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NTRabbit: Aug 15, 2012; i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches

Perhaps Lyle Shelton should ask the dominatrix or asian immigrant sex worker clad in a school uniform that makes her look 12 that he visits twice a month why governments approving of brothels and sex work is a good idea

# ? Jul 10, 2018 11:45

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Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

So what's up with Albo lately, he seems to have been possessed by a Tory Ghost or is he playing the middle to tilt at leadership?

# ? Jul 10, 2018 12:13

BBJoey: Oct 31, 2012

Splits!!

# ? Jul 10, 2018 12:15

NTRabbit: Aug 15, 2012; i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches

Isn't he doing what he's always done, and the media are twisting it to fit the Kill Bill narrative Murdoch has instructed the Liberals to run with?

# ? Jul 10, 2018 12:16

Reclines Obesily: Jul 24, 2000; Hey Moona!; Slippery Tilde

shorten is a far leftist, albo is just gunning for votes from the middle

# ? Jul 10, 2018 12:17

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

Reclines Obesily posted:

shorten is a far leftist

Lol

# ? Jul 10, 2018 12:29

Reclines Obesily: Jul 24, 2000; Hey Moona!; Slippery Tilde

Greens creeping up ages 18-39

# ? Jul 10, 2018 12:33

GoldStandardConure: Jun 11, 2010; I have to kill fast
and mayflies too slow; Pillbug

Reclines Obesily posted:

Greens creeping up ages 18-39

hey

that's me!

# ? Jul 10, 2018 12:48

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.

Holy poo poo those under 39 numbers are nice.

# ? Jul 10, 2018 13:05

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

Yes but how many of them are registered to vote.

# ? Jul 10, 2018 13:06

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.

Anidav posted:

Yes but how many of them are registered to vote.

Lots after the plebiscite.

# ? Jul 10, 2018 13:08

Reclines Obesily: Jul 24, 2000; Hey Moona!; Slippery Tilde

and before people say you get more conservative as you age most studies i've read say it ain't true, your views don't change much past age 25.

unless you fall off a roof

JBP posted:

Lots after the plebiscite.

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...825-gy466w.html

# ? Jul 10, 2018 13:10

Reclines Obesily: Jul 24, 2000; Hey Moona!; Slippery Tilde

the year is 2045, rising sea levels have made the boats unstoppable. labor and the lnp have formed a coalition called Union to fight off the greens and protect our borders

# ? Jul 10, 2018 13:20

Halo14: Sep 11, 2001

https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-r...579C7A5DC28BAD5

One of the world�s most widespread disease-spreading mosquitoes, the Aedes aegypti, has been suppressed by more than 80 per cent in a landmark Australian trial.

quote:

In an international partnership between CSIRO, Verily and James Cook University, scientists used specialised technology to release millions of sterilised male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes across the Cassowary Coast in Queensland in a bid to combat the global pest.

CSIRO Director of Health and Biosecurity Dr Rob Grenfell said the results were a major win in the fight against diseases-spreading mosquitoes.

"The invasive Aedes aegypti mosquito is one of the world�s most dangerous pests, capable of spreading devastating diseases like dengue, Zika and chikungunya and responsible for infecting millions of people with disease around the world each year," Dr Grenfell said.
"Increased urbanisation and warming temperatures mean that more people are at risk, as these mosquitoes which were once relegated to areas near the equator forge past previous climatic boundaries.
"Although the majority of mosquitoes don�t spread diseases, the three mostly deadly types the Aedes, Anopheles and Culex are found almost all over the world and are responsible for around 17 per cent of infectious disease transmissions globally."

From November 2017 to June this year, non-biting male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes sterilised with the natural bacteria Wolbachia were released in trial zones along the Cassowary Coast in North Queensland.

They mated with local female mosquitoes, resulting in eggs that did not hatch and a significant reduction of their population.

"Our heartfelt thanks goes out to the Innisfail community who literally opened their doors to our team, letting us install mosquito traps around their homes and businesses � we couldn�t have done this without your support," Dr Grenfell said.

