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[24 June 2022] Considering a big move this year? You may want to think about Canada or western Europe after Australia’s massive drop in the world rankings.
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[23 June 2022] Annual rankings return Austria’s capital to first place, as former title-holder Auckland tumbles to 34th and Ukraine war sees eastern cities slump
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The Global Liveability Index quantifies the challenges presented to an individual’s lifestyle in 173 cities. In 2022, relaxed covid-19 restrictions in some parts of the world led to big shifts across the index, with one city claiming top place again.
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[23 June 2022] Sky News host Peta Credlin says she thinks there’s a “lot more help” needed to get Melbourne and its businesses “back on its feet” than ranking suggests. “Seriously? I bet none of the judges made it out here to have a look because if they did, they would find a Melbourne CBD that's a shadow of its former self.”
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[20 June 2022] NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says he will be reviewing the $25 million cost to permanently fly the Aboriginal flag on the Sydney Harbour Bridge by the end of the year.
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[20 June 2022] NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has promised to go “line by line” through the $25 million quote to make the Aboriginal flag a permanent addition to the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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[22 June 2022] The number of people who think that fake run down of the flagpole costs put out by http://theshovel.com.au is real is genuinely depressing
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At The Shovel Flag & Pole Solutions were are proud of our long history of undertaking satirical government projects. Please see the itemised costings below. We hope this answers any queries the general public may have.
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[24 June 2022] You’d think a publication called TheDailyAus might recognise the Aboriginal flag, but the “social media first” website mistakenly Photoshopped a German flag on to a picture of the Sydney Harbour Bridge to illustrate the New South Wales government’s plans for the Aboriginal flag to have a permanent spot by the end of the year.
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Designed and sold by James Fosdike
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[22 June 2022] Further proof, if needed, that Greg Sheridan doesn’t live on the same planet as the rest of us. #gregsheridan #Christianity
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[20 June 2022] Joe Biden’s administration is catching too many terrorists. Vote Republican.
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[24 June 2022] Jordan Klepper makes Trump supporters watch clips of the January 6th hearings
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[21 June 2022] The Australian National Values in 2022 study revealed long standing traditional Aussie values that hark back to the 1930s and ’40s are not nearly as important as they were to past generations, as a shift to a more progressive modern mindset among the Australian population takes hold.
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A Havas Australia and YouGov research report into the nation’s evolving perspective on Australian values.
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[22 June 2022] We should stop using it, it's a stupid word and tries to make Australian exceptionalism of "being nice and clannish to justify all our demonstrably bad behaviour to any 'other'".
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In this special episode of War Against Humanity, we take a look at the underlying neurological functions that allow us to hate another group of people. Maybe it helps us to understand the ultimate question about WW2; how on earth could all of this happen?
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[24 June 2022] The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade in a decision on a Mississippi abortion law that would prohibit nearly all abortions after 15 weeks. NBC's Pete Williams reports.
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[4 May 2022] The phones inside an Alabama abortion clinic were ringing off the hook: the callers wanted to know if abortion remains legal. And, if so, for how long?
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[24 June 2022] CNBC's Shepard Smith and Eamon Javers report on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that granted federal abolition rights across the U.S. for the past 50 years.
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[24 June 2022] The Supreme Court on Friday overturned decades of federal protection for abortion access. In the ruling that found that a Mississippi law banning most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy is constitutional, the previous protections afforded under the case Roe v. Wade are effectively overturned. The U.S. will now see a patchwork of laws with some states limiting or banning abortion all together, and others protecting access to the procedure. The PBS NewsHour’s John Yang reported on what comes next, including that several companies, including Disney, among others, have said they will help pay for their employees abortion care, if they need to travel to another state to access the procedure.
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[15 June 2022] Facebook is collecting ultra-sensitive personal data about abortion seekers and enabling anti-abortion organizations to use that data as a tool to target and influence people online, in violation of its own policies and promises.
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[25 June 2022] The same SCOTUS that said yesterday that states don’t have the ability to regulate guns today gave states the power to regulate women’s bodies.
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[24 June 2022] Maybe someday, women in America will have as many rights as guns do.
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[25 June 2022] “pro life” but no baby formula on the shelves? yeah okay.
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[25 June 2022] SCOTUS officially recognises men as sperm guns, which is why they have more rights.
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[25 June 2022; "You wouldn't try to regulate my vagina if it fired bullets."]
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[25 June 2022] GET READY, GAYS. YOU’RE NEXT.
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[25 June 2022] American political insanity is contagious AF. Vigilance required.
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[24 June 2022] Justice Thomas, a member of the majority, issued a concurring opinion that sent a different message. He wrote that it was strictly true that the majority opinion addressed only abortion, but he said that its logic required the court to reconsider decisions about contraception, gay sex and same-sex marriage. “We have a duty to ‘correct the error’ established in those precedents,” he wrote, quoting an earlier opinion.
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[25 June 2022] Two very different responses.
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[25 June 2022] Banning abortion is inextricably linked to the state deciding parents allowing their trans kids to access gender-related care is child abuse. All these attacks on bodily autonomy (and, further, privacy with talk of attacking queer marriage) are also about controlling the family.
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[25 June 2022] I predict the US will die the way it was born. In a tax revolt.
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I've thought of this too.
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[24 June 2022] I hate it when people say you need to keep a sense of perspective. We’re mortal beings on a loveless world in a dying universe. You need to lose perspective as completely as you possibly can. Forget the bigger picture, comprehending it would drive you insane
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