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So the LNP wants to build a metro subway for brisbane? What the gently caress good will that do? Isn't the problem with Brisbane (and indeed any city with major urban sprawl) copious amounts of people descending from the suburbs all at once creating bottlenecks into the major centre? Or am I completely missing what a "metro subway system" means.
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A metro would mostly replace the buses that plague Brisbane. Suburban trains would still run, but people would be able to transfer to the metro for the last (or first) leg of their trip. They could also park their cars at an outer metro station and get the train into the city.
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open24hours posted:people would be able to transfer to the metro for the last (or first) leg of their trip. Being a regular of Brisbane public transport, I wonder why they think this is the most pressing issue.
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Zenithe posted:Being a regular of Brisbane public transport, I wonder why they think this is the most pressing issue. 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.
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Zenithe posted:Being a regular of Brisbane public transport, I wonder why they think this is the most pressing issue. Yeah it's really terrible. All the routes are already covered by existing infrastructure, which could be upgraded instead of replaced e.g. seperated bicycle lanes along Stanley st in the gabba to link the bike path to/from cbd and southbank. It'll cause tens of thousands of passengers per hour in peak times to change their travel mode in those areas - lots of people standing around fighting four lanes and a freeway entrance. The costing is shot too - it can only be paid for if state gov come on board, and it's now looking like the orginal number is missing a billion or two. People think "paris metro" but it's only an underground busway covering stops already serviced by ground level bus and train. BUT it will make sure povvo southsiders don't come over and poo poo up the new casino and scare away the Chinese whales. Edit: 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. they're talking about the metro not rods trams
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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. Are you talking about S46(1AA)? Aka the amendment Barnaby Joyce dreamed up in a pub in loving Birdsville of all places: 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: 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 I would blow Dane Cook fucked around with this message at 08:43 on Mar 16, 2016 |
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Weird that coalition backbenchers weren't satisfied by an independent review that didn't agree with their preconceived idiocy, almost like they are permanently acting in bad faith
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Post election Brisbane Goonmeet. Quirk goonbye, goonbye Quirk, goonbye. Saturday 19th March. 6pm Kwan Bros. Fortitude Valley.
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# ? Mar 16, 2016 09:27 |
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ING Direct seems pretty good for super. No fees (?) on the balanced asset allocation, reasonable on the growth ones.
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Kommando posted:
See you next goonmeet away for this weekend in Lennox head and next weekend in Fiji so will be out till April.
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iajanus posted:See you next goonmeet away for this weekend in Lennox head and next weekend in Fiji so will be out till April. We're waiting for you milord! Come play with us!
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I think I got most of them right the first time
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gay picnic defence posted:I think I got most of them right the first time It's a trick! They're all potatoes.
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Jumpingmanjim posted:Are you talking about S46(1AA)? Aka the amendment Barnaby Joyce dreamed up in a pub in loving Birdsville of all places: Sort of! I didn't mention it specifically because of the reference to market share (wtf), because it retains the references to individual competitors or would-be competitors, and because Barnaby Joyce. There's too much there that distracts from the bit that I actually kinda like, which is the "sustained period at a price that is less than the relevant cost" part. I think it would be possible to put something similar in the proposed s 46 that allows for some level of control on predatory pricing without preventing innovators from benefiting from their hard work and squeezing their competitors. Just more generally I think that if s 46 is going to be used mostly to target predatory pricing or similar behaviour, or if those behaviours are generally of the most concern, maybe s 46 or another part of the CCA should specifically address them. It's just such a strange section. It potentially covers a huge range of stuff, most of which is likely covered more effectively by other provisions, but is actually mostly used to target a couple of specific behaviours, and because of that breadth it inevitably brings out all sorts of tensions and difficult questions. Why even have it instead of something more specific? Still, I gotta admit, it's somewhat appealing to have a broad catch-all in an area as incredibly unsexy as competition where there's money to be made by being dodgy, where there are always new ways of being dodgy, and where you can't expect parliament to keep pace. Buck Turgidson fucked around with this message at 11:03 on Mar 16, 2016 |
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UrbanLabyrinth posted:It's a trick! They're all potatoes. gently caress
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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. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-16/george-christensen-links-safe-schools-program-to-paedophilia/7252476 I can't tell whether they're gigantic walking pieces of poo poo through fear or gigantic walking pieces of poo poo through ignorance. Maybe both? ACL must be digging into the archives really hard
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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.
