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I’m outraged at gambling advertising on the Opera House, and shocked that Labor supports it too.
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I wrote a poem about dreaming about Sydney’s destruction. I perform it in a yelling style.
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I’m really angry at Australia’s hatred of nuclear power. It’s a sign of the Luddite nature of this country. It’s clean and safe.
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The damage caused by Fukushima has been completely exaggerated. https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4397
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MysticalMachineGun posted:Sorry mate, next year at the earliest https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4253 Skeptoid did an episode on them.
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https://www.news.com.au/national/br...JPieH6LNCW75rNs Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the right level of medical support is available for people awaiting processing on Nauru, as calls grow for asylum seekers to come off the Pacific island. Doctors who were recently asked to leave the island by the Nauruan government say asylum seekers are suffering "absolutely devastating" mental conditions. Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) said it treated 78 refugee patients who either attempted suicide, had suicidal thoughts or inflicted self-harm. Mr Morrison on Friday said the government worked with a separate medical contractor - International Health and Medical Services - and appropriate medical support was available. "We don't go around making a big song and dance about it, we just get on and help people and provide the care that is necessary," he told Sky News on Friday. Mr Morrison said further medical assistance is organised by the federal government as required. Aid worker organisation Save The Children joined MSF to express concern for the "devastating physical and mental impacts" on children in detention. The organisation said it witnessed the deteriorating mental and physical health of detainees firsthand, calling on the prime minister to immediately remove children from the island. Labor leader Bill Shorten said the government should accept New Zealand's offer to resettle detainees on Nauru. "Five years has been too long to resettle some of the people we have in our regional processing," Mr Shorten told reporters in Melbourne on Friday. "We support the American deal. I think the government should accept the offer of New Zealand to resettle some of the people on Nauru." Mr Shorten fell short of rejecting offshore processing, saying Labor is committed to stopping the boats and preventing deaths at sea. Save The Children's Mat Tinkler said the prime minister should urgently arrange for children and their families to be moved to Australia or an appropriate third country "until an enduring solution can be found". The Nauruan government said that MSF staff had shown themselves to be "political activists". "Although MSF claimed to be a partner to Nauru and the Nauruan people, instead of working with us, they conspired against us," the statement issued on Friday said. "The facilities, care, welfare and homely environment offered to refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru are comparable or better than what other refugees and asylum seekers across the globe receive." Lifeline 13 11 14 beyondblue 1300 22 4636 What’s happening on Nauru is horrific, and I wish Labor would stand up to it.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/world/australia/sydney-opera-house-horse-racing-ad.html The Everest ad got international publicity-an article in the Times about the protests.
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https://www.sbs.com.au/news/pm-to-jobseekers-take-up-farm-work-or-lose-welfare-payments I’m on the dole. Does this mean I can be sent to a farm?
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Why the gently caress is gambling legal and advertised EVERWHERE when it’s super destructive and addictive, but weed is illegal?
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Simon Holmes A Court posted a tweet mocking Cory Bernardi’s new nuclear proposal. The replies are full of misinformation and NIMBYism.
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What are the chances of the farm work requirement going through? I’m on the dole and I don’t want to pick fruit.
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bigis posted:Jesus this first episode of the new Go Back to Where You Came From season is a trainwreck. I read a blog by a refugee advocate group condemning it but I can’t find it.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/Kon__K/status/1052042803742560256 An explanation of why Labor’s new refugee laws won’t really help. Just bring them here!
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Australia’s coziness with the gambling industry is like America’s coziness with the gun lobby. Sure, make gambling legal, but shouldn’t there be restrictions on advertising? Shouldn’t pokies be banned? The entire industry exists to take money from vulnerable people.
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Labor are trash too though.
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I continue to be shocked at our cruelty to refugees. And kangaroo is tasty, I used to eat it in the States.
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Just got a Facebook ad for the Voluntary Euthanasia Party. Makes sense, given I spend most of my time on nihilist meme pages.
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https://www.sbs.com.au/news/pm-totally-open-to-nuclear-power-if-economics-stack-up Scott Morrison supports nuclear power.
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Labor marches in lockstep with the Liberals on asylum seekers and gambling. They’re useless.
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https://www.buzzfeed.com/lanesainty/greens-mp-withdraw-nauru-question-about-killing-kids Greens MP Adam Bandt was told he had "overstepped boundaries" with a question on why the government is "slowly killing kids" on Nauru, and was forced to withdraw the comment in parliament gently caress this government.
