At least two homes and three other structures have been destroyed in bushfires burning across parts of Victoria.
The fires, believed to have started by a lightning strike on Friday, have already burnt more than 6,000 hectares in the Bunyip State Park, east of Melbourne. Residents in the area have been told it is too late to leave and should seek shelter in doors immediately. Image: News Corp Australia
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It is the death of Australia if coal shuts down: Rowan Dean | Sky News AustraliaTo protest Adani's Carmichael coal mine, activists will camp near Bowen in Queensland and will hold workshops training protestors in nonviolent direct action, encrypted communication and security culture. \n\nOutsiders co-host Rowan Dean says ‘it is the death of Australia if coal shuts down’ and the government needs to sell the idea of coal. \n\nMr Dean believes the Liberal Party could ‘smash’ Labor tomorrow on the issue of coal, but if they start ‘pandering’ to climate change they won’t win at the election. \n\n\n\n\n\n rowandean Row, make sure you have your meds before going on air. rowandean Good God - Rowan Dean is clueless on pretty much every subject he talks about......this is especially true about climate change. rowandean
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First article written by a robot published in Australia | Sky News AustraliaIn an Australian study with The Guardian, the publication has created its first article written by a robot. \n\nFormer Fairfax editor-in-chief Amanda Wilson says the article was ‘boring’ but it gave the facts without bias.\n\nPeter Fray, another former Fairfax editor-in-chief, says the ‘best case scenario’ is that robots report time-sensitive stories, freeing up journalists to ask ‘tough questions’. so like a Sky journalist, but with facts “the ‘best case scenario’ is that robots report time-sensitive stories, freeing up journalists to ask ‘tough questions’.” We used to have cadets for that. Troubling times. Facts without bias.... shut up and take my money!!!
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Serving officers in Victoria are ‘disheartened’ by culture of policing: Panahi | Sky News AustraliaOutsiders co-host Rita Panahi says there are serving officers in Victoria ‘disheartened’ by their command and the culture of policing.\n\nFour people have been charged with assaulting two police officers in Melbourne’s St Kilda, after the pair were allegedly attacked when they responded to reports of an assault on Fitzroy Street in the early hours of Sunday.\n\n\n RitaPanahi alleged. i know, legal talk yaddayadda but alleged. RitaPanahi They should be more than 'disheartened', they should be totally pissed off. They are being used as pawns in a political game by their superiors, under the watch of a government that sees law & order as an extremely low priority. Credlin RitaPanahi Police officers are being decidedly diplomatic. If it was African gangs, then for sure no more than wrist slaps all round from kowtowing magistrate, but these thugs were, dare one say, white trash.
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Journalist Peter Greste pushes for press freedom legislation in Australia | Sky News AustraliaWhen working for Al Jazeera, journalist Peter Greste was famously imprisoned in Egypt in 2013 for over a year and is now leading a push for press freedom legislation in Australia. \n\nMr Greste says news organisations are holding governments to account on behalf of audiences and viewers.\n\nThere is a need to protect this space, Mr Greste says, rather than allow legislation to hamper and limit the work journalists can do.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia PeterGreste except you know... when they help spread the agendas of foreign states. PeterGreste We’ve got it covered. We the people are the news now and well ahead of msm. Good luck 👍 PeterGreste NOT Their Job - Public Get to Form Their OWN Opinion without influence or persuasion by those with A Platform
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Australia, Brazil challenges India's sugar subsidies with WTO | Sky News AustraliaAustralia and Brazil have stepped up the sugar trade war by challenging India’s industry subsidies with the World Trade Organisation overnight.\n\nWorld sugar prices hit a 10-year low last year after the Indian sugar cane industry received about $1 billion of new subsidies. \n\nTrade Minister Simon Birmingham and Agricultural Minister David Littleproud say the inconsistent subsidies are hurting Australian farmers, with the industry set to see $360 million in losses.\n\n\n\n FructoseNo BelindaFettke Why ? India is the world leader in Diabetes patients ? Hint hint
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Australia challenges India's sugar tariff | Sky News AustraliaAustralia has launched a dispute in the World Trade Organisation against India's sugar subsidies, which are threatening the nation's $1.8 billion sugar export industry.\n\nIndia's sugar cane industry received about $1 billion of new subsidies last year and as a result, the global sugar price hit a ten year low. \n\nIt’s estimated Australia’s $1.8 billion sugar cane export industry could experience $360 million in losses over two years.\n\nTrade Minister Simon Birmingham and Agricultural Minister David Littleproud say while they understand India’s desire to support its farmers, the inconsistent subsidies are hurting Australian farmers. \n\n\n\n\n should be sorted by 2030. About Time...
