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Laserface posted:Im pretty certain the only reason Codeine is sold with paracetamol/Ibuprofen is because Codeine is way better for you and does a better job (while also being addictive if abused) so they put it with something else that might kill you if you have too much of it to try and prevent people doing so. That's pretty much what I assumed too, partly because codeine-only tablets are schedule 8, just like morphine and methamphetamine. My main reservations about making codeine prescription only is that NSAIDs like paracetamol and ibuprofen do sweet gently caress all for pain most of the time and recreational opioid users are going to switch to more dangerous ways of getting high, like poppy seed tea (which has a fair bit of overdose potential, since every batch of supermarket poppy seeds has different morphine levels) or taking recreational doses of tianeptine, which will gently caress up your liver.
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xPanda posted:The dose of codeine is sub therapeutic for pain relief, but high enough for constipation. I can't believe the paracetamol and ibuprofen would be put there as a deterrent, it's unethical as poo poo, liver and kidney failure is rather extreme. More likely they made a bad call in permitting this formulation, and we now know better. It is put in as a deterrent. Codeine + paracetamol/ibuprofen is schedule 3, which means it's OTC. Codeine only is Schedule 8, which means they need a prescription and often need to be authorised by a specialist. quote:Schedule 8 (S8) drugs and poisons, otherwise known as 'Controlled Drugs', are substances and preparations for therapeutic use which have high potential for abuse and addiction.
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Zenithe posted:Hey, what's the deal with filming people without their knowledge? My local moron chapter went "undercover" at the local Islamic Centre and filmed something, then posted it on facebook. Was it in public or was it technically inside the Islamic Centre?
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Oct 8, 2015 00:20
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You should probably ask the crew thread. There are a couple of legal goons like TOML and Lordpants who post there who could probably tell you straight up what the deal is.
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Oct 8, 2015 00:49
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The inane BBQ chat part is the most accurate reflection of Australian suburbia ever produced.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-10/liberal-party-owes-abbott-an-enormous-debt-turnbull-says/6843816quote:Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been met with laughter and jeers from Liberal Party members at the New South Wales state council, after claiming the party is not ruled by factions. quote:Mr Turnbull said the Liberal Party was a broad church, with members from a wide variety of backgrounds.
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Furnaceface posted:I have come here to be really mad at Australia for giving the world Lynton Crosby and ruining both the UK and (probably) Canada. I don't know who that is but we imported the majority of our lovely politics* from American conservatives so blame them. *barring our homegrown racism of course
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Oct 10, 2015 06:23
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Zenithe posted:Hey Auspol, did anyone order more shitheads? That article is uhh... short. Apparently his new party is primarily running on an anti-pedophile platform.
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Oct 12, 2015 01:36
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I actually had to use e-tax this year because every single link on mygov gave me a 404. This was about a week after the EOFY though and I think they fixed it after a bunch of people complained. It's probably a good thing that they released a more streamlined program than etax though, just because there's a lot of people out there who only need to enter their PAYG info and maybe one or two deductions and that's it. The rest of the process is just clicking the no button endlessly because you're not a senior expat farmer with 8 dependent children, a bunch of investments and on a benefit scheme for forestry workers.
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Oct 13, 2015 00:43
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A pathological hatred of cats is just one of those red flags, like a Southern Cross tattoo or a fondness for talkback radio, that immediately lets you know that someone is just an irredeemably terrible person. It's a real timesaver actually.
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Oct 13, 2015 13:54
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Mithranderp posted:Interest rates have been, at least in historical terms, incredibly low recently. They've either stayed the same or decreased for the past 4 years or so. When I said "assuming interest rates will continue to increase over the next 5 years" I basically meant "assuming interest rates will be higher in 5 years than they are now" because in my very limited understanding of how interest rates work, that is almost a certainty. During the Hawke years they were 17%, which prompted a recession and 1 million+ people becoming unemployed. That's obviously an extreme example but it'd likely affect a much wider portion of the population than just people who are in the housing market.
