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EoinCannon
Aug 29, 2008

Grimey Drawer

Seemlar posted:

Turnbull is so cooked he already backpedalled and disavowed the 30 Newspoll thing like, five of them ago

Boo. Hopefully the media makes a big deal of it at least and Tones should do the right thing and make a total prick of himself over it

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MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

Urcher posted:

I had to Google it.

1312 = ACAB = All Cops Are Bastards

Ha ha, noice

Don Dongington
Sep 27, 2005

#ideasboom
College Slice
A good thing came out of Western Sydney?!?

NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches




I wouldn't go that far, their other banner might say 1488

Big Willy Style
Feb 11, 2007

How many Astartes do you know that roll like this?
El Jannah...

Capt.Whorebags
Jan 10, 2005

It's, uh, clearly just a Chaser style prank

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
https://twitter.com/TheShovel/status/968367649917894656

gucci bane
Oct 27, 2008




It's not Clive running the accounts. It's a student from Perth. A mate of mine is friends with him. I don't know how he lives with himself tbh.

BBJoey
Oct 31, 2012

mccormack has called a nationals party meeting at 8.30 tomorrow morning. rumour is there’ll be some qld ministers kicked to the backbench. what a time to be alive

Don Dongington
Sep 27, 2005

#ideasboom
College Slice
Lol this is going to be a shitshow. By all accounts this guy is Australia's answer to Mike Pence, and arch conservative nutbags are never grounded enough to survive authority for long. Rip Nationals.

Greens better be ready to woo some farmers.

GoldStandardConure
Jun 11, 2010

I have to kill fast
and mayflies too slow

Pillbug

Don Dongington posted:

Lol this is going to be a shitshow. By all accounts this guy is Australia's answer to Mike Pence, and arch conservative nutbags are never grounded enough to survive authority for long. Rip Nationals.

Greens better be ready to woo some farmers.

Greens volunteer: Good morning, we're here to discuss how by a few simple and effective changes to your farming practice, you can increase yeilds by...

Farmer: *shoots volunteer dead*

thatbastardken
Apr 23, 2010

A contract signed by a minor is not binding!
i've got an akubra and a pig dog, I'll be fine.

Don Dongington
Sep 27, 2005

#ideasboom
College Slice

thatbastardken posted:

i've got an akubra and a pig dog, I'll be fine.

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Don Dongington posted:

Lol this is going to be a shitshow. By all accounts this guy is Australia's answer to Mike Pence, and arch conservative nutbags are never grounded enough to survive authority for long. Rip Nationals.

Greens better be ready to woo some farmers.

Sounds like he's exactly the person who will appeal most to their remaining core constituents.

GoldStandardConure
Jun 11, 2010

I have to kill fast
and mayflies too slow

Pillbug

I've got preselection in twelve electorates!

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
Are you ready for more sex scandals?

https://twitter.com/wrongdorey/status/968446196099399681

PaletteSwappedNinja
Jun 3, 2008

One Nation, Under God.
I was in McCormack's electorate for a while, he has it by default because his predecessor was popular and respected and because none of the other parties really ever bothered to contest the seat, not that anyone who's not born and bred in electorates like his ever stood a chance anyway.

Xerxes17
Feb 17, 2011

Reminder: I Russia I get 70-100mbit/s internet for the princely sum of about $14 a month. Russia

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

Xerxes17 posted:

Reminder: I Russia I get 70-100mbit/s internet for the princely sum of about $14 a month. Russia

They need good internet for the troll farms.

hiddenmovement
Sep 29, 2011

"Most mornings I'll apologise in advance to my wife."
At least our 4g is very good. I got terribly spotty reception even in major cities over in the states, and that was paying like 60$ for the bare minimum of 1 gig.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Staff in pubs owned by Woolworths are secretly recording and sharing detailed personal information - such as gambling habits or even favourite football teams - about high-turnover gamblers to encourage them to stay in the venues longer and increase their losses.

The data is being shared on a Google drive among all 400 pubs in Woolworths' network across the country in a bid to increase the chain’s poker machine revenue, which accounts for 10 per cent of Woolworths’ annual revenue.



