Four Australians with better human rights credentials than Philip Ruddock

I have given up on reporting on all the climatic storms around the globe. But a couple of "big" ones have forced me to get on deck.

Here we have a "massive storm" on the US coast that did a bit of damage to one of the cattle-class ships for tourists, plus a storm in the UK where the winds and rain are yet again creating more floods. Imagine the waves approaching Scotland towering about 19 metres! (that's about 65 feet). At present these monster waves are diminishing to 12 then 8 metre waves in the next couple of days.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop – and others in the Government – have made a number of contradictory statements about the legal basis for Australia to bomb Syria. Barrister James O'Neill reports.

Donald Trump certainly isn't trying to hedge on whether he'd support using waterboarding to combat terrorism.

Quite the contrary.

World Rugby is investigating whether New Zealand's dramatic last-gasp pool draw with Australia at the Sydney Sevens came with eight Kiwi players on the field.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRVod4PwQHs#t=35

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he’s yet to be convinced of the benefits of increasing the goods and services tax unless it boosts economic growth and employment.

The government, which is expected to hold an election in the second half of the year, is looking at an overhaul of the taxation system, including a potential increase in the GST to 15 percent from 10 percent.

In this article of the Daily Telegraph Saturday 6th February 2016, the front page present us with a reason why mergers of NSW Councils could become a massive RORT... Is this a double-cross information wedging preparation in favour of our little emperor Bairdus who of course could magnanimously intervene and protect the former councils' assets?

WE SHALL SEE....

Yesterday afternoon news broke of further job cuts to Australia’s premier scientific institution, the CSIRO. The area most affected? Climate science.

A bitter pill to swallow: 

Apparently the "global warming issue" has been settled in Australia. The Australian government now believes that since "global warming is real", there is no need to monitor it anymore through the public purse. Bye bye CSIRO research and expertise — especially in the new climate of innovation where failure is an option... Is Turnbullshitting us? Yes. He is, with a grand ladle of hot poop. What a lot of rubbish.