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[suehannah1] 05/1/2021 09:17

Coburg expect a slow recovery. You probably won’t bounce back like you might have done from other illnesses. We got COVID last March and still have aches and pains that may be old age creeping in but they are lessening so I suspect COVID has some input. As regards where we got it - we know we got it off our fencing professor before even the first lockdown with whom our club had a training sesssion and a drink in the pub after. No kissing, no hugging involved but no social distancing then either.

[maxk] 05/1/2021 08:50

An Australia-UK deal will turbocharge our economies

As the world emerges from the Covid pandemic, free trade can boost prosperity and security


GEORGE BRANDIS
4 January 2021 • 8:00pm





Twenty-twenty – and how liberating it is to consign it to past tense – was the year we mobilised to meet the greatest peacetime challenge of our lives. Once we emerge from that immediate response, it will be time for us to be big and bold in plotting Britain and Australia’s comeback from Covid-19. We all know recovery will take time – and the lessons of the pandemic highlight some core principles for achieving it.

First, in having a sustainable recovery we can leave no one behind. Boris Johnson talks passionately about “building back better” and “levelling up”. We Australians emphatically agree.

Advances in technology mean we can now produce and power the things we need more cleanly and efficiently than ever before. As our prime minister said at the Policy Exchange think tank: we firmly believe the world must achieve net zero emissions as soon as possible and, by building back with better technologies and cleaner practices, we can achieve that goal together. Australia saw the dividend of that approach last year, with coal playing the smallest role in our national electricity market this century. We have undertaken to implement a clean technology road-map, mobilising at least $50 billion in green investment to achieve ambitious targets in the next decade, taking us toward net zero as soon as possible.

Both our nations knew that, left unchecked, the economic damage of Covid-19 could outlast the virus itself. Nobly, both our countries expanded government support to prevent that – and now, getting both young and old back into the workforce is our most pressing task. Be it through a free trade deal, our clean technology partnership or the other areas in which we work together, Australia-UK collaboration will supercharge our recovery and ensure more jobs come back. Levelling up our international engagement in 2020 – by supporting a free and prosperous Indo-Pacific and protecting our interests in multilateral bodies – also made clear that being out in the world, standing up for our values and protecting our prosperity, is the best way to shape the international order to our national interests.

Secondly, greater liberalisation to, and deeper engagement with, trusted partners are critical to prosperity and security. In an interconnected world, it became easy to forget that many of our most critical goods came via supply-chains over which we had little to no sovereign control. That must change.

In 2020, we made clear that our sovereignty, institutions and political systems were not for sale and our independence non-negotiable. To borrow from the late Lady Thatcher: Australia was not for turning. We backed that up with key investments in critical supply chains to enhance resiliency to future shocks. Yet while we are increasingly conscious of the availability of essential goods, Australia makes no case for protectionism. Just as we enjoy bipartisan consensus on the centrality of our sovereignty, Australians and their political leaders share a decades-long commitment to the benefits of free trade.

We see a comprehensive and ambitious free trade deal between the UK and Australia as central to making the global case for free trade, and demonstrative of how two like-minded partners can diversify trade, strengthen supply chains and help jobs come back. We have the political will. There is no reason it can’t be wrapped up this year. Not only will it bind our two nations even more closely together; it will be an early post-Brexit dividend for Britain. It will more closely connect Britain with the world’s most economically dynamic region, the Asia-Pacific: the heartbeat of the world economy in the 21st century.

Finally, and most importantly, we believe the things which mattered most to us in the world before Covid-19 – our friends and family, our love of adventure – are the essential elements of our old normal which must come back. While Australia took early action to protect Australians from the virus by closing our international borders, the affection we have for our friends in Britain remains undiminished. We want to see young Britons living and working in Australia again and our best and brightest travelling freely between us, linking up ideas and industries that supercharge economies. Australia is working toward having borders that are open once more – and while that will take time, we have the skill set to do it.

Britain and Australia got through 2020 by standing as one in safeguarding our sovereignty and protecting our prosperity. In 2021, we can take the lessons of that trying year, apply them together and truly make this the year of our comeback.



George Brandis QC is the Australian High Commissioner to the UK

[maxk] 05/1/2021 08:44

bob wont like #327756.


Keep up the good work 5x!

[scruff1] 05/1/2021 08:37

Good question mike. We hear very little about anything only total cases and deaths

[maxidi] 05/1/2021 08:37

cobourg1

I wish you a good recovery, it sounds like you are over the worst. My wife and I are keeping our heads down and staying in as much as we can.
Good luck.