I miss the old hospitality, which was more about serving food and drinks and less about collecting personal details in the gambling area to upload to a massive Woolworths spreadsheet.

gay picnic defence
Oct 5, 2009


I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS

EoinCannon posted:

Boo. Hopefully the media makes a big deal of it at least and Tones should do the right thing and make a total prick of himself over it

I'm pretty sure the media will be making a fuss out of it. Rupes has obviously decided this government is no good at selling FYGM so they'll be sinking the boot in.

NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches




Anidav posted:

Staff in pubs owned by Woolworths are secretly recording and sharing detailed personal information - such as gambling habits or even favourite football teams - about high-turnover gamblers to encourage them to stay in the venues longer and increase their losses.

The data is being shared on a Google drive among all 400 pubs in Woolworths' network across the country in a bid to increase the chain’s poker machine revenue, which accounts for 10 per cent of Woolworths’ annual revenue.



I miss the old hospitality, which was more about serving food and drinks and less about collecting personal details in the gambling area to upload to a massive Woolworths spreadsheet.

Xenophon is going to get hammered with this, because he backed off on his "No Pokies" policy to a "Less Pokies but still many" stance last week.

Also, gently caress Woolworths.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
6:48am Poster came in and said "gently caress woolworths"... Attempting to offer sausage rolls laced with truth syrum in order to begin interrogation.

birdstrike
Oct 30, 2008

i;m gay

Anidav posted:

6:48am Poster came in and said "gently caress woolworths"... Attempting to offer sausage rolls laced with truth syrum in order to begin interrogation.

Ready when you are.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Why aren't you having a punt, citizen?

iajanus
Aug 17, 2004

NUMBER 1 QUEENSLAND SUPPORTER
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Anidav posted:

Staff in pubs owned by Woolworths are secretly recording and sharing detailed personal information - such as gambling habits or even favourite football teams - about high-turnover gamblers to encourage them to stay in the venues longer and increase their losses.

The data is being shared on a Google drive among all 400 pubs in Woolworths' network across the country in a bid to increase the chain’s poker machine revenue, which accounts for 10 per cent of Woolworths’ annual revenue.



I miss the old hospitality, which was more about serving food and drinks and less about collecting personal details in the gambling area to upload to a massive Woolworths spreadsheet.

Dear Woolworths

Please die in a fire

I'm not sure how that works for a business but please do so.

Sincerely
iajanus

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
A former Melbourne school principal wanted on 74 charges of child abuse will remain in custody under psychiatric care in Israel, after two hearings on Tuesday saw her extradition trial postponed again.

In an hour-long hearing in the Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday, Malka Leifer's lawyer dramatically threw his client's medications on a table to prove that the 54-year-old was not mentally fit to face trial and that a new report on her mental health was "rubbish".

Leifer's case marks the first time in Israel that a criminal matter has been revived over claims of mental illness, after being frozen for almost three years.

Israeli police re-arrested Leifer earlier this month, accusing her of faking mental illness to avoid extradition to Australia after new surveillance footage from an undercover operation in December showed her going about her daily life in the ultra-Orthodox West Bank settlement of Emmanuel.

Leifer had been living there freely since her case was frozen in 2016, when a Jerusalem judge determined she was unfit to stand trial.

Yet an Israeli state attorney said on Tuesday that a new in-depth psychiatric assessment, ordered at the last court hearing on February 14, found that she is well enough to face criminal proceedings. Prosecutor Matan Atikva told the court that the report is long and detailed, and “more than enough to prove she must face trial".

However, the report was never signed by the city’s chief psychiatrist, leading Leifer’s lawyer to say he did not have enough time to view the report written by two court-appointed doctors who have been observing Leifer since her arrest two weeks ago.

He accused the prosecution of failing to provide him with all the evidence collected by the police, evidence that they say show Leifer was faking her illness.

“Everything that was presented in court today has no legal value whatsoever,” defence lawyer Yehuda Fried said, telling the judge that he also had not been shown other investigative materials, including the video surveillance footage that led to Leifer’s arrest on February 12.

