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sometimes people yell it before they cross the street obviously an act of intimidation at passing drivers, terrorism
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 12:13 |
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I know I do...
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 12:17 |
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Negligent posted:Look at this infographic from amnesty With regards to Malaysia I imagine they're more concerned about illegal immigrants than refugees, with people from Bangladesh, Burma etc coming there to try to work. Anyway, just because you have a fake passport that is eligible for an Australian visa doesn't mean you'll actually get an Australian visa. Going through the process might reveal the documents as fake. So maybe some refugees use them to try to get to less strict SE Asian nations, and then work their way towards the ports where they can get a people smuggling boat to Australian waters.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 12:18 |
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Birdstrike posted:What does it mean if I yell allahu akbar when I hit the post button? Your posts will be halal. And god help the Asio agent reading this thread.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 12:24 |
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All my posts are published in The Australia, that's why no one reads them.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 12:26 |
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speaking of things noone reads, is that official Labor cheerleading news site or whatever the hell they branded themselves as still running?
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 12:48 |
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BBJoey posted:speaking of things noone reads, is that official Labor cheerleading news site or whatever the hell they branded themselves as still running? Yes Van Badham is still writing.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 12:56 |
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Jumpingmanjim posted:Yes Stephen Koukoulas is still writing.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 13:04 |
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The federal government called in the Australian Federal Police to investigate information leaks from the Nauru detention camp six times in as many months tfw pete dutton keep callin u when you say no
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 13:06 |
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Speaking of ALP hacks check out Luke Mansillo's Twitter feed for a glimpse into the mind of someone who has been utterly indoctrinated into political establishment culture
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 13:08 |
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Hey Auspol, is this Greenpower thing bullshit or worth opting into for a couple of extra cents per kW: http://www.greenpower.gov.au/
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 13:10 |
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BBJoey posted:speaking of things noone reads, is that official Labor cheerleading news site or whatever the hell they branded themselves as still running? They're still alive, and for all those that crowdfunded the Labor Herald they can claim the glory for top notch content such as this: https://www.laborherald.com.au/education/media/video-games-discover-dastyari-asks/ Also I liked it when their application for the Canberra press gallery was rejected. Amazingly Labor Party newsletter doesn't make the cut as a media organisation.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 13:13 |
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Pred1ct posted:They're still alive, and for all those that crowdfunded the Labor Herald they can claim the glory for top notch content such as this:
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 13:16 |
Tirade posted:It fits both definitions that Cartoon posted earlier. Maybe you should go down to the cop shop and demand the kid's long-form ISIL membership certificate you cretin. Your reaction to that observation was to compare me to Andrew Bolt and Miranda Devine, so I suspect you just like getting argumentative for the sake of hurling abuse.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 13:19 |
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Pred1ct posted:They're still alive, and for all those that crowdfunded the Labor Herald they can claim the glory for top notch content such as this: Bill Shorten went to a Taylor Swift concert.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 13:59 |
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Pickled Tink posted:In my case (The post which started this lovely conversation), my original objection was the fact that it was immediately assumed to be terrorism because he was a middle eastern muslim, and that assumption would not have been made for other ethic or religious groups. The truth of the accusation of terrorism is irrelevant, the fact that they were so happy to jump the gun on this before there was any evidence of the claim (And there is still gently caress all in that regard), but give other ethnicities and religions a pass is indicative of the institutional racism of both our police and press cultures, and serves only to encourage the vilification of muslim people. And my original response was that the police didn't immediately call it terrorism, and "police sources" quoted by media on the afternoon of shooting expressly said that they weren't considering it a terrorist incident at that stage. But that doesn't fit with your narrative so you ignored it, and instead you showed up a full two days later saying that this would have been "sad but regular crime" except that the kid was from the Middle East. As I said earlier on, cops have a vested interest in not calling things terrorism before they have evidence to suggest that it is. That "Karen" publication that the thread had a field day with last month is part of an approach that's been going on for years to deal with exactly this kind of event: young kids self-radicalising and taking to cops or civilians with a knife or a gun. Traditional policing or asio snooping isn't going to pick up this kind of thing, the only way to prevent it is to work with the communities, let them know that if they're worried about their child or sibling going off the rails then they can do something about it that won't see the kid gunned down by police or locked up for decades. Abbott was too loving dumb to get on board with it but state governments and police forces, particularly NSW and Victoria, have been doing this for years. And they know they'll completely lose the trust of the communities if they call something terrorism when it's not. Turnbull and Mike Baird putting in a decent amount of effort to reassure Muslim community representatives following this incident is reassuring since it looks like Turnbull gets it. I mean, what's your alternative? Explain to me your worldview where the police or state government willfully choose to antagonise the very communities that they need on side, not to mention triggering flare-ups of anti-Islamic attacks that follow these kinds of thing. You think more dead cops / civilians or Cronulla Mk II is what the government wants?
