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equires ongoing prevention and management wfa takes mobile veterinary units out to remote villages given the chaos disruption and noise of the present times like many other people apart from the human cost i worry about how animals are faring in war zones in ukraine gaza iran and sudan many pets would have just been left behind there is often an explosion in the stray populations and a resurgence in rabies some animal organisations and individuals are doing all they can for the animals caught in conflicts an australia vet lachlan campbell has been to ukraine four times to treat and rescue animals in this dangerous war zone sometimes working in association with nowzad in australia with the cost of living crisis animal shelters are overflowing with rescued and unwanted cats and dogs i am the patron of the world league for the protection of animals and i see this at our sydney animal shelter these shelters do such good work often not funded by government and are dependent on over worked staff and a great number of animal loving volunteers who often live with many cats at home larry the cat world larry has outlasted 6 prime ministers at no 10 downing street i always wonder who lets him in and out good luck to new pm andy burnham and i look forward to learning more about him he was against brexit and although he doesn t want a re run he hopes that the uk will rejoin the european union in time what has happened to the world and a rules based order and friends alliances and trade globalisation that we just assumed would continue and be dependent on it is a fascinating if terrifying time in our history even leaders of democratic countries invade and murder at will seemingly unaccountable to anyone and testing and disregarding democratic institutions and conventions the civilian death toll is appalling where is the outcry are we desensitized while i have no sympathy for the regime in iran i hope this unnecessary war is the undoing of both trump and nethanyahu it has been an amateurish and hellish farce with shocking human collateral damage i m so sick of the lies and not knowing the underlying factors the deals monetarization even insider trading i will leave it to the international court of justice to pass judgement on these men and their alleged war crimes but americans have the chance in the midterm elections to influence history although trump s polling is deservedly bad the republicans are much richer than the democrats who seem to be in disarray and unsure how left to be the israelis also have the chance to demonstrate what they think of a government which by many accounts and reports had a disproportionate response 72 000 dead palestinians in gaza after the provocative and horrific attack by hamas do they approve of the encouragement of settler violence in the west bank not to mention the invasion of lebanon and iran this will not give either israelis or palestinians the peace and security they deserve but has ensured more generations of perpetual enmity have we run out of options antisemitism exists and it has worsened in australia culminating in a shocking massacre of 15 jewish people in bondi last december at this present time this community needs greater security unfortunately this tragedy became swiftly weaponized especially by the conservatives and the government rather reluctantly created an envoy for antisemitism and a current royal commission the envoy wants to monitor our campuses media and our educational institutions somehow in australia there is a disconnect that people s reaction to the horrors of what is happening in gaza is somehow unrelated to the rise of antisemitism we have all watched on the news the destruction of gaza and so many civilian deaths and the settler violence etc and of course there will be a rise in antisemitism everywhere and it will continue while this israeli government pursues these policies in australia should you exhibit humanitarian concerns for the palestinians you are branded a hamas terrorist supporter when for me nothing could be further from the truth any courageous jewish non zionists who dare speak up are particularly vilified the palestinians have been imprisoned for decades by both the israelis and hamas i object to the accusations of bias against the abc by our local jewish organisations the gaza war is censored to israelis the world press is not allowed in and over 200 journalists have been killed in gaza we have witnessed too much with our own eyes statistically in australia up until now jewish people have not been more discriminated against than any other minority black people muslims etc while aborigines suffer much more discrimination than anyone on a daily basis peter beard the end of the game migration most of us are descended from migrants migration is primarily about inequality people out of necessity courageously seeking a better life while the numbers are undoubtedly overwhelming it is tragic that the right wing in particular are weaponizing migration which has actually been such a force for positive change in so many millions of lives and the economies of many countries migration needs to be administered closely in regard to numbers skills resources housing social cohesion etc etc but in australia we particularly need migrants workers in the growing care medical hospitality and rural industries although these people are also needed in their own countries i have reflected on the effects of colonization and migration for many years staged related exhibitions and written about these issues late in life i am still learning just how far reaching the effects of colonisation are just how courageous and disruptive migration can be and the reality of generational trauma like others i was very moved by the illuminating and insightful migration story of author and journalist omar el akkad on radio national somehow he was the voice i wanted to hear about the present times and the book i needed to read and i rushed out to buy his book one day everyone will have always been against this recently attention has been drawn to australia s record on slavery apparently some of the early pastoral properties and major colonial buildings in australia were funded by profits from slavery the aborigines were virtually unpaid for their vital contribution to the northern cattle industry we kidnapped kanaks from the pacific to work the sugar cane plantations in queensland and even today there are migrant workers from the pacific complaining of exploitative conditions in agricultural jobs christian and john at kora ai our lives have been captured by the tech companies and social media platforms the musks zuckerbergs bezos etc who are obviously brilliant and while sometimes altruistic could make the world a much better and even a sustainable place the world is burning with heatwave after heatwave with the highest recorded temperatures fires floods and droughts why is there no demand for action musk has made a major contribution towards renewables with his big batteries for storage and the revolutionary tesla electric car shouldn t there be a greater urgent and innovative response the scale and acceleration of ai seems to have taken the world by surprise and many are already losing their jobs it seems it is an unregulated field hard to control and with conflicting predictions of what the future holds some frighteningly dystopian but perhaps ai may solve some of our primary problems like tackling climate change