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Wouldn't it have been nice if channel 7 hadn't worked quite so hard to get her elected to the Australian parliament. Yet according to potatoes everywhere, getup are the problem
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Whitlam posted:On the bright side, Victoria seems pretty set to legalise euthanasia this year, so that's something at least. So at least Melbournians struggling to afford their first house in their mid-40s have the option of just loving killing themselves, Mr speaker. Housing Affordability: FIXED.
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Jun 10, 2017 15:57
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Surely this isn't because Perth just built a new stadium right? I sincerely hope were not staring down the barrel of another dumbass capital city rivalry ala Melbourne v. Sydney, only shittier, and more racist.
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Jun 12, 2017 00:06
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Also there are no rivalries there. Melbourne is better and Brisbane is worse. I mean you're not wrong, but to claim that NSW don't poo poo their pants the minute anyone suggests Melbourne has anything their own capital doesn't is just disingenuous.
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Jun 12, 2017 00:15
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Sorry about your city bro
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Jun 12, 2017 00:24
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Perth Circa 2009 was unapologetically trash. I used to go to Brisbane for work and experience outrage at how much better food and coffee were, and that there were things to do on a Sunday even. Melbourne just made me furious at the state of things back home. Perth Circa 2017 is a vastly different animal though. The trains are actually a viable alternative to driving again (unless you live on the northern line, but in that case, piss off moneybags). Shops close at 9 during the week, instead of 6. We have an inexplicable number of small bars in and around the city, and even suburban cafes are worth eating at now. Some of them have even been serving coffee that you could call "good" by non-Western Australian standards. You can get breakfast after 10:30, and you can go to a good restaurant without having to book 3 weeks in advance because now there's more than 5 of them! I attribute a lot of the cultural turnaround to the influx of Melbournians as a result of the mining boom/housing affordability issues, and the rest to the lifting of some of our draconian liquor licencing practices. Some time around 2010, someone figured out that refusing to grant any new liquor licenses without first retiring an older one is a dumb, regressive idea, and around the same time Woolworths and Coles managed to convince themselves that people might actually want to buy groceries during the week, other than on Thursdays. It turns out, that running a city exclusively for the benefit of its loaded western suburbs retiree population is loving stupid, and results in a city that looks like it's striving to go back to being a town - who knew!
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Jun 12, 2017 01:36
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Being able to go outside and do things with your friends because things are open instead of closed and or full up is good, you goddamn grognard :P
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Jun 12, 2017 02:03
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Cheers, I've always wanted the opportunity to useGoldStandardConure posted:the only shop in the city i visit is tactics and thats always been open on a sunday so who cares about new bars or restaurants 
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Jun 12, 2017 02:21
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Come visit our socialist Labor utopia (sharks now welcome)
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Jun 12, 2017 02:35
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Schlesische posted:So Adelaide is once again rooted to the bottom of the "most boringest city to live in Australia" list? I dunno the flipside of our little cultural revolution is that the live music scene is pretty poo poo compared to what it was when there was nothing else to do. You probably still have that on us.
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Jun 12, 2017 02:46
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Schlesische posted:I live in Melbourne. Melbourne DEFINITELY still have that on us. Recoome posted:Counterpoint: Perth has a raging ultranationalist scene up there with places like Bendigo or Melton Wait we do? Because one nation only got 4.9% of the primary vote in the recent election, and I don't feel like that's really a big thing here.
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Jun 12, 2017 02:54
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 Guess he wagged his tail near a brown person,
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Jun 12, 2017 03:22
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CrazyTolradi posted:Yet the WA premier has a good cry about GST funds going to places like Tasmania and NT where they're needed more. He's about as socialist as Barnett was. I especially liked him having a whinge about the refurb being done on one of Tassie's stadium's grandstands, while we're putting the finishing touches on our second gigantic boondoggle venue in 10 years.
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Jun 12, 2017 03:29
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Meanwhile, in Perth. methamphetamine use is down! Looks like we're really making prog-  oh no
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Jun 12, 2017 04:55
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I think the take from this is that if comment threads are reflective of a general population we're all turbofucked.
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Jun 12, 2017 04:59
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hooman posted:It also doesn't help if you're renting and solar panels are an unattainable dream. Or under so much mortgage stress that dropping 5k on a solar setup let alone a battery setup is pretty loving unlikely.
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Jun 12, 2017 05:38
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Yeah .38% of too much for anyone to reasonably afford is still unobtainable. And I know it'd save me money, but that doesn't make it any more possible. It's one of those cases where you gotta have money to save money, like the ability to buy food in bulk and store it, or afford cars or appliances that don't require maintenance. Or paying your rego yearly.
