Australian Fire/Severe Drought Thread

[Outer Sparta]

Gave me a reason to look it up. Apparently changing that rule also requires 2/3 which is reassuring.

I can`t see the Liberals rallying behind anyone in particular. Anyone from the frontbenchers with any presence in public discourse has already either gone for the position and been defeated, resigned due to scandals, taken out of Cabinet positions when the PM changed, or been ousted from the PMship in the past. There`s very few popular figures left, so they`ll have to pull someone new out, and getting 2/3rds majority approval for a relative nobody is going to be hard when such circumstances mean lots of relative nobodies will try to replace ScoMo.

Great looks like Australia's stuck with Scott Morrison until 2022 at least.

[Rojava Free State]

I can`t see the Liberals rallying behind anyone in particular. Anyone from the frontbenchers with any presence in public discourse has already either gone for the position and been defeated, resigned due to scandals, taken out of Cabinet positions when the PM changed, or been ousted from the PMship in the past. There`s very few popular figures left, so they`ll have to pull someone new out, and getting 2/3rds majority approval for a relative nobody is going to be hard when such circumstances mean lots of relative nobodies will try to replace ScoMo.

Great looks like Australia's stuck with Scott Morrison until 2022 at least.

No it isnt, because at this rate it can't survive till 2022 under him

[Outer Sparta]

Great looks like Australia's stuck with Scott Morrison until 2022 at least.

No it isnt, because at this rate it can't survive till 2022 under him

The Coalition has 77 members in Parliament, which is only one above the threshold for a majority. Are there any Liberals that are going to buck the party line and caucus with the opposition? Of course not since Morrison and his cronies will shackle them to the party line and refuse any sort of dissent.

[Rojava Free State]

No it isnt, because at this rate it can't survive till 2022 under him

The Coalition has 77 members in Parliament, which is only one above the threshold for a majority. Are there any Liberals that are going to buck the party line and caucus with the opposition? Of course not since Morrison and his cronies will shackle them to the party line and refuse any sort of dissent.

He can't serve as prime minister till 2022 if there's no Australia by 2022 to be prime minister of

[Heloin]

The Coalition has 77 members in Parliament, which is only one above the threshold for a majority. Are there any Liberals that are going to buck the party line and caucus with the opposition? Of course not since Morrison and his cronies will shackle them to the party line and refuse any sort of dissent.

He can't serve as prime minister till 2022 if there's no Australia by 2022 to be prime minister of

The Hutt River’s empire will grow only stronger.

[Rojava Free State]

He can't serve as prime minister till 2022 if there's no Australia by 2022 to be prime minister of

The Hutt River’s empire will grow only stronger.

Scott morrison: *destroys australia*

Aborigines: YES! YES!

[Shrillland]

In the latest:

NSW is now imposing very steep fines for drivers and passengers who throw cigarettes out their windows on extreme danger days: https://abcnews.go.com/US/australian-wildfires-prompt-11000-fine-tossing-lit-cigarette/story?id=68354354

Nightcap National Park's legendary nightcap oaks have been damaged by the fires: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-18/gondwana-era-nightcap-oak-devastated-by-bushfire/11877770

The Pelican Spider of Kangaroo Island is feared extinct after its entire habitat was destroyed: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-01-18/assassin-spider-extinct-kangaroo-island/11876294

And some of the fires continue just a week shy of Australia Day...whether you believe in that day or not, it's just depressing to see the fires continue.

[Rojava Free State]

In the latest:

NSW is now imposing very steep fines for drivers and passengers who throw cigarettes out their windows on extreme danger days: https://abcnews.go.com/US/australian-wildfires-prompt-11000-fine-tossing-lit-cigarette/story?id=68354354

Nightcap National Park's legendary nightcap oaks have been damaged by the fires: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-18/gondwana-era-nightcap-oak-devastated-by-bushfire/11877770

The Pelican Spider of Kangaroo Island is feared extinct after its entire habitat was destroyed: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-01-18/assassin-spider-extinct-kangaroo-island/11876294

And some of the fires continue just a week shy of Australia Day...whether you believe in that day or not, it's just depressing to see the fires continue.

