316usman/thematic2b huggingface dataset:
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Climate Change Bill There are many views about the actual threat arising from global warming, and indeed whether or not it is anything more than a cyclical occurrence in accordance with previous patterns over many hundreds of thousands of years.

The attached NASA graph gives the lie to that view, and demostrates beyond any doubt that, when it comes to the need to reduce carbon emissions it is indeed one minute to midnight.
Reducing carbon emissions , by itself, will not solve all the problems, but without it, nothing else will.

Reon Bavinton.
Reon Bavinton.

Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Bill 2020 and Climate Change (National Framework forAdaptation and Mitigation) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2020Submission 662 Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Bill 2020 and Climate Change (National Framework forAdaptation and Mitigation) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2020Submission 662
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ii Members of the committee Members Senator Louise Pratt (ALP, WA) (Chair) Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald (LNP, QLD) (Deputy Chair) Senator Patrick Dodson (ALP, WA) Senator David Fawcett (LP, SA) to replace Senator Linda Reynolds from 15.02.2017 Senator Nick McKim (AG, TAS) Senator Murray Watt (ALP, QLD) Former member Senator Linda Reynolds (LP, WA) until 15.02.2017 Participating member Senator Derryn Hinch (DHJP, VIC) Secretariat Ms Toni Matulick, Committee Secretary Ms Pothida Youhorn, Principal Research Officer Ms Charlotte Fletcher, Senior Research Officer Mr Nicholas Craft, Senior Research Officer Ms Jo-Anne Holmes, Administrative Officer Suite S1.61 Telephone: (02) 6277 3560 Parliament House Fax: (02) 6277 5794 CANBERRA ACT 2600 Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au iii iv
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Threat of marine plastic pollution in AustraliaSubmission 29 Threat of marine plastic pollution in AustraliaSubmission 29
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Dear Sir, I am concerned about Labours threat to Franking Credits.

These are important to us to fund our retirement.

I feel this is most unfair.

I would like to hear the Liberal party voice their opposition to this threat.

We do not wish to live on the age pension.

Please make sure this does not happen.

Regards, Margaret Menzies Inquiry into the implications of removing refundable franking creditsSubmission 14
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Threat of marine plastic pollution in AustraliaSubmission 33 Threat of marine plastic pollution in AustraliaSubmission 33
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Dear Secretary, I am making a submission today on behalf of the youth population of Australia, to express my concern surrounding the threats posed y marine debris and I strongly urge you to address these growing problems.

Marine plastic pollution is a growing global threat to biodiversity, with its devastating impacts already being realised.
Marine life suffer fro starvation from ingestion of plastics, illness from toxic chemicals released from ingestion of plastics, entanglement and injury from plastic rubbish with indirect impacts across the food chain up to humans.

Microplastics act as sponges for toxic chemicals and last for a long time.

However practical, effective and comprehensive government action could eliminate much of the marine debris found across the Australia coastal and estuarine environments.
Plastic bags and microbeads in cleansing products are a considerable source of marine pollution, with high impact and I support urge a ban on this unnecessary product.

A Container Deposit Scheme would also reduce beverage litter by 60% and almost triple bottle and cans recycling rates to 85%.

This initiative is strongly supported by 85% of the public, according to Newspolls.

I large proportion of the public is concerned by the impacts plastic pollution is having on our marine environment.
I strongly urge you to act promptly and ensure that we move forward as a nation towards a better future for all.

Yours sincerely, Siobhan Paget Threat of marine plastic pollution in AustraliaSubmission 93
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Dear Senators, We are very concerned about the threat to religious organisations to freely teach their beliefs to their people that is possibly connected to this legislation.

These beliefs in the Christian Faith that go back its beginning on human sexuality should not be interfered with.

Saying that, their is no evidence that Christian schools or organisations have discriminated against students who oppose our values on marriage and human sexuality.
However in our democratic society all organisations have the right to employ people who hold and support their values.

Please reject this dangerous bill.

