Someone should write an Opera about this soap-opera that has been the winded saga about advertising on the Opera House... Of course God, the name of which is Alan Jones could be played by himself — as no-one, and I mean no-one, can mimic the bile-coloured spray from the motor-mouth at full speed while delivering mostly rubbish.

Liam Neeson and Russell Crowe would play the jockeys as they're used to work with animal stars, who can recognise them from a mile away, we are told. Crowe might have to loose a bit of weight mind you as the silk shirts, though quite loose on Damian Oliver, would burst the seams on his ageing gladiator muscles...

The remaining two said the question was impossible to answer definitively, and that it was a red herring given Australia needed to do much more than it promised in Paris if it was to play its part in limiting global warming to 2C or less.

Bill Hare, the Perth-based director of global institute Climate Analytics, said scientific assessment of Australia’s policy settings by the Climate Action Tracker showed there was virtually no chance the target would be met without new policies.

“There is absolutely no quantitative scientific basis that I am aware of for the government’s repeated claims that it will meet the Paris agreement target. In fact, the reverse is true – its emissions are likely to continue to increase,” he said.

Hare said electricity emissions were falling due to the 2020 renewable energy target but the government had promised not to replace it, and emissions from other sectors of the economy – industry, transport, agriculture – would continue to grow in the absence of comprehensive policies.

The Grattan Institute’s energy program director, Tony Wood, said the government’s own published numbers showed it was not on track and if Australia did meet its target it would be more due to good luck than good management. Rather than meeting the target in a canter, he said the government needed “a different horse – or at least to get ready to gallop”.

Read more:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/11/in-a-canter-clima...

Note: Alan Jones is a complete idiot when it comes to global warming.

See also:

http://www.yourdemocracy.net.au/drupal/node/26516

As Gus says there (on 21 May 2013) :

Opinions spruiked on mass media and advertising go hand in hand... Advertising is designed to make you buy something. Most opinions are targeted to pander to prejudices that will wash your brains from thoughts contrary to buying stuff. 

For example should you become too aware of global warming, you would start to "consume less" in order to "minimise your carbon footprint". For people who sell stuff for profit (the rich) this is not on ... You HAVE TO buy...

Thus mass media opinions often are AS IF stupidly uninformed... To a critical mind, they might appear "blind, caught napping, day-dreaming, deaf, ignorant, in the dark, inattentive, negligent, not informed, not told, oblivious, out of it, out to lunch, unbriefed, unconscious, uneducated, unenlightened, uninstructed, unknowing, unschooled..." according to the Thesaurus. 

But, in fact, these opinions coming from most professionals spruikers are none of these. 

They are deliberate LIES. 

https://iview.abc.net.au/show/sammy-j  Sothejay's auction house...

Did we mention that it has been reported Alan Jones owns (co-owns?) two of the horses that were in that ludicrous race? Anyway it appears that the owners of 2GB, the Jones platform might yet again have to pay cash for penalties and might be treated to more ACMA complaints etc...

See also: 

http://www.yourdemocracy.net.au/drupal/node/26516

Labor listens to the people: more than 80 percent of the people want to stop the demolition of the Allianz Stadium in Sydney. 19 per cent of the people do not have a clue that this PERFECTLY GOOD stadium is to be demolished by the ratbags of the Liberal (COnservative) government of NSW for the pleasure of one person who stands quite alone (apart from his SCG trust mates and developers): Alan Jones — who can assure you that demolishing the stadium will not increase global warming because global warming does not exist, except in the mind of mad scientists paid by the Russian commies to rooin' the western economy. Alan Jones is a learned idiot who has been running Sydney town from the high chairs of media outlets that are run by rightwing dudes for the benefit of the 1% in this city. Democracy is stuffed. 

At least we can console ourselves by looking at another brilliant cartoon by Cathy Wilcox, SMH:

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New Zealand's silver fern icon has been projected onto the Sydney Opera House as a symbol of solidarity with the country after Muslims in Christchurch were massacred while worshipping at mosques in a terrorist attack.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-29/sydney-morning-briefing-monday-april-29/11052778

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To hear the flotilla of past and present Liberal Party prime ministers praising Alan Jones on his retirement from radio after 35 years on air, he has been the pre-eminent broadcaster of his generation.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison called into Jones’ 2GB program to extol the broadcaster’s honesty  – “you’ve always spoken your mind, even to me”,

John Howard lauded his “great skill as a communicator” and Tony Abbott invoked his popularity – “You were the voice of middle Australia”.

Really? Taking the last one first, Jones was never as popular as he and his supporters claimed, especially outside New South Wales.

An attempt by the Ten Network to launch Jones as a nightly national television current affairs personality, in Alan Jones Live in 1994, bombed.

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Shaun Micallef

@shaunmicallef

 Everybody on Twitter is bagging Alan Jones when what we should all be doing is hailing the doctor as a hero. #NobelPrize

Read more:

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2020/05/13/alan-jones-legacy/

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The climate denialists will loose their main voice in Australia... May Alan find a happy retirement on his country estate where fracking isn't welcome...

See also:

http://www.yourdemocracy.net.au/drupal/node/37502

http://www.yourdemocracy.net.au/drupal/node/12812

http://yourdemocracy.net.au/drupal/node/11799

http://www.yourdemocracy.net.au/drupal/node/21654

http://www.yourdemocracy.net.au/drupal/node/12063

http://yourdemocracy.net.au/drupal/node/18080

Alan Jones has been arrested at his luxury Circular Quay apartment by NSW Police over allegations the controversial broadcaster and former Wallabies coach indecently assaulted, groped or inappropriately touched multiple young men.

For the past nine months, detectives from Strike Force Bonnefin, run by the State Crime Command’s child abuse squad, have been conducting a top-secret investigation into Jones.

The strike force was formed following a lengthy investigation by the Herald and The Age, which revealed in December that the 83-year-old had used his position of power, first as a teacher and later as the country’s top-rating radio broadcaster, to allegedly prey on a number of young men.

The allegations of inappropriate behaviour uncovered by the Herald spanned almost 60 years.

Jones was arrested by specialist detectives on Monday morning and taken to Day Street police station in central Sydney. Police are expected to address the media later on Monday.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/alan-jones-arrested-over-allegations-he-indecently-assaulted-young-men-20241118-p5krdu.html

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