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Lid posted:Liberal senator Eric Abetz has dramatically intervened in the penalty rates debate, calling for workers' existing rates to be protected, and creating a fresh political headache for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. So if I'm your typical unscrupulous small business owner, i just get rid of everyone (or make some sort of superficial adjustment to the role and make everyone reapply for their "new job") and now my workforce is subject to the reduced penalty rates? Abetz is a loving snake but if he's actually concerned about his constituents then this will do gently caress all to help them anyway, and if he's just paying lip service instead then anyone relying on penalty rates isn't going to be fooled by his suggestion anyway (one hopes).
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gay picnic defence posted:These poll results show politicians must act on behalf of the majority of voters What a loving novel idea
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I think i heard some bullshit on the radio this morning that Labor supported it due to "assurances" from the Liberals that it wouldn't be used flippantly or for political purposes. They're either laughably loving gullible if they take any assurances of ethical behaviour from the Libs, or (more likely) they are totally ok with wielding that power themselves. So basically what Recoome said
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Frankly if you cross the road dressed like that then it's your fault anyway
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This country is so hosed. ABC radio this morning runs a piece on AEMO forecasting a gas shortage and immediately blames government bans on fracking, raises South Australia as an example of what will happen if we dont expand gas production or import capacity, no mention our pathetic export agreements/contracts or how energy companies gaming the market by withholding supply, followed by an interview with josh frydenberg at which point I immediately turned off. If labor loses the next federal election I am loving out of this country
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Senor Tron posted:Where to? I suppose Canada is pretty decent at the moment. I was tired and irritable so that's mostly an empty threat but, if I was seriously considering it, Canada is right up there followed very closely by the various Scando countries. I'd look at NZ too so I'm not a few thousand bucks away from ever seeing family/friends again. Basically anywhere that's not rapidly marching off the alt-right cliff, has good weather (ie cold, plenty of places to ski and play hockey, mountains etc) and employment opportunities (i think NZ struggles on that last one but I know very little about that)
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For real thats a great track too
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I can't wait to see who they select to replace Leak. Caleb Bond still uses crayons right? He should have a crack
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JBP posted:He should probably make the same big, open armed promises to his employees. gently caress me, here I was legitimately thinking Musk/Tesla were finally going to lead the way despite the best efforts of the Tories/Republicans and yet even they aren't immune to loving over the workers.  Lesser of two evils? Am I allowed to have some sliver of hope that one of these incomprehensively rich people will actually use that wealth/power for the greater good?
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norp posted:Emperor colin. i almost feel sad for him Go to your room
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Faith in Western Australia totally redeemed. What an awesome bit of news to wake up to. Now can only hope WA Labor come through with some genuinely good socialist progress, starting with hiking up BHPs royalties and directing that revenue directly into public services.
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Welp no more Coopers red longnecks for me. Tis a cruel world.
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Jay Weatherill laying down the gauntlet: https://www.theguardian.com/austral...50m-energy-plan quote:The six-point plan, entitled South Australian Power for South Australians, will be paid for out of state government surpluses. It encompasses: Attaboy Jay I eagerly await the wall-to-wall coverage of Libs screaming hysterically that we'll all be rooooooooned aejix fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Mar 14, 2017 |
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Yeah I mean I'd like to cut them some slack because of their recent but relatively well known support for live music, Australian owned, fairly decent (for a stock standard beer you can usually get on tap) beer etc etc but it's really hard to look past a long history of providing financial support to the Liberals, plus their initial response of "it's a discussion we need to have". Getting busted for having a reprehensible standpoint and only offering an apology (on the second attempt once you realise the hit to your hip pocket, no less) just isn't good enough. If it was an issue that is harder to get educated about then maybe an apology and genuinely changing your stance is acceptable, but for something like a basic human right? Sorry Coopers, but my miniscule patronage of your brewery won't be continuing.
