Auspol January 2017: relentless incoherence and incompetence.

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Recoome: Nov 9, 2013; Matter of fact, I'm salty now.

man Bronniecopter is really really obsessed with socialism and socialists for some reason

# ? Jan 19, 2017 09:00

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# ? May 20, 2024 21:04

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

nobody's talking about https://www.getup.org.au/debt-letter-fraud yet?

# ? Jan 19, 2017 09:10

BBJoey: Oct 31, 2012

im permabanned poster entitlementstomper58

# ? Jan 19, 2017 09:19

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

im permaretired politician bronwynbishop58. i first started misusing entitlements when i was a senator. by the time I was speaker I got really obsessed with the concept of "socialism" and tried to channel it constantly, until my thought process got really bizarre and i would repeat things like "And I know that socialists, like alcoholics, will blame anyone but themselves. And whereas alcoholics can damage their own family, socialists can destroy the whole country" and "i should take a helicopter to Geelong" in my head for hours, and i would get really entitled, started holding up planes if I couldnt sit in the front row etc, basically early onset dementia. im now on a parliamentary pension of $255,000 a year.
I would advise all people who "get" a charter allowance to be careful because that likely means you will be attacked by people behaving like a pack of dogs.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 09:45

ewe2: Jul 1, 2009

It's ok Bronniecopter, no one would put you in a SOCIALST home for demented ex politicians. Why, the way they charge, anyone could get in!

# ? Jan 19, 2017 09:51

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

ewe2 posted:

It's ok Bronniecopter, no one would put you in a SOCIALST home for demented ex politicians. Why, the way they charge, anyone could get in!

With free kerosene baths for all.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 09:54

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

With free kerosene baths for all.

Like hell, you bill them for that. No leaners here mate.

*drives off in comm car to chartered helicopter flight to beachside resort for "fact finding" conference scheduled to last two weeks*

*gets entire trip reimbursed then claims it as a tax deduction as well*

# ? Jan 19, 2017 12:36

Konomex: Oct 25, 2010; a whiteman who has some authority over others, who not only hasn't raped anyone, or stared at them creepily...

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

im permaretired politician bronwynbishop58. i first started misusing entitlements when i was a senator. by the time I was speaker I got really obsessed with the concept of "socialism" and tried to channel it constantly, until my thought process got really bizarre and i would repeat things like "And I know that socialists, like alcoholics, will blame anyone but themselves. And whereas alcoholics can damage their own family, socialists can destroy the whole country" and "i should take a helicopter to Geelong" in my head for hours, and i would get really entitled, started holding up planes if I couldnt sit in the front row etc, basically early onset dementia. im now on a parliamentary pension of $255,000 a year.
I would advise all people who "get" a charter allowance to be careful because that likely means you will be attacked by people behaving like a pack of dogs.

Bronwyn Bishop, the only mascot millennials will ever need.

# ? Jan 19, 2017 12:40

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

https://twitter.com/beneltham/status/822218104193171456

# ? Jan 20, 2017 00:11

Cartoon: Jun 20, 2008; poop

Well the incompetence sure is relentless:

http://apraamcos.com.au/news/2016/december/the-productivity-commission-has-lost-its-way-on-ip-policy/

quote:

The Productivity Commission has lost its way on IP policy, new recommendations threaten Australia's creative industries Tuesday, 20 Dec 2016

Today the Productivity Commission released its final report into Australia�s intellectual property arrangements. The report is a blunt attack on Australia�s creative industries, unashamedly promoting the interests of those who exploit Australian content over those who create it. APRA AMCOS is dismayed that the Commission has ignored the submissions and evidence provided by the Australian music community during the consultation process. The factual inaccuracies, disparaging language and alarmist assertions from the draft report not only remain but have been re-stated with renewed fervour and single-mindedness. The rights of Australian songwriters and composers to earn a living have been overlooked by economists in Canberra in favour of the profit making interests of the multi-billion dollar technology and educational sectors.

APRA AMCOS Chief Executive Brett Cottle said:

�Australian songwriters and music publishers pleaded with the Commission to temper the approach it took in its draft report and support a robust copyright framework to ensure creators receive fair payment for their work. Instead, the Commission�s final report endorses all the recommendations in its draft report, and introduces a raft of new proposals, all of which are singularly aimed at weakening Australia�s existing copyright regime - the economic framework around which Australia�s creative industries are built.�

The Commission�s recommendations demonstrate a profound lack of understanding of the commercial realities of the Australian content business. The proposed expansion of Australia�s safe harbour scheme to mimic the broken US model is indicative of the Commission�s flawed approach. It is well documented that the application of safe harbours to certain digital services in the US has resulted in a �value gap� � a massive mismatch between the consumption of music on user upload services, such as YouTube, and the revenues returned to songwriters and artists.

