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Brayds2006
Aug 21, 2011

Negligent posted:

He is promising every city in Australia a unicorn

Who doesn't love unicorns? That's poo poo's dope, yo.

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Amethyst
Mar 28, 2004

I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
plz notice me trunk-senpai
Shorten's budget replies are always dynamite. Why can't he be like this more often?

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
But what about the slave labour bill

What about the slave labour!

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


I think Shorten is going to be an ok PM.

Amethyst
Mar 28, 2004

I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
plz notice me trunk-senpai
This sounds shockingly close to a comprehensive and reasonable domestic policy platform. I'm sure it will fall apart when they get in but oh well.

Amethyst
Mar 28, 2004

I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
plz notice me trunk-senpai
Lol referencing beaconsfield. I guess it's one path to likability

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
:suicide:
No mention of 4 dollars

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
Bill Shorten might just pull this off.

turdbucket
Oct 30, 2011

Anidav posted:

:suicide:
No mention of 4 dollars

It's because labor support it. ALP fully support the dole bludgers narrative, it's why they refused to ever increase Newstart and turned the start up scholarship into a loan.

Amethyst
Mar 28, 2004

I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
plz notice me trunk-senpai
He's handling Leigh Sales pretty well too. drat he might have a chance.

Doctor Spaceman
Jul 6, 2010

"Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

Amethyst posted:

Shorten's budget replies are always dynamite. Why can't he be like this more often?

Yeah, his last few were good too.

Negligent
Aug 20, 2013

Its just lovely here this time of year.
That was a surprisingly long suicide note bill

Rest in peace

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Anyone else think Shorten looks like an older Link from the Legend of Zelda?

Cleretic
Feb 3, 2010


Ignore my posts!
I'm aggressively wrong about everything!
Shorten's actually pledging marriage equality? Within an actual timeframe?

I don't know who murdered Shorten and started wearing his skin, but if he holds to that come actual election time then he's got my support.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Sounds like a drastic improvement in a lot of ways.

I'm still disappointed on a fair few things about the ALP. It's not a chaotic proposition like Turnbull being puppeteered by the far right though.

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

STOP THE BATS

Cleretic posted:

Shorten's actually pledging marriage equality? Within an actual timeframe?

I don't know who murdered Shorten and started wearing his skin, but if he holds to that come actual election time then he's got my support.

I thought he was just pledging a vote, which their MPs aren't bound to support yet?

Mad Katter
Aug 23, 2010

STOP THE BATS
Still better than a useless plebiscite though.

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
Good Country Values

A farm worker who alerted accused murderer Ian Turnbull to the presence of environmental officer Glen Turner on his property says he considers the farmer to be a "champion" and still holds him in the highest regard.

Ivan Maas told the NSW Supreme Court on Thursday that he considered Mr Turner's attempts to serve stop-work notices for illegal land clearing on him and Mr Turnbull to be "harassment".

Zenithe
Feb 25, 2013

Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.

gay picnic defence
Oct 5, 2009


I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS
I didn't listen to the whole thing but it sounded like a pretty good speech. I still won't preference them ahead of the Greens because of the refugee stuff but maybe they'll end up ahead of some random independent.

Anidav posted:

But what about the slave labour bill

What about the slave labour!

Maybe he's keeping that powder dry until later in the campaign.

I thought the 'soft skills' training is actually a pretty good idea in theory, it's just the whole thing of making it compulsory or you get to starve on the street thing that makes it a poo poo policy. Farming it out to JSAs probably ensures it will fail at every step too. I've come across a number of people who have the skills and ability to be a decent employee but are pretty much at the bottom of the pecking order because they don't know poo poo about stuff like communication or how businesses actually work, and no one really teaches it if you don;t have the opportunity to learn on the job.

open24hours
Jan 7, 2001

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/may/05/norfolk-island-proposed-as-open-detention-centre-for-asylum-seekers

Norfolk Island to the rescue.

