Search

Placeholder Content Image

"Put it up properly!" PM criticised for public flag blunder

<p dir="ltr">Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has come under fire after the Aboriginal flag was hung upside down on the first day of the Jobs and Skills Summit at Parliament House - made worse by the fact that no one in attendance seemed to notice the error either.</p> <p dir="ltr">The incorrectly-hung Indigenous flag was in the background displayed alongside the Australia and Torres Strait Islander flags as Mr Albanese addressed the 140 government and business leaders and was spotted in various selfies and photos taken on the day.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-6a78ef78-7fff-2c33-67d8-b5d595a52513">When correctly flown, the black half of the flag, <a href="https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/aboriginal-flag" target="_blank" rel="noopener">representing</a> First Nations Australians, is meant to be at the top, with the red half, signifying the earth, at the bottom.</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Loved joining this powerhouse of women speakers on the opening panel at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/jobssummit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#jobssummit</a>. Equity for women can’t wait ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/SenKatyG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenKatyG</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/sammostyn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sammostyn</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/emmafulu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@emmafulu</a> ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/June_Oscar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@June_Oscar</a>⁩⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/leonora_risse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@leonora_risse</a>⁩<br />⁩ <a href="https://t.co/eVd6kDATfJ">pic.twitter.com/eVd6kDATfJ</a></p> <p>— Michele O'Neil (@MicheleONeilAU) <a href="https://twitter.com/MicheleONeilAU/status/1565152042347180034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr">It hung upside down until delegates left for the lunch break and was correctly displayed when they returned.</p> <p dir="ltr">Prominent Indigenous leaders called out the faux pas, including Coalition Senator Jacinta Price and Warren Mundine, a business leader and former Labor Party president.</p> <p dir="ltr">Senator Price, who has previously criticised Mr Albanese’s flying of the flag as empty symbolism, said it was ironic that the government went out of its way to show symbolic respect for Indigenous Australians, yet still made such an error.</p> <p dir="ltr">“With all the virtuous expression of respect for Aboriginal Australians... and all the carry on with strategically placing the flag prominently to express this deep virtue you’d think that this Albanese Government could actually hang it the right way up?” she said.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-ac92a209-7fff-5a3a-fd3d-4d50441b5373"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">“Especially at such a significant and groundbreaking event such as the job summit.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><img src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/2022/09/albo-flag1.jpg" alt="" width="1280" height="720" /></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Various speakers were photographed in front of the incorrectly-hung Indigenous flag, which was corrected during the event’s lunch break. Images: @AlboMP (Twitter)</em></p> <p dir="ltr">Mr Mundine said he was shocked when the saw the flag on TV, describing the mistake as “ignorant” and “pathetic”.</p> <p dir="ltr">“How ignorant and pathetic is it that our national flag is treated this way… put it up properly!” he said.</p> <p dir="ltr">The Parliamentary Services Department, which was responsible for the error, later said the flag being upside down was the result of “an unfortunate human error”.</p> <p dir="ltr">“The incorrect mounting of the Aboriginal flag was due to an unfortunate human error. Once the error was identified, it was immediately corrected,” it said.</p> <p dir="ltr">While a flag flying upside down can signal that someone is in distress in the US and is sometimes used by protestors at rallies, the act is banned under all circumstances by the Australian flag protocols.</p> <p dir="ltr">Mr Albanese has been displaying the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags in parliament and at government events since becoming PM following the May election, with Indigenous MPs and leaders praising it as a long-overdue acknowledgement of First Nations culture and Australia’s history before British colonisation. </p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-34d56c2f-7fff-7b7e-e9a5-06a678a4de7f"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: @AlboMP (Twitter)</em></p>

