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The Monthly’s editor Nick Feik tweeted last week, ‘The fed government defends [Nationals MP] George Christensen’s right to free speech, but is trying to take the same right away from all charities in Australia’.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has found that July 2021 was the world’s hottest month on record, with the temperature 0.93°C above the 20th century average, the highest since global records began in 1880. Pakistani activist and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai, tweeted: ‘We watch in complete shock as Taliban takes control of Afghanistan. I am deeply worried about women, minorities and human rights advocates. Global, regional and local powers must call for an immediate ceasefire, provide urgent humanitarian aid and protect refugees and civilians’. PM’s parody tweet: ‘Jenny and the girls have cracked it because I was in charge of ordering takeaway but I left it way too late to order and they were sold out of half the menu and then when the food arrived there wasn’t enough for everyone’.
There’s a new temporary pedestrian crossing for Mullum – lockdown made it a breeze for road crews last week. It’s part of Council’s Talking Street trial project, and more info is at www.yoursaybyronshire.com.au/talkingstreettrial. Photo Jeff ‘Tarred and Feathered’ Dawson There’s no other TV show that can move mountains like ABC’s Four Corners, and they have just notched up 60 years of quality broadcasting. EP Sally Neighbours writes, ‘In past five years alone, Four Corners has prompted royal commissions into aged care, youth detention, the banking system and water theft. But it’s been under attack for the last 60 years’. On Monday, Extinction Rebellion say seven of their activists entered the Brisbane City branch of the National Australia Bank and unveiled placards revealing their professions, such as teacher, scientist, and psychologist. ‘In silence, the protesters displayed further placards revealing the bank’s record of investment in fossil fuels’.
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