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lost cause VICTORIA AUSTRALIA
how you virtually allowed this to happen,unbelievable

Melbourne placed under stage 4 lockdown, 8pm curfew, regional Victoria moved to stage 3 restrictions
Melbourne placed under stage 4 lockdown, 8pm curfew, regional Victoria moved to stage 3 restrictions
As a state of disaster is declared, sweeping new restrictions will be imposed across Melbourne from tonight and regional Victoria will move to stage three restrictions from Thursday.

Live: Victoria reports 671 new coronavirus cases, 7 deaths as state of disaster declared
Victoria has recorded 671 new coronavirus cases yesterday, as Premier Daniel Andrews announces a state of disaster will be declared across the state from 6pm tonight. Follow live.

NSW Premier issues 'strong recommendation' for masks, including for public transport, shopping
NSW records 12 new cases in 24 hours, with Premier Gladys Berejiklian saying the state will be in a "critical" stage for the next few weeks.

Federal Government withdraws from WA border court case brought by Clive Palmer
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has written to West Australian Premier Mark McGowan informing him that the Commonwealth will withdraw its involvement in Clive Palmer's legal action against the state's hard border.

Analysis: 723 new coronavirus cases was shocking, but this number may be even worse
A paid pandemic leave scheme won't necessarily mean everyone who's tested positive for coronavirus stays home. The case is strong, however, for the Government to put some kind of leave program in place, writes David Speers.

Brisbane aged care residents' COVID-19 tests come back negative, one positive case in quarantine
Queensland records one new coronavirus case overnight, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk saying it is a returned traveller in quarantine.

Analysis: Governments are facing tough questions on how this has gone so terribly wrong. Here are some clues
The big question is this: would our governments and the aged care sector have taken even greater care to stop the spread of coronavirus if it were people at the beginning of life rather than at the end of it?

Gianni's family searched everywhere when they heard he died. They found him in a field
Bereaved families in the Lombardy region battle in the washup of the country's devastating pandemic to provide loved ones with a proper burial they were cruelly robbed of.

America's first partial face transplant recipient, Connie Culp, dies
Connie Culp, the first partial face transplant recipient in the United States, is being described as a "great pioneer" after her death this week.

Truck company manager charged with manslaughter over crash that killed four police officers
The manager of a Melbourne trucking company is charged with four counts of manslaughter in connection to a crash on the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne earlier this year, in which four police officers were killed.

 

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shake my head @ all things CV RELATED in our Australia
cant believe its continuing unabated
all/everyone/everything else is quietly/subtly blamed,except the governmental authorities responsible

the Federal government and PM say fuck all
guts of the matter
how come
6 of the 7 states/territories,have success,and only the one VICTORIA,suffers a spike,continual lockdfown,with seemingly no promising end,in sight

 

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Brazilian Amazon Has Lost Millions of Wild Animals to Criminal Networks, Report Finds

Porcupines Face a Poaching Crisis — and It’s All Because of What’s in Their Stomachs

deserve a mention,and why not

 

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MEAT,MMMMMM
eat more,not less
to hell with the naysayers,of the world

 

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once was a feral,maybe
a Victorian now,baaaah'

Why Can’t We Regrow Limbs?

or
another set of balls Aussies
get rid of your loser STATE PREMIER ANDREWS/VICTORIA Au

 

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BRIEFING
The world's airlines say they won't recover until 2024, reflecting a new wave of pessimism as the pandemic rages on


know of the history and likely how most may may feel re such
personally,my view is,i do not really care too much about it all
govts WW look after there countries flag carrier airlnes,and really i see whats happened globally the last 6 months
and how humanity has mis-behaved throughout recent times
the demise of society,as we once knew it,is pretty well on us

The world's airlines say they won't recover until 2024, reflecting a new wave of pessimism as the pandemic rages on

 

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GROW UP VICTORIA/AUSTRALIA

STOP
SUCKING VIC/AUS COCK,PM SCOMO

notice
last 2 nights state of VICTORIA andews,staying fror several hours to answer pathetic qs
never did before huh

SCOMO,dishing out money
that doesent belong to you,yet again
yungsters paying,while your comfortably retired

 

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just incredible
daily
almost embarrassed at our neighbors selfish/ignorant behaviour'
how a state can get it so WRTONG,FOR MONTHS

THE SHEER DICTATING to the populace
no shame on there part
indeed no admitting mistakes,even worse

assure all,a genuine Kiwi would recognize there follies and bowed out,MONTHS AGO
every damn one of them
state that freely,because seen it happen many times
incl John Key,NZs much loved respected a PM of 9 years,resigning a few years ago,when heading for an unprecedented 4th term
citing 'family reasons' how cool is that

 

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yes
some decent humans around,still

Can roadsides offer a beeline for pollinators?

