There's also the gag orders against victims - with advocacy against it, "Let her speak" - www.letusspeak.com.au ; equally, though, gag orders mean a suppression of scrutiny of the legal system more generally as well.

Public transport is not an option?

Or, your children could be locked out of the property market. Take your pick.

Not the only people to do something stupid. The Greens previously torpedoed some good policy.

Yes, agree. I feel that in voting for Keating, I helped condemn Australia to four terms of Howard. Hewson was measured and thoughtful, not like the Libs now. Apparently Hawke said after it was all over, something like "you should have kept the plans in the bottom drawer for after you were elected".

I recall the rock - throwing at Turnbull, and then we ended up with Abbott. There are worse things ...

It does also feel like supermarkets want to herd large volumes of customers, as compared to small stores with more personal relationships with known customers. When you start to "herd" customers, though, you lose something along the way.

Interesting the increase in crime is a in Victoria. I wonder why?

Mind you, I can think of different reasons for crime, which are worth distinguishing.

There's crime driven by poverty shoplifting: unlikely to be violent.

Then there's individual and violent - criminal & lastly, organised crime.

I admit, not something I know offhand.

AUKUS - Australia, United Kingdom, United States
ANZUS - Australia, New Zealand, United States

Attention is, and always has been, selective.

In the US, some people are on board with the whole Jewish bankers running the world conspiracy thing at the same time as they support Israel against the Arabs. It's reasonable to think there might be something similar here.