Not Good Enough

97 — All COP26 are bastards

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Farm workers are now entitled to a minimum wage, some guy got smashed and crashed his car. Also some dudes went to Glasgow and talked about submarines or something.

 

Minimum wage news
  • The Fair Work Commission has ruled that farm workers must be paid a minimum wage!
  • This means that some workers are entitled to an 830% pay rise.
  • Shoutout to the Australian Workers Union for bringing this complaint.
  • Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud (who previously worked as an Agribusiness Banker) says he’s mostly worried about supermarket prices.
    • Slimeball news
    • Victorian Liberal MP Tim Smith got incredibly drunk and smashed his car into a house.
  • Liberal party leader Mathew Guy asked his mate to not recontest the next election, but not to resign just yet.
  • Behind the scenes, Tim Smith pushed against conversion therapy within the Liberal party.
  • Federal Liberal party members are urging Tim Smith to stay in politics.
  • He’s said now he won’t recontest the next election.
    • Inaction news
    • Scott Morrison went to the COP26 conference and yelled at an empty room.
  • His speech was full of bullshit.
  • At the 2009 Paris Conference, rich countries pledge $100 billion to developing countries to help them build resilience to climate change. None has been given.
  • Angus Taylor went there to push for carbon capture.
  • Australia brought a Santos-sponsored display to the climate conference.
  • Morrison likened climate change to Coronavirus, saying we’ll be saved by new technologies.
  • Shame the government has massively cut funding for energy research.
  • Labor is selling totes about it.
  • They also want to give the government “the room” to arrive at a policy in his own time.
  • Simon Kofe, a minister in Tuvalu highlighted the folly of the big nations, speaking half-submerged in water.
  • Madagascar is paying the price for cheap flights and high emissions.

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