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2014 Australian Government Budget |OT| Throw some debt on the barbie
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He's just salty that people are infringing on his illegal desire to ask people if they're Green-voting gays in job interviews (no really).
You should link to it so we can share too, tiger.Most politics talk on Facebook is vapid, depressing at the lack of knowledge displayed and just shit but I saw this the other day and felt it was pretty spot on.
Had 1592 fb shares at the time of posting.
roosters93
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IPA doesn't even like this budget
This article seems relevant again. What life is like on Newstart
Jesus.
here you go
This article seems relevant again. What life is like on Newstart
the only reasonable thing to do would be to return to the gold standard
Jesus.
here you go
roosters93
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Forgot to mention earlier,
HIS FIRST TWEET.
HIS FIRST TWEET.
I think he might have some misapprehensions of what the 'gay lifestyle' is like. From what I can tell, the gay lifestyle is pretty much like the normal lifestyle, in that there's an infinite variety of configurations for that lifestyle except for the whole gender preference thing.
Well the clear takeaway is that Hockey is basically just throwing out talking points that are only barely related to the questions and trying to dump on Labor at every opportunity
Yes. I guess you could say I was hoping for more. But I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up. There are some interesting clarifications though.
jim-jam bongs
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You mean the Coalition's election strategy?
shanshan310
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lol, these are great.
lol.
National treasures, Clarke and Dawe, have been on fire this last fortnight, too. Last weeks' sketch between misters "Robin Peter" and "Paul" was fantastic.
It's pretty obvious what agenda news.com.au has now...
http://www.news.com.au/finance/econ...ce-chapman/story-fn84fgcm-1226924825918?pg=1#
That selective comment approval...
It seems the strategy now is to put out articles as neutral as can be - then allow all the comments that suit your viewpoint the best - lots of people nowadays just scan the headline and head into the comments.
That social proof...
http://www.news.com.au/finance/econ...ce-chapman/story-fn84fgcm-1226924825918?pg=1#
That selective comment approval...
It seems the strategy now is to put out articles as neutral as can be - then allow all the comments that suit your viewpoint the best - lots of people nowadays just scan the headline and head into the comments.
That social proof...
This popped up in my FB feed this morning:
lollers
Edit: Direct link, because I wuv you guys.
Edit #2: lol, since that screencap, that tweet has been retweeted another ~500 times. Tehehe.
lollers
Edit: Direct link, because I wuv you guys.
Edit #2: lol, since that screencap, that tweet has been retweeted another ~500 times. Tehehe.
This popped up in my FB feed this morning:
lollers
Annabel Crabb had an excellent piece on this earlier this week, choice quote:
Hearing Alan Jones say that an increase to fuel prices is a good thing, as it will drive down the use of a scarce resource had me rolling.
http://www.news.com.au/finance/mone...-worker/story-e6frfmcr-1226925020644#comments
"WHAT A WINKER"
doesn't seem too positive to me.
and this is the front page article on their site.. not yours hidden away
roosters93
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http://www.news.com.au/finance/mone...-worker/story-e6frfmcr-1226925020644#comments
"WHAT A WINKER"
doesn't seem too positive to me.
and this is the front page article on their site.. not yours hidden away
I don't see any comments?
edit: Oh, I've ascertained from a picture on twitter what a winker was the headline before? not anymore
I wonder if he realises that he's agreeing with the Greens when he says that
Can't believe I've never seen these guys before. They're great!
Cross-post, for our American (and other) friends:
It's a good summary for those unfamiliar with just how much of a tool our current PM is.
It's a good summary for those unfamiliar with just how much of a tool our current PM is.
Haha, I love it.
Absolutely! And while a lot of it might be difficult to dig up, there would have to be around three decades worth of content from them in the ABC archives, as funny today as ever.
I missed the context of this discussion, then thought "I bet he's talkign about Clarke and Dawe" and then thought "I should find the one where the front fell off because that was the best one Ive ever seen" and lo and behold the video started and it was good.
What? They are the greatest thing Australia has ever produced, how can you not have seen them before?
Loved them in The Games. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Games_(Australian_TV_series)
When I told this to my co-workers yesterday, they stared at me in disbelief.
I'm confused as to how I'm managed to miss them for so long too.
It's okay, there is still time to make up for your oversight. Sort of boggles my mind that anyone interested in politics hasn't seen them. Won't hold it against you though
Friday nights on A Current Affair. When they actually had on current affairs, before they turned into another version of every fucking breakfast/morning show on the planet.
They must be loving this shit. Giving them ammunition for days. John Clarke is so bang-on with his impersonations it's ridiculous. He does an amazing Hockey (and Abbott for that matter).
PS. Don't forget that show they did. I can't remember what it was... I know they did The Games, but didn't they do something else as well?It's okay, there is still time to make up for your oversight. Sort of boggles my mind that anyone interested in politics hasn't seen them. Won't hold it against you though
Defunding one of the best medical research tools in the country? Something's amiss with that new research fund.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...ain-warning-20140522-38rqy.html#ixzz32WSuWQT6
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...ain-warning-20140522-38rqy.html#ixzz32WSuWQT6
What's the bet the same chaplains getting a quarter of a bil to work in schools will also be heading up the $20b medical research thing.
"Hm... cancer... Bible's fault. Or God or something."
roosters93
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I don't know if Holycheck still reads this thread but he was talking about the wait for Newstart and I was just reading this which is interesting:
From the Centre for Independent Studies. If they're correct that means everyone* has a wait, of at least a month which runs contrary to what we thought before.
ITS GETTING EVEN WORSE LOL WTF THIS CANT BE REAL LIFE!!!
Elaugaufein
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This is reading like a ploy to force people into education/training with uncapped fees (since there's no upfront cost) and then saddling them with massive debt in order to pour massive amounts of money into the hands of training/education providers.
If the federal government just wanted to pump money into those sectors, couldn't they just skip the middle man step of forcing people into the choice of : debt or starvation ?
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A More Normal Bird
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This has the added bonus of reducing the bargaining power of workers. Or rather, the money flowing to private education is the added bonus, the stratification of society is the goal. Can't forget that the government giving money to the sector reduces the individual's reliance on the provision of private capital, whereas forcing them into debt increases it.
Elaugaufein
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Some of them are things they specifically ran on not doing actually (education cuts, pension cuts, deficit levy and fuel excise increases, health funding cuts) .
But they did run on bringing the budget back into surplus. Which they've now decided is their over arching core promise which trumps all other commitments.
They did run on being absolutely horrible to refugees but in fairness our center-left party was right on board that particular bandwagon.
So balancing the books outweighs the metric shit ton of promises they're breaking in their minds? Not being able to get the budget back into a surplus might piss off some people, but this move of theirs is guaranteed to piss off a lot more.
Aarglefarg
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A part of the reaction is that this party went so heavily on the attack when they were in opposition, when the previous government wanted to institute a tax they didn't go to an election with. It was a big issue for them that they hammered into people's minds for three years, so their hypocrisy is harder to underplay.
Box of Bunnies
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Don't worry, those are "non-core promises". It doesn't count if you break those.
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