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Welcome to the monthly thread for the greatest nation on February already, wow, doesn't time fly? 2018 has been a bumper crop already. NBN, our once in a generation infrastructure of the future quote:A former executive at the National Broadband Network has predicted that many of the copper wires laid down in the NBN rollout will have to be ripped up and replaced within a decade. Leaks show that Scott "loving" Morrison advised ASIO to slow processing of Asylum Seeker security checks so they would miss deadlines for protection visas. quote:The minister’s legal obligation was to make a decision on refugee applications within 90 days, but most decisions took between three and five years, and some people are still waiting for a final outcome. More leaks, an old proposal from the Abbott Ministry to outright cut under-30s from accessing the social security safety net https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owI7DOeO_yg The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull PM continues to strive to be the moderate liberal the people hoped he would be after conservative Tony Abbott. quote:Turnbull questioned why the government should be “bullied” by “a tiny minority” of people who want to change the date. The Cabinet Files reveals that the earlier leaks came through exclusive cabinet sources quote:The documents were in two locked filing cabinets sold at an ex-government sale in Canberra. They were sold off cheaply because they were heavy and no-one could find the keys. A nifty person drilled the locks and uncovered the trove of documents inside. Hope for those who despair at politics quote:Senator Gichuhi replaced former Family First leader Bob Day ... Family First was absorbed into former Liberal senator Cory Bernardi's new party, Australian Conservatives ... Senator Gichuhi decided to remain as an independent ... Crossbench senator Lucy Gichuhi has defected to the Liberal Party. original OP:Welcome to the AusPol February thread, because if none of you fuckers can be bothered I suppose I'll have to up stumps and do it for you. More content to come once I reserve this thread and put an end to Hobo Erotica's endless pitiful mewling. G-Spot Run fucked around with this message at 13:04 on Feb 2, 2018 |
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Good thread title.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 12:23 |
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Bad government.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 12:27 |
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quote:Malcolm Roberts Seen Finishing People’s Empties At New Year’s Eve Party http://www.betootaadvocate.com/entertainment/malcolm-roberts-seen-finishing-peoples-empties-new-years-eve-party/
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 12:40 |
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Korgan posted:Bad government.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 12:44 |
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If you're curious and already marked it read I've completed my red haze review of the original OP. Enjoy, fellow citizens. Oh and David Feeney resigned and Batman will probably go Green on by-election. Haha. Batman. Incidentally old Batman would fit right in with contemporary AusPol.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 13:10 |
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OP too serious
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 13:43 |
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morning all
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 13:44 |
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Posting in a good thread before posters itt make it into a bad thread
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 14:35 |
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Re: law degree chat A lot of people did do law not for law but as a glorified arts degree, the mistake Turnbull made was not realising 99% of law degrees are combined degrees so you do law and one of the other things - languages, philosophy, commerce etc. The bigger problem is people doing the combined degree because they got 99 atar/hai so go do commerce/law and have no passion for either.
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loving cabinets, man.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 21:22 |
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Don Dongington posted:Posting in a good thread before posters itt make it into a bad thread It's okay, I'm here now.
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shalom aleychem
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 22:58 |
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Can someone paste this article? Saturday Paper reckons I've used my free article even though I haven't. https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2018/02/03/playbook-the-culture-wars/15175764005757
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Starshark posted:Can someone paste this article? Saturday Paper reckons I've used my free article even though I haven't. quote:Malcolm Turnbull is intent on launching the government into a series of Howard-era culture wars. The problem is he’s not very good at it. By Mike Seccombe.
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# ? Feb 3, 2018 00:06 |
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How can blob charlten gently caress it up this month?