 

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Farm or UNESCO Site?
Sometimes, it’s both. At the Valley of the Temples, visitors can admire Doric columns and stunning Greek sculptures before visiting an almond orchard that’s home to bees, goats and citrus trees. These hybrid sites represent a choice to connect the local community to the ancient site and manage an archaeological site in a different way.
READ MORE →

 

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NOTHING SURPRIZES ME
what your getting up to AUSTRALIA

be compulsory to wear ski-masks tomorrow VICTORIANS
FK'WIT STATE PREMIER ANDREWS WILL ORDER YOU TO


Dogs, drones and poo: How we can detect COVID-19 without traditional testing
What do sniffer dogs, faecal matter and drones all have in common? They can detect COVID-19 on a much broader scale than testing people one-by-one. This is how these tactics are (or soon could be) used in Australia.

 

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victorias
state pm andrews
3 DAYS NOW
TRYING TO BE HUMAN... BS SWEET TALKING

wonder

how many Victorians
will be sucked in

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yes
life is/can be a real bugger,202o

University of Melbourne reveals 450 job losses as COVID-19 creates revenue hit, drop in international students

By national education and parenting reporter Conor Duffy

Posted Yesterday at 8:08pmWedWednesday 5 AugAugust 2020 at 8:08pm

The 450 jobs is equivalent to about 7 per cent of the university's total workforce(ABC News: Patrick

 

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i honestly dont know why,i cry inside daily for my Australia
think i love it as much/more even,than NZ

Man in his 30s becomes Australia's youngest coronavirus victim on day of grim records for Victoria

Man in his 30s becomes Australia's youngest coronavirus victim on day of grim records for Victoria
Victoria records the highest number of new cases and deaths in a single day since the pandemic began, with a man in his 30s among the dead.

The key things you need to know about coronavirus measures announced today
It's been a big news day, with announcements about changes to child care in Victoria's locked-down areas and more border closures. Here's what you need to know.

Live: DCMO predicts Victoria's COVID-19 numbers will get worse before they get better, as state records 725 new cases
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Michael Kidd says he expects more days of triple-figure case rises in Victoria despite of the state's heightened restrictions. His prediction comes as Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announces a new daily record of 725 new coronavirus cases and 15 deaths. Follow live.

NSW residents returning from Victoria forced into 14-day hotel quarantine
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says anyone coming to her state will go into mandatory two-week hotel quarantine as health authorities in NSW reveal 12 new coronavirus infections.

Queensland to close borders to NSW and ACT in bid to avoid 'catastrophic' second wave
Queensland will close its border to all of New South Wales and the ACT from 1:00am on Saturday. It comes as the state records one new case of coronavirus overnight.

Charting the pandemic: These numbers show how dire it has become in Victoria
More than a quarter of all deaths in Australia directly linked to the coronavirus pandemic have taken place over the past seven days, according to official data analysed by ABC News.

Nurse charged with drugging and raping woman, police find 'concerning' video of other women
A registered Queensland nurse is denied bail after being charged with drugging and raping a woman in his Brisbane apartment, where police also allegedly discovered "concerning" footage of other women.

Sydney schoolboys allegedly 'gloated' about 'horrific' random attack
A court hears nine schoolboys charged over a "vile, horrific" attack on a man in inner Sydney last week allegedly "gloated" about the crime in a WhatsApp group chat.

 

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LOVE ONIONS
hope our soil does not become tainted,like others

04 Onions recalled in all 50 states after Salmonella sickens 500

 

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Coronavirus fall-out creates two Australias


the CONVERSATION
said it before
one of Australia better media sources,i think

unlike the biased ABc
who incidentally,i post many of there articles
they used to be better


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AU Edition - Today's top story: Grattan on Friday: COVID divides the nation and isolates MPs from Victoria View in browser


AU Edition | 7 August 2020


In the endlessly strange and worrying year that 2020 has become, we now find ourselves living in two Australias. The first, as Michelle Grattan writes, is in Victoria and particularly Melbourne, where tight stage 4 restrictions have been imposed in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19. In the process, many thousands more Victorians will lose their jobs, and the state’s deliberately dormant economy will mean another big whack out of the country’s GDP.

