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Grouchio posted:You mates seriously need state media reforms around so the press can actually have differing opinions for once. Talk about poo poo luck with that Tony short stick. We have the ABC, which is one of the most trusted sources of news in the country, and its state based. Which is why the LNP try to gut it at every chance. They have a thing where they have to be neutral though, so every centrist ALP members has to be balanced by a cockhead tory. The LNP has this big witchhunt every so often and they accuse the ABC of leftwing bias, which inevitably fizzles out when the reports come back, again, about how neutral they are. There is a senator for the greens who raises internet based questions a whole bunch, and has been doing cryptoparties round the nation, showing people how easy it is to dodge the data retention laws.
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Grouchio posted:Aren't the internet speeds there notoriously strangled by national law? Sort of. The internet speeds are strangled because the biggest telco, Telstra, had a monopoly on the communication infrastructure for a very long time, and had no reason to upgrade its copper pipes. Then the previous ALP government came along and said "This poo poo is hosed, we are going to build a fibre to the home network which will last for the foreseeable future". The LNP came along and said "No, thats going to be too expensive, we can build fibre to the node, and then use copper for the last run, and that will save money and time". The LNP won the election, took over the network and proceeded to gently caress it good and proper. Telstra, on the assumption that it was going to lose its copper network, did exactly zero maintenance beyond using duct tape and hope to keep it running for a few extra years and now thats what the LNP bought off them and are hoping to use to deliver poo poo internet speeds with.
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Byolante posted:anti-science lunatics who hate organised sport and vaccinations but coast by on inner city melbourne being filled to the brim with middle class pearl clutchers fun fact, this group is actually the most likely to listen to scientists, and is the least ideologue party around.
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To be fair, the Libs plan to tax ttr schemes will hit people who use it and that is by no means only high income earners.
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Lizard Combatant posted:obligatory: Noice
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LibertyCat posted:I think it's complete bullshit, yes. Belief systems are man-made and there is no reason they should be considered equal. Pretty sure that the indigenous owners of Australia were doing just fine before your ancestors came along and stole their land.
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Cleretic posted:Someone remind me, do we post Grundle as a good columnist, or a poo poo one to bitch about? He is usually ok, but as was said before, anything related to gender, just put it in the bin.
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Coles tells fair work to gently caress off. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-09/coles-refuses-to-boost-penalty-rates-despite-fair-work-ruling/7496114 quote:Supermarket giant Coles has defied the Fair Work Commission and refused to boost penalty rates for workers who have been left worse off under a controversial wage agreement struck with the shop assistant's union.
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Jun 9, 2016 04:47
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open24hours posted:It shouldn't really be legal to buy and sell property, or at least residential property, that can't be insured. Either the government should become an insurer of last resort, or they should be zoned so people can't live there. It's in no one's interest to have people losing their houses. Its in the interest of the repairer/rebuilder.
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open24hours posted:Yeah this is another thing. When you take out insurance on your house you should be insured against everything. None of this 'well you weren't insured against meteor strike so too bad'. I dunno, it seems pretty pointless to pay for insurance against flooding when you live in Alice Springs. I think that insurance companies shouldnt try to weasel out of payments like in the Brisbane floods example, but picking and choosing what you are insured for isnt bad.
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If you are insuring against everything, i would have very little faith in insurance companies removing services that arent needed.
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You Am I posted:Oh cool Labor is supporting the Coalition with cuts to family payments They are making the hard decisions. Like they always do, to take away from those most in need. They wont make the hard decisions like close corporate tax loopholes. gently caress the ALP with a bus.
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Solemn Sloth posted:lol, Labor are preferencing Abbott ahead of that dude who isn't Abbott of loving course they are. got a link?
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tithin posted:Abbott's a walking talking attack line, this is them giving themselves future ammo And its still stupid, because its not like the LNP doesnt have a plethora of other walking talking attack lines. Anyone with half a brain could come up with decent talking points to crush the LNP in the polls.
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LibertyCat posted:Please, if I bought you an angry av, I'd try to actually put a little effort into it. Give me more credit than that. Why on earth would anyone give you credit for anything?
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LibertyCat posted:"LibertyCat is such a fuckwit
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LibertyCat posted:I'm not a religious extremist and I have no desire to commit violence, don't have a problem with women and gay people, and I doubt I'd pass that religious hocus-pocus down to my kids, hope this allays your concerns Forums Poster solemn sloth. Yes, because the church is a shining beacon of all that is tenderness and compassion towards LGBTQI folk. You dense fuckstick.
