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stui magpie 
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This could easily go in the WTF thread.
Findingd from the Victorian Royal Commision into Crown Casino
| Quote: | In the words of the commissioner, Ray Finkelstein:
"The commission discovered that for many years Crown Melbourne had engaged in conduct that is, in a word, disgraceful.
"This is a convenient shorthand for describing conduct that was variously illegal, dishonest, unethical and exploitative." |
Yet they're allowed to keep operating. 
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-27/crown-lucky-to-survive-victorian-royal-commission-with-licence/100569696
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David 
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I've always thought of James Packer and co. as basically organised crime figures who have been given official legitimacy by weak laws and governments (like Daniel Andrews, who, if Crown tells him to jump, asks how high).
We should never forget that, while if an ordinary person lies on their Centrelink form and gets a few hundred dollars they're not entitled to they might end up in jail for fraud, people like Packer who have overseen corruption on such a vast scale often get a fine and/or slap on the wrist at worst. That's if anyone even finds out to begin with.
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Yeah, it makes a mockery of the commonsense morality that holds civil society together.
On a positive note, here's a statement on the OECD/G20 15% minimum tax rate and related measures as part of dealing with 'base erosion and profit shifting' (BEPS). A massive step in the right direction for everyone, though don't expect headlines:
| Quote: | | Pillar Two introduces a global minimum corporate tax rate set at 15%. The new minimum tax rate will apply to companies with revenue above EUR 750 million and is estimated to generate around USD 150 billion in additional global tax revenues annually. Further benefits will also arise from the stabilisation of the international tax system and the increased tax certainty for taxpayers and tax administrations. |
https://www.oecd.org/tax/beps/international-community-strikes-a-ground-breaking-tax-deal-for-the-digital-age.htm
More than just the 15% and related rules, it's also an understanding and a mechanism.
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David
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Sometimes cheating at university can come back to bite you in later life:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/oct/27/luxembourg-xavier-bettel-university-thesis-was-mostly-plagiarised
In this age of revelations around sexual harassment, domestic violence, racism and political/financial corruption, this seems like a relatively quaint scandal for a prime minister to have. But it still does suggest serious problems with his integrity – at least at that time in his life – and I understand that some will see it as making his position untenable. What do you think?
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stui magpie
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I think I really hate clicking on Guardian links. 
It certainly calls his character into question. That's a classic example of someone wanting the qualification for it's own sake, not trying to actually learn anything or do anything original.
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eddiesmith 
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Constantly?
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eddiesmith
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| Well there have been more than a couple recently, thankfully none as serious as that one. |
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pietillidie
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Remember all that small-town nonsense about us not doing anything because they won't do anything?
| Quote: | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised delegates at the COP26 climate summit with a bold pledge: the world’s third-biggest emitter will reach net-zero by 2070.
The announcement injected new life into talks that had been set back by a disappointing outcome from the Group of 20 meeting in Rome this weekend, especially since Indian officials had earlier pushed back against demands to set a carbon-neutrality target. Though India’s goal is two decades behind rich nations such as the U.S. and U.K., it’s compatible with what scientists say is needed to avoid catastrophic global warming. |
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-01/india-will-reach-net-zero-emissions-by-2070-modi-tells-cop26
Two decades extra for India to achieve the same surely sounds fair enough, right? Well beyond fair, many would say.
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I guess the devil is in the (apparently unresolved) detail, right? I haven't been following this closely, but Morrison's "net zero by 2050" plan has been pilloried and labelled a fraud by many observers here in Australia, so I wonder how much there is to get excited about here.
It's a pity, reading that article, to see so many other nations still dragging their feet.
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I don't want to buy the official EU line without investigation, and I don't care for Poland's far right fasco-fundamentalists, but if true Lukashenko is not just a garden-variety Putinesque thug, but an outright deranged psychopath.
Anyone been following it to know more?
| Quote: | The European Commission has accused Belarus's authoritarian leader of luring migrants with the false promise of easy entry to the EU as part of an "inhuman, gangster-style approach".
At least 2,000 migrants are now at the Belarus border with Poland.
"Upon arrival they are being pushed to the border and forced to make an illegal entry into the European Union," said Commission spokesman Peter Stano.
Belarus's leader Alexander Lukashenko denies orchestrating the problem.
EU and Nato members Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have all seen a surge in the number of people trying to enter their countries illegally from Belarus in recent months. Many are young men but they include women and children, largely from the Middle East and Asia.
Poland has seen the most arrivals, especially around its major border crossing at Kuznica.
Migrants have described how Belarusian authorities seized their phones and pushed them towards the border fence. Overnight temperatures at the border have slumped below zero and several people have already died in recent weeks. |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59215769
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I don't know much about this particular story, but have been casually following Belarusian politics for a while now and I think "outright deranged psychopath" is putting it kindly. One gets the impression that even Putin – for whom Lukashenko is a useful regional ally, holding any pro-EU/democratic forces in the country at bay and averting a break from Russia's sphere of influence, a la Ukraine and Georgia – wishes he would rein it in a bit.
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stui magpie
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| David wrote: | | I guess the devil is in the (apparently unresolved) detail, right? I haven't been following this closely, but Morrison's "net zero by 2050" plan has been pilloried and labelled a fraud by many observers here in Australia, . |
To be fair, the majority of those "observers" would have said the same about any plan short of closing all coal mines next week.
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