[mikemichael2] 05/1/2021 08:34

cobourg1, how did you catch it? We don't hear much about how people ARE catching it.

[utyinv] 05/1/2021 08:14

Cobourg1,

Sorry to hear that you got Covid. I hope you recover soon. You aren’t missing anything stuck at home convalescing, with lockdown, cold weather and restrictions on travel etc

You are absolutely right about rules. Yesterday, I popped into a shop where one customer coming out was coughing, no mask and hadn’t a care in the world for anyone else other than himself. Complete selfish behaviour. Either that, or bloody thick!

We will all get vaccinated soon, a few weeks of lockdown, relatively speaking, is not so bad when you consider the consequences of possibly getting covid.

Keep strong and get better soon👍

[xxxxxy] 05/1/2021 08:11

"Girls just wanna have fun!" - A Brexit look at student exchangeErasmus? No, the UK is learning to be an independent country again?© Brexit Facts4EU.Org 2020Globally-outward Turing Scheme will give UK students a truly international experienceAs the song says "We believe that children are our future". Clichés aside, in the coming days Brexit Facts4EU.Org looks at the important area of the education of our young people – particularly in relation to the new opportunities post-Brexit. We will dispel Rejoiner myths and provide real facts for readers, form official and reputable sources.Today we start with some political perspectives.Erasmus+ and the First Minister of ScotlandFor many, one of the most surprising pieces of news during the Christmas period was the announcement that after Brexit the UK would no longer participate in the EU's 'Erasmus+' scheme for young people.Ever since that moment there have been howls of outrage from the usual quarters, not the least of which being the SNP and its anti-British, pro-EU leader Nicola Sturgeon."There will be lots of focus - rightly - on the economic costs of Brexit. But ending UK participation in Erasmus - an initiative that has expanded opportunities and horizons for so many young people - is cultural vandalism by the UK government."- Nicola Sturgeon, 24 Dec 2020?A quiet moment of satisfactionOver the past few years Brexit Facts4EU.Org led the charge against staying in Erasmus+, publishing dozens of reports and repeatedly calling on the Government to reverse its decision. We did so in the face of a concerted campaign by pro-EU academic bodies, and firm and public Government commitments to retain the EU scheme.In the end our efforts to present the truth about Erasmus+ succeeded and seemingly out of nowhere the Government did a complete U-turn at Christmas. For once this was a U-turn which was greatly welcomed in the Facts4EU.Org office, if not in Ms Sturgeon's home in Glasgow.The replacement for Erasmus+ is called the "Turing Scheme"Here is what we know about it so far.Summary of Government announcement about the new student exchange programme"Thousands of students will be able to study and do work placements across the world through a brand new scheme that replaces the UK's participation in Erasmus+.The Turing scheme will be backed by over £100 million, providing funding for around 35,000 students in universities, colleges and schools to go on placements and exchanges overseas, starting in September 2021.The new scheme will also target students from disadvantaged backgrounds and areas which did not previously have many students benefiting from Erasmus+, making life-changing opportunities accessible to everyone across the country.The programme will provide similar opportunities for students to study and work abroad as the Erasmus+ programme but it will include countries across the world and aims to deliver greater value for money to taxpayers.The UK will reap the rewards from the investment, by boosting students' skills and prospects, benefiting UK employers, and supporting Global Britain's ties with international partners."- Department of Education, 26 Dec 2020Back to Ms Sturgeon and the SNPThere was a time, before the SNP government, when Scotland was reputed to have one of the best education systems in the world. Sadly this is no longer the case.University 'rankings' are always going to involve subjective measures, naturally. That said, readers might consider that the Times Higher Educational Supplement annual rankings still have some worldwide credibility. They are certainly given credence around the world.BREXIT FACTS4EU.ORG SUMMARYTimes Higher Education World University RankingsWe looked for a Scottish university in the world top 10An English university came top, another English university came sixth, no Scottish university appearedWe then looked for a Scottish university in the world top 20Two more English universities, but no Scottish university appearedSo, four English universities in the world top 20, including Oxford at no.1, but no Scottish universities.Brexit Facts4EU.Org then looked at Times' rankings for universities in Europe.Times Higher Education World University Rankings"Best universities in Europe 2021"?© Brexit Facts4EU.Org - click to enlargeSeven English universities in the top 10No Scottish university appearedWe then looked at the top 20 universities in EuropeTwo more English universities, but no Scottish university appearedTomorrow we will provide the devastating facts to show why the UK Government was right to withdraw from the EU's 'youth indoctrination' project.OBSERVATIONSFor far too long Nicola Sturgeon has been allowed to get away with a daily stream of political and ideological propaganda which rivals even that of the EU Commission. She and her team are so prolific in the mainstream media, on social media, and on television, it's surprising any of them can get any actual work done.Perhaps this helps to explain why so many measures of the performance of the Scottish economy and of societal metrics such as educational standards are now looking so dire, north of the border.We believe that when the Scottish people see the facts, they will once again reaffirm their support for the Union. We intend to provide these. If the civil servants and UK Government at Westminster won't or can't do it, someone has to.Yesterday we contacted the Dept of Education for more details on the new Turing Scheme for overseas placement of UK students. They were not able to provide information further to what we have published above, but we will continue our dialogue with them.For now we are simply happy that our young people will no longer be brainwashed at UK taxpayer expense, into the ideologies of the totalitarian machine-operators who inhabit the corridors of Brussels.Are subjects like this important?Finally, we are struggling and we need your help. We have far more to do in researching, publishing, campaigning and lobbying Parliament than we have in terms of the financial resources to fulfil these tasks. We rely 100% on public donations from readers like you. Unlike the Remain/Rejoin camp, we do not have foreign billionaires to subsidise our work.Covid measures have hit many people's incomes. The whole Covid thing has certainly hit the level of donations we receive, which were already less than we needed to survive. We are most grateful to readers who have donated in recent days, but we badly need more readers to do the same.If you believe in a fully-free, independent, and sovereign United Kingdom, please make a donation now. It's quick, secure, and confidential, and you can use one of the links below or you can use our Donations page here. You will receive a personal, friendly 'thank you' from a member of our team within 24 hours. Thank you so much if you can help to keep us going in these critical months ahead.[ Sources: Nicola Sturgeon Twitter account | EU Commission ] Politicians and journalists can contact us for details, as ever.Brexit Facts4EU.Org, Tues 05 Jan 2021

