- Bogan King
- Jan 21, 2013
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I'm not racist, I'm mates with Bangladesh, the guy who sells me kebabs. No, I don't know his real name.
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Joyce is right that there need to be jobs in the regions to entice people to move there, but this kinda seems a bit hamfisted to me.
Why would you move to Joyce's electorate though? They're going to rip it up and turn it into a mine. Surely moving somewhere that is less likely to get blown to bits by high explosives is a better idea.
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- Starshark
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Hahaha kiss my rear end you fuckwit.
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- norp
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TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP
let's invade New Zealand, they have oil
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Us socialists only have one rule.
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Mar 23, 2017 00:33
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- Bogan King
- Jan 21, 2013
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I'm not racist, I'm mates with Bangladesh, the guy who sells me kebabs. No, I don't know his real name.
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Save your smashing arm for the avo.
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Mar 23, 2017 00:37
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- Bogan King
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I'm not racist, I'm mates with Bangladesh, the guy who sells me kebabs. No, I don't know his real name.
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A report of a train passenger looking at dead bodies on a mobile phone prompted a safety check at Melbourne's Flinders Street station during the morning peak, the state's police Chief Commissioner says.
Police said the station area had been deemed safe after police conducted the check, which caused a major delay on at least one train line.
The check was conducted amid heightened security concerns following a terrorist attack in London, where a speeding car ran down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, before crashing into the railings surrounding the Houses of Parliament.
Speaking on Fairfax Radio, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said it turned out there was "nothing in it".
"I think from the events last night and the hypervigilance in the community, we just had a report of someone that was looking at deceased bodies on a mobile phone," he said.
"We had some police at Flinders Street, [who] spoke to a person there.
"It turned out that to be nothing in it but, again, it was just better to check and in a bit of a heightened environment this morning with people being extra alert, which is what you want."
One Twitter user said his train journey on the Frankston line took 75 minutes rather than the normal 35 minutes, and the train went straight to Flinders Street, bypassing the city loop.
He said there were "lots of police and looks of concern" as they scanned train cabins.
Lisa Neville, the Victorian Police Minister, said the issue had been raised with police, who did security checks, and "everything is clear and Flinders Street is back operating as normal".
"All I can assure Victorians is that police did what they do as part of their job. There are no issues, there were no issues and they've reopened the facility," she told journalists at State Parliament.
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Mar 23, 2017 00:53
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- Zenithe
- Feb 25, 2013
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Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.
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Where are these socialists in power so I know who to vote for next time.
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Mar 23, 2017 00:57
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- Starshark
- Dec 22, 2005
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I'm trying to figure out how someone looking at bodies on a phone leads to police swarming a station and coming up short.
Now that time I was on the train and that guy was cutting himself open - THAT I understand!
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Mar 23, 2017 00:57
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- JBP
- Feb 16, 2017
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You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.
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I don't catch the train because of youth crime (immigration).
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Mar 23, 2017 01:11
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- Don Dongington
- Sep 27, 2005
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#ideasboom
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College Slice
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Med student? Forensic Scientist? Mortician?
Plenty of people who have business looking at corpses, even icky ones.
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Mar 23, 2017 01:19
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- JBP
- Feb 16, 2017
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You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.
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I don't think it's appropriate for any of those professions to be looking at dead bodies while on the train.
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Mar 23, 2017 01:22
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- aejix
- Sep 18, 2007
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It's about finding that next group of core players we can win with in the next 6, 8, 10 years. Let's face it, it's hard for 20-, 21-, 22-year-olds to lead an NHL team. Look at the playoffs.
That quote is from fucking 2018. Fuck you Jim
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Mate it's the information age, it's probably just some agile, innovative, millenial embalmer doing a video conference with prospective clients
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Mar 23, 2017 01:26
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- JBP
- Feb 16, 2017
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You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.
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I can get a body pickled by some dude on airtasker for fifty bucks, his career is over.
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Mar 23, 2017 01:28
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- starkebn
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"Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"
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probably just someone looking at a news article about the London event
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Mar 23, 2017 01:31
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- WhiskeyWhiskers
- Oct 14, 2013
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Can't post for 6 hours!
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probably just someone a non-white person looking at a news article about the London event
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Mar 23, 2017 01:36
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- JBP
- Feb 16, 2017
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You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.