The process, known as the Sterile Insect Technique, has been successfully used since the 1950s but the challenge in making it work for mosquitoes like the Aedes aegypti has been rearing enough mosquitoes, removing biting females, identifying the males and then releasing the huge numbers needed to suppress a population.

To address this challenge, Verily, an affiliate of Alphabet Inc, developed a mosquito rearing and sex sorting and release technology as part of its global Debug project.

"We're very pleased to see strong suppression of these dangerous biting female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes," Verily�s Nigel Snoad said.
"We are particularly thankful to the people of Innisfail for their strong support, which has been incredible.
"We came to Innisfail with CSIRO and JCU to see how this approach worked in a tropical environment where these mosquitoes thrive, and to learn what it was like to operate our technology with research collaborators as we work together to find new ways to tackle these dangerous mosquitoes."

Scientists compared the number of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes trapped in release sites and control zones to monitor and track populations.
The millions of mosquitoes needed for the trial were reared at James Cook University in Cairns.
To produce the three million male mosquitoes needed for the trial, researchers at James Cook University (JCU) in Cairns set out to raise almost 20 million Aedes aegypti.

"We allowed for the possibility of deaths during the process, as well as the need to sift out the female half of the population," Dr Kyran Staunton from James Cook University said.
"Verily's technology enabled us to do the sex sorting faster and with much higher accuracy.
"We learnt a lot from collaborating on this first tropical trial and we�re excited to see how this approach might be applied in other regions where Aedes aegypti poses a threat to life and health."

"The health of our nation is paramount as we help Australia achieve its vision to become one of the healthiest nations on earth," CSIRO Chief Executive Dr Larry Marshall said.
"By enabling industry partners like Verily to leverage the world-leading health capability we have built in CSIRO we can deliver this moonshot and tackle some of the world�s most wicked challenges with science."

# ? Jul 11, 2018 01:54

iajanus: Aug 17, 2004; NUMBER 1 QUEENSLAND SUPPORTER
MAROONS 2023 STATE OF ORIGIN CHAMPIONS FOR LIFE

Halo14 posted:

https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-r...579C7A5DC28BAD5

One of the world�s most widespread disease-spreading mosquitoes, the Aedes aegypti, has been suppressed by more than 80 per cent in a landmark Australian trial.

loving leftie nerds wasting my tax money

# ? Jul 11, 2018 01:57

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

what money

quote:

Australia has fallen well behind the rest of the developed world when it comes to research funding, the peak lobbying body for universities has warned.

Ahead of a parliamentary inquiry into research funding, Universities Australia has complained that government and business have ignored the �backbone� of the economy by allowing overall funding for research and development to fall to below 2% of the total economy.

Figures from the OECD released by Universities Australia show that gross expenditure on research and development as a percentage of GDP fell dramatically from 2.11% in 2013-14 to 1.88% in 2015-16.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jul/10/australias-spending-on-research-plummets-far-below-oecd-average

Also a comeback story!

quote:

A disease that once sent kings mad in medieval times is now rife again in epidemic proportions, and is killing Queensland babies.

In the last six years, six babies have died in the state from syphilis � a sexually transmitted disease that was nearly eradicated in the early 2000s.
In 2008, two cases were diagnosed in Queensland, and in the decade since, more than 1,100 other cases have been recorded in the north of the state, with about 200 new presentations each year.

The numbers continue to grow, despite penicillin being a cheap and effective cure.
Cairns sexual health clinician Dr Darren Russell works in the epicentre of the outbreak and said it was "out of control".

"So from almost eradicating it, it's turned into one of the biggest epidemics in recent history," he said.
"Here we are with a good test, a good treatment and we still can't get on top of it.
"I'm appalled it's still happening."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-11/syphillis-killing-queensland-babies-in-epidemic/9971048

# ? Jul 11, 2018 02:12

Tokamak: Dec 22, 2004

iajanus posted:

loving leftie nerds wasting my tax money

It's a private-public collaboration, so it's the good kind of research.

