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South Australia’s health commissioner was booed and jeered by anti-vaccination activists as she left the Supreme Court in Adelaide.
Camden Area Flood Evacuation Order issued
The NSE SES has ordered the evacuation of the following areas in and around the exterior sydney Suburb of Camden, due to rising tides. If you can’t see the tweet, these areas are:
- Sheathers Lane and Kirkham Lane
- Poplar Caravan Park
- Menangle Road near Racecourse Road can be isolated
Mike Bowers
A few more shots from our photographer Mike Bowersdown south sydney.
Some images of a landslide that closed a lane of traffic on Lawrence Hargrave Drive near the Seacliff Bridge in Coalcliff, south of sydney.

Queensland records seven deaths from Covid and 10,984 new cases
Just some casual doomsday thing.

Christopher Knaus
That’s according to a survey of more than 10,000 Australians overwhelming support for a range of integrity reforms, including the establishment of a strong and well-resourced federal anti-corruption commission. The #OurDemocracy campaign, organized by a network of leading non-profit organizations, polled 10,375 Australians across all federal constituencies to gauge their support for reform Donation laws, political advertising and the lobbyist regime.
A stunning one 96.7% agree or strongly agree that a state anti-corruption agency will be in place should be introduced, something the coalition promised but failed to legislate.
More than 98% agreed or strongly agreed that Australia should introduce truth into political advertising laws at the federal level. The same proportion of those surveyed wanted transparency with regard to political donations. About 96% agree or strongly agree that they would like more transparency about how lobbyists and politicians interact.
The Australian Democracy Network, the group behind the poll, said the poll was conducted through letterboxes, face-to-face interactions in town centers, engaging with neighbors and surveying membership and supporters of its nonprofit partners. Executive Director of the Australia Democracy Network Saffron Zomer called:
Whoever forms the government after the election will have a strong mandate to make a robust, federal integrity commission a legislative priority.
Activist for the Australian Conservation Foundation for Democracy Jolene Elbert called:
Gathering the results of this survey was in itself a massive exercise in community engagement, with hundreds of community members writing to mailboxes, speaking to fellow residents in city centers and involving their neighbors in what they wanted to see to improve Australian democracy .
You can see that… full poll results here.
“I am delighted that the Prime Minister has committed to match ours [disaster] financing,” says Dick.
“There are hundreds of people who are being supported by this. Let’s look first at the homes most severely damaged by floods.
“It is unfortunate that it has taken so long for the Prime Minister to act.” pic.twitter.com/GHbaAm59kh
— Eden Gillespie (@edengillespie) April 7, 2022
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