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TammyHEH
Dec 11, 2013

Alfrything is only the ghost of a memory...
i have a plan to get "on the beers"

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Into The Mild
Mar 4, 2003





EoinCannon posted:

Zero cases in Vic today. Well folks, I think we've seen the last of this coronavirus! See you at the park

Fixed it for you.

hooman
Oct 11, 2007

This guy seems legit.
Fun Shoe
Pack it up COVIDailures.

EDIT:

Lol, corruption at ASIC too. Amazing.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/26/asic-deputy-chairman-resigns-after-70000-rental-payment-revealed

FEDERAL ICAC NOW

hooman fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Oct 26, 2020

TammyHEH
Dec 11, 2013

Alfrything is only the ghost of a memory...
i thought we wouldn't reach these kinda numbers and i was wrong

hambeet
Sep 13, 2002

Tommunist posted:

i thought we wouldn't reach these kinda numbers and i was wrong

hambeet has pinned a message

Jezza of OZPOS
Mar 21, 2018

GET LOSE❌🗺️, YOUS CAN'T COMPARE😤 WITH ME 💪POWERS🇦🇺
I spent yesterday afternoon stoned in South bank sitting under a tree sending out powerful vibes in the hopes that the friendlyjordies meltdown if trad loses her seat will Be Epic

lih
May 15, 2013

Just a friendly reminder of what it looks like.

We'll do punctuation later.

trunkh posted:

Forgive my ignorance as I'm not a native Queenslander, but were there feasibility studies for the scheme initially? If so what we're the outcomes?

Curious if this is one of those Bullet Trains for Australia things.

the original bradfield scheme from the 30's has long been determined to be completely unworkable (absurd cost and all sorts of gigantic flaws in the plan) but "why don't we do something similar redirecting water from north qld floodplains just in some sort of more feasible way" has been brought up every now and then for ages but i don't think there's been any proper study to determine whether the whole concept is worthless or not, but the current labor government is having one done at the moment so. back in 2007 peter beattie spent a while considering it as well, before deciding focusing on desalination plants was a better option.

Jezza of OZPOS
Mar 21, 2018

GET LOSE❌🗺️, YOUS CAN'T COMPARE😤 WITH ME 💪POWERS🇦🇺
the fact that my greens candidate has worse teeth than I do and runs a pub has just really set an optimistic tone for me this election. i don't care what happens. i'm having a great time picking his signs up off the side of the road and setting em back up. i already have an inpatiient psychiatric process on the go for when ONP inevitably ring a bunch of poo poo in. its gonna be great.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
#Newspoll QLD Seat of South Brisbane 2 Party Preferred: ALP 45.5 (-8 since election) GRN 54.5 (+8) #qldvotes #auspol

#Newspoll QLD Seat of South Brisbane Primary Votes: ALP 32 (-4.0 since election) GRN 39 (+4.6) LNP 24 (-0.3) ON 3 (+3.0) UAP 0.5 (+0.5) #qldvotes #auspol

And it's not due to Lib preferences either.

Jezza of OZPOS
Mar 21, 2018

GET LOSE❌🗺️, YOUS CAN'T COMPARE😤 WITH ME 💪POWERS🇦🇺

Malcolm Turnbeug posted:

I spent yesterday afternoon stoned in South bank sitting under a tree sending out powerful vibes in the hopes that the friendlyjordies meltdown if trad loses her seat will Be Epic

Anidav posted:

#Newspoll QLD Seat of South Brisbane 2 Party Preferred: ALP 45.5 (-8 since election) GRN 54.5 (+8) #qldvotes #auspol

#Newspoll QLD Seat of South Brisbane Primary Votes: ALP 32 (-4.0 since election) GRN 39 (+4.6) LNP 24 (-0.3) ON 3 (+3.0) UAP 0.5 (+0.5) #qldvotes #auspol

And it's not due to Lib preferences either.

you're welcome everyone

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Can I come next time.

NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches




Recoome posted:

It'll be amazing to see that the QLD LNP could lose despite one of the most aggressive media campaigns in their favour. Just mind blowing.

The miserable fat gently caress spent all his liquid cash on sabotaging the federal election

lih
May 15, 2013

Just a friendly reminder of what it looks like.

