Well, it’s at least preferable for them to be spending their time propagandising to Americans than to Australians, right?

Haha, holy shit, what a damning excerpt! Thanks for saving me some time.

Correct, after that the EU, Germany, Canada, Sweden, Australia, etc. determined that UNRWA was not a terrorist organisation, and resumed their funding.

I’m assuming you mean live streaming of the attacks on 7 October? Do you have a source for this? I can’t even find anyone claiming this.

As far as I’m aware, the nature of the evidence against UNRWA staff (if there was any) was never made public. If there was live streaming, I think the Israeli government would never stop talking about it.

In any case, there were accusations against 12 UNRWA staff. UNRWA employed 13,000 people within the Gaza Strip, so even if those unproven accusations were true, it would hardly be indicative of UNRWA being a ‘terrorist organisation’.

That’s incorrect. The IDF claims that Sinwar had in his possession the passport of an UNRWA teacher. The passport expired in 2017, and its owner is a 40-year-old man who has been in Egypt since April.

source: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20241021-what-we-know-about-the-unrwa-id-allegedly-found-amidst-sinwar-s-belongings

I’m not sure how people imagine this to be some kind of smoking gun for UNRWA being a terrorist organisation. No government donors to UNRWA seem to have considered it worthy of taking any action.

You asked:

when do you think the Palestinians will give up and sue for peace?

And I gave you an answer that they’ve been in ceasefire negotiations since November 2023. It’s been on-and-off, sure, but your question was when would they sue for peace and the answer is that they have done already.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg742e3rexo

Qatar’s foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said Qatari mediators had “re-engaged” with Hamas since Sinwar’s death, but there was “no clarity” over the groups current plans with regards to ceasefire talks.

ABC News quotes a Hamas official here:

A senior Hamas official says the group has told Egyptian officials it was ready to stop fighting in Gaza if Israel committed to a ceasefire deal.

The official said on Thursday a Hamas delegation discussed “ideas and proposals” related to a Gaza truce with Egyptian officials in Cairo.

“Hamas has expressed readiness to stop the fighting, but Israel must commit to a ceasefire, withdraw from the Gaza Strip, allow the return of displaced people, agree to a serious prisoner exchange deal and allow the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza,” the official said.

source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-25/ceasefire-talks-in-doha-hamas-israel-gaza/104515680

guess you’ll need to recheck your “facts”

Firstly: Rude.

Secondly: Do you think “the Israeli government doesn’t actually want a ceasefire” is an original observation of mine, or something?

“But we are committed to continuing the war after a pause, in order to complete the goal of eliminating Hamas. I’m not willing to give up on that.”

- Benjamin Netanyahu, June 2024

source: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-06-24/netanyahu-says-he-wont-agree-to-a-deal-that-ends-the-war-in-gaza-testing-the-latest-truce-proposal

See also:

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/20/why-netanyahu-wont-let-israel-stop-fighting-after-killing-hamass-sinwar
• https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/01/middleeast/ceasefire-hostage-deal-talks-tensions-israel-intl/index.html
• https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/why-netanyahu-wont-cease-fire
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/7/the-goal-is-to-destroy-gaza-why-israel-rejects-a-ceasefire-with-hamas

Those allegations were made back in January, and nearly all donor governments - including Germany’s and our own - ultimately resumed funding for UNRWA:

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-resume-cooperation-with-palestinian-unrwa-agency-2024-04-24/
• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-15/australia-to-restore-palestinian-aid-funding-to-unrwa/103592164
• https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australia-will-resume-funding-to-un-palestinian-aid-agency-heres-how-we-got-here/bpofyz6ba

That’d rely on tenants reporting their evictions to the tentants’ union, and most people aren’t engaged with the tenants’ union, and even among those who are, relying on tenants reporting would probably be a bit spotty.

If the government is serious about enforcement, I think the logical thing would be for the bond authority to track it. They could be required to log the reason when the bond is claimed, and then their system would flag it if another bond was lodged for the address within the specified period.

If the government doesn’t implement a real system for enforcement, though, then yeah, some system through the tenants’ union would be better than nothing.

Hamas has participated in negotiations for a ceasefire since November 2023. The facts indicate the Israeli government doesn’t actually want a ceasefire.

In Victoria, renters can challenge a rent increase “if they believe the increase is higher than the market range”

See: https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/housing/renting/rent-bond-bills-and-condition-reports/rent/challenging-rent-increases-or-high-rent

I assume, like with many renter protections, it’s a pain in the arse to actually do in practice, but it’s there, so they can’t just double your rent in one go to force you out.

Also, rent can only be increased once every 12 months in Vic, so landleeches may need to wait months before they can increase the rent by any amount at all.

Not that I doubt there will be some dodgy workarounds. I suspect landlords might try to abuse the “if the owner is moving back in” exemption, because even if there’s strong provisions - e.g. the property can’t be advertised again for at least 12 months - it still requires someone to be paying enough attention to notice and report any violations.

Thanks for cross-posting - I don’t think enough Australians know about this. I think I’m fairly well-informed relative to the whole Australian voting population, and I only became aware of the possibility of ‘tactical’ voting in our system couple of months back.

I get that there’s reasons some people want detached, single-title housing, but they could still have that if they built double-storey housing, achieve better density than this, and not make the suburb a hellscape.

She explained Sturgeon had “somewhat unconventional and unorthodox views”, but had not been diagnosed with or hospitalised for mental health conditions, and no psychological report was presented.

Yeah, I think the court should have ordered some kind of evaluation…

Have you had a look at the Cancer Council Shops?

Their stuff is always reasonably-priced, certified SPF, and their website lists hat sizes up to 63cm: https://www.cancercouncilshop.org.au/collections/hats?filter.p.m.custom.hat_sizes=63cm&filter.p.m.custom.hat_sizes=61cm&filter.p.m.custom.hat_sizes=60cm&filter.p.m.custom.hat_sizes=59cm

Their website lists a ‘Kiosk’ in Penrith, but I’m guessing that might have a limited selection, in which case the nearest ‘Store’ is in Hornsby: https://www.cancercouncilshop.org.au/pages/store-finder

Coles’ answer to that question was hiring Palantir

I’d argue Kamala Harris is costing Kamala Harris votes in a key state.

I can’t believe anyone is seriously advancing this as a point 😆 But I’ll give the benefit of the doubt and give it a serious response:

If the 1999 republic referendum had succeeded, the government of the day would have advised the monarch to abolish their rule over Australia. Senator Thorpe is simply doing the same thing, albeit in a different way. Sometimes true friendship allegiance means telling hard truths.

So little, so late. And no doubt just another way to delay taking any real action. That’s all they’ve done so far - delay and obfuscate.

Power to them, I hope people support them however they can!

Ridiculous that this trainee stuff is still going on with Grill’d specifically - they’ve been in the news media for it since at least 2016 (earliest story I can find).

What this SBS article doesn’t mention is that Grill’d has been known to drag their feet on progressing a trainee, to just keep them on the lower rate indefinitely.

The Coalition voted for the anti-CFMEU legislation too, but I guess people could preference Coalition above Labor just to hurt Labor in the 2PP figures.

I’m not sure it’d send any clearer a message, though, than just preferencing Greens and socialists above Labor but still putting Labor above Coalition. Seems like a Labor government would be more likely to repeal the laws than a Coalition one, under pressure from a bolstered Greens bloc.