1. After the storm, the blame
Collaroy home-owner Tony Cagorski says “bumbling bureaucrats” ought to have protected his beachfront house from the weekend’s wild storm with a sea wall. The Collaroy beachfront houses are unlikely to be coated by insurance coverage.
Common supervisor of the native council Mark Ferguson stated council needed to construct it however a wholesome dose of NIMBY-ism (Not in my yard) from the “loud surfers and greenies” stopped one from being constructed. There was additionally a dispute over who would pay the $5 million constructing prices.
Election 2016: Leaders examine NSW storm injury
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull went to see flood injury in Picton whereas Opposition Chief Invoice Shorten seen the injury at Coogee.
Superb chart from the SES displaying the place they responded to requires assist.
2. Election spherical-up
Malcolm Turnbull thanks volunteers in Picton. Photograph: Andrew Meares
On Tuesday the leaders took their campaigns to the place the cameras and the nation’s consideration have been – Sydney’s storm destruction zone.
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Opposition Chief Invoice Shorten and Deputy Opposition Chief Tanya Plibersek tour the storm affected Coogee Surf Life Saving Membership in Sydney. Photograph: Alex Ellinghausen
Labor goes to have an enormous day setting out a part of its financial agenda. In line with the Monetary Evaluate deficits will probably be allowed to develop for the subsequent 4 years earlier than cuts to center class welfare and the like come on board within the first half of subsequent decade.
As I have been saying in Double Shot, the events have progressively moved past 4-yr plans, as is regular, and set out ten-yr agendas. They’re doing this for 2 causes – as a result of they can not hope to revive the books to black earlier than then, and to point out they’ve a purpose to control for at the very least two elections.
The difficulty is, as Labor will discover out at the moment, lengthy-time period plans depart them uncovered to assaults that their issues are so distant they’ll by no means be delivered. Scott Morrison has offered to The Australian a replica of a speech he plans to ship immediately. He’ll cite new analysis claiming that for each $1 it prices to scale back the corporate tax price, it’s going to ship $2.39 in financial advantages.
Anticipate to listen to extra as we speak from the Opposition on ASIC’s choice to pursue a 3rd financial institution, the NAB, over alleged price-rigging.
Final week Bronwyn Bishop stated nothing in any respect in an excruciating interview with David Speers during which she clearly forgot she was not merely an MP capable of obfuscate however a paid character anticipated to ship one thing value eyeballs. However in final night time’s conflict with conservative commentator Andrew Bolt lastly made good on the previous Speaker’s commentary cope with Sky.
Bishop is just not joyful that Bolt, one among Peta Credlin’s few public defenders, knew earlier than she did that she’d be resigning on the Sunday she ultimately give up as Speaker.
They noticed voters not often need to see the sausage-making and whereas I feel perception, mixed with Bishop’s apparent resentment, is fascinating, I do marvel who shall be most harmed by these new media commentators – their targets or themselves?
three. Trump feedback denounced as racist
Donald Trump by no means apologies and by no means backs down. Photograph: AP
Home Speaker Paul Ryan disavowed Donald Trump’s feedback claiming the American-born decide presiding over a lawsuit involving his enterprise is biased due to his Mexican heritage. (Trump’s “logic” being that as a result of he needs to construct a wall between the US and Mexico anybody with any connection south of the wall have to be biased).
Ryan stated described it “the textbook definition of a racist remark,” however insisted Hillary Clinton continues to be not the reply. On Monday night time, native time, Hillary Clinton turned the presumptive nominee for the Democrats, although voters in a number of states are nonetheless going to the polls on the time of publication for the ultimate spherical of primaries.
four. Determined Dave
It isn’t wanting good for David Cameron, who’s campaigning towards a “Brexit” from the EU. The British PM barely holds press conferences in any respect however on Tuesday morning he convened the media for a snap Q&A session on the roof of a London lodge. When politicians do with this with no main coverage or improvement to announce and solely assault their opponents (or in at this time’s case deal with the opposite aspect’s “untruths”) you understand there’s hassle behind the scenes.
Boris Johnson and Tory Minister Michael Gove who’re main the rival Vote Depart marketing campaign responded by difficult Cameron to a debate (which the PM has up to now prevented as a result of the spectacle of a PM debating his personal cupboard colleague can be disastrous).
As an alternative, Cameron is occurring ITV, a business TV station Tuesday night time, London time, to debate the chief of the rival motion Grassroots Out headed by UKIP’s Nigel Farage.
Vote Depart was ropeable and threatened authorized motion when this was first introduced as a result of they assume (in all probability rightly) that for as lengthy its a contest towards the PM and UKIP Cameron will probably win, whereas the polls are displaying that when it is a contest between Cameron and his personal group, the victory could be both aspect’s.
5. Bendable smartphones
Fascinating story in Bloomberg. Samsung is reportedly engaged on flexible cell phones which might fold as much as the dimensions of a beauty case.
Query is, would you need your telephone to try this?
6. Byron Bay photographer stuns the world with uncommon picture
Tim Samuel’s uncommon captures of a fish caught inside a jellyfish are gaining consideration worldwide.
I am going to by no means get uninterested in underwater images. Above water, the Tele has some sensible pics of a surfer and a terrific white sharing a body at Newcastle.
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