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lih posted:the kooyong forever quote that's going around is fake and idk why anyone felt the need to make it up when there is plenty of ridiculous stuff that's really in the affidavit i had no idea it was and i looked it up and its a pretty funny joke and its even funnier if people think its real imo 
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https://twitter.com/AshBarnhamNats/status/1632243820426559488 even a nats candidate was joking about it lol
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sorry but jokes aren't allowed
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unless they're elected that is.
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Wait, was my cousin even a cop then? He claimed he got stabbed and everything
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Konomex posted:Wait, was my cousin even a cop then? He claimed he got stabbed and everything All cousins are bastards
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my cousin works at nintendo
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hambeet posted:sorry but jokes aren't allowed youre right please 
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-06/perth-mint-sells-gold-former-hells-angels-bikie-without-checks/102048620 This is interesting for me because one thing most people don't realise, is how much looser regulation is for government entities compared to private. A good example is Muja powerstation in WA had stacks without Electro-Static-Precipitators (ESP) or other flue gas emissions scrubbing because environmental laws were not applicable to them as a government organization. Fair trading and the like at your visa office? - they are exempt and so on. This is for good and bad reasons but generally is utlised at will be government entities (bit like the official secrets act). This generally means govt orgs are nowhere near as self-introspective on overarching legislation as you might think. This then comes up against an absolute international beast - Know Your Customer and Anti-Money Laundering (and related) legislation/international efforts. Lithuania (Or maybe Latvia?) decimated its own banking sector in the name of AML/KYC, Commbank got slammed and many other examples abound. A big selling point of some Crytpo is circumventing KYC, etc. Perth Mint seemingly just trucks along completely oblivious to AML/KYC despite being a multi billion international wealth business and that it will just be a few technical issues to sort out. Whilst I don't think anyone is going to goal (not least because a govt employee going to goal in the line of govt business would be quite remarkable), it is quite a story. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-06/perth-mint-gold-doping-china-cover-up-four-corners/102048622 This seems a bit underdone as a story. Doped is too strong a word for me or their implication of it. You have a spec - you blend to it. 99.99% pure is the spec? Well, why add in a free 0.005% for free? Maybe you have some gold that is 99.985% and some that is 99.9995%, just blend it together to hit the overall spec and job done. Specs for bullion also exist for heavy metals such as cadmium, antinomy, etc and is measured in parts per million or parts per billion (30 ppb is 0.3 ppm is 0.0001%). Now of course this assumes your assays are correct, that the other side has good assays and that a dispute mechanism exists to mediate a difference between assays and that you both understand the contract/conditions (was the contract stated to 99.99% +/-0.001% accuracy or was it >99.99% or was it stated as the former but also referred to the Shanghai SX) The Chinese also have a reputation for challenging assays/specs once the product is hard to access for follow-up samples (even if it is in the contract) basically forcing the seller of the goods to abandon the complete consignment or the seller may even pay the buyer to take it for free to avoid storage fees (bit different here as the end result could be the Aussie govt pays to get all the gold back to confirm that it is indeed all within spec of the contract). I think it is very possible the mint was doing its normal things and the Chinese buyers are playing hard ball. A big clue is that normally contracts are written that once you accept a shipment, you can't retrospectively challenge assays - unless they have a lot of historical samples and loose contract writing. It is generally incumbent upon the buyer to challenge the assay within a period of receipt (or the seller to challenge the buyers assay if the buyers assay was the one written as the default).
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On the doping story, it sounds more like "the spec says 99.99 so we added filler to skirt the line" gently caress off, just make a good product instead of playing "I'm not touching you, I'm not touching you"
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The best part is they did it to save 600k a year when they do over 20 billion in gold sales. Absolutely the dumbest idea ever, why even bother with returns so low and such a great risk.
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Solemn Sloth posted:All cousins are bastards He's cool now, since the "stabbing". He really mellowed out. I thought it was a near death experience that did it, but apparently it was letting go of all the lies?
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Lmao ALP are really going to walk back climate action because mining companies have them over a barrel. So much for being a party of government huh
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What's the go with SMH front page talking about war with China - we'd be hosed. Why stoke flames.
