Jumpingmanjim posted:

I've heard the next leadership spill being described as a three way.

Orkin Mang posted:

its the only democracy in the middle east if u didnt know. in spite of years of constant attack, they still live up to their ideals of democracy and human rights. youll hear some people are criticising them but theyre pedophiles

Frogmanv2 posted:

Ahem

*Taps thread title *

Problematic

Fruity Gordo posted:

Don't hit me hard tho bc I'm a girl

Comstar posted:

Wouldn't that mean he mislead Parliament? If the documents exist, he's a dead mean walking. And if they get rid of him before they get released, Turnball will be stuck with it.

Fruity Gordo posted:

And if you are a parliamentarian you usually don't fart out a press release because you got a scary email, you give it to the AFP and don't publicise it, bc that is really really stupid?

Splode posted:

I missed you fruity

cpaf posted:

hope you don't say something you might regret later

Fruity Gordo posted:

At what point do you think the contempt for you will be so crait that you'll have to create a new account and have another craic?

Fruity Gordo posted:

I've received a fuckload of internet death threats for about six years...

Avshalom posted:

he's also a moron who doesn't understand how roads work

quote:

I AM A MORON WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HOW ROADS WORK

Fruity Gordo posted:

Look I'm sorry I took a month off and all of you idiots forgot what good posting looks like but it's not my fault.

PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

I'm poor and I want to die.

Anidav posted:

I handed out a resume to a cafe owner yesterday who declined my resume and told me minimum wage was too high and penalty rates are an out of date concept; therefore she will be unable to hire anyone until the government fixes those things. According to small cafe owner woman person.

MaxwellsEquations posted:

The take home message is to never protest against asylum seeker treatment, because even companies will gently caress you over

http://www.theage.com.au/national/qantas-passenger-banned-after-asylum-seeker-walkout-20150302-13svcn.html

Raged posted:

Bathurst house prices have gotten ridiculous over the last 10 years since everyone from Sydney/Blue Mountains has bought them as investment properties

BCR posted:

This is not a post.

SadisTech posted:

https://www.facebook.com/AlboMP/photos/a.537786969588753.119653.537762462924537/906240532743393/?type=1

So Albanese posted this image on Facebook:



I got to tell you, the general tenor of the comments it's attracting is genuinely heartening, for a change. Hopefully someone takes note. they won't

quote:

Bali Nine: Andrew Chan, Myuran Sukumaran may be moved to Nusakambangan island tomorrow ahead of executions

The ABC understands the Bali Nine duo are to be moved from their prison to the Indonesian island of Nusakambangan as early as tomorrow, but the date of their executions is yet to be decided.

Earlier today, Bali's chief prosecutor, Momock Bambang Samiarso, said that within two days he planned to send Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran to the island where they were due to be executed.

Mr Samiarso said the prison was ready to take them.

"If not today then tomorrow yeah... I hope so, if not today, tomorrow," he said.

cpaf posted:

I wonder if the Australian Brick & Bricklayer Training Foundation might benefit somehow if more people decide to become bricklayers

Cleretic posted:

I won by donkey vote. Democracy In Action.

Zetsubou-san posted:

freebooter posted:

I have a politically aware English lefty friend who is coming to Australia and doesn't really know anything about it, and has asked for reading recommendation to get an overview of history/politics etc. What's a good longread that sums up the entire bizarre and disgusting asylum seeker debacle, for the benefit of somebody who hasn't done the obstacle course of smoke and mirrors for the past fifteen years? Like, every now and then I wonder what it must look like to somebody who arrives from overseas, to find Australia frothing at the mouth at a tiny group of political refugees. Virtually anything good that I can think of having read comes from the understanding that you've already been schooled in the propaganda, I want something for fresh eyes.

I know Christos Tsiolkas wrote that piece in the Monthly a while back, but I didn't like it, largely because it does what Howard wanted everybody to do and frames it as a question of general immigration rather than the resettlement of people in danger for their lives.

Jumpingmanjim posted:

I reckon we are at delusion.

Sulla-Marius 88 posted:

unless it's just about to skyrocket

Sulla-Marius 88 posted:

https://www.google.it/search?q=detroit&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=c-r2VMfVEeLZ7gaH3oD4Ag&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg&biw=1920&bih=967

https://www.google.it/search?q=spain&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=c-r2VIXSFIqj7AbwvIHYDg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg&biw=1920&bih=967#tbm=isch&q=murcia

I'd probably just throw in a few extra grand so I don't get stabbed walking to buy milk

open24hours posted:

Philistine.

[Edit: I've been dreaming about buying cheap land on the west coast of Tasmania and doing the same thing for a while now, but my girlfriend is passionately against it (and probably with good reason) so it remains a dream.]

Doctor Spaceman posted:

The way Muir got into parliament was ridiculous but he's done better than a shitload of people in there.

Fruity Gordo posted:

Aboriginal child removal rate was 4.9% in 2013, up from 1.1% in 2004. Non-Indigenous went from 0.3% to 0.6%. The Intervention continues. He was so, so sorry.

https://newmatilda.com/2014/11/20/removal-aboriginal-children-crisis-point-and-rising

Jumpingmanjim posted:

Some of us are sick to death of the hypocrisy and intellectual dishonesty that comes with partisan politics. Ricky Muir is a breath of fresh air in that regard.

Senor Tron posted:

Yeah, I'm aware of the GST stuff, but I won't be working long enough doing this to reach that point.

I think I'll give it a go and look over the contract. If things like super are covered then it's probably fine, if they aren't then I'll run away.

Senor Tron posted:

The insurance they quoted works out to $50 a month, so I'd hope it would cover everything.

Ultimately it's a lot of hassle for what works out to minimim pay, but if it is all above board at least it's lots of hours for the next couple of months, will have to decide over the weekend.

starkebn posted:

It's loving criminal and stupid how remuneration goes up by percent of your wage. Just give everyone $5k a year raises whether they're in the top bracket or the bottom. It would benefit the bottom paid a lot more and stop the top earners from getting so far ahead.

Also, change the entire economy and concept of inflation while you're at it.

SadisTech posted:

I'm really, really getting loving shirty about the number of Australians I'm seeing making comments to the effect that "Oh boo hoo, convicted drug peddlers getting shot, they knew the risks, who cares."

Imagine knowing that you were going to be shot to death. Imagine being led into a jungle clearing at night and being tied to a post with your hands behind you. Imagine seeing a torch beam turned on and aimed right at your heart to provide a target.

Imagine men in uniforms filing into the clearing and lining up facing you. Imagine them picking up their rifles and aiming these lethal weapons right at you. Imagine hearing a harsh command shouted. Something terrible happens to your body and if you're lucky you'll die before you understand what it actually was. Your brain processes sounds slightly behind other sensation so your last conscious impression is of stunningly loud noise, frightening and painful in your ears.

If you're lucky you'll be dead straight away. If not, you might remain slightly conscious while they check, and then you hear the captain shout another order, and then a man in a uniform stands over you and aims his rifle down at you from point blank range.

Imagine that.

Who cares.

Zetsubou-san posted:

he looks so happy

katlington posted:

The lnp is providing Nauru with their pr playbook, I see. This whole thing is a crime.


Refugees on Nauru say they were forced to sign bail orders banning protests