starkebn posted:

More Pavel please

Birb Katter posted:

Sanctuary hasn't been legal for over 400 years so it's moral posturing rather than legit safe harbour, still a bit though. Some big church diocese have weight in on it too.

turdbucket posted:

The party hasn't aimed to improve the lot of workers for years, look at what happened with FairWork. Why would they cut ties? the SDA is the ALP and the ALP is the SDA, they're the same people with the same goals and mindset.

Redcordial posted:

Premier Dan Andrews has done a good thing, and I approve.

Cartoon posted:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-02/deputy-coroner-wants-rock-fisherman-life-jacket-laws/6590418


The article is old but it is once again current in the news in NSW.

quote:

Last night Giovanni Paradiso, co-owner of Sydney institutions Fratelli Paradiso and 10 William Street posted a photo on Instagram. It was an image of 10 William Street’s chalkboard wine list, with the caption, “So according to NSW POLICE FORCE our blackboard with what we are pouring by the glass is promoting unsavoury behaviour. SYDNEY WHAT THE gently caress IS HAPPENING.”

This morning, we spoke to 10 William's co-owner, Marco Ambrosino, about what unfolded before the Instagram post last night. “The Rugby Sevens were on and there was a lot of activity in the area. Thousands of people were walking around on the streets and the police were out visiting all the pubs," he explained. "They spent quite some time in the pub next to us, so to show fairness, they popped into the business next to the pub [our restaurant]."

The owners were in the venue last night while the police spoke with 10 Williams' manager on duty outside. While he didn't speak directly with police, Ambrosino says they told 10 Williams' manager there were two concerns: a sign saying “free wine”, which the manager explained was a cheeky refererence to wine without added substances (that is, natural wine), which the restaurant is known for serving.

The second concern was that the blackboard listing wines by the glass was too close to the front of the restaurant, which police explained could be seen to promote heavy drinking, without making clear it was a venue that served food.

“We are a wine bar, so we put our wines by the glass at the front, and hand people a menu when they sit down. We’ve had it like this for six years," Ambrosino told us.

“There’s an undercurrent of disappointment amongst venue owners. There seems to be a real confusion of drinking and dining [and] when you can trade. We’re very, very frustrated. None of us have had any trouble. The police are painting us all with one brush,” says Ambrosino.

Cleretic posted:

I wonder how quickly this is gonna peter out and disappear into political esoterica once they find out that most of the money that disappears into this is going to Liberal voter demographics.

Like how the Howard government went to great expense to figure out who was scamming welfare, and then quietly dropped it once they found out it was mostly pensioners.

Laserface posted:

Wearing a life jacket isnt necessarily a bad thing. Wakeboarders can wake board and do fancy tricks while wearing theirs, Im sure they would be suitable for fishing in.

Redcordial posted:

I just wanted to chime in and ask how the gently caress do you people arguing against using PFD's think that they actually restrict your movement in a significant manner?

Unless you are using your old life-jacket that your purchased in 1995 for your extremely dangerous activity, I do not see how these http://www.extrasport.com/ restrict your movement enough to add such an extra risk.

I don't mean to be an arsehole and imply that people complaining about PFD use are overweight or not athletic. My point of view is that PFD's only restrict your actual necessary movements while fishing to a very small degree, and possibly if you are complaining about them restricting your movement, you are just being lazy or are not using your body effectively when casting etc. I mean they even give you a bloody shield to stick the end of your rod into your stomach so you don't get the usual "crutch-burn" from having your rod against your lower stomach while bringing in bigger fish.

What is wrong about adapting to new methods of safety when participating in dangerous activities? I ride a motorbike everyday, and I make sure to wear proper protection because times have evolved and I am not riding a horse on a dirt track, I am putting my life on the line and safety can never be under estimated.

ScreamingLlama posted:

Making lovely ASMR jokes over and over isn't exactly going to make me respect your point of view.

hooman posted:

"On Monday McClellan revealed that the conditions were hypertension and ischaemic heart disease. While it would be preferable that Pell fly to Australia to give evidence, McClellan said the commissioners were satisfied doing so would pose a risk to Pell’s health and that his condition was unlikely to improve."

gently caress you Pell. You loving coward.

turdbucket posted:

Is the obese guy who claimed the disability pension because he is so overweight complaining about "welfare fraud"? Lol.

open24hours posted:

Self inflicted disabilities are still disabilities? Once you start thinking 'well maybe it's their own fault they're disabled' and use that as a justification for not helping you're heading down a dark path.

hooman posted:

"Approximately half of all complaints made to Australia’s windfarm commissioner relate to turbines that have not yet been built, the man tasked with the job has said."

hahhahaahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahaa

thatfatkid posted:

Ohhh i get it now. It's saying that if the refugee children are allowed to stay on the mainland then there'll be more boats and therefore more deaths at sea.

I'm not sure how that argument is meant to appeal to the anti-refugee voter though. Surely more dead brown people would be a plus to them.

Frogmanv2 posted:

Given the increasing amount of research thats pointing to a strong link between genetics and obesity, no, it probably isnt.

Frogmanv2 posted:

Oh, cool, well, as long as your gut tells you something is right, then it must be.

Im not saying that diet doesnt play a part. It clearly does. What I am saying is that genetics can play a massive part in regulating how much food you eat.

Serrath posted:

The most current models hold that you can genetically inherent the propensity to store larger amounts of fat in the presence of over abundant food, not the quality of being obese specifically

bowmore posted:

Wouldn't cost of living just rise?

Doctor Spaceman posted:

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.

Solemn Sloth posted:

This is what happens when you gentrify a dense urban area with a bunch of loving new spiritualist anti science idiots. Built a wall and carpet bomb the whole inner north (sorry beets office, sorry burgers)

Anidav posted:

Isn't all these resignations exactly what Turdball wants? A reshuffle with a bunch of small L no names so he can sail into an election without a face the public can hate?

ewe2 posted:

They're desperate to break that Senate, but all I can see arising from a DD is a worse Senate than ever, unless they plan to spend absolutely zillions to shut everyone else out, and that strategy never works on the Senate and only sometimes in the Reps.

quote:

A summer marred by ministerial crises and the prospect of a higher GST has taken the shine off the Turnbull government, sending the Coalition's share of the vote below that achieved by Tony Abbott at the 2013 election.

A four point two-party preferred slump to 52-48 still has the government winning but is set to dispel any lingering early election barracking from within the government. Just one in five voters (22 per cent) would look favourably on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull running to the polls before his full term is served. Mr Turnbull has told his party to be on guard for a snap poll should key legislation be blocked in the Senate.

Solemn Sloth posted:

imagine if mum and dad investors had to put their capital to something useful instead of becoming rent-seeking parasites, the horror

open24hours posted:

starkebn posted:

only because of urban sprawl, which he specifically calls out as being what Aussies obviously want. More medium density living would be sustainable if we can keep up with water and public transport, and other urban planning, demands

Ket posted:

Because the more land we save for future generations, the better?