Recoome
Nov 9, 2013

Matter of fact, I'm salty now.

:eyepop:

gay picnic defence
Oct 5, 2009


I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS
Uh Mr Trump... you have a piece of potato caught between your teeth

Negative Entropy
Nov 30, 2009

Zetsubou-san posted:

There was a shitposter named Negligent
who stayed silent when asked his intent
He considered it rude
and in like attitude:
Who are you voting for, Negligent?

rhyming negligent with negligent.

genius.

thatbastardken
Apr 23, 2010

A contract signed by a minor is not binding!
kind of lazy

hooman
Oct 11, 2007

This guy seems legit.
Fun Shoe

mlnp

EDIT: vv the n stands for negligent's

hooman fucked around with this message at 12:56 on May 5, 2016

thatbastardken
Apr 23, 2010

A contract signed by a minor is not binding!
kind of careless

absent minded

heedless of the consequences of inaction

EvilElmo
May 10, 2009
Too many posts to catch up on, general vibe of threads reaction to the speech?

I thought it was alright, it wasn't a 2014 reply that's for sure. But two different speeches really.

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
https://twitter.com/7NewsSydney/status/728135304058540033

Why did it leak though?

E: Could it be that Tony is that butthurt?

I would blow Dane Cook fucked around with this message at 13:32 on May 5, 2016

tithin
Nov 14, 2003


[Grandmaster Tactician]



EvilElmo posted:

Too many posts to catch up on, general vibe of threads reaction to the speech?

I thought it was alright, it wasn't a 2014 reply that's for sure. But two different speeches really.

I actually missed it. Seems to have made Anidav ejaculate though.

EvilElmo
May 10, 2009

Leaks for a bunch of reasons. People getting nervous and wanting to blame it all on Turnbull. ScoMo wanting to position himself as opposition leader.

Or, in this case, my guess is a junior staffer in NatSec wanting to impress and big note themselves to a journo.

There is very little benefit to do this as a strategic leak. Only thing would be to paint them as an underdog.

Not a surprise that Eden Monaro is going away from the Liberals. They're a marginal bellweather seat, they are used to a big profile local member who turns up to anything/everything. He is invisible.

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN
Jun 26, 2009



Jumpingmanjim posted:

https://twitter.com/7NewsSydney/status/728135304058540033

Why did it leak though?

E: Could it be that Tony is that butthurt?

loving lol

Tokamak
Dec 22, 2004

Jumpingmanjim posted:

https://twitter.com/7NewsSydney/status/728135304058540033

Why did it leak though?

E: Could it be that Tony is that butthurt?

Yes, it’s a long bow but reckon this could add to the federal destabilization.

break-up breakdown
Mar 6, 2010

i'm already wondering how long shorten will last as pm before he gets replaced

EvilElmo
May 10, 2009

sick trigger posted:

i'm already wondering how long shorten will last as pm before he gets replaced

Under the new rules? That is very difficult to do (nothing is impossible). All it takes is 1 pissed off backbencher to also nominate and it takes a month to replace the leader.

break-up breakdown
Mar 6, 2010

so at least a month

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
https://twitter.com/MarianRakosi/status/728189843390353408

Doctor Spaceman
Jul 6, 2010

"Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

Mad Katter posted:

I thought he was just pledging a vote, which their MPs aren't bound to support yet?

In practical terms if the ALP wins government then SSM could almost certainly pass parliament; there are very, very few people left in the Labor caucus who don't support it.

EvilElmo
May 10, 2009

Doctor Spaceman posted:

In practical terms if the ALP wins government then SSM could almost certainly pass parliament; there are very, very few people left in the Labor caucus who don't support it.

With Joe gone, I can only think of 1 who might vote against it.

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Shunkymonky
Sep 10, 2006
'sup
That internal polling is apparently horseshit

http://www.liberal.org.au/latest-news/2016/05/05/statement-tony-nutt-national-campaign-director

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