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****ASF Breaking News****
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If they could find William Tyrell as well, that would be good too.
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At last, a universal carbon tax, looks like it is on its way. Bloody hooray. Now countries can start and address emission under common penalties, this will really put a rocket up coal generation IMO.
Each country will have to work out ways to address their emissions, all that has to be ensured is those policing it, aren't corrupt and frigging the figures.
Which will IMO, end up with it being a multi national independent body, with representatives from each country.
www.abc.net.au
From the article:
Instead of treating foreign and local producers the same by letting them both off the hook, it's going to place both on the hook.
It's about to make sure producers in higher-emitting countries such as China (and Australia) can't undercut producers who pay carbon prices.
Unless foreign producers pay a carbon price like the one in Europe, the EU will impose a carbon price on their goods as they come in — a so-called Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, or "carbon tariff".
From 2026, Europe will apply the tariff to direct emissions from imported iron, steel, cement, fertiliser, aluminium and electricity, with other products (and possibly indirect emissions) to be added later.
That is, unless they come from a country with a carbon price.
Canada is also exploring the idea, as part of "levelling the playing field". So is US President Joe Biden, who wants to stop polluting countries "undermining our workers and manufacturers".
Their arguments line up with those heard in Australia in the lead-up to our carbon price: that unless there's some sort of adjustment, a local carbon tax will push local employers towards "pollution havens" where emissions are untaxed.
Each country will have to work out ways to address their emissions, all that has to be ensured is those policing it, aren't corrupt and frigging the figures.
Which will IMO, end up with it being a multi national independent body, with representatives from each country.
The EU has cottoned on to imperfect carbon workarounds introduced by countries such as Australia and things are about to change
A carbon tariff is a carbon tax applied to exports from countries like Australia that don't have one. And Europe is planning to impose one, whether our politicians like it or not, writes Peter Martin.
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We are about to face carbon tariffs
The European Union has cottoned on to the imperfect workarounds introduced by countries such as Australia, and is about to tackle things from the other direction.Instead of treating foreign and local producers the same by letting them both off the hook, it's going to place both on the hook.
It's about to make sure producers in higher-emitting countries such as China (and Australia) can't undercut producers who pay carbon prices.
Unless foreign producers pay a carbon price like the one in Europe, the EU will impose a carbon price on their goods as they come in — a so-called Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, or "carbon tariff".
From 2026, Europe will apply the tariff to direct emissions from imported iron, steel, cement, fertiliser, aluminium and electricity, with other products (and possibly indirect emissions) to be added later.
That is, unless they come from a country with a carbon price.
Canada is also exploring the idea, as part of "levelling the playing field". So is US President Joe Biden, who wants to stop polluting countries "undermining our workers and manufacturers".
Their arguments line up with those heard in Australia in the lead-up to our carbon price: that unless there's some sort of adjustment, a local carbon tax will push local employers towards "pollution havens" where emissions are untaxed.
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yea great news one in a million out come, big shout out to WA police, a big deal in my own local area.
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Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, 30 miles (50 kilometres) southeast of central London, close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formation High Rocks. The town was a spa in the Restoration and a fashionable resort in the mid-1700s under Beau Nash when the Pantiles, and its chalybeate spring, attracted visitors who wished to take the waters.[2] Though its popularity as a spa town waned with the advent of sea bathing, the town still derives much of its income from tourism.[3]
David Fuller pleaded guilty to murdering Wendy Knell, 25, and Caroline Pierce, 20, in separate attacks in Tunbridge Wells, Kent police said.
The 67-year-old changed his pleas on Thursday partway through his trial at Maidstone crown court, which heard that he sexually assaulted the two women after killing them. He had admitted killing the two women but originally pleaded not guilty to murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
His trial heard that he also sexually assaulted women’s corpses in the mortuaries at Kent and Sussex hospital and Tunbridge Wells hospital while working there.
Police have detected at least 99 potential victims of Fuller, in what is believed to be the worst case of necrophilia in British legal history.
TWISTED double murderer David Fuller could have attacked hundreds more victims – storing grotesque videos of himself violating women’s bodies at his home.
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Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.
Man pleads guilty to 1987 murders and assaulting corpses
David Fuller: man admits two murders and sexual abuse of multiple corpses
4 November 2021MSN
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The 67-year-old changed his pleas on Thursday partway through his trial at Maidstone crown court, which heard that he sexually assaulted the two women after killing them. He had admitted killing the two women but originally pleaded not guilty to murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
His trial heard that he also sexually assaulted women’s corpses in the mortuaries at Kent and Sussex hospital and Tunbridge Wells hospital while working there.
Police have detected at least 99 potential victims of Fuller, in what is believed to be the worst case of necrophilia in British legal history.
