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gay picnic defence: Oct 5, 2009; I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS

*expands 457 visa scheme*

# ? May 17, 2016 22:08

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 02:03

Kafka Syrup: Apr 29, 2009

Starshark posted:

I remember foreigners taking our jobs while being on the dole being trotted out in the 80's when the target was Italians and Greeks.

I remember foreigners taking out jobs while taking public resources being trotted out in the 1850's when the target was Catholics.

Racism. Racism never changes.

# ? May 17, 2016 22:43

Chadzok: Apr 25, 2002

tithin posted:

Duncan Storrar had released a statement

http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/1616_storrar.pdf

well spoken. some talk about lawyers in there, he should take some of that sweet gofundme money and sue the bastards.

# ? May 17, 2016 22:53

ahmeni: May 1, 2005; It's one continuous form where hardware and software function in perfect unison, creating a new generation of iPhone that's better by any measure.; Grimey Drawer

ZealousQ posted:

I remember foreigners taking out jobs while taking public resources being trotted out in the 1850's when the target was Catholics.

Racism. Racism never changes.

There's a particularly brutal Dollop this week on the Catholic targeting in the states. It's depressingly familiar.

# ? May 17, 2016 23:08

evilbastard: Mar 6, 2003; Hair Elf

Starshark posted:

Geelong mosque burnt down.

e: No link because no real details yet, just 'it's burnt down' and 'it's suspicious'.

On the bright side, it probably wasn't an anti-muslim hate group. Geelong has a serial arsonist targeting religious buildings.

Geelong church fires

May 18, 2016 Geelong Mosque, Manifold Heights
April 15, 2016 Geelong West Presbyterian Church
December 6, 2015 Norlane Baptist Church, Sparks Rd, Norlane
December 6, 2015 Norlane Baptist Church, Spruhan Ave, Norland
October 14, 2015 St John the Evangelist Catholic Church

# ? May 17, 2016 23:19

Starshark: Dec 22, 2005; Doctor Rope

evilbastard posted:

On the bright side, it probably wasn't an anti-muslim hate group. Geelong has a serial arsonist targeting religious buildings.

Geelong church fires

May 18, 2016 Geelong Mosque, Manifold Heights
April 15, 2016 Geelong West Presbyterian Church
December 6, 2015 Norlane Baptist Church, Sparks Rd, Norlane
December 6, 2015 Norlane Baptist Church, Spruhan Ave, Norland
October 14, 2015 St John the Evangelist Catholic Church

Well, I guess it's nice to have a hobby...

# ? May 17, 2016 23:32

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Starshark posted:

Well, I guess it's nice to have a hobby...

What else are you going to do in Geelong

# ? May 17, 2016 23:42

Snod.: Oct 3, 2014

Solemn Sloth posted:

What else are you going to do in Geelong

Live in the mall?

# ? May 17, 2016 23:45

screaden: Apr 8, 2009

evilbastard posted:

On the bright side, it probably wasn't an anti-muslim hate group. Geelong has a serial arsonist targeting religious buildings.

Geelong church fires

May 18, 2016 Geelong Mosque, Manifold Heights
April 15, 2016 Geelong West Presbyterian Church
December 6, 2015 Norlane Baptist Church, Sparks Rd, Norlane
December 6, 2015 Norlane Baptist Church, Spruhan Ave, Norland
October 14, 2015 St John the Evangelist Catholic Church

I used to live just behind that place, like just across the back lane behind it, and a lot of the buildings around there were built in the 30s-early 40s that it very well could be a electrical fault or something like that, although I doubt that's the case.

The building is also an old Catholic church that later became the mosque, and it looks like that and other denominations have been the previous targets before this, that whoever has been lighting these fires mistook it's actual purpose.

# ? May 18, 2016 00:00

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

You mean we have some sort of militant athiest?

# ? May 18, 2016 00:00

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

evilbastard posted:

On the bright side, it probably wasn't an anti-muslim hate group. Geelong has a serial arsonist targeting religious buildings.

Geelong church fires

May 18, 2016 Geelong Mosque, Manifold Heights
April 15, 2016 Geelong West Presbyterian Church
December 6, 2015 Norlane Baptist Church, Sparks Rd, Norlane
December 6, 2015 Norlane Baptist Church, Spruhan Ave, Norland
October 14, 2015 St John the Evangelist Catholic Church

Oh god Varg is on the loose again and he's made it to Geelong.

