blindidiotgod posted:

Reroute all that mail to Coogee, just in time for the dessert special.

snoremac posted:

How long before people need to mail their poo poo to Centrelink?

Starshark posted:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-18/kristen-moriarty-charge-attempted-murder-bringelly-home-invasion/10008388

What's being done about white people and all their home invasions Turnbull.

quote:

Deliveroo has admitted to losing some of its workers' contracts and has threatened to suspend some of them from getting future work on its app.
The food delivery company sent an email to its riders last Friday, admitting it is "not currently able" to locate a record of the agreements they signed.
It then gave the delivery riders these options:

• If the rider kept a copy of their contract, they need to "upload it as soon as possible", or
  
• Sign a new agreement if the rider is unable to find it.

The company's email sets out dire consequences for riders who do not comply with either option by July 20:
"If we have not received a valid signed supplier agreement within the next seven days, your account will be considered non-compliant and your access to the Deliveroo platform will be suspended."
On Wednesday, Deliveroo's spokeswoman said in a written statement: "We have contacted a handful of riders as part of a rider documentation audit, ensuring no discrepancy between paper and online records.
"Deliveroo takes efforts to ensure we have up-to-date records of riders' details. Riders' details are at all times safely secured."
The company's response appears to suggest it still has copies of the workers' contracts — in either paper or electronic format.
The ABC has written back to Deliveroo, seeking clarification on why it requires workers to sign new contracts in that case.
"It's a little bit puzzling, given that Deliveroo is an online platform, that it doesn't apparently retain copies of contracts it executes with its riders," said Josh Bornstein, head of employment law at Maurice Blackburn.
Mr Borstein explained that it is unusual for employers to lose their workers' contracts.
"It's difficult to know what's motivating Deliveroo — is this a conspiracy to make unfavourable alterations to the contract ... or just a cock-up at its head office?
"Threatening to effectively terminate the relationship because they can't find the contract is extreme, but perhaps not by gig economy standards."

Deliveroo also wrote in its email that signing a new contract "will not change the delivery fee you receive ... or any additional incentives offered".
But then it said: "As you know, additional incentives change regularly".
The company also claimed the new contract "reflects the nature of your current relationship with Deliveroo" — even though it cannot locate the legal document setting out that relationship and its terms.
Deliveroo does not pay its riders an hourly wage. Instead, it pays bicycle riders $9 per delivery, and motorcycle riders $10 per delivery.
The ABC was contacted by Deliveroo rider Aaron (not his real name) — who has doubts about the company's motivations based on its vague email to workers:
"Why are they unable to locate my contract — is it poor record keeping on their end?" Aaron asked.
"If so, why are the riders suffering the consequences of Deliveroo's sloppy record keeping practises?
"The implication is effectively that if we fail to sign a new, unfairer contract, we will get fired.
"In any event, seven days is not enough time to impose a deadline of this nature."
The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has told the ABC that it was also contacted by Deliveroo riders regarding the "missing contracts" email.
"By making demands regarding contracts and clauses they want to demonstrate that they owe their workers nothing, not even a minimum wage," said TWU national secretary Tony Sheldon.
"These companies want full flexibility with their staff but take no responsibility.
"This is a charade. If you are a contractor or an employee you should have rights."

Anidav posted:

Anidav posted:

There are systemic reasons why wages are growing slowly, including sluggish productivity growth

Anidav posted:

It’s really hard to believe Wayne Swan was once treasurer.

OK, he was hopeless, but he did hold the position for a number of years. He doesn’t seem to have the faintest clue about how the economy operates, the role of private business or how wages are set.

ABC News Article from 2011 posted:

Treasurer Wayne Swan has been awarded the prestigious finance minister of the year award for his handling of the Australian economy.

The award is judged by leading European banking and finance magazine Euromoney on advice from global bankers and investors.

Anidav posted:

Dude McAwesome posted:

The man who got us through the GFC without a recession is a bad treasurer. Righto.

The author of this piece is a loving idiot. Was this filed as an opinion piece or as news?

quote:

And low wage growth has emerged across a large range of wage-setting arrangements. Ironically, it is the US, with its largely deregulated labour market, where wage growth has begun to pick up.

An idiot posted:

After taking into account taxes and transfers, incomes in Australia are much more equal than in many other developed economies. When it comes to low wage growth, we should not think that Australia is alone. Wage growth in this country, at about 2 per cent a year, is actually higher than a number of other developed economies.

Doctor Spaceman posted:

Hahaha what the gently caress?

Dude McAwesome posted:

The man who got us through the GFC without a recession is a bad treasurer. Righto.

The author of this piece is a loving idiot. Was this filed as an opinion piece or as news?

quote:

The key theme that Murphy explores is that the internet and social media instituted a period of disruption that has unsettled the news media and left it in a state of uncertainty that persists today.