The District Court judge agreed, ordering the prosecution to supply the defence with all investigative materials, including new video surveillance footage, by March 28.

Arriving shackled and handcuffed to court, flanked by Israeli police, Leifer’s red-velvet turban was the only thing visible above the dock for the court’s hour-long proceedings as she kept her head bowed the entire time.

Leifer fled Australia the same night accusations first arose in 2008, with several allegations of abuse during her time as principal of the Adass Israel girls school in Melbourne.

The defence is demanding to see all evidence and material regarding the case and is seeking to bring in a long list of experts involved in the case since 2014 to prove she is unfit for trial.

Ridiculing the prosecution’s claims, Fried asked a family member of Leifer to produce her medications, which he tossed on the table, saying the defence had falsely argued that she was not taking medications by “going to the wrong pharmacy” and that the new report on her mental health was “rubbish”.

He also argued that the new report does not mean earlier conclusions on her mental state were invalid, and must be considered as part of any new trial as they were previously upheld by the former judge.

Speaking outside court, Fried said he expected the case to be lengthy and it could take years to see its conclusion.

But the prosecution said that, although it will be a long and unprecedented process with the potential for several appeals, the case is stronger than it was six months ago.

Leifer will reappear before a judge on March 7 when the court will re-examine the terms of her detention.

Ora Tzo
Feb 26, 2016

HEEEERES TONYYYY
https://twitter.com/workmanalice/status/968590670372876288

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

quote:

The meeting breaks for a private meeting not long after that and returns with chair Lucy Gichuhi asking that committee members abide by the “convention” that staffers are not named, without reason.

Doug Cameron asks who Michaelia Cash’s media advisor is, now, given that David De Garis, her former advisor, quit in the wake of the revelations the AWU media raid leak came from her office.

Media advisor’s names are usually on the bottom of the minister’s press release. Cash tells him to google one of her press releases. When Cameron persists, Cash again warns of the ‘dangerous road’ he is walking and again threatens to name staffers in Shorten’s office.

lol

Knorth
Aug 19, 2014

Buglord
Yep.
https://twitter.com/workmanalice/status/968629910179737600

Eediot Jedi
Dec 25, 2007

This is where I begin to speculate what being a
man of my word costs me

"they have names?!?"

Dimebag
Jul 12, 2004
So I'm assuming parliamentary privilege extends to these estimate hearings? Cash wouldn't be stupid enough to throw out baseless accusations without them correct? I find it hard to believe after the Joyce nonsense the press wouldn't be beating doors down to find Shorten also had his dick in the till.

Don Dongington
Sep 27, 2005

#ideasboom
College Slice

Knobb Manwich posted:

"they have names?!?"
Sen. Cameron: "Who is your current media advisor?"
Sen. Cash: "But staffers have no names"
Sen. Cameron: "Someone broke the law, you understand this right? You're in a lot of trouble..."
Sen. Cash: "I understand. In scandal, a staffer has a name. His name is Robert Paulson."
Sen. Abetz: "His name is Robert Paulson"
Sen Cameron: "Stop it! Shut up!"
All Liberal Senators: "His name is Robert Paulson".

Dude McAwesome
Sep 30, 2004

Still better than a Ponytar


So she’s basically using “Shorten a molester” as a get out of jail free card?

BBJoey
Oct 31, 2012

i don’t know if she’s alleging that shorten has affairs with his staff or that his staff are sluts. good stuff michaelia

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008

A. Jesus that's some sleazy poo poo.
B. She's starting to crack.

BBJoey
Oct 31, 2012

also penny wong rocked up to the hearing and forced cash to withdraw. just a reminder that cash is the minister not just for employment but also for industry and science. this is how a senior cabinet member behaves i guess

Dimebag
Jul 12, 2004
It's been withdrawn now so just imagine it never happened.

Edit: Whoops beaten. I really hope Cash is put on the hook for this, blowing up the whole respectful workplace poo poo after what less than a fortnight.

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CATTASTIC
Mar 31, 2010

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
https://twitter.com/mmblacklight/status/968222768117379072

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