# ? May 18, 2016 00:04

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

ModernMajorGeneral posted:

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-po...517-goxhj1.html

Refugees are illiterate, but they would take your jobs anyway, and they would also be unemployed while taking your jobs.

I'm surprised Dutton is pulling that card so early into the election campaign. The Liberals must be really worried about the polls.

All I can hope for is an illiterate refugee takes his job

# ? May 18, 2016 00:17

BBJoey: Oct 31, 2012

if your job is threatened by an illiterate refugee who can't speak English maybe you should work harder m8

# ? May 18, 2016 00:18

G-Spot Run: Jun 28, 2005

I believe Dutton is referring to illiterate, innumerate refugees on welfare who will take your job when we are all fired to make way for PaTH interns

# ? May 18, 2016 00:24

Snod.: Oct 3, 2014

They should get a PaTH intern to do Peter Dutton's job

# ? May 18, 2016 00:25

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

I liked Toy Story until Toy Story 4 where Mr. Potato head became Australian immigration minister and developed a serious case of racism and deported Buzz Lightyear to Manus Island.

# ? May 18, 2016 00:39

tithin: Nov 14, 2003; [Grandmaster Tactician]

http://gu.com/p/4j9t5/au

# ? May 18, 2016 00:44

norp: Jan 20, 2004; TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP

let's invade New Zealand, they have oil

Watch nothing come of this.

I mean even Canada is talking about pulling out of UN treaties :420:

# ? May 18, 2016 00:57

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.

The Greens-Liberal Axis has (probably) claimed another Battler victim!

It is "hypocritical" for Labor frontbencher David Feeney to negatively gear a house when his party's policy is to abolish the practice, Federal Finance Minister Mathias Cormann says.

Mr Feeney has failed to declare a $2.3 million house on his parliamentary register of interests, saying it was an oversight.

He also negatively gears the house.

# ? May 18, 2016 01:42

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

Oh Labor's odds have widened again to 3.35

# ? May 18, 2016 01:43

Laserface: Dec 24, 2004

A good article on the NSW amalgamations and Westconnex

https://medium.com/@bitcloud/from-baird-to-worse-b415189c320a#.eo4zpafal

quote:

As Australians we enjoy hard won freedoms. Every year on Anzac Day we�re reminded of the Australians who fought and died so that we might have a voice, a vote, and be able to live in peace without worry that our liberty, our property or our homes might be taken from us by force.
For many of us, this just changed.
I�ll explain how, but first a little backstory. The last few months have been busy for Mike Baird. In March this year, Baird announced tough new laws banning the right to protest development, with fines of up to $5500, as well as warrant-less searches and seizures.
Later that month, in a move blasted by civil rights group, Baird announced a set of draconian new laws to be put into place that will allow anyone to be locked up for 14 days without charge, including children as young as 15. That�s anyone, plucked off the street with no charge, and held captive for 14 days.
While a clear violation of civil liberties, it seemed like nothing more than a directionless power grab, but why now? What could be coming up that would require such a comprehensive plan to squash protesters and detain without charge?
$15 billion dollars.
That�s the price tag of Australia�s largest ever transportation development, Westconnex. Foreign investors and contractors all have their hands out ready for a slice of the pie, but what has former investment banker, and current NSW Premier Mike Baird got to do with this?
First, let�s first take a look at Westconnex.