Australia suffered a major blow from these fires

[Outer Sparta]

In the latest:

NSW is now imposing very steep fines for drivers and passengers who throw cigarettes out their windows on extreme danger days: https://abcnews.go.com/US/australian-wildfires-prompt-11000-fine-tossing-lit-cigarette/story?id=68354354

Nightcap National Park's legendary nightcap oaks have been damaged by the fires: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-18/gondwana-era-nightcap-oak-devastated-by-bushfire/11877770

The Pelican Spider of Kangaroo Island is feared extinct after its entire habitat was destroyed: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-01-18/assassin-spider-extinct-kangaroo-island/11876294

And some of the fires continue just a week shy of Australia Day...whether you believe in that day or not, it's just depressing to see the fires continue.

Yeesh that's quite an awful economic toll not including the lost tourism dollars.

[East Gondwana]

In the latest:

NSW is now imposing very steep fines for drivers and passengers who throw cigarettes out their windows on extreme danger days: https://abcnews.go.com/US/australian-wildfires-prompt-11000-fine-tossing-lit-cigarette/story?id=68354354

Nightcap National Park's legendary nightcap oaks have been damaged by the fires: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-18/gondwana-era-nightcap-oak-devastated-by-bushfire/11877770

The Pelican Spider of Kangaroo Island is feared extinct after its entire habitat was destroyed: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-01-18/assassin-spider-extinct-kangaroo-island/11876294

And some of the fires continue just a week shy of Australia Day...whether you believe in that day or not, it's just depressing to see the fires continue.

Yeesh that's quite an awful economic toll not including the lost tourism dollars.

It just goes to show that the Liberals and other right wingers don't actually care about the economy, not really, and certainly aren't good economic managers. Tourism supports far more jobs than coal, not to mention the fact that the devastation to land and ecosystems will have ongoing chain effects on the economy for years, particularly in rural areas.

Ecosystem services are difficult to value with a discrete monetary value, because they are so delicately and heavily intertwined with literally everything. As such, it will be difficult to actually ascertain the exact cost to our economy.

It feels like the world is run by people who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

Yeesh that's quite an awful economic toll not including the lost tourism dollars.

It just goes to show that the Liberals and other right wingers don't actually care about the economy, not really, and certainly aren't good economic managers. Tourism supports far more jobs than coal, not to mention the fact that the devastation to land and ecosystems will have ongoing chain effects on the economy for years, particularly in rural areas.

If you look at today's news, federal money to re-establish tourism is all over it. Sorry, but your ideological enemy isn't as stupid as you expect.

Ecosystem services are difficult to value with a discrete monetary value, because they are so delicately and heavily intertwined with literally everything. As such, it will be difficult to actually ascertain the exact cost to our economy.

It feels like the world is run by people who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

Well that may be true, but they do know the cost of tourism.

To be cynical, some money spent on habitat restoration and nurturing the endangered species would be good politics too.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

"It's burnt, it's black, but it's bloody beautiful. Visit a National Park today!"

"It's not looting now the insurance is paid, come get your Fire Souvenir!"

"Great Barrier Reef, it never burns. Hurry before the ash gets it."

[East Gondwana]

It just goes to show that the Liberals and other right wingers don't actually care about the economy, not really, and certainly aren't good economic managers. Tourism supports far more jobs than coal, not to mention the fact that the devastation to land and ecosystems will have ongoing chain effects on the economy for years, particularly in rural areas.

If you look at today's news, federal money to re-establish tourism is all over it. Sorry, but your ideological enemy isn't as stupid as you expect.

I was referring to their climate policy more generally. Their lack of it, and their enthusiastic support for the coal industry contributes to global climate change as well as more direct and immediate environmental impacts, all of which threaten tourism in the long run.