Yours sincerely Dan and Adeline Keenan Sex Discrimination Amendment (Removing Discrimination Against Students) Bill 2018Submission 146
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AASW AAT ABF ACEM ACFID AHRC AFP ALHR AMA ANAO APS ASRC AWSWN BCEO CAT CMO CPR CRC CSS DFAT DFR DIBP ERC FCA FCC FOI HREOC HRLC HRW ICC ICCPR ICESCR Abbreviations Australian Association of Social Workers Administrative Appeals Tribunal Australian Border Force Australasian College of Emergency Medicine Australia Council for International Development Australian Human Rights Commission Australian Federal Police Australian Lawyers for Human Rights Australian Medical Association Australian National Audit Office Australian Psychological Society Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Australian Women in Support of Women on Nauru Brisbane Catholic Education Office Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment Chief Medical Officer Commonwealth Procurement Rules United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Connect Settlement Services Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Doctors for Refugees Department of Immigration and Border Protection Edmund Rice Centre Federal Court of Australia Federal Circuit Court Freedom of Information Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission Human Rights Law Centre Human Rights Watch International Criminal Court International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights xi ICJ IHMS ILO IMA JSS LCA LGBT MOU MYEFO NGO OAIC ODA OPCAT OSSTT PBS PCBU PNG POMS PRC PTSD RACP RACGP RANZCP RCA RPC RPNGC RSD SKM UNHCR UNICEF UNLC USA WHO International Court of Justice International Health and Medical Services International Labour Organization Irregular Maritime Arrival Jesuit Social Services Law Council of Australia Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Memorandum of Understanding Mid-Year Economic Fiscal Outlook Non-Government Organisation Office of the Australian Information Commissioner Official Development Assistance Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or other Cruel, Punishment Overseas Services to Survivors of Torture and Trauma Portfolio Budget Statement Person conducting a business or undertaking Papua New Guinea Planning and Operational Management System Peoples Republic of China Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Royal Australasian College of Physicians Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Refugee Council of Australia Regional Processing Centre Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary Refugee Status Determination Sinclair Knight Mertz United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund University of Newcastle Legal Centre United States of America World Health Organisation xii
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The threat from the Federal Government to extend the Northern Territory intervention for 10 more years, under the proposed Stronger Futures legislation is unjust.

It absolutely goes against the wishes and concerns of Aboriginal People across the Territory, and definitely leads to 10 more years of disempowerment and despair in Aboriginal Communities.

Therefore, I support social justice in this Northern Territory issue Walk in beauty, J Reuben Silverbird
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93 Appendix 4 Goods that might contain asbestos Asbestos has been used in a wide number of products due to its flexibility, tensile strength, insulation, chemical inertness and affordability and is still used outside Australia in many applications.
The following goods are considered a risk for containing asbestos and ACM: • Asbestos bitumen products used to damp proof • Asbestos rope • Asbestos tape • Brake linings or blocks • Cement flat sheeting or panels • Cement pipes, tubes or fittings • Cement shingles or tiles (external or ceiling) • Clutch linings or brake disc pads • Crayons • Diaphragms • Ducts • Electrical cloth and tapes • Electrical panel partitioning • Fire blankets • Fire curtains • Fire resistant building materials • Friction materials for, or within, internal combustion and electric motor vehicles (for example, clutch linings, brake pads and shoes and gaskets) • Furnaces • Gas masks • Gaskets or seals • Gloves • Heat resistant sealing or caulking compounds • Heating equipment • Products containing certain types of talc • Lagging and jointing materials 94 • Mastics, sealants, putties or adhesives • Mineral samples for display or therapeutic purposes • Mixtures containing phenol formaldehyde resin or cresylic formaldehyde resin • Pipe spools • Raw materials from mining activities • Sheet vinyl backing • Sheeting • Textured paints or coatings • Tiles • Yarn and thread, cords and string, whether or not plaited Source: Department of Immigration and Border Protection, 'Asbestos', http://www.border.gov.au/Busi/cargo-support-trade-and-goods/importing- goods/prohibited-and-restricted/asbestos (accessed 9 November 2017).
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Name: Catherine Krestyn Submission: Our democracy is clearly under threat when one corporate entity builds and promotes very specific, one directional news content.

What’s more, this content is deeply embedded with biases, misinformation and uninhibited propaganda with every intent to obfuscate or delineate the truth from its readership.
At 70% ownership of news media in Australia, the Murdocracy is destroying our democracy- all this from a foreign entity that enjoys ridiculous levels of loyalty from the serving LNP in exchange for what appear to be disturbing levels of public support through its various journalistic channels.