successful carbon capture for example or advancing medical and diagnostic knowledge large data centres and their locations are an issue for many countries with their drain on energy and water very few employees or local community benefits and a hum christian s story is now in ai i found it by accident or was led to it by algorithms on youtube no consent or permissions were sought from me don t check it out it will only encourage them it is quite a production with actors photographed in many staged locations there are some actual photographs of christian i felt very strange watching it disbelief really there are startling errors and misrepresentations this is concerning as it is presented as truth john and i took on the responsibility of christian together but in this version john back in london after leaving christian in kenya is pining for his lion and thinking of returning while i am reduced to a shadow recent aboriginal garma festival australia like much of the world we too have had a rude awakening especially in relation to the usa some questioning and criticism has been legitimate like spending on defence and some disruption healthy but everything is so chaotic australia has quite successfully stayed under the white house radar as far as possible we now realise that we can t rely on the us alliance can t defend ourselves and we are spending 368 billion on submarines that may never be delivered we are dependent and vulnerable on imports of fuel even though we are a major exporter we import fertiliser for food production and even some foods like grains and rice during droughts our alliance with the usa could draw us into a war with china ironically our main trading partner we don t manufacture anything we can t compete with asia s cheaper labour we don t back our own inventors to stay here and we do not fund and encourage innovation with research and development only 1 69 of gdp compared to the oecd average of 2 7 politically the labor party has been cautious incremental and competent in government they won convincingly last election although cost of living pressures are eroding their support after the defeat of the voice referendum the alp has gone very quiet on aboriginal issues but also the environment despite a humiliating loss especially of their key wealthy inner city seats the conservative coalition seem to have learnt no lessons the right remains in disarray unable to decide just how extreme to be or who to support and all parties are worried by the rise of pauline hanson and her all grievance no answer one nation her party usually combusts especially over her selection of terrible candidates and autocratic behaviour i think her current popularity will actually overwhelm her administratively but she is backed by australia s richest woman gina rinehart who is a trump fan gina rinehart by vincent namatjira vincent is one of our most famous artists and gina wanted this painting taken off exhibition but it is such a good likeness getting murdoched how murdoch s media wields power and punishment by andrew dodd and matthew rickettson has just been published although by now we understand the scale and consequences of their modus operandi apparently lachlan is worse than his father i read the australian and daily i am shocked at the zeal and blatancy of ideological bias their opposition to renewables and empirical evidence and many letters to the editor demonstrate racism and a complete lack of empathy especially for aborigines and migrants i think they are seriously misreading the public mood and clinging to a world that has moved on despite the government s stated ambition for renewable energy pm albanese has approved 36 new polluting projects and almost 15 billion in subsidies for fossil fuels however australians continue to take up solar panels and batteries and electric hybrid cars are now 50 of new car sales last year i read that 85 of all additions into the world s electricity grids is now renewable and in australia it is 50 perhaps trump has inadvertently turned the world against fossil fuels with the iran war in australia we continue land clearing and compromising koala habitats we are losing too many species but have had some success at repopulating like campbell s keeled glass snail on norfolk island that was thought to be extinct there have been many more sightings of sharks and several fatal attacks now the sydney beaches are observed by drones which is much more effective and humane than the controversial shark nets lately the disastrous h5 bird flu has arrived in australia and begun to spread to resident bird populations so this could be catastrophic especially for poultry farmers a new documentary called sentient will add support for the campaign to stop primates being used in laboratory experiments george adamson ace john and christian at kora kora the george adamson wildlife protection trust has become the george adamson tony fitzjohn wildlife trust they are now rehabilitating kora where the kenyan government allotted land for christian and the rehabilitation of other lions by george adamson this is a history i lived documented in a book and wrote about last year follow the progress of infrastructure projects recovering and conserving the environment and community outreach programs ololo lodge if i do return to kenya one day i think the ololo lodge seems like a wonderful place to recover from a long flight and then go on safari an old converted farm house it is a few kilometres out of nairobi beside the national park animals on the doorstep craig chapman and his family relocated to kenya from australia and the family organise many wildlife tours stage interesting cultural activities like writer s events and are very much involved with projects involving the local community www olololodge com finally i wonder how you cope with the tensions and the news of the day and how do you relax it is a juggling act as i think we also have an obligation to keep speaking up about what most concerns us i love my apartment and my two cats and the neighbourhood where i can walk to the shops cafes and parks with dogs everywhere many from the art community live nearby i read extensively and listen to interesting writers various interviewees and commentators especially on radio national and late night live i love most music and watching sport from wimbledon to rugby league football s fifa and the commonwealth games travel and gardening are wonderful distractions and like nature documentaries very relaxing to watch on television but ultimately for most of us it is our families friends and companion animals that are so central to our lives and we are grateful thinking about christian and that i was part of his pride gives me such great pleasure so i love celebrating his birthday and today we his loyal fans wish him happy birthday posted in christian the lion 12 comments tags a lion called christian ace bourke australia christian the lion previous entries blog at wordpress com about ace ace bourke was born in sydney in 1946 ace is one of australia s leading art curators a pioneer in the field of aboriginal art and a colonial art specialist after school and university in australia he travelled to london where he and a friend john rendall purchased a lion they named christian and returned to the wild in africa he lives in sydney with his two cats email acebourke hotmail com more about ace media and commercial enquiries categories animal causes 13 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