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Oct 14, 2015 04:26
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The talking points of politicians in Australia aren't aimed at "the average Australian", they're aimed at swinging voters in really specific geographical locations. When you consider that the historically left-wing states of Vic, SA and Tas combined could only deliver 10 new seats at the absolute max to the Labor party at the next election, it's obvious that whoever wins will be decided by NSW and QLD. The parts of NSW and QLD that have the most marginal seats don't necessarily contain the best and brightest citizens of those states, and really it's the least informed voters in those seats (the ones that flip arbitrarily between parties) that decide elections. So I think that's why it seems like talking points are pandering to idiots.
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Oct 15, 2015 02:25
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HookShot posted:If it works like medical marijuana dispensaries here in Vancouver you just have a quick skype convo with a doctor who decides you have anxiety or whatever and you walk out with your sweet legal drugs. It'll probably be schedule 8 like Ritalin and Oxy and require at least initial authorisation by a specialist before a GP can hand out scripts. But also, I'm not sure about Aus but lots of places have specific clauses that make it easier to give people with terminal illnesses drugs with abuse potential but not necessarily the general population. This is how some countries replaced tricyclic antidepressants with psychostimulants for certain patients with depression in pallative care.
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katlington posted:Why is Dutton even still around? Wasn't he getting the flick with the rest of Abbotts crew? I think because there was a bit of a response in Australia to that toddler washing up on that beach in Europe Turnbull created a backup plan in case there is ever a shift in public opinion on immigration. Essentially, he can pun the atrocities on the previous cabinet and fire some rube he's put in charge of immigration (ie. Dutton). Morrison is too smart to be in Dutton's current position, though Dutton is probably operating from a bunch of notes written by Morrison as he gawks at them with a slack-jawed expression.
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That left-right spectrum at 0:12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlEbqC-Vigk
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Oct 17, 2015 12:36
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The bottleneck in medicine is definitely at the internship level. Critical thinking and qualitative skills definitely have their place but rote learning was rightly used a little bit as a bottleneck in some biochemistry subjects I did. There seems to be a subset of students who are mysteriously incapable of rote learning and I wonder if they're actually able to acquire the knowledge base needed to work in any kind of technical field.
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Oct 19, 2015 08:57
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gay picnic defence posted:I've had a couple of take-home exams. That's just asking for people to pay to have it done for them. It was in an entry level business law subject that the university decided the fail rate was too high so they introduced online multiple choice quizes (as many attempts as you needed, worth 20% of the over all mark), cut the number of topics covered and let people do the exam over a weekend. I think that kind of thing is pretty common in first year subjects. First year bio at my uni dropped the weighting of the exam to 35% and made it exclusively multiple choice to make it even easier. I did a first year philosophy subject as an elective and all you had to do in the exam was write an essay about one topic (there was one topic covered per week). You could literally not learn 11 weeks worth of material and still get a HD for the exam.
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http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/...e1bf-1445288758 People are starting to call it Tablegate  That said, apparently this isn't satire. quote:Committee chair Cory Bernardi, who revealed he had studied geology during Year 12, examined the photos and said it was clear the marble had “structural weaknesses’’. quote:SA Minister Jamie Briggs, who was at the party, turned up to work the next day in a wheelchair. Bernardi's got high school geology under his belt, he'd know what he's on about.
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Has he aged 20 years in the past couple of weeks?Anidav posted:Also, the megapixel count on that phone... Game Boy Color
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In irrelevant news, feast your vile jellies on this article: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-34600126 quote:Australian senators have grilled foreign ministry officials over their boss Julie Bishop's use of a red-faced emoji to describe Vladimir Putin.
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SynthOrange posted:http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/22/perths-double-whammy-as-sea-levels-rise-the-city-itself-is-sinking I remember reading an article a year or so ago claiming that Perth's rainfall will drop by 40% in the next few decades, partly due to the Southern Annular Mode moving towards Antarctica. If my memory serves me correctly, apparently other southern cities like Adelaide and Melbourne are only going to lose like 10% this century. I wonder if there would be a way of providing municipal water or if people would basically have to migrate east.