Mr Cottle said: �At a time when artists and the wider music industry are finally starting to see a return from streaming services, the Productivity Commission report proposes a raft of changes that will distort the commercial environment in which music licences are negotiated. These changes will allow global technology firms to reduce their bottom line - to the detriment of Australian music creators. The question must be asked, what problem is the Productivity Commission actually trying to solve? Are online services floundering in Australia? Are they finding it difficult to launch in this territory without the protection of an expanded safe harbour scheme? Of course not. Australia is consistently one of the first international markets in which any new digital music service decides to launch. Why? Because Australia already has one of the world�s most stable, fair and efficient copyright systems.�

Expanding the safe harbour scheme in Australia�s Copyright Act to cover commercial digital services will only serve to undermine the current commercial framework on which rights holders rely in order to make a living from their creativity. The proposed amendment simply does not reflect the current digital environment and will see Australia introducing old law which is not fit for purpose. Of course, the proposed safe harbour expansion is but one of the instruments the Commission recommends to unravel Australia�s copyright framework. User rights, broader exceptions, the removal of lawful geo-blocks and the repeal of parallel import restrictions on books are all thrown in for good measure. Perhaps sensing the outrage its final report will generate among Australia�s creative communities, the Commission concludes its key recommendations by taking the extraordinary and unsubstantiated step of warning the Federal Government that past intellectual property �reform efforts have more often than not succumbed to misinformation and scare campaigns�. The irony abounds. It is difficult to think of a more apt description for the Commission�s own report.

APRA AMCOS will respond in full to the Productivity Commission final report early next year.

loving socialists trying to make music. :scoff.gif:

# ? Jan 20, 2017 00:52

open24hours: Jan 7, 2001

So are you for or against the reforms?

# ? Jan 20, 2017 00:59

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

adamantium|wang posted:

https://twitter.com/beneltham/status/822218104193171456

I wouldn't shed a tear if either of them drowned drinking their own piss.

# ? Jan 20, 2017 01:18

Cheap Trick: Jan 4, 2007

Mills posted:

Mike Baird just resigned.

# ? Jan 20, 2017 01:20

norp: Jan 20, 2004; TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP

let's invade New Zealand, they have oil

Solemn Sloth posted:

I wouldn't shed a tear if either of them drowned drinking their own piss.

So I take it that article isn't about bathing and laundry facilities being provided for the homeless then?

# ? Jan 20, 2017 01:28

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

Lmao he's not even out the door and the state Nationals have withdrawn their support for forced council mergers

# ? Jan 20, 2017 02:10

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN: Jun 26, 2009

adamantium|wang posted:

Lmao he's not even out the door and the state Nationals have withdrawn their support for forced council mergers

Didn't they already go though?

# ? Jan 20, 2017 02:17

hooman: Oct 11, 2007; This guy seems legit.; Fun Shoe

adamantium|wang posted:

https://twitter.com/beneltham/status/822218104193171456

Yeah lets kick those bums out into the street... wait...

# ? Jan 20, 2017 02:49

norp: Jan 20, 2004; TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP

let's invade New Zealand, they have oil

So have the nutjob brigade come out blaming the SA power outages on green power yet?

# ? Jan 20, 2017 03:02

open24hours: Jan 7, 2001

quote:

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/hardleft-greens-faction-forming-in-canberra-20170119-gtv6nn.html
A meeting at the Food Co-op in Canberra has been advertised online for January 29. Topics listed for discussion include:

Why should anti-authoritarian leftists be involved in parliamentary politics?

Class politics of the Greens;

What does a left-wing Greens look like?

What have the Greens failed to do so far?

The Greens as a party of protest and/or a party of government.

I'm not entirely sure how they reconcile their anti-authoritarian stance with their plan to seize the means of production, but I'm sure they're on top of it.

# ? Jan 20, 2017 03:24

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

First Dog:

I would blow Dane Cook fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Jan 20, 2017

# ? Jan 20, 2017 03:34

Recoome: Nov 9, 2013; Matter of fact, I'm salty now.

yeah lets punish poor and homeless people more

# ? Jan 20, 2017 03:39

Night Shade: Jan 13, 2013; Old School

norp posted:

So have the nutjob brigade come out blaming the SA power outages on green power yet?

