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Capt.Whorebags posted:Is the prevalence of the phrase "Judeo-Christian values" because it's frowned upon to hate on the Jews? jews being allowed into 'Western Civilization' is a product of the cold war. then it was accelerated by neocons and the rise of sam huntington style cultural essentialism in the 80s as it wound down
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Tony Abbott has called on Malcolm Turnbull to toughen his defence of the decision to scale back penalty rates.
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Tony Abbott has called on Malcolm Turnbull to toughen his defence of the decision to scale back penalty rates. gently caress the poor with gusto
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 20:58 |
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Tony Abbott has called on Malcolm Turnbull to toughen his defence of the decision to scale back penalty rates. lol meanwhile, in marginal seats across the country quote:The Turnbull government is under growing pressure to overturn the Fair Work Commission decision to cut some penalty rates, with voter resentment particularly high in regional areas, according to new seat-by-seat polling commissioned by the ACTU.
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 21:03 |
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gay picnic defence posted:These poll results show politicians must act on behalf of the majority of voters What a loving novel idea
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 21:18 |
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I wondered for a sec why the gently caress the liberals would launch a site named protectourweekend then remembered their idiotic line about small business owners having to work weekends because otherwise they'd have to pay someone a fair wage to do it
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 21:42 |
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if opening on a sunday isn't profitable why do it in the first place? maybe they should leave it to the better business operators who somehow manage to pay people properly and make a bit of money for themselves
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 22:00 |
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look it's all well and good for you to talk about profitability but it's one thing to be profitable but it's another to be profitable enough
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 22:02 |
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aejix posted:What a loving novel idea What, you mean against self interest and what their corporate overlords tell them to do? Imagine if the politicians actually voted for what the majority of voters wanted, we'd have same sex marriage at least a decade ago. And no GST.
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So this article might seem like it's come out a bit late, but it looks like the ABC were waiting for the results of some FOI requests before running this particular story. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-03/centrelink-debt-controversy-what-is-robodebt/8317764 The result? quote:Background Briefing filed a freedom of information request to find out how many people were asking for an online reassessment or a formal review of their debt. quote:The department also refused to provide numbers on how much money had been paid back to date. So there you are. FOI requests: Just say whatever the gently caress you want.
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# ? Mar 3, 2017 00:12 |
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Freedom of information is only ok if it's someone's private personal data
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# ? Mar 3, 2017 00:15 |
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Starshark posted:So this article might seem like it's come out a bit late, but it looks like the ABC were waiting for the results of some FOI requests before running this particular story. For what's its worth: quote:Lol So i did some digging today.. https://www.reddit.com/user/tightassbogan?count=25&after=t1_debbprv He has posted inside information before.
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# ? Mar 3, 2017 00:16 |
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It must have been a pivotal moment when JWH discovered that you can do even the most heinous of things so long as you were running a good distraction campaign using the basest of political sentiments. The government knows it can pretty much get away with anything because at election time people won't remember all the poo poo that got rammed down their throats it will be all about pithy slogans and attacking the other players. We hate refugeess more than we care about civil liberties and basic rights.
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# ? Mar 3, 2017 00:41 |
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The 2001 campaign was headlined by heinous things though, and the 2004 one was based around the radical idea that Mark Latham was not a good fit for the office of Prime Minister.
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I was listening to the background briefing documentary on robodebt and Paul Shetler is such a goon:quote:Mr Shetler said the approach was typical of the giant Department of Human Services.
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# ? Mar 3, 2017 00:47 |
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Federal Government is definitely laying the groundwork for some harsh cuts in the upcoming budget.The West Australian posted:Malcolm Turnbull has warned of a mountain of debt - closing in on $500 billion - that future generations will have to repay unless the federal budget is brought under control.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:The 2001 campaign was headlined by heinous things though, and the 2004 one was based around the radical idea that Mark Latham was not a good fit for the office of Prime Minister. quote:Throughout much of 2001, the Coalition had been trailing Labor in opinion polls, thanks to dissatisfaction with the government's economic reform programme and high petrol prices. The opposition Australian Labor Party had won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote at the previous election and had won a series of state and territory elections. Labor also recorded positive swings in two by-elections, taking the Queensland seat of Ryan and coming close in Aston. If by heinous things you mean cashing in on terror sentiment for 9/11, Tampa and children overboard then you are agreeing with me. 2004? It was closer than most like to concede because it should have been a romp (For JWH). quote:5.1 Opening shots: "who do you trust?" Yeah I'm not convinced your opinions have any foundation in Australian political history.
