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Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again


Heh.

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BBJoey
Oct 31, 2012


What is the reason it's called renting

snoremac
Jul 27, 2012

I LOVE SEEING DEAD BABIES ON 𝕏, THE EVERYTHING APP. IT'S WORTH IT FOR THE FOLLOWING TAB.
SAVE

GoldStandardConure
Jun 11, 2010

I have to kill fast
and mayflies too slow

Pillbug

mortgage: -$1000
rental income: +$1600
bills i pay on my rental property: -$30'000

someone help me my family is starving

hambeet
Sep 13, 2002

BBJoey posted:

What is the reason it's called renting

RENTING!

Cartoon
Jun 20, 2008

poop

hambeet posted:

RENTING!
So you can have RENT seeking. DUH!

drunkill
Sep 25, 2007

me @ ur posting
Fallen Rib
https://twitter.com/GhostWhoVotes/status/1046278291638779904

Dude McAwesome
Sep 30, 2004

Still better than a Ponytar


Good to see the Liberal Party’s two candidates are polling well.

hambeet
Sep 13, 2002

Well that was obvious with the preferences. Someone remembered how to count.

Stevefin
Sep 30, 2013

Laserface posted:

My old landlord would fill his businesses bins up and then bring his recycling and garbage around to our house to fill up ours.

We had a house of 8 so it was rarely ever empty enough to accomodate it.

He also would let himself in whenever he pleased and filled up the 4 car garage with a second hand kitchen because "you guys all park outside anyway" (because he locked the garage doors and didn't leave the keys to the roller door so access was from the house only)

Yeah rental can suck. my parents still rent after buying a house during the 2008 fun times and had to cancel the lease within the year due to drastically lowered income. however they seemed to have been lucky with choices as the entire house has been opened and not say locked away for land lords storage as my mother needs a garage for her work car and that the landlord needs to call well in advance since father works night shifts, just so some one is home. The landlord has also been very not fussy and basically sees the property as a very long investment opportunity, so as long as the house cleaned and just taken care of he could care less what pictures are put up and furniture where ever

fiery_valkyrie
Mar 26, 2003

I'm proud of you, Bender. Sure, you lost. You lost bad. But the important thing is I beat up someone who hurt my feelings in high school.
It always amazes me that tenants can’t have pets because of the damage they do, but the pets of homeowners don’t do any remarkable damage apparently.

I’ve applied for a couple of places that advertised as pets ok, only to give me a lease with a clause that pets must be kept outside at all times. I mean who are we kidding? One place I turned down but the other the agent made clear that he would turn a blind eye.

MiniSune
Sep 16, 2003

Smart like Dodo!

I believe the Libs being sub 40 and Phelps being ahead of Labor means the Libs are basically hosed.

Trapezium Dave
Oct 22, 2012

MiniSune posted:

I believe the Libs being sub 40 and Phelps being ahead of Labor means the Libs are basically hosed.
It looks like preference roulette. If the preferences of Greens and Heath put Labor ahead of Phelps, then Dave Sharma would probably win.

BBJoey
Oct 31, 2012

Keep in mind a fair chunk of Greens preferences will probably flow to the LNP or Phelps ahead of the ALP.

Doctor Spaceman
Jul 6, 2010

"Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."
In 2016 Turnbull got 20% of the Green preferences (with the ALP getting the other 80%), and that's in line with the way they generally get distibuted.

If it's Liberal v ALP then the Libs win, and if it's Liberals v Phelps then she wins. And the other options are too unlikely to consider.

Doctor Spaceman fucked around with this message at 10:52 on Sep 30, 2018

hambeet
Sep 13, 2002

MiniSune posted:

I believe the Libs being sub 40 and Phelps being ahead of Labor means the Libs are basically hosed.

Except that -23 from lib has almost all gone to Phelps and a lot of those aren't going to preference Labor, they'll just want to send a message to the libs.

Halo14
Sep 11, 2001
Coalition's changes to finance bill would override state bans on political donations

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/28/coalitions-changes-to-finance-bill-would-override-state-bans-on-political-donations

quote:

State bans on political donations from developers and stricter caps on donations, expenditure and disclosure will be overridden by new Coalition amendments to a campaign finance bill, academics have warned.

Prof Joo-Cheong Tham, of the University of Melbourne, has said the amendments would undermine states’ ability to “protect the integrity of representative government from the dangers of political money”, thwarting cases such as the Operation Spicer investigation into the New South Wales Liberal party allegedly taking developer donations in breach of state laws.