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Eh, I found a source for the 40% thing http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/14/southern-australia-faces-water-crisis-by-end-of-century-due-to-climate-change
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Anidav posted:I like how Fairfax is calling Turnbull a Great Reformer on the front page when he hasn't done anything yet. It's Obama's peace prize all over again "Thank god you're not the last guy"
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Oct 23, 2015 23:35
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Mad Katter posted:Nobody is arguing that everyone should be forced to commute to work on a bike. I don't really understand why some motorists get so whiny about this. I commute via car most of the time and I like having dedicated lanes for bikes and buses because it means no one is suddenly pulling out in front of me.
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Oct 26, 2015 00:55
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Albo was miles ahead in the 2PP last election, but if the Libs preference the Greens ahead of Labor it suddenly becomes a marginal seat. I think the Libs would probably do that if Albo was running for PM, and it would put Labor in a pretty difficult position if their leader lost his seat to the Greens.
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Oct 26, 2015 13:59
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Oh yeah, and I think the seat redistribution favours the Greens.
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I uhh.. http://winstonclose.me/2015/10/28/bill-shorten-to-resign-as-labor-leader-written-by-the-red-and-blue-org/ LABOR “LEADER” Bill Shorten is set to resign his post, and possibly from Parliament, next month; with the ALP now recording poll numbers commensurate with his abysmal performance and set to be hit by fallout from the Royal Commission into the unions, Shorten’s departure will terminate a shameful era for Labor. The move raises questions around timing, and of who will replace him to face a snap double dissolution in December or early 2016. We generally do not break news in this column — mainly because I simply don’t have the resources at present to operate as a journalist on a fulltime basis — but this morning is an exception, and whilst we will relay the news in the conversational discussion style readers are familiar with, the details are very much an early break on a developing story. Usually reliable sources report that the ALP is preparing for the imminent resignation of its “leader,” Bill Shorten, during one of the two parliamentary sessions scheduled for November. The development comes in the wake of the leadership change at the Liberal Party, with new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull now outscoring Shorten in some polls as “preferred Prime Minister” by a four-to-one margin, and ahead of the likely release of the final report by the Royal Commission into union corruption and misconduct in either November or December. It is unclear at this stage whether Shorten intends to recontest his seat of Maribyrnong, in Melbourne’s inner north-west, at the looming federal election, although this column understands there is a distinct possibility he will resign from Parliament altogether. News of Shorten’s intention to vacate the Labor leadership comes as the ALP’s opinion poll numbers have collapsed on trend beyond the woeful 33.4% primary vote it scored at the 2013 election under Kevin Rudd, and we understand just one further round of shocking polling could be decisive in determining Shorten’s position. It is understood that rather than face a leadership challenge in the ALP caucus, Shorten will stand aside voluntarily. The prospect of Shorten’s imminent departure as Labor “leader” comes as little surprise; the motivation for it, however, and the identity of his replacement remain matters for conjecture at present. Already adversely named in testimony before the Royal Commission, it is possible Shorten — irrespective of whether charges are recommended against him — may elect to vacate the Labor leadership to provide a fresh start for a new leader, freed of the lingering malodorous effects of the dirty union linen that has been aired. It is not known whether Shorten has advance knowledge of any possible action to be recommended against him and/or his associates from his past career as a union official, or whether such a consideration has motivated his mooted resignation, and this column makes no suggestion or implication to that effect. Either way, it is understood that a replacement Labor leader will be chosen with a single candidate nominating for the post, avoiding the need for a messy, protracted and potentially divisive campaign lasting weeks or months, and avoiding the risk of a snap election being called whilst the ALP is — quite literally — leaderless. It is unclear at this point who the new Labor leader is to be: however, factional considerations dictate that the Left cannot simultaneously hold both the leadership and the deputy leadership (ruling out a ticket comprising Anthony Albanese and Tanya Plibersek); Chris Bowen is known to want to wait longer before contesting a leadership ballot, meaning he is likely to run as deputy to either Albanese or to Plibersek. This column understands that as soon as Shorten announces his resignation, preparations to engineer a double dissolution