CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:

Is fatshaming Joe Hockey okay?

A Saucy Bratwurst posted:

This is why I stopped reading this thread. You have to filter through 10 pages of you idiots getting baited over and over and over to get 1/2 a page of good content.

Lid posted:

quote:

The Tongan community says it is sending a clear message to the world: "We are not Jonah."

Community members upset by the ABC television series Jonah From Tonga, which finished on Wednesday night, have denounced Chris Lilley's stereotyping of Tongans with emotive videos, posts and photos.

The Facebook page My Name is NOT Jonah has several posts from young Tongan people declaring they are proud of their heritage.

They debunk Lilley's stereotypes about going to prison and being kicked out of school and proudly detail their achievements.

La Trobe University professor Helen Lee has told Radio National that Jonah From Tonga was highly offensive to the Tongan community and the social media campaign had been building.

Tevita Katoa Lameise Palu posted a video last month where he declared: "We are well-educated people, we are not idiots. We are not the stereotype."

He said he had never been to jail, had never been kicked out of school, had gained his HSC and was studying photography.

:snip:

Bent Wookiee posted:

Was that actual received correspondence? It's a pretty decent approximation of what I would expect in reply to a letter like that.


Apparently, Chris Lilley's latest opus has pissed off the Tongan community.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-12/jonah-from-tonga-social-media-reaction/5518516

Bent Wookiee posted:

Was that actual received correspondence? It's a pretty decent approximation of what I would expect in reply to a letter like that.

quote:

Treasurer Joe Hockey denies government has lost the budget battle

Date
June 12, 2014 - 2:26PM


Treasurer Joe Hockey has defended a budget speech to the Sydney Institute, saying it is not a sign his government has lost the argument with voters over tough fiscal measures.

As thousands of people joined a union-backed rally in Melbourne to protest against the federal budget, Mr Hockey repeated his assertion the budget was "fair" and again dismissed criticism of his budget strategy as "political in nature".

In a speech to the Sydney Institute on Wednesday night, the Treasurer said criticism of the budget had drifted into the "class warfare" of the 1970s and opponents were wrong to claim the budget was unfair or disproportionately hurt the poor.

Speaking to reporters in Darwin on Thursday, Mr Hockey was asked whether delivering a speech to argue the budget was fair was a sign the government had already lost the battle to sell it.

"No, no, if I'd lost the argument I wouldn't have delivered the speech," Mr Hockey said.

"The fact is I delivered that speech to prove to the Australian people that the budget is fair, that it provides Australians with a fair go."

Mr Hockey said most people, once they saw the details of the budget, realised they were getting a "fair go" and new opportunities in health, education and infrastructure.

"It is about time, it is about time that the Labor Party start providing an alternative," he said.

He accused Opposition Leader Bill Shorten of returning to the "failed tax policies" of the previous government "as a way of providing some form of alternative to the budget".

"Can I say to Mr Shorten, all of those initiatives that the previous government announced which we have abandoned were undeliverable," Mr Hockey said.

Mr Shorten on Thursday accused the Treasurer on dividing Australians into "lifters" and "leaners''.

''Labor and I reject the cynicism that divides Australia into the so-called lifters - successful businessmen, Coalition ministers, conservative media commentators - and the leaners - the disabled, the disabled pensioners, the people going to the doctor, the fixed-income pensioners and families with children between six and 16 receiving modest payments,'' he said.

In Melbourne, thousands have marched in a "Bust the Budget" rally against hardline budget measures.''They say cutback, we say fight back,'' the protesters chanted.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...l#ixzz34OsboOSr

Lid posted:

Joe Hockey has become delusional.

CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:

I've put my first person onto my ignore list. I feel this is the first part of becoming a real womyn.

open24hours posted:

Something something shared grievance.

quote:

Unemployed youth must apply for 40 jobs a month

Date
June 12, 2014 - 11:28AM


Dan Harrison
Health and Indigenous Affairs Correspondent




Young job seekers forced to wait six months for unemployment benefits will be required to apply for 40 jobs a month, document their efforts to find work and meet regularly with an employment service provider, despite not receiving any payments.

Under proposals announced in the budget, job seekers aged under 30 will be ineligible for payments for six months after applying for benefits.

But despite not receiving any money, job seekers will be required to meet the activity requirements for unemployment benefits throughout this period.

If they fail to do so, their waiting period will be extended by four weeks.

Job seekers will be required to attend monthly appointments with an employment service provider, and show evidence, such as a job search diary, that they have looked for 40 jobs that month.

A spokeswoman for Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews defended the requirements.

"These expectations are reasonable, and similar to what is currently in place for job seekers on Newstart Allowance or Youth Allowance," the spokeswoman said.

"It is essential that young job seekers access the employment services available during the waiting period in order to give themselves the best chance of getting a job and remaining connected with the labour market."