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"You say we can improve profits by UP TO 0.01%?" And as usual, the real crime is the cover-up
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go_banana posted:What's the go with SMH front page talking about war with China - we'd be hosed. Why stoke flames. ABC did a big piece on just how loving bad it would be, even if the USA went alone and Australia for the first time DIDN'T join in. I don't get it either. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-20/what-would-war-with-china-look-like-for-australia-part-1/101328632 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-21/china-us-war-what-would-conflict-look-like-taiwan/101998772 No call for "MOAR fighter jets!!", just "yeah this wont be like anything seen since WW2 and Australians will SUFFER"
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Recoome posted:Lmao ALP are really going to walk back climate action because mining companies have them over a barrel. So much for being a party of government huh we can't keep letting the greens get away with this
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quote:“Uncharted waters” as hyperinflation hits rental market https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2023/03/uncharted-waters-as-hyperinflation-hits-rental-market/
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imnotinsane posted:The best part is they did it to save 600k a year when they do over 20 billion in gold sales. Absolutely the dumbest idea ever, why even bother with returns so low and such a great risk. Business Grindset.
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2023/03/uncharted-waters-as-hyperinflation-hits-rental-market/ Ah yes Macro Business, its the immigration that's the loving problem, that's the only thing that could be causing this problem and that is the thing we need to address. loving immigration, that's the only loving single god drat thing.
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hooman posted:Ah yes Macro Business, its the immigration that's the loving problem, that's the only thing that could be causing this problem and that is the thing we need to address. loving immigration, that's the only loving single god drat thing. I was under the impression that immigrants live in houses too?
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They’ll talk out both sides of their mouth as real economic growth for Australia over last fifty years has been more or less entirely due to immigration so they can’t have it both ways (except I guess politically they can and do)
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Blamestorm posted:They’ll talk out both sides of their mouth as real economic growth for Australia over last fifty years has been more or less entirely due to immigration so they can’t have it both ways (except I guess politically they can and do) What? Macrobusiness has been pretty consistent on this stuff for as long as i've been reading it.
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:I was under the impression that immigrants live in houses too? yes, 70 of them, in the same one. they're definitely the people responsible for our housing problems
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ungulateman posted:yes, 70 of them, in the same one. they're definitely the people responsible for our housing problems It's more like 300,000 a year now.
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:It's more like 300,000 a year now. 
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2023/03/uncharted-waters-as-hyperinflation-hits-rental-market/ Bigger cash rate should take care of this one. I am an economist.
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Thread i have a question: the voice to parliament thing is good yeah? Thats why the no side is full of nutjobs?
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JBP posted:Bigger cash rate should take care of this one. I am an economist. Also deregulation because the free market will save us because it has "free" in its name and freedom is good. *insert that free market squashing people cartoon here when I can find it*
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Non Compos Mentis posted:Thread i have a question: the voice to parliament thing is good yeah? Thats why the no side is full of nutjobs? Its not as simple as good or bad imo. There are plenty of valid concerns about it : - The problem isnt about having a voice, its that the people already aren't being listened to, and this doesnt change that - It wont be representative of all indigenous groups - It will be co-opted and patsies installed - Relying on the oppressor to stop oppressing people is not great - It will be a figleaf that doesnt nothing concrete but allow racists to point at it as they continue to be racist AF I think its a step in the right direction personally, but im very white. https://www.facebook.com/ourcountryourchoice
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The voice will do nothing to improve the material conditions for indigenous people. It grants no power, and consultation will be ignored like it always has been. The voice will as actually cause more harm than good because people will think it's a big win, that things will change for the better, so the fight doesn't need to be fought, as hard or st all. No to the voice.
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You’ve gotta wonder what chance the voice has to change anything under a Dutton government for example.
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Making it part of the constitution makes it a lot harder for it for the Govt of the day to unilaterally shut it down. It's a good step forward, and necessary. It's not perfect or a solution for everything, but it paves the way for more and better change.
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They don't need to fool around with something that grants zero power lol
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i think it's wise and fair to have concerns anytime someone thinks "subservient" is a good choice of words for a statement about or affecting people of colour
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:I was under the impression that immigrants live in houses too? They sure do, and that's literally the only* factor that influences rental prices and supply. *Excluding all the things which MacroBusiness absolutely refuses to think or talk about.
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Ranter posted:They don't need to fool around with something that grants zero power lol When Kevin Rudd said sorry that didn't achieve anything materially and it was generally considered still worthwhile. At worst would the voice be like that? Like it dosen't necessarily foreclose on further steps EoinCannon fucked around with this message at 08:58 on Mar 7, 2023 |
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