News

Placeholder Content Image

Crown Princess Mary stuns at fashion event

<p dir="ltr">Crown Princess Mary stunned crowds as she gave the opening speech at the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark.</p> <p dir="ltr">The 50-year-old attended the event on June 7 which is the leading international forum for sustainability in fashion. </p> <p dir="ltr">Photos of the event were shared by the Danish Royal Family on their Instagram as they shared the Princess’s experience at the popular event. </p> <p dir="ltr">“These days, more than 1000 representatives of the fashion industry are gathered in Copenhagen for the Global Fashion Summit, which is a leading international summit focusing on sustainability in the fashion and textile industry,” the caption read. </p> <p dir="ltr">“Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess today gave the opening speech at the Opera in her capacity as patron of the Global Fashion Summit and Global Fashion Agenda. </p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Ceg3E0tA0Ov/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Ceg3E0tA0Ov/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by DET DANSKE KONGEHUS 🇩🇰 (@detdanskekongehus)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">“The Crown Princess first participated in the Global Fashion Summit in 2009, and since then, the green transition in the fashion industry has come at the top of the summit's agenda.</p> <p dir="ltr">“According to a recent UN report, the fashion and textile industry accounts for 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Global Fashion Agenda, which is the organization behind the Global Fashion Summit, works, among other things, for the industry to be climate neutral in 2050.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Following the Crown Princess’s speech, she attended a number of panels with several decision makers in the fashion industry. </p> <p dir="ltr">Princess Mary was then able to experience first-hand how fashion designers ethically and environmentally create their clothes. </p> <p dir="ltr">“The Crown Princess could experience the restoration of recycled clothing, digitization of the textile industry's value chain, environmentally friendly dyeing of clothing and many other innovative solutions to the green transformation in the fashion industry.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: Instagram</em></p>

Beauty & Style

Placeholder Content Image

The uncertain future of Mount Everest

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Each year, thousands of eager travellers flock to the mountain of Nepal to try their luck at climbing Mount Everest: the world’s highest peak. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country had a seven-month ban on international travellers. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the borders have opened again and people from all over the world are keen to get out and explore again, some Nepal officials are encouraging adventurers to come and tackle the mountain. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Each year, Everest expeditions are a huge contributing factor to the nation’s economy, with the odyssey bringing in more than $300 million in 2019, according to </span><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-everest-reopening-sherpa-supply-chain/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bloomberg</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The price of the climb starts at a </span><a href="https://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2021/02/10/how-much-does-it-cost-to-climb-mount-everest-2021-edition/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">whopping $45,000</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, with prices increasing depending on guides, routes and conditions.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7845037/everest-price.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/c854f126661d44618279a8bc090e0386" /></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image credit: alanarnette.com</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite the economic significance of the expedition, many are calling for the way Mount Everest is conquered and controlled to be reconsidered.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the international borders reopened in Nepal's spring season, a record of 408 permits were issued for the summit. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The government also broke its permit record in 2019, when it issued 381.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite a record number of travellers flocking to the Himalayas, the climbing season coincided with a new wave of Covid-19 infections, with many experiencing coronavirus symptoms at base camp. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This drastic increase in climbing numbers in 2021 poses more of a risk to the increase of deaths on the mountain, as overcrowding has led to a surge in fatalities. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eleven people died climbing the world’s highest peak in 2019, with four deaths blamed on overcrowding. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On one day, 354 people were lined up to reach the top from Nepal’s southern side and Tibet’s northern approach.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To prevent overcrowding and a lack of resources, Nepal’s tourism ministry has announced they will be capping the number of people who can summit the mountain, in accordance with the small window of suitable weather. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Another issue threatening the expedition is the amount of pollution that is generated from each climbing season. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Each year, Nepal has struggled to deal with the amount of waste that comes with thousands of people flocking to the mountain. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A team of researchers in April this year made a worrying discovery when they found the highly-toxic PFAS chemicals near the summit.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Everest is treasured very highly as a unique monument for the globe,” Rainer Lohmann, a PFAS researcher from the University of Rhode Island told the </span><a href="https://www.wsj.com/?mod=wsjheader_logo"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wall Street Journal</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s kind of sad to see very high concentrations at some places on the mountain. We say, ‘Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints,’ but we leave chemicals.”</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image credits: Getty Images</span></em></p>