# ? Jul 11, 2018 02:15

Halo14: Sep 11, 2001

Synthbuttrange posted:

Also a comeback story!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-11/syphillis-killing-queensland-babies-in-epidemic/9971048

How did that happen?

quote:

At the time, sexual health services across Queensland were cut by the Campbell Newman-led Queensland government, and health workers claimed the opportunity to stop the escalation was missed.
The number of cases quickly spiralled out of control because of the transient nature of people in Indigenous communities, and the outbreak spread across Queensland, into the Northern Territory, and into South and Western Australia.

Oh...

# ? Jul 11, 2018 02:19

avshalemon: Jun 28, 2018

Synthbuttrange posted:

Also a comeback story!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-11/syphillis-killing-queensland-babies-in-epidemic/9971048

brb revising my assassination plans

# ? Jul 11, 2018 02:21

fiery_valkyrie: Mar 26, 2003; I'm proud of you, Bender. Sure, you lost. You lost bad. But the important thing is I beat up someone who hurt my feelings in high school.

An interesting, but not unexpected, article

quote:

Nine out of every 10 jobs created for Australians under the age of 25 in the last year were part time, according to research.

Corporate advisor Conrad Liveris found using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics that in the year since May 2017, older Australians are more likely to get full-time work than younger Australians.

While employment growth overall was up, with 80,600 jobs created for people aged 15-24 in the last year, full-time employment dropped down 11.24% and part-time employment grew 10.2%

Full article https://www.buzzfeed.com/joshtaylor/heres-how-hard-it-is-for-young-people-to-find-full-time?origin=shp&utm_term=.ayV3KEVyo#.wtEaOGdB0

# ? Jul 11, 2018 02:40

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

Halo14 posted:

How did that happen?

Oh...

Campbell Newman literally brought back syphilis lmao

# ? Jul 11, 2018 03:05

Cartoon: Jun 20, 2008; poop

Anidav posted:

Campbell Newman literally brought back syphilis lmao

Misery loves company.

# ? Jul 11, 2018 03:19

birdstrike: Oct 30, 2008; i;m gay

Halo14 posted:

From November 2017 to June this year, non-biting male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes sterilised with the natural bacteria Wolbachia were released in trial zones along the Cassowary Coast in North Queensland.

Code Talker?

# ? Jul 11, 2018 03:42

bell jar: Feb 25, 2009

Birdstrike posted:

Code Talker?

I thought of this too :v:

# ? Jul 11, 2018 04:11

bell jar: Feb 25, 2009

Mosquito Gear?!

# ? Jul 11, 2018 04:11

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

https://www.facebook.com/makeaustraliagrouseagain/

Pro page report right here

# ? Jul 11, 2018 04:33

hooman: Oct 11, 2007; This guy seems legit.; Fun Shoe

Anidav posted:

Campbell Newman literally brought back syphilis lmao

Black lung too.

Amazing.

# ? Jul 11, 2018 04:39

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.

Anidav posted:

https://www.facebook.com/makeaustraliagrouseagain/

Pro page report right here

This page is just everything dickheads think in one place. The Ashfield rape case is a horror, but they're Australian citizens. Like, you can't deport a citizen...

"Where is the bloody logic here... if you commit a crime in Australia then you should be deported"

# ? Jul 11, 2018 04:43

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

https://twitter.com/BenOquist/status/1016663502063202305

# ? Jul 11, 2018 04:47

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.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://twitter.com/BenOquist/status/1016663502063202305

lmao

# ? Jul 11, 2018 04:53

bandaid.friend: Apr 25, 2017; My first car was a stick

The audio's worse than the text of the tweet suggests, dude is talking about how western know how and western technology saved some children

# ? Jul 11, 2018 04:54

The Before Times: Mar 8, 2014; Once upon a time, I would have thrown you halfway to the moon for a crack like that.

