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Just Laughing @[email protected] · 2026-09-15 · 12:54 UTC

#uncanny #resemblance #Australian #politics #faceofneofascism

#uncanny #resemblance #australian #politics #faceofneofascism

Australia News Beep @[email protected] · 2026-09-14 · 12:00 UTC

Roborock unveils first pool cleaner & new robot mower

Roborock has unveiled a new range of home and outdoor cleaning products at IFA 2026 in Berlin, extending…
#NewsBeep #News #Technology #AU #Australia #Australian #Consumertech #CordlessVacuum #Europe(European) #Germany #homeautomation #home-robots #NewZealand(NZ) #robotvacuum #Robotics(Robots) #SmartAppliances #SmartHome
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/891593/

#newsbeep #news #technology #au #australia #australian

Dr. Alexandria Brangwin🇦🇺 @[email protected] · 2026-09-13 · 01:34 UTC

#Australian #School #90s https://www.deviantart.com/alexandriabrangwin/art/School-Days-1379975069

#australian #school #90s

Australia @[email protected] · 2026-09-13 · 01:00 UTC

Australian woman dies after falling from popular beach cliff on Nusa Penida island near Bali

An Australian woman has died after falling from a cliff at a popular tourist beach on Nusa Penida…
#Australia #AU #Australian #Austrlia #Bali #briannacronin #dies #indonesia #kelingkingbeach #nusapenida #tourist #woman
https://www.europesays.com/australia/94735/

#woman #tourist #nusapenida #kelingkingbeach #indonesia #dies

Guitar Chords & Lyrics | Chordyes @[email protected] · 2026-09-13 · 01:00 UTC

Chords for this acoustic version. Picking Jupiter And Mars by Carla Wehbe. Great solo acoustic piece. Learn the chords. Link below:

https://chordyes.com/chord/carla-wehbe-jupiter-and-mars

#guitaraddict #guitarnerd #australian #femalevocalist #pop #space #breakup

#guitaraddict #guitarnerd #australian #femalevocalist #pop #space

World news | The Guardian @[email protected] · 2026-09-12 · 23:07 UTC

Australia news live: escalating Middle East conflict will see prices rise again, Chris Bowen says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/13/australia-news-live-chris-bowen-middle-east-fuel-petrol-prices-anika-wells-social-media-algorithm-andrew-hastie-pauline-hanson-one-nation-albanese-labor-coalition-liberal-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianEconomy #Business #Health #AustralianEducation #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #Australian...

#australianews #australianpolitics #australianeconomy #business #health #australianeducation

Guitar Chords & Lyrics | Chordyes @[email protected] · 2026-09-12 · 22:05 UTC

Adding this to the collection. Bounding to She's The Best by Troye Sivan. The arrangement is smart. Try the melody. Link:

https://chordyes.com/chord/troye-sivan-she-s-the-best

#guitarlove #guitarworld #australian #malevocalist #pop #upbeat #love

#guitarlove #guitarworld #australian #malevocalist #pop #upbeat

Author Carlo Carrasco @[email protected] · 2026-09-02 · 16:00 UTC

Philippines 2026 Foreign Tourist Arrivals Reach 4.11 Million as of August, U.S. and South Korea Remain Top Markets

With the Peso performing terribly in the global currency market, weakening economic growth, high inflation and fears of an economic recession growing, 2026 has not been good for the Philippines. There is a bright spot in tourism, however, as the Philippines saw its 2026 foreign tourist arrivals reach 4.11 million in the January-August period and the United States and South Korea combined for more than 1.5 million tourist arrivals, according to a news article by the Philippine News Agency (PNA).

To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the news report of BusinessWorld. Some parts in boldface…

The Philippines has recorded 4.11 million foreign arrivals from January to August, higher by 3.7 percent compared to the same period last year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said on Tuesday.

The United States posted the highest number of share at 818,318, followed by South Korea at 727,379, Japan at 350,191, China at 310,088, and Australia at 234,156.

Also making it in the top 10 source markets are Canada with 231,972, Taiwan with 154,957, the United Kingdom with 132,370, Singapore with 126,812, and India with 77,883.

Tourism Secretary Dita Angara-Mathay said the Philippines targets to surpass its 2025 arrival figures to reach between 6.4 million and 6.8 million, or at least 7 million, by the end of 2026.

To achieve this, she said the DOT is intensifying its branding and promotions to reach more tourists in its key source markets.

The DOT is also in active talks with airlines to open up and establish more chartered flights between the Philippines and secondary cities of Korea and China.

DOT Assistant Secretary Ren Sapitan said the agency is also set to sign a contract with a creative agency in November to broaden the country’s marketing efforts and make the Philippines more visible worldwide.

