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Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Greens Deputy Leader Scott Ludlam is under fire this morning after the outspoken anti-nuclear advocate was revealed to be powered by a nuclear reactor embedded deep inside his chest.

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Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Nice try ALP.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Penny Wong posted:

Today is the sixth anniversary of the Australian Greens voting with Tony Abbott against Labor’s Carbon Pollution Reduction scheme. The Greens’ stance blocked introduction of a carbon price and had a disastrous impact on Australia’s climate policies.

Two years later they voted for a virtually identical Emissions Trading Scheme.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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I kinda have the primal urge to buy an AMD CPU and burn Negligent with it.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Wow Jordies latest video is sucking ALP dick so hard.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Malcolm Turnbull the Prime Minister and Malcolm Turnbull the pseudo UBER CEO are two separate people and he interchangeably fronts the media as one of them.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Malcolm Turnbull is the Nintendo Wii of Prime Ministers. Yells innovation from the mountaintops while mostly being the same as his predecessor on the inside.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Sounds like Tony had a lot of lobbyists.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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The KAP have been semi interesting in QLD parliament. They really want more ethanol fuel.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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lmao so Labor has no policies because the Liberals will privatize them before the election.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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What kind of ex PM buys a second hand fridge???

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Howard had successful uncle voice that hypnotized us all.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Why not both? Barriers and increased funding?

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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"In earlier months, Robb had considered standing against Turnbull in the event of a challenge. That would have given the party's conservative faction an alternative that some would have found attractive."

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Meanwhile copper is rotting in the ground, mining is destroying communities and drought conditions continue without adequate government assistance.

Money well spent.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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I'm hoping Turdball porkbarrells a New start Increase with the GST increase just so I can feel like I'm going somewhere in life.

That being a downwards spiral but hey. New start increases by 2.4%

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Montezuma in Civ 4 is worse.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Queensland is Ok.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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lmao Channel 7 literally just described it as

"What was supposed to be a peaceful anti-muslim Barbecue got interrupted by anti-fascist protesters. With one man getting his tyres slashed"

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Senor Tron posted:

Christ, is that report online?

I dunno if they upload the 6pm news anywhere

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Bill Shorten actually exists.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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starkebn posted:

Source please

https://www.laborherald.com.au/politics/bill-shorten-assures-townsville-residents-at-community-forum/

Labor Herald posted:

Early Tuesday evening, at the Heatley Secondary College in Townsville, Labor leader Bill Shorten hosted a community forum to discuss topics and issues of concern for more than 100 local residents.

Cathy O’Toole, the Labor candidate for the Federal seat of Herbert, opened the forum and spoke briefly about her hopes for a better Townsville future before welcoming the Opposition leader.

The event, as part of O’Toole’s election campaign, was open to Townsville residents to question and discuss issues such as education, health, infrastructure in Far North Queensland (FNQ), jobs and a “fair go for all”.

Shorten faced many questions, and one underlining issue dominated residents’ concerns: Does Bill Shorten actually exist.

A local resident expressed concern regarding his existence.

“How are we meant to vote for the Labor Party if the Opposition Leader does not technically exist on this futile plane?” the resident asked.

The Labor leader is passionate about this issue; his mother existed once so he understood the local resident’s concerns.

Shorten said: “I believe in my own existence and yours as well, fellow humans.”

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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"I'm not against Islam, I'm just against sharia law."

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Bill Leak is a huge racist who always cartoons minorities with massive lips and unattractive features. His cartoons drawn about the intervention during the Howard years are flat out hate crime levels of racism.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Doctor Spaceman posted:

This is a good way to view Leak's work.


He doesn't need to.

The far more interesting and concerning thing is that he's actually spending money on a ground game; if he was just doing this as a book selling / trolling he wouldn't need to bother with that.


lol those dark eyes

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Isil is specifically waiting to box with Abbott.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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I like the homosexual big nose advising Bill shorten. Reminds me of a particular 1930s culture.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Bill Leak is employed.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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By the largest national newpaper.

