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drat SL, someone changed your avatar to be of something contrary to what you actually believe? Truly you have suffered like no other.
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RichardA posted:South Australia drat it.
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ScreamingLlama posted:It doesn't matter how many times you tell me to shut up, I'm going to keep shitposting because you're not mods and there's gently caress all you can do to shut me up. Don't worry, I'm sure someone else will soon start a new Auspol thread while telling everyone loudly that theirs is the real continuation of Auspol with this being a takeover by someone hostile to the group. Each thread will have two posters.
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RichardA posted:Totals: Good work on the DD Turnbull!
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Mad Katter posted:I don't see the huge problem with it. A Party's second and third candidates are always going to get lower primary votes and rely on the flow of preferences, right? Sounds like Muir is advocating for the official non-recognition of political parties altogether, in which case  .
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Frogmanv2 posted:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/08/my-10-principles-to-reform-the-united-nations-before-its-too-late Christ, the very first line of that: quote:I will not now be a candidate for the position of UN secretary general but I offer these reflections to the next SG and to the UN member states As for the UN itself, I think it's going to slide into long term irrelevance, as much as that is a shame. After the US/UK/AUS sidestepped around the UN in the invasion of Iraq the decline started in full.
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BlitzkriegOfColour posted:Is anyone else finding hilarious the new senators who, apparently unfamiliar with the role of the senate, are demanding this and that? Dickheads, you're a house of review, not as house of suggestion. Try for a lower house seat if you want to dictate the policies put up for review, but in the meantime, stfu. Special shout outs to our incompetent media for not ridiculing these thickies. Yes, no senators could ever influence the government like they have been doing every single time one party doesn't have a majority.
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Nibbles! posted:Yeah, the Senate was specifically set up NOT to be a house of review. It was intended to be the State's house. This. http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Senate/Powers_practice_n_procedures/Senate_Briefs/Brief10 The lower and upper houses have very similar powers, the main difference is that the lower house majority gets to form government, while the upper house gets extra powers of review.
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:I honestly don't know enough about this stuff to bother continuing this argument, I just really couldn't give a single gently caress about China taking some water and would prefer not to die in a nuclear holocaust over it. It's as simple and as non-thought out as that. I suppose an analogy would be if Indonesia decided to claim the Tasman sea. This whole thing is one of those no-win situations. Force freedom of movement and don't recognize China's claim, tension builds. Ignore the issue and let China do whatever, we are effectively telling all the other nations in the area to suck it.
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Is NSW still talking about expanding privatised prisons? Wonder if the recent US announcement will affect public perception of the idea.
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Cleretic posted:At Home with Julia was at its best when it was bouncing caricatures of politicians off each other and/or mundane events. The first episode was the peak because it was just that: really good parodies of Katter, Oakeshott and Windsor, at a dinner. Probably for much the same reason that there isn't a whole lot of Trump parodying going on. When the real thing is bizarre enough you reach a point where there's nothing to parody. I mean with John Howard you could make jokes about him being old fashioned and base physical caricature around his appearance. How would you do that about Abbott? He's so old fashioned, I bet he'd knight Prince Phillip...ho ho ho what a lark wait what do you mean he actually did it.
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Maluco Marinero posted:So I was gonna say this too but I wasn't sure it was true. Is it seriously non binding to actual legislation? Yep, it carries no more legal weight than a Newspoll.
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SynthOrange posted:
He's officially saying they will announce a position later this week. Meaning he wants to have Turnbull grovelling at his feet for the next 72 hours and see what he can drag out of him.
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But surely she doesn't expect to play Prime Minister unscrutinised. Surely she expects Parliament to do its job. It is in nobody's interest to just let a government play, unchecked, with public funds. When governments get value for that money, we are all better off. When they waste it, we all lose. Those who most need a government to run the economy well, to manage its spending well and to get value for money are those at the lowest end of the socio-economic spectrum. When the economy is mismanaged, the really well-off miss out on an overseas trip or lose value on assets - shares, the beach house or whatever. The less well-off lose their job, maybe their house. And many never recover. Keeping a check on the government is that important. Amanda Vanstone, 2011
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So what are the rules on introducing private members bills or bills from opposition? Make Turnbull squirm.
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Cartoon posted:This is exactly what is the expected outcome. Check the post above yours.
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Google is full of weird things: http://www.didmalcolmturnbullstrangleacat.com/
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Plotterboy posted:Theres a new thread? Barely.
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