Meanwhile, the rest of Australia is living (almost) normally, at least from a social perspective if not from an economic one. But Victoria’s crisis is causing the federal government headaches, including easing eligibility criteria for JobKeeper, where a fortnight ago it had tightened them.

The whole country is now hoping the stage 4 lockdown in Victoria works. Any other option, at this stage, is too awful to contemplate.

Amanda Dunn

Section Editor: Politics + Society

Grattan on Friday: COVID divides the nation and isolates MPs from Victoria
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra

COVID-19 has now made us two Australias. There's Victoria – most specifically Melbourne – and then there's the rest of the country.

Ibrahim Dirani/Dar al Mussawir/EPA/AAP
Beirut explosion yet another heartbreak for a country already on the brink
Tony Walker, La Trobe University

Torn apart by years of war and now effectively bankrupt, the country and its people are facing a new devastation.

Devastation in central Beirut following the explosion on 4 August 2020. EPA-EFE/WAEL HAMZEH
The port of Beirut: vital, historic centre of a complex city
Sara Fregonese, University of Birmingham

The port and surrounding neighbourhoods devastated by the explosion are at the heart of Beirut.

Friday essay: has Donald Trump broken satire?
Robert Phiddian, Flinders University

Donald Trump's bizarre interview with journalist Jonathan Swan went viral this week. While some regard the US president as beyond parody, satire may be starting to bite as he slides in the polls.

Will young, Black Americans turn out to vote in November? Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images
Young Black Americans not sold on Biden, the Democrats or voting
David C. Barker, American University School of Public Affairs; Sam Fulwood III, American University

It's a myth that Black voters represent monolithic support for Democrats. A recent survey shows that young Black Americans in swing states have big reservations about Joe Biden, Democrats and voting.

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Shorter meetings but longer days: how COVID-19 has changed the way we work
Richard Holden, UNSW

Employers have long feared that working from home makes employees less productive. An analysis of 3 million

 

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keep @ it ladies
gems of the earth
no hunger,lust,greed for wealth in your bodies


ANIMALS: The brave women saving Africa’s elephants
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THEY RISK THEIR LIVES
TO SAVE ELEPHANTS

Thursday, August 6, 2020

PHOTOGRAPH BY BRENT STIRTON


By Rachael Bale, ANIMALS Executive Editor

With World Elephant Day next Wednesday, I’ve been thinking a lot about the people who risk their lives to protect them. In Zimbabwe, the Akashinga—an all-female, nonprofit, anti-poaching unit—is one of the most remarkable groups I’ve learned about.

Made up of local women from disadvantaged backgrounds—some of them orphaned by AIDS or victims of domestic violence—the Akashinga undergo special forces-type training and are charged with protecting a 115-square-mile wildlife area in the Zambezi Valley, which has lost thousands of elephants to poachers over the past 20 years. (Pictured above, ranger Petronella Chigumbura practicing reconnaissance techniques).

Founder Damien Mander, who has been training anti-poaching rangers in Africa for more than a decade, says female rangers tend to be far more successful than male rangers. They’re better at de-escalating potentially violent situations, are less likely to accept bribes from poachers, and usually invest as much as 90 percent of their income in their families, as opposed to 35 percent with men, Lindsay Smith wrote in a story about them last year.

Zimbabwe has lost about 11 percent of its elephants since 2005, and Africa overall loses some 8 percent of its savanna elephants each year, almost entirely to poaching for their ivory. Asian elephants continue to lose ground as well.

On World Elephant Day, National Geographic is raising awareness about the plight of elephants and the risks the Akashinga take to protect them. Nat Geo is premiering the documentary Akashinga: The Brave Ones, executive produced by James Cameron and streaming at akashinga.film. Check out the trailer now. (Below, Akashinga rangers with an elephant at a watering hole.)

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PHOTOGRAPH BY KIM BUTTS

 

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do they really think humanity may be superior to animals

 

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saddened
by your continued mis-handling of the CV crisis Vic/Au
and
your Au/FEDERAL GOVT,APPARENTLY UNABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS TO INTERVENE