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Sunday, 21 December 2014

Dear Incompetent........

Ever wondered how often the twitterverse calls Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott incompetent?

Wonder no more, the tweeted mesages of political 'love' run for pages - going as far back as 15 August 2010.

Here are a few recent examples:

	J. Willem van Egmond @JanEgmon
	Dear incompetent @TonyAbbottMHR why don't you resign. I keep on asking since most people think you should, you liar. But your heart is coal

	The New Daily @TheNewDaily_
	Latest poll rates Tony Abbott as more incompetent than Julia Gillard. Is it too late to repair the damage? bit.ly/1s3TDgv
	View summary

	leisa @leisasmith2
	.@TonyAbbottMHR the poll is in. Untrustworthy AND incompetent. Tell us something we didn't know. Now the whole country is waking up.

@Dynamic_Drifter @dynamic_drifter

Why do we need News poll to tell us that @TonyAbbottMHR is incompetent? A dark day for you, Tones. #auspol

		Roger Crawford @sixoh60
		Half of Australians Think Tony Abbott is Incompetent shar.es/13ppQW via @ShareThis #Auspol

Jim Pembroke @Jim_Pembroke

.@Wersula Let's just be clear about this. Poll shows @TonyAbbottMHR is the most incompetent Prime Minister ..........EVER ! #auspol

	Major Tom @cyenne40
	In a Dilbert world, the more incompetent you are, the higher you get promoted. Which explains why Tony Abbott is PM. #auspol

Quiet_Please @Quiet__Please

Abbott, seen by the people to be incompetent & untrustworthy, is a liability for his government #auspol m.smh.com.au/national/tony-…

	Ross Bowler @BowlerBarrister
	Tony Abbott was an incompetent & a liar as Opposition Leader@OverTheHill4 @ThePinkLaptop Now he is an incompetent & a liar as PM

George @OverTheHill4

The polls confirming what twitter has been saying all year TonyAbbott is incompetent and a serial liar surrounded by more incompetents

	It Aint Half Hot Mum @FlatEarthGang
	The most untrustworthy & incompetent PM ever. Tony Abbott is the problem with the federal govt, poll. #auspol m.smh.com.au/national/tony-… via@smh

	Pete @ozipetezar
	@TonyAbbottMHR to radically change PPL just another about turn from this incompetent PM how many back flips is that now I've lost count.

	Dame kristy_lee @LeeYve1965
	@Rowans_tweets @abc730 @leighsales @TonyAbbottMHR That he is still incapable (incompetent) in delivering

	Cindy-Lee Harper @Clharper4Lee
	Video: occams-lazer: Karl Stefanovic ruining our Prime Minister. TonyAbbott is such an incompetent idiot... tmblr.co/ZLoZgq1W-n_EJ

	Lord Finnigania 平大王 @Thefinnigans
	You want to see where Abbott is heading, just look at his past -nofibs.com.au/2013/04/01/ton… - an incompetent unprincipled weather vane bully
	View summary

#BootThemOut @daveyk317

Not once have we seen #AbbRORT give a #npc like @billshortenmp is now. He is INCOMPETENT. imatthewsblog.com/2014/11/15/ton…#auspol #abcnews24

Comrade Matt @Shoobah_Shabooh

@oldkhayyam @vincentwight They achieved one thing. They all learned what an incompetent PM @TonyAbbottMHR is.

Steve Gibbons @SteveGibbonsXMP

Obama oration brilliant, off the cuff, no notes! @TonyAbbottMHR just proved to the rest of the world what an incompetent fool he really is!

D. @tumblingdiceAU

Tony Abbott may be the most utterly embarrassing and incompetent public figure I have EVER seen. And that is saying something. #auspol

		John Wren @JohnWren1950
		.@TonyAbbottMHR your stupid statement re 16 years away being of no concern sums up ALL that is wrong with your incompetent govt #auspol #G20

	St Comrade Badhamus @vanbadham
Tony Abbott is a warmongering incompetent trying to hide a bad budget by inciting racism, religious persecution, hate & fear. #auspol

Something to think about as many of us frolic by the sea over the holidays

Something to think about from the NSW Dept. of Environment, Climate Change and Water as many of us in New South Wales frolic by the sea over the holidays:

The NSW Government has adopted a Sea Level Rise Policy Statement (NSW Government 2009) to support consistent adaptation to projected sea level rise impacts. The Policy Statement includes sea level rise planning benchmarks for use in assessing the potential impacts of projected sea level rise in coastal areas, including flood risk and coastal hazard assessments, development assessment, coastal infrastructure design processes and land use planning exercises.

These benchmarks are a projected rise in sea level (relative to the 1990 mean sea level) of 0.4 metres by 2050 and 0.9 metres by 2100 (Department of Environment, Climate Change

and Water (DECCW) 2009). The projections were derived from sea level rise projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007) and the CSIRO (McInnes et al

2007). These benchmarks will be periodically reviewed…..

Depending on the rate and scale of sea level rise, the environmental, social and economic consequences, in particular within low-lying intertidal areas, are expected to be significant.

In addition to open coast recession and higher inundation levels, saltwater intrusion and landward advance of tidal limits within estuaries will have significant implications for freshwater and saltwater ecosystems and development margins, particularly building structures and foundation systems within close proximity to the shoreline. Existing coastal gravity drainage, stormwater infrastructure and sewerage systems may become compromised over time as the mean sea level rises. Sea level rise will also influence entrance opening regimes for intermittently closed and open lakes and lagoons (ICOLLs). The level of protection provided by existing seawalls and other hard engineering structures will decrease over time due to the increasing threat from larger storm surges and inundation at higher projected water levels….