MiniSune
Sep 16, 2003

Smart like Dodo!

hambeet posted:

Except that -23 from lib has almost all gone to Phelps and a lot of those aren't going to preference Labor, they'll just want to send a message to the libs.

If Labor finishes third then they are. Depends on how the smaller party/independent preferences flow to phelps ahead of Labor. If Labor finishes second then yeah Sharma has it.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
IF UNADULTERATED greed has infected the banking sector, the ABC’s culture has been infected by a view that it needs to balance the national conversation by usually overcompensating to left-leaning views.

Believing other news sources lean too far to the right, it undertakes this foolishness and, in the process, undermines its place in the hearts of many as a national treasure.

If the ABC had a collective vote, it would probably vote Labor. There’s nothing democratically wrong with that, but the broader point is, no one should know, or suspect, how reporters (commentators are not reporters) vote. Was it obvious how Laurie Oakes voted? I suggest not. The ABC should be fiercely disinterested.

Its acting chairwoman, Dr Kirstin Ferguson, takes over at a crucial juncture and needs to steer the organisation smackbang down the middle. That doesn’t mean news needs always to be a he-said, she-said report, where everyone gets an equal say. Why would a reporter give equal airtime to someone who is clearly wrong or advocating extremism?

Some news reports simply inform, for example a cyclone event. The ABC does a cracker job at this type of reporting. Then there are political and social reports, and this is where the broadcaster has let itself down.

In some instances it has become interventionist or focused on fringe issues that affect a minority. One of the basic principles of journalism is understanding the difference between what’s in the interests of the public and what’s interesting to the public.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s interview on ABC’s Insiders program yesterday revealed two things.

1. He will call out inaccuracy in ABC reporting and will not cop criticism that the Government is interfering in its independence. He has warned he is watching and wants the ABC to return to its glory days.

2. The ABC has fundamentally misunderstood why the Government has raised issues about its reporting.

Even yesterday, Insiders host Barrie Cassidy claimed the Government complained about economics correspondent Emma Alberici because it didn’t like her. No, it was because she was deeply inaccurate in a couple of news reports then refused to own her mistakes.

When asked about the issue on the program, Morrison said: “Look, I think the ABC needs to stop talking about itself and get back to work.”

Cassidy then interrupted with, “we never stopped work”, to which Morrison replied: “I think the last week, I think Australians have doubted that.”

“No,” Cassidy said. “We did not stop work, this was all done at the board level.”

Cassidy must have forgotten ABC staff walked out in protest last week.

Morrison then reminded all of Australia that: “The (ABC) board is responsible to ensure the organisation is well run, and I think they had a pretty ordinary week.

“I think the decisions that were made this week by the former chair were the right decisions, and (acting chairwoman) Ferguson needs to get on, settle the ship down, and make sure they get back to doing what they should do in an independent and unbiased way, to get the facts right and to ensure they perform the duties the Australian people pay them to do.

“I mean, let’s go back to what happened. There was an article written by Emma Alberici and it was a shocker, and how do I know that? Because the ABC said it was a shocker ... they ripped it down because it was riddled with errors.

“I raised concerns about that article too, and the news team dealt with it and I was satisfied with the response, and that’s where it ended.

“And I expect the ABC board to do better, and if they don’t, well, they can expect a bit more attention from me.”

I love the ABC but sometimes it reminds me of rich kids living off a trust fund. Growing up in regional Queensland, for a long time, there were only two channels – the ABC and Channel 10.

I remember sitting down to watch the ABC news at 7pm. For a kid in a country town, it was my insight into the “big smoke” – Brisbane – and the rest of the world. The reporters – especially the political reporters – had such gravitas.

The culture of an ABC journalist is generally different to others. Most reporters have a disdain for authority, but some ABC reporters over recent times have mixed this disdain with a sense of entitlement that comes from the belief they cannot be criticised because they are independent of government. And that is true. We need and rightly demand that our public broadcaster report without fear or favour, but that doesn’t shield the ABC from inaccuracies.

It is also important to remember the difference between privately owned and publicly listed media companies and the public broadcaster, which is funded by taxpayers. There are regulatory and legal differences, and the ABC has a charter that it must abide by.

In a world of digital disruption, where journalists have taken voluntary and involuntary redundancies, this is the sharp end of the difference between private media companies and the ABC.

The ABC is not immune to funding cuts (and it has not received less money, just no extra to cover inflation). It has a $1 billion annual budget.

Ferguson should ensure the ABC gets back to basics. More time needs to be spent reporting on drought, indigenous issues, China’s influence, workforce issues, the country-city divide, national and international security, and our changing economy.

