Ranter posted:

I'd still take the 15 seconds to wash my favorite knife because I'd need it again.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

While we're on the topic of knives, my mum was convinced that you should never leave the dishwasher door open because she read somewhere that someone somewhere tripped over a dishwasher door and was impaled on a knife that was in the dishwasher and died.

hooman posted:

lol.

Non Compos Mentis posted:

why does the victoria logo have an inverted pyramid? does the victorian government have a geofront?

Non Compos Mentis posted:

why does the victoria logo have an inverted pyramid? does the victorian government have a geofront?

hooman posted:

lol.

G-Spot Run posted:

You had until June 1988 to dispose of assets with no CGT before it kicked in.

Animal Friend posted:

this.

SecretOfSteel posted:

Guardian AU posted:

CFMEU to launch campaign to push Labor to adopt policy of 40% tax on excess profits to cover cost of building 750,000 homes

The CFMEU wants the government to implement a super profits tax to raise billions for building new social and affordable homes, saying Labor must be “much more ambitious” in addressing the housing crisis.

The major construction union will launch a national advertising blitz and push Labor to adopt the policy at the party’s national conference next month. The CFMEU secretary, Zach Smith, says a super profits tax of 40% of excess profits would “comfortably” cover the cost of building more than 750,000 new social and affordable homes.

hooman posted:

Bad posts only. This is the way.

Also since I'm the only one posting news:

Good.

Eediot Jedi posted:

That reminds me, with the talk of Labor changing the path from casual to full time work conversion, does anyone know what figures the business guy was quoting when he said something like only 1.2% of casuals convert to full time? I may be remembering the wrong number but it was abysmally low. I just naturally thought bull poo poo, that's probably the amount of people that did convert, not the amount of people who should have been offered the conversion or were aware they could convert their pseudo-full time casual job into unemployment by asking.

Recoome posted:

There’s huge barriers to converting, even down to orgs arbitrarily changing hours in order to not trigger anything as well as refusing the requests.

NSW Nurses and Midwives Award posted:

A casual employee engaged by a particular employer on a regular and systematic basis for a sequence of periods of employment under this Award during a calendar period of six months shall thereafter have the right to elect to have his or her ongoing contract of employment converted to permanent full-time employment or part-time employment if the employment is to continue beyond the conversion process prescribed by this subclause.

Recoome posted:

There’s huge barriers to converting, even down to orgs arbitrarily changing hours in order to not trigger anything as well as refusing the requests.

The current legislation is a joke and toothless as poo poo. Not sure how changes will make a difference given it’s about enforcement.

ABC news posted:

Peter Dutton briefed by AFP on suspected corrupt contractor before department signed multi-million Nauru deal
The prime minister says Peter Dutton must answer why the former government entered into contracts with a man suspected of bribing Nauruan officials despite being warned by the Australian Federal Police.

As first reported in Nine Newspapers, the AFP confirmed that the agency had briefed then-home affairs minister Mr Dutton about Bhojani just months before he was charged with bribery offences.
...

The department said it had received legal advice that it did not have a right to terminate the contracts because they were not with corporate group Radiance International Pty, but rather with Radiance International Inc, of which Bhojani was not listed as a director.

But even after Bhojani was charged with bribery offences the department continued to extend its contracts with Radiance International.
...

quote:

Speaking this morning, opposition frontbencher Michaelia Cash said she was "aware of the issues" relating to the contracts, but that it was a matter for the Home Affairs department.

"There is no suggestion that Peter Dutton himself played a part in signing the contracts. These contracts are signed by the Department of Home Affairs," Senator Cash said.

Eediot Jedi posted:

lmao at Cash indicating Peter Dutton, after being briefed his department was potentially signing a deal with a corrupt businessman, did............... nothing to make sure that didn't happen.

MysticalMachineGun posted:

"You're about to do a deal with a corrupt businessman!"

"Do you know how little that narrows it down?"

Eediot Jedi posted:

I just love it when Cash's tiny lawyer brain takes over and she jumps to "you can't prove that he had any hand in it", where if that were true, you could immediately prove he wasn't doing his job as minister and managing his department.

Like it's one thing to not be aware and not have a hand in it, totally different to be aware of it and not put your hand in it when you're responsible for the department.

hooman posted:

It's basically the defence of incompetence rather than corruption.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://twitter.com/DaveColvin/status/1683637697649479680

ABC article posted:

How a developer influenced State MPs and candidates

For over a decade, Mr Woodman manipulated and improperly influenced Casey councillors with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash payments, creating and funding community groups for personal gain and coaching councillors to vote in favour of his lucrative planning developments.

But he also bought access to Victorian MPs and senior decision makers, by donating nearly $1 million to both major political parties as he tried to manipulate ministerial planning processes.

Between September 2010 and June 2019, more than 180 transactions were paid from Mr Woodman's accounts to the two major political parties, including $439,268 to Labor and $530,700 to the Liberal Party, often through the parties' fundraising arms Progressive Business and Enterprise Victoria.

IBAC said Mr Woodman succeeded in two instances, when he donated to the election campaigns of Labor's Jude Perera and Judith Graley and successfully lobbied them to advocate for his interests in relation to one Cranbourne West planning application known as Amendment C219. He also hosted fundraisers for candidates including Ms Graley.

"Ms Graley and Mr Perera (and his staff) sought to influence Victorian government decision-makers, including the minister for planning, in favour of Amendment C219."

A composite image of Judith Graley and Jude Perera
Between 2010 and 2019, Mr Woodman's donations totalled over $470,000 to the two candidates, who both agreed to accept payments from different accounts and entities.

…

The five-year long probe made 34 recommendations that focus on tightening councillor codes of conduct, stripping councils of their planning powers and calls on the government to consider banning all donations from property developers.

Despite the damning findings, IBAC does not make any recommendations for criminal charges or further investigation.

DRINK ME posted:

I’m sure glad we have the IBAC to root out the corrupt and punish them.

Comstar posted:

Sounds like Albo is going to go for a DD. Could he really get enough to get a Senate he doesn't need the Greens for?