97 — All COP26 are bastards

Farm workers are now entitled to a minimum wage, some guy got smashed and crashed his car. Also some dudes went to Glasgow and talked about submarines or something.

Minimum wage news The Fair Work Commission has ruled that farm workers must be paid a minimum wage! This means that some workers are entitled to an 830% pay rise. Shoutout to the Australian Workers Union for bringing this complaint. Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud (who previously worked as an Agribusiness Banker) says he’s mostly worried about supermarket prices. Slimeball news Victorian Liberal MP Tim Smith got incredibly drunk and smashed his car into a house. Liberal party leader Mathew Guy asked his mate to not recontest the next election, but not to resign just yet. Behind the scenes, Tim Smith pushed against conversion therapy within the Liberal party. Federal Liberal party members are urging Tim Smith to stay in politics. He’s said now he won’t recontest the next election. Inaction news Scott Morrison went to the COP26 conference and yelled at an empty room. His speech was full of bullshit. At the 2009 Paris Conference, rich countries pledge $100 billion to developing countries to help them build resilience to climate change. None has been given. Angus Taylor went there to push for carbon capture. Australia brought a Santos-sponsored display to the climate conference. Morrison likened climate change to Coronavirus, saying we’ll be saved by new technologies. Shame the government has massively cut funding for energy research. Labor is selling totes about it. They also want to give the government “the room” to arrive at a policy in his own time. Simon Kofe, a minister in Tuvalu highlighted the folly of the big nations, speaking half-submerged in water. Madagascar is paying the price for cheap flights and high emissions.