Zenithe posted:

I've been wrong before, but can it get much lower than this?

Zenithe posted:

I've been wrong before, but can it get much lower than this?

BBJoey posted:

look no offence intended but i think there'd be a sense of tragic karma if miranda devine burnt to death

Zenithe posted:

I've been wrong before, but can it get much lower than this?

Bogan King posted:

quote:

We don’t see those costs in the same way as we see a fire’s victims; we will never know the name of the guy who was killed in a car accident because he had to live far from work because rents rose because regulators required sprinkler systems.

hooman posted:

But where is the evidence Miranda Devine is bad???

Zenithe posted:

I've been wrong before, but can it get much lower than this?

ewe2 posted:

I'm sure she'll be richly rewarded for being both horrible and irrelevant. Fortunate that we don't do UK honours any more.

Zenithe posted:

I've been wrong before, but can it get much lower than this?

Endman posted:

What the gently caress?

How does she reason that one out?

norp posted:

So WA labor are reminding us that they are complete trash


http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wes...3a73e7043f5d8a6

Just why do they even exist

JBP posted:

Bikies should be eliminated by patrolling Havoc gunships anyway.

Zenithe posted:

I've been wrong before, but can it get much lower than this?

ABC posted:

But News Corp columnist Andrew Bolt defended Symons on the grounds he is a clown.

“That’s his gig,” Bolt said. “He jokes. He plays with words. He holds up certainties to ridicule. He is a contrarian (within the ABC’s tight cultural parameters) and bridles at the stupid constraints put on language by our modern bullies.”

JBP posted:

No but comedy is sacred and can not be commented on by anyone ever *does a rape joke and say "don't put that on your blog"*

Junkee posted:

Victorian Cops Could Be Getting Invasive New Powers Over Punters At Music Festivals

The Victorian Government is reportedly considering giving police the authority to stop and search punters without cause, in an attempt to stamp out illicit drug use at music festivals.

According to The Herald Sun, the state government and Victoria police are currently in discussion to ramp up police powers following a number of recent fatal and near-fatal incidents at Victorian music festivals.

Under the proposed changes, cops would no longer need to have a “reasonable suspicion” that a person was under the influence or in possession of illegal drugs before searching them.

“There has been very serious harm caused by drugs at music festivals,” police minister Lisa Neville told the paper on Sunday. “This is about protecting lives and ensuring music festivals are great places for young people to get together — not places for tragedies.”

While medical experts continue to advocate for legal pill testing at music festivals, Neville slammed the idea. “As a parent, I wouldn’t want someone telling my son that this drug is safe when it can’t be guaranteed,” she said.

Neville’s comments mirror those of her boss, Premier Daniel Andrews, who last year said pill testing could lead to the normalisation of drug taking.

Of course there’s also the danger that giving the police increased powers could lead to riskier drug taking behaviour, with Greens MP Colleen Hartland warning that people may injest large amounts of drugs in a panic in order to avoid being caught.

Meanwhile, harm-reduction advocacy group High Alert has slammed the proposal. “We’re now at the point of straight-up taking people’s legal rights away from them,” they wrote on Facebook. “When excessive force is used to attempt to squash a problem, unintended, and potentially worse, consequences are seen.”

open24hours posted:

Drug taking at festivals is about as normalised as it's possible for something to be.

Don Dongington posted:

I mean have you ever tried to go to a dance music festival without a healthy supply of MDMA?

What an awful concept.

Comstar posted:

ABC posted:

Nazi MP40 machine gun seized, 40yo man charged, after traffic stop in NSW



A 40-year-old man has been charged with possessing a prohibited firearm after police seized a Nazi machine gun during a traffic stop on the New South Wales Central Coast last night.

Police found the MP40 submachine gun after they pulled over a Holden Commodore at The Entrance about 7:40pm.

The weapon was developed in Nazi Germany and used extensively in World War II.

Police seized a bag containing the gun, a magazine and 60 rounds of ammunition. The gun's barrel was missing.

The man police charged was a passenger in the vehicle, which was stopped on Oakland Avenue.

Police said the gun appeared to be in working order.

Shane Casey, senior curator at the Australian War Memorial, said the weapon was used extensively by the German army.

"It's a very robust weapon and was also souvenired during the war by Allied soldiers," he said.

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We've got examples here in our collection. You would find it after the war being used in Northern Ireland and there's also examples that have turned up in Vietnam and Cambodia.

"Initially it would have been designed to be carried by troops in vehicles or paratroopers because it's quite small and has a folding stock."

Mr Casey said the weapon was collectible.

"Anyone who is interested in Germany army history or the second World War would recognise this weapon immediately," he said.

The weapon will undergo a forensic examination to determine if it was linked to any shooting incidents.

The man will appear in Wyong Local Court today.

Bogan King posted:

Gonna be hard to out Nazi NSW with this sort of poo poo. Lift your game QLD.

Anidav posted:

Maybe he was just a innocent gun collector with a particular interest in superior German design Herr Bogan King.

I suggest you mind your own business. *adjusts black leather gloves*