[xxxxxy] 05/1/2021 07:53

What happened overnight Asian shares edged lower on Tuesday amid uncertainty about Senate runoffs in Georgia.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.05pc, pulling back from a record high. Australian stocks fell 0.26pc.Chinese shares erased early losses and rose 0.52pc.Japanese shares lost 0.34pc after a spokesman said the government will reach a decision on a state of emergency for Tokyo and surrounding cities on Thursday to curb coronavirus infections... Daily Telegraph....... Going down today then...

[k38] 04/1/2021 23:54

AND another thing M2... 52% of the population plus another 10% when Boris make success out of Brexit will vote conservatives.... Labour stays in opposition and Starmer resign.....That's what my crystal ball says...;))

[patientcapital] 04/1/2021 23:50

"The extension of lockdowns across Europe comes amid harsh criticism of the EU's handling of vaccine procurement and distribution.While the US has administered more than 4m doses of Covid-19 vaccines and the UK has exceeded 1m, Germany has managed 238,000 and France has injected only about 350.Mr Söder told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that the EU had "ordered too few doses and relied on the wrong manufacturers". He called for vaccination efforts to be "massively accelerated".His comments came after Ugur Sahin, chief executive of BioNTech, the company that developed the only EU-authorised vaccine to date, told Der Spiegel magazine that "the process in Europe certainly wasn't as fast and straightforward as in other countries"." FT

[k38] 04/1/2021 23:44

M2 :"What is your obsession with Starmer?"No obsession. He has so far betray his previous labour leader (no good start) and has shown no skill to be a leader either. He has no plans on how to run this country... "wait and see" that's not a good strategy and wins no votes."The importance is not to be remembered per se, it is to be remembered for the right reasons."That's Boris!!

[diku] 04/1/2021 23:43

Do banks open or stay shut?...

[diku] 04/1/2021 23:31

cp...of course all the decisions Bojo is making is not an easy task...particularly when he has the ongoing Brexit and Covid fallout to deal with...but my point being who ever is in the opposition would rather prefer to stay in opposition this particular moment in time under the circumstances...let somebody else carry the can...

[k38] 04/1/2021 23:25

c. PeterBoris will be remembered for his commitment and delivering Brexit. On the other hand Starmer unless he wins the next election and reverse Brexit (betrayal) no one will remember him!

[cheshire pete] 04/1/2021 23:11

Sniping from the side lines is easy diku...especially when you're not the one carrying the can.
Fast forward 10, 15, 20 years who'll be remembered Boris or Starmer?