Scott Morrison, Malcolm Turnbull and Mitch Fifield have every right to point out factual errors on the public broadcaster. This is not interfering with the ABC’s independence.

Ferguson needs to remind the ABC of this, while rebuilding the broadcaster to ensure all Australians again accept its news service as gospel.

fiery_valkyrie
Mar 26, 2003

I'm proud of you, Bender. Sure, you lost. You lost bad. But the important thing is I beat up someone who hurt my feelings in high school.

Anidav posted:

When asked about the issue on the program, Morrison said: “Look, I think the ABC needs to stop talking about itself and get back to work.”

Pot, meet Kettle.

Don Dongington
Sep 27, 2005

#ideasboom
College Slice
Watching doccos on SBS while on holiday down south and holy poo poo has it been ruined by advertising.

They run about 5 ads on repeat every 10 mins and it's every bit as poo poo as trying to watch something on 7.

Also Lambie is a racist peice of poo poo.

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008

Don Dongington posted:

Watching doccos on SBS while on holiday down south and holy poo poo has it been ruined by advertising.

They run about 5 ads on repeat every 10 mins and it's every bit as poo poo as trying to watch something on 7.

Also Lambie is a racist peice of poo poo.

Imagine trying to watch foreign porn that way.

iajanus
Aug 17, 2004

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I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Imagine trying to watch foreign porn that way.

As long as they don't run ads more often than every 40 seconds it should be ok.

bell jar
Feb 25, 2009

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Imagine trying to watch foreign porn that way.

It's called edging

hambeet
Sep 13, 2002

le edging.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again

Scarecow
May 20, 2008

3200mhz RAM is literally the Devil. Literally.
Lipstick Apathy

:shittypop:

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting


I guess the "THE UNIONS ARE COMING BACK" message isn't working, so might as well go the racist route

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Mr Turnbull pointed out he was behind 51 to 49 per cent in the published polls but was actually ahead by four points in internal tracking polls across 40 marginal seats.

"But for reasons that they've not been able to explain, you know, there was an element of the party and of the media that wanted to blow the government up, and they did," he said in a recording of his remarks obtained by Nine News.

"And of course, they didn't get their guy up; they got ScoMo [Scott Morrison]."

So the LNP had polls where they held on to government?

Weird polling methods?

MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

You Am I posted:

I guess the "THE UNIONS ARE COMING BACK" message isn't working, so might as well go the racist route

Auspol October - might as well go the racist route

Hey, it's October! Someone get on that next thread.

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

Anidav posted:

Mr Turnbull pointed out he was behind 51 to 49 per cent in the published polls but was actually ahead by four points in internal tracking polls across 40 marginal seats.

"But for reasons that they've not been able to explain, you know, there was an element of the party and of the media that wanted to blow the government up, and they did," he said in a recording of his remarks obtained by Nine News.

"And of course, they didn't get their guy up; they got ScoMo [Scott Morrison]."

So the LNP had polls where they held on to government?

Weird polling methods?

I'm pretty sure a lot of those single seat polls are not much better than having a guess, but it would make sense to me that some swing seats would be way more comfortable with Turnbull than other potentials.

MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

They may have asked questions like "How likely are you to vote Liberal next election" and "How likely are you to vote for a Malcolm Turnbull lead Coalition next election"

bell jar
Feb 25, 2009

Respectfully, someone should make a spookey october OP but I can't be bothered

hambeet
Sep 13, 2002

Same

hambeet
Sep 13, 2002

I could run a new brand poll

MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

bell jar posted:

Respectfully, someone should make a spookey october OP but I can't be bothered

Nothing but pictures of Dutton

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
“But then, when you stop being prime minister, that’s it. There is no way I would be hanging around like limpet Kevin Rudd or Tony Abbott – seriously, these people are like, sort of miserable, miserable ghosts.”

kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.

MysticalMachineGun posted:

Nothing but pictures of Dutton

I thought pumpkins were the October veggie, not potatoes

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Peter-Dutton-Celebrity-Mask/153109837155?hash=item23a60eb563:g:T4AAAOSwY3tbRhAV

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Dude McAwesome
Sep 30, 2004

Still better than a Ponytar

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

“But then, when you stop being prime minister, that’s it. There is no way I would be hanging around like limpet Kevin Rudd or Tony Abbott – seriously, these people are like, sort of miserable, miserable ghosts.”

https://twitter.com/turnbullmalcolm/status/1046572838981971969?s=21

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