This is true enough, but my criticism stems from the technological determinism that frames her view:

quote:

‘… the boss has decreed this is the future, not because he or she necessarily wants it to be, but because it is the future, and we are powerless to argue with it.’

This is a classic trope of technological determinism: the belief that technological change is the root cause of everything. In this case, it is the pessimistic, and ultimately passive, view that the future is somehow pre-ordained by the technology and that we are “powerless” to shape the future for ourselves.

Inevitably, Murphy argues, journalists must adapt to the new ways, rather than challenge them. The second telling point about the quote I’ve used here is the reference to “the boss”. This metaphorical figure is present in a long anecdotal metaphor that Murphy uses to explain how disruption has affected the news industry.

The analogy involves substituting the car industry for journalism. In the analogy, the reader is asked to imagine themselves as a worker in a car factory that is confronting technological change. Okay, it’s only a metaphor, so perhaps not be taken literally, but it is a key section of the first half of Murphy’s argument, so it is worth deconstructing.

Murphy begins by suggesting that the car analogy is ‘possibly psychic penance on my part’ for her previous work on ‘structural adjustment’, which emphasised ‘disruption as an economic homily’ while ignoring ‘the human dimension of the story’. As Murphy acknowledges, when there is personal interest involved, the human dimension suddenly becomes very real.

The take-away from this is that the structural adjustment process now being applied to journalism is a necessary corrective brought about by digital disruption.

However, I can’t ignore the use of the term “structural adjustment”, which is neoliberal parlance for destroying the status quo in pursuit of super profits and often used by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

From the Global Issues website, ‘Structural Adjustment — a Major Cause of Poverty‘:

quote:

Following an ideology known as neoliberalism and spearheaded by these and other institutions known as the Washington Consensus (for being based in Washington D.C.), Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs) have been imposed to ensure debt repayment and economic restructuring. But the way it has happened has required poor countries to reduce spending on things like health, education and development, while debt repayment and other economic policies have been made the priority. In effect, the IMF and World Bank have demanded that poor nations lower the standard of living of their people.

Of course, if you are only responding to the demands imposed by technology, there is no point in resisting or arguing for an alternative approach. As a car worker – or journalist, if we move beyond the laboured metaphor – you can only suck it up and get on with the job.

ewe2 posted:

She's one of the catallaxy crowd, they think they are special. The IPA aren't the only one's sucking down the trough provided by rich people looking for mouthpieces. See also Sinclair Davidson.

Lid posted:

A federal Liberal MP has stunned his colleagues by arguing that Russian crimes should be “slightly looked over” despite a bitter rebuke to Russian president Vladimir Putin from an Australian father whose three children died in the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17.

Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly triggered outrage by declaring that “nothing that happens” could bring back the 298 victims of the missile attack on the passenger airline over Ukraine four years ago and it was best to focus on improving relations with Russia.

The Peccadillo posted:

I imagine currently being on terrorism charges might raise a flag on the VISA application

The Peccadillo posted:

I imagine currently being on terrorism charges might raise a flag on the VISA application

https://mobile.twitter.com/jrhennessy/status/1019752070436433920

The Peccadillo posted:

I imagine currently being on terrorism charges might raise a flag on the VISA application

https://mobile.twitter.com/jrhennessy/status/1019752070436433920

Anidav posted:

Afterpay on the ASX is going to be Australia's tech darling stock holy poo poo

GoldStandardConure posted:

I would pay good money to watch Bill Bailey beat up T J Miller

MysticalMachineGun posted:

Looked him up, all the recent stories were about him being a bully on set and then hello, faked a bomb threat on a train what a fucko

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-19/mh17-liberal-mp-craig-kelly-apologises-for-comments-on-russia/10011598 posted:

He said he "unreservedly apologised" for any distress he caused to the families of those who died.

But he insisted in all the interviews that his original comments had been taken out of context and twisted by his political opponents.

"I'd also say it's very disappointing that some people have taken political advantage by taking those comments out of context, and have also caused additional harm to those families," he said.

He also repeatedly said he stood by his argument that it would have been pointless for Mr Trump to publicly harangue Mr Putin about Russia's role in the crime during their meeting in Helsinki.

"As much it galls us and as much as I myself would like to shirtfront President Putin … the reality of the world is that we need the US and Russia, the presidents of both countries, to have a good relationship."

The Peccadillo posted:

Also savagely beat and raped a woman in university

Also two trains! He got the woman's train number wrong while he was bomb threatening.

Just the worst dude. He got a chunk of malformed brain removed while he was shooting Yogi Bear, but it doesn't seem to have worked

GoldStandardConure posted:

I would pay good money to watch Bill Bailey beat up T J Miller