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"respecting the law" is about the most bullshit reason coming from our current immigration minister. Breaking international law? fine Breaking UN conventions? fine Breaking universal human rights? fine Spending a day or two in a country to attend the funeral of your young son? Nope, can't go breaking the rules now can we. This cartoon villainy is pathetic and sad. Just as bad is that this move will have its share of supporters.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 03:17 |
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Mad Katter posted:This really distresses me. Self immolation would be an absolutely horrific thing to endure, and I can't imagine the desperation that would drive someone to commit such an act. Does his self immolation affect negative gearing? The block? Football? Nope? Don't care.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 03:33 |
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Also the 'wouldn't want to live next to his type' like tub guts said the other day.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 03:35 |
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/05/emergency-dole-payments-will-be-funded-by-benefit-cuts-senators-told?CMP=soc_567quote:Emergency relief payments to young people who are cut off from unemployment benefits under changes in the federal budget will be partly funded by the money saved from not paying them the benefits, Senate estimates has heard.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 03:40 |
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gay picnic defence posted:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/05/emergency-dole-payments-will-be-funded-by-benefit-cuts-senators-told?CMP=soc_567 Oh my god
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 03:43 |
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You dumb motherfuckers.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 03:46 |
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Sure, we'll give you your money. If you loving beg for it. *whipcrack* e: Please no one think of Tony Abbott in dom gear.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 03:46 |
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:e: Please no one think of Tony Abbott in dom gear. gently caress you.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 03:52 |
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Yeah I wouldn't have until you loving mentioned it.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:03 |
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Apparently plain packaging works, although The Australian would have you believe otherwise. http://thekouk.com/blog/the-australian-s-claim-on-tobacco-go-up-in-smoke.html quote:The Australian is at it again. It is running another fact-less story with the express intent of undermining a key policy of the previous Labor government and what is disconcerting this time, is that it is pushing the line of the tobacco industry. I've never really followed Stephen Koukoulas, is he alright?
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:05 |
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Those On My Beet posted:I've never really followed Stephen Koukoulas, is he alright?
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:08 |
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gay picnic defence posted:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/05/emergency-dole-payments-will-be-funded-by-benefit-cuts-senators-told?CMP=soc_567 This is so circular I had to laugh. Since the Guardian actually has good comments, I had a look and found a very nice analogy: quote:Actually they are not broke goran, but if you insist, as does Abbott, in equating national economies with personal finances (and they have about nil in common), then every Australian that is currently paying of a house is also broke and should stop feeding their children until they pay off the mortgage.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:09 |
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Those On My Beet posted:Apparently plain packaging works, although The Australian would have you believe otherwise. The place I'm housesitting at gets the Australian delivered, and in case you were wondering, that is literally the banner headline. I'm not opening it I think every single issue has an anti-Labor or anti-Palmer article (or both) on the front page.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:13 |
Koukoulas is an absolute master at trolling the Dogfucker
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:19 |
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TURNBULL PASSES ON CHANCE TO KILL LEADERSHIP TALK What will this mean for Christopher Pyne's leadership ambitions?
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:23 |
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Kevin Rudd, next leader of the Liberal Party. But what does this mean for Kevin's leadership ambitions? Holy poo poo, the media is loving relentless with this bullshit. They must have realised it sells.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:26 |
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More like Pisstopher Crying.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:27 |
In a better world, newspapers deliver news, not political propaganda.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:36 |
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Vladimir Poutine posted:The place I'm housesitting at gets the Australian delivered, and in case you were wondering, that is literally the banner headline. The people whose place you're house sitting pay to have The Australian delivered?
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:45 |
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Next time you see something in the Australian that annoys you just stop and ask yourself, "when was the last time I saw someone reading the Australian?"