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Cartoon posted:2004? It was closer than most like to concede because it should have been a romp (For JWH).
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You Am I posted:What, you mean against self interest and what their corporate overlords tell them to do? Ah, but you're forgetting about the tyranny of the majority. Why if politicians ruled as the majority of Australians wanted them to rule you'd see vulnerable minorities in camps being tortured to the cheers of the everyman! We need an elitist regime to be our betters.
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For those who are interested, I just got an email from the guys behind Saturday Paper. They are following the lead of Crikey by offering a weekday daily "briefing" in the morning that is basically a neat summary of news from Australia and around the world. I don't think it's a paid-for thing, whereas I think Crikey's is. Crikey's version comes out around 8am EST but I think you have to be a subscriber to get it. Both of these outlets do high quality investigative work, and Saturday Paper has been great from the beginning when it started a few years ago. I have zero problem advocating for either of them and if you can spare the sub fee do it.
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Les Affaires posted:For those who are interested, I just got an email from the guys behind Saturday Paper. They are following the lead of Crikey by offering a weekday daily "briefing" in the morning that is basically a neat summary of news from Australia and around the world. I signed up and got the first one. It's a nice little digest of interesting news articles from around the world.
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Cartoon posted:Yeah I'm not convinced your opinions have any foundation in Australian political history. Governments have to lose elections not win them here. They didn't lose enough. The issues have to get as far as a pub test before they're even tested. Also the current government have to have JWH's political ability to manage the news cycle, I'm not convinced your opinion applies to current political history. Eg: how does this government sell a repeat of Budget 2014?
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ewe2 posted:
They failed in '15 & '16 too, so why buck the trend?
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ewe2 posted:Eg: how does this government sell a repeat of Budget 2014? They can't, because that kind of poo poo is unsellable. They'd have had more of a chance if they'd have proposed actually significant savings (like Howard's first budget) instead of vindictive penny-pinching, but that would have required them to not be chickenshits.
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Les Affaires posted:For those who are interested, I just got an email from the guys behind Saturday Paper. They are following the lead of Crikey by offering a weekday daily "briefing" in the morning that is basically a neat summary of news from Australia and around the world. I can't see anything on their website, do you have a link?
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You Am I posted:I can't see anything on their website, do you have a link? Try this.
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Ten Becquerels posted:The government wants to have the powers to do the same thing Tudge did with ARE VETERANS info - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-02/government-wants-new-power-to-release-veterans-personal-info/8320268 Thread reminder that this had ~~~bipartisan~~~ support in the lower house, thus reinforcing that the Australian Labor Party is actually extremely poo poo and aren't left-wing at all e: quote:Labor's Shadow Veteran Affairs Minister Amanda Rishworth said while the Opposition had supported the legislation, it now had "serious concerns".
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It's a pretty straightforward win for both outlets. They already have the staff on board to do it, and they are already trawling the web and other sources for material for their normal publications so it's only natural and minimal additional investment to give out a daily in the morning for
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What do they do now if a veteran is making false claims that could be refuted by releasing the information? Show it to a judge and have the court order them to stop/apologise/whatever?
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Recoome posted:Thread reminder that this had ~~~bipartisan~~~ support in the lower house, thus reinforcing that the Australian Labor Party is actually extremely poo poo and aren't left-wing at all Amazing how it becomes a "concern" when the poo poo has already hit the fan and the horse is like 10 paddocks away. Just like how politicians change their minds about things like same sex marriage or euthanasia when they are faced with a family member dealing with either subject.
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Were they claiming this as part of their bipartisanship on all national security measures? Because lol if they were.
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I think i heard some bullshit on the radio this morning that Labor supported it due to "assurances" from the Liberals that it wouldn't be used flippantly or for political purposes. They're either laughably loving gullible if they take any assurances of ethical behaviour from the Libs, or (more likely) they are totally ok with wielding that power themselves. So basically what Recoome said
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The Poll bludger at Crikey details what might be the real reason the Liberals are seeking to knife the Nats in WAquote:Poll Bludger: the party with the cojones to take on the mining fat cats is ... the Nationals?