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 14:00 |
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It's hard to find that cut-through brand these days.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 14:10 |
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ALIEN DIETY
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 14:11 |
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BBJoey posted:ALIEN DIETY
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 14:19 |
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The best panel. I have a shirt of Moon God.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 14:29 |
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In news that shocked no one, the TPP has been signed off.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 15:54 |
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http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/oct/05/trans-pacific-partnership-deal-reached-pacific-countries-international-tradequote:Trade ministers from 12 countries announced the largest trade-liberalizing pact in a generation on Monday. In a press conference, trade ministers from the US, Australia and Japan called the the Trans-Pacific Partnership an “ambitious” and “challenging” negotiation that will cut red tape globally and “set the rules for the 21st century for trade”. Here's an article about it. I don't really understand much from this but from what I've got from some people is we're hosed. I would like to know how hosed though, just dumb it down for me... I'm not overly smart about these things. Especially economics.
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Spudd posted:http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/oct/05/trans-pacific-partnership-deal-reached-pacific-countries-international-trade There's a little bit of a run down here from July: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-23/talkaboutit-five-ways-the-tpp-could-affect-you/6642230 The thing about the TPP is that we don't really know a lot of the details, except those leaked via groups like Wikileaks. A few standout things include criminalisation of copyright infringement, increased pharmaceutical costs and also, perhaps the largest concern, ISDS (investor state dispute settlement). ISDS is a huge problem in of itself, as Phillip Morris are currently suing Australia in Hong Kong via a trade agreement that includes ISDS because they are arguing that legislation passed that restricts cigarette labeling costs them potential future profits. At the end of the day, it's a huge win for multinationals and pretty much everyone else gets stamped on so they can reap in some more nice juicy profits. This agreement was largely negotiated by lobbyists for differing major industries, the US delegation for the negotiations was around 100 or so (Australia's was about 20-30). That being said, some of these lobbyists aren't happy with how things played out, namely US pharmaceuticals. They were pushing at first for a 12 year length (later 8) on drug patents, while Australia, Japan and a few other nations said they'd only go to five years. The five year length has been agreed on, however it's a "five year plus how ever long it takes to review competitor drugs" so big pharma is likely to get it's 8 year period in practice but it's still not their preferred result. At this stage, the treaty has to be ratified by each nation and passed into legislation. Expect Labor to be completely useless in this and just completely rubber stamp it all.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 16:20 |
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Yeah, one if the largest issues with the TPP is we just don't know what's in it. What we do know is that it serves the interests of the rich and corporations at the expense of everyone else. There just doesn't seem to be a pressing need for anything that we do know about it. It seems more like a mechanism for companies to get rid of laws and regulations that stand in the way of them making more money.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 16:37 |
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Nibbles! posted:Yeah, one if the largest issues with the TPP is we just don't know what's in it. What we do know is that it serves the interests of the rich and corporations at the expense of everyone else. The TPP isn't really that beneficial to Australia in terms of trade anyway, while there are a few SE Asian countries in the agreement, we still do have larger trade with many who aren't. We don't really export a lot to the US and word is that it doesn't really benefit the industries here who do want that foothold in the US market. Overall, it's basically a mechanism put in place to protect the trade of large multinationals who's representatives were the majority of negotiators present. What we do know shows no benefit to small or medium business as well as very alarming changes to IP law and having this enforced in a criminal manner, rather than as civil litigation. Consider that last part in relation to the data retention scheme which is in force as of the 13th of this month (some providers are excepted due to timeframes related to implementation of data retention methods).