We'll do punctuation later.
is the media really more aggressively in favour of the lnp this qld election? pretty sure they've been like this at pretty much every qld election for ages

seat polls are pretty unreliable but the greens being set to finally win south brisbane is no surprise. just trad being so scandal-prone would likely be enough to swing it even without the lnp preferencing the greens this time.

Amoeba102
Jan 22, 2010

Every election, state or fed.

The Peccadillo
Mar 4, 2013

We Have Important Work To Do
This is so loving lame Australia is automatically a Chinese protectorate now

https://twitter.com/JonPiccini/status/1319775681773858817

bowmore
Oct 6, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
Clive is mass texting people in Queensland (and some in WA) to not vote ALP as they will introduce a death tax

Jezza of OZPOS
Mar 21, 2018

GET LOSE❌🗺️, YOUS CAN'T COMPARE😤 WITH ME 💪POWERS🇦🇺

Anidav posted:

Can I come next time.

i'm not going back to brisbane again until we are allowed to dance.

bowmore posted:

Clive is mass texting people in Queensland (and some in WA) to not vote ALP as they will introduce a death tax


I got this and didn't read it at first because it was from "mineralology" and I thought that was my insane mother in laws crystal MLM bullshit

GoldStandardConure
Jun 11, 2010

I have to kill fast
and mayflies too slow

Pillbug

EoinCannon posted:

Zero cases in Vic today. Well folks, I think we've seen the last of this coronavirus! See you at the pub

[ron howard voice] it was not the last they had seen of the virus.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Sounds illegal

norp
Jan 20, 2004

TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP

let's invade New Zealand, they have oil

bowmore posted:

Clive is mass texting people in Queensland (and some in WA) to not vote ALP as they will introduce a death tax

I know people are dumb but a death tax = good for like 97% of the population

Jezza of OZPOS
Mar 21, 2018

GET LOSE❌🗺️, YOUS CAN'T COMPARE😤 WITH ME 💪POWERS🇦🇺
Death tax is bad because they're the two most certain things so you can't run a parallel market speculating on it

hooman
Oct 11, 2007

This guy seems legit.
Fun Shoe
Wish they'd put a death tax on Cliev's posts.

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
the coalition will outlaw death

freebooter
Jul 7, 2009

Now that Vic is going to NSW-normal, NSW people: what is life in Sydney actually like at the moment? Are you going out to pubs and restaurants as much as you used to? I'm glad we'll be able to visit friends again but can't imagine myself feeling comfortable sitting in a pub (or catching public transport) for some time yet.

Pikehead
Dec 3, 2006

Looking for WMDs, PM if you have A+ grade stuff
Fun Shoe

freebooter posted:

Now that Vic is going to NSW-normal, NSW people: what is life in Sydney actually like at the moment? Are you going out to pubs and restaurants as much as you used to? I'm glad we'll be able to visit friends again but can't imagine myself feeling comfortable sitting in a pub (or catching public transport) for some time yet.

I'm in Brisbane, home of the free and the brave (as long as it's inside Qld Borders thankyouverymuch) and I don't feel comfortable in crowds, and I feel a bit weird going on public transport. I can't imagine what it would be like down there in plagueland and plagueland(2).

Laserface
Dec 24, 2004

Going to the pub pretty much as normal although if you aren't inside by 6.30pm on a nice thursday/friday/weekend afternoon you probably arent getting in for a while. beer gardens tend to fill up on nice afternoons really fast.

didnt have trouble getting a table for 10+ to watch the NRL final at the pub last night, but its one of the quieter pubs in the area.


what really sucks is gigs. everything is sit down, reduced capacity. kinda killed my motivation to get back out there and support local music when they are only letting like 20 people into a venue and everything is ticketed.

I went from seeing 20+ bands a week to none :(

Amoeba102
Jan 22, 2010

freebooter posted:

Now that Vic is going to NSW-normal, NSW people: what is life in Sydney actually like at the moment? Are you going out to pubs and restaurants as much as you used to? I'm glad we'll be able to visit friends again but can't imagine myself feeling comfortable sitting in a pub (or catching public transport) for some time yet.

Seems like business as usual for most people, but you have to provide contact details.
Only a small number of people wear masks, numbers are down on public transport so you will have distance.