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Lid posted:Re: law degree chat Ayup. I started law in the inaugural class of my uni, and there were about 150 of us. A single law degree is four years, a double degree is five, so last year we had our first ever graduation of the single degree people. There were 17 of them. Pretty much the only people studying law on its own are doing the JD, and you can be positive those people actually want to practice. Almost everyone who does it undergrad does a dual degree, and a lot of them go into it seeing law as a solid generalist degree, basically what a BA was 30 years ago. I don't have a source, but I was talking to a lawyer recently who was saying that although we're producing huge numbers of law grads, very few of them are going to the effort of getting qualified as a lawyer and practicing, and we may well be headed for a shortage. One of my friends who was able to get a grad job regularly leaves the office (as in, more than three nights a week) between 7-12. And then has to come in on time the next day. Why on Earth don't young lawyers want to practice?
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After being young lawyers some of them turn 35 and find themselves earning $250,000 a year. I guess that is why they do it. E: it's the same for a stock broker. Eat poo poo for ten years and hope in your early thirties you're one of the guys that hasn't quit and is making 200k.
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Law degrees are good for public service careers, maybe MT doesn't want more public servants
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# ? Feb 3, 2018 00:48 |
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Lyle Shelton is joining the Australian Conservatives with a view to standing for election in Queensland, so look forward to seeing him in the senate next year
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Thanks.
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Do the Australian Conservatives have any sway in Queensland? I thought they were made out of Cory Bernardi (SA) and Family First (SA).
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AgentF posted:Do the Australian Conservatives have any sway in Queensland? I thought they were made out of Cory Bernardi (SA) and Family First (SA). Not yet. There's no point as ON is not insignificant here
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-02-03/australian-real-estate-agents-concern-foreign-investment-reform/9391394 'Arrogant' Australia risks scaring-off foreign investors wanting farmland as new reforms favour local bidders quote:Rural real estate agents are criticising a decision by the Federal Government to force them to try selling properties to Australians before offering them to overseas investors.
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# ? Feb 3, 2018 02:15 |
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Starshark posted:Can someone paste this article? Saturday Paper reckons I've used my free article even though I haven't.
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Halo14 posted:http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-02-03/australian-real-estate-agents-concern-foreign-investment-reform/9391394 Good.
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https://twitter.com/jrhennessy/status/959585499634548737
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# ? Feb 3, 2018 03:19 |
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Still wearing a blue tie as well.
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You Am I posted:Still wearing a blue tie as well. It’s all about the brand.
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Halo14 posted:http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-02-03/australian-real-estate-agents-concern-foreign-investment-reform/9391394 Australia should decide if it wants to be xenophobic or not.
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LIVE AMMO ROLEPLAY posted:Australia should decide if it wants to be xenophobic or not. Decide? I thought it was common knowledge since the White Australian Policy
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We do not like asians but we do like their money.
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:We do not like asians but we do like their money.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-03/row-over-labor-candidate-posing-with-mobile-phone-in-buttocks/9393512quote:A Tasmanian state election candidate has been disciplined by Labor after it emerged he photographed himself with a mobile phone between his buttocks.
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# ? Feb 3, 2018 06:52 |
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How cheeky
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LIVE AMMO ROLEPLAY posted:Australia should decide if it wants to be xenophobic or not. Australia decided that long ago. Decades ago. The answer is "yes" by the way. Very. bandaid.friend posted:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-03/row-over-labor-candidate-posing-with-mobile-phone-in-buttocks/9393512 Sounds like that should be a positive from the state who bought us the DJ who punched the mad monk. Why isn't he running?
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# ? Feb 3, 2018 09:13 |
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Put Member for whatever DJ Astro Labe in a chair near Abbot in parliament and just watch the magic happen.
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DancingShade posted:Put Member for whatever DJ Astro Labe in a chair near Abbot in parliament and just watch the magic happen. "Mr Speaker, I am now invoking parliamentary privilege as I proceed to nut the member for Warringah"
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I am greeted with this as an ABC story this morning in my Just In news feed: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-04/the-famous-faces-that-could-spice-up-reality-tv/9390576 What the gently caress is this, please just give me news. Is there any way to filter this crap out and just get actual new news?
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VodeAndreas posted:I am greeted with this as an ABC story this morning in my Just In news feed: I agree, it's just bread and circuses
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