I hope they heal up alright and keep their sight. A friend who was arrested by NSW Police at Port Botany for similar protests said they saw headshot photos in the police station of people the police were aiming to arrest (union and organisation leaders) so I don't think it's an "unfortunate coincidence" they brutalised someone so famous. [edit: scare quotes, not quoting anyone]
Yeah let's have a look into those tax-deductible charities they're dumping tens of millions into. I've seen this abused overseas so I won't blindly trust them over here.
I ask out of ignorance: is there much difference to how quick the ignition tends to be? I've seen lithium battery explosions from laptops but few (non-Hollywood) car explosions.
New checkbox on the sign-up form. Works every time.
Yeah part 2 is about a different subsection specific to niche indigenous groups trying to play the same kind of "well technically" game with fake laws instead of actual effective resistance strategies, so while I think it's interesting too, it's less relevant to these news stories we see so it's alright to hold off on.
Which brings us full-circle
Yeah, interesting to see that the legal system (at least that judge) has finally stopped with the initial toleration of these SovCit-style claims. When the system ignores or shows the restraint to tolerate this flavour of SovCit pseudolaw, it can validate them and (as you pointed out) some have lost homes or ended up in prison over their idiot ideas. That really puts context into the judge's quote below; it's not just the harassment or gun-holding compounds to worry about, but the danger this delusional arrogance can do to themselves.
Mr and Ms Martin have told me more than once they are not dangerous people," he wrote. "The ideas they express, however, can be extremely dangerous"
"These guys are honestly fairly chill as long as you’re not close to their nest (like inside 1m), and they’re important pollinators and great pest removal experts."
Save the flamethrower for the real scary bugs.
I'm late to the thread but shout out to Tom Tanuki's deepdive into the surprisingly unique world of the Aus SovShit movement.
If this question was sincere surprise, there was an Australia documentary episode two years back ("War on Waste") with a section about "up to a third of" carrots being dismissed by the dominant supermarkets because they were "misshapen", sometimes really petty stuff, not even bruises or discolouration or anything that a picky person might question but being too long or short, skinny, not straight enough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNNEW8ydOm4 (clip from the docco)
In reaction (or by recommendation), some supermarkets have added small sections marketing various fruit/veg as 'odd' funny-looking ones at discount prices. An improvement, but a long way to go.
You know that saying, two is better than one.
Not surprising, but dissapointing. They've chosen the side of weapons manufacturing.
City of Sydney have been doing alright on that front, at least from what I've seen. Their recent council newsletter didn't just list numbers and policy changes for bragging points, but made a point of emphasising that gas fuel is a health hazard and an avoidable utility cost to residents, felt to me at least like a 'hint hint replace your gas stove' message. I forget where but I'm pretty sure the word 'unanimous' came up, even with a Liberal seat on the council. I don't know if that should be surprising, but I'm so used to them being the first corpo mouthpiece that I was surprised.
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I disagree with the implication that a child should be left to die if the medical centre isn't paid. I know the doctors need to be paid and their work deserves to be compensated, I know medical centres need to have costly supplies to operate, of course, but the commodification of society's critical healthcare needs is an atrocity.
The author suggests it was the doctor's lack of care, but if there's some missing context that somehow justified their decision, it's still a damning insight into paid healthcare systems. Would distributing the cost of that treatment be more or less damaging than the cost of denying it?
On the other hand, if they're replaced with someone who doesn't let patients die like that, that's saving lives.