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    Countries are Obligated to Protect Climate

    The timing was unfortunate. Just the previous week a case brought by Torres Strait Islanders against the Federal Government for failing to remedy the effects of climate change with rising sea levels was denied by the Australian court. Of course, whether or not an earlier decision by the ICJ...
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    It's already happening, the US tariff on Indonesia is 32%, one of the highest one

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    Waste Management in Indonesia

    70 days and with the algal bloom in Yorke Peninsular South Australia there is nothing but dead fish. Local fishermen say it's like a "horror movie" and feel it is the end. Six local oyster leases have closed. The spin off effects all the regional businesses as tourism has completely fallen away...
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    Certification of 800,000 Teachers Targeted to be Completed This Year (2025)

    The corruption worms wriggle in most countries. The University of Sydney is currently engaged in a squeeze to contain expenditure with four hundred staff about to lose their jobs. One of the group overseeing a plan to cut $100 million is Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Parfitt. It has now...
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    It's already happening, the US tariff on Indonesia is 32%, one of the highest one

    Not sure about buyers squeezing sellers. Pricing will be calculated on the best profit option. If lower prices produces greater sales volume and more profit then some goods may go down a little. The main pressure comes from competition. Despite laws restricting pricing collusion it is not...
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    Immigration Autogate for eVisa/ITAS/ITAP/Visa Free

    When I have tried to use the auto gates in the past I had not been successful and had to go to the Kitap immigration line. That was much quicker than the general tourist lines. I have "permanent Kitap" and wonder with the various recent changes if I might succeed in using the autogate? I will be...
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    Waste Management in Indonesia

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    Waste Management in Indonesia

    There is a special report to become available on Monday which covers studies conducted throughout the realm. Recent data showed serious pollution incidents involving water companies rose by 60% in 2024 compared with the previous year. Steve Reed, the environment secretary has said, said...
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    Waste Management in Indonesia

    Interesting to see that pollution of waterways and lakes in England and Wales has now become a serious issue as Lough Neagh, the UK's largest freshwater lake, has experienced a harmful algal bloom of unprecedented duration, extent, and magnitude in recent years.
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    The future and the role of Artificial intelligence.

    About forty years ago I was in Papua New Guinea. Morobe province. While there I was taken to the site of a defunct co-operative. On the wall was an off centre frame with a quotation which stuck with me. The gist of it was " We often seek to reorganize and only succeed in creating chaos and...
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    Waste Management in Indonesia

    Never mind that the new airport out of Bandung has proved a failure and led to the old, handy airport to be shut down. The wheeler dealers who negotiated for all the elements of construction would have done very nicely. I shouldn't be surprised if the same contractors have already developed...
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    It's already happening, the US tariff on Indonesia is 32%, one of the highest one

    This is a bit like the rationale of the IMF and its dealing with so called Third World countries. Loans are made often made on the basis of the country rescinding subsidies on commodities such as fuel, rice or whatever. The balance sheet looks good but the poor are crushed. And like the creation...
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    It's already happening, the US tariff on Indonesia is 32%, one of the highest one

    You sund like the news presenter frustrated to exasperation who tells his viewers to go to the window, open it and shout, "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore."
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    Wedding Guests

    I think they were Chinese.
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    Waste Management in Indonesia

    The impact of the South Australian algal bloom is worsening. It has had a devastating effect on the fishing industry with indications that there will be no recovery next year.
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    Returning to Indonesia with a Foreign Passport

    On what kind of visa will you enter and how long do you intend to stay? If for some while you might consider a Sosbud visa if you have a relative here to sponsor you. It allows for an initial 60-day stay, extendable up to four times, with each extension lasting 30 days. Unless there have been...
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    Why We Don’t Care About Our Health

    I recall that in Australia, Tony Abbot a conservative Minister for Health (later Prime Minister) was pushed to regulate avertising directed at children and his response was that it wasn't for the government to intervene between parents and their children. Lobbying backed by funding for political...
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    Why We Don’t Care About Our Health

    One major element with health issues not mentioned much here is the pernicious nature of the profit driven pharmaceutical and food industries with over laden sugar, salt and chemical additives put into factory made commercial products. Billions of dollars spent on TV advertising aimed at...
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    kitap and passport change

    My brain takes me back to being thirteen and introduced to algebra. I had no idea why an alphabetic letter was a number.
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    Wedding Guests

    Living in Sitiawan,which was then a village, northern Malaysia there was a largish family of very poor people who made a living by attending funerals where they were often paid and got free meals. Having a larger group of mourners was a tribute to the importance of the deceased. There was a...

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