WestConnex. Building for the future whether you like it or not.
This proposed private NSW transportation project would see highways and tunnels carved, in three stages, through Paramatta, The Inner West and out through Georges River & surrounds. A development like any other, you might think.
But here�s where it gets interesting. This week, with the pressure to cancel Westconnex rising, Baird unexpectedly announced that 43 Councils in Sydney were to be dismantled. Elected officials out and administrators in. That�s 43 elected councils, 43 Mayors who were thrown on the street.
But surely this is just a merger? Won�t we elect a new council?
Not quite. The mergers have taken place at a crucial time in WestConnex� approval process. Many councils have blocked approval due to concerns from their constituents. Those councils have been removed, and there is no opportunity for a challenge to these councils until elections in September.
In areas such as Paramatta and the surrounds there are a combination of Labor, Liberal and Independent Mayors and Councillors. These Councillors were all fired and a Liberal Party �Administrator� was installed. In Paramatta for example, The Liberal Party�s Amanda Chadwick has this week taken over the role, providing an uncontested path through much of Westconnex Stage 1.
Mike Baird has this morning sacked me as the Mayor of Leichhardt and abolished Leichhardt Council� stand with us and fight against Baird and his dictator.
� Darcy Byrne, Mayor of Leichhardt
In areas like the Inner West, it gets even more interesting. Independent Mayor of Marrickville, Victor Macri was one of the most vocal critics of Westconnex. This week he was unceremoniously removed from office, and in his place Baird installed Westconnex� own, Richard Pearson � a high level staffer from Westconnex� Department of Planning and Infrastructure. It probably doesn�t need to be mentioned that opposition to Stage 3 will be silenced, allowing this proposal to pass as if by dictatorial decree.
Let me repeat this. The elected Mayor of Marrickville was removed after blocking Westconnex, and replaced with an unelected high level Westconnex staffer.
ENHANCE.
The rot doesn�t stop there. When you take the WestConnex Maps, and you overlay them with the new Council zoning maps something striking happens.
The new zonings for all three stages have been set up to border the proposed Westconnex routes accurately. The maps line up. Relevant zones are now controlled directly by Baird�s own council dictators with the exception of court contested regions.

�Where are we now� according to Westconnex. Waiting on Council approval, but not for much longer.
So what happens next?
Already people are being evicted for refusing to accept the purchase price on their property. It was revealed this week that properties all along the Westconnex route were secretly undervalued, with a $100,000 report being hidden from the public. The valuation of this land theft is in the millions, with many people being left drastically out of pocket.

Protestor Bill Holliday refusing to leave a home in Haberfield due to be demolished for WestConnex. Photo: Supplied
This leaves many questions for the future. Can the people protest? Will the protest laws be used against them? Can the people plan demonstrations? Are protesters at risk of being searched without warrant, or detained for 14 days without charge? Will people be detained for periods long enough to pass laws crucial to pushing Westconnex past a public that doesn�t want it?
Can the people even contact their elected Councillors? Not until they actually get elected Councillors in September, by which time it will be too late.
With 43 ousted mayors, hundreds of undermined Councillors and millions of citizens denied representation on the local level you can be certain that this isn�t a story that�s going to conveniently fade into the background any time soon. The curtains are open and with a little digging hopefully every speck of the rot and corruption that is the Baird Government will come to light.
Australians have fought and died for the kind of freedoms that are being dismantled by Baird as we speak. I can�t imagine we�re going to sit back while those freedoms are traded for foreign profits.
There is, of course, a protest at Town Hall, Sunday 29th May at 1:30pm.

# ? May 18, 2016 01:52

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.

Lid posted:

The Greens-Liberal Axis has (probably) claimed another Battler victim!

It is "hypocritical" for Labor frontbencher David Feeney to negatively gear a house when his party's policy is to abolish the practice, Federal Finance Minister Mathias Cormann says.

Mr Feeney has failed to declare a $2.3 million house on his parliamentary register of interests, saying it was an oversight.

He also negatively gears the house.

ADDITIONAL

"Also, it's been revealed that he bought another investment property from disgraced former Health Services Union official Kathy Jackson, which which technically not a huge drama definitely doesn't look good. That property... is also negatively geared. But it is declared! So there's that."

# ? May 18, 2016 01:54

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

It's not hypocritical to negatively gear a house while arguing negative gearing is bad for society as a whole, he should be in a world of poo poo for not declaring over $2M of assets though

# ? May 18, 2016 02:01

Mr Chips: Jun 27, 2007; Whose arse do I have to blow smoke up to get rid of this baby?

Laserface posted:

A good article on the NSW amalgamations and Westconnex

https://medium.com/@bitcloud/from-baird-to-worse-b415189c320a#.eo4zpafal

The ANZACs were fighting at Gallipoli to prevent compulsory acquisitions by state governments. Have I got this right?

# ? May 18, 2016 02:19

Cling-Wrap Condom: Jul 23, 2015; I'm tryna get my peen touched, pants.

Mr Chips posted:

The ANZACs were fighting at Gallipoli to prevent compulsory acquisitions by state governments. Have I got this right?

Yes.