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I paid a guy $27 an hour plus his materials to clean my balcony because I didn't want to pay hundreds of dollars trying to get a portable pressure hose and poo poo bc no outdoor tap. It worked good for that weird job.
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Mar 23, 2017 01:42
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- Mr Chips
- Jun 27, 2007
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Whose arse do I have to blow smoke up to get rid of this baby?
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Airtasker sure is popular suddenly. Must be worrying for tradesmen and sole traders with a brand
I guess they weren't agile enough
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Mar 23, 2017 01:48
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- Solemn Sloth
- Jul 11, 2015
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Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.
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Forced relocation is a necessary part of history, from the trail of tears to the continual migration of the nomadic steppe tribes westwards from Central Asia
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Mar 23, 2017 01:49
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- JBP
- Feb 16, 2017
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You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.
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Airtasker is weird. Most of the payments on offer are either way too low ("install hard wired electrical appliance for $40") or way to high ("$100 for 15 minutes' work changing the aspect ratio on some video")
I noticed this while browsing it. I broke it down in my head so the dude would earn at least $30 an hour minus his airtasker fee which is 15%, then built in a couple of bucks for his suds and bringing equipment. It seems like you could do pretty well on it. This guy drove 5 minutes to my place and was out of there in 3.5 hours with $130 which I thought was pretty reasonable for a dude at uni.
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Mar 23, 2017 01:57
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- Cleretic
- Feb 3, 2010
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Can't post for 7 days!
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Airtasker is weird. Most of the payments on offer are either way too low ("install hard wired electrical appliance for $40") or way to high ("$100 for 15 minutes' work changing the aspect ratio on some video")
Back when I was looking for data entry work in Adelaide to fill unemployment quotas, Airtasker obliterated any hope I had. Suddenly when it became a thing, a lot of the entry-level stuff dried up because of it. I tried to use it to do my actually-trained job of writing and editing, but pickings were slim there and actual money offered was too little.
The prices are entirely estimated by the person putting them up, so like NONE of them are properly priced for the work.
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poop
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And prior to the distraction of the London attack:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-23/senate-passes-smaller-savings-to-fund-childcare-forms/8378338
quote:Government's childcare rebate closer as Senate passes smaller package of savings to fund reforms By political reporter Alexandra Beech Updated about 5 hours ago
The Senate has passed a range of savings the Federal Government says are needed to pay for its childcare package. Key points:
Government put forward small savings package separate to original omnibus savings bill
It came after crossbenchers rejected any changes that threatened family welfare
Labor is still opposed the inclusion of a two-year freeze on the indexation of family tax benefits
The Upper House sat until just after midnight debating the legislation on Wednesday evening. The Government had initially wrapped the childcare changes into its so-called omnibus savings bill, which included $4 billion of savings and cuts to family tax benefits and paid parental leave. The crossbench made it clear it would not support the changes unless they were decoupled from cuts to family welfare. The Government compromised, putting forward a smaller package of savings.
Labor said it still opposed the inclusion of a two-year freeze on the indexation of family tax benefits, which Labor Senator Doug Cameron said would put Australia on the path to American-style welfare. "The needy in this country pushed to the side for an American system," he said. Senator Cameron warned crossbenchers against backing the legislation. "If you agree to this tonight, it's only the start," he said. "This is only the first attack, the attacks will continue from this government."
But Finance Minister Mathias Cormann dismissed that, saying the savings were "reasonable and fair". "No family will actually receive less as a result of the changes before us today," Senator Cormann told the chamber. ( )
Lambie uses own experience to attack cuts
In a fiery debate, crossbench senator Jacqui Lambie lashed out at One Nation for supporting the government's legislation. "I'll give One Nation some advice," she said. "You know why Clive Palmer didn't survive and PUP? I'll tell you why they didn't survive. Because Clive did dirty deals with the Libs. He stopped doing what he said he'd do for the battler. He was full of it, just like One Nation." The attack came after Senator Lambie called for the Government to reconsider the welfare savings, speaking of her own struggles as a mother on the disability support pension for seven years. She told the chamber there were times she couldn't afford to buy her son football shoes that fit properly or pay school fees. "It is shameful and embarrassing, but we do it not because we want to but because circumstances put us there," she said. "And for you to take more money off those people, you have no idea how bloody tough it is."
But One Nation leader Pauline Hanson rejected Senator Lambie's criticism.
