Blow the Truth

Adam Bandt MP Photo screenshot Parliament of Australia Mr Band t (Australian Greens) I rise to speak on the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 and the associated bills. I'm lucky enough, in Melbourne, to have the electorate that has the highest number of public housing residents, from the last time we looked at the statistics. In that electorate, one of the things we deal with day after day, in our office, is people who can't get into public housing, who have been on the waiting list for years and who are told, even though they're homeless, even though they're couch surfing, even though they might be women just about to give birth, there is no place for them in public housing. When you look at the rental market, you find there is zero chance of renting near your family or your friends or where you work or study because rents in the private market have grown seven times faster than wages. People are in crisis. When you're faced with this housing crisis, where yo...

Joe Biden Photo YouTube Joe Biden Inflation in America is continuing to come down, which is good news for families and businesses across the country. Today’s data confirm that annual inflation has fallen for seven straight months. Inflation for food at the grocery store came down again last month. Gas prices are down about $1.60 from their peak last year. And real wages for working Americans are up over the last seven months, delivering welcome breathing room for American families. We are seeing this progress even as unemployment remains at its lowest level since 1969 and job growth remains resilient.   There is still more work to do as we make this transition to more steady, stable growth, and there could be setbacks along the way. That is why my unwavering focus is on continuing to lower costs for families, rebuild our supply chains, and invest in America. Right now, because of the Inflation Reduction Act we passed last year, we are lowering prescription drug costs, health c...

  Lidia Thorpe Photo YouTube Senator Lidia Thorpe: I rise today as a senator for the grassroots black sovereign movement, a movement that has existed in this country for tens of thousands of generations. It's a movement that I was raised in, and a movement that my children and grandchildren are being raised in. Sovereignty has never been ceded in this country. The generations of staunch black activists who came before me fought not for themselves but for the continuation and survival of the oldest culture on this planet, and for the generations to inherit their cultural birthright that is sovereignty unceded. Sovereignty may seem like a new and uncomfortable concept within the walls of this building because this place was built with a vision that my sovereign body would never walk a foot in here and that my ancestors' stories of fight, of pain and of survival would not survive the war this building declared on them, on us and on me. Well, I stand here to declare that we are sti...

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk Photo YouTube Palaszczuk: It’s not something I generally promote or practice, but, buried in my distant past, I am, in fact, a lawyer. And buried in Australia’s past are some very troubling matters in law. Especially when it comes to Treaty. I first read the historian Henry Reynolds’ books while studying documents relating to our colonial history in the British Library in London. I was reading court documents I had not read or even heard of at school in Australia. I have never forgotten what I discovered. Deep in these documents were directions from the British Colonial Office to “make Treaties.” Reynolds points out the contradiction of the British treatment of indigenous peoples in Canada, Northern America and New Zealand with what happened in Australia. In those countries, the possession of lands by First Nations peoples was recognised and was negotiated. There were Treaties between the Crown and the peoples of those nations. Some were better than others...

Senator Fatima Payman ALP Photo Parliament Screenshot Senator Fatima Paymen   As a 27-year-old and as the youngest member of the 47th Parliament, my commitment to empowering the voices of young Australians is unquestionable. It is important that young people understand the power of their democratic right to vote in a country like Australia, when there are so many examples around the world where this right has been diminished. The assurance that the value of one person's vote is no different to that of another is something we cannot take for granted. Speaking to fellow young people in Western Australia, I am always inspired by their passion for a better world. At the election in May this year, they knew there had to be a change to safeguard their future, and a change is what they got. Their voices are being heard by this government. Since being elected, we took immediate action on climate change, something young people are so passionate about and have been calling for for years. Th...

  Blow the Truth Alternative Media is back We have been shadow Banned for two years by Social Media Giants, We have been released. Publishing Alternative Media is back Again. I just need to fix up some Technical stuff and The Real News will be back hopefully this week.

Austin Butler (ELVIS) Warner Bros. Pictures If you’ve seen any of the videos or interviews with Austin Butler at the recent Golden Globes you may have noticed he still sounds a bit like Elvis. In fact, many people have noted that despite being from California, he still sounds like he’s from the Deep South. For actors, learning a new accent is incredibly demanding. Accent assimilation is a rigorous process that often requires listening deeply to archive material, documentaries, movies and interviews and observing linguistic details. Austin Butler in his role as Elvis shows how an actor must be acutely responsive to the specifics of an accent, role, script style and demands of the film. The actor works with a dialect coach, starting months or years before filming. The coach provides source recordings (a real person, for example, Elvis) and an accent breakdown. The actor will listen to the sound samples at every opportunity for total immersion. Signi...

Ford Capri 1971 V8 Production of the Capri began in November 1968 (according to Jeremy Walton 's 1987 book Capri – The Development & Competition History of Ford's European GT Car and the FIA , Recognition No. 5301) at Ford's Halewood plant in the UK, and on 16 December 1968 at the Cologne plant in West Germany. It was unveiled in January 1969 at the  Brussels Motor Show , with sales starting the following month. The intention was to reproduce in Europe the success Ford had had with the North American  Ford Mustang : to produce a European  pony car . It was mechanically based on the  Cortina  and built in Europe at the  Halewood  plant in the United Kingdom, the  Genk  plant in Belgium, and the  Saarlouis  and  Cologne  plants in Germany. The car was named  Colt  during its development stage, but Ford was unable to use the name, for it was  trademarked by Mitsubishi . The name Capri comes...

She died of cardiac arrest at age of only 54. She was at the golden globes not even 5 days ago. We're deeply saddened to learn that Lisa Marie Presley passed away at the age of 54. Our hearts are with her family and loved ones during this difficult time. Lisa Marie Presley was hospitalized on Jan 12 USA Time Jan 13 Asia Pacific Time at the age of 54. Prior to the medical emergency, she suffered the loss of her son Benjamin Keough in 2020 when he was just 27. Access Hollywood is looking back at the years leading up to Lisa’s medical emergency. Priscilla Presley, My beloved daughter Lisa Marie was rushed to the hospital. She is now receiving the best care. Please keep her and our family in your prayers. We feel the prayers from around the world and ask for privacy during this time. Lisa Marie Presley was born on February 1, 1968 – January 12, 2023, was an American singer-songwriter. She was the only child of singer and actor Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley...

    Ford Mustang 1967 Convertible in Red The first-generation  Ford Mustang  was manufactured by  Ford  from March 1964 until 1973. The introduction of the Mustang created a new class of automobiles known as the  pony car . The Mustang’s styling, with its long hood and short deck, proved wildly popular and inspired a host of competition. It was initially introduced on April 17, 1964 , as a hardtop and convertible with the fastback version put on sale in August 1964. At the time of its introduction, the Mustang, sharing its  platform  with the  Falcon , was slotted into a  compact car  segment. The 1967 model year Mustang was the first significant redesign of the original model. Ford's designers began drawing up a larger version even as the original was achieving sales success, and while " Iacocca later complained about the Mustang's growth, he did oversee the redesign for 1967." The major mechanical feature was to allow ...