Milky Moor posted:

cyclists are hosed up, though, let's be honest.

they're always like haha i'm going forty km under the speed limit on a busy road where no one can overtake me haha i'm saving the environment XD

whoops i'm getting on a train now and i need to wedge my bicycle in-- sorry, yes, sorry, yes it's stuck in the door. oof, clipped you with the wheel there mate, haha, no biggie, right? oh you need to get around me and my bike is blocking the door? sure, mate, wait until the bicycle community hears about this

they're basically shouting I'M BETTER THAN YOU with every push of those pedals

if i'm allowed to poison household vermin with poison i can purchase from my local supermarket, i don't see why i'm not allowed to poison roadway vermin aka cyclists

Bogan King posted:

So the Junkee WordPress theme is custom af so fair go ripped them the gently caress off [Junkee]

Mad Katter posted:

If you live 25km from your job and can't ride a bike, that's cool because nobody is trying to convince you to.

We can still have great public transport and good roads. These things aren't mutually exclusive.

hooman posted:

God Abbott is such a piece of poo poo.

Gorilla Salad posted:

So happy Pell has finally been charged.

I have friends who have been waiting 40 years for this moment and, even though they know he'll never actually answer for his crimes, being able to watch all the horrors that man committed during his life be brought to light is as close as they will ever see to justice.

Gorilla Salad posted:

How will they get him out of Vatican City?


There's a good reason he fled the country during the first big hearings.

Toys For rear end Bum posted:

Cardinal George Pell unlikely to return to Vatican City

The article is paywalled, but here's the important bits:

quote:

POPE Francis on Thursday night offered guarded support for Cardinal George Pell, while expressing respect for the Australian judicial system that will decide his fate.

But Vatican insiders are already preparing to pension off Cardinal George Pell, regardless of the outcome of the case involving historic sex offences.

The Herald Sun has been told it is highly unlikely that Cardinal Pell, who was promoted to the Vatican three years ago to reform its multi- billion euro real estate and financial portfolio, will return to Rome in his high-profile role.

Pope Francis, while supportive of Cardinal Pell, is seeking to fend off his harshest critics and minimise any reputational damage to the church.

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Archbishop Fisher said the archdiocese would not pay legal bills arising from the charges, but would assist with the cardinal’s accommodation and support on his return.

The Catholic Church could be forced to fork out for an expensive trip if doctors decide that Cardinal Pell is too ill to fly on a standard plane.

Last year, he gave evidence to the royal commission via videolink from Rome after his lawyers argued his heart condition was not compatible with a long flight.

Cardinal Pell could take a lengthy boat trip from Europe to Australia.

Or he could be “medivacced” on a private jet, for about $15,000 an hour — more than $350,000 for a 24-hour trip.

Australian National University professor of international law Donald Rothwell said the cost would not have to be borne by taxpayers.

“He is the subject of a summons, so it is his responsibility to appear at the court,” he said.

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Officially, Cardinal Pell has been given leave of absence to fight the charges.

However, at the age of 76 Cardinal Pell is already a year past the normal retirement age, which would offer the church a ready explanation should it decide to dispense with his services.

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Toys For rear end Bum posted:

Crossposting from the Schadenfreude thread:


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Gorilla Salad posted:

My concern is that he's also a Cardinal-Prefect in charge of the Vatican's finances and they have no mandated retirement age. His position is up for renewal in another two years, I think, but it's anyone's guess what actually happens then.

Also, the pope is not obliged to accept his resignation.

Toys For rear end Bum posted:

He's taken a leave of absence BEFORE being checked by a doctor to see if he's fit to travel to Australia.
Pell is coming home one way or another.

Toys For rear end Bum posted:

He's taken a leave of absence BEFORE being checked by a doctor to see if he's fit to travel to Australia.
Pell is coming home one way or another.

NPR Journalizard posted:

I will believe this when I see him land in australia.

Anidav posted:

So the Left Renewal facebook page has gone bonkers and has started claiming that RDN is giving false information to the media.

Anidav posted:

So the Left Renewal facebook page has gone bonkers and has started claiming that RDN is giving false information to the media.

Periphery posted:

Yeah, your issues are clearly affordability related, but even if you could afford to live closer to where you work then you'd just encounter all the same lack of bike (and pedestrian) infrastructure that currently exists. Sure, you might be happy to ride on roads where bikes are mixed with cars going 80kmph but a hell of a lot of people want to feel safe while they ride. Overall, if you want to really increase bike mode share rates then you need dedicated infrastructure for them.

Just out of curiosity, do you know how much do you spend on car related travel per year?

Aesculus posted:

Funfact Left Renewal has has already split itself, from itself.

My favourite sub-faction is Left Renewal Renewal Renewal.

Digiwizzard posted:

So NSW Labor is bad and NSW Greens are good?? Maybe they can do an exchange

It can be just like the parent trap, or that ABC show, Minty

Anidav posted:

You Am I posted:

All parties, even the Federal Politicians from NSW, are bad.

quote:

I was sued by activists insisting no one could choose their "race". Yet the latest Census suggests 40,000 just did. There are now 649,171 Aborigines counted, compared to 548,368 just five years earlier.

The ABS believes there are actually 786,689 Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders after adjusting for undercounting.

On the counted numbers alone, that is 18.4 per cent growth - more than can be explained by the birth rate.

On the estimated numbers the growth is a 17.4 per cent since 2011.

In contrast, the rest of the population grew by 8.8 per cent, and with the help of immigration.

Some might assume it's fashionable to identify as Aboriginal among people who have a choice. Or there are more financial benefits in doing so.

ANU researchers Nicholas Biddle and Francis Markham say:

There are several reasons for the rapidly growing visibility of Indigenous Australians in our population statistics.

The first is the natural increase of the Indigenous population. On average, Indigenous Australians have a slightly higher number of children than non-Indigenous Australians.

In addition, the children resulting from relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians often identify as Indigenous, accelerating the growth of the Indigenous population. However, even after taking these factors into account, the Indigenous population was projected to reach no more than 746,815 by 2016 – around 40,000 people fewer than the latest census-based estimate.

While we won’t know how accurate the assumptions underlying these projections were for some time, the probable explanation for the “extra” 40,000 Indigenous people is that some individuals who chose not to identify as Indigenous in 2011 decided to identify as Indigenous in 2016.

Interestingly, the biggest growth is in Victoria - 25.8 per cent. That's presumably where intermarriage rates are higher. It's also our most Left-wing state.

That suggests a real public policy issue. With such huge growth in people identifying as Aboriginal - and in richer states - the demographic profile is being changed.

When we now measure progress in education, for instance, we must be careful to adjust for the fact that there are now many more children being included who would have not been included before. They are more likely to have fewer Aboriginal ancestors and to come from more mainstream families in urban areas.

That means the statistics may exaggerate progress for Aborigines in more traditionally Aboriginal areas.

Korgan posted:

They're loving with you. I have to attend appointments with my provider once a fortnight at the most. And yeah, the "job searching" they "provide assistance and facilities" for is a loving joke. Years back I was having to come in once a week to use their computers for job searching. PCs running outdated windows, slowest internet connection so your searches take forever (but it's ok, here's the local paper on the table and oh someone took the job section with them, welp), grimiest loving keyboards and mice you ever saw. Walking into that room was the most humiliating, demoralising thing. I finally found a job through no assistance of that useless pack of shits and they had the gall to mail me a satisfaction survey and then ring me once a week to remind me to fill it out and return it or otherwise my personal agent would get a low mark.