Todays Agmates Quick Links to stuff of interest:
Todays National Weather | Weather Zone: A trough and weak front are bringing thundery showers to southern NSW and eastern VIC. A second trough is causing isolated thunderstorms in the NT and northern QLD. An extended ridge of high pressure is keeping skies mostly clear over SA, northern NSW and southern QLD.- Latest Galaxy poll another blow to Anna Bligh leadership | Courier Mail: A Galaxy poll of 800 Queenslander’s has revealed PREMIER Anna Bligh’s leadership will come under renewed scrutiny with Labor’s fortunes falling and voter confidence in her administration in decline.
- Neutering the net is about repression, not protection | The Age: It’s a bit embarrassing that we’re discussing censoring the internet at all. What does it say about Australian politics that the reaction of both major parties to such a liberating technology is to demagogue about its dangers? Our politicians rave about evils online more than any other liberal democracy. As a consequence, the Federal Government’s proposal is far more extensive than any other internet censorship scheme outside the totalitarian world.
- Fewer vines using more water, but there’s a glut | The Age Business: VICTORIA’S wine regions are shrinking, but are using significantly more water than their peers in other states as a new grape glut emerges. But Victorian vineyards used 4.1 megalitres of water a hectare compared with 2.7 megalitres a hectare in South Australia, which produces the country’s largest wine grape harvest.
- Do we really care about our kids? Stilgherria:Despite all the rhetoric about “protecting our children” and “children are the future”, our governments seem determined to prevent them preparing for the real future. Take NSW schools minister Verity Firth…This morning the Sydney Morning Herald tells us the NSW government will receive $285M for new laptops – which will then be blocked from accessing social media and most everything else.
- Highs and lows of the rugby league season | Courier Mail: IT was a season of celebration of 100 years of rugby league. Rugby league editor Karl deKroo takes a look at the highs and lows. 20 odd photos.
- Towns clean up after the flood | The Australian: CLEAN-UP operations are underway in Tamworth and Gunnedah after torrential rains and flooding in northern New South Wales.The Gunnedah Shire and Tamworth have been declared natural disaster zones following severe floods over the weekend.
- The Irony Of MLA Wage Increases Based Upon NLIS! | Rural Australia: Sounds ironic, don’t you think? MLA has apparently claimed it is giving itself (its Board and senior executives), salary increases because NLIS is so successful. Cop that!
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