Anidav posted:

Actually the Liberal Party is a Super Nintendo and the Nationals are the Super FX chip

norp posted:

Doesn't check out. Nintendos are cool and good

Graic Gabtar posted:

Somehow I feel an opportunity has been missed.

Anidav posted:

Actually the Liberal Party is a Super Nintendo and the Nationals are the Super FX chip

Graic Gabtar posted:

Well, let's assume yes and we missed out on a reasonable PM all things being equal.

However, wind the clock forward and yet here we are judging politicians based on appearance - even though the one in question gives the impression of being a total moronic dickhead.

I could only imagine the stink if someone linked to an article on Greens education policy and I posted it should be disregarded because Sarah Hanson-Young looks like a slut.

Point is, I don't really care what you say but when I feel like I'm somewhat on the track to being the voice of reason then gently caress.

BBJoey posted:

you're insanely loving stupid, dude

DancingShade posted:

Which party is the Commodore 64?

Senor Tron posted:

Alternatively, Doctor Karl's run for the senate as an independent.

MysticalMachineGun posted:

Considering Sega do what Nintendon't I'd say the Greens are Sega and Labor and Liberal are two slightly different flavours of the NES

starkebn posted:

Serrath posted:

Which one came out in Australia? I thought the middle one was the one released worldwide

Serrath posted:

Which one came out in Australia? I thought the middle one was the one released worldwide

DancingShade posted:

Which party is the Commodore 64?

Can the crazed religious right be the cassette drive?

loving 16 bit elitists.

starkebn posted:

I'm pretty sure the difference (without checking) is PAL @60Hz / NTSC 60Hz / PAL @50Hz

Graic Gabtar posted:

Amiga 500 or gently caress off. I'll vote for any party that brought me Carrier Command.

BCR posted:

Post for the post gods.

quote:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/dec/02/australia-day-government-could-block-fremantle-from-moving-citizenship-ceremony
Fremantle council’s move to hold citizenship ceremonies on its “culturally inclusive alternative” celebration to Australia Day could be blocked by the federal government.

Ben Morton, the Liberal MP for Tangney, has called on the government to stop the council “politicising” the annual citizenship ceremony.

Alex Hawke, the assistant minister for immigration, said he would write to the council on Friday to advise it that its ability to preside over citizenship ceremonies would be revoked if it was found to breach the Australian Citizenship Ceremonies Code.

But one Fremantle councillor, Dave Hume, told Guardian Australia that such an intervention would be “ludicrous” and “over the top”. Hume, the only councillor to vote against the change, said the council had decided only to stop funding fireworks on Australia Day.

He said the federal government now appeared to be attempting to distract the public from “their great big cock-up of everything else”.

“I think it’s over the top and I think it’s actually sad that something that was designed to actually be an inclusive event has proven to be so divisive,” Hume said. “I think if everyone stood back and took a deep breath, they would realise that things weren’t actually going to collapse and the roof wasn’t going to cave in.”

The council had planned to hold celebrations on 28 January, the new “One Day” celebration intended by the city of Fremantle as a “culturally inclusive alternative” for Australia Day.

But Hawke said citizenship ceremonies should be “non-commercial, apolitical, bipartisan and secular” and he would also ask the council to restore the ceremony to 26 January.

“The government takes a very dim view of Fremantle council’s decision to cancel their Australia Day events on political grounds,” he said. “If Fremantle council is found to be in breach of the code, I have the power to revoke Fremantle council’s ability to preside over citizenship ceremonies, under the Australian Citizenship Act 2007.”

Morton had expressed concern that new Australian citizens would be denied the “honour and privilege” of having their citizenship ceremony held on Australia Day. “Freo council needs to pull its head in, and focus on picking up the rubbish, fixing potholes and providing value to ratepayers,” he said.

“This is political correctness gone mad, I encourage anyone who wants to wear their Aussie flag shorts, green and gold caps and their thongs to head down to Freo on Australia Day and celebrate our national day. Just because the council doesn’t want to, doesn’t mean we can’t.