We need far greater diversity so that the Sustralian public is served with factual, unbiased reporting from which they can form opinions.
Currently we are inundated with opinion presented as fact - a dangerous and unwelcome slight on our democratic right to the TRUTH.

Media diversity has been severely neglected for years snd we the public continue to pay the price.

Our vote at the ballot box should be well informed, uninhibited by conspiracy rot and derived from truthful truth telling by a DIVERSE media.

Please go to every length to create a Royal Commission into media diversity.

Australian people and democracy deserve no less.


Thank you for considering my submission.

Media diversity in AustraliaSubmission 2398
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Appendix 3 Countries with bans on all types of asbestos Asbestos has been banned in Australia since 2003.

All other OECD countries, except for Canada, Mexico and the United States, have also banned asbestos.

91 Country Algeria Date/year ban came into force 14 October 2009 Argentina 1 January 2003 Australia 31 December 2003 Bahrain 1996 Brunei Chile Egypt Date to be determined 12 July 2001 2005 Commenced in 1983, with complete ban on all forms of asbestos in all 28 member states by 1 January 2005.
European Union: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Malta, Romania, Portugal, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Spain, Luxembourg, Latvia, Ireland, United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Finland, The Netherlands, Austria, Denmark, Sweden.
Gabon between 2002 and 2004 Honduras Iceland Israel Japan 2004 1983 2011 1 March 2012 92 Country Date/year ban came into force Jordan Korea Kuwait Norway Mauritius 16 August 2006 2009 1995 1984 2004 Moldova late 2016 ban planned and confirmed Mozambique 24 August 2010 New Caledonia 2007 New Zealand 1 October 2016 Norway Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Serbia Seychelles 1984 2008 2010 1998 2011 2009 South Africa 28 March 2008 Turkey Ukraine 2010 June 2017 Uruguay May 2002 Source: https://www.asbestossafety.gov.au/countries-bans-all-types-asbestos
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List of abbreviations ALDFG abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear AFGC AFMA AIMS ALGA AMDI AMSA APC APEC BPA CDS COAG CWA DDT EDC EPA EPBC Act GBRMPA GPML ICNA Act MARPOL MOU MPP NELA NEPC NEPM NICNAS Australian Food and Grocery Council Australian Fisheries Management Authority Australian Institute of Marine Science Australian Local Government Association Australian Marine Debris Index Australian Maritime Safety Authority Australian Packaging Covenant Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation bisphenol A container deposit scheme Council of Australian Governments Clean Water Act (US) dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane endocrine disrupting chemical Environment Protection Authority Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Global Partnership on Marine Litter Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships Memorandum of Understanding marine plastic pollution National Environmental Law Association National Environment Protection Council National Environment Protection Measure National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme NPCIA National Packaging Industry Association xiii NRM PCB PCP PET PFOA PFOS POP RIS RVMS SCEW SOLAS SPREP TAP UNEP Natural Resource Management polychlorinated biphenyl personal care product polyethylene terephthalate perfluorooctanoic acid perfluorooctane sulfonate persistent organic pollutant Regulation Impact Statement Reverse Vending Machine Scheme Standing Council on Environment and Water International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme Threat Abatement Plan United Nations Environment Programme
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As a result of the threat on our rights, obviously we have had to strike to get the Organisation to take notice.

I would like to bring some of the issues that I have observed during striking to your attention and the impact this could have had to the integrity of our borders.

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Inexperienced ‘strike breakers’ used to man the primary line.
This impacted not only the wait times for the travelling public, but also due to inexperience, the Incoming Passenger Cards were coded incorrectly, or in some cases NOT AT ALL.

As a result people who may have been searched were missed.

I was working as marshal when strike breakers were working, and it was highly evident that the usual scrutiny that would occur at the primary line by experienced Officers DID NOT HAPPEN, thus further affecting the integrity of the border!
I was allocated a role in the CTU so was unable to strike.

Due to how ‘under the pump’ everyone is including management, I was incorrectly listed as striking on that day.

As a result, my pay was deducted and I am STILL yet to see these finds returned to me, thus directly having a financial impact on me!

In relation to the delay in finalisation of the EA in general, I am a mother in the process of getting my career back on track.
I would like to go to a district office again, but due to the withdrawal of crucial allowances and the potential of the crucial benefits of going to a DO being CUT, I am in LIMBO waiting to know what to do in relation to which direction to go with my career.

