Sunday, June 29, 2025

US will stop funding Vaccine Alliance


 




This week, RFK Jr announced the US would stop funding the global vaccine alliance, Gavi - the Vaccine Alliance that helps vaccinate more than half the world’s children against deadly infectious diseases.

GAVI says it has helped vaccinate more than 1.1 billion children in 78 low-income countries since its founding in 2000, preventing 18.8 million future deaths.


Friday, June 27, 2025

Ex cop Kristian White

 




Ex cop Kristian White 35, was found guilty of manslaughter last year and handed a two year good behaviour bond and ordered to complete community service.

He Tasered a 95-year-old woman at a nursing home in Cooma who later died in hospital.
A real hero.

Tehran, Iran

 


A security guard stands on a street, during early hours of ceasefire, in Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2025.

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Six reasons why nuclear power is bad for Australia




 




Looks like we won't be getting nuclear power any time soon.
Six reasons why nuclear power is bad for Australia: Costs, Risks and Delays.


NATO agrees to 5% GDP




Nato leaders have agreed to ramp up defence spending to 5% of their countries' economic output by 2035, following months of pressure from Donald Trump.

The Spanish prime minister (far right) appeared to stand by himself in the Nato "family photo".

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

NSW MP Gareth Ward's sexual abuse trial



A court has heard NSW state MP Gareth Ward's alleged sexual abuse victim was spurred to action after learning the politician had been appointed as families minister, which he likened to a vampire running a blood bank.

He is accused of inviting a drunk 18 year old man -who was 17 at the time they met - to his South Coast home in February 2013.

The man told the jury Ward plied him with drinks before indecently assaulting him three times in one night.



Coal Plants Worldwide

 


Trump's message to the Senate

 


Ivanka Trump's family on way to Bezos wedding in Venice




Ivanka Trump walks with her children and husband at the airport, before getting into a water taxi, ahead of the wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, in Venice, Italy.

REUTERS/Yara Nardi

NATO Summit




The Hague, Netherlands

A service staff sets a table as preparations are underway in the Oranjezaal ballroom in the royal palace Huis ten Bosch for the NATO dinner that King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands are offering to participating heads of government.

NATO Summit

 



The allies are likely to endorse spending 5% of GDP for their defence at the NATO Summit today.

Apart from Spain, Britain, France, Germany and the Netherlands are all on board.
NATO leaders believe Russia could attack a NATO state in the future if not stopped in Ukraine.

Private Health Insurance dilemma