Auspol August: Prime Minister Sharks

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Anidav	14	0.14%
Dr Spaceman	2	0.02%
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Box of Bunnies: Apr 3, 2012; by Pragmatica

Knorth posted:

Oh boy!

Anyone that actually subjects themselves to Q&A deserves this

# ? Aug 13, 2018 02:37

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# ? Jun 5, 2024 04:10

Senor Tron: May 26, 2006

Knorth posted:

Oh boy!

No.

# ? Aug 13, 2018 02:40

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

bandaid.friend posted:

https://twitter.com/rgcooke/status/1027785710152175616

LordSloth posted:

I went through 20 pages of nausea-inducing politicians trying to find the context for this. I clearly remember the exact cartoon but doing this on a phone makes it even harder.

https://twitter.com/knightcartoons/status/1028592728966230017?s=21

# ? Aug 13, 2018 02:40

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

Knorth posted:

Oh boy!

I hope there's a fight.

# ? Aug 13, 2018 02:46

froglet: Nov 12, 2009; You see, the best way to Stop the Boats is a massive swarm of autonomous armed dogs. Strafing a few boats will stop the rest and save many lives in the long term.

You can't make an Omelet without breaking a few eggs. Vote Greens.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://www.afr.com/news/turnbull-fast-tracks-coal-plan-to-clinch-neg-20180811-h13upk

Fucks sake.

Why.

Why why loving why.

Stop negotiating with morons. Stop letting people who clearly have no loving idea about climate science dictate policy. Stop trying to find a compromise with people who are too stupid to realise renewables are in their best interests.

Kinda curious at what point we end up getting literal eco-terrorists. Clearly peaceful protesting and evidence saying "if we keep going down this path you are guaranteeing death for all of us" has done very little.

# ? Aug 13, 2018 02:47

Cartoon: Jun 20, 2008; poop

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

I hope there's a fight.

I hope there are no survivors.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-12/new-york-truck-driver-charged-after-australian-cyclist-killed/10110982

quote:

It is understood Ms Lyden was not wearing a helmet.

It is understood Ms Lyden was not wearing a helmet.

:siren:

>>> It is understood Ms Lyden was not wearing a helmet. <<< :siren:

# ? Aug 13, 2018 02:49

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

pretty girl gets killed, let's hear about this for weeks

# ? Aug 13, 2018 02:56

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

Anidav posted:

Queensland strong, eh?

froglet posted:

Fucks sake.

Why.

Why why loving why.

Stop negotiating with morons. Stop letting people who clearly have no loving idea about climate science dictate policy. Stop trying to find a compromise with people who are too stupid to realise renewables are in their best interests.

Kinda curious at what point we end up getting literal eco-terrorists. Clearly peaceful protesting and evidence saying "if we keep going down this path you are guaranteeing death for all of us" has done very little.

froglet, welcome to politics.

# ? Aug 13, 2018 02:59

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

this is old but jfc

# ? Aug 13, 2018 03:00

ewe2: Jul 1, 2009

froglet posted:

Fucks sake.

Why.

Why why loving why.

Stop negotiating with morons. Stop letting people who clearly have no loving idea about climate science dictate policy. Stop trying to find a compromise with people who are too stupid to realise renewables are in their best interests.

You are kind of confusing Turnbull with someone who gives a gently caress here, and the haste with which they're proceeding smells of a clandestine donation to the party, which is exactly the kind of reasoning that would work on Turnbull.

# ? Aug 13, 2018 03:13

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

https://www.buzzfeed.com/lanesainty/australias-child-refugees-are-being-diagnosed-with-swedens

quote:

...

