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News Sense

Home of The Free, Land of The Eagles

Season 1, Ep. 2

Harry and Christopher are two semi-educated scallywags who attempt to make sense of society. In the second episode they chat about the environment, drought relief, and legalising abortion and marijuana. They then ruminate for a while on impeaching Donald Trump.

Further Reading!

Drought Relief Package

https://www.9news.com.au/national/prime-minister-scott-morrison-100-million-drought-relief-package/0a7ca47e-d2bf-434c-b430-aaff23aeba36

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australian-farmers-call-on-scott-morrison-to-return-focus-to-drought


Scott Morrison at The UN

https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2019/sep/26/scott-morrison-spurns-criticism-of-australias-record-on-climate-change-during-un-speech-video

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/as-the-un-urges-countries-to-do-more-on-climate-change-scott-morrison-sticks-to-tony-abbott-s-plan


NSW Decriminalises Abortion

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-26/abortion-decriminalised-in-nsw-as-bill-passes-lower-house/11549436


ACT Legalises Personal Marijuana

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-27/cannabis-reform-happened-in-wa-long-before-the-act/11552294


Drone Strikes in Saudi Arabia

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/14/major-saudi-arabia-oil-facilities-hit-by-drone-strikes

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/15/760963015/drone-strikes-impact-saudi-oil-facilities


Greta Thunberg at The UN

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-strike-canada/greta-thunberg-leads-montreal-climate-strike-amid-aviation-emissions-talks-idUSKBN1WC0E9

https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/scott-morrison-should-have-gone-to-hear-greta-thunberg-20190926-p52vak.html


Repression of Minority Populations in China

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-25/us-leads-condemnation-of-chinese-uyghur-treatment-at-un/11546154

nytimes.com/2019/09/21/world/asia/china-islam-crackdown.html


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