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Has the ALP released its list of preferences yet?
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Jun 14, 2016 08:24
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Anidav posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W95RHO6_Gw4 I like the way his little pinky is up like he is holding a delicate cup of tea.
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Chortle John Howard is running for the senate in WA.
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Ten Becquerels posted:I forgot I was in Julie Bishop's electorate (Curtin, WA) until this election season started and people put signs with her face on it all over the place. yeah, im in here as well, by literally 1 road, in two directions. Im about 50m from the upper left hand corner of the electorate.
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Ten Becquerels posted:I'm pretty close to the border as well, a little way down the street from Scarborough Beach Road. That corner store that had the owner protesting on the roof is right near my house. I had no idea he was there until after he got down. That dude was a champ.
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Anidav posted:Hey guys, I got a submission form to submit a question for tonight's Facebook debate with no guarantee it will be asked but I have a form here to ask it. Mr Turnbull, Are you very proud you have shoveled billions of dollars to telstra and ruined Australian internet by delivering a substandard, slow, expensive mess of an NBN, or are your extraordinarily proud?
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Freudian Slip posted:Is SHY in 1st or 2nd position in SA? Looks like 1, with Simms in 2
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Recoome posted:Apparently there was a UPF Rally in Perth today. I did not know this was on.
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Snod. posted:Does anyone actually listen to AM radio? Asking for a friend I do. I was at a party, just chatting to some random and it turns out she worked for the ABC newsradio, and I was the first person she had met who admitted to listening to it.
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thatbastardken posted:turnball is crook as a dog, going to lose the election because he got the flu Hopefully he takes doewn the entire press gallery and a bunch of pollies so they all lose their voice and cant say poo poo. also, lol if you think Turnbull uses the public health system. He would have a dr flown out to where ever he is to follow him round.
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wombat74 posted:Already has, asx is down 3% as investors switch to "safehavens". Nikkei is down 7. Nikkei hit limit down and just said "fuckit. we arent trading anymore"
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Sulla-Marius 88 posted:Does anybody have a website where you can do draft ballots? Or get a brief summary of what each party/independent tends to stand for? I know like 7 years ago there was a really solid one but I can't see if they're doing it again for this one. I have to get my postal ballot in today AEC.gov.au is your best bet right now. belowtheline.org isnt going to be up. What electorate?
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Sulla-Marius 88 posted:Warringah, Tony Abbott's backyard http://www.aec.gov.au/election/NSW/Warringah.htm Good luck finding out what the candidates stand for. To my knowledge there is no central repository where that information is stored. And no worries duder, hope all is well.
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starkebn posted:Yeah, even if you think you'll do a much better job than any Labor candidate you should only go after those nasty Liberals because apparently they're the only ones who've been attacking you? Paul Keating started mandatory detention for asylum seekers. gently caress Paul Keating.
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https://newmatilda.com/2016/06/28/helen-razer-is-wrong-why-leftists-should-vote-for-the-greens/ Some light reading explaining why Helen Razor is wrong. Again.
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bee posted:I'm volunteering for the Greens at the polling booth on Saturday. Has anyone got any tips for me, as I've never done this before? It's not actually my own electorate, they're just short on members out that way. It's a pretty low income area with a lot of crime, or at least it was the last time I used to work out that way. Most people will try to avoid you. Have a short line you can say in a couple of seconds ready so you can say it as you hand someone a card. I used "Vote greens in the senate" a hell of a lot.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-30/fears-about-indigenous-rangers-program-funding-beyond-2018/7551736 A program that provided jobs to indigenous australians, and protected the environment? Im just amazed its lasted this long.
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thatfatkid posted:The chaser van skit was painfully unfunny. They deliberately misinterpreted what Leyjonhelm said and then harassed him with a lovely strawman. How did they misinterpret what he said?
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Frogfingers posted:Yes it does. Whatever your "critique" is comes from a place of you not knowing what the gently caress you're talking about. Welcome to conversing with amethyst. Remember, his name has meth in it for a reason.
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Frogfingers posted:I thought it was safe to come out of hiding when I saw that mills and ratbag were gone. Evidently not. Oh there is a never ending stream of shitbags in here.
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thatbastardken posted:Sunburned, but not as badly as last time. I had to restrain my mother from beating him to death. Why? Why would you do that?
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Anidav posted:Why do The Greens have a Jewish hater squad? They dont hate jews, they hate the israeli government. A slight distinction, but an important one.
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