Faced with these appalling scenes, and an unflinching government, lawyers and doctors have resorted to using the Australian Federal Court as a blunt instrument of extraction � retrieving dangerously sick kids from Nauru one by one.
The first child medical transfer was ordered in December. Since then, the National Justice Project has run about a dozen cases, and a handful more have been run by firms including Maurice Blackburn and Russell Kennedy Lawyers. There are more to come.
The lawyers make the same arguments over and over: The Australian government has a duty of care to these kids, and the medical facilities and psychiatric care available on Nauru are inadequate.
The government has repeatedly opposed the transfers, but so far, it is losing the legal battle. In some cases it has caved at negotiations, and in others, fought all the way to a court order. BuzzFeed News understands that since the cases started flowing against the government, it has provided additional funding to child and adolescent mental health services on Nauru. (Home Affairs did not respond to questions on this.)
Decisions published by the Federal Court offer glimpses into the severity of the situation. In December 2017, the government was ordered to remove a suicidal young girl from Nauru. A suicidal 10-year-old boy followed in March. On July 3 a seriously ill 2-year-old, and on July 11 a suicidal 17-year-old. Then on July 26, the girl with resignation syndrome.
Judges are not mincing words. On March 6, Justice Nye Perram wrote: �I note the next plane out of Nauru is on Wednesday 7 March 2018. To be quite clear, the boy and his mother should be on that plane.�
The lawyers running these cases are overworked, frustrated, and angry. George Newhouse from the National Justice Project is scathing of the �ineffective and inappropriate� method to get the kids medical treatment.
�It should not take teams of lawyers rushing up before a Federal Court judge to force a government to provide basic medical care and treatment to vulnerable kids,� he said. �There�s just no excuse for their dereliction of duty.�
Jennifer Kanis, head of social justice litigation at Maurice Blackburn, is angry too. She said the government went to �extraordinary lengths� to prevent the very sick 2-year-old girl receiving Australian medical care, instead sending her to Port Moresby. The court eventually ordered the toddler be brought to Australia.
�It�s just really frustrating,� she said. �I would have thought test the law once, test the law twice, now there�s a body of cases that are all saying the same thing. I�m finding that the government�s position on this is baffling.�
There is a dearth of lawyers currently doing the grim work, but according to Newhouse the answer does not lie with encouraging more firms to pick up the work pro bono.
�The solution is for the Australian government, and the opposition, to do what is morally and ethically correct and look after the lives of young children,� he said.
�It�s really not a job for lawyers. I�m happy to do it � actually I�m not really happy to do it � but it�s the government�s responsibility, and why are we doing it? Because they�ve abrogated their responsibility to these kids. And if they don�t watch out, a child is going to die soon.�

There was a New Yorker article about this a while back, fortunately linked in the Buzzfeed article. It's worth reading the entire thing. It's pretty clear this is an extreme response to great stress and hardship, and the only treatment is to allow the families to live in Australia

# ? Aug 13, 2018 03:21

Mad Katter: Aug 23, 2010; STOP THE BATS

Cartoon posted:

I hope there are no survivors.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-12/new-york-truck-driver-charged-after-australian-cyclist-killed/10110982

It is understood Ms Lyden was not wearing a helmet.

>>> It is understood Ms Lyden was not wearing a helmet. <<<

I unironically hope that you get hit and killed by a drunk driver in a garbage truck.

# ? Aug 13, 2018 03:37

Doctor Spaceman: Jul 6, 2010; "Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

Tim Watts did a long thread on Barnaby Joyce's new book. It (the thread, not the book) is worth a read.
https://twitter.com/TimWattsMP/status/1028833399400611840
https://twitter.com/TimWattsMP/status/1028833402185633793

# ? Aug 13, 2018 03:44

froglet: Nov 12, 2009; You see, the best way to Stop the Boats is a massive swarm of autonomous armed dogs. Strafing a few boats will stop the rest and save many lives in the long term.

You can't make an Omelet without breaking a few eggs. Vote Greens.

Cartoon posted:

I hope there are no survivors.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-12/new-york-truck-driver-charged-after-australian-cyclist-killed/10110982

It is understood Ms Lyden was not wearing a helmet.

>>> It is understood Ms Lyden was not wearing a helmet. <<<

The real story here is that cyclists need protected paths and drivers need to not stop suddenly in cycle lanes. I mean the truck driver shouldn't have been drunk driving, but the sequence of events started when the uber driver failed to give way to the cyclist.

Of course, that's not going to happen, blah blah we a helmet etc.

# ? Aug 13, 2018 03:51