Anidav posted:

Did they make Caleb redundant?

Anidav posted:

Did they make Caleb redundant?

Kazzah posted:

Tokamak posted:

I always thought of the guy as someone who emailed columns unsolicited to the editor and they decided to run them to fill space.

VOTE1 posted:

I believe he got his start with the Gawler Bunyip (that is a newspaper..), which I’m pretty sure had that as a content policy.

hambeet posted:

is the battery in SA private owned or state owned?

Sulla Faex posted:

false dichotomy. like you, it's Just Owned

Cartoon posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFacWGBJ_cs

hambeet posted:

hambeet posted:

Kazzah posted:

quote:

The sister of a prominent Australian promoter of the bizarre QAnon conspiracy theory has disputed claims that her brother is just an associate of Prime Minister Scott Morrison, saying they were long-time family friends.

Karen Stewart, the sister of QAnon booster Tim Stewart, said it was “absolute rubbish’’ to claim her brother and Mr Morrison were just associates.

She said they were in fact close family friends for decades whose families had planned to holiday together in Hawaii last Christmas.

Ms Stewart said she had decided to speak out publicly because she was concerned at the “evolution” of QAnon and how it has permeated social media.

“It’s divisive,’’ she said.

And she said the involvement of her brother and her nephew, both prominent QAnon boosters who have been banned by Twitter for spreading misinformation, was deeply concerning.

“I don’t recognise my brother’s views now from those he held two years ago. Or my nephew’s,’’ she said.

...

Tim Stewart declined to answer specific questions about his views, and his relationship with Mr Morrison.

Mr Morrison’s office also declined to comment.

Tim Stewart’s wife Lynelle works for Mr Morrison’s wife Jenny at Kirribilli House and the couples have known each other for years, attending each other’s weddings.

Mr Morrison’s office has sought to distance the PM from Mr Stewart in recent months, describing the men as associates, but Karen Stewart said this was “absolutely not’’ true.

“That’s total rubbish. They went to the same church. Jen was bridesmaid at their wedding in the ‘90s. The couples have spent plenty of time together. Lynelle had a 50th birthday a few years back. Only eight people were invited. I didn’t get invited as a sister-in-law. My parents were there and so were Scott and Jen,’’ she said.

A social media exchange between the men on one of the Stewart family’s Facebook pages also shows Mr Morrison and Mr Stewart bantering over an historical photo, with Mr Morrison teasing Mr Stewart over his hairstyle.

“Happy birthday Tim Stewart – nice to see the mullet out of the time capsule,’’ Mr Morrison wrote, several years before he became prime minister.



Mr Morrison’s family trip to Hawaii attracted controversy because it came in the middle of the nation’s bushfire crisis, and the PM cut the trip short and apologised when he returned to Australia.

While the Stewarts also went to Hawaii at Christmas, there is no evidence they holidayed together.

Ms Stewart, a self-employed accountant from Camden, is six years younger than Tim.

She said she had been present at conversations within her family when the Hawaii holiday was discussed.

“It was on the cards for a long time. I remember it being discussed at Easter in 2019. Tim and Lynelle weren’t sure if Scott and Jen would still go with them to Hawaii if they won the election.

“That was the last time I heard about it. It was not the first time.’’

Ms Stewart said the Morrisons and her extended family had known each other for years through church.

“Certainly they were at Tim and Lynelle’s wedding and kids’ birthdays over time. I spoke to Jen on the phone some years later when they were trying to have children. They know mum and dad and mum’s broader family,’’ she said.

“In their younger years, Lynelle, Jen and Scott had crossovers of church and schools in the eastern suburbs.’’

Ms Stewart said she was currently estranged from her brother.

Amoeba102 posted:

Scummo being Q would be tragically funny.

hambeet posted:

is the battery in SA private owned or state owned?

Amoeba102 posted:

Scummo being a Q would be tragically funny.

hambeet posted:

is the battery in SA private owned or state owned?

The Peccadillo posted:

Hell yeah two new guys just dropped

https://twitter.com/tammyxbryant/status/1325179824592314368

hambeet posted:

don't feed him after midnight.

Pile Of Garbage posted:

Scientists working in overdrive trying to discover species before they're killed by land clearing

realbez posted:

I’ve got shaddap you face stuck in my head now thanks cartoon

Pile Of Garbage posted:

Scientists working in overdrive trying to discover species before they're killed by land clearing

Budzilla posted:

Land clearing is killing the scientists?

abigserve posted:

Science anecdote; just reminded me of the surreal experience I had when I first discovered how they keep bird specimens - they stuff em and put em in draws

I got a tour from the caretaker once of one of the largest bird species archives (the largest in Australia, I think?) and it was amazing watching this guy just sliding draws full of birds open and being like "now you see this tail? This is the ONLY KNOWN SPECIMEN anywhere in the world of this bird!!!" as he's waving a literal stuffed bird in front of my face

It was hilarious, educational, and inspiring. Science is good imo

BBJoey posted:

The CSIRO flora and fauna collections are really fascinating.

BBJoey posted:

The CSIRO flora and fauna collections are really fascinating.

quote:

The executive producer of Four Corners, Sally Neighbour, says “extreme and unrelenting” political pressure has been applied on the ABC before Monday night’s screening of an investigation into the after-hours behaviour of federal parliamentarians.
Neighbour took to social media on Monday to make the strong-arming allegation, backed by Louise Milligan, the lead reporter on the story, who said pressure had been “applied by multiple representatives of government to ABC management”.
Guardian Australia understands there has been significant internal debate within the national broadcaster about the program, and it is unclear what material will be aired by its flagship current affairs program after a lengthy investigation.

But Scott Morrison told reporters on Monday he expected the ABC to adhere to its charter and act in an unbiased way. Asked whether the government had applied pressure to its managing director or its news director, the prime minister said: “The only thing I’m aware of is that the government always stands up for ensuring that the ABC would act consistent with its charter and I would think all Australians would expect the ABC to act consistent with its charter.” Morrison said the government’s expectation was the ABC would “act in an independent and unbiased a-partisan way”.

“If they are going to make inquiries I would think they would want to do them across the political spectrum,” he said. “It’s always important that the ABC remains true to their charter and I would expect them to do that.”
Asked on Monday morning whether he supported the “bonk ban” – a code of conduct imposed by the former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull after the former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce formed a relationship with one of his staff, ending his marriage of 24 years – Morrison said those rules were important.

The Turnbull-era code bans sexual relationships between ministers and their staff. Turnbull has given an on-camera interview for Monday night’s program.
Morrison said on Monday the rules were important “to ensure you have the right sort of workplace”.

“I more than supported it, I ensured that it continued,” he said. “When the former prime minister introduced it, I was one of its strongest supporters and why it’s there, I think, is to protect a culture in the parliament and it’s not just any one side of politics, can I tell you, it’s important as a cultural change within the parliament.
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“I note the Labor party has mocked the ban and hasn’t supported it. It wasn’t supported by the former leader of the opposition and it is not supported by the current leader of the opposition.
“Our standards that we’ve set as a government are very clear.”

Morrison said he had not seen Monday night’s program and could not comment on what he had not yet seen, “but that [bonk ban] arrangement was put in place on a prospective basis by the former prime minister and I have continued it”.
ABC management is scheduled to front a Senate estimates hearing in Canberra late on Monday afternoon.

Knobb Manwich posted:

Are they indexed under username or date posted?