Let me end this post by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this recent development? Do you think the Philippines will be able to exceed the 2025 foreign tourist arrivals number by the end of this year? Do you think the DOT is doing a good job to strengthen the Philippines’ attraction of foreign tourists? Considering the Top 10 markets of foreign tourists the Philippines attracted so far, are you convinced that the nation’s hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit did not create any positive tourism results?

You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.

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#AirTravel #America #ASEAN #ASEANSummit #Asia #AssociationOfSoutheastAsianNationsASEAN #Australia #Australian #Bing #British #business #businessNews #Canada #Canadians #CarloCarrasco #ChatGPT #China #Chinese #CommunistChina #DepartmentOfTourismDOT #economicConfidence #economicDynamism #economicGrowth #economics #economy #England #English #Facebook #Fediverse #feminism #finance #foreignTourists #foreignTravel #GDPGrowth #geek #Google #GoogleSearch #governance #grossDomesticProductGDP #growth #holiday #India #Indians #Instagram #internationalTourism #internationalTravel #Investagrams #Irish #Japanese #jobs #Korea #Koreans #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #manufacturing #Mastodon #money #multiculturalism #news #overseasTravel #PhilippineNewsAgencyPNA #Philippines #PhilippinesBlog #Pinoy #PNAGovPh #publicService #recession #Scottish #Singapore #Singaporeans #socialMedia #SouthKorea #SoutheastAsia #Taiwan #Taiwanese #technology #tourism #tourismBlog #tourismIndustry #tourist #touristArrivals #touristBlog #touristDestinations #touristSpots #touristVisa #travel #travelBlog #Twitter #UnitedKingdomUK #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStatesOfAmericaUSA #USA #vacation #woke #WordPress #WordPressCom #worldTravel

#airtravel #america #asean #aseansummit #asia #associationofsoutheastasiannationsasean

All for Gardening @[email protected] · 2026-06-16 · 17:50 UTC

Fiordland drowning tragedy: Tegan Ariel Chen’s parents find healing by planting trees https://www.allforgardening.com/1823036/fiordland-drowning-tragedy-tegan-ariel-chens-parents-find-healing-by-planting-trees/ #10yearold #ariel #Australian #by #chens #drowned #drowning #during #family #Find #fiordland #garden #gardening #GardeningCanada #girl #grief #Healing #holiday #honour #Journey #Marked #Parents #planting #Point #tegan #Their #Tragedy #tree #trees #turning

#10yearold #ariel #australian #by #chens #drowned

Donald Hobern @[email protected] · 2026-05-25 · 08:56 UTC

I've been going through unsorted accessions in the #Australian National #Insect #Collection (#ANIC) here in Canberra to find any plume #moths (#Pterophoridae) and many-plume moths (#Alucitidae) before doing more work to revise the fauna of these two families.

Today, I found this specimen collected by David Rentz in #Kuranda #Queensland in 2007 - it's not a known named Australian species but it looks a close match for Platyptilia microbscura recorded only from #Misool, an island to the west of #NewGuinea:

https://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Pterophoridae/Platyptilia/Platyptilia%20microbscura.htm

#entomology #Lepidoptera

#australian #insect #collection #anic #moths #pterophoridae

50+ Music @[email protected] · 2026-04-07 · 22:32 UTC

"I've Been Everywhere" is a #noveltySong written by #Australian country singer #GeoffMack in 1959, and popularised by #LuckyStarr. A version of the song with different lyrics was popularised by #HankSnow in 1962. The song's lyrics as originally written comprise mainly the #placeNamestoponyms of various Australian towns visited by the singer. It was later adapted by Australian singer #RolfHarris with #British place names (1963).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jet7Ue743Do

#noveltysong #australian #geoffmack #luckystarr #hanksnow #placenamestoponyms

mythologyandhistory @[email protected] · 2026-04-01 · 08:15 UTC

#Australian #primeminister Anthony Albanese just gave a national address to ensure #Aussies that the #middleeast #crisis is kinda bad but hey, "the Australian way" will fix it.

They cut the #fuel excise in half (we paid ~AUD$80 for some 27L of #diesel the other day) & eliminated the heavy vehicle tax for truckies for 3 mths.

He also ominously said that Aussies should "take the train or bus more often" - which after 10+ yrs in this country, is setting off alarm bells for me.

