Anidav posted:

Those are good dogs. I will buy them.

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http://www.smh.com.au/business/innovation/our-universities-arent-earning-the-money-we-give-them-20170527-gwem64.html
It's true our unis are obsessed by research, but any innovation this leads is almost accidental. The research the unis care about is papers published in prestigious foreign journals, which they see as the path to what they're really striving for: a higher ranking on the various international league tables of universities.

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Our big unis are so obsessed by research that academics' promotion is determined almost solely by how many papers you've had published and how prestigious were the journals you got into. Plus how much in research grants you've brought to the uni's coffers.

Apart from the time they spend thinking of ways to turn the same bit of research into more than one paper, our sandstone academics seem to spend more time applying for research grants than doing research.

BBJoey posted:

christensen has come out against the penalty rates ruling, having realised he's going to get turfed by one nation next election

open24hours posted:

Apart from the time they spend thinking of ways to turn the same bit of research into more than one paper, our sandstone academics seem to spend more time applying for research grants than doing research. 

Junkee posted:

Outrage as police stage “intimidating” raid of Sydney’s Club 77

NSW Police have been slammed on social media after a raid on William Street venue 77 that resulted in zero arrests.

In a post that’s been shared close to 3000 times on Facebook, Club 77 owner Matty Bicket described how 15 police officers and a sniffer dog entered the long-serving club on Saturday night, searching numerous guests and 77’s headline DJ, who was barred from the club and prevented from playing his set. According to Bicket, the police later returned and removed punters they believed to be intoxicated.

“15 police and a sniffer dog arrived at Club 77 last night storming the venue, 0 arrests were made, 0 drugs were found,” Bicket wrote. “Thanks NSW Police.”



“The result of this? A bad taste in my mouth for over the top policing, a loss of income, and a pissed off promoter. I’m running a loving business, I pay tax and I work extremely hard to hold onto what we have here to keep a culture, I don’t deserve to be bullied and treated like a loving criminal. I don’t know any other type of business or industry that gets treated so poorly.”

Club-goers also reported being strip-searched on public transport that night, while other venue managers described the behaviour of police at 77 as “the tip of the iceberg”. Anti-lockouts group Keep Sydney Open say the incident signals the need to have “a very serious conversation about police conduct and their use of taxpayer-funded resources”.

https://twitter.com/Sandrolami/status/868667908863295488

In a comment provided to inthemix, NSW Police denied the use of tasers and said they made 13 drug detections that night in Kings Cross, 9 of which were issued with court attendance notices. They did not specify where in Kings Cross the arrests were made, or the quantity of drugs detected.

But this isn’t the first time police have overzealously targeted Sydney’s clubs. In December an estimated 40 officers raided Kings Cross nightspot Candys Apartment, shutting the club down and issuing it with a 72-hour closure notice. Just one drug arrest was made, with Keep Sydney Open calling the police operation “a complete disgrace”.

“One single drug arrest does not justify the dramatic operation undertaken by police, no matter how it’s explained,” KSO hit back. “There are numerous other ways in which such an operation could have been conducted to avoid alarming patrons or hitting the pockets of hardworking artists and staff.”

open24hours posted:

I have a lot of sympathy for this criticism of universities, but it seems like reducing funding is going to push them even further in this direction.

I wish they'd just get rid of university rankings altogether. It's obvious which unis are good and which aren't, and the difference between being 500th and 600th in the world is utterly irrelevant.

Blamestorm posted:

Helps with attracting international students which is the main point I think. It's a service export really, so as you suggest it will no doubt push an ever higher focus on rankings. A lot of very good European universities never rank highly because they are adequately publicly funded and don't give a drat.

Bogan King posted:

It's nice to know that useless raids are still going on. I remember getting turfed out of a clubs in the Cross back in the day

Bogan King posted:

On the plus side if all the leaners paid this little tax there would be no money to pay politicians.

hooman posted:

http://www.afr.com/news/chevron-loses-australias-biggest-tax-case-20170420-gvp8e1

I was going to defend Chevron given how much money I know they've been pouring into the development of infrastructure of Gorgon/Wheatstone/Jansz so they might not have been making any money but yeah holy poo poo gently caress them.

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New South Wales Blues captain Boyd Cordner has apologised for not showing more hatred towards Queensland...

ABC posted:

Police officer injured in shooting west of Brisbane

A police officer has been shot and injured by a gunman in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane.

Initial information suggests shots were fired at police in Seventeen Mile, and a police vehicle has been involved in a traffic incident.

An armed man remains on the run and specialist police are responding.

Members of the public and the media are being advised to avoid the area surrounding Wallers, Forestry, Ringwood and Fords roads.

Local residents should remain inside.

Bogan King posted:

It's nice to know that useless raids are still going on. I remember getting turfed out of a clubs in the Cross back in the day

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Club-goers also reported being strip-searched on public transport that night...

Synthbuttrange posted:

Bogan King posted:

https://twitter.com/samanthamaiden/status/869049664728842240

Bogan King posted:

In a terse statement the Chief of Navy accused the ABC of being "misleading" and "wrong" to suggest the issues with HMA Ships Canberra and Adelaide had "impacted on Defence providing support to anticipated disaster relief". [ABC]

Not sure that claiming you don't need these insanely expensive boondoggles is the best defence. You're the defence department so good defence is kind of your job.

Zenithe posted:

Neil Erikson just got sacked apparently. Probably because he's a nazi.

Bogan King posted:

https://www.facebook.com/EriksonNeil/videos/1523109044427999/

kirbysuperstar posted:

lol exposing leftism

Bogan King posted:

https://www.facebook.com/EriksonNeil/videos/1523109044427999/

ABC posted:

Queensland's Mines Minister Anthony Lynham says he is surprised bureaucrats in his department have been found to have obstructed a black lung inquiry.

A bipartisan inquiry report by a Queensland parliamentary committee found some officers of the Department of Mines and Natural Resources displayed "resistance and obstruction".

Bogan King posted:

https://www.facebook.com/EriksonNeil/videos/1523109044427999/

QUACKTASTIC posted:

HR Nicholls posted:

Hours: The Society does not intend to mandate or monitor the working hours of its Executive Director. It is estimated that approximately 16 hours per week on average would be required to meet minimum expectations.

Remuneration: Commensurate with education, experience, and passion for advancing the Society’s cause. Starting remuneration is unlikely to exceed $20,000 AUD