Their power's still out, give it time.

# ? Jan 20, 2017 03:41

Cirofren: Jun 13, 2005; Pillbug

Driver hits a dozen people in Bourke st while evading police. Shots fired.

and some people are all class.

https://mobile.twitter.com/DavidLeyonhjelm/status/822275984711745536

# ? Jan 20, 2017 04:26

ewe2: Jul 1, 2009

Drama in the Melbourne CBD, a rogue driver ran over pedestrians as police chase, shots fired. Many people injured, possibly one dead.

David Leyonhjelm thinks this is funny.

https://twitter.com/macleanbrendan/status/822283098440093696

# ? Jan 20, 2017 04:27

hooman: Oct 11, 2007; This guy seems legit.; Fun Shoe

*gunfire in streets*

CatHat: BETTER BAN CARS EH?

# ? Jan 20, 2017 04:33

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Banning cars? What a great idea!

# ? Jan 20, 2017 04:38

ewe2: Jul 1, 2009

He's now whining that it was about "automatic cars" but it's not convincing anyone.

# ? Jan 20, 2017 04:45

Cheap Trick: Jan 4, 2007

Haha good joke cathat

gently caress you

https://twitter.com/simoncrerar/status/822285264668094469

# ? Jan 20, 2017 04:48

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

He was doing doughnuts on the flinders street intersection immediately beforehand so I think we are dealing with drugs rather than terrorism

# ? Jan 20, 2017 05:05

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN: Jun 26, 2009

~~It's important for the police to engage in car chases lest people start thinking they can get away with things~~

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN fucked around with this message at 05:47 on Jan 20, 2017

# ? Jan 20, 2017 05:07

Cartoon: Jun 20, 2008; poop

Solemn Sloth posted:

He was doing doughnuts on the flinders street intersection immediately beforehand so I think we are dealing with drugs rather than terrorism

Countdown to first MELBOURNE TERROR ATTACK headline/story tag.

# ? Jan 20, 2017 05:10

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

Cartoon posted:

Countdown to first MELBOURNE TERROR ATTACK headline/story tag.

Ban SummerNats now

# ? Jan 20, 2017 05:12

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Its the Herald Sun editor getting too riled up about people on the streets

# ? Jan 20, 2017 05:19

Inge: Jan 16, 2007; SERIOUSLY THATS DISGUSTING I'M TRYING TO EAT

Police presser stated directly wasn't terrorism related.

Countdown to newspapers headlining with "what if" scenarios though

e: although the guy was driving an old holden and doing doughies before the attack, so that was probably kind of apparent already

Inge fucked around with this message at 05:24 on Jan 20, 2017

# ? Jan 20, 2017 05:20

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN: Jun 26, 2009

Inge posted:

Police presser stated directly wasn't terrorism related.

Countdown to newspapers headlining with "what if" scenarios though

e: although the guy was driving an old holden and doing doughies before the attack, so that was probably kind of apparent already

Was it actually an attack or did they lose control while trying to get away from the police?

# ? Jan 20, 2017 05:40

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

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:

Was it actually an attack or did they lose control while trying to get away from the police?

gently caress, if it's the second...

Don't vic cops have to stop chases in built up areas?

# ? Jan 20, 2017 05:43

Whitlam: Aug 2, 2014; Some goons overreact. Go figure.

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:

Was it actually an attack or did they lose control while trying to get away from the police?

Witnesses are saying it was very clearly deliberate.

# ? Jan 20, 2017 05:44

Frogfingers: Oct 10, 2012

Whitlam posted:

Witnesses are saying it was very clearly deliberate.

He ramped two footpaths and went down through Bourke St. Nobody accidentally hits that many people.

https://twitter.com/sunprawn/status/822286142061965312

Frogfingers fucked around with this message at 05:56 on Jan 20, 2017

# ? Jan 20, 2017 05:46

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN: Jun 26, 2009

Holy gently caress

# ? Jan 20, 2017 05:46

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# ? May 20, 2024 21:04

Rougey: Oct 24, 2013

Inge posted:

Police presser stated directly wasn't terrorism related.

Countdown to newspapers headlining with "what if" scenarios though

e: although the guy was driving an old holden and doing doughies before the attack, so that was probably kind of apparent already

Police fronted the media and advised the driver was involved in a stabbing earlier in the day.

Witnesses also claimed he was shouting "the government is after me" when doing doughnuts earlier.

Three dead, twenty injured at latest update.

# ? Jan 20, 2017 05:58

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