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I don’t feel like embedding the image, but 57% of Channel 7 viewers think anti-white racism is real.
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I got a perfect score on a standardized test as a kid and went to a smart kids camp. Still ended up completely failing at life.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/19/not-just-a-provocateur-gavin-mcinnes-should-not-be-allowed-into-australia Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes is coming to Australia. Great.
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I’m a former mental patient and I don’t like Tony Abbott. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10...acebook_Organic As the spring racing carnival kicks off this weekend with the Caulfield Cup, new figures show Australians are losing more money than ever on sports betting and racing. The latest statistics, published this month, show that as a nation we bet $209 billion in 2016/17, an increase of 0.7 per cent over the previous year. Singapore is a distant second. The data collected for the past 34 years and published annually by the Queensland Government Statistician's Office is considered the most comprehensive snapshot of gambling in Australia It shows that, when averaged out across the entire adult population, Australians bet almost $11,000 per person, making us far and away the biggest betting nation on the planet. "We see people who would not blink at spending $1,000 a bet," said Dr Kate Fennessy, the clinical lead at St Vincent's Hospital's Gambling Treatment Program in Sydney. People playing pokie machines at the Cherokee Casino in Siloam Spring, PHOTO Despite a large rise in sports betting, pokie machines are still the most significant focus of day-to-day gambling in Australia. FLICKR: CAROL VON CANON We bet. But, more importantly, we lose. In total Australians lost $23.7 billion on all forms of gambling in 2016-17 — pokies, lotteries, casinos, racing and sports betting. That's $1,251 for every man and woman over the age of 18. The biggest change is in sports betting, with a 15 per cent increase in the amount of money Australians lost from the previous year in that category. We're also losing more money on the horses, up by almost 7 per cent. Australian Gambling Statistics 2016-17 Amount wagered ($ millions) Amount lost ($ millions) Amount lost per capita ($) Racing 23,869.258 3,312.714 174.96 Electronic gaming, casinos and lotteries 174,633.661 19,318.941 1,020.34 Sports betting 10,105.302 1,062.000 56.09 TOTALS 208,608.221 23,693.655 1,251.39 *Source: Queensland Government Statistician's Office, Queensland Treasury Those losses are overwhelmingly felt by a small number of problem gamblers. "Most people are buying a lottery ticket or they're spending twenty bucks on the spring racing carnival, and the people who fall foul of this behaviour are the people who are spending vast amounts of money," Dr Fennessy said. Gambling counsellors are increasingly seeing an increase in people addicted to the ease of gambling on sports and racing via their mobile phones, "almost exclusively young men," says Dr Chris Hunt, a clinical psychologist at the University of Sydney's Gambling Treatment and Research Centre. Sydney carpenter Matt Portokalli is 27 — right in the middle of the demographic using sports betting apps. For him the attraction is the convenience of betting on your mobile phone. "Like most things that run though apps, it's a more streamlined approach — you're just one or two clicks away from getting a bet on," he said. Mr Portokalli says he only bets every couple of months on the AFL, NRL or maybe the big races such as the Melbourne Cup. But he's seen people get into trouble and have to take loans out to cover gambling losses. Gambling phone app PHOTO Betting apps make the access to online sports gambling even easier than it previously was. ABC Dr Hunt said around 35 per cent of his clients present with horse and sport betting problems. "It's definitely the fastest growing area of gambling at the moment," Dr Hunt said. Dr Hunt had one patient who lost half a million dollars in a single year, but he says a more typical amount "is in the tens of thousands". Drs Hunt and Fennessy both say betting patterns are shifting, partly as a result of changing demographics but also because of intensive advertising. "There's been that constant cross-promotion between sports and gambling," Dr Hunt said. The three biggest Australian sport organisations — the AFL, the NRL and Cricket Australia — are all sponsored by gambling companies. It's no secret that sporting telecasts are littered with gambling ads. Kerrin McEvoy riding Redzel to victory in The Everest at Royal Randwick Racecourse. PHOTO Australia's relationship with gambling was brought in to question during the build-up to this year's Everest event at Randwick. AAP: DAN HIMBRECHTS "I think we should be concerned about the availability of betting and the promotion of betting in sport," said Dr Fennessy. "I'd really love people to be able to watch sport and not necessarily have a bet." Sport betting and gambling on racing may be on the rise, but they are still a long way behind the pokies. We're pumping $168 billion through pokies and casinos (that includes those pokies in casinos). Collectively we're losing $17 billion on electronic gaming and casinos. That's $894 for every adult Australian. The question is why Australia still streets the field when it comes to the amount we spend on gambling? The answer may not be a simple one, but if you talk to those who deal with problem gamblers, and those who gamble, they all give you one answer. As Dr Chris Hunt said, "It's been such an ingrained part of Australian culture for such a long time."