Travel Tips

Placeholder Content Image

World leaders mock Donald Trump during NATO summit

<p>Donald Trump has slammed Canadian prime minister as “two-faced” after a video shared on Twitter revealed world leaders mocking the US president at the NATO anniversary celebration in London.</p> <p>In a video footage posted by the CBC, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau appeared to be talking about Trump at a Buckingham Palace reception with French president Emmanuel Macron, British prime minister Boris Johnson and Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte.</p> <p>“He was late because he takes a 40-minute press conference at the top,” Trudeau could be heard saying, apparently alluding to Trump’s appearance before the press prior to the event.</p> <p>“You just watch his team’s jaws drop to the floor.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JustinTrudeau</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EmmanuelMacron</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BorisJohnson</a> and other VIPs shared a few words at a Buckingham Palace reception Tuesday. No one mentions <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> by name, but they seem to be discussing his lengthy impromptu press conferences from earlier in the day. (Video: Host Pool) <a href="https://t.co/dVgj48rpOP">pic.twitter.com/dVgj48rpOP</a></p> — Power &amp; Politics (@PnPCBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/PnPCBC/status/1202008162997538817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <p>Speaking in his closing news conference Wednesday, Trudeau confirmed that he had been talking about Trump and said the moment that made “his team’s jaws drop” was when the US president announced the location for next year’s G7 summit at Camp David.</p> <p>“Last night I made reference to the fact that there was an unscheduled press conference before my meeting with President Trump. I was happy to be part of it but it was certainly notable,” Trudeau said.</p> <p>When asked about the video during a meeting with German chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday, Trump slammed Trudeau as “two-faced” and criticised Canada for not meeting NATO’s 2 per cent defense spending target.</p> <p>“Well, he's two-faced ... he’s not paying 2 per cent and he should be paying 2 per cent. It’s Canada, they have money,” Trump said. “And honestly with Trudeau he’s a nice guy, but the truth is I called him out on the fact that he’s not paying 2 per cent and I guess he’s not very happy about it.”</p> <p>Spokespersons for Macron and Rutte have declined to comment on the matter.</p>

News

Placeholder Content Image

“How dare you”: Greta Thunberg delivers scathing speech at UN climate summit

<p>A furious 16-year-old has held world leaders accountable for “stealing my dreams and my childhood” as they fail to address the issue of climate change.</p> <p>Greta Thunberg put on a brave front and gave a speech at the United Nations headquarters that quickly gained worldwide attention.</p> <p>It came as over 50 global leaders, with the exception of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and US President Donald Trump, attended the Climate Action Summit in New York on Monday, local time.</p> <p>The teenage girl may be young, but she travelled from the UK in a zero-emissions yacht to convey her anger to the politicians seated in front of her.</p> <p>Thunberg said young people would forever hold world leaders accountable if they failed to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet tw-align-center" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr">Greta Thunberg to world leaders at the U.N. climate summit: “You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words” <a href="https://t.co/vhK7qb7Dgb">https://t.co/vhK7qb7Dgb</a> <a href="https://t.co/kArrseEu9f">pic.twitter.com/kArrseEu9f</a></p> — TIME (@TIME) <a href="https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1176216246943125505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">23 September 2019</a></blockquote> <p>“This is all wrong,” she said. “I shouldn’t be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you. You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.”</p> <p>She then added: “If you choose to fail us, I say we will never forgive you.”</p> <p>Leaders who spoke at the summit included New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emannuel Macron, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.</p> <p>Foreign Minister Marise Payne was there on behalf of Australia but did not speak.</p> <p>The US President sat in the audience for a brief period of time before attending a session on religious freedom.</p>

Travel Trouble

Placeholder Content Image

Trump controversially cancels North Korea summit with Kim Jong-un

<p>US President Donald Trump has cancelled the North Korea summit with Kim Jong-un, citing, “tremendous anger and open hostility” from Pyongyang as his reason.</p> <p><a href="http://www.news.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>News.com.au reports</strong></em></span></a> the Leader of the Free World was due to meet Kim next month as part of talks aimed at negotiating denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula.</p> <p>The breakdown comes after an aggressive statement from North Korea’s foreign affairs  ministry which labelled US Vice President Mike Pence a “political dummy” and used incendiary language, threatening a nuclear “showdown”.</p> <p>Mr Trump reportedly said that he felt it was “inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting”.</p> <p>“Therefore, please let this letter serve to represent that the Singapore summit, for the good of both parties, but to the detriment of the world, will not take place,” Mr Trump said.</p> <p>“You talk about your nuclear capabilities, but ours are so massive and powerful that I pray to God they will never have to be used.”</p> <p>Mr Trump described the cancellation as a “tremendous setback” for the world, but said he was still hopeful of meaningful dialogue moving forward.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">The full letter from the President Trump to Chairman Kim Jong Un : <a href="https://t.co/RJD9qV0HSl">https://t.co/RJD9qV0HSl</a> <a href="https://t.co/b0BEf0mKWf">pic.twitter.com/b0BEf0mKWf</a></p> — The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/999659289080889344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <p>“Hopefully everything is going to work out well with North Korea,” he said.</p> <p>“A lot of things can happen. Including the fact that, perhaps, it’s possible the existing summit could take place or a summit at some later date.</p> <p>“Nobody should be anxious. We have to get it right.”</p> <p>What are your thoughts?</p>

News

Over 60

© Copyright 2024 OverSixty.All Rights Reserved.