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starkebn posted:Johno is a goon? Or a councillor in a different area? I don't know if it's who Ken's thinking of, but Rhodry's a councillor down here in Port Phillip.
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Zenithe posted:Yeah but come on, this is why we have negative gearing. You can't touch negative gearing, because if you do suddenly all the housing stock magically disappears.
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Cleretic posted:I don't know if it's who Ken's thinking of, but Rhodry's a councillor down here in Port Phillip. QM is a Greens councillor, it's who I thought of first.
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ewe2 posted:Meanwhile in the land of Moron, a stupid lady has an important message: Without looking it up I'm Just gonna assume that Lindt or the other products there are halal
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AgentF posted:Should I stand as a Greens candidate for the SA state election next year? What can I expect it to be like? Why do you hate australia
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I'm not going to buy any eggs because Easter isn't about commercialism. Also I have no money so will gladly eat halal eggs given to me.
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Bogan King posted:I'm not going to buy any eggs because Easter isn't about commercialism. Also I have no money so will gladly eat halal eggs given to me. Easter is about the forgiveness of sins in a world crippled by western liberalism where there are no boundaries to break. Instead, you get to live with the shame of never living up to "all you can be" (visual attractiveness, perfect social cohesion, financial success) so you will eat your damned chocolate and ignore the fact there are fundamental human rights and that we are all one in faith bound by a duty to share eachothers burdens through love. Happy Easter!
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asio posted:Easter is about the forgiveness of sins So what you're saying is that I can steal chocolate eggs and get away with it. I'm starting to like this holiday business
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So apparently this happenedquote:A Port Adelaide fan behind a series of shocking racist Facebook posts about Crows star forward Eddie Betts claims she’s since received death threats. You know, morons.
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Comedy didn't die with John Clarke. Thank You Ray Hadley! http://www.2gb.com/podcast/rays-lost-that-loving-feeling/ Even Barnyard Bee has been making with the funnies: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/we-want-to-get-this-thing-moving-joyce-on-the-carmichael-mine/8433186 quote:'We want to get this thing moving': Joyce on the Carmichael mine Tuesday 11 April 2017 7:36AM (view full episode) Or perhaps we should just get in the van http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-11/police-officer-apologises-for-putting-child-in-back-of-van/8432482 quote:Police officer apologises for putting 7yo student in back of van to teach him a lesson By Felicity James Posted about an hour ago Because racism is cool!  And ef:b on the racist poo poo incident. which this was the segue to.
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ewe2 posted:So apparently this happened I saw a clip of their tv interviews. The man says "it's not her fault she doesn't like the players". Then she says says that while some Aboriginal people might find it offesive to be told they belong in the zoo, not all of them would.
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Bogan King posted:So what you're saying is that I can steal chocolate eggs and get away with it. I'm starting to like this holiday business There's a bit more to it than that but yeh you're starting to get it Clickbaity articles taught me easter egg hunts are a relic of the monarchy anyway so its also Ideologically Correct if that helps
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ewe2 posted:So apparently this happened the loving moron posted:When asked if she thought calling someone an ape was racist, she replied “no because I’m part Aboriginal myself”.
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The Guardian posted:The Adani Carmichael coalmine needs $1bn of government funds for a rail line because it is “a tipping point issue” to get the mine going, Barnaby Joyce has said. If this mine was such a great idea shouldn't the free market be willing to fund it rather than having to get the biggest govt loan ever just to get off the ground?
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QUACKTASTIC posted:I like the idea but it would be useful to have links to the actual articles. They aren't real articles, it takes data from auction results and adds some cliches.
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QUACKTASTIC posted:I like the idea but it would be useful to have links to the actual articles. No you're not getting it, its one of those Markovian random sites where it spits out almost-believable sentences.
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Have a twofer just to remind you that everything is poo poo and good and funny people are dead.
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http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-11/derryn-hinch-tells-millennials-home-ownership-is-not-their-right/8433498 So apparently trying to live in western Sydney is exactly the same as Manhattan. As Australia is well known for its strong renter rights laws and rent controls. At least he seems to be fairly against using super for house deposits.
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Sticko posted:http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-11/derryn-hinch-tells-millennials-home-ownership-is-not-their-right/8433498 Shame shame shame.
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Bogan King posted:QM is a Greens councillor, it's who I thought of first. yeah thats who i was thinking of we have goon caucus at natcon which is a surprisingly powerful bloc
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Synthbuttrange posted:Can we burn down Australia yet? Yes.
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The country is already burning thanks to climate change. The only solution now is to eat the boomers, cover their investment properties in solar panels, and set up communal squats/farms in their homes.
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thatbastardken posted:we have goon caucus at natcon which is a surprisingly powerful bloc Hahaha holy poo poo how can I get on this? I'm in NSW, doing mostly internal party stuff. Do I just try and become a natcon delegate or just go there and become a ~factional heavy~?
