QUACKTASTIC posted:

Shooters and Fishers MP Robert Borsak, who previously revealed shooting an elephant while on a hunting trip in Africa, says he ate the animal ‘but not in one sitting’

ewe2 posted:

I absolutely loved the environmental geography at school but it was a shock to realize just how dumb our infrastructure is, how thoughtless and wasteful and fruitless.

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Many of the beachfront homes in Sydney's north — some of them on the verge of collapse after the severe storms — are not likely to be insured against damage from the sea, the Insurance Council of Australia says.

Starshark posted:

Have you told them you don't wish to create joinder with them? Have you asked them, "Am I being detained?"

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Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has backed Liberal Andrew Hastie's refusal to remove photos of his military uniform from election campaign advertising, an act of disobedience that prompted the Canning MP's sacking by the Australian Defence Force.

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The number of people sleeping rough on Melbourne's streets has increased by 74 per cent compared to two years ago, a City of Melbourne survey shows.

The StreetCount survey involved 160 volunteers, who took to Melbourne's streets between 4:30am and 8:30am on June 7 to count the city's homeless.

The teams recorded 247 people sleeping rough on Melbourne's streets — a substantial increase on the 142 people recorded at the same time in 2014.

The volunteers found 184 people sleeping in parks, streets and squats and surveyed 63 people who slept rough at day centres.

Amoeba102 posted:

Change ballot papers to circles, with text aligned along the radius such that there is no first position.

Redcordial posted:

I made a formal report at the local police station earlier, regarding the vehicle that reversed into me and my motorbike yesterday.

I'm happy that the plates matched the description of the vehicle, and given it was a hit and run I'm hopefully, almost certain to be reimbursed for damages.

The plates were registered to an address in Ballarat... Maybe that explains why he was so uncooperative, possible UPF soldier??

On the reals, I'm quite happy that I memorised the plates correctly until I arrived where my exam was about to be underway.. what a loving day. I just hope I can get the money back for my destroyed tire and towing bills...

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The great unwinding of the once-in-a-century mining boom is only halfway through and another 50,000 jobs are still likely to be shed, according to the National Australia Bank.

NAB's research found that mining investment is currently more than halfway through the investment cycle, while employment is slightly below the half-way mark largely due to the labour intensity of the big LNG projects in Queensland and Western Australia.

"Our models suggest that mining investment is likely to fall by around 70 per cent from its current level over the next three years - implying that we are currently just over halfway down the mining investment 'cliff'," NAB head of Australian Economics Riki Polygenis said.

"We expect approximately 50,000 more mining jobs to be shed, which is expected to bottom out in the next two-and-half years," Ms Polgenis noted.

adamantium|wang posted:

Recoome posted:

btw this is obviously from the UPF facebook page hahaha