open24hours posted:

people would be able to transfer to the metro for the last (or first) leg of their trip.

Zenithe posted:

Being a regular of Brisbane public transport, I wonder why they think this is the most pressing issue.

Zenithe posted:

Being a regular of Brisbane public transport, I wonder why they think this is the most pressing issue.

EvilElmo posted:

The appearance of doing something on public transport, but really just wanting to push it off in to the distance while feasibility studies, study tours and such happen.

Buck Turgidson posted:

Above all, I really hope that they add some sort of "supplying goods below cost for a sustained period" element to the provision because otherwise they could inadvertently punish the very sort of efficiency and innovation that competitive markets are meant to encourage. Something like that would allow scope for discretionary pricing enabled by efficiency and innovation rather than size alone. Predatory pricing is always going to be a sort of grey area where you punish someone for being good at something (even it's just for being big, having other profitable businesses, and having lots of cash) and taking advantage of it, but to me that kind of tweak seems more in line with what competition policy is meant to achieve.

quote:

(1AA) A corporation that has a substantial share of a market must not supply, or offer to supply, goods or services for a sustained period at a price that is less than the relevant cost to the corporation of supplying such goods or services, for the purpose of:

(a) eliminating or substantially damaging a competitor of the corporation or of a body corporate that is related to the corporation in that or any other market; or

(b) preventing the entry of a person into that or any other market; or

(c) deterring or preventing a person from engaging in competitive conduct in that or any other market.

Kommando posted:

Post election Brisbane Goonmeet.
Quirk goonbye, goonbye Quirk, goonbye.

Saturday 19th March.
6pm Kwan Bros. Fortitude Valley.

iajanus posted:

See you next goonmeet away for this weekend in Lennox head and next weekend in Fiji so will be out till April.

UrbanLabyrinth posted:

gay picnic defence posted:

I think I got most of them right the first time

Jumpingmanjim posted:

Are you talking about S46(1AA)? Aka the amendment Barnaby Joyce dreamed up in a pub in loving Birdsville of all places:




His speech is so bad it's good again.
http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2F2007-09-11%2F0146%22

UrbanLabyrinth posted:

It's a trick! They're all potatoes.

quote:

Mr Christensen, who has called for the Safe Schools program to be scrapped, quoted a report containing "controversial views" which he said was published by Professor Dowsett in 1982.

The Member for Dawson told Parliament Professor Dowsett was a "longtime advocate of intergenerational sex, otherwise known as paedophilia".

"He says: 'How different then is the gentle, tentative sexuality between parent and child from the love of a paedophile and his or her lover. That kind of love, warmth and nurture is an important part of the paedophilic relationship'," Mr Christensen told Parliament.

"He argued in that journal that paedophilia should be part of the gay movement, it must be legally recognised and depicts it as a wider sexual liberation.

Anidav posted:

International students have been offered casual employment at just $50 per day, well less than half the Australian minimum wage, to campaign on behalf of a Liberal National Party councillor in the lead-up to Saturday's poll.

Workers manning prepoll booths for Macgregor councillor Steven Huang's campaign have been paid $50 a day for what was advertised as eight hours' casual work.

A post seeking workers for the LNP campaign was sent to members of UQ Focus, a group for Christian international students at the University of Queensland with a high proportion of Chinese-speaking members.

Written in Mandarin and independently translated by Fairfax Media, the message clearly set out it would be a "casual job" and outlined the pay conditions.

"Casual job assisting councillor distribute Monday to Friday until the 19th [of March], 9-5pm, $50 per day. Contact if interested," the recruiter's message read.

Fairfax Media has also seen text messages sent from Cr Huang's phone, also in Mandarin, between him and a campaign worker.

Campaign worker: "Hey brother, I couldn't get [name removed] she is not picking up the calls. Is [name removed] going to this place on Monday?"

Cr Huang: "Yes, thank you."

The campaign worker then sent the address of a pre-poll location in Macgregor.

Cr Huang: "Yes."

Campaign worker: "This Friday I pay him $50 per day right?"

Cr Huang: "Yes."

The Australian minimum wage, as set by the Fair Work Commission, is $17.29 per hour, with a 25 per cent casual loading.

That meant workers should be paid a minimum of $172.90 for a full eight-hour day's work.

However, in practice, most election campaign workers were volunteers and provided their time free of charge, because they believed in the cause.

Unions and other vested interests have been known to provide paid staff to political campaigns, the unions primarily to the Labor Party.

Comment was sought from Cr Huang, who did not return Fairfax Media's calls.

However, an LNP campaign spokeswoman denied the councillor's involvement.

"This is not Cr Huang's advertisement and is not endorsed by Team Quirk," she said.

"Cr Huang is not offering any payments for electioneering."

Labor lord mayoral candidate Rod Harding's campaign declined an offer to comment.

Cr Huang faces two challengers in his bid to retain Macgregor – Labor's Tom Huang (no relation) and the Greens' Patsy O'Brien.

Taiwan-born Cr Huang was appointed to the council in 2011, when Macgregor was vacated by then-deputy mayor Graham Quirk.