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:46 |
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No, Hammy old chap, things that are delivered come out of a different hole.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:47 |
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Cartoon posted:No, Hammy old chap, things that are delivered come out of a different hole. Noice.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:48 |
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Those On My Beet posted:The people whose place you're house sitting pay to have The Australian delivered? Yeah, they're Greens voters too
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:48 |
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Can you pay money to have it not delivered? Maybe it's a case of keep your friends close and your enemies even closer
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:48 |
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Jumpingmanjim posted:Next time you see something in the Australian that annoys you just stop and ask yourself, "when was the last time I saw someone reading the Australian?" I read that edition on Friday at Oporto.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:49 |
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Vladimir Poutine posted:Yeah, they're Greens voters too Well now you've said they're greens voters I'll keep my suggestions to myself.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:51 |
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Doctor Spaceman posted:I read that edition on Friday at Oporto. How to Auspol wrong, 2014, Spaceman, D.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 04:51 |
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Just to go back to Morrison remember that the minister has final say and can reject or approve any application they want regardless of departmental findings. So much compassion.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 05:01 |
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hooman posted:How to Auspol wrong, 2014, Spaceman, D. I only read it because the Telegraph wasn't there.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 05:14 |
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Those On My Beet posted:Apparently plain packaging works, although The Australian would have you believe otherwise. There was an interview yesterday on ABC radio which was made of solid gold. basically, a cigarette company spokesperson was trying to explain that A) Labor are bad B) Plain packaging laws do nothing C) Plain packaging laws are bad for business D) Plain packaging laws increased sales E) There is no conflict of interest in a cigarette company paying for this research
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 05:23 |
Mad Katter posted:This really distresses me. Self immolation would be an absolutely horrific thing to endure, and I can't imagine the desperation that would drive someone to commit such an act. Is it because people don't understand what it means? Most of middle Australia have options, and in every life horizon they can see they have alternatives that are roughly on par. There is no imaginable situation for most people where setting yourself alight becomes the best option open to you, so there's no ability to relate to it. Therefore, it's just a strange thing that someone did, that as far as most people can tell, has no explanation. To go further, and I have to put my hand up and say I didn't grasp this until well into adulthood, protests like this and hunger strikes etc are aimed to give an ultimatum to the government - do something or someone dies. People dying from hunger strikes in particular are a manifestation of the government's inability to protect its citizens (or refugees I suppose) from death. But I don't think most people understand to make this link.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 05:58 |
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So. Today a Young Liberal decided I was "just a bogan" because I'm against the proposed cuts to welfare. This Is A Thing That Happened.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 06:12 |
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Mattjpwns posted:So. Today a Young Liberal decided I was "just a bogan" because I'm against the proposed cuts to welfare. So not a commie or whatever, a bogan?
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 06:16 |
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Going back to Abbott in Wonderland and the officials of Doooom story, I don't think it's simply a matter of cluelessness or climate change that is at the base of it. Think about the ideological bent of this government and the kind of interests here and in the US, and it seems more likely they're trying to control the message. They know they can't control what the officials bring back from such meetings but they can shake the tree a little by such reports and try and learn something from the reactions. Yes, that is mad, paranoid and more than a little silly but that's the tea party way. Abbott has people to placate who are more than a little worried that he'll be forced into some kind of track on policy and they're looking for some wiggle-room so that he can at least pretend to look independent and not sign anything they hate. If they can't stop that (and I don't think they can stop policy dictated by the big boys), they can at least look like it wasn't with their agreement or it's a complete surprise to them or any number of other tactics that will completely fail to fool anyone with a brain cell and 5 minutes to spare. The joke is that they'll be judged on it in the future anyway so it's all bullshit.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 06:17 |
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They know there's no basis for a lot of their policies and for their inaction on climate change. Why put themselves in a position to have it pointed out when the objective isn't to address the issues, it's to push their ideological view point?Mattjpwns posted:So. Today a Young Liberal decided I was "just a bogan" because I'm against the proposed cuts to welfare. People have some weird US rhetoric towards the dole and if you're on it or support it you must be a bludger rorting the system. Of course it tends to be from people who've wanted for nothing in their lives.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 06:25 |
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 06:44 |
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And yet Abbott doesn't even appear.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 06:47 |
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John Safran posted:White nationalists have called a rally in south Brisbane today. They huddle on one side of a street that runs along a park. Behind the park poke the cranes and skyscrapers of the city skyline. Getting wind of the rally weeks ago, a counter-protest has gathered on the other side of the street, to show support for multiculturalism. Two olive-skinned Greek men stand proud as a mob of angry white faces turn red, screaming and hectoring them. http://www.smh.com.au/national/on-the-march-20140602-39d0h.html
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 07:06 |
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Australian values are dumb as gently caress.
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# ? Jun 7, 2014 07:27 |
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Those On My Beet posted:The people whose place you're house sitting pay to have The Australian delivered? I still fondly remember the day I convinced my parents to stop their subscription to the Daily Telegraph
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