albo's deliberately trying to shift the overton window IMO

# ? Jul 11, 2018 04:56

bandaid.friend: Apr 25, 2017; My first car was a stick

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-11/moutiaa-el-zahed-sentenced-to-community-service-for-not-standing/9980002

quote:

The wife of an Islamic State recruiter who is the first person in New South Wales to be charged for refusing to stand in court for a judge has been sentenced to 75 hours of community service.
Moutiaa El-Zahed, 50, was found guilty in May of nine counts of engaging in disrespectful behaviour in court, an offence that was introduced in NSW in 2016.
The mother-of-two did not observe court protocol by rising to her feet when NSW District Court Judge Audrey Balla entered and left the court room during a civil hearing in November and December 2016.
El-Zahed, who is the wife of convicted Islamic State recruiter Hamdi Alqudsi, had brought a lawsuit against NSW and federal police, claiming she was assaulted during a counter-terror raid at her home in 2014.
During that hearing, El-Zahed's barrister Clive Evatt told the court, "she won't stand for anyone except Allah".
The civil case was dismissed but the nine charges of not standing in court for Judge Balla were heard by Magistrate Carolyn Huntsman in the Downing Centre Local Court.
For today's sentencing, El-Zahed entered the courtroom several minutes before Magistrate Huntsman and stood in front of her seat instead of taking it.
When the court officer gave the instruction, "silence, please all stand", everyone else in the courtroom stood for the magistrate but El-Zahed was already on her feet.
At one point halfway through proceedings, the 50-year-old stood up and walked out of the court without bowing to the magistrate.
It is court protocol to bow to a magistrate or judge if entering or leaving the court room while they are still sitting.
When Magistrate Huntsman asked what was going on, El-Zahed's lawyers looked confused, but after speaking with their client quickly, they told the court she had to go to the bathroom.
Magistrate Huntsman said she would have adjourned proceedings if she had been asked to and that it was out of the ordinary for an accused person to just walk out.
"I am of the view that the behaviour is significant," Magistrate Huntsman added.
"It matters not that it didn't disrupt the proceedings � [what] matters is the level of disrespect.
"What that behaviour did was communicate to everybody that the court was not deserving of respect."

# ? Jul 11, 2018 05:00

hooman: Oct 11, 2007; This guy seems legit.; Fun Shoe

Jesus, laws introduced in 2016.

loving :decorum:

bullshit.

# ? Jul 11, 2018 05:22

snoremac: Jul 27, 2012; I LOVE SEEING DEAD BABIES ON 𝕏, THE EVERYTHING APP. IT'S WORTH IT FOR THE FOLLOWING TAB.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://twitter.com/BenOquist/status/1016663502063202305

Last boy almost died because the pumps failed.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/11/thailand-cave-rescue-water-pumps-failed-just-after-last-boy-escaped

# ? Jul 11, 2018 05:23

bandaid.friend: Apr 25, 2017; My first car was a stick

snoremac posted:

Last boy almost died because the pumps failed.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/11/thailand-cave-rescue-water-pumps-failed-just-after-last-boy-escaped

Probably those pumps were only rated for gender fluids

# ? Jul 11, 2018 05:28

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.

hooman posted:

Jesus, laws introduced in 2016.

loving bullshit.

You should have to stand before a court. gently caress sitting there and saying nah I answer to God, that's bullshit.

# ? Jul 11, 2018 05:31

bell jar: Feb 25, 2009

JBP posted:

You should have to stand before a court. gently caress sitting there and saying nah I answer to God, that's bullshit.

Why?

# ? Jul 11, 2018 05:57

bell jar: Feb 25, 2009

Does justice somehow not get carried if the offender doesn't stand in the presence of the singular person that dictates their future? Talk about thin skinned

# ? Jul 11, 2018 05:58

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bell jar: Feb 25, 2009

A bloo bloo I don't think this person who was brought to be tried before me against their will respects me very much

# ? Jul 11, 2018 05:58

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