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the one weird constant of the economy i've noticed during my extensive dying-small-town experience is that the chinese restaurant and the vietnamese bakery are the first community institutions to set up and the last to leave
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Chefoo Chinese restaurant in Cobram is the poo poo.
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Oct 1, 2019 14:16
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JBP posted:Chefoo Chinese restaurant in Cobram is the poo poo.
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I always considered myself lucky I lived within a few train stops of Box Hill
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https://twitter.com/BelindaJones68/status/1178887853255741440?s=19 thread lovely bit of pork.
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thatbastardken posted:https://twitter.com/BelindaJones68/status/1178887853255741440?s=19 Is the complaint here that urban areas aren't getting drought assistance?
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JBP posted:Is the complaint here that urban areas aren't getting drought assistance? gently caress you can be tiresome
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NPR Journalizard posted:gently caress you can be tiresome Please direct me to all those regional seats requiring drought assistance that aren't coalition
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Hey everyone small time Twitter personality and mum Belinda here thought it was fishy that the coalition were doing drought assistance and with some very difficult research I discovered that droughts happen in regions wow check you next time Twittersphere trust no one!
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I mean the interesting part of analysis would be the comparison between nats and independents. Coalition have been accused of pork barrelling ind seats at the expense of their actual constituents. This seems like kind of the opposite which somehow seems less gross but still pretty poo poo. Welp that’s my high level analysis
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are the default insurance policies included in my super definitely stupid and bad? Should everyone cancel it and get insurance elsewhere?
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Amethyst posted:are the default insurance policies included in my super definitely stupid and bad? Should everyone cancel it and get insurance elsewhere? Depends on the fund and which insurance. Most of them are ok, but a lot of retail funds offer trash insurance. It can also depend on the cost of the insurance. Sometimes you'll have an excellent default for someone that's 50 but basically a total waste for someone under 40.
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I know someone who tried to change their insurance and was rejected because she lost a child and the fund deemed that psychological injury too much of a risk so she is basically stuck with her current insurance forever. COol humdrum hellworld we live in.
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The insurance company called up the charity-run grief counseling service she attended at the time and pumped them for details. They refused to answer any questions. How are there people sitting in offices doing this poo poo daily?
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Amethyst posted:are the default insurance policies included in my super definitely stupid and bad? Should everyone cancel it and get insurance elsewhere? apart from having to fight tooth and nail to get a payout the default options on mine were good so I feel comfortable saying they are not all 100% a waste of time but also insurance is a globalist scam and you should bury your money instead
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Amethyst posted:I know someone who tried to change their insurance and was rejected because she lost a child and the fund deemed that psychological injury too much of a risk so she is basically stuck with her current insurance forever. *looking very solemn, giving appropriate weight to the subject matter at hand* lmao
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Malcolm Turnbeug posted:*looking very solemn, giving appropriate weight to the subject matter at hand* lmao lol
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Insurance is basically a evil, twisted version of socialism.
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JBP posted:Hey everyone small time Twitter personality and mum Belinda here thought it was fishy that the coalition were doing drought assistance and with some very difficult research I discovered that droughts happen in regions wow check you next time Twittersphere trust no one! https://twitter.com/BelindaJones68/status/1178887899032371200
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Vic isn't in drought though. Not sure what there is in nt, cows?
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JBP posted:Vic isn't in drought though. Not sure what there is in nt, cows? It's pork barrelling because they are selectively choosing to give welfare to the people who vote for them while ignoring and even punishing the people who don't.
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Amethyst posted:are the default insurance policies included in my super definitely stupid and bad? Should everyone cancel it and get insurance elsewhere? So it’s generally a good idea to have some level of income protection or TPD insurance if you have any dependants and ongoing responsibilities. The biggest benefit of insurance through your super is some offer a pretty good baseline level of coverage without detailed medical history when you first change over. You can then apply for increased coverage, with increased level of information required, if you want. The default no medical history option is one of the only viable ways that someone with preexisting conditions like mental health can get any level of coverage at all. If you’ve got complicating conditions like that you should absolutely hold onto coverage you have, or consider swapping super to an industry fund that has good default coverage Solemn Sloth fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Oct 2, 2019 |
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Be careful on income protection. Some of them charge more over two years than they'll pay out.