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http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/syria-hoax-sydney-university-at-centre-of-proassad-push-20170410-gvi5kq.htmlquote:One of Australia's most prestigious universities has become the centre of a movement that believes Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has been framed by the West for last week's chemical weapons attack. I know you were done for the Hilton Tim, but come the gently caress on. Also if you ever want a laugh check out the website for the Centre for Research on Globalisation. It is hilariously blatant in being funded by the Kremlin.
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USYD have put up a Coursera course about Aboriginal history. Turns out someone was frustrated enough at how pathetic our school system is at covering it to put in the work to set this up.
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Aesculus posted:Hahaha holy poo poo how can I get on this? I'm in NSW, doing mostly internal party stuff. Do I just try and become a natcon delegate or just go there and become a ~factional heavy~? Goon Left Renewal
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Bogan King posted:Goon Left Renewal Change from within
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Bogan King posted:If this mine was such a great idea shouldn't the free market be willing to fund it rather than having to get the biggest govt loan ever just to get off the ground? And if the government is convinced in the business case enough to say it's worth investing billions of dollars to support it, why aren't we just running it ourselves instead of letting an overseas company take the profits?
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Aesculus posted:Hahaha holy poo poo how can I get on this? I'm in NSW, doing mostly internal party stuff. Do I just try and become a natcon delegate or just go there and become a ~factional heavy~? just show up to natcon and ask about stairs.
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This is not a happy story about platypuses so do not click it if you want a happy story.
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Bogan King posted:For something a little more in tune with the standard thread fodder What's she complaining about? That's not even as expensive as a 1 bedroom house in the suburbs..
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May budget: Axe hovers over government's $648.5 million work-for-the-dole program The month of budget rabbits The Turnbull government's powerful expenditure review committee has discussed axing one of Tony Abbott's first major policy achievements, the work-for-the-dole program. But a group of backbench MPs have lobbied Treasurer Scott Morrison as part of a rearguard action to save it, with one describing work for the dole as "red meat for the base" and warning that axing it would infuriate the party's conservative supporters. Fairfax Media has been told axing work for the dole was discussed when the budget razor gang met last week but a final decision has not been made. The proposal to axe the policy, introduced by Mr Abbott in 1998 as a junior minister in the Howard government, was floated as the Turnbull government continues to hunt for savings. Another signature Abbott policy, the Green Army program, was killed off last December in the mid-year budget update. With the May 9 budget fast approaching, decisions have not yet been taken on a number of other big ticket budget items - including a cut to the capital gains tax discount rate - which some senior ministers are arguing forcefully for, and others vehemently oppose. Last year's budget diverted $500 million from work for the dole over four years to the PaTH youth employment program but maintained $648.5 million in funding. Andrew Laming, one of the MPs who lobbied Mr Morrison on the issue, said it was a "signature Liberal Party policy" that should not be dumped. The Queensland MP told Fairfax Media he was a "big supporter of work for the dole" as it "provides an absolutely vital foundation...for work-ready job seekers in this country". "Without it, it is very hard for other arrangements like the newly conceived PaTH program to fill that gap. The loss of work for the dole would lead to 150,000 young Australians having to front up to futile job interviews to meet their activity requirements, which does little to get them a job," he said. "The skills learned on work for the dole are an important bridging process to being ready for a real workplace. It's actually in the nation's interest to have a pool of people with experience, a strong resume and supervisor references to give them a shot at a slice of the pie." However another Liberal MP, who asked not to be named, said while the policy was popular with the party's base it was "poo poo" and "it should be dead; it's a hopeless program". Work for the dole requires people who are unemployed to work in what are often low-supervision, menial tasks such as cleaning and labouring in exchange for access to welfare payments. It was wound back under the former Labor government but revived by Mr Abbott when he became prime minister. A spokesman for Employment Minister Michaelia Cash said "Work for the dole is a key component of the government's mutual obligation regime. The government has no plans to abolish the programme." On Tuesday morning, the minister issued a further statement: "Work for the dole is fundamental to our efforts to get people off welfare and into work. The government will not be abolishing work for the dole. Any suggestion to the contrary is simply incorrect." Ms Cash did not address, nor deny, that the expenditure review committee had discussed axing the program. A government-commissioned $340,000 review of the program last year found the probability that an unemployed person will find a job improved by just 2 percentage points because of work for the dole. But the researchers found a positive response from a majority of participants, with two-thirds saying their "soft skills" – or people skills – had increased. From January to September 2016, 86,309 people began participating in work-for-the-dole activities. Of those people, 36,544 participants were under the age of 30 and the balance, 49,765 were over the age of 30. Of those who participated in the program, 59,898 had been unemployed for more than 12 months, 25,368 for six to 12 months and just 1043 for less than six months. The St Vincent de Paul Society labelled work for the dole a "demonstrable failure" in its pre-budget submission to the government and recommended it be scrapped. The Australian Council of Social Services said the $250 million spent on the scheme last year would be better spent in the Employment Fund, helping the long-term unemployed find work experience and training that would improve their job prospects. Anglicare Australia also recommended work for the dole "and similar punitive approaches to Newstart" be dropped in favour of investment in partnership programs that "deliver wrap-around support, education and on-the job training".
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