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AusPoliGAF |OT| Boats? What Boats?
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Aarglefarg
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Woolworths created a website where you can upload an image, assuming you would make an avatar of sorts. And they would put the text over the top including a play on their slogan, meme generator style. Queue ridicule.
viciouskillersquirrel
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I don't know what I find more baffling - the crass nature in which they attempted to profit from a national tragedy or the stunning blindness with which they engaged with user generated content.
There's a reason Nintendo is so paranoid about the Internet guys.
There's a reason Nintendo is so paranoid about the Internet guys.
Funnily enough, the only Australian organisation I've seen handle an image macro generator properly is the Labor party.
Yeah it was up when I posted it. lol.
shanshan310
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ahahahha
RIP Tony Phillips, Chief Marketing Officer at Woolworths.
https://twitter.com/thomasrdotorg/status/587926067249197056
D.Lo
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That's not fair. Those rich people worked much harder for the $3000 each per year per themselves and their wife under Costello's government co-contribution super scheme than the poor people who literally never used it.
They work extremely hard to classify everything they own as a business expense so that their marginal tax rate is lower than someone who works at coles.
All their negatively geared properties are providing rental shelter for all the people who need it because they are locked out of the property market. Basically a community service that just happens to have had a 40% capital gain since just 2012.
Elaugaufein
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Can't deny that cost of living and economic differences make this true. Not exactly looking forward to the inevitable race to the bottom that will result, that will coincidentally stop being a race to the bottom at the (low) bracket where relocation is prohibitively expensive .
I'm doubtful it would ever go that far, internal taxation usually takes a back-seat to other market forces such as real estate prices and the like. I would ultimately prefer if we had a constitutional settlement on taxation that was similar to the model that Canada uses, where the states levy all taxes but they are then required to pay some forward to the federal government. This doesn't actually mean in reality that the federal fiscal imbalance is suddenly all on the side of the states but it seems to work very well over there...but it does mean that states aren't forced to try everything under the sun in order to raise revenue.
Dastardly Jerks
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Abbott gives $4M to help climate sceptic set up Australian centre
You can't make this shit up anymore.
Somebody attacking the ABC in the comments.
The Project is on Channel 10, dear.
You can't make this shit up anymore.
Somebody attacking the ABC in the comments.
The Project is on Channel 10, dear.
Thank god I have murdochblock
I imagine we'll start doing something about climate change once all the expensive coastal properties start flooding every time the tide comes in and not a moment sooner.
Only filthy, anti-democratic, leftist, Australia-hating, taxpayer-funded networks like the ABC would dream of putting a brown person on the telly.
Only filthy, anti-democratic, leftist, Australia-hating, taxpayer-funded networks like the ABC would dream of putting a brown person on the telly.
shanshan310
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"No see I am a Christian and I will not support terrorist or bank roll a man that sends his 40 year old daughter to Stuart Uni to study islamic law so to make the company a ledigt business and he will not open his books to see where the money is spent the other Halal companies are suppose to be "NON PROFIT" so where does the MONEY Go? You are to busy calling people racist and bigots ... WAKE UP and look in the mirror"
One way is to see how they feel about religious certification for products that don't involve animal slaughter, like dairy or wine (because we all know that those devout Muslims love their drinking).
My favourite sentiment from these anti-halal types is the idea that because Australian companies and consumers shouldn't be paying for it, the government should perform the certifications so the money doesn't go to Muslims.
It begins. Sooner than I expected too.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-...australias-emission-reduction-targets/6404568
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-...australias-emission-reduction-targets/6404568
Racism. Racism is the justification for that position.
Oh climate change is real, he just questions if you need to do anything about it.
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I can't help hearing this in Robin Williams voice. "Their government is so deep in the coal industry's pockets, even the Saudi's are saying "heeeey, you guys should tone down on the fossil fuels a little""
shanshan310
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"but Islam isn't a race hurr hurr. You're an idiot. I'm not racist for hating muslims".
It definitely is racism, or at least something in the same category as racism. Halal is the most benign Islamic belief out there. I feel sorry for the companies, which are usually small businesses who get bullied by these fuckers. Remove the certification and they lose a hefty sum of money, keep it, and they mobbed by an angry group of ignorant twats.
"Oh i guess you're just a garden variety bigot then"
I read the comments....why do I always read the comments?!
Dastardly Jerks
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Katie Hopkins: Not even once.
I'm actually glad when articles like that come out. Because when they're so overtly racist and not at all subtle, stupid people might question Abbott's policies.
viciouskillersquirrel
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Congratulations Australia, we are now officially racist enough policy-wise that British fascists are looking to us as a shining beacon of the future past.
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