And has been


For decades

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Hitler was a decent painter too.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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So he peaked during the Howard years and plummeted with the fall of One Nation.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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It's hard to find info but he had a bunch of books and a show and a handful of appearances on the ABC during Howard then Howard lost and he hit his head in 2008 which almost killed him but he was brought back to life to draw Dr. Suess Asians for a salary.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Woolworths, Coles and Aldi are embroiled in a child labour scandal, with all three supermarket chains confirming they sell prawns or seafood supplied by a Thai company at the centre of the allegations.

Graphic evidence of forced labour, including child labour, has been uncovered at a prawn peeling factory owned by major seafood supplier Thai Union.

An investigation by Associated Press found hundreds of workers at the company's factories working under poor conditions with some workers, mainly from Myanmar, locked inside or otherwise unable to leave the factory.

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Female workers sort shrimp at a seafood market in Mahachai, Thailand.Photo: Gemunu Amarasinghe

Children were observed working the production line and witnesses told the news wire service they worked under the threat of violence.

The Thai Department of Fisheries shows Thai Union has several facilities approved to export seafood to Australia.

The child and forced labour was seen at the Gig Peeling Factory in Samut Sakhon, about an hour's drive from Bangkok.


The scandal could lead to a prawn shortage over summer with consumers expected to hunt out Australian farmed prawns and pressure retailers to withdraw the products from its shelves.

All three of Australia's major supermarket retailers are conducting investigations into their supply chain after confirming to Fairfax Media they use Thai Union as a supplier.

"Thai Union is one of our suppliers as they are to most large western retailers and brands. We will investigate this further with our supplier and seek advice from our NGO partners," a spokesman for Woolworths said.

Coles confirmed its frozen prawns were sourced from Thai Union, but noted its fresh prawns sold from its deli section were Australian prawns.

"Coles takes a proactive approach to labour standard issues and works closely with our suppliers, key NGOs and stakeholder groups including the International Labour Organisation to engage on these issues," a Coles spokesman said.

A spokeswoman for Aldi confirmed the chain also used Thai Union as a supplier.

"We will review the Associated Press' investigative report as soon as it is released," the spokeswoman said.

A major global supplier

IGA Supermarkets said while Thai Union was not its major supplier it was unable to rule out stocking Thai Union produce.

"Some of our other locally based seafood suppliers may purchase prawns from Thai Union as they are one of the largest seafood suppliers in the world," a spokesman for IGA owner Metcash said.

All four major supermarket chains emphasised that they took the issue of child and forced labour very seriously.

In a prepared statement, Thai Union president and chief executive Thiraphong Chansiri described the report as a "wake-up call" for the company.

"Any illegal or unethical labour practices are unacceptable to Thai Union, and we are committed to take the necessary actions to ensure products in our supply chain are brought to market in a way that is consistent with our values to operate with integrity and with the utmost respect for human rights – nothing less will be tolerated," Mr Thiraphong said.

The company said it would bring all processing in-house.

Greenpeace campaigner Nathaniel Pelle said Thai Union was a major supplier of Australian seafood and consumers should be aware of this even if they were buying seafood from smaller retailers and seafood specialists.

"Without a doubt Australians are buying seafood, including prawns from Thai union, and unfortunately supporting these practices in Asia that are widespread."

Last week Greenpeace released a report on the prawn industry in Thailand that found several companies engaging in poor labour and environmental practices.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Savings

$704m over 3 years by cracking down on welfare compliance$639m over 4 years by removing bulk billing incentives for pathology services & reducing the incentive for MRI services$595m over 4 years from health workforce programs$472m over 3 years from Aged Care funding$441m over 4 years by means testing the Child Care subsidy for families earning more than $250,000

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Lmao the budget drops a few more billion and all they can do is CRACKDOWN ON WELFARE MATE.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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I had food poisoning once and I felt slightly radicalized and a strong desire to visit a doctor in Syria to cure me.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Gundam pilot arrested on terrorism charges after revealed strong desire to get into Mecha.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Doctor Spaceman posted:

The China FTA is costing us 4.2B in lost tariffs, but this will be offset by the ??? in additional revenue.

4.2tonnes of poor people grinded into a fine powder which is snorted by the elite to get high and write coalition policy at 3am.

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Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

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Lmao you just know they're gonna call an election to specifically pass the Abbott cuts later down the line. They're working backwards. Moonwalking back into the Hockeynomics budget after the election win.

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