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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. Lol my electorate, perhaps I should volunteer for the Greens this saturday.
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Are they still laboring the point?
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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.
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Wait what? What happened according to something that isn't I'm assuming textbook propaganda.
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Jumpingmanjim posted:Lol my electorate, perhaps I should volunteer for the Greens this saturday. This is a very good idea
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Zenithe posted:Wait what? ewe2 posted:The longish answer from the ABC site:
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# ? Mar 16, 2016 12:47 |
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Zenithe posted:Wait what? From what I can gather the ALP sticky taped the Greens same sex marriage bill to the senate reforms so The Greens voted against it due it it being politically opportunistic, now the media is running articles about how The Greens are politically opportunistic for turning down their own same sex marriage bill, delaying senate reforms and causing a media circus.
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Zenithe posted:Wait what? Labor and the crossbenchers are reintroducing Greens bills in an attempt to delay senate reform. They're making the Greens vote against their own policies which they are tacking onto other legislation. If senate reform isn't passed this sitting there is a very real chance it'll be abandoned as its not really in the liberal interest to pass it (but they're arrogant and dumb). The Greens simply moved to vote on marriage equality Thursday but of course labor is just blatantly lying again saying they voted against it.
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Zenithe posted:Wait what? Labor and the cross bench tried to use the Greens same sex marriage bill as a delay tactic to stop the Senate voting changes being passed. The Greens voted no so that a bill they support with an actual chance of passing could be debated instead. There is a great effort post quoted several times in the last few pages with more details. Edit: so very, very beaten
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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. Unless they do something else horrible between then and now I probably won't go that far, but if the reforms pass I'll definitely be leaving Sam Dastyari off my BTL top 12. As he is a toilet.
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the only morally correct choice for today's leftist voter is to draw a
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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.
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Negligent posted:the only morally correct choice for today's leftist voter is to draw a What if you're a womyn?
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Jumpingmanjim posted:What if you're a womyn? two penises
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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. Yeah I've lost all respect I apparently wrongly had for Doug Cameron over the past few months. I might let my vote go to Jenny McAllister as she seems alright but the rest of the supposed labor left are a pack of stupol level hacks.
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I know Albanese has turned into a giant walking turd (I think I'm just outside of his zone to vote his fatass out) but what has Penny Wong done? I thought she was ok? So are there any other good parties/people out there?
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Well Penny Wong has started doing what Albo is doing and just flailing poo poo at the Greens for no apparent reason. eg. Her most recent social media image. This recent series of events just shows the subtle difference between a "progressive" and a progressive. It's fairly interesting, if I were a political science major, an essay on the ALP becoming a wolf in sheep's clothing act is a nice topic to write and read about. It's amazing how much they highlight the fact that they are progressives in name only so close to an election whereby they need to get a high amount of Green preferences to have a shot and it's increasingly likely that the NXT will be the next PUP in the 2016 election with their interest, hype and primary vote steadily climbing in all the recent ahem polls I've seen. Realistically the NXT preferences would be a real wildcard if the polls start hitting 50-50 again so the ALP should really just focus on the Coalition because the Senate voting reforms would likely stop a handful of NXT senators from rolling in.
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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. It's still worth preferencing the ALP, because exhausting your vote just means that someone who might have voted for someone worse's vote is now worth more.
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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. Anidav you should take this job offer, it sounds better than what you're doing now.
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Everyone is saying Greens "voted No" to marriage equality, which is confusing the issue. Instead, what they actually said was "we're voting for that on Thursday, not today"
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Who the gently caress is NXT?
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