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Australia has a ‘problem' with discipline and authority | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Paul Murray says Australia has ‘a problem’ with discipline and authority, and that conversations need to happen with kids about consequences when they ‘muck up’.\n\nMore than a third of Australian school principals were attacked by a student or parent in 2018, according to a new survey.\n\nMr Murray says it is ‘out of control’ and that state governments should update the system by empowering the authority of the teacher. \n\n\n\n\n\n More than a third od Austrians want you to Sack Andrew Bolt after he defended a child Abuser Some where along society has to start holding these brats accountable and be able to discipline. If you want law and order a police officer must be able to man handle your kid and throw them in jail if the do wrong. Queensland has a problem with it’s education department. Litany of abuse of teachers and cover ups.
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Police officers in Victoria ‘let down by the courts’ | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Rita Panahi says police officers in Victoria are being ‘let down’ by the courts, as well as their police command who have a ‘risk-minimisation obsession’.\n\nMs Panahi says the recent attack on two police officers in Melbourne’s St Kilda is ‘not all that unusual’, with 3000 assaults on Victorian police officers in the last year.\n\nThe police face ‘ever greater scrutiny’ with every action ‘micro-analysed’ by their superiors, Ms Panahi says, while those who assault officers receive ‘pitifully lenient’ sentences. \n\n\n\n\n RitaPanahi So what do we pay for exactly ? RitaPanahi Return legal control to parents to discipline their children so teaching basic family values which includes respect for Authorities and first responders. RitaPanahi They’ve made a rod for their own back. When you, as a police force, turn a blind eye to enough street crime, you lose the respect of the community. Lose respect from the community and they won’t hesitate to give it to you. That’s a fact.
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Australia urged against withdrawing from Paris Agreement | Sky News AustraliaAccording to US-based think tank Brookings Institution nations who stay in the Paris Climate Change treaty will ultimately be better off than those who renege on the agreement earlier.\n\nAccording to the data, Australia’s economic growth will slow by up-to-two per cent if it stays in the global agreement.\n\nHowever, according to the study’s authors, the benefits of reducing global emissions offsets the short-term benefits of unilaterally withdrawing from the Paris Accord.\n\nThe Paris Agreement was signed by 197 countries and is designed to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions at a level that would avoid dangerous climate change.\n\nSome conservative politicians, including prominent Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly, has urged Australia to pull out of the agreement, which came into effect in 2016.\n\nGrattan’s Institute’s Energy Program Director Tony Wood told Your Money Australia will be ‘worse-off’ if the government pulls out of the international effort to reduce climate change. rowandean DaveSharma Dave Sharma has sunk his chances of being elected for Wentworth. rowandean DaveSharma My goodness Dean Rowan is a garrulous of C isn’t he? No wonder there’s only a handful of viewers. abc insiders is a far better assessment of auspol rowandean DaveSharma Fish might fly.....you are a disappointment...
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Aussies roll up sleeves for 30th Clean up Australia Day | Sky News AustraliaPeople across the nation are participating in the 30th anniversary of Clean Up Australia Day.\n\nAustralians are lending a hand to mop up the environment, with surfers hitting Sydney Harbour waters to raise awareness about the impact of single-use products. \n\nA report by University of Technology Sydney has found just 56 per cent of packaging waste is recovered and recycled. \n\nSunday's event is the first year without founder Ian Kiernan, who died last October.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n\n You wouldn't see billshortenmp doing this he would want the his union members doing this and getting paid for doing it Where is bill?
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