Increasing mean sea level over time will have two primary impacts within and adjacent to tidal waterways:

 increasing still water levels over time and

 subsequent recession of unconsolidated shorelines.

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Saturday, 20 December 2014

The $61 million plus royal commission into trade unions fails to get the only scalp Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was after

http://www.tradeunionroyalcommission.gov.au:

The Commissioner John Dyson Heydon AC QC handed his Interim Report to the Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove at Government House in Canberra on Monday 15 December 2014.

The Interim Report was tabled in Parliament on 19 December 2014.

Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption Interim Report–Volume 1 [PDF 5.7MB]

Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption Interim Report–Volume 2 [PDF 11MB]

Statement of the Hon Julia Gillard - Dec 19 2014 by Bruce Wolpe

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Moggy Musings

Hi! My name is Boy. I'm a male bi-coloured tabby cat. Ever since I discovered that Malcolm Turnbull's dogs were allowed to blog, I have been pestering Clarencegirl to allow me a small space on North Coast Voices.

A false flag musing: I have noticed one particular voice on Facebook which is Pollyanna-positive on the subject of the Port of Yamba becoming a designated cruise ship destination. What this gentleman doesn’t disclose is that, as a principal of Middle Star Pty Ltd, he could be thought to have a potential pecuniary interest due to the fact that this corporation (which has had an office in Grafton since 2012) provides consultancy services and tourism business development services.

A religion & local government musing: On 11 October 2017 Clarence Valley Council has the Church of Jesus Christ Development Fund Inc in Sutherland Local Court No. 6 for a small claims hearing. It would appear that there may be a little issue in rendering unto Caesar. On 19 September 2017 an ordained minister of a religion (which was named by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in relation to 40 instances of historical child sexual abuse on the NSW North Coast) read the Opening Prayer at Council’s ordinary monthly meeting. Earlier in the year an ordained minister (from a church network alleged to have supported an overseas orphanage closed because of child abuse claims in 2013) read the Opening Prayer and an ordained minister (belonging to yet another church network accused of ignoring child sexual abuse in the US and racism in South Africa) read the Opening Prayer at yet another ordinary monthly meeting. Nice one councillors - you are covering yourselves with glory!

An investigative musing: Newcastle Herald, 12 August 2017: The state’s corruption watchdog has been asked to investigate the finances of the Awabakal Aboriginal Local Land Council, less than 12 months after the troubled organisation was placed into administration by the state government. The Newcastle Herald understands accounting firm PKF Lawler made the decision to refer the land council to the Independent Commission Against Corruption after discovering a number of irregularities during an audit of its financial statements. The results of the audit were recently presented to a meeting of Awabakal members. Administrator Terry Lawler did not respond when contacted by the Herald and a PKF Lawler spokesperson said it was unable to comment on the matter. Given the intricate web of company relationships that existed with at least one former board member it is not outside the realms of possibility that, if ICAC accepts this referral, then United Land Councils Limited (registered New Zealand) and United First Peoples Syndications Pty Ltd(registered Australia) might be interviewed. North Coast Voices readers will remember that on 15 August 2015 representatives of these two companied gave evidence before NSW Legislative Council General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 INQUIRY INTO CROWN LAND. This evidence included advocating for a Yamba mega port.

A Nationals musing: Word around the traps is that NSW Nats MP for Clarence Chris Gulaptis has been talking up the notion of cruise ships visiting the Clarence River estuary. Fair dinkum! That man can be guaranteed to run with any bad idea put to him. I'm sure one or more cruise ships moored in the main navigation channel on a regular basis for one, two or three days is something other regular river users will really welcome. *pause for appreciation of irony* The draft of the smallest of the smaller cruise vessels is 3 metres and it would only stay safely afloat in that channel. Even the Yamba-Iluka ferry has been known to get momentarily stuck in silt/sand from time to time in Yamba Bay and even a very small cruise ship wouldn't be able to safely enter and exit Iluka Bay. You can bet your bottom dollar operators of cruise lines would soon be calling for dredging at the approach to the river mouth - and you know how well that goes down with the local residents.

A local councils musing: Which Northern Rivers council is on a low-key NSW Office of Local Government watch list courtesy of feet dragging by a past general manager?

A serial pest musing: I'm sure the Clarence Valley was thrilled to find that a well-known fantasist is active once again in the wee small hours of the morning treading a well-worn path of accusations involving police, local business owners and others.

An investigative musing: Which NSW North Coast council is batting to have the longest running code of conduct complaint investigation on record?

A fun fact musing: An estimated 24,000 whales migrated along the NSW coastline in 2016 according to the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and the migration period is getting longer.

A which bank? musing: Despite a net profit last year of $9,227 million the Commonwealth Bank still insists on paying below Centrelink deeming rates interest on money held in Pensioner Security Accounts. One local wag says he’s waiting for the first bill from the bank charging him for the privilege of keeping his pension dollars at that bank.

A Daily Examiner musing: Just when you thought this newspaper could sink no lower under News Corp management, it continues to give column space to Andrew Bolt.

A thought to ponder musing: In case of bushfire or flood - do you have an emergency evacuation plan for the family pet?

An adoption musing: Every week on the NSW North Coast a number of cats and dogs find themselves without a home. If you want to do your bit and give one bundle of joy a new family, contact Happy Paws on 0419 404 766 or your local council pound.

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Sunday, 21 December 2014

Dear Incompetent........

Something to think about as many of us frolic by the sea over the holidays

Saturday, 20 December 2014

The $61 million plus royal commission into trade unions fails to get the only scalp Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was after

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