As a result this is directly affecting myself and my child and the uncertainty is causing me mental anguish.

Please contact me if you require any further information.
Regards, Aisha Olesinski Border Force Officer | Gold Coast International Airport Area Command Aviation (South East Queensland) | Regional Command QLD Strategic Border Command Australian Border Force The Government's APS Bargaining PolicySubmission 162
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Dear Secretary, Thank you for the opportunity to provide a submission to this inquiry.

The issue of marine debris, in particular plastic debris, is of great concern to me and I urge you to urgently act to address the growing problem.

I am a member of several environmental care groups around our bay.

I do a lot of snorkelling in the bay and am in charge of a monthly northern pacific seastar removal program and seagrass survey in St Kilda, and am part of the penguin research team with Earthcare St Kilda.
Whenever I am at St Kilda beach I like to collect rubbish along the beach from the pier northwards to the first groyne, this includes three different sections.

Two of these sections are not able to be cleaned by machine, the third is where a lot of people let their dogs run.

There is a storm water drain running into each section.

On Sunday 6 September I snorkelled between the pier and the slipway of the yacht club.
I collected a large catch bag of plastic bags, food wrappers, plastic drink bottles, glass bottles and an engine oil container.

The plastic bags and food wrappers outweighed everything else.

Collecting the rubbish along the beach was the same scenario, lots of plastic bags, straws, food wrappers and scraps of plastic.
Last week one of the St Kilda penguins was found in the rubbish bin area of the kiosk at the end of the pier, with fishing line caught around its foot, along with a plastic bag which was caught on a wheel of the big roller bin.

The penguin was under weight and would have been killed when the bin was emptied.

There is currently one living on the rocks with a plastic bag handle around its neck (we are trying to catch it to remove it).

I would like to see plastic bags banned.


I would also like to see some education on the marine environment - just because you can't see the rubbish doesn't mean it isn't doing harm.

Daily, marine animals have to fight with our rubbish.

A lot of it we use for 5 minutes, some of it can cause death.

We must be more accountable for what we do, and how we do it.

Using a fossil fuel to make an item for a single use is madness.
Please help to show humans are smarter than that and provide guidelines to ensure we make it a priority.

Please act promptly.

Our world needs this.

Yours sincerely, Julianne Stuart Threat of marine plastic pollution in AustraliaSubmission 123
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Dear Secretary, I wish to voice my concern about the problems and threats posed by marine pollution and in particular that of plastic debris.

As someone who lives close to the Parramatta river I spend many hours cleaning litter, most of it plastic, out of the mangroves.

It's heartbreaking to pick up plastic containers and styrofoam cups with holes clearly made by creatures who've had a nibble.
At the same time it's very satisfying to liberate mangroves from plastic bags that have managed to wrap themselves around shoots with the incoming tides.

Cleaning the mangroves is like painting the Harbour Bridge.

As soon as I get to the end I have to start at the beginning again.

Every day trash is washed up upon our shores, and the problem is only getting worse.
The bulk of the litter that I'm picking up is plastic bottles, plastic bags, plastic drinking straws, plastic lollipop sticks and good old polystyrene.

Of course there's also the usual food wrappings, takeaway containers and other household crap.

It's now getting to the stage where I am constantly picking up trash in the street, knowing that if I don't it will be washed down the storm water drain into the river, where the fish/sea creatures will have a nibble before it's washed back up in the mangroves.
I believe that government action could greatly reduce the amount of marine debris found across Australian coastal and estuarine environments.

When I first started cleaning up I was knee deep in plastic bottles.

I've been informed that a Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) would reduce beverage litter of the marine environment by 60% and almost triple bottle and cans recycling rates to 85%.

Further, newspolls demonstrate 85% of the public is in support of a CDS.
Also, I believe that banning both plastic bags and microbeads in cleansing products would have a significant impact on the amount of plastic that enters the marine environment and effectively target those plastics that are most likely to be mistaken as a source of food.

On behalf of our health and environment I urge prompt action from the government in addressing this most pressing problem.

Yours sincerely, Jacqueline Puz Threat of marine plastic pollution in AustraliaSubmission 97
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