[Outer Sparta]

"It's burnt, it's black, but it's bloody beautiful. Visit a National Park today!"

"It's not looting now the insurance is paid, come get your Fire Souvenir!"

"Great Barrier Reef, it never burns. Hurry before the ash gets it."

Well, with Scott Morrison's experience in marketing, maybe he can come up with a new catchy slogan for a new tourism campaign that really emphasizes the burnt national parks and choking smoke in cities.

[Costa Fierro]

"It's burnt, it's black, but it's bloody beautiful. Visit a National Park today!"

"It's not looting now the insurance is paid, come get your Fire Souvenir!"

"Great Barrier Reef, it never burns. Hurry before the ash gets it."

Well, with Scott Morrison's experience in marketing, maybe he can come up with a new catchy slogan for a new tourism campaign that really emphasizes the burnt national parks and choking smoke in cities.

Time to rev up a good classic.

[Rojava Free State]

Well, with Scott Morrison's experience in marketing, maybe he can come up with a new catchy slogan for a new tourism campaign that really emphasizes the burnt national parks and choking smoke in cities.

Time to rev up a good classic.

"We've brought in your firefighters, and saved you a spot on the burnt remains of New South Wales, so where the bloody hell are you?"

[Outer Sparta]

Well, with Scott Morrison's experience in marketing, maybe he can come up with a new catchy slogan for a new tourism campaign that really emphasizes the burnt national parks and choking smoke in cities.

Time to rev up a good classic.

Now replace all the beautiful skies with choking smog and all the lush forests with the ashes of burnt forest and Scott Morrison can use his marketing skills there!

[Outer Sparta]

Time to rev up a good classic.

"We've brought in your firefighters, and saved you a spot on the burnt remains of New South Wales, so where the bloody hell are you?"

Scott Morrison: why can't the volunteer firefighters realize that I'm a hard-working prime minister who has to take a mandatory vacation every three months?

[Rojava Free State]

"We've brought in your firefighters, and saved you a spot on the burnt remains of New South Wales, so where the bloody hell are you?"

Scott Morrison: why can't the volunteer firefighters realize that I'm a hard-working prime minister who has to take a mandatory vacation every three months?

Scott morrison: "my campaign donors do not approve of you selfless environmental protesters getting in the way of business. Fuckoff and let them pollute the sky if it brings them money"

[Outer Sparta]

Scott Morrison: why can't the volunteer firefighters realize that I'm a hard-working prime minister who has to take a mandatory vacation every three months?

Scott morrison: "my campaign donors do not approve of you selfless environmental protesters getting in the way of business. Fuckoff and let them pollute the sky if it brings them money"

Scott Morrison: I love coal!
Josh Frydenberg: I love my surplus!
Bridget McKenzie: I love to buy marginal seats!
Angus Taylor: I love draining the Murray-Darling!
Media: Bill Shorten has a weasel face!

[Lost Memories]

The Pelican Spider of Kangaroo Island is feared extinct after its entire habitat was destroyed: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-01-18/assassin-spider-extinct-kangaroo-island/11876294

It's tragic for those ancient oaks, but for those spiders? fuck that shit.

[Imperial isa]

The Pelican Spider of Kangaroo Island is feared extinct after its entire habitat was destroyed: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-01-18/assassin-spider-extinct-kangaroo-island/11876294.

Never heard of them and i never want to meet them.

[Outer Sparta]

The Pelican Spider of Kangaroo Island is feared extinct after its entire habitat was destroyed: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-01-18/assassin-spider-extinct-kangaroo-island/11876294

It's tragic for those ancient oaks, but for those spiders? fuck that shit.

Although Australian nature is really scary, it's what makes their ecosystems unique.

[GRANOLA MACHINES]

let it burn

[Australian rePublic]

When I was in uni (about half a decade ago) Australia had the highest carbon emissions per capita. Now Australia is down to second highest. That's an improvement, a pretty ammenic improvement, I'll admit, but nonetheless, an improvement