By being backward oriented and not investing adequately into and operating wind and solar energy, we not only miss out on having and using sufficient renewable energy – no, we also miss out on an important opportunity for learning from operating them. Vital data cannot be collected from what does not exist in Australia. Other countries who are operating wind and solar at large scale are able to learn from collected data (including cost details) so that their future planning is now much better than it would otherwise be. The critical mix between wind and solar is important. How else can we know this, but from operational data ? “So why not use foreign data?” you say ? We need data for Australian conditions with local geographical and many other specifics. We need to learn from operating wind and solar here in Australia and cannot simply transplant data from other countries where different conditions/parameters exist. We miss out on opportunities we could have, had we invested sufficiently into solar and wind power. This ill-minded negligence is bad for our future as a nation and its negative consequences will be a burden for future generations.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-23/gladys-berejiklian-approval-of-council-grants-shredded/12806962?utm_source=abc_news_web&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=abc_news_web

„More than 680 of the 905 Australians who have died from COVID fell ill with it while in aged care facilities“.Source: The Conversation

Aged care in Australia is a federal government responsibility – not a state responsibility!

Clearly, aged care is not a priority item for this liberal party government.

Nothing really beats live classical music. Yes, there may be inaccuracies and the odd mistake (if you can detect it) but that is actually the charm of live music.

You can spin this any way you like but the federal government’s vulgar and superfluous verbal attacks on Daniel Andrews is for some people a top level encouragement to take lightly or even break lockdown rules and gather, thus producing a high risk of spreading the virus. The sabotaging nature of the Morrison government’s ongoing attacks on Daniel Andrews will not be forgotten.

Apart from the above, one also has to see that here is a federal government playing political games when the state of Victoria under the fine leadership of Daniel Andrews is dealing with a dangerously infectious threat for the health of the people of Victoria. Morrisson & Co have for many Australians lost their credibility or what is left of it.

Across the Universe

Words are flowing out
Like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass
They slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy
Are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me

Jai Guru Deva, Om
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world

Images of broken light
Which dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe

Jai Guru Deva, Om
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world
Nothing’s gonna change my world

Instead of making stupid “get on with it” remarks to Daniel Andrews, Frydenberg would be well advised to review his recovery plan.

Read this article on TheConversation

Sure, this was not easy for many Victorians. The absence of distraction was probably more difficult for younger people. But the lockdown is/was also a good opportunity to do all those things at home, which we kept “for later”. The lockdown also reveals how much some of us depend on movement, company of others and so on. It is an interruption with a purpose and most of us probably agree with the Victorian government’s decisions during what is an extremely difficult time period. Below is The Age newspaper’s reader poll of today:

https://theconversation.com/new-zealands-new-parliament-turns-red-the-2020-election-results-at-a-glance-147757?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Weekend%20Conversation%20-%201761717075&utm_content=The%20Weekend%20Conversation%20-%201761717075+CID_98ebca7da61f73758eaa95f509b2b40c&utm_source=campaign_monitor