Scomo on why Turnbull is no longer PM posted:

I think it is time for the leader of the opposition to get over it. Get over it! It’s time for him to get over it. It’s time for you to focus on the things that matter to the Australian people, which is to ensure that the economy ... it’s time the leader of the Labor party actually focused on the things that matter to the future of the Australian people.

Birdstrike posted:

your dad sounds like a bit of a bastard

hooman posted:

GoldStandardConure posted:

there is an apartment left in our complex you should buy that

things i own:
1 x shitbox car
1 x 0.001% of an apartment
1 x expensive bottle of whiskey

And two pairs of nice shoes I guess?

Don Dongington posted:

PC Power Play was pretty dope back in the later days of Shareware versions (Like FPS games where you'd get the first of 3-5 acts for free)

WebDog posted:

I sorta miss modding the PCPP forums.

GoldStandardConure posted:

Hambeet is a free spririt, no one can own him.

Mad Katter posted:

Hi WebDog how are you doing?

Birdstrike posted:

you forgot hambeet

Solemn Sloth posted:

Then how do you explain every sixth post in this threads history?

Solemn Sloth posted:

Then how do you explain every sixth post in this threads history?

drunkill posted:

Speaking of Guy.

He wants 4000 tasers to be given to cops in Victoria at a cost of $29m (including training)

Now we can have misuse and 'accidental' deaths via tasers like other police forces around Australia and the world!

JBP posted:

I thought Vic cops already had access to tasers, but they were only given to certain cops to use in certain circumstances stances versus zap em and rap em.

iajanus posted:

As if NMS wasn't the best gaming magazine

MysticalMachineGun posted:

Since when do we play the anthem in schools? I vaguely remember it but only once in a blue moon

quote:

The prime minister has revived the religious freedom issue months after a review was handed to his predecessor Malcolm Turnbull.

Prime minister Scott Morrison has given his clearest indication so far that his government will change discrimination laws so religious beliefs are considered a protected attribute - just like race, gender and disability.

Mr Morrison said he would unveil his response to Philip Ruddock’s report on religious freedoms, commissioned by the Turnbull government, in the coming months.

The report was handed to Mr Turnbull in May, but the contents have not been publicly released.

In two separate interviews on Monday, Mr Morrison suggested a change to anti-discrimination laws would be a central pillar of the reforms.

“I want to make sure that if people have particular religious views, they won't be discriminated against,” he told the ABC’s 7.30 program.

“Just like people of different genders or people of races will not be discriminated against.

“Religious freedom, it doesn't get more serious than that when it comes to liberties.”

It is currently illegal under Australian law to discriminate against people on the basis of their race, age, disability, gender or sexual identity in various public spaces, mostly in the areas of employment and education.

But religion is not currently a ‘protected attribute’ under the laws, and Australia does not have a bill of rights like the United States.

The Peccadillo posted:

I think we had to do the Our Father sitting in the quad every morning, except for Easter or something when we all got given these bright yellow plastic rosary beads and had to do a section of the rosary, but they phased morning prayer out by the time I got to like year four

The national anthem sucks insanely bad and it should very much be Waltzing Matilda instead

Starshark posted:

LOL get wrecked, this should be the national anthem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiHdpAVIHgo

Krazyface posted:

I went to a French-Australian school so we sang Advance Australia Fair at assemblies, but also The Marseillaise.

The Peccadillo posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTsg9i6lvqU

snoremac posted:

When I was little I poured a Coke and my bigger cousin stole the Coke and drank it in front of me and later became a cop.

I will never join the cops.

quote:

A report released this week by the progressive think tank Australia Institute has found 76% of Australians are now concerned about climate change, a 7% increase from polling conducted in 2017.
The polling took place in June of this year and surveyed over 1,700 Australians aged 18 and above.
The survey recorded participants' agreement with statements such as "Ignoring climate change is simply not an answer, as it increases the risk of the situation getting worse" and "I trust the science that suggests the climate is changing due to human activities".
The belief in climate change has increased steadily over the past six years, with only 64% of Australians believing that it was occurring in 2012.
Now only 11% of Australians believe that climate change isn't real (with another 13% reporting that they're unsure).

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The most pressing climate change concerns for most Australians are droughts, floods affecting crop production, food supply, destruction of the Great Barrier Reef and bushfires.
The majority of Australians also now believe in transitioning away from coal-based energy within the next two decades towards solar power (67%).