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:First dog: If you cover up his feet with your thumb it looks like he's making GBS threads piss onto Leak's grave, which feels more appropriate. Also Turnbull has announced (emphasis on that word) a $2bn upgrade to the Snowy Hydro scheme. No new dams but "could" increase capacity by 50%: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/16/turnbull-2bn-snowy-hydro-electric-expansion This bit where my terminal cynicism kicks in: quote:The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has been asked to prepare a feasibility study and report back by the end of the year. Big gently caress off announcement $2BN RENEWABLE PROJECT MALCOLM BEST PM EVER ALL IS FORGIVEN to take to heat out of the actual concrete action from Weatherill. But, if the Libs are going into this with any intention other than turfing the feasibility study once it's complete, I will be shocked. I'm looking forward to that dense gently caress Frydenburg explaining why hydro renewable good, wind and solar bad (Assuming most 30+ aussies still have quite a sentimental or romanticised attachment to the Snowy Hydro, they'll pitch it as "oh its always been in our glorious history as a nation of frontiersmen, not like that new age fart-powered renewables"). So I guess the main question I have: Is AREA any good? Havent had time to look up their board and history but if they are actually a genuine cause for good and not some loving think tank stacked with ex-Libs and a leafy name, maybe some good will come out of this!
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Solemn Sloth posted:Pumped hydro isn't really about increasing capacity, it's about evening the load through storage. You still need to connect it to a power source, and if that isn't a variably generating renewable like wind or solar you're just wasting money. It takes more energy to pump the water back up to the higher reservoir than you get back when you're releasing it through the turbines, so you need to be pumping at peak production (high radiation/high wind), and then releasing during peak demand. Fair enough, I'm not very clued in on the technical side of things (obviously). Still, announcing a feasibility study which is either going to be ignored or given a terms of reference guaranteeing a negative appraisal (so we'll just have to keep burning coal) is really all that Turnbull has actually done here. I'm still fascinated by that article about the Daylesford community owned windfarm. That loving rules. See! Libertarianism works  Edit: I don't know if I actually linked that article or not and I am not sifting through fifty pages of that Daisy Cousens horseshit to find out - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/15/renewables-roadshow-community-owned-windfarm-daylesford-hepburn-australia aejix fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Mar 16, 2017 |
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Jay Weatherill moves from laying down the gauntlet to completely loving roasting Frydenburg at a press conference: https://www.facebook.com/abcnews.au/videos/10156358043999988/ Paging Mr Frydenburg, Mr Josh Frydenburg, please report to the burns unit immediately If only we could replace the brilliantly described bag of flour Bill "easy now don't rock the boat" Shorten with this guy we'd have a lot more to look forward to.
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Anidav posted:Oh and someone check on Foxtel to see if they're okay Queensland should unironically do this. It would be one of the best things to happen to the country. That wall in the middle picture better be to scale too.
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I am shocked, shocked I tell you, that George's parliamentary [redacted] proves that he is a [redacted] piece of [redacted] who probably has commissioned multiple portraits of himself [redacted]ing [redacted] in the [redacted] while giving [redacted] a proper [redacted] with a [redacted] in his [redacted].
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How do you get a complexion like Barnaby when you spend comparatively gently caress all time outside in direct sunlight. Is he putting away a half case of shiraz a day or something
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Mate it's the information age, it's probably just some agile, innovative, millenial embalmer doing a video conference with prospective clients
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Are you sure it wasn't 7/10ths the size?
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Xenophon will fold like he always does after he gets some pork thrown his way
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Re cyclone kite surfer - Here's a preview of how that is probably going to end for that guy: https://youtu.be/4UCQFJg4JaQ I know its probably one of many things that makes me a horrible human being but i am weeping tears of laughter at that video aejix fucked around with this message at 03:32 on Mar 28, 2017 |
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What about chaining your butler to baby grand in your drawing room? Or tethering the live-in gardner to the front door of the plant room that supplies the fountains dotted about the grounds? Does that count as having a low income earner living in a high income household?
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