election that are currently afoot in Liberal Party circles will be activated; the timing of the election will to a large degree depend on the timing of Shorten’s departure as Labor “leader.” The last practicable date on which to hold an election this year is Saturday 19 December, and for constitutional reasons, such an election would need to be called on or before Tuesday 17 November. Federal Parliament is due to sit twice in November: from the 9th to the 12th, and again from the 23rd until 3 December: clearly, unless Shorten’s resignation occurs before or during the first of those sitting weeks, any election will be delayed until the new year. Should that occur, it is understood a polling date in late February or early March is under active consideration. This timeframe — and the need to be ready, should Shorten pull the pin sooner rather than later — places an obligation on the government to reintroduce whichever of its stalled bills is necessary to the Senate, with great urgency, to provide desired double dissolution triggers that can then be passed at a joint sitting: the Registered Organisations Bill, which if passed will enforce the same regulations and standards of governance upon the union movement as the business community is already subjected to, being chief among them. But on the other hand, an election at the end of this year or early next carries the prospect of substantial adverse findings against union and ALP figures providing a backdrop to the campaign, against which the ALP will struggle to present a palatable or credible offering to voters. By way of commentary, I offer that Shorten has been a poor “leader:” this column has consistently refused to acknowledge him without qualification as the leader of his party, when even Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd were thus acknowledged. Bill Shorten — lampooned in this column as “Billy Bullshit,” with good reason — isn’t a leader’s bootlace. Shorten’s tenure as Labor “leader” represents a shameful period in ALP history, driven as it has been by blatant attempts to stoke class warfare and envy among Australians, punctuated by mindlessly obstructionist Senate tactics in cohort with the Communist Party Greens and a willing crossbench composed mostly of supposed conservative independents and minor parties, and publicly articulated in fundamentally dishonest terms that have lowered the bar for standards of political decency in this country and unforgivably assumed of voters the lack of intelligence or perception to see through the contemptible tactics on show. A self-acknowledged liar who has admitted to deceptive and untrustworthy conduct among his colleagues is unfit to hold the leadership of his party, let alone the great office of Prime Minister, and Shorten — in the absence of Tony Abbott, whom Labor personally demonised and defamed for years — is regarded in reputable opinion polling by voters with the contempt he deserves now he has been judged solely on his own merits in the absence of the frenzy his party whipped up around Abbott. If Labor is smart, it will replace Shorten with Plibersek and give her two attempts to win for the ALP; if it is predictable, it will instead anoint Albanese. Both offer tantalising contests against Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull: Albanese representing the product of a not-dissimilar background that evolved in a very different direction, and Plibersek (her gender notwithstanding) being a warrior of the Left on many of the issues Turnbull is noted for championing from the Right. But either way, the departure of Shorten from senior political life will be no loss whatsoever to this country, and in the big scheme of things won’t matter a tin of beans. Shorten isn’t even yesterday’s man, unless your preference yesterday was for a lying, scheming, manipulative union thug with a penchant for burying axes between the shoulder blades of those supposedly closest to him. The prospect of Shorten as Prime Minister should horrify even those most apathetic about politics; the emphasis of the ALP in stoking envy, hatred of success and war between classes on his watch has placed a great stain on that party, and Shorten’s tenure at its helm will come to be viewed by Labor people as a matter of deep embarrassment that dishonoured it. Nobody will miss Shorten when he is gone. This column is waiting, eagerly, for the anointed day to arrive.
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I do wish that disgruntled screed backed up its claim with slightly more than vague references to reliable sources.
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This Jezebel article is trending on facebook for some reason Aussie Accent Developed Through Years of Heavy Drinking, Says New Theory quote:A new theory out of Victoria University in Melbourne suggests that the Australian accent is not (as previously thought) the product of blending dialects, but is actually the result of Australians continually getting poo poo-faced together.
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Oct 29, 2015 03:15
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If you think having more people vote for Labor and the Greens over the LNP is a good thing then you pretty much have to support lowering the voting age
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It's November everywhere except QLD and WA. Let's rock this casserole
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