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I posted an explanation of what the term "Nett Zero" meant. It is possible to continue to use fossil fuels as long as suitable alternatives are found to reduce pollutants already created. It is quite clear that the correct solution is a mixture of renewables and non-renewables. Does anyone ever consider the temperature raising effects of the combustion of fuels? Isn't the fundamental reason we burn fuel the production of heat? Even if we use renewably sourced electricity for smelting, we are still putting heat into the environment.

How bloody stupid! Imagine the damage done to a vehicle dropping suddenly into what amounts to a lane-wide pothole. Even if it was only a blown tyre, the sudden loss of control could prove fatal.

Sadly for Australia, there has been a suggestion that Rudd had at some time a connection with Epstein. That might be a fake. I can't produce evidence of it.

Words cannot express the outrage one should have for this "plan". It's not a plan. It's a ransom payout, with no assurance than the victim will be returned. The sooner Australia breaks ties with the present US administration, the better. It a new administration shows itself to be civilised, then negotiations to restore old ties might begin. I know some will say that we are too enmeshed in the USA, but isn't it time Australian people said, 'enough!'? If Australia continues allying itself to the USA as the USA is behaving at the present, Australia's name within the global community will be mud.

Insurance is a system whereby the high value of a risk is covered through small contributions made by very many people. It's a sort of 'manmy hands make light work'. If the insurer is the government, as is the case with Medicare, at least each person contributing a small amount knows that a chunk of that small amount is not being stripped off and handed to investors, as it is with insurance companies. Of course, not 100% of contributions to a government scheme is used to pay medical expenses. There has to be an allowance for administration costs. But that is better than a system which adds investor returns to outlays and administration costs.

Unfortunately, History is being written by the hour and fantasy has become fact.

I guess this was way too subtle for you blokes. The positive I celebrated was that my Mother reached the age of 100 years and is still mentally acute. I have been so lucky to have had the past three years since I came up here to reunite with her after sparse contact for forty or so years. She received greetings from everyone in government from King Charles to the local Shire mayor.

I wonder what is the total wealth of the Trump family.

Put another way, 'money is made round to go around'. For argument's sake, let's say that each person employed on these projects pays income tax at 25%. That's a lot of moeny being returned to the Treasury. Then, of the other 75% of take-home pay, quite a lot more is returned to Treasury in the form of GST payments arising from living costs. One way for the costs of these major projects to be recouped might be to encourage Austrlian companies to replicate the international construction countries so that the profits from creating the projects remains in Australia. The reason we have foreign investment in these projects is simply because ther are no Australian players in the game.

It would be great to have the Party in government having the similar things.

I went to my Mum's birthday party today. We were going to put candles on her cake, but 100 candles would have set off the fire sprinkler system.

Once again the debate has been sullied by a failure to educate the Public as to what "nett zero" actually means in practice. Attention is always given to the word "zero", with scant attention being paid to the adjective "nett". When that adjective is used in the context of this debate, it alters the meaning of the word "zero" from 'nothing' to "no increase". We have heard of the business accounting term "nett profit". A nett amount of money is the amount that remains when nothing more is to be taken away. That is, all costs have been deducted from all the income earned. We also hear of it in "nett taxable income", which is the income which is subject to tax after all legal deductions have been made. The following simple equation shows that, contrary to the idea that nett zero means no emissions, the term simply means that if the total amount of emissions either removed, or not created in the first place, is equal to the total amount of emissions generated, then there would be no excess of emissions. The level found at the beginning of a sampling period would be the same as at the end of sampling period. "Nett Zero" recognises that emissions will be created. Emissions will continue to be produced. Therefore it is logical to say that "nett zero" can never be reached. However, all efforts should be taken to have Total Emissions approach a zero value. In other words, reduction of man-made emissions, no matter how great or small, is a worthy endeavour, but reaching zero man-made emissions is a practical impossibility.

Tha Bill simply says to release the files. It does not describe the condition of the released files. Invoking the Privacy Act will allow the use of the black pen.