The photo doesn’t come up blurry on my laptop. I’m not techie at all so I’m sorry I don’t know why it’s blurry on your device.

Congratulations on your garden work. I am doing something similar and have seen the wildlife diversity increase and I will keep on planting. It’s a joy. I’ll put up more native gardening posts up if there is an interest here.

But if you can seek to redirect the anger where it belongs

I agree with you. The question is how do we do this? Most of the mass and popular media is well and truly paid up to give them the narrative that shapes and reinforces the ‘us and them’ perception. Someone must come up with the skills (online workshop, booklets, leaflets?) that can be learnt to be able to talk rationally with people who have been socialised this way without creating more rejection. Facts aren’t enough.

Within entrenched patriarchal systems this is to be expected. Doesn’t matter whether leaders are in business suits or clerical robes (also remember the Vatican and its extensive world-wide real estate portfolio). The wealth travels to the top while ordinary people mostly struggle. The Chinese (at present) seem to be the only power structure which keeps excesses under control (I am happy to be corrected or for further discussion to ensue).

Trump could be the best thing yet for emissions reductions /s

Not if he gives orders to blow up nuclear facilities and Iran returns the favour (but I really hope you are right).

Perhaps talk to ON followers at their level. Anecdotally, one I’ve spoken said he votes for ON because “Pauline says what most Australians think, she thinks like me” (one of the everyday people). When I pointed out she keeps company with billionaires etc, what I got was anger and a walking away from me.

It seems to me this is a long-term project. If people want to be reflected at their most reactionary and feel secure as part of a tribe then we need political reps from other parties who will not talk over their heads.

But no one’s laughing. I just keep thinking of what we are leaving to the young.

Vale Rhoda. I remember hearing her speak on TV about current indigenous issues and I was blown away by her honesty and willingness to talk about these issues in ways that went beyond common politics.

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I’ve never seen one in a zoo or elsewhere!

All for the Sugar Tax and for subsidising fresh and less processed food for financially disadvantaged people.

Shocking or brazenly cynical? The wheelers and dealers at the top of this tower of Babel or babble don’t care about our world, the world the young will have to ‘deal’ with in the near future. Feel disgusted.

I must be too old or too naive but you’re talking here as if these were toys. These can be used to kill. Horrifying.

I don’t think so. The article is from 17 March.

I wouldn’t poison our beautiful wildlife.

I agree with you. It’s just that many people have been conditioned to eat convenience food which often appears cheap and there is less effort in preparing it or buying take away, but it’s actually more expensive than eating a nutritious, simple, home-made plant-based meal.

You’re absolutely right. The truth is not surprising at all but the author has fallen into lazy convenience as well. It’s easy for all of us to do so.

No need to apologise, I did not take offence at all. I was following the joke and standing up for nannas! 👵 👈That’s a nanna bun not a man bun.

Look at the state of the ME. It’s become a near-disaster across many countries. Among these countries, most have been taking refugees for decades even though their economies are not necessarily well-off. They are unlikely to be able to take more in high numbers. Here’s a map that shows where ME refugees tend to go (to countries near by): https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/how-many-refugees/2/

Our country has been first off the rank to approve the bombing of Iran by Israel and the US. Iranian voices had already warned before the attack what this would mean to the region. If we are going to support unsanctioned bombing of civilians, their homes, schools, hospitals, we should have the decency to care for some of the survivors who are not to blame for the catastrophe.

Our govt needs to put more effort into our own manufacturing for sure. Mind you, Australian manufacturers chose (and still choose) to make their stuff in China because of the lower wages. We have to be willing to pay more if we want products to be made in Australia. Recently the govt launched a ‘made Right Here’ campaign:
https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/timayres/media-releases/made-right-here-campaign-kicks

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