[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I'm not convinced that increasing dingo numbers wouldn't at least help control the population. Basically all predator-prey systems go though cycles afaik (we teach this model to first year maths students). Obviously I'd have to read more to form a stronger opinion though.

In fact, for those of us who eat meat, we should avoid beef, lamb, and pork. Kangaroo is FAR more sustainable from an environmental perspective...
... even if Skippy is on our National Coat of Arms.

This I agree with, I live overseas now and I miss a good roo-steak.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Governments have backed controls and culls of the kangaroo’s natural predator – the dingo

“The natural alternatives are being killed by a dingo or dying by starvation,” he says.

Farmers livestock might be at risk but can we not reintroduce more dingos to manage the population?

[-] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago

This corrosive billionaire puts a lot of money into Australian politics, I think it's important to know what you're enemy is thinking.

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Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is urging politicians to shift further to the right and adopt US President Donald Trump’s polices as she blames voters and the “left media” for the Coalition’s disastrous election result.

I honestly wonder if she just wants to ruin everything for her own benefit, or she is actually lost in the sauce.

[-] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago

I was honestly hoping that people would see trump, see Dutton trying to emulate him, then go "ahh no maybe not."

[-] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago

"deliberate" seems like a pretty high bar. Of course it doesn't stop employer groups crying that literally stealing is being made illegal.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Senator Birmingham criticised the Greens, saying their failure to vote for the motion cut against cross-party efforts to improve parliamentary culture.

Yeah don't suspend Pauline for being a racist though dw about it.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

Honestly, reducing the teaching + publish-or-perish + the constant need to apply for grants would go a long way towards fixing the review process. Academics have to spend a lot of time doing a lot of non-academic work that peer reviewing properly sometimes gets pushed down the list of priorities.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

You're assuming that they scouted this and carefully planned it to ensure they wouldn't cause damage. I doubt that.

Seems like they did:

The canvas of the painting is protected with a glass screen, a factor Just Stop Oil said they had taken into account.

[-] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago

While its true that there are open-access journals and conferences without such costs

To publish open access normally costs upwards of $3k USD as well. There's practically no point in the publishing chain where academics aren't getting screwed.

Let's also not forget that you have to review other people's papers for the journal for free.

[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago

There's a lot of "it's probably concealed for a reason" type posts that I don't think I'd be seeing if this was the LNP.

Also how can Australians trust the government to make national security laws if they aren't informed on national security issues?

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

NSW police are famous for their well measured and reasonable use of power so you're probably right.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But what about the economy‽

Also to be fair, Australia's unemployment system is especially cruel with mutual obligations etc... It's basically designed to kill people.

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