#Australia

THREAD: Australia lost another 228,000 jobs in May. Employment is still falling (unlike US & Canada where some rebound occurred in May). Total job loss since February 838,000 (down 6.5%).
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The COVID-19 situation in India is heartbreaking.India is the country I first called home, before my parents embarked on the long and lonely journey with me in their arms, as
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Virgin bid is political grandstanding: PalmerThe Queensland Government’s bid to buy a stake in Virgin Australia as nothing more than political grandstanding. The leader of Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party
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Hmmm...the IPA ARENT'T Nazis YO! Stop dissin em'.. Let's.. https://ipa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IPA-Research-20-Policies-to-Fix-Australia.pdf vs https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zsdfr82/revision/2 1 & 2 of the IPA policy
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#ProteaceaeGeneraAtoZ: - This will be a slowly evolving thread briefly looking at each genus in the family #Proteaceae in alphabetical order. For each genus I'll put up representative photos (if
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The #bushfiresRC report has landed, will thread some of it below Absolutely huge (600 page) document, a comprehensive and forensic account of an unprecedented summer across Australia. There are 78
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On 27 July, all Australian Governments will consider whether to #RaisetheAge of criminal responsibility to 14 years of age.Archie Roach:"Children as young as 10 shouldn't be in jail, they should
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Today, Michael Hussey turns 45. So, I tried to make a thread on him. @mhussey393 Hussey made his international debut (ODI) against India in 2004 at the age of 28
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These preambles are a bit weird. Previously, on Australia's response to the coronavirus. Things are, the prime minister says, getting "very real". I am sure it's intended to be reassuring,
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Victoria, AU (pop 6.49 mil) has 671 new covid cases, 7 deaths today. To date they’ve had 17,000 cases, 200 deaths & had 1.63 mil tests done. Minnesota (5.6 mil)
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1) Scam thread SCAM ALERT - $XRP Ripple co-founder is selling 1,740,000 $XRP per
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How racist is Australia?A (case study) thread Allow me to begin with an excerpt from @StephenKing's 1996 serial novel "the green mile" Tldr: a prison guard is curious about a
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Abbott's appointment as trade envoy is a glimpse of UK gov't non-thinking. It offers few advantages and has many distinct drawbacks. He plays to their base and "trolls the libs".
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Acting Minister for Immigration Tudge today said that facts matter. He’s right.As we continue to see the pain and unnecessary cruelty of the Government’s offshore detention regime play out, here
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1. If anyone shows symptoms of an infectious disease while travelling to Australia the aircraft Captain or ship’s Master must report this to a Biosecurity Officer from the Department of
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Police in Australia are going door to door making sure people are home. Failure to be present at the time results in massive fine, and who knows what else. A
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