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Sarah Hanson-Young talks Nauru with the CBC.
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# ? Aug 11, 2016 16:24 |
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I can't wait for Pauline's Royal Commision into Muslims, I'm concerned by all this talk of heads will roll like we're some kind of Islamic state.
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# ? Aug 11, 2016 23:13 |
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ZombyDog posted:I can't wait for Pauline's Royal Commision into Muslims, I'm concerned by all this talk of heads will roll like we're some kind of Islamic state. I was thinking we were becoming more like Vlad the Impaler's Romania. Only with much worse internet of course.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 02:02 |
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Indigenous men aged 25-29 have the highest rate of suicide in the world, which I imagine is going to be talked about for a day and then totally forgotten, like every other time the suicide rates amongst Indigenous people gets mentioned. If an 11 (? can't remember exact age) year-old child killing themselves couldn't prompt anything besides hand-wringing I don't have much hope for this, although it is concrete data showing a huge deficit between Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth, and between urban and rural youth of all kinds. Even if people were going to pay attention it's going to get lost in the census shitstorm, like everything that's happened this week besides us winning medals in the Olympics.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 02:32 |
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2100806-lead-in-australias-drinking-water-is-leaching-from-brass-taps/quote:Lead in Australia’s drinking water is leaching from brass taps quote:In their study, Harvey and his colleagues detected lead in 56 per cent of samples – and 8 per cent of those exceeded the limit of 10 micrograms per litre set in the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines. quote:Lead is a neurotoxin that is particularly harmful to children. Studies have linked low-level lead exposure to reductions in IQ and attention span, as well as a greater tendency for antisocial behaviour.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 02:46 |
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Was going to post the indigenous suicide issue because I'm such a fun guy. According to Ray Hadley the Census site is down again but even if that's not true. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-12/census-2016-site-up-and-running-in-australia/7722738 quote:Census 2016: Site back online, but only for those using Australian servers AM By Will Ockenden Posted about 2 hours ago It is looking more and more like the DoS 'attack' was actually just Australians trying to do their civic duty. The issue of the ABS and metadat along with personal detail logging would mean I'd never go near the ABS' website without a VPN. Also if only ~ 500 000 can do it a day that will mean it will take ~ 20 days for everyone to lodge twenty days - That's after the olympics are over and then some. D I S A S T E R Also there have been a bunch of good jokes etc so far this month so, despite the origins and the rating, this is one of the more enjoyable Aus Pols for a while (poo poo state of the country not withstanding).
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 02:50 |
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They could have avoided all the nonsense by actually making it clear to people that you did not need to complete it on Tuesday and in fact have several weeks to get it completed. Actually if most people are anything like me they would have just frantically done it at the last minute so maybe it wouldn't have helped at all.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 03:10 |
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Ten Becquerels posted:Indigenous men aged 25-29 have the highest rate of suicide in the world, which I imagine is going to be talked about for a day and then totally forgotten, like every other time the suicide rates amongst Indigenous people gets mentioned. If an 11 (? can't remember exact age) year-old child killing themselves couldn't prompt anything besides hand-wringing I don't have much hope for this, although it is concrete data showing a huge deficit between Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth, and between urban and rural youth of all kinds. Children get raped regularly in our detention camps. Australia couldn't give a gently caress.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 03:28 |
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It's a really difficult question to answer - whether or not Australians care less if an abused child is indigenous or a refugee.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 03:28 |
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Vladimir Poutine posted:https://www.newscientist.com/article/2100806-lead-in-australias-drinking-water-is-leaching-from-brass-taps/ That explains your posting.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 04:05 |
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Vladimir Poutine posted:https://www.newscientist.com/article/2100806-lead-in-australias-drinking-water-is-leaching-from-brass-taps/ I think my taps at home are stainless steel... Does boiling the water help minimise this?
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 04:48 |
MysticalMachineGun posted:I think my taps at home are stainless steel... Does boiling the water help minimise this? I doubt it. Boiling water wont remove impurities. You would need a filter, probably an RO setup.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 04:54 |
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MysticalMachineGun posted:I think my taps at home are stainless steel... Does boiling the water help minimise this? Just drink nothing but alcohol to protect your precious bodily fluids. And sanity.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 05:54 |
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Seen today: two ABS blokes in a booth at the mall, trying to not look like rabbits in headlights, surrounded by laptops and soothing informational signs, poor buggers.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 06:07 |
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Endman posted:It's a really difficult question to answer - whether or not Australians care less if an abused child is indigenous or a refugee. I was thinking about that last night, while trying to fall asleep ahead of a 6am start, no less... I nearly cried myself to sleep last night. The answer is most likely that people care less about refugees, I think the geographical link/proximity to Indigenous Australians accounts for something.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 06:54 |
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Which is hosed up, given that we could all become refugees in the space of a day. The same can't be said about becoming Indigenous, and having to deal with the pressures that comes with that. Australians are just confused, angry (scared) humans striving for significance.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 06:57 |
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Big Daddy Keynes posted:A lady only company would probably fix that but I can't imagine enough qualified tradies exist due to the awful culture on large sites (i know a few lady apprentices but they seem to be almost always the only women on site which makes me think the burnout rate is pretty high). Which is bizarre because the BLF are one of the major reasons melbourne uni started one of the first womens studies groups so you would assume the union would have done more to clean up the culture. S.A.L.T the earth, imho. BlitzkriegOfColour fucked around with this message at 07:22 on Aug 12, 2016 |
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Redcordial posted:I was thinking about that last night, while trying to fall asleep ahead of a 6am start, no less... I agree on the end result of your reasoning, but not the working out to get there. I think your average Australian has more negative opinions about indigenous Australians, while they tend to be more ambivalent about asylum seekers.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 07:31 |
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I think it depends heavily on what state you're talking about. Most Victorians couldn't give a gently caress about indigenous Australians, but we've got plenty of fascists scared of the Muslamic hordes.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 07:36 |
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Looks like Labor and the Coalition are going to screw over the Greens and the crossbench on the 6 year senate terms.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 07:45 |
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Seems like it's probably the fairest way. Guess they could have had a lottery.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 07:48 |
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open24hours posted:Seems like it's probably the fairest way. Guess they could have had a lottery. hawke introduced something where double dissolutions can be recounted as if they were half senate elections for determining this stuff more fairly, this was just the major parties reaching for more seats next go
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 07:58 |
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open24hours posted:Seems like it's probably the fairest way. Guess they could have had a lottery. There are two ways of doing it: one is to take the first 6 elected from the DD, one is to do a recount with a normal quota and give the 6 years terms to the people that would have been elected. The recount is nominally the standard method (and the AEC has to do it anyway), but the Senate is under no obligation to follow it. Taking the first 6 is very advantageous to the major parties.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 07:59 |
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Looks like Labor and the Coalition are going to screw over the Greens and the crossbench on the 6 year senate terms. Yep can't see this backfiring at all. No sirree.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 08:00 |
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Looks like Labor and the Coalition are going to screw over the Greens and the crossbench on the 6 year senate terms. Guys, people absolutely loving hate us, see us as in league with each other, and are voting for minor parties in ever increasing numbers. What can we do to fix this???
