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AusPoliGAF |OT| Boats? What Boats?
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bobnowhere
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Looks like they are going to reintroduce a couple of anti-union bills into the senate when Parliament resumes to try and force another couple of triggers. Then I assume they just might try an anti-union DD election with the royal commission still on in the background. Though they will have change the sente voting laws first and I can't imagine the Labor party playing ball.
If they do go the DD route, prepare for the nastiest campaign of all time.
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Double post because I can.
John Hewson the surprise guest on QandA, the previous Lord of Wentworth. World class ABC, world class.
I hope he brought his axe.
John Hewson the surprise guest on QandA, the previous Lord of Wentworth. World class ABC, world class.
I hope he brought his axe.
The only thing the LNP are pulling is themselves.
If they go to a DD they will get spanked by Labor.
Probably. Especially when workforce automation takes off and many are left unemployed.forgot QandA was on tonight
edit: Do you think we are ever going to see in the next 20-50 years, a revolt vs the 1%?
forgot QandA was on tonight
edit: Do you think we are ever going to see in the next 20-50 years, a revolt vs the 1%?
If there's another lehmann brothers crash, yep.
forgot QandA was on tonight
edit: Do you think we are ever going to see in the next 20-50 years, a revolt vs the 1%?
That will only happen if our normal mechanisms for dealing with shit (democracy) crumbles or stops working.
If the political classes don't implement a guaranteed income & a 20-30 hour working week when automation hits within the next two decades then yeah.forgot QandA was on tonight
edit: Do you think we are ever going to see in the next 20-50 years, a revolt vs the 1%?
What constitutes revolt in your mind? Anything violent will end poorly, pretty much whoever controls the military will be in power and there's no way that could even remotely be any better than we have it today. It would be fascism as far as the eye can see. On the other hand, there are those that would argue that Labor coming to power at any time constitutes a revolt. Helped by the conspiracy theory floating around that the mining industry had a hand in the ousting of Rudd.
Like, say, signing a trade agreement that allows international companies to sue a government for implementing policies. Or countries signing away their ability to control their own currency. It's not crumbling yet, but we're chipping away at it.
edit: Some good quotes on European democracy here: http://www.newstatesman.com/world-a...opens-about-his-five-month-battle-save-greece
Democracy tho.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLAOhsMXLT8
new friendly jordies
new friendly jordies
It's downright evil when you consider domestic violence victims might already be financially fucked.
I'd completely forgotten that was a thing. Probably because the last I heard, hardly anyone participated in the counselling trial and I assumed that meant it and its related policies were dead.
Trying to control relationships like that is just gross. Sometimes relationships fail and nothing can be done to save them. It's better for everyone if those relationships can be easily dissolved. I suppose it's based around the, frankly offensive, idea that a "broken home" messes kids up.
I think I preferred having forgotten about it. Now it's just making me angry.
Trying to control relationships like that is just gross. Sometimes relationships fail and nothing can be done to save them. It's better for everyone if those relationships can be easily dissolved. I suppose it's based around the, frankly offensive, idea that a "broken home" messes kids up.
I think I preferred having forgotten about it. Now it's just making me angry.
And all the cuts to domestic violence
while electing a leader in the anti-domestic violence for australian of the year
to her own retro-active disgust
Deleteeeeee
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I have to say that is probably one of his better produced videos.
Heh: Government website thinks Australian musicians make $300,000 a year, musicians disagree.
Reminds me of this:
Reminds me of this:
http://m.smh.com.au/comment/why-the-nra-has-australia-in-its-sights-20150714-gic1a6
Here is abreast article by Andrew Leigh quantifying the impact of the gun buyback.
I found it interesting that there was also a noticeable drop in suicides.
Here is abreast article by Andrew Leigh quantifying the impact of the gun buyback.
I found it interesting that there was also a noticeable drop in suicides.
Yeah, I heard that too. Didn't even occur to me it would have an impact on that, so I guess that's a good thing?
Oh, and ain't it great that the government bypassed the senate to increase the cost of a divorce by something like $400. Gotta keeps them battered wimmenz in a relationship!
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/national/a/28795878/national-abuse-redress-scheme-a-must/
"inside this country"
also
should tack on the end
"inside this country"
also
the fact we don't already have this a tragedy
bobnowhere
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Really smart guy, he's also my local member. I think he's also one of only 2 non-factionally aligned members in the federal ALP. The other is Nova Peris.
Interesting story, when the two Canberra seats were vacated a couple of elections ago, the feds devised a scheme where a left-wing staffer would get Fraser and a right-wing staffer would get Canberra (The seat). Neither were from Canberra and both supported staffers were rolled by the local members in pre-selection much to the chagrin of the national organisation. Leigh in the North and Gai Brotman, Chris Ulhman's wife, in the south.
All of which is true. Andrew Leigh is probably one of the most brilliant MPs in parliament and I hope that one day he becomes Treasurer (won't happen though).
I've heard the per-selection story before from some ACT Labor members. I don't know how or why the ACT Labor party is so democratic but if the national Labor party operated like them we would have a far better ALP.
They're a separate party aren't they? So wouldn't that be a little bit treasonous?
Surely he wouldn't appear. The damage that could be done such as during Tony Abbott appearance at Carbon Tax rally springs to mind.
Related, is anyone attending the 'anti' rallies on Sunday?
To be honest it is too much of a pain for me to get to the city for a rally, though I would love to go.
Anyway here is a map of countries by what the population consider the biggest threat. Please be depressed by it now.
i'll try and attend the one in sydney now that i know where and when it's taking place
bobnowhere
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I expect him to withdraw sometime today once Peta gets a hold of him.
Maybe he's been watching Trump soar in the polls and thought "I could be that repulsive and stupid."
Box of Bunnies
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The, uh, age of entitlement is, uh, over.
Mate we haven't had a budget emergency since the '15 budget.
Did this come out because of the whole Melbourne->Geelong $5k flight thing?
Anyway here is a map of countries by what the population consider the biggest threat. Please be depressed by it now.
That is an incredible map. If not more so for that the "developing" world state climate change as their biggest concern, whereas the West is worried by ISIS. A decade or so ago it would have been the Western countries citing climate change as the most serious concern. Really fascinating/disappointing.
Apparently terrorism works. All it takes is for a handful of people to die horribly every so often and people start freaking out.
The lnp will do that themselves due to continued coal burning
He already was
Ah yes, the $5000 charted flight that she could have got chauffeur driven to in under an hour.
No idea, but it's absolutely disgusting. For the PM, Foreign minister etc, understandable, but she is just the damn speaker.
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