TWISTED double murderer David Fuller could have attacked hundreds more victims – storing grotesque videos of himself violating women’s bodies at his home.
Chilling moment Bedsit Killer is snared in dingy lair amid fears he raped 100s MORE
TWISTED double murderer David Fuller could have attacked hundreds more victims – storing grotesque videos of himself violating women’s bodies at his home. Chilling footage shows the moment that the…
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Vladimir Putin has set sights on four countries for Russia invasion
FORMER Defence minister Tobias Ellwood has raised the alarm over an imminent Russian invasion against Ukraine - and warned that Vladimir Putin has set his sights on three more European countries to target next.
wayneL
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Ghilaine Maxwell guilty on 5/6 counts.
Now it gets interesting, whether the black book gets opened, or everything else is covered up.
My bet is it gets covered up.
Now it gets interesting, whether the black book gets opened, or everything else is covered up.
My bet is it gets covered up.
Knobby22
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Yes, been a lot of look over there at the Prince, don't look at any of the billionaires. The women themselves are very careful whom they implicate.
wayneL
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It is a massive, massive can of worms there. Not just billionaires, this has tentacles everywhere, politics, the police etcetera
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So, who's next?
I don't understand how Virginia Giuffre can be suing Prince Andrew - but not involved in the criminal case for Maxwell? Something about that doesn't sit right with me. Wouldn't she have been foaming at the mouth to testify against Maxwell?
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Emirates Airways paging a Mr Novax Djocovid, your flight is ready for departure.
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US hands Russia written response to demands, says up to Kremlin how to proceed
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday that the United States has delivered written responses to demands made by Russia, saying it will be up to the Kremlin on how they want to proceed amid heightening tensions between Moscow and Ukraine.
Knobby22
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True and they will be thinking " Can't Russia coordinate this with us conquering Taiwan?"
I doubt Russia will have it happen at this stage.
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At last some good news, forget sending everybody to uni, while we import tradies. Homegrown is best.
www.theaustralian.com.au
NoCookies | The Australian
Apprenticeship boom a business boon
A surge in demand for workers and generous government incentives combine to create ‘the busiest period in apprenticeships since 1998’.The trouble is in the industry I work in is that get good money in their later years of training and turn into these unbearable twatsAt last some good news, forget sending everybody to uni, while we import tradies. Homegrown is best.
NoCookies | The Australian
Apprenticeship boom a business boon
A surge in demand for workers and generous government incentives combine to create ‘the busiest period in apprenticeships since 1998’.
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Yes so much easier, to import young bloke's, that know everything from birth.
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Ecuador’s OCP pipeline ruptured by rockslide | Argus Media
A 450,000 b/d oil pipeline in the Piedra Fina zone of Ecuador's Napo province ruptured today, spilling an undisclosed volume of crude.
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If you havn't seen Wordle yet this news could be very sad.
Josh Wardle told the Guardian he didn’t want the game ‘to become a source of stress and anxiety in my life’. Photograph: Tada Images/Shutterstock
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The New York Times has acquired the viral word game Wordle for an undisclosed seven-figure sum, the publisher announced on Monday.
Created by a Reddit engineer and launched in October, Wordle gives players just six guesses to determine a five-letter word that changes every day. The soothing daily puzzle has become a hit since its launch, quickly attracting hundreds of thousands, then millions, of players. Social media posts about its game of the day have become ubiquitous, along with screenshots of the game’s distinctive grid.
Josh Wardle, who created the game for his partner, who loves puzzles, told the Guardian this month that he felt overwhelmed by the game’s viral success.
www.theguardian.com
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New York Times buys viral game Wordle for seven-figure sum
Creator Josh Wardle ‘thrilled’ that newspaper is taking over internet sensationJosh Wardle told the Guardian he didn’t want the game ‘to become a source of stress and anxiety in my life’. Photograph: Tada Images/Shutterstock
Lois Beckett in Los Angeles
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The New York Times has acquired the viral word game Wordle for an undisclosed seven-figure sum, the publisher announced on Monday.
Created by a Reddit engineer and launched in October, Wordle gives players just six guesses to determine a five-letter word that changes every day. The soothing daily puzzle has become a hit since its launch, quickly attracting hundreds of thousands, then millions, of players. Social media posts about its game of the day have become ubiquitous, along with screenshots of the game’s distinctive grid.
Josh Wardle, who created the game for his partner, who loves puzzles, told the Guardian this month that he felt overwhelmed by the game’s viral success.
Wordle: New York Times buys viral game for seven-figure sum
Puzzle creator Josh Wardle ‘thrilled’ that newspaper is taking over internet sensation
Wordle Game - Play Unlimited
Play Wordle with unlimited words! Wordly is a spinoff of the Wordle game, only with words from 4 to 11 letters and in various languages. Can you guess the hidden word in 6 tries?
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