2019.01.22 The Namoi and the Barwon

[...] in rejecting scientific evidence as a basis for water policy, Barnaby Joyce made it clear that his primary concern was to 'make sure we don't have the greenies running the show'.


Show Notes


F.U.

Rivers https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/22/the-darling-river-fish-kill-is-what-comes-from-ignoring-decades-of-science https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/22/murray-darling-river-aboriginal-culture-dry-elders-despair-walgett https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/21/leading-scientists-to-examine-causes-of-darling-river-mass-fish-kill https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/18/murray-darling-commissioner-offers-to-include-menindee-fish-kill-in-inquiry

Kelly O'Dwyer https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/19/kelly-odwyer-announces-shock-resignation-ahead-of-election

Oh yeah, the AFP are very willing to shop Australians ... https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/20/hakeem-al-araibi-calls-grow-for-inquiry-into-police-role-in-refugee-footballers-arrest https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/18/hakeem-al-araibi-bahrain-says-refugee-footballers-life-is-not-in-danger

Trees https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/18/more-trees-are-the-answer-to-cool-down-our-cities

Australia Day https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/16/i-no-longer-support-changethedate-we-must-change-the-country

Breath tests https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/16/victoria-police-falsified-breath-tests-to-meet-unachievable-targets-inquiry-finds

Ducks https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/15/victorias-duck-hunting-season-a-risk-to-breeding-populations-experts-warn

Clive https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-22/clive-palmer-sets-up-kiwi-company-threatens-to-sue-taxpayers/10734744

Powerhouse Museum http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-20/powerhouse-museum-to-stay-in-ultimo-under-nsw-labor/10730176

Things

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/22/warren-mundine-picked-by-scott-morrison-to-stand-in-marginal-nsw-seat https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/15/liberal-women-have-little-chance-if-the-system-still-favours-party-cronyism

Hunger strike in immigration detention centres

The New IRA https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-21/ira-dissidents-suspected-in-northern-ireland-car-bomb-blast/10731302

Stacks

Mark https://www.revealnews.org/blog/a-judge-unsealed-a-trove-of-internal-facebook-documents-following-our-legal-action/ https://www.businessinsider.com.au/facebook-employees-caught-leaving-5-star-amazon-reviews-for-portal-2019-1 https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-10-year-meme-challenge/ http://www.pewinternet.org/2019/01/16/facebook-algorithms-and-personal-data/

Surveillance Capitalism https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/20/shoshana-zuboff-age-of-surveillance-capitalism-google-facebook

GDPR https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/france-fines-google-nearly-57-million-for-first-major-violation-of-new-european-privacy-regime/2019/01/21/89e7ee08-1d8f-11e9-a759-2b8541bbbe20_story.html

Collection #1 https://www.troyhunt.com/the-773-million-record-collection-1-data-reach/

Games (specifically excluding Chess)

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jan/21/ffa-remains-tightlipped-over-alen-stajcic-despite-matildas-show-of-support


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