# ? May 18, 2016 02:24

Mr Chips: Jun 27, 2007; Whose arse do I have to blow smoke up to get rid of this baby?

Anidav posted:

Oh Labor's odds have widened again to 3.35

Bookies odds reflect how much money has been bet the various outcomes, not necessarily the objective likelihood of a particular outcome

# ? May 18, 2016 02:26

G-Spot Run: Jun 28, 2005

More importantly, gambling is usually giving your money to someone who knows better than you.

# ? May 18, 2016 02:31

MonoAus: Nov 5, 2012

I could have sworn I saw Nathan Fielder of Nathan for you handing out Labor pamphlets at the train station this morning. Should have taken a photo.

# ? May 18, 2016 02:36

V for Vegas: Sep 1, 2004; THUNDERDOME LOSER

Mr Chips posted:

The ANZACs were fighting at Gallipoli to prevent compulsory acquisitions by state governments. Have I got this right?

Armies are usually in favour of compulsory acquisition by governments.

# ? May 18, 2016 02:38

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Wish they'd compulsorily acquire those bloody Dardanelles

# ? May 18, 2016 02:42

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN: Jun 26, 2009

Laserface posted:

A good article on the NSW amalgamations and Westconnex

https://medium.com/@bitcloud/from-baird-to-worse-b415189c320a#.eo4zpafal

Minus the stuff about fighting wars for whatever reason, this is a good article and a hosed up situation. Is there any recourse at all?

# ? May 18, 2016 02:59

WhiskeyWhiskers: Oct 14, 2013; "هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)

Solemn Sloth posted:

Wish they'd compulsorily acquire those bloody Dardanelles

noice.

# ? May 18, 2016 03:06

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN: Jun 26, 2009

*legal recourse

# ? May 18, 2016 03:09

Cartoon: Jun 20, 2008; poop

katlington posted:

Minus the stuff about fighting wars for whatever reason, this is a good article and a hosed up situation. Is there any recourse at all?

Land and environment court :laugh:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_and_Environment_Court_of_New_South_Wales

# ? May 18, 2016 03:28

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN: Jun 26, 2009

Thinking about it, what baird is doing is much more in line with the anzac spirit, getting hosed over for king, country, and the betterment of your betters, than any protesters.

# ? May 18, 2016 04:01

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

The protestors should really be looking to the Turks for inspiration

# ? May 18, 2016 04:08

Laserface: Dec 24, 2004

The ANZAC bit definitely felt out of place but it is an interesting point to consider how glorified the ANZAC spirit is in our culture and how people are continually OK with politicians stripping away more freedoms than the Turks or the Germans ever would have.

# ? May 18, 2016 04:12

Vahtooch: Sep 18, 2009; What is this [S T A N D] going to do? Once its crossed through the barrier, what's it going to do? When it comes in here, and reads my [P O S T S], what's it going to do to me?

http://smh.com.au/nsw/no-more-free-trips-on-opal-card-announces-nsw-transport-minister--andrew-constance-20160517-goxlpb.html

Oh gently caress off you arse clowns. Keep on your public transport you uppity poors!

# ? May 18, 2016 04:40

Tokamak: Dec 22, 2004

Lid posted:

The Greens-Liberal Axis has (probably) claimed another Battler victim!

It is "hypocritical" for Labor frontbencher David Feeney to negatively gear a house when his party's policy is to abolish the practice, Federal Finance Minister Mathias Cormann says.

Mr Feeney has failed to declare a $2.3 million house on his parliamentary register of interests, saying it was an oversight.

He also negatively gears the house.

If that is bad, then Malcolm Turnbull should be kicked out of politics for being involved with a Panama shell company with no obvious purpose other than to rort the tax system. Thumbing your nose at your own countries sovereignty to collect business tax which funds your job as a member of parliament must be near the top of the charts for hypocrisy.

# ? May 18, 2016 04:50

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 02:03

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.

The Sydney Morning Herald columnist Paul Sheehan has been given a redundancy package two months after he was suspended indefinitely over his false story of a woman, �Louise�, who claimed she had been raped and beaten by Arabic-speaking men.

Sheehan told Guardian Australia he was made redundant from the Fairfax newspaper he first worked for 30 years ago but he declined to clarify whether the arrangement was voluntary or forced.

# ? May 18, 2016 04:56

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