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Fruity Gordo posted:Aboriginal child removal rate was 4.9% in 2013, up from 1.1% in 2004. Non-Indigenous went from 0.3% to 0.6%. The Intervention continues. He was so, so sorry. If the rate was 0.6% for all the article would be about the criminal neglect that is abandoning aboriginal children to some horrible fate. A no-win situation for any Government this issue.
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cpaf posted:Isn't this just a love letter to the personality politics that has defaced Australian government over the last few decades? Who cares if he's a good person or whatever when he has already done more harm than he possibly could do good? Why does this thread readily (and correctly) permanently condemn politicians for mistakes and decisions and go misty-eyed over this loving idiot? He's not perfect, but he's batting better than expected, and better than labour or the LNP (and hence better than the vast majority of the senate). That deserves some praise at least. The migration act thing was BS, but the guy was practically black mailed into it. Being forced into a 'save a few kids now or ...' is always going to be a hard call, particularly for someone with under 6 months in the job. He may not be leftus christ incarnated, but he deserves some praise for not being absolute poo poo, and frankly that's as good as Aus politics gets at the moment.
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cpaf posted:Isn't this just a love letter to the personality politics that has defaced Australian government over the last few decades? Who cares if he's a good person or whatever when he has already done more harm than he possibly could do good? Why does this thread readily (and correctly) permanently condemn politicians for mistakes and decisions and go misty-eyed over this loving idiot? The problem with personality politics is that no matter what their personal views are, MPs are typically bound to follow the party platform except in very special circumstances so it doesn't matter. I don't really think Ricky is a great example to illustrate this because he's obviously proven himself to be kind of incompetent as well, but I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with looking at the character of the person you are voting for if you choose to vote independent.
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How is acknowledging that some effects of climate change may have economic benefits or be commercially exploitable a failing? If you read the report it should be apparent to you that the acknowledgement is in no way excusing our effect on climate change, and is made in the context of planning for the potential economic and environmental effects of climate change. It is literally a single explanatory sentence about what planning with regards to climate change could potentially involve, followed by information about climate change research initiatives. The policy direction urged by the report in the preceding sections is that more needs to be done to manage resources (air, water, land etc), protect heritage zones, incentivise reductions in emissions, manage waste etc. I mean the report is extremely barebones and doesn't go into anywhere near enough detail on the issues involved or on how this is going to be implemented (in both practical and legislative senses), making it virtually worthless, but if you single out that one sentence you are basically signalling that you didn't bother to read even what little information was provided.
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Some of us are sick to death of the hypocrisy and intellectual dishonesty that comes with partisan politics. Ricky Muir is a breath of fresh air in that regard.
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cpaf posted:Yeah absolutely and that's a tremendous glowing recommendation for him as a parliamentarian. He's completely incompetent and totally unreliable but boy does he spin a great yarn about his dad who did it real hard back when we lived in shoeboxes in the middle of the street. It has been mentioned that he was told one thing by Morrison about the children in the detention camps, and the opposite actually happening. How was Muir to know that the children he thought he was freeing from overseas detention centres were going to be put into detention camps on the mainland? How is his "incompetence" here flag him as being completely incompetent and totally unreliable in your eyes? Muir is still new to this, he is dealing with people who have lived and breathed politics all their lives. Of course as a political newbie he is going to stumble. But he has shown that he has learnt from his mistakes, which include the children in detention camps, and will make life hard for the Liberals and Nationals who thought he was a dumb bogan they could manipulate.
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And not in the same way as Clive Palmer is, as refreshing as having someone telling tony to kill himself to his face is.
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Jumpingmanjim posted:Some of us are sick to death of the hypocrisy and intellectual dishonesty that comes with partisan politics. Ricky Muir is a breath of fresh air in that regard. This but unironically.
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Endman posted:This but unironically. This but un-unironically.
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Jumpingmanjim posted:This but un-unironically. 
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thatfatkid posted:Yeah and? It's a subtle prompt to elaborate.
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Buck Turgidson posted:I mean the report is extremely barebones and doesn't go into anywhere near enough detail on the issues involved or on how this is going to be implemented (in both practical and legislative senses), making it virtually worthless, but if you single out that one sentence you are basically signalling that you didn't bother to read even what little information was provided.
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SynthOrange posted:And not in the same way as Clive Palmer is, as refreshing as having someone telling tony to kill himself to his face is. Yeah. The rise of independents is an indisputably good thing for Australian politics if you have any interest in seeing an end to the two-party system we've currently got. Sometimes you get decent guys like Windsor and Oakshott, sometimes you get batshit crazy people like Lambie. The best that you can hope for is that they can present themselves - and by extension the idea of voting for third party or independent candidates - in a good enough way that voters don't turn off the idea completely, and Muir passes that test fairly safely.