Putrid Dog
Feb 13, 2012

"God, I wish I was dead!"

freebooter posted:

Now that Vic is going to NSW-normal, NSW people: what is life in Sydney actually like at the moment? Are you going out to pubs and restaurants as much as you used to? I'm glad we'll be able to visit friends again but can't imagine myself feeling comfortable sitting in a pub (or catching public transport) for some time yet.

Nightclubs are still closed but the sex on premises venues are open in Sydney, which are the only places with a dancefloor and escapes the rules, apparently.
Majority of the cases have flared up in South West Sydney - eg places that are an hour by train/40 mins by car, so I feel the general population in the city/inner west feel more complacent.
Just sign into all venues you do visit with the QR code that's provided, though you'll probably find you won't go out to venues nearly half as much as you did prior.

Paracausal
Sep 5, 2011

Oh yeah, baby. Frame your suffering as a masterpiece. Only one problem - no one's watching. It's boring, buddy, boring as death.
LNP still hilarious unviable in Vic despite all the *waves generally*
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/andrews-support-strong-but-liberal-leader-floundering-poll-20201026-p568kz.html

Tokamak
Dec 22, 2004

Laserface posted:

what really sucks is gigs. everything is sit down, reduced capacity. kinda killed my motivation to get back out there and support local music when they are only letting like 20 people into a venue and everything is ticketed.

I went from seeing 20+ bands a week to none :(

This is by far the most gently caress up part. I am at the point where I am willing to pay $70-80 to buy two tickets just to get a two-seat table at a show playing music in a genre that I mostly like. But those sort of tables sell out instantly, and 4, 6, 8 seat tables are the only ones that hang around for any length of time. My social life revolved around watching bands and going to social events in bars, and that still isn't happening. Last thing I did was wonder around Mardi Gras in February because I had the sense it would probably be the last thing I'd get to before COVID.

meteor9
Nov 23, 2007

"That's why I put up with it."
I've been treating the outside world as if we're still going through a new wave anyway, and it's mostly just really annoying being the only person out with a mask on, including food handling staff and grocery workers and such. Of course I was always a homebody so all that's really different for me is the mask, so I might not be the best data point here. But everyone else sure as hell is acting like there was no pandemic.

MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

MythLisp posted:

the sex on premises venues are open

the what now

NPR Journalizard
Feb 14, 2008


quote:

Only 15 per cent approved of Opposition Leader Michael O'Brien's performance during the pandemic. His approval rating among even Coalition supporters surveyed was just 27 per cent.

What the category below rookie numbers?

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Victorian Beazley vesus Socialist Howard

Recoome
Nov 9, 2013

Matter of fact, I'm salty now.

Lmao those graphs are cooked too

hambeet
Sep 13, 2002


been a while since you've been out, huh?

kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.
https://twitter.com/theheraldsun/status/1284971521572630528

go to loving hell

e: i know this is old but i saw it again and got mad, sorry

kirbysuperstar fucked around with this message at 09:02 on Oct 26, 2020

Laserface
Dec 24, 2004

Tokamak posted:

This is by far the most gently caress up part. I am at the point where I am willing to pay $70-80 to buy two tickets just to get a two-seat table at a show playing music in a genre that I mostly like. But those sort of tables sell out instantly, and 4, 6, 8 seat tables are the only ones that hang around for any length of time. My social life revolved around watching bands and going to social events in bars, and that still isn't happening. Last thing I did was wonder around Mardi Gras in February because I had the sense it would probably be the last thing I'd get to before COVID.

nsw gov put out '1000 gigs in november' plan or some poo poo and it is entirely classic aussie rock cover bands, washed up aussie classic rock bands, ex aus-idol b-grade celebs or middle of the road milque toast garbage for tweens.

literally nothing for any of the thousands of smaller artists that have been entirely shut out of a source of income and performing for near 10 months, and the venues and stage hands and everything else that goes into it.

not to mention all the cancelled international acts that still would've played those small venues at high ticket prices.




I guess on the plus side my brothers band played to a packed house last night on their first gig back but he said the vibe was a little off without the crowd up in his poo poo while he masturbates on guitar.

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Halo14
Sep 11, 2001
Not sure if this was already posted:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/oct/22/my-heart-breaks-guy-sebastian-pushes-scott-morrison-for-answers-over-delayed-arts-funding

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