gay picnic defence posted:

That's going to go down well I imagine

Snod. posted:

Do we have a budget bingo card

open24hours posted:

Jumpingmanjim posted:

This is Ken Stevens, the number one candidate in the NSW Senate for Derryn Hinch's Justice Party confronting the Cremorne Point flasher (a public masturbator):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJIS3T_xdTg

Cleretic posted:

Why do we have so loving many cooking shows, anyway? Every station has several cooking shows, and it's baffling to me.

CrazyTolradi posted:

Anidav posted:

Flip flop on backpacker tax

Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer has announced a delay in the introduction of the contentious backpacker tax.

Working holidaymakers were facing a 32 per cent tax, sparking warnings they would shun Australia as a travel destination.

Au Revoir Shosanna posted:

Dodgy refugee builders stealing YOUR unemployment benefits. Our investigation reveals that they're fat.

ModernMajorGeneral posted:

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-po...517-goxhj1.html


Refugees are illiterate, but they would take your jobs anyway, and they would also be unemployed while taking your jobs.

evilbastard posted:

On the bright side, it probably wasn't an anti-muslim hate group. Geelong has a serial arsonist targeting religious buildings.

Geelong church fires

May 18, 2016 Geelong Mosque, Manifold Heights
April 15, 2016 Geelong West Presbyterian Church
December 6, 2015 Norlane Baptist Church, Sparks Rd, Norlane
December 6, 2015 Norlane Baptist Church, Spruhan Ave, Norland
October 14, 2015 St John the Evangelist Catholic Church

CrazyTolradi posted:

You say that like any of our trade deals hugely benefit us.

Solemn Sloth posted:

the only thing worse about Hack than the people who call in are the loving hosts

BBJoey posted:

what were their reasons?

BBJoey posted:

I can't understand it because they live at a time when there is an extremely strong third party fighting from the left and at the very least they can get a democracy sausage out of it. Kids are retarded is what I'm saying

MysticalMachineGun posted:

"All the pollies care about are old people and boomers, I'm not even going to enrol to vote"

Pollies care about large voting blocs. By not enrolling to vote you ensure that there are less people in the young people bloc so you directly reduce their power.

If young folks outnumbered oldies you'd see policies change quick smart. Unfortunately we have an aging population

Endman posted:

Chris Berg posted:

No-one cares

Au Revoir Shosanna posted:

NEWSFLASH: I'm a migrant and I agree with Peter Dutton.

Lid posted:

Bolt from the Blue

The way ahead for Malcolm Turnbull is to act like Tony Abbott

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Nope, what was it about?

TimonofAthens posted:

If you think punishing the LNP by voting in a likely GLP coalition will advance your interests, think again. It won't.

Todd posted:

No, Timon. Normally, you would be correct. But please look up fiscal eqaulisation under the GST and understand how it works. It is the growth in WA that has lead to the collapse of its economy. You see, a growing economy normally requires growing infrastructure and growing spending on services., Agreed? This would normally come from higher tax receipts that come with more economic activity. Since 2001, however, under fiscal equalisation, the extra tax from growth goes to those States that are not growing as fast (even more to those States going backwards). S, the growth means the same or less tax coming in, but with higher spending requirements (more people means more schools, hospitals etc). Barnett did not squander the boom, the benefits were given to States like Tassie and SA. That does not mean Barnett is blameless. He has ignored the only solution - secession.

So, there are two options - the first is secession (my preferred option) and the second is to become a "Tassie". Did you know both SA and Tassie have higher credit ratings than WA? That's because people who know what they are talking about see what is in store under fiscal equalisation. They know that WA requires more infrastructure and services and they know WA will have shrinking income over the foreseeable future. There are no ifs or buts about it.

So, unless WA secedes, they would benefit greatly from an ALP (even better, a Greens) Government that will limit growth and economic activity and turn the tables so that WA can shrink its populationat the same time as increase its income - at the expense of other States, of course, but why would West Aussies care about other States.

Barnett wants to put a cable car up to attract tourists. What? I would be running ads on the Opera House and Great Barrier Reef if I was WA's tourism minister. Less West Aussies will have jobs, but Wetsern Australia will be better off. As perverse as that sounds, it is what fiscal equalisation means. Put it this way, if I told you you would have a higher income if you did not work, would you work? Especially if you were in debt and NEEDED to pay it off?

Everyone in Australia should love Barnett, except Western Australians. Tasmania should have a statue of him. McGowan will shrink the WA economy - and that will be a GOOD thing financially. If, by a miracle, WA Labor can foster more growth, WA is stuffed - simple as that. Welcome to socialism.

Anidav posted:

What the gently caress Turnbull is just repeating the same thing he said in the first debate.