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JBP posted:Be careful on income protection. Some of them charge more over two years than they'll pay out. Yeah this is also a good point. You should chat to a financial adviser you trust (lol) to work out decent options
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Welfare minister says increasing new start won't help and that "constantly spending more money and not getting a better result is not the right thing for us to do." Sorry people who can't afford basic necessities, giving you more cash doesn't add up. After all, best form of welfare is a jooooob.
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Purk posted:Welfare minister says increasing new start won't help and that "constantly spending more money and not getting a better result is not the right thing for us to do." It's even worse than that:  This was at a panel discussing single mothers. https://www.murrayvalleystandard.co...bcTf04eLYZvQVhE
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Senor Tron posted:It's even worse than that: That is pretty horrid. I see they're pushing ahead with drug testing trials as well. $150 per clean test $350 per positive test. Wonder how often they plan on testing people?
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People on Wechat having military parade viewing parties and chugging beer and eating pizza while watching military vehicles slowly advance down a road. 
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Anidav posted:People on Wechat having military parade viewing parties and chugging beer and eating pizza while watching military vehicles slowly advance down a road. By people you mean you
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Senor Tron posted:It's even worse than that: Maybe the single mums should have thought about that before desecrating the sanctity of marriage?
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People in Australia would never celebrate the military by watching a parade and chugging beer. In semi-related news Tony Abbott appointed to board of Australian War Memorial Can't wait for the new "poo poo Happens" wing to be added.
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Drinking a beer and eating pizza while watching army poo poo is first world as hell and I welcome our new Asian contemporaries in China.
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Senor Tron posted:It's even worse than that: job seeker support cost $11 billion/year. nowhere near 35% of the budget. I hate that the media let's the government constantly get away with this dishonesty. 
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Anidav posted:People on Wechat having military parade viewing parties and chugging beer and eating pizza lmoa
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ANDY PARK, REPORTER: Day Zero is the day a town runs dry, when a population no longer has the water to sustain itself and the daily job of supply must be trucked in by drivers like Kieran Smith. So what's in the back today, Kieran? KIERAN SMITH: 25,000 litres of potable water. ANDY PARK: So you're effectively carting in water that will be drunk by... KIERAN SMITH: Drunk, showered, everything a town would need for water. ANDY PARK: So it's a pretty important job? KIERAN SMITH: Yeah, definitely, 100 per cent. JULS CROSS, PUBLICAN: I suppose it's like living in Tornado Alley - if you live there, you've got to adapt to the fact that there's going to be a tornado. PHILLIP HOOD, WATER MANAGER, UPPER HUNTER COUNCIL: Typically up to five or six trucks a day. We have two trucks that are operating more or less full-time and have been since January this year. Day Zero is essentially when the supply at Murrurundi itself was not enough to sustain that minimum demand, that Level 6 demand and that occurred for us in January, 22nd of January and that's when the water carting began. ANDY PARK: Murrurundi in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales is one of several towns facing a water crisis. Walgett is now on Level 3. Dubbo is about to go to Level 3 and Orange is about to hit Level 5. Like everyone else in town, Murrurundi born and bred Stacey Hussain and her three kids have been surviving on Level 6 water restrictions for more than a year now. What's it like living in a town with Level 6 water restrictions? What does it mean for you? STACEY HUSSAIN: Well, it's drat hard. Three minute showers, usually we can do it in less. One full load of washing a week and, um, no watering of plants, lawns, and no washing of cars, definitely no washing of cars. ANDY PARK: This is what the town of Murrurundi is hoping will be the answer to their water problems - a 38 kilometre long, $14 million pipeline due to come online next year. But you see, the water that this pipeline will rely on comes from the nearby town of Scone's water supply - itself a town now on Level 1 water restrictions. JULS CROSS: I mean, Glengoran Dam itself is where our water is going to come from, is only at 55 per cent and half of that's allocated to the mines and irrigation. So I'm not sure how much it's gonna change things. e: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-30/the-country-town-thats-run-out-of-water/11561944 SMILLENNIALSMILLEN fucked around with this message at 05:51 on Oct 2, 2019 |
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Murrurundi is in the new england electorate, represented by:
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Anidav posted:People on Wechat having military parade viewing parties and chugging beer and eating pizza while watching military vehicles slowly advance down a road. Sounds fun tbh. Military hardware is neato technology and interesting to watch.
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