NKJrm

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Just an ordinary guy looking to make sense of the the world. Politics, current affairs, the arts and family. Rugby is a passion. The world is my home. Here to learn and absorb
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NKJrmApr 21, 2025
Show threadSeagoon_Apr 21, 2025

Wages.

We could easily afford beers and parmas if we had the same wage levels as we had 50 years ago

Australians earn **one third **the real buying power of the 1970s.

We earn ONE THIRD of what we used to

**employers took the difference in value **and stores kept increasing prices

the problem is the wages

**join a union **

NKJrmApr 6, 2025
Sydney in late afternoon autumn light
NKJrmApr 3, 2025
Penguins will rise in protest at tariffs https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/donald-trump-tariffs-antarctica-uninhabited-heard-mcdonald-islands
‘Nowhere on Earth is safe’: Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited islands near Antarctica

Australian prime minister surprised after remote external territories – including islands home to penguins – targeted by US president

The Guardian
NKJrmMar 19, 2025
Good to see commonwealth cousins engaged like this in combating threats wherever they may come from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/canada-snuck-past-trump-buy-jorn-defence-radar/105069292?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
Australia's 'biggest defence export' was meant to go to the US first, but Canada snuck past Donald Trump

For months, senior officials have been discussing exporting Australia's world-leading JORN radar technology to the United States, but after Donald Trump's return to the White House, Canada saw an opportunity and leapt.

ABC News
NKJrmMar 15, 2025
Fascinating insight into the harshness and beauty of living in remote Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-15/outback-bus-trip-giving-remote-residents-food-healthcare-access/104974580?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
The outback bus trip giving remote residents access to food and healthcare

Every week, Andrew Shandley drives a 2,000km bus route to deliver one of the longest, bumpiest public transport routes in Australia.

ABC News
NKJrmMar 13, 2025
USA needs to tackle demand as well as the supply side of the the drugs problem https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5ng663d1wo
From Mexico cartel safe house to US streets: BBC tracks deadly fentanyl targeted by Trump tariffs

As the president tries to force Mexico to stop the flow of drugs, cartel members tell Quentin Sommerville they will not be deterred.

NKJrmMar 12, 2025
Little bit of Elizabethan England still hanging on in the USA https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20190623-the-us-island-that-speaks-elizabethan-english
The US island that speaks Elizabethan English

English recently became the US's official language. But on a tiny island, residents still speak the country's most English version of English, and many Americans don't understand it.

BBC
NKJrmMar 11, 2025
ICC does have teeth https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/world/asia/icc-philippines-rodrigo-duterte.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Philippines’ Ex-President Duterte Arrested Under I.C.C. Warrant

Rodrigo Duterte, the former Philippine president, was arrested on Tuesday in Manila and was flown to The Hague to face International Criminal Court charges of crimes against humanity.

The New York Times
NKJrmMar 11, 2025
This place is likely the last refuge for interesting comments and engagement. Bluesky has become what it always derided, a version of Twitter. Add to that never ending Trump stories. Wombat provides a gentle interlude.
NKJrmFeb 7, 2025
aprilfolliesFeb 6, 2025
#NASA may have to take things off the web. But I don’t.