SynthOrange posted:

This is a good thread for a good country.

Wizard Master posted:

Wizard Master

Graic Gabtar posted:

It may be just easier to accept that asylum isn't a ticket to a first world country. Just get on with it and build a better life thankful that you aren't being sent back to your country of origin where you will allegedly be tortured and/or killed.

TEAYCHES posted:

jesus christ

Sulla-Marius 88 posted:

What is with all these nerds posting in this thread did someone make fun of anime again or something

Matoi Ryuko posted:

Greetings friends.

Fruity Gordo posted:

Agreed, particularly when that Prime Minister wields the concept of their rosy family life and wholesome Christian morality like a cudgel. Most unchill and VERY inappropriate.

Graic Gabtar posted:

Why would he do anything else?

The main criticism in that article is that this report somehow damages Australia on the world stage.

Last time I checked the world stage doesn't get a vote in Australian federal elections.

Also, much of the talk about this report is about "independence". To be honest that doesn't carry much weight with many people.

Graic Gabtar posted:

Oh man, thanks for the laughs. Pavlov's dogs have nothing on you lot.

That article is OP-ED porn written to be slurped up by you so you can share your collective outrage. So I guess it hit the mark perfectly.

Of course any form of assault of someone in custody should be investigated.

Froth as much as you like but it doesn't detract from my comment that when resources are not infinite you can't ignore the fact that destroying what you have does not improve the situation.

The irony of you all arguing about this while calling for my own death in horrible ways should be lost on none of you by the way.

Carry on.

Matthew Beet posted:

I don't know why you brought me into this.

thatfatkid posted:

Sorry i don't bemoan the fact that I live in a country that is stable, holds regular and fair elections, has strong trade unions, workers rights, decent healthcare, public education etc etc.

Brayds2006 posted:

I'm hoping all that momentum can clash with the NSW election somehow. I don't necessarily want Labor to win there, nor the Libs, so if the Libs could just get back in by the skin of their teeth. It'd be a beautiful mess, I'd hope.

And congratulations on the new job! Here's hoping they aren't shitbags!

Matthew Beet posted:

we let you.

freebooter posted:

Can somebody explain to me the constant shrieking panic that comes from certain quarters in Melbourne, typically the Age, about the prospect of Southbank skyscrapers overshadowing the Shrine of Remembrance?

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/planning-minister-skyscrapers-make-melbournes-cbd-hostile-20150308-13yell.html


This comes up constantly and I literally don't understand it. I understand the general disdain the Australian populace has for high-rise apartment buildings, because they're braindead hicks who can't fathom living in anything other than a four-bedroom brick veneer in the suburbs with a backyard for the kids, blah blah blah. But I don't understand the concept that the Shrine would be in any way compromised by not being in direct sunlight - for loving 15 minutes of the day in winter! I know it's a SACRED HOLY SITE FOR OUR ANZAC BOYS, but when did that become firmly associated with sunlight?

Cartoon posted:

C/ Making poo poo up! BINGO!

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Business Confidence has continued to fall despite the RBA rate cut.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-10/business-confidence-deteriorates-with-rate-cut/6293488

Leading to the RBA saying the lever is now broken and there needs to be actual policy from government

It's graph heavy and an opinion piece but have a read.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-11/jericho-the-interest-rate-mantra-has-hit-a-wall/6300346

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It's only now hit the headlines but I effort posted about this what? a month or so ago. Where this inhuman policy of removal has been done so far it has resulted in immediate and worse outcomes for the indigenous communities involved.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-11/abbott-defends-indigenous-communities-lifestyle-choice/6300218


You can not make this poo poo up.

Drugs posted:

"drink my piss craig"

Avshalom posted:

Birdstrike posted:

Where's First Dog?

Wizard Master posted:

All of you are so dull, humorless and unaware it's embarassing. Auspol owns forever.

Les Affaires posted:

Ehhh, but if that's the case then I could argue that company tax is regressive too. It's just that company tax can be minimised.