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 08:09 |
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Solemn Sloth posted:Guys, people absolutely loving hate us, see us as in league with each other, and are voting for minor parties in ever increasing numbers. What can we do to fix this??? short term gain
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 08:33 |
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Looks like Labor and the Coalition are going to screw over the Greens and the crossbench on the 6 year senate terms. You mean by doing the same thing that's happened every other time?
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 08:37 |
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EvilElmo posted:You mean by doing the same thing that's happened every other time? I see you've got your talking points from HQ, so let's hear the justification!
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 08:49 |
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Here comes forums poster EvilElmo to tell us how great it is that Labor are working with the Coalition
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 08:49 |
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Starshark posted:I see you've got your talking points from HQ, so let's hear the justification! Really? That's the quality of response now. "YOU GOT YOUR LINES FROM HQ! Hurrrr" Get hosed. Also, if you read my post, you'll see I provided the answer to your question. Here it is again. EvilElmo posted:You mean by doing the same thing that's happened every other time? Recoome posted:Here comes forums poster EvilElmo to tell us how great it is that Labor are working with the Coalition You're the one who always attacked the ALP when they work with the Liberals as though it's a horrible thing to do. Unless the Greens are voting with the Liberals, then there are reasons and they're all valid and legitimate. Like when they voted down an ETS. Or voted for the Senate reform that had major problems, and resulted in more One Nation Senators to be elected (2 are from the 'reforms'). It would also appear that posters in here would prefer the One Nation Senators as well as Hinch, Day and Leyonhjelm to serve 6 year terms so they can keep Rhiannon in for 6 years? Seems like a good trade to me! I would have thought you would have preferred to roll her in 3 rather than 6 years. EvilElmo fucked around with this message at 08:57 on Aug 12, 2016 |
# ? Aug 12, 2016 08:52 |
Elmo I don't give a gently caress about the greens but can you please stop jumping to the rescue whenever someone mocks labour because it shits up the thread something chronic Tia
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 08:55 |
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EvilElmo posted:Really? That's the quality of response now. "YOU GOT YOUR LINES FROM HQ! Hurrrr" That should go over well with the voters who are leaving your party for the minors. You're very good at getting the message out.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 08:55 |
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Starshark posted:That should go over well with the voters who are leaving your party for the minors. You're very good at getting the message out. How many seats did you lose at the last election?
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 09:00 |
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tithin posted:Elmo I don't give a gently caress about the greens but can you please stop jumping to the rescue whenever someone mocks labour because it shits up the thread something chronic Give it another few posts and someone will inevitably say "somethingsomething torture", the circle jerk will restart itself.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 09:01 |
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hahahahahahaha holy loving poo poo
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 09:02 |
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EvilElmo posted:You're the one who always attacked the ALP when they work with the Liberals as though it's a horrible thing to do. Unless the Greens are voting with the Liberals, then there are reasons and they're all valid and legitimate.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 09:03 |
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EvilElmo posted:Give it another few posts and someone will inevitably say "somethingsomething torture", the circle jerk will restart itself. yeah sorry torture is totally cool and good right? I mean it's a great punchline and I'm glad Labor take such a hard stance against it
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 09:04 |
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EvilElmo posted:You mean by doing the same thing that's happened every other time? It's also ignoring that Labor proposed the recount system, and are now choosing to ignore it for their own benefit. So what's your assessment of how the Senate Reforms went?
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 09:04 |
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Recoome posted:yeah sorry torture is totally cool and good right? I mean it's a great punchline and I'm glad Labor take such a hard stance against it Took 3 posts. Doctor Spaceman posted:Being consistently unfair isn't a virtue. I'm not sure how it's unfair. Both systems have their benefits, both systems will have "losers". In this result, it will get rid of 3 racists, a bigot and two nuts. The Greens should rejoice. You'll get rid of Rhiannon early and pick up another Senator. Senate Reforms are the reason we got 2/4 racists in the Senate. I said they were poo poo, they are poo poo. I'm not sure how many times I need to keep posting this. One day you might all admit the Senate reforms were rushed, poo poo policy and not well thought through. But I guess you all still defend voting down the ETS.. EvilElmo fucked around with this message at 09:07 on Aug 12, 2016 |
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oh wait sorry the ALP are torture apologists as well woooooops
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