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 16:51 |
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quote:Brisbane taxi boss boasts of bashing Uber driver on Facebook Yay literal mob violence and intimidation.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 18:47 |
Serrath posted:
It's the airline, they look up your details before you board and if you don't have a valid visa they won't let you on, because they're on the hook for your return flight back when you're not allowed into the country. In Australia you have to have your visa before you board the plane. Australia and the USA are the only two first world countries that I know of where that's the case. edit: oh whoops that was defintiely a few pages ago
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 19:20 |
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I wonder what it would take for the taxi industry to realise that they don't have an Uber problem they have public relations problem.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 19:42 |
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Funky See Funky Do posted:I wonder what it would take for the taxi industry to realise that they don't have an Uber problem they have public relations problem. Probably the collapse of the taxi industry.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 20:13 |
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This seems like an appropriate venue to share this: I have a huge celebrity crush on Virginia Trioli.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 20:31 |
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Spudd posted:http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/oct/05/trans-pacific-partnership-deal-reached-pacific-countries-international-trade All you need to know is ISDS with America is the doomsday scenario of capitalism, and that might be comin' in secret
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 23:16 |
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admitting to assault on a public forum doesn't seem particularly smart.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 23:47 |
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Funky See Funky Do posted:This seems like an appropriate venue to share this: I have a huge celebrity crush on Virginia Trioli.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 23:48 |
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The Peccadillo posted:All you need to know is ISDS with America is the doomsday scenario of capitalism, and that might be comin' in secret The cyberpunk dystopia is now.and we don't even get any cool cybergear.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 23:56 |
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So, is there any hope to the TPP getting shot down somehow after this signing? Reading through Twitter there's a lot of U.S. and Canadian politicians pledging to shoot it down in their own countries, but one from New Zealand seemed to imply that it was already a done deal before debates somehow. Notably, nobody in Australian politics is saying poo poo, although journalists are. It'd be pretty hilarious (read: sad as hell) if even the U.S. government stopped it passing in their country, and then Australia still passes it because our government is composed of spineless sacks of poo poo.
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 23:57 |
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BBJoey posted:The cyberpunk dystopia is now.and we don't even get any cool cybergear. Maybe you should have backed Oculus Rift on kickstarter then
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# ? Oct 5, 2015 23:59 |
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Does the TPP have to go through parliament? Labor will let it through anyway I guess.
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# ? Oct 6, 2015 00:28 |
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Ahh Yes posted:Does the TPP have to go through parliament? Yes it does and yes they will
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# ? Oct 6, 2015 00:36 |
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Malcolm Turnbull’s dispatch of Tony Abbott from the prime ministership settled a score that had been festering from the moment Abbott became opposition leader. They are very different people. Unlike conservative Abbott, Turnbull appeals to the fashionable Left. He is a postmodern kind of guy, more at home in inner-city cafes than in budgie smugglers and firefighting uniforms. In no time, Turnbull has signalled his soft liberal credentials. Tax increases for the rich are back on the table. The Renewable Energy Finance Corporation has been given an immediate reprieve with a new board and new ideas for wasting money. Climate change policies are receiving fresh attention. The Bureau of Meteorology has been freed of accountability and can now peddle its dubious data without scrutiny. University spending cuts have been deferred and fees have escaped competitive tension. Industrial relations reform will be, at best, marginal. Turnbull will take a softer line with the Islamic community and intends to pursue a UN Human Rights Council membership from 2018. Another tilt at the UN Security Council is a 2030 ambition. The republican movement can expect royal treatment and, subject to a pesky public vote, same-sex marriages seem likely to be fast-tracked. What’s not to like?
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When you say it like that, sounds pretty great to me!
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