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Jun 12, 2017 06:09
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CrazyTolradi posted:This isn't the case in SA, Vic or QLD. You have a connection fee that's charged per day, usually it's about 50c or so. I expect we'll see this change in WA at some point, given the massive uptake of Solar here; otherwise the burden of paying for upkeep on the grid will fall on businesses and institutions for whom solar isn't going to make an appreciable difference (and also renters, but nobody making energy policy gives a blue gently caress about the poor apparently).
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Jun 12, 2017 07:21
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Also Turnbull may have to call an early election, about a year from now 
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Jun 12, 2017 07:30
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They probably ran the over/under on the seat and decided it wasn't worth the risk of a protest vote toppling the govt, and asked him to hang in there.
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Jun 12, 2017 08:24
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Pretty sure Albanese ran for the leadership under the same circumstances as Corbyn, and won the popular vote, but instead of actually being allowed to lead, the Right faction dropped Shorten in the spot instead. So yeah probably not possible under the current party structure.
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Jun 12, 2017 14:45
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Bogan King posted:I just wanted to post that speccy and this was the easiest way my pre coffee brain could work out how to segue ^ check out Eddie's mate here
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Jun 12, 2017 23:50
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Yeah I don't assume for a second that this Liberal government see the concept of you being forced into minimum wage work for a WEALTH CREATOR* or risk losing your sub-poverty level welfare payments as a bad thing. System working as intended. *potential party donor
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Jun 13, 2017 03:32
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Zenithe posted:Do they like being in opposition or something? They're pretty loving poo poo at it, but I guess so Doctor Spaceman posted:Labor did better in the 2016 election than expected and their polling has only improved since then. From their perspective there is no reason to change tacks. They shouldn't have been able to lose that election. Unless you're going to swallow the thick ropey narrative peddled by the Australian media, they were the shittest performing govt in 50 years, and Even Crean/Beasley would have steamrolled them.
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Jun 13, 2017 07:05
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Channel 9 Perth doubling down on Poor Punching today: It's a good job Perth people are socially conscious and know better than to buy this tired bullshit - but wait better check the comments,  Well holy poo poo, they actually were. Hot drat.
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Jun 13, 2017 08:18
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hooman posted:Help I'm feeling something positive towards my state. I kept scrolling and it kept going too! The general theme being "Look, I live here, there's gently caress all work here, and the public transport is useless, what the gently caress do you expect to happen? Stop punching the poor and focus on graft and corruption" Now if only we could get them to vote for the party that doesn't hold job seekers down while the media punch them in the groin.
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Jun 13, 2017 08:24
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Maybe there's hope after all.
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Jun 13, 2017 08:28
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Yeah a lot of people struggling in WA, the worm is turning. With housing costs what they are in Melbourne and Sydney, and losses in manufacturing and reduced investment in resources, I doubt there's anywhere in Aus that's doing particularly well. But you know, firefighters or something.
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Jun 13, 2017 08:34
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Counterpoint: if is not going to lead to any actual actions, do we really care? If it keeps them busy until 2018 when we can piss the libs off and start focusing on finding a way to get Shorten rolled or something productive, all the better.
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Jun 13, 2017 09:14
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Would anyone be surprised if this is the issue that finally finishes off Turnbull? I would be. There's literally nobody else and it's loving hilarious.
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Jun 13, 2017 13:09
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Thanks Mr Dandrews. Be interesting to see if Mr Tough On Crime McGowan follows suit, given that half the state, when greeted with the recent report that meth use appears to be dropping based on waste water testing, responded with 'no it isn't! I think that actually included a few cops on talkback (but no evidence was presented to support this counterclaim of course).
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Jun 13, 2017 14:26
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T-minus 3 days before Alan Tudge slanders your dead relative via privileged information from his Centrelink file Because Adults In Charge.
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Jun 14, 2017 01:33
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Lid posted:Channel Ten has been forced to go into voluntary administration after its billionaire shareholders told it on the weekend they would no longer guarantee a key loan. You mean Gina finally agreed to sell it to Rupert.
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Jun 14, 2017 03:15
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Zenithe posted:Noice. Hopefully it will gently caress the company over too. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHA no.
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Jun 14, 2017 04:41
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Tokamak posted:The Nandos chat was counter-revolutionary and disgraceful by today's posting standard. Man but how fuckin good is that chicken
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Jun 14, 2017 14:46
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hooman posted:Vale River Rooster, my university camp hangover cure. I gained 5kg in 3 months from that poo poo when I lived in Ferndale. RIP.
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Jun 14, 2017 14:56
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QUACKTASTIC posted:MiGoreng and FTFY Because I'm lactose intolerant, and also dairy is ethically abhorrent and you sir are worse than satan,
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Jun 15, 2017 01:33
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[quote="Bogan King" post="473410095"] There is no such thing as ethical capitalism so your nut juice isn't pure either. ------------------------ Oh well in that case *drinks coal slurry*
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Rupert gonna buy it. Fox News For All!
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