#Aussie council's solution to annoying autumn problem: 'Can cause real harm' https://au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-councils-solution-to-annoying-autumn-problem-can-cause-real-harm-030000655.html

Yes, #Australians actually need to be told this.

#Daft #AFewSlicesShortOfALoaf

"#Antisemitism in #Australia was left unchecked and became normalized after the outbreak of the war against #Hamas in #Gaza in October 2023, fueling violence against #Jewish people, the country’s #nationalsecurity and #intelligence chief said on ‌Monday.

The frank remarks were made during a #publicinquiry into last December’s #BondiBeach #massshooting in #Sydney, the worst #terrorist attack in Australian history.

“There is no doubt that the war in the #MiddleEast invoked a range of emotions in Australia,” said #MikeBurgess, director-general of the #AustralianSecurityIntelligenceOrganization. “Some of those violent aspects ... and those behaviors, including antisemitism that, in our view, were left unchecked, were therefore normalized and gave more permission for violence ..., and Jewish #Australians were on the receiving end.”

https://www.jns.org/news/antisemitism/australia-spy-chief-says-jew-hatred-was-left-unchecked-after-gaza-war-began

There is a special envoy for antisemitism, yet no equivalent national envoy for anti-Indigenous racism. This is despite the long history of dispossession, deaths in custody & structural inequality affecting #Aboriginal #Australians. #Aboriginal #Australians were the original inhabitants of this land, which was invaded & illegally settled by colonialist Britain.

#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #AboriginalLand #Equality @abc_bot https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/116570755171412745

Agi: La MV Hondius in vaggio verso i Paesi Bassi. Atterrati a Rotterdam i due aerei con gli ult...

AGI - È in viaggio verso i Paesi Bassi la nave da crociera MV Hondius, a bordo della quale è stato individuato un focolaio di hantavirus. Dopo aver agevolato lo sbarco degli ultimi passeggeri a bordo, la nave ha lasciato ieri dopo le 19 il porto di Granadilla de Abona, nell’arcipelago spagnolo delle Canarie.
“Si prevede che la MV Hondius impiegherà sei giorni per salpare fino a Rotterdam”, ha dichiarato la compagnia armatrice Oceanwide Expeditions in un comunicato, aggiungendo che una data di arrivo possibile sia quella della sera di domenica 17 maggio.
Equipaggio a bordo e passeggero deceduto
A bordo sono rimasti 25 membri dell’equipaggio e due componenti del personale medico. La nave trasporta anche il corpo di un passeggero tedesco deceduto durante la crociera.
Arrivo degli evacuati nei Paesi Bassi
Gli ultimi due aerei che trasportavano passeggeri e membri dell’equipaggio evacuati dalla nave da crociera MV Hondius, dove è stata rilevata un’epidemia di hantavirus, sono atterrati ieri sera a Eindhoven, nei Paesi Bassi, lunedì sera.
Dettagli sui passeggeri evacuati
I due aerei provenienti dall’arcipelago spagnolo delle Isole Canarie trasportavano in totale 28 persone, secondo il Ministero degli Esteri olandese. A bordo del primo aereo c’erano sei ex passeggeri Hondius (quattro australiani, un neozelandese e un britannico residenti in Australia): saranno ospitati in un centro di quarantena vicino all’aeroporto prima di partire per l’Australia. I sei, che indossavano camici medici bianchi e mascherine, sono scesi dall’aereo medico, stringendo borse bianche contenenti i loro effetti personali, prima di entrare nel terminal.
Equipaggio e autorità sanitarie
Il secondo velivolo trasportava 19 membri dell’equipaggio, un medico britannico, un epidemiologo dell’Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità (OMS) e un altro del Centro Europeo per la Prevenzione e il Controllo delle Malattie (CEPM). Hanno indossato solo una maschera e grandi borse bianche contenenti i loro effetti personali.

The MV Hondius was sailing towards the Netherlands. They landed in Rotterdam with the two ships with the lat...

The cruise ship MV Hondius is en route to the Netherlands, where a cluster of hantavirus has been detected on board. After facilitating the disembarkation of the last passengers, the ship left Granadilla de Abona, in the Spanish Canary Islands, yesterday after 7 p.m.

“The MV Hondius is expected to take six days to reach Rotterdam,” Oceanwide Expeditions stated in a press release, adding that a possible arrival date is the evening of Sunday, May 17th.

Crew and Deceased Passenger Aboard
Twenty-five crew members and two medical personnel remain on board. The ship is also carrying the body of a deceased German passenger who died during the cruise.

Arrival of Evacuees in the Netherlands
The two aircraft transporting evacuated passengers and crew from the cruise ship MV Hondius, where a hantavirus epidemic was detected, landed yesterday evening in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Details on Evacuated Passengers
The two aircraft from the Spanish Canary Islands archipelago carried a total of 28 people, according to the Dutch Foreign Ministry. On board the first aircraft were six former Hondius passengers (four Australians, a New Zealander, and a British resident in Australia): they will be housed in a quarantine center near the airport before departing for Australia. The six, wearing white medical gowns and masks, disembarked the medical aircraft, clutching white bags containing their personal belongings, before entering the terminal.

Crew and Health Authorities
The second aircraft carried 19 crew members, a British doctor, an epidemiologist from the World Health Organization (WHO), and another from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). They wore only masks and large white bags containing their personal belongings.

#Netherlands #Rotterdam #GranadilladeAbona #CanaryIslands #TheMVHondius #German #Eindhoven #Spanish #first #Hondius #Australians #NewZealander #British #Australia #second

https://www.agi.it/estero/news/2026-05-12/hondius-hantavirus-rotterdam-37011625/

I prefer to hear from #indigenous #Australians abt this issue, than the news.
Are there any indigenous Aussies whocwould like to comment here?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ca3EVQfFWw&pp=0gcJCd4KAYcqIYzv

Hated ‘dining tax’ to cost Aussies $50m

Australians will spend millions more this weekend due to holiday surcharges. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard Australians will fork out another record amount this weekend, as one of the most hated bills returns for those dining out. Money.com.au research for Ne…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #Australians #NewsWire #publicholiday #publicholidays #SeanCallery #surcharges
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2615606/hated-dining-tax-to-cost-aussies-50m/

#Pocock says government ‘ignoring the needs’ of #vulnerable #Australians as independent report calls for #jobseeker to be lifted.

The Australian government’s independent economic inclusion advisory committee has released its annual report before the budget, calling for an #increase to jobseeker to 90% of the #agedpension over four years, and an increase to commonwealth #rentassistance.

The committee, which was established by Labor in 2022 as part of a deal with independent senator #DavidPocock, made the same recommendation to increase jobseeker and other income supports in 2025, 2024 and 2023. The government is unlikely to increase jobseeker in the coming budget.

Its fourth report states there are now 3.6 million Australians, including 1 million children and young people, who are now living in #poverty.

It recommends actions to decrease the number of children living in poverty through #familypayments and #childsupport systems and calls for an immediately end to all #Centrelink payment penalties, including suspensions and cancellations related to compulsory activities.

Pocock says that months into the crisis in the #MiddleEast, the government still hasn’t taken any “meaningful action” to support the most vulnerable Australians.

“We’ve seen the #primeminister jump to the defence of #multinational #gascompanies while ignoring the needs of the most vulnerable Australians … Australia should be proud of the safety net we provide to those who have fallen on hard times and help them to build a better life rather than condemning them to economic and social exclusion.” #auspol #AlbaneseIsUseless