The “new normal” for Australia in the last few years is around +6% on the pre-pandemic baseline – worse than even the UK (see below). Even out to June this year (as variant evolution slowed) it was still running at +5% annually. Are there any lessons we could learn from NZ?
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The results for Australia are a bit depressing tbh. After a start similar to NZ in 2020-21, the impact in late-2021-22 was more than twice as severe as in NZ. NZ skipped 2 big waves by keeping their quarantine going until Feb-April 2022.
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From about to supply Ukraine with tomahawks to capitulation to the Kremlin the only thing reliable about Trump is his unreliability.

PS if Putin has the pics of Trump blowing Bubba (or other Kompromat) his capitulation was always inevitable.

#Albotory strikes again

Which of these occupations would Libs cut besides Union organiser ? www.jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/defaul...

Investors understand supply and demand while Albo pretends it doesn’t exist. Pretty sure all the pollies with investment properties would be happy. Let’s pull all the housing affordability levers in the wrong direction what could possibly go wrong?

Through whose airspace will Putin need to travel to Hungary through? 🤔

5. Remember also, however, that, simply put, the virus doesn't care. It is incapable of caring. It is a molecular shark that wants to make more of itself. That's all it is. And regardless of human desires for an illusory status quo, it will keep killing and disabling people.

Putin laughs at these puny multi-billionaires he controls all the money in Russia and everything in the country is at his disposal including the world’s largest nuclear arsenal.

Anti-drone & anti-missile defence needs a major investment. Have we actioned defense spend to counter an operation spiderweb like attack? Or shaheed like at scale attacks against fuel storage facilities? (Noting China’s enormous manufacturing capability vs Russia’s) vs expensive “ghost” platforms

"The study suggests that acute COVID-19, regardless of Long COVID status, is linked to an increased risk of car crashes presumably due to neurologic changes caused by SARS-CoV-2."

Published: October 8, 2024

COVID outbreak in control tower causes Sydney Airport chaos.

"The incident highlights the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on critical infrastructure, with the virus continuing to cause staffing shortages across essential services"

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