Recent content by sptrawler

At last someone with clout calling for our education mess to be sorted out. It would appear Bill has had a lightbulb moment in the latter part of his career, fix up the NBN and now fix up the Uni sausage machine. Better late than never, now we just have to hope some more of his colleagues, see...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-20/trump-will-impose-a-150-000-annual-fee-for-h-1b-visas/105797648?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other The H-1B visa requires at least a bachelor's degree and is principally used for high-skilled jobs...

It might finally make the Ord river project viable, there is a massive dam and a 30MW hydro power station sitting idle, the Government might as well make a pet bio fuel plant there at least most of the infrastructures in place. Lol But then of course native title may become an issue...

The unfortunate result of globalisation and now most Western countries are printing money to support their welfare programs, one wonders how long that is sustainable for.

Absolutely nailed it, with the last three posts @Smurf1976 . As has been said over and over, the enormity of the issues aren't being understood and if there is a failure or an incorrect pathway chosen, it is extremely difficult to reverse poor decissions, but the social and economic fallout...

Well for bio fuels to be viable, a lot of land that currently isn't used, will have to be irrigated to prlduce enough feed stock for the refinery, I would think. So it will take a lot of planning and time, it doesn't sound viable in the time frame, everything just sounds add hock. As the...

Well that didn't take long to be answered. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-18/anglo-american-confirms-more-qld-coal-job-losses/105784432

It would appear the hydrogen superpower, has gone on the back burner and there has been a move to plan B, to just replace fossil fuel. Interesting plan, many will be happy that they can keep their ICE cars running...

Why would you think I was defending his honour? When I said I had never listened to him. I was defending a person right to voice an opinion without risk of being shot or hurt, as I said when explaining your right to the same courtesy. As I said before I hope your ponificating manner, never...

That's your opinion, which you have every right to and hopefully you don't have a loonie harm you for it. I personally don't have an opinion on what U.S citizens choose to believe and the majority voted for Trump, so IMO let them get on with it until the next election. Same as I don't think...

Here is a more comprehensive and detailed report of the target. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-19/the-task-ahead-to-reach-2035-emissions-target/105789538?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other Much of the heavy lifting — roughly half...

Another good article from the ABC. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-18/climate-targets-australia-2035-on-path-to-net-zero/105719910?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other Also a very pertinent point from the Guardian article, which we...

ASF is the only social media I'm on, so luckily I avoid most of the loonie self indulgent vitriol. If you will notice, I haven't said anything about the content of Kirks speaches, or about his character, only generalisations about the incident. With regard the incident, there was only one...

So why join the conga line, if there is no up side and a lot of down side? Like I said there are heaps of isues at home, without trying to take on board Americas issues. It's very noble, but it doesn't have any up side, why not go to China and front up to Xi about his rise in afluence and media...

By all the $hit Bas links paying out on Trump, I don't think be has any U.S media in his pocket and I'm sure his dodgy financial dealings have been well publicised. But as you say it is their issue not ours, jumping up and making a dick of himself, has just really made Australia make a...