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Avshalom posted:my breasts this but unironically.
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Avshalom posted:my breasts Pretty tiny tbh
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Avshalom posted:my breasts Your breasts are a lot smaller than I recall
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Hang on, this isn't the crew thread. gently caress's sake, auspol.
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Jumpingmanjim posted:Some of us are sick to death of the hypocrisy and intellectual dishonesty that comes with partisan politics. Ricky Muir is a breath of fresh air in that regard. Until he states a position contrary to one of yours or others here I guess.
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Mar 5, 2015 10:33
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Endman posted:Hang on, this isn't the crew thread. Don't cross the streams!
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Mar 5, 2015 10:37
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Anidav posted:Don't cross the streams! I swore I wouldn't come here. Already I can feel the leftist hivemind seeping into my brain, it's filthy tendrils coaxing my synapses into the socialist groupthink. Suddenly there's a soy latte in my hand. The television is tuned to the ABC. The Drum is broadcasting. I feel the sudden urge to claw at Chris Berg's face. It's too late for me.
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Graic Gabtar posted:Until he states a position contrary to one of yours or others here I guess. I would unironically prefer this to some canned bullshit that's been run through focus groups and carefully peppered with the buzzwords of the day
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Endman posted:I swore I wouldn't come here. 
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Mar 5, 2015 10:51
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tithin posted:It's a subtle prompt to elaborate. hooman posted:Show me on the dead Koala where Labor touched you. Do you care though? It's not like you're asking for an explanation to nuanced criticism.
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Mar 5, 2015 10:53
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Avshalom posted:I get to walk through the ABC headquarters every day on my way to TAFE. Sweet! You you surreptitiously leave your resume in places.
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Mar 5, 2015 10:54
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Endman posted:It's too late for me. You could always drive into a tree.
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Mar 5, 2015 10:55
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Doctor Spaceman posted:A report that took climate change seriously wouldn't have that sentence as the introduction. Actually it is not the introduction to the section on climate change. Read the report. It's just a brief explanatory sentence in the research section demonstrating, albeit crudely, the need to actively investigate the effects of climate change and respond appropriately. Reading it in context and keeping in mind the very broad audience of the report, I am failing to see what is so offensive about it. If it were in a better report I doubt anyone would even notice it. The thing that should actually be leaping out at you is the lack of detail and very brief treatment of the issues.
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Mar 5, 2015 11:01
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Endman posted:Sweet! You you surreptitiously leave your resume in places.
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I might get to be an office temp at my partners work  MEANWHILE the part time job my partner begged and convinced the overworked marketing guy to discuss having created for my benefit which ended up becoming an unadvertised internship is now a part time job unadvertised that they will be bringing the intern in for.
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Endman posted:Sweet! You you surreptitiously leave your resume in places. Your typo here made me read this as an auspol text adventure quote:> open mail
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Here's the full climate research section from the report for those playing at home.quote:Governments must continue to plan for the potential economic and environmental effects of climate change. Some economic effects may be beneficial — where regions become warmer or wetter this may allow for increased agricultural output — while others may be harmful. For example, lower rainfall may reduce crop yields, or transport infrastructure (such as roads, ports and rail networks) may become more susceptible to damage from extreme weather events. I still think it's dumb as hell and it's totally meaningless. It reminds me of back in high school where you'd be presented with a concept and have to give both benefits and drawbacks to it except now you're an adult doing that for some reason.
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Buck Turgidson posted:The thing that should actually be leaping out at you is the lack of detail and very brief treatment of the issues.
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"Climate change is a divisive issue. Many people have written papers and opinion pieces on it, with claims from both arguing for and against its existence. If it is indeed real, however, there are many facets to consider: on one hand, it may have benefits such as some land which was previously not farmable becoming so, while on the other all life may die." by seagull age
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Sulla-Marius 88 posted:Your typo here made me read this as an auspol text adventure I would play this.
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I hope Ricky Muir continues being a decent person and represents the motoring enthusiast community to the best of his ability.
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Endman posted:I would play this. Wait am I the main character?
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Endman posted:I would play this. http://textadventures.co.uk/quest Anybody got approximately 'all the' free time on account of being unemployed? chop chop
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Sulla-Marius 88 posted:http://textadventures.co.uk/quest  Maaaaybe
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