HalfEarthMedic
@HalfEarthMedic@slrpnk.net
GP, Gardener, Radical Progressive
- In light of recent events and on behalf of its 8,400 farmer members, Farmers for Climate Action points out some key facts.farmersforclimateaction.org.au ↗Submitted 4 days ago to australia@aussie.zone | 0 comments
- Comment on Chinese companies are largest shareholders in two Australian mines producing minerals vital for Beijing's hypersonic missiles, helping China to access key resources 5 days ago:
I wonder if this could convince right wingers that it’d be good to nationalise the mines?
- Comment on Pay per shower: fully-funded aged care turns market-driven aged support - Michael West 5 days ago:
And here I thought the the Labor Party didn’t really believe in anything, but they sure do believe in capitalism…
Fixed it for you.
- Pay per shower: fully-funded aged care turns market-driven aged support - Michael Westmichaelwest.com.au ↗Submitted 5 days ago to australia@aussie.zone | 6 comments
- Comment on 'Forget subsidies': Solar-battery hybrids can deliver 'incredibly competitive' power for big industry 6 days ago:
Haha, yeah hybrid projects, not a hybrid product.
- 'Forget subsidies': Solar-battery hybrids can deliver 'incredibly competitive' power for big industryjohnmenadue.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago to energy@slrpnk.net | 2 comments
- Comment on Australian governments ‘turning their backs’ on soaring Indigenous incarceration, former minister says 1 week ago:
In other news, water is wet.
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- Comment on Australia has amongst the highest teacher shortages in the OECD 2 weeks ago:
Be wary of people applying Econ 101 concepts where they aren’t applicable.
Education is a public good and the market will never provide adequate supply. It requires public policy to provide it. You’re right that if public schools made teaching an attractive option there would be more teachers, but then that’s the point of the article.
- Queensland’s forests are still being bulldozed — and new parks alone won’t save themtheconversation.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to australia@aussie.zone | 1 comment
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- The ABC’s Top 100 books poll lacks diversity. Here are my 10 First Nations ‘books of the 21st century’theconversation.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to australia@aussie.zone | 0 comments
- Comment on Warning over deadly virus after bat bites Pilbara woman 2 weeks ago:
Take a glance at the honorable Senator’s comment history. That comment word for word shows up fairly often… Maybe they can explain why @SenatorCollins
- Comment on Health funding is one of our trickiest issues – here’s a politically sweet fix 2 weeks ago:
There’s nothing inherently wrong here. Taxing gas exports is certainly something we should be doing and allocating the additional funds to the states is clearly a good idea.
Only thing I’d say is that this is kind of a kick the can down the road as eventually gas export revenues will decrease also.
- Health funding is one of our trickiest issues – here’s a politically sweet fixaustraliainstitute.org.au ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to australia@aussie.zone | 5 comments
- Comment on Warning over deadly virus after bat bites Pilbara woman 2 weeks ago:
Treating bat bites as serious in areas with lyssavirus, which is incurable once it starts showing symptoms, is very typical. Transmission to humans is uncommon but ruling it out is literally deadly serious.
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to australia@aussie.zone | 2 comments
- Comment on Warning over deadly virus after bat bites Pilbara woman 2 weeks ago:
We all know that we don’t have rabies in Australia, but Australian bat lyssavirus is rabies(almost), the symptoms, transmission, treatment and prevention are all identical to rabies.
On top of this bats carry Hendra, Murray valley encephalitis, coronavirus and god knows what else.
Just stay away from bats everyone, especially in northern Aus.
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to australia@aussie.zone | 16 comments
- Australian unis rob staff, splash on Big 4 consultants, hoard billions - Michael Westmichaelwest.com.au ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to australia@aussie.zone | 4 comments
- Pesticide Regulator Should Ban Over the Counter Poisons that are Killing Owls - Farmers for Climate Actionfarmersforclimateaction.org.au ↗Submitted 3 weeks ago to australia@aussie.zone | 0 comments
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- Comment on Australia's baby recession deepens, new ABS data says 3 weeks ago:
A few months ago John Quiggin posted this and I find his argument pretty compelling
Are pronatalists living on the same planet?
But even in this extreme case, world population in 2100 only falls to 6 billion, the same as in 2000. I was around at the time, and did not feel as if there were too few people about.
What about the need for workers? One unsatisfactory feature of long-running projections like this is the use of outdated statistical concepts such as the “dependency ratio”, that is, the ratio of people aged 15-64 to everyone else. That made sense 50 years ago, when this range represented the period between leaving school and retiring in most industrial societies. But these days (and it will be even more so in 2100) education continues well past 20 and retirement is often deferred to 70 or more. A look at the age group 25-69 shows that it is going to remain more or less stable in absolute numbers declining only marginally relative to the growing population
Also followed up with this
- Comment on The highlighted division and factions of Lemmy. 3 weeks ago:
I’d like to share my offline perspective here. All online spaces are kind of heightened versions of the discourse, Lemmy less so than other places but it’s still there.
In the real world leftists are generally kind and empathetic people who genuinely want to do good. It’s nice when you find another leftist, I have friends who are various flavours of anarchist and socialist and even some real life, genuine, aging commune hippies now living in town. There is no animosity and we would basically all agree on local direct action or local politics. In my experience even most liberals are just naive rather than genuinely holding counterproductive political beliefs.
It can feel very lonely but you’re not alone.
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to australia@aussie.zone | 0 comments
- Comment on What fuel will ships burn as they move toward net zero? 4 weeks ago:
I assume it boils down to the fact that hydrogen requires all the infrastructure associated with high pressure storage and transport. Methanol/ammonia can be transported as liquid in much the same way as other liquid hydrocarbon fuels, you can carry it in a bucket if you needed to.
- Comment on Tawny frogmouths take patience to appreciate. They will reward you with insights into their remarkable lives | Stephanie Convery 4 weeks ago:
I love a curlew! such dopey looking things
- Tawny frogmouths take patience to appreciate. They will reward you with insights into their remarkable lives | Stephanie Converywww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to australia@aussie.zone | 7 comments
- Comment on Albanese invites Arab 'hypermarket' to compete with Coles and Woolworths 4 weeks ago:
If you can’t afford the time or travel costs to travel between distant supermarkets, just buy a new house…