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Recoome posted:Thread reminder that this had ~~~bipartisan~~~ support in the lower house, thus reinforcing that the Australian Labor Party is actually extremely poo poo and aren't left-wing at all This is worth repeating. Just because Labor aren't the LNP doesn't mean they're the "good ones". Vote green, independant, anything other than the big two. gently caress I sound like a shill. Well it was meant more as a warning.
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open24hours posted:What do they do now if a veteran is making false claims that could be refuted by releasing the information? Show it to a judge and have the court order them to stop/apologise/whatever? What type of false claims? Is this the Jackie Lambie style false claims, or do you think that the legislation might be used to silence detractors? e: Not really relevant Recoome fucked around with this message at 07:15 on Mar 3, 2017 |
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Solemn Sloth posted:The Poll bludger at Crikey details what might be the real reason the Liberals are seeking to knife the Nats in WA gently caress our lovely mining companies in our lovely mining state.
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Recoome posted:What type of false claims? Is this the Jackie Lambie style false claims, or do you think that the legislation might be used to silence detractors? I read it as a question, not a hot take? What does happen currently if someone criticises defence using false claims? Do they just ignore it?
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Recoome posted:What type of false claims? Is this the Jackie Lambie style false claims, or do you think that the legislation might be used to silence detractors? I would have thought a 'false claim' would be pretty self explanatory. It's a claim that is, in fact, false.
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:I read it as a question, not a hot take? Yeah I've edited my comment, although I get the insinuation that the current powers aren't good enough. Obviously serving ADF members can't really speak out about these things because thats really bad, and I guess if they aren't an ADF member anymore then the ADF tried to correct the record as much as it can without breaching privacy, or ignores it. An amazing example here is how the ADF lost control of the mental health narrative, when actually ADF members these days generally have better support WRT mental health when compared to the general population. Also due to the more regular psych screening, problems are also detected faster when compared to the general population. There's still a public perception that it's poo poo (it's still not ideal, and some services e.g. Navy/Army lag behind), but mental health is a bigger deal then it is in any other workplace, government or otherwise. For contrast, the Queensland Police Service has some of the highest rates of PTSD/mental health problems of any organisation, ever. I want to say the prevalence of PTSD is approximately 33%-40%
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Hi auspol I wonder if anyone might have some advice for me in regards to Centrelink’s general incompetence impacting someone close to me. My girlfriend is doing tafe full time to carry through for her Cert IV and Diploma and has applied for Youth Allowance from Centrelink. She gets about 3 hours work a week from a retail job (usually Friday or Saturday work, never Sunday), both of her parents are disabled and not in a position to support her financially. She lodged her initial claim for Youth Allowance on 4th Jan, and despite providing everything they asked for at the time had her claim rejected 3 weeks later on the 25th Jan and was advised that she needs to provide evidence of her tafe contact hours, but once she did that processing ‘should be pretty quick’ because it will all be part of the same claim assessment and won’t be treated like a new one again. She provided the tafe timetable info as proof within the same day for the claim to progress. 2 weeks after resubmitting the info on the 24th Jan she hadn’t heard back so she called Centrelink’s Student Services department. She called Student Services multiple times a week every week at different days and different times only for the call to ring out every time. After 3 weeks of not being able to contact the Student Services dept she called the Complaints department and was advised nobody had looked at her claim yet and there was no ability to progress things and to keep calling Student Services. Today (2 weeks after speaking to Complaints) she finally got through to Student Services and was told that the claim still hasn’t been reviewed, and it’s probably at the bottom of the pile because they were currently dealing with a number of contested rejected claims. They have now told her they have marked it as urgent after she told them the same thing she told Complaints, ie she is in a very precarious position work wise and her parents are not in a position to support her, and they have now said they’d be hopeful someone will be in touch with her on the 13th and if not to call them again on the line that has proven impossible to get ahold of anyone on for the last month and bit. Is there anything else she can do from here both from a getting the claim assessed point of view or as a way to lodge a complaint with Centrelink that will actually get some traction (and not a public smearing in retaliation?). Her work cancelled her shift for this week and its completely hosed her, she has spent the last 5-6 weeks living off the $70 a week she sees from her one shift and her phone and smartrider burns up half of that each week before food. I’ve never dealt with Centrelink before in my life so I don’t really know the best way for someone to get traction with the bastards.
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