Cr Quirk was appointed lord mayor after Campbell Newman resigned to pursue his short-lived state political career, which saw him become premier but lose government within a single term.

Anidav posted:

Jumpingmanjim posted:

Lol my electorate, perhaps I should volunteer for the Greens this saturday.

Zenithe posted:

Wait what?

What happened according to something that isn't I'm assuming textbook propaganda.

ewe2 posted:

The longish answer from the ABC site:

What the hell just happened in the red chamber?

* Crossbenchers have been cooking up a plan with Labor to try and embarrass The Greens and the Government

* The government has been threatening to call a double dissolution election if it can’t get the ABCC bill through the Upper House BUT the Coalition wants to get Senate voting reforms through first to make it more difficult for crossbenchers to be re-elected

* Labor and some crossbenchers are angry because the Greens are supporting the Senate voting changes, ensuring the bills will pass and clearing the path for the government to use ABCC as a trigger

* Crossbenchers interrupted debate when the Senate started today, pushing for a series of bills to be listed for debate including the ABCC legislation, gay-marriage legislation.

* The government and The Greens voted together against Labor and most crossbenchers

* The Government therefore voted against "bringing on" for debate on the ABCC bill that it wants to have up its sleeve for a double dissolution trigger

* The Greens therefore voted against "bringing on" debate on its own bill to legalise same-sex marriage

* Labor and the crossbenchers argue, in particular, that the government's decision to stymie debate on the ABCC bill weakens its case for a double dissolution election

Most of this is pointless since everyone knows a DD would be disastrous for the government anyway, so the only thing I can take from this is how gormless the ALP are.

Zenithe posted:

Wait what?

What happened according to something that isn't I'm assuming textbook propaganda.

Zenithe posted:

Wait what?

What happened according to something that isn't I'm assuming textbook propaganda.

Zenithe posted:

Wait what?

What happened according to something that isn't I'm assuming textbook propaganda.

turdbucket posted:

I'm exhausting my preferences before labor at every opportunity I am given from now on. Thank god for senate reform, wish we had optimal above the line like in NSW so I don't have to preference Albo at all. Have had absolutely enough of their garbage after the latest round of crocodile tears.

Negligent posted:

the only morally correct choice for today's leftist voter is to draw a hammer and sickle penis on the ballot paper

Jumpingmanjim posted:

What if you're a womyn?

Anidav posted:

Ultimately it makes Penny Wong and Albanese seem more like political hacks than the progressives I previously saw them which is a shame because I'd of originally hoped more people would be as level headed but apparently not.

turdbucket posted:

I'm exhausting my preferences before labor at every opportunity I am given from now on. Thank god for senate reform, wish we had optimal above the line like in NSW so I don't have to preference Albo at all. Have had absolutely enough of their garbage after the latest round of crocodile tears.

Anidav posted:

International students have been offered casual employment at just $50 per day, well less than half the Australian minimum wage, to campaign on behalf of a Liberal National Party councillor in the lead-up to Saturday's poll.

Workers manning prepoll booths for Macgregor councillor Steven Huang's campaign have been paid $50 a day for what was advertised as eight hours' casual work.

A post seeking workers for the LNP campaign was sent to members of UQ Focus, a group for Christian international students at the University of Queensland with a high proportion of Chinese-speaking members.

Written in Mandarin and independently translated by Fairfax Media, the message clearly set out it would be a "casual job" and outlined the pay conditions.

"Casual job assisting councillor distribute Monday to Friday until the 19th [of March], 9-5pm, $50 per day. Contact if interested," the recruiter's message read.

Fairfax Media has also seen text messages sent from Cr Huang's phone, also in Mandarin, between him and a campaign worker.

Campaign worker: "Hey brother, I couldn't get [name removed] she is not picking up the calls. Is [name removed] going to this place on Monday?"

Cr Huang: "Yes, thank you."

The campaign worker then sent the address of a pre-poll location in Macgregor.

Cr Huang: "Yes."

Campaign worker: "This Friday I pay him $50 per day right?"

Cr Huang: "Yes."

The Australian minimum wage, as set by the Fair Work Commission, is $17.29 per hour, with a 25 per cent casual loading.

That meant workers should be paid a minimum of $172.90 for a full eight-hour day's work.

However, in practice, most election campaign workers were volunteers and provided their time free of charge, because they believed in the cause.

Unions and other vested interests have been known to provide paid staff to political campaigns, the unions primarily to the Labor Party.

Comment was sought from Cr Huang, who did not return Fairfax Media's calls.

However, an LNP campaign spokeswoman denied the councillor's involvement.

"This is not Cr Huang's advertisement and is not endorsed by Team Quirk," she said.

"Cr Huang is not offering any payments for electioneering."

Labor lord mayoral candidate Rod Harding's campaign declined an offer to comment.

Cr Huang faces two challengers in his bid to retain Macgregor – Labor's Tom Huang (no relation) and the Greens' Patsy O'Brien.

Taiwan-born Cr Huang was appointed to the council in 2011, when Macgregor was vacated by then-deputy mayor Graham Quirk.

Cr Quirk was appointed lord mayor after Campbell Newman resigned to pursue his short-lived state political career, which saw him become premier but lose government within a single term.