“Having your citizenship conferred to you on Australia Day is very special. The actions of Freo council will deny that very special occasion to our new citizens – it’s a disgrace.”

The city of Fremantle issued a statement late on Friday saying it had not yet received any letter from the federal government but believed its plans were fully compliant with citizenship laws.

The council had previously contacted the immigration department and was told there was no requirement to hold citizenship ceremonies on 26 January. “Many councils throughout Australia do not hold citizenship ceremonies on 26 January, or any other official events on that day,” the statement said.

When he announced the celebration on 25 November, Brad Pettitt, the mayor of Fremantle , said One Day acknowledged the fact that Australia Day “wasn’t a day of celebration for everybody”.

He said the council had heard “loud and clear” opposition to Australia Day from local Aboriginal communities.

Erik Jensen, the editor of the Saturday Paper, called for the rest of the country to follow suit with a campaign to #ChangeTheDate.

open24hours posted:

quote:

“This is political correctness gone mad, I encourage anyone who wants to wear their Aussie flag shorts, green and gold caps and their thongs to head down to Freo on Australia Day and celebrate our national day. Just because the council doesn’t want to, doesn’t mean we can’t.

freebooter posted:

I bet 90% of Australians have no idea why January 26 is a relevant date in the first place. But of course they'll squeal like stuck pigs against any change just because the word "Aboriginal" or "Indigenous" is involved.

Just move it to January 27: a symbolic step forward, and there's not a lot of other options because Australia's national day really should be at the height of summer.

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-02/remote-work-for-the-dole-scheme-failling-indigenous-communities/8089004
The Federal Government's remote work-for-the-dole scheme is devastating Indigenous communities, with financial penalties causing insurmountable debt and social division, a report has found.

The Australian National University researchers described Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion's Community Development Programme (CDP) as a "policy disaster".

ANU researcher and co-author Dr Kirrily Jordan said financial penalties were being applied unfairly and an example of this could be found in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands in Western Australia.

"The rental arrears across the whole lands, across 12 communities, have gone up from $50,000 to $350,000, in the short space of time since CDP's been introduced," she said.

ANU researcher Dr Inge Kral said she had spent 30 years working in remote communities and the latest scheme had left people struggling to feed themselves.

"People with no money in families, there's no money for food, there's certainly no money for clothes — people are starving, people are begging," she said.

According to the ANU report, the Centrelink-based system is impractical and devised by Canberra bureaucrats who are out-of-touch with remote community life.

Ms Kral also said people in remote areas were not being properly assessed for the disability pension and could be on the phone to Centrelink for "days", with little regard for language barriers.

"We are not kidding. This is not made up. People sit there for days," she said.

"Someone told me a story the other day about a man who really should be on a disability pension.

"They're now without money, they're on an eight-week no-payment penalty, they haven't eaten for three days, they've got no money coming in and they can't effectively engage with Centrelink by themselves."

The scheme applies to about 34,000 people, mostly Indigenous, across Australia and was introduced by Mr Scullion in July last year.

CDP increased the number of work hours required for welfare payments to 25 per week, for at least 46 weeks a year.

The current remote work-for-the-dole scheme is one of several revisions and replacements and can be contrasted with the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme, which was scrapped in 2009.

CDEP allowed for the pooling of welfare funds, managed by communities for work on local projects and directed to payments equivalent to the minimum wage.

Senator Scullion has rejected the ANU report's findings and said his office and department did not have any input.

"It is disappointing that public debate is being dominated by urban academics like Dr Jordan whose professional experience is limited to being an academic in east coast universities," he said in a statement.

Senator Scullion said the participation rate had increased under CDP and waiver provisions were in place to ensure penalties do not cause financial hardship.

"More than 90 per cent of eight-week non-payment penalties are waived," he said.

The Northern Land Council's chief executive Joe Morrison also contributed to the ANU report.

"There is no real engagement, serious engagement, with local Aboriginal organisations in the bush when it comes to these things," he said.

"This is all designed out of Canberra and it's designed by bureaucrats, who unfortunately have little to do with Aboriginal people."

open24hours posted:

Spending your career working on and learning about things actually makes you less qualified to talk about them.