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Now returning to national calamity #2

Report of distribution of donated monies to worthy bushfire victims via some charities is being hampered by a multitude of fraudulent claims by the shameless and also online scamming - seems time to not only employ anti-online scam investigators but ...

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Aged care and green bottles

As published some aged care facilities are experiencing ongoing and ever growing fatalities involving covid-19 , is observable that once certain living conditions are ongoing, and the virus gets established , a critical mass is developed and so very ...

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Children and COVID19

At first we were told “kids do not get it”, then we were told kids are carriers = keep them away from grandparents, then came kids can go to school. OK kids can get it, but it is not serious, only very few die!!! But some can get something looking li...

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Resolved! Seeking expressions of interest in a fantasy footy comp on CS

good afternoon all. I have worked out a way that I can run a fantasy footy competition on CS while we have no ‘real’ footy at the moment. Before starting a fantasy footy thread I just wanted to see if there would be 5 other members who would be inter...

Mitigation ? why bother ?

Look no further than Brazil as a lesser-action control group , whereby our local national mitigation measures can be evaluated in contrast with https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/coronavirus/presidents-so-what-as-5000-die-sparks-fury-in-brazil/ar-BB13uAQ...

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Captain Cook's coastal tour

Seems was 250 years since the Englishman Captain Cook & crew toured the eastern coast of Australia on the good ship Endevour You can read his take on events here in his own words http://southseas.nla.gov.au/journals/cook/17700101.html

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Polly Waffle is coming back

The popular chocolate bar was invented in 1947 by Hoadleys Chocolates in Melbourne, before it was sold to Rowntree, then Nestlé.Australians were shocked when the iconic treat was pulled from shelves by Nestlé in 2009, before it was eventually acquire...

Buying back the farm...

An auspicious Australian family concern has bought back some of the national farm literally with the purchase of 2 large cattle stations with cattle for AU$53 million , with the previous owner nought to complain , realising a tidy capital gain of AU$...

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Birds dropping infirmed...

Seems the SE QLD Lorikeet population is taking a dive literally. https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/mysterious-virus-causing-lorikeets-to-drop-out-of-the-sky-across-south-east-queensland/ar-BB13snWP?ocid=msedgdhp

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While over in America maybe...

While our officials have been over in America purchasing surplus give-away oil - consideration may be given to a bulk purchase of pigs that had became unmarketable or unsupplyable Surely we could have arranged local slaughter , transport of carcases ...

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Solar energy uptake - congratulations

well the private owner uptake of solar energy has been a suprising wild success , maybe because power is considered a national asset like water and so resented being dominated by non-state owned providers , so now thank you, and be preared to be remo...

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Corid-19 52 card pickup

Look no further than Brazil , who have in some quarters ended official social-isolation mitigation measures( Although many private people are still putting in an effort ) https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/brazilians-start-defying-isolation-egged-o...

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