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Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

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bell jar
Feb 25, 2009

albo is honestly loving pathetic. full employment is a dumb idea, just loving pay the unemployed a living wage

thatfatkid
Feb 20, 2011

by Azathoth
It'd be pretty cool if we had an actual leftwing political party that was pushing for massive infrastructure and social security spending. But instead we have 2 rightwing parties competing over who is best at managing a liberal "democracy".

ehhhhhh
May 24, 2021
Probation
Can't post for 3 years!

Voltek posted:

Private health in Aus is just complete fuckin bullshit.

My favourite part is still that if you don't get private hospital cover after turning 31 you incur a loading percentage every year that makes it more expensive if you eventually decide to get it.

Choice did an analysis that on average you are ok to ignore the threat and pay for private cover at an appropriate age and still come out ahead. The public health system is fine for most things imo. Just dont get any chronic diseases! (don't eat carbs)

LIVE AMMO COSPLAY
Feb 3, 2006

thatfatkid posted:

It'd be pretty cool if we had an actual leftwing political party that was pushing for massive infrastructure and social security spending. But instead we have 2 rightwing parties competing over who is best at managing a liberal "democracy".

Seems to be the natural direction democracy ends up going.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right
NSW: Okay we got 35 new cases today but 29 of those were already isolating so only 6 of them were out in the community infecting others, there's still a good chance we can open back up in 6 days!!

QLD: LOL we've already opened up again LOL LOL YOLO

big dong wanter
Jan 28, 2010

The future for this country is roads, freeways and highways

To the dangerzone
Has anyone heard from friendly jordies recently? I was really hoping he would post through it

Slugnoid
Jun 23, 2006

Nap Ghost

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

White Guys were painting cockatoos for a long time before they had boats going to Australia.

im alan jones
Feb 1, 2009

the muhammad ali of radio

thought it was a weird bit when i heard about it but its real :stare:

gently caress me dead this & hospo voice have me flat out

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*
lol "budge smugglers"

interesting tho!

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

im alan jones posted:

thought it was a weird bit when i heard about it but its real :stare:

gently caress me dead this & hospo voice have me flat out

Droplet twitter was going nuts at people for not thinking this was the best thing ever for poor people.

Buck Turgidson
Feb 6, 2011

𓀬𓀠𓀟𓀡𓀢𓀣𓀤𓀥𓀞𓀬
dunno personally im really excited that the alp has promised to think about maybe having something as a watered down policy if they get elected

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*
https://twitter.com/melaniedoak/status/1411922642756509698?s=19

seems bad!

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://twitter.com/Briggs/status/1411895363460427777

Voltek
Apr 19, 2013
Gotta love being able to take big breaks from auspolitics and come back to the same bullshit from both alp and libnat.

Have any lefties been able to make any traction or is it pretty much just neolib hellhole for the foreseeable future? (It's hellhole isn't it?)

Mola Yam
Jun 18, 2004

Kali Ma Shakti de!
yeah the dial hasn't really budged in at least a decade.

maybe it feels like the fringe far right is a little less relevant than it's been? which you'd think would be a good thing, but really it's just because the lnp shifted to hoover them up.

like in a mainstream sense, what do people even give a poo poo about politically in this country anymore?

starkebn
May 18, 2004

"Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"
Our PM is a proud member of Hillsong. It's pretty bad right now.

Voltek
Apr 19, 2013
Funny thing is, some people I talk to generally agree with things like UBI, workers rights and unions, better healthcare, schooling, ending privitisation, agree the LNP are idiots, etc.

Then they'll happily vote Libs or Nats or whatever just like they always have. Fuckin oath.

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*
1. people no longer believe their political action is connected to material reality
2. lol labor

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Voltek posted:

Funny thing is, some people I talk to generally agree with things like UBI, workers rights and unions, better healthcare, schooling, ending privitisation, agree the LNP are idiots, etc.

Then they'll happily vote Libs or Nats or whatever just like they always have. Fuckin oath.

voter from corangamite dot mp4

thatfatkid
Feb 20, 2011

by Azathoth
Parliamentary democracy is a dumb system

Voltek
Apr 19, 2013
Not that I think 'VOTING' is actually a solution for neolib, and alp are especially lol.

Just like, wish people would connect the dots between politics and the crap they have to deal with.

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*
https://twitter.com/9NewsAUS/status/1412979316770557954?s=20

so, how's nsw going?

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

crepeface posted:

so, how's nsw going?

We are in 'illegal to put pants on and get off the couch unless it is to get hot chips' mode. Officially termed 'full lockdown until 0 cases'

https://twitter.com/AmyRemeikis/status/1413309152374398981

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://twitter.com/samirasamatalis/status/1413309987271577601

This looks like a gathering of more than 10 people. Someone should arrest those fuckers.

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right

Inceltown posted:

https://twitter.com/samirasamatalis/status/1413309987271577601

This looks like a gathering of more than 10 people. Someone should arrest those fuckers.

Gone/locked already

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Gone/locked already

It was about 50 cop cars parked on the side of the street in the deep West Syd 'burbs.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Homora Gaykemi
Apr 30, 2020

by Fluffdaddy
Operation British when

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://twitter.com/BenjaminMillar/status/1413482818626220036

They're dropping half a billion dollars for a shrine to this guy.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://twitter.com/10NewsFirstSyd/status/1413632149715132417

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://twitter.com/RealMarkLatham/status/1413773152870572036

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*
gladys... thank u

commie kong
Mar 7, 2019

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

What the gently caress is a non essential purchase? Like if you go to kmart and buy some linen are you gonna get done because you don't need new bedsheets?

Voltek
Apr 19, 2013
weren't sydney cops the ones who would setup at train stations and just frisk anyone they felt like for 'random drug searches'?

LIVE AMMO COSPLAY
Feb 3, 2006

Voltek posted:

weren't sydney cops the ones who would setup at train stations and just frisk anyone they felt like for 'random drug searches'?

If by "anyone" you mean "kids" then yes.

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Voltek
Apr 19, 2013
ah yes, that's the bit i couldn't remember. always more, always worse, etc etc

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