The COVID-19 vaccine wars: The vacuum that needs filling
By Ian McGarrity|18 January 2021
There is much we still need to learn and be made aware of before the legal profession starts to debate the legalities of workplaces mandating the COVID-19 vaccination, writes Ian McGarrity.
I recently had a possum in my roof at home. I did nothing about it until one Friday night recently another possum got in. They are very territorial animals. A fight broke out and in the course of it electrical wires shorted out in my roof and I was plunged into darkness.
Nothing a possum catcher and subsequently an electrician could not fix but I should have acted earlier and avoided the subsequent expense.
Given the coal shoulder THE COAL TRUTH
Simon Birmingham has urged Chinese authorities to “immediately rule out” reports in state-run outlet
The Global Times that Australian coal exports have been formally blocked.
Following months of “go slow” orders on Australia’s $14 billion export industry, China’s National Development and Reform Commission told 10 local power plants on Saturday to begin importing coal without clearance restrictions for countries “except for Australia”, a list which will reportedly include Mongolia, Indonesia, and Russia.
In other energy news:
Dan Andrews is expected to announce another bailout to Portland’s struggling, emissions-intensive Portland aluminium smelter within weeks
Simon Birmingham has urged Chinese authorities to “immediately rule out” reports in state-run outlet
The Global Times that Australian coal exports have been formally blocked.
Following months of “go slow” orders on Australia’s $14 billion export industry, China’s National Development and Reform Commission told 10 local power plants on Saturday to begin importing coal without clearance restrictions for countries “except for Australia”, a list which will reportedly include Mongolia, Indonesia, and Russia.
In other energy news:
Dan Andrews is expected to announce another bailout to Portland’s struggling, emissions-intensive Portland aluminium smelter within weeks
(The Australian Financial Review $), after he provided a four-year $200 million lifeline in 2017 and after