 -2010) there was great concern that Melbourne might run out of water. The Labor government in Victoria pushed for the construction of a desalination plant. Graphs and statistics were presented showing historical records of Melbourne’s water supply and usage, as well as projections for the future. All emphasized the
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Kimber v Sapphire Coast – Part 1
I’ve been reading the first half of Commissioner Dean’s dissent in the Kimber decision relating to Ms Kimber’s refusal to take the flu vaccine in 2020 in purported contravention of a Public Health Order (PHO). The first thing that struck me is that previous to this PHO, taking the flu vax in aged care was…
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Open Thread – Mon 4 Oct 2021
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Guest Post: Vikki Campion – Captain Climate’s holding us all to ransom
We eulogise our felons such as Captain Thunderbolt as gentleman bushrangers — they gave back a small portion of the money they stole from poor victims, expecting thanks, and absurdly they got it all the way to big brass statues on
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Open Thread – Weekend 2 Oct 2021
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Tucker on the absolute state of this country
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Guest Post: Gab – “No jab, no job?” There is some hope
On 27 September, 2021, the Fair Work Commission handed down its decision in the matter of Jennifer Kimber v Sapphire Coast Community Aged Care Ltd(C2021/2676). While the case concerned the ‘flu injection’, the Commission in its Decision, focused on COVID-19 mandatory vaccinations. The following verbatim excerpts taken from the Decision and brought to the public’s attention by Tanya…
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Rowan Dean’s “J’accuse…!”
Pitch perfect.