#ThanksTrump

#thankstrump #diesel #fuel #crisis #middleeast #aussies

50+ Music @[email protected] · 2025-10-27 · 02:37 UTC

"I've Been Everywhere" is a #noveltySong written by #Australian country singer #GeoffMack in 1959, and popularised by #LuckyStarr. A version of the song with different lyrics was popularised by #HankSnow in 1962. The song's lyrics as originally written comprise mainly the #placeNamestoponyms of various Australian towns visited by the singer. It was later adapted by Australian singer #RolfHarris with #British place names (1963).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov4epAJRPMw

#noveltysong #australian #geoffmack #luckystarr #hanksnow #placenamestoponyms

50+ Music @[email protected] · 2025-09-27 · 17:34 UTC

"I've Been Everywhere" is a #noveltySong written by #Australian country singer #GeoffMack in 1959, and popularised by #LuckyStarr. A version of the song with different lyrics was popularised by #HankSnow in 1962. The song's lyrics as originally written comprise mainly the #placeNamestoponyms of various Australian towns visited by the singer. It was later adapted by Australian singer #RolfHarris with #British place names (1963).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MInmh0jhm2A

#noveltysong #australian #geoffmack #luckystarr #hanksnow #placenamestoponyms

Nithin Coca నితిన్ @[email protected] · 2025-06-04 · 01:01 UTC

It was a little strange talking with some of the #Australia focused climate/energy groups for this @thejapantimes story.

They really wanted to focus on #Japan, and not #China - despite the latter being the main driver of #LNG growth and the country signing the most long-term deals with #Australian #fossilfuel companies.

And since I published the article, only the #Aussies haven't responded or shared the piece.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/06/01/energy/china-lng-surge/

#LNG #climate #fossilgas #naturalGas

#australia #japan #china #lng #australian #fossilfuel

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2023-12-25 · 20:53 UTC

Protecting #Activists from #AbusiveLitigation

#SLAPPs in the #GlobalSouth and How to Respond

PUBLISHED: JULY 2020

"In #Thailand, an agricultural company files more than a dozen suits against at least 20 #defendants, targeting #workers, #journalists, and #activists who had spoken out against alleged #LaborAbuses at the company’s chicken farm. In #India, an association of #pesticide manufacturers brings a civil defamation suit against #journalists that had reported on the harmful #health and #environmental effects of pesticide use. In the #Philippines, a #mining company files suit against 85 defendants who had conducted a #PeacefulProtest near the company’s mining site, after the company’s own security forces used #lethal violence against the #protesters. In #SouthAfrica, an #Australian mining company files suit against environmental activists who had criticized a company mine during a lecture at a local university.

What do these suits have in common? They are all “#SLAPPs,” or “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation”: suits filed not to secure relief, but to use the risks and costs of litigation to defuse criticism and opposition and discourage the exercise of fundamental freedoms. SLAPPs have long been prevalent in the #Globa North, but SLAPPs are also being used in the Global South to silence activism.

"In Protecting Activists from Abusive Litigation: SLAPPs in the Global South and How to Respond, ICNL presents the first cross-regional survey of SLAPPs in the Global South, along with the first rigorous comparative analysis of anti-SLAPP policy responses undertaken in the Global North and the Global South. Our survey shows that SLAPPs pose a serious threat to the exercise of fundamental freedoms in the Global South, particularly for activists, civil society organizations, journalists, and community members who dare to criticize powerful entities.

"Our survey, which is far from comprehensive, has identified 82 reported SLAPPs filed in Thailand, India, the Philippines, and South Africa – the most fertile fields for Southern SLAPPs – as well as #Indonesia, #Malaysia, #Armenia, #SierraLeone, and #Honduras. Key features of SLAPPs in our sample include:

- Half of the cases in our sample (41 cases) involved criminal proceedings.
- The most frequent SLAPP targets in our sample were activists and civil society organizations (CSOs) (38 cases, or 46%); journalists and publishers (17 cases, or 21%); and leaders and members of local communities (15 cases, or 18%).
- Nearly all of the cases in our sample – 75 cases, or 91% – were brought by private companies or company officials, with 34 of these cases (41%) brought by mining companies and 28 cases (34%) brought by companies associated with agricultural operations.

"Where the cause of action or charge was reported, the suit was based at least in part on a defamation charge, either civil or criminal, in 66 of 75 cases (88%).

"Of the 33 suits in our sample brought as civil actions, claims in 17 cases (52%) exceeded 1 million USD, with the average claim exceeding 10 million USD."

Full article:

https://www.icnl.org/post/report/slapps-in-the-global-south-report

#HumanRights #Whistleblowing #DigitalFreeSpeech #DirectAction #Fascism #CriminalizingDissent #WaterProtectors #ForestDefenders #EnvironmentalActivists #ClimateActivists #ClimateJustice #SilencingDissent #CorporateColonialism #EcoActivists #Censorship #HumanRightsViolations #Article20 #RightToProtest #SlowMarch #BigOilAndGas

#activists #abusivelitigation #slapps #globalsouth #thailand #defendants