Senor Tron posted:

SA is an abyss.

Box of Bunnies posted:

the ball tampering scandal getting so much play over all the issues sports have with dudes abusing women (see how little rubbish Matt Lodge is getting in comparison for a contemporaneous example) tells me that mandatory ball tampering for all men should be policy going forward. come get your cypro, boys

Box of Bunnies posted:

That's weird, I'd have thought we'd be more in line with Europe in that regard. Spiro is only so much a thing in the US because cypro isn't FDA approved so I don't know why there'd be issues here

Starshark posted:

So I was listening to Lane Sainty and Alice Workman"s podcast and apparently Centrelink aren't going to backdate claims any more. So if you put a claim in today and it takes them a month to process it, you don't get paid from today to when they process it. Which begs the question: Do they want Centrelink workers to get bashed?

Box of Bunnies posted:

Whereas the diuretic effect of spiro sounds like absolute poo poo to deal with on a day to day

AgentF posted:

Dutton is right in saying that SA farmers are under threat.

Fuckin upstream irrigators keep stealing all of the water.

JBP posted:

Hahaha as if there isn't a hostile Chinese secret agent waiting to buy it while riding atop writhing purple tentacles.

Pinball Jizzard posted:

Critical to the argument is the “crib breaks count as time worked” portion of the excerpt. Unless that changes the company are following the rules.

bell jar posted:

If you have to choose between arguing with your boss to graciously allow you to use your phone while you're working during breaks, and finding a new job, you should find a new job.

bell jar posted:

Yeah you are


Guess I just have to suffer in this lovely job! Nothing else I can do! Gonna keep my employer making money by turning up reliably and withstanding horrible rules for no reason!

Your labour is an asset and depriving your employer of it when its inconvenient for them is the only tool you have to fight them.

Pinball Jizzard posted:

Given the circumstance, the rule isn’t excessive. I’d imagine most of us technically can’t check their phone when being paid either. The complexity here is that this is a period of time where the person can eat whilst being paid.

I know I’m verging into the whole “I hate the working class” that everyone assumes I believe. But as I said in the bit you didn’t quote, are the company going to enforce this when staff aren’t customer facing? If that’s the case then yes, the union should address it; otherwise I’d consider it an acceptable rule for a customer focussed business.

Don Dongington posted:

I wish someone would automate this loving thread

sweetroy posted:

actually tithin is irish

Whitlam posted:

Wow so that Dutton hey.

My bet is that he fails, Turnbull survives by a handful of votes, Abbott loudly sulks.

G-Spot Run posted:

Oh yee of short memory, HE only drops in here to lay rancid farts and run away again too. Auspol threads are much like the real Australian values we strive to protect: getting across the lawn without stepping in an errant turd.

Amethyst posted:

I think that notion is a dangerous fantasy in a world where 60 percent of the world doesn't have indoor plumbing.

Anidav posted:

It's like day 10 of Donald Trump loving up my ASX gains

The Before Times posted:

not possible

NPR Journalizard posted:

There is a games workshop near where I work and I walk past it probably 10-15 times a week for the last few months and I am yet to see a woman inside the shop.

Cleretic posted:

My favorite part is, right in the middle of this big scaremongering/ridiculing:


THE HORROR! OH, GOD, THE HORROR!

iajanus posted:

I agree, Rugby is garbage.

Your move.

Birdstrike posted:

was this supposed to be a dig at league fans but you hosed up and dissed the posh sport instead?

The Before Times posted:

lol they think there's a posh one

The Before Times posted:

if you fold your pizza to eat it, is it a sandwich?

Birdstrike posted:

then you should probably see a doctor

MysticalMachineGun posted:

I'm not sure how rolling back rights for minorities and openly supporting the mafia is an effective election strategy but dammit I'd love to see them try only to get absolutely smashed

Solemn Sloth posted:

The Age has an article on Melbourne’s Bible Belt and the map makes a convincing argument that we should ban religion as it clearly causes poverty and disadvantage where it is present

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Which anime is the most likely to make you pro-life?

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsAust/status/986155966017105920

Peta Credlin having a meltdown about 4 mins in.

EoinCannon posted:

Trying to get a jump on sculpting the bust for our next PM

His stupid potato head is loving stupid and hard to get the likeness of, it's like a melted, mushy lump with facial features stuck on

EoinCannon posted:

Sparticle posted:

I dump all my garbage in this thread because I'm true spew

Anidav posted:

Hilarious how we outsourced all the waste collectors to contractors and they all simultaneously decided to send it all to Ipswich then Ipswich is like go ahead. Look, even the yellow bins are for you!

I wonder if these companies just bribe Ipswich Council to infinity and in 30 years time the place will explode like a volcano made of glass, plastic and cans.

Big Willy Style posted:

Pay back for cane toads, XXXX, Peter Dutton, George Brandis and Pauline Hanson