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BBJoey posted:i hate babies and books so you're only strengthening my disdain for local councils Another thing councils do is animal control and parking/road rules enforcement (outside cop stuff like speeding and drink driving I mean). So if you care about rabid dogs being controlled, people not having feral amounts of pets, parking cars across driveways or naturestrips or clearways on your commute you should also be a fan of council.
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ACAB, even the ones that stop people from parking across my driveway. you can not make me budge from this noble position.
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Jan 24, 2018 10:35
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Alright well as long as you don't vote liberal/national/onp/etc you're probably still a cool dude
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G-Spot Run posted:Probably, but that's likely due to the close relationship between property value, rates, the lack of knowledge we all seem to suffer and "I'm a ratepayer!!!" bs about every competing priority people are aware of. That contributes, but the state of corruption, misappropriation of funds and just plain incompetence can't be understated. For obvious reasons I can't say too much, but the current shitshow that is Hobsons Bay City Council is a great example of how much of a viper's nest they can be, and for all its faults as a Council, "lack of funds" is definitely not one.
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Or whoever is reading this that genuinely fuckin hates babies and dogs and books and road rules and having their bins emptied and hasn't already scarpered from society like Cartoon
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Whitlam posted:That contributes, but the state of corruption, misappropriation of funds and just plain incompetence can't be understated. For obvious reasons I can't say too much, but the current shitshow that is Hobsons Bay City Council is a great example of how much of a viper's nest they can be, and for all its faults as a Council, "lack of funds" is definitely not one. Yeah nah there's probably poo poo councils everywhere but there's ways to fix corruption without abolishing local governance. You might not have argued that but I got that vibe from the thread honestly I'm pretty busy and skim poo poo mostly so if I'm posting about something other than bowel function I'm not properly reading half of what I respond to
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Jan 24, 2018 10:42
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where is QM? i know he has thoughts on councils VS states.
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G-Spot Run posted:Or whoever is reading this that genuinely fuckin hates babies and dogs and books and road rules and having their bins emptied and hasn't already scarpered from society like Cartoon
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G-Spot Run posted:Yeah nah there's probably poo poo councils everywhere but there's ways to fix corruption without abolishing local governance. You might not have argued that but I got that vibe from the thread honestly I'm pretty busy and skim poo poo mostly so if I'm posting about something other than bowel function I'm not properly reading half of what I respond to Nah that's fair and there are, but I still think they're inherently poo poo and their core functions could be handled just as efficiently, if not more so, by state governments, but it's really a matter of philosophy as much as anything else.
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G-Spot Run posted:Alright well as long as you don't vote liberal/national/onp/etc you're probably still a cool dude there’s only one party that represents my interests and that’s the bullet train for australia party
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Jan 24, 2018 11:25
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Local councils also manage every tree on public land (excluding state or national parks and forests). And countless public parks and sports grounds. Public libraries are mostly run by councils. A lot of community centres and accompanying support services and programs are council run. Most of this targets at the most disadvantaged or at risk members of society. Councils do a lot of heavy lifting in social areas that state government has shown no interest in or actively pushed onto local councils.
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Whitlam posted:Nah that's fair and there are, but I still think they're inherently poo poo and their core functions could be handled just as efficiently, if not more so, by state governments, but it's really a matter of philosophy as much as anything else. I can see you don’t have direct contact with state government departments
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Solemn Sloth posted:I can see you don’t have direct contact with state government departments Wrongo.
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Solemn Sloth posted:I can see you don’t have direct contact with state government departments I wanna reiterate - everyone should move the Glorious People’s Republic of Canberra and see how good life is when you merge council and state and abolish the Liberals.
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Jan 24, 2018 12:04
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What happens when the Liberals get voted in?
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https://twitter.com/7tennis/status/956047645893636097 Anerican Christian tennis player at the Austtalian Open got outed as alt righter, he took it well. https://twitter.com/TrollandGarros/status/956075039027355649 Lid fucked around with this message at 12:36 on Jan 24, 2018 |
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Kafka Syrup posted:I wanna reiterate - everyone should move the Glorious People’s Republic of Canberra and see how good life is when you merge council and state and abolish the Liberals. But we still have Zed.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qx6u_aOmSc Speaking on local council corruption, I remember this vid being posted which talks about the area my parents live in. They increased the council rates over 40%, but the infrastructure backlog had somehow jumped up by more than $24 million. Wollondilly covers a huge area, it's not far from Sydney (2nd airport was going to be built within it at Wilton until they finally decided to put it up at Badgerys Creek) and half roads are hosed with potholes. Half of some towns lack gutters or storm water drains etc. Even last year, NRMA lists it as the council with the single biggest infrastructure backlog. https://www.mynrma.com.au/community/news-and-media-centre/infrastructure-backlog-data-reveals-holes-in-roads-funding
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Lid posted:https://twitter.com/7tennis/status/956047645893636097 Is it weird that my favourite part of this is that he's a professional tennis player named Tennys? Because that's my favourite part. I mean apart from him being globally recognised as a lovely person.
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Jan 24, 2018 12:40
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everyone check the GBS austhread
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:everyone check the GBS austhread Uh, no.
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:everyone check the GBS austhread Butt why?
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Anidav posted:Lol why is Australia and Japan trying to revive the TPP? To control China.
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:everyone check the GBS austhread Jesus Christ.
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:everyone check the GBS austhread If anyone is about to go to bed, don't do this, and definitely don't check post history Like actually blowing Dane cook would be better loving hell
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I am disappointed that the ALP will occur daily
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John Robertson must've stuck a horcrux inside him. What a waste of skin.
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Whitlam posted:Is it weird that my favourite part of this is that he's a professional tennis player named Tennys? Because that's my favourite part. I mean apart from him being globally recognised as a lovely person. He is also from Tennessee.
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Hobo Erotica posted:If anyone is about to go to bed, don't do this, and definitely don't check post history nah do it, its the feel good comedy story of the year
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GoldStandardConure posted:nah do it, its the feel good comedy story of the year Yeah this. Glad that he's okay.
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I'm glad he used a buttplug instead of a milk bottle or something.
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BCR posted:I'm glad he used a buttplug instead of a milk bottle or something. baby steps...
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THE PARTY FOR THE WORKERS Jesus Christ
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How hard is it to read the following tweets where he explicitly says the government is loving the rail workers? No one ever wants a strike. The workers don't because you don't get paid and it's frightening. The commuters don't. The government doesn't. This is such a pithy loving thing to bang on about it even has 1/3 in the tweet. The guy is a fuckhead, but this isn't the evidence.
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JBP posted:How hard is it to read the following tweets where he explicitly says the government is loving the rail workers? No one ever wants a strike. The workers don't because you don't get paid and it's frightening. The commuters don't. The government doesn't. This is such a pithy loving thing to bang on about it even has 1/3 in the tweet.
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