"One Nation has not done any deals with the government with relation to this bill," she said. "We have looked at the bill in relation in relation to what is good for the Australian people."
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If she wasn't kicked out for being too candid about her racism Hanson would probably still be a Liberal, so her voting in favour of welfare cuts should be expected.
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Mar 23, 2017 02:50
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- Don Dongington
- Sep 27, 2005
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#ideasboom
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College Slice
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How are the bogans going to know who to trust, with Lambie and Hanson at loggerheads?!
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- Don Dongington
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#ideasboom
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It'll be determined by latitude.
QLD loses again.
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Mar 23, 2017 03:00
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- Bogan King
- Jan 21, 2013
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I'm not racist, I'm mates with Bangladesh, the guy who sells me kebabs. No, I don't know his real name.
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It'll be determined by l'atitude.
Sounds French mate, get the gently caress out of our country froggy.
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- JBP
- Feb 16, 2017
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You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.
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Remember when those French people got abused for singing on a bus. Aussie as gently caress.
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- The Before Times
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Once upon a time, I would have thrown you halfway to the moon for a crack like that.
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She can sure as hell be a powerful advocate when she actually knows what she's talking about.
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- BBJoey
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better than the alp which is never a powerful advocate
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Mar 23, 2017 04:33
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- Bogan King
- Jan 21, 2013
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I'm not racist, I'm mates with Bangladesh, the guy who sells me kebabs. No, I don't know his real name.
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Malcolm Turnbull's Small Business Minister has charged taxpayers nearly $50,000 to stay in his wife's Canberra apartment but has defended the spending by comparing his travel allowance to penalty rates.
Michael McCormack is one of about 50 federal politicians believed to use their $273-a-night Canberra travel allowance to help pay off a second home. His wife bought the property in the leafy suburb of Kingston - close to Parliament House - in May 2013 and he now stays there whenever he visits.
The Nationals MP claimed $48,256 in Canberra travel allowance between May 2013 and June 2016 and has likely claimed close to a further $10,000 in the last nine months, although those expenses have not yet been disclosed.
The allowance comes on top of his ministerial salary of $313,500.
The New South Wales-based MP is not breaking any rules, but his defence of the spending has drawn fire given the Coalition's support for the Fair Work Commission's cuts to some Sunday penalty rates.
"I get a travel allowance, others get penalty rates – it's part of the package," he told his local newspaper, The Daily Advertiser in Wagga Wagga.
In an interview last year - after he was named by Fairfax Media as one of the MPs who use their allowance to pay off a mortgage - Mr McCormack also said politicians earned less than people in the private sector and did not deserve so much scrutiny.
Asked whether he stood by the penalty rates comments this week, Mr McCormack said salaries and allowances were set independently.
"As determined by the independent Remuneration Tribunal, members of Parliament receive a flat rate for accommodation in Canberra," which "is paid regardless of an MP's position, electorate and party", he said.
But Labor employment spokesman Brendan O'Connor slammed Mr McCormack's comments.
"Mr McCormack is just another member of the government who is so divorced from the lives of working Australians that he doesn't understand the difference between low-paid workers relying on penalty rates and his own travel entitlements," he said.
As many as one in five federal politicians use their travel allowances to supplement the cost of second homes in Canberra.
Other ministers including Finance Minister Mathias Cormann, Social Services Minister Christian Porter and Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion also stay in houses or apartments they own and claim the allowance. Labor frontbenchers including Mr O'Connor, Richard Marles and Penny Wong also claim the allowance.
While the Turnbull government is cracking down on politicians' entitlements, it is understood to have no intention of scrapping or reducing the Canberra travel allowance, even for those MPs who use it to pay off mortgages.
The payment was examined as part of an investigation into MPs' allowances but the review recommended no changes.
"How parliamentarians use the flat rate allowance to support their accommodation in Canberra is a matter for them," said the review, which was released a year ago and forms the basis of many of the government's changes.
Many small business owners - with whom Mr McCormack works closely as minister - have welcomed the commission's penalty rates decision last month, saying it may help them open more often and take on more staff.
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- BBJoey
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"I believe in decentralisation, I think it is core business, otherwise we will end up with two big cities, one called Sydney and one called Melbourne."
to get the jobs out of sydney and melbourne we're gonna relocate aps agencies away from canberra
why yes i am a fuckwit
e: politics is literally unskilled labour. why should they expect huge salaries?
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