The spokeswoman said one month would be discounted from a job seeker's waiting period for every year of work history, up to a maximum discount of five months.

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said making people live for six months with no income support would make it more difficult for job seekers to meet their obligations.

''The government hasn't thought through how this cruel measure will be implemented, how compliance will work or how people will live for six months, let alone how they'll meet any obligations within that time,'' she said.

''People don't want to be stuck on income support. People want to be working, but the government's approach is making things much tougher.''

Officials told a Senate hearing last week that $230 million had been allocated to providing those affected by the changes with emergency relief such as food parcels or help paying utility bills.

The government expects 550,000 applications for such support over four years.

Labor has vowed to oppose the changes to unemployment benefits, which the government estimates will provide savings of $1.2 billion over four years.

In his budget reply speech, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten described the changes as "perhaps the single most heartless measure in this brutal budget", which would "create a forgotten generation of Australians - shut out of the workforce".

Mr Shorten said the changes would condemn young people to a "potentially endless cycle of poverty when they should be getting a hand to find a job".

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/unemployed-youth-must-apply-for-40-jobs-a-month-20140612-39yq8.html#ixzz34OxB5opb

Lid posted:

Joe Hockey has become delusional.

Lid posted:

Speaking of which

Lid posted:

The Government supports the current definition of marriage contained in the Marriage Act 1961. Any change to this policy would be a matter for the Coalition Party Room.

Cleretic posted:

Wow, they're now asking us to do what's literally impossible to actually get money. I've been applying to every job that even casually mentions my expertise, and I can't actually expand that net further because looking for jobs based on 'writing' bring up jobs that have the word in the name.

I don't even hit the 8-10 a fortnight count normally, there's no way in hell I'd hit 40 a month. Hell, there haven't even BEEN any jobs in the sector this past week. Probalby because I'm in South Australia, and in the job-dry country of 2014 Australia, SA is the driest.

HookShot posted:

Everyone's also ignoring that regardless of whether a pregnant woman is willing and capable of working, a pregnant woman in Australia is incredibly unlikely to be hired for any job - in fact, employers are more likely to lay them off, even if it is illegal.

Those On My Left posted:

In the real world, in Australia, in 2014, pregnant women (especially poor pregnant women who need income support) are going to face special disabilities and prejudices in the job market.

A Saucy Bratwurst posted:

This is why I stopped reading this thread. You have to filter through 10 pages of you idiots getting baited over and over and over to get 1/2 a page of good content.

Milky Moor posted:

There's your issue, Cleretic. I had six weeks on Newstart once - you're not supposed to only go for things that casually mention your expertise, you're supposed to apply for anything and everything.

Milky Moor posted:

There's your issue, Cleretic. I had six weeks on Newstart once - you're not supposed to only go for things that casually mention your expertise, you're supposed to apply for anything and everything.

Cartoon posted:

You can lie your arse off in the confidence that, should anyone ever check, the business involved will either have no record of anything or fob them off. They didn't even give this a cursory thinking through.

IronicBeetCriminal posted:

Don't so this, some small business owners are arseholes (shocking I know) and will just say "no I've never heard of them" if they can't remember or have no intention of looking.

Cleretic posted:

Is there any reason I shouldn't apply for the poo poo that I literally can't do, side from 'you might accidentally get the job'?

I'm not entirely sure how to do this 'apply to everything' thing.

quote:

Official data shows average real household disposable income has gone from $540 per week in 1994 to over $820 per week now – that means the average Australian household is almost $290 per week better off today in real terms than they were around two decades ago.

Jumpingmanjim posted:

By global standards, the cost of living in Australia is reasonable.

Australians are purchasing homes out of proportion to their income. Purchase a modest home and pay it off sooner. Stop the dinning out, travel, drinks at the pub, smoking, gambling, entertaining and invest that money in your home.

Cleretic posted:

Is there any reason I shouldn't apply for the poo poo that I literally can't do, side from 'you might accidentally get the job'?

I'm not entirely sure how to do this 'apply to everything' thing.

Milky Moor posted:

But forty jobs in a month is insane. That'd exhaust every possibility around me in Oakleigh in that first month. And then what?

Milky Moor posted:

I would and did. It's not like someone can question you on it. 'I thought I had a decent chance for (bullshit reason),' is what I'd say if I was called on it. But I never was.

Senor Tron posted:

The intent is you apply at supermarkets and fast food and anything like that.

Milky Moor posted:

But forty jobs in a month is insane. That'd exhaust every possibility around me in Oakleigh in that first month. And then what?

Murodese posted:

There's some good stuff in Hockey's speech, such as this gem:


$540 x inflation since 1994 (70.4%) = $920

hmmmmmmm

Haters Objector posted:

What if doing fun things is what makes life worth living and you don't want to buy a house 50km out of the city because that's the only place you can afford to buy without tithing 50% of your pay to the bank for the next 30 years?