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Vahtooch posted:http://smh.com.au/nsw/no-more-free-trips-on-opal-card-announces-nsw-transport-minister--andrew-constance-20160517-goxlpb.html quote:"Around 70 per cent of customers are not reaching the reward, meaning a majority of customers aren't receiving any benefit," he said.  But if you want more people reaching the reward, then reduce the number of trips it takes to reach it? How would changing it to 50% off rather than free increase the amount of people taking advantage of it? Or advertise it more, to encourage a switch over to public transport? e:And you can loving bet that if the majority were receiving a benefit from it, they'd be crying and saying it's unsustainable to have so many people taking advantage of free trips. How are they this blatant in their bullshit. 
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Vahtooch posted:http://smh.com.au/nsw/no-more-free-trips-on-opal-card-announces-nsw-transport-minister--andrew-constance-20160517-goxlpb.html reminder that they're taking away free trips because people found loopholes after they built the system such that it would have loopholes and encouraged people to find them
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May 18, 2016 05:01
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Laserface posted: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. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/t...sor-awards.html
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May 18, 2016 05:01
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At least its pretty unlikely to actually go through since Shortens gonna wiiiiiin.
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May 18, 2016 05:08
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Lid posted: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. Good. Also RIP ABC Fact Check
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May 18, 2016 05:24
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Shorten's running for state government now? If they wanted to fix the loopholes they could have made it take the two most expensive trips per day you pay for, 2 journeys at most accumulated per day. Free travel after 8 Journeys. Then it will work as intended for regular use regardless of people front loading cheap journeys. The $2 dollar rebate makes getting mixed transport better, but only if it's a short bus trip. For me, I guess I might not bother getting public transport on weekends for trips I can walk instead.
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May 18, 2016 05:27
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Cartoon posted:Apparently the building now considered most iconic (in Australia) is no longer the opera house but the War Memorial. What does it even look like?
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May 18, 2016 05:30
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Cartoon posted:Apparently the building now considered most iconic (in Australia) is no longer the opera house but the War Memorial. That's pretty depressing  Although the picture makes it look quite pretty as far as war memorials go
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May 18, 2016 05:34
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most 'must-see' does not equate to most iconic
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May 18, 2016 05:37
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When someone travels to Australia, I always suggest going to Canberhahaha yeah right.
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May 18, 2016 05:37
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Isn't Canberra just the Truman show?
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May 18, 2016 05:43
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We're getting international flights this year so people will finally be able to fly directly to the place they want to visit instead of wasting their time transferring through some other shithole.
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May 18, 2016 05:47
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open24hours posted:We're getting international flights this year so people will finally be able to fly directly to the place they want to visit instead of wasting their time transferring through some other shithole. Yeah but no one wants to visit Canberra, they just have to go there for a specific reason.
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May 18, 2016 05:50
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Cartoon posted:Apparently the building now considered most iconic (in Australia) is no longer the opera house but the War Memorial. I've literally never even seen a picture of that building before in my life
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May 18, 2016 05:56
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Rapner posted:Yeah but no one wants to visit Canberra, they just have to go there for a specific reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe5xuWmtlVA
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May 18, 2016 06:05
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Got a letter in the mail intended to be official looking and look like its from the AEC, when it's from the ALP. Probs just gonna write "get hosed you child torturing monsters" and then drawing a bunch of dicks on it before sending it back in its reply paid envelope.
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May 18, 2016 06:38
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Dude McAwesome posted:Got a letter in the mail intended to be official looking and look like its from the AEC, when it's from the ALP. A good idea. Looking at Facebook and the like knowledge of these info-harvesting letters are spreading, so hopefully we see an end to them in future.
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May 18, 2016 06:59
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Dude McAwesome posted:Got a letter in the mail intended to be official looking and look like its from the AEC, when it's from the ALP. Don't forget to include some glitter, they love that.
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May 18, 2016 07:02
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The Opera house has always been a little disappointing up close, I don't think there's much to actually do there unless you go see an opera
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May 18, 2016 07:06
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Goffer posted:The Opera house has always been a little disappointing up close, I don't think there's much to actually do there unless you go see an opera Get a drink at the Opera Bar and take photos of the bridge? Always where I take visiting relatives/friends, it's the lowest effort/best reward thing to do in Sydney for people from out of town/country.
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May 18, 2016 07:13
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Cartoon posted:Apparently the building now considered most iconic (in Australia) is no longer the opera house but the War Memorial. oh man I love the taj mahal
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May 18, 2016 07:42
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iajanus posted:Don't forget to include some glitter, they love that. gently caress yes 
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May 18, 2016 08:03
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It may pay to be a little bit more specific about what 'child torture' means in the context. Just adding '~refugee~ child torture' makes the meaning plainer. This sort of poo poo is because the members get a postage allowance that means they can spam you with mail till every tree in Asia has been pulped and we the taxpayer get to pick up the tab.
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Amoeba102 posted:Shorten's running for state government now? It's not actually about loopholes. Nobody is actually worried about some OzBargain browsing jerkoffs hopping on extra busses because their time is worthless. "70% don't get the benefit" just translates to "we are seeking revenue from 30% of people because we can".
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May 18, 2016 08:55
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First Dog: Kitten woe: 
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May 18, 2016 09:57
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Did anyone happen to catch all the debate between Greg Hunt & Mark Butler on National Press Club? I saw Mark's opening before getting called into a medical. WHat was the run down? I wanted to see Greg Hunt hang himself on TV
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Sludge Tank posted:Did anyone happen to catch all the debate between Greg Hunt & Mark Butler on National Press Club? I saw Mark's opening before getting called into a medical. WHat was the run down? I wanted to see Greg Hunt hang himself on TV it on iview
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May 18, 2016 10:45
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The organization that Turnball has been standing in front off for the last 2 days has just been revealed to be corrupt and a damming indictment of the need for a federal ICAC.
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Rapner posted:Yeah but no one wants to visit
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Pickled Tink posted:First Dog: Holy poo poo is that a thing? I want that to be a thing so goddamn bad!
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May 18, 2016 12:49
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Wouldn't you be charged as a people smuggler?
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lmaoquote:A network of Australian border security officials is allegedly working for organised criminals, including drug and tobacco smugglers, in the most serious corruption scandal to ever hit the nation's border agencies.
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Not surprised at all, there's corruption at every facet of life. The extent of it will be the only interesting part.
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Is that all there is to the story? http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2016/election-2016-david-feeneys-tenants-turn-on-him-and-urge-vote-green-20160518-goyf14.html posted:Labor MP David Feeney's own tenants have turned on him and urged locals in the Melbourne seat of Batman to vote for Greens candidate Alex Bhathal.
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tithin posted:Is that all there is to the story? Here's the links http://www.theage.com.au/national/customs-officials-involved-in-drug-and-tobacco-smuggling-20160518-goy672.html http://www.theage.com.au/national/the-mouse-versus-the-dragon-law-enforcement-struggles-against-customs-drug-network-20160518-goxrwk.html Even if the crime isn't widespread, it's pretty funny that after all the love and attention the LNP have been lavishing on Border Farce it turns out to be corrupt.
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May 18, 2016 23:19
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Bludgertrack pretty much has ALP ahead but a Coalition majority hanging on due to no losses in Queensland.
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So what happens if the Coalition gets a reduced majority in the reps but ends up with a hostile senate? Turnbull wouldn't last long surely.
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Just go for another DD and keep trying
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Senor Tron posted:So what happens if the Coalition gets a reduced majority in the reps but ends up with a hostile senate? Turnbull wouldn't last long surely. I think Turnbull's goose is cooked if that is the situation, as the DD would've backfired then.
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