Now Kopenawa has become the first Indigenous leader elected to the century-old Brazilian Academy of Sciences. We would like to congratulate the academy, which had the courage to elect a member of the original peoples of Brazil, Paloschi, who is president of the Brazilian bishops Indigenous Missionary Council, told EarthBeat. It s good that the academy has recognized the ancestral wisdom of indigenous peoples, especially at this time, when humanity is experiencing a socio-environmental crisis that is unprecedented in history, the planet is sick, and Indigenous peoples are the teachers who teach us to have a harmonious and respectful relationship with all of creation, he said.
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I am dismayed that you publish certain letters concerning the big-box stores, which are still able to sell items they deem “not essential.” Our government and health “experts” have not provided one single statistical or epidemiological study proving that small businesses and stores are vectors of COVID infection. Instead, they made subjective guesstimates, which have devastated our economy and people’s lives.
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Now we have narrow-viewed citizens among us who want to ensure that everyone is equally miserable: “If I can’t have it, then no-one else should.” I wonder why these writers did not pursue their logic to its proper conclusion. Since they deem clothing, house-fittings, etc. as non-essential, why are they not prepared to ban all non-essential food items, for example?
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Itâs always all or nothing
It is always all or nothing with the Labor Party. It has totally dropped its policy of abolishing franking credits to people who do not pay tax (âââRetiree taxâ dumped as Albanese eyes electionââ,
There was a groundswell at the last election to have a more nuanced approach in that the franking credits could have been capped at say a maximum of $20,000. But no, the gun-shy/policy-shy Labor Party throws out what was in theory a good policy because of this all-or-nothing mindset.
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BORN in Yell more than 80 years ago, Barbara Fraser has been crofting all of her life – first at Gossabrough, then Culswick and now at Gulberwick, where she has been for almost fifty years.
Remarkably, she is self-sufficient in local produce, casts her own peats and got herself a new quad to celebrate her 80
th birthday earlier this year.
In the first audio interview as part of a new
Shetland Voices series Jane Moncrieff visited Barbara a few days before Christmas to have a right good yarn about her life, crofting and how the Covid pandemic has changed her outlook.
Letters of 22 December 2020: Negligence threatens our virus success
Dec 22, 2020 – 12.01am
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Australians paid a massive price to effectively eliminate COVID-19. It will take decades to repay the debt. This was an investment to save lives and allow the economy to recover.
The NSW government had plenty of time to devise plans and implement effective controls for passengers and flight crew arriving from overseas. This was clearly going to be the prime source of any recontamination.
We will pay a heavy price for the Sydney northern beaches COVID-19 outbreak.
Nick Moir
Which government departments failed? Who are the responsible politicians? To what extent are the airlines culpable?