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There was a big thread on Facebook where an Australian tried to explain compulsory voting to an American. As an expat, I used to be all ‘its a restriction of MUH FREEDUMBS’ but after reading up on American voter suppression and poo poo like only one polling place in a city I really appreciate Australia’s system.
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Ah yes, Baby Boomers, a demographic that is famously hostile to marijuana.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10...Twitter_Organic More government agencies are accessing people's phone and internet records than originally envisaged, in what critics are describing as "authority creep". Key points: Access to metadata was initially restricted to 22 government agencies, but state-based agencies have blown that figure out Because they are accessing metadata and not content of communications, no warrant is required It is not known how many agencies are now able to request metadata Controversial laws which came into force last year compel telecommunications companies to retain metadata on their customers, including information on who you call or text, where you make calls from, and who you send emails to. To allay privacy concerns, access to the metadata was limited to 22 specific police and intelligence agencies, such as the Australian Federal Police, ASIO and state police forces. But a parliamentary hearing has been told that number has blown out. "There are many more than 22 agencies," John Stanton from Communications Alliance, the industry peak body, said. "Many state-based agencies have come forward and started using their own state-based powers to request metadata. "Authority creep, I guess you might call it." The Communications Alliance told the parliamentary hearing telcos are getting around 1,000 requests for metadata each day. It is not clear exactly how many agencies are now able to request access to stored metadata. Because they are accessing the metadata and not the content of communications, the agencies are not required to get a warrant. Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus expressed concern, noting access to stored metadata was supposed to be tightly restricted. "It's a specified group of 22, reduced at the time of the mandatory data retention legislation going through from the previous very wide group of around 80." What constitutes a 'systemic weakness'? The concerns were raised in hearings held by the powerful Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security. The Committee is examining proposed laws about how agencies can access password-protected devices and the content of communications, including encrypted data. What you found in Will's metadata What you found in Will's metadata We published ABC reporter Will Ockenden's metadata in full and hundreds of you helped analyse it. Here's what you got right — and wrong. Critics have described the 'Assistance and Access' bill as forcing companies to give the Government "back-door" access to their customers' devices and data — something the Federal Government and national security agencies refute. The legislation explicitly prohibits companies from being compelled to build "systemic weaknesses" into their technology for the benefit of police and intelligence agencies. But what that means has not been defined. "A systemic weakness means different things to different companies, and different things in different circumstances," Mr Dreyfus said. "Who is going to decide what the systemic weakness is? Is it going to be the agency or is it going to be the tech company?" Home Affairs Department secretary Michael Pezzullo told the committee hearing that authorities and companies will work together to determine what constitutes a "systemic weakness". He said police and intelligence agencies don't want "back doors" to be built into systems any more than the telcos or the public. What is metadata? What is metadata? What is metadata and how might it impact whistleblowers in media and politics? "A systemic weakness would be something which would be universal, and therefore subject to the technical capacity of someone wishing to attack that weakness, [it] would be available to all attackers. "That is the last thing we want." Duncan Lewis, the director-general of spy agency ASIO, also sought to reassure critics, telling the parliamentary committee his agency is only interested in a small amount of data relevant to their investigations. "I'll describe it as similar to using a pair of precision tweezers to extract a needle from a communication haystack," he said. "We're looking to communication providers to help us pick that needle out of the haystack." The ABC has contacted the Minister for Home Affairs for comment but has not yet had a response. SHARE
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Don Dongington posted:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...d_4zK2ofxOIoSgc Clive Palmer recently ran an ad claiming the Greens will offer free weed and increased Centrelink. They should have run on that.
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https://insidestory.org.au/poor-white-bloke/ Review of Barnaby Joyce’s book. It doesn’t sound good.
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Apparently Scummo did an event at Sydney’s famous drag venue The Imperial Hotel and they removed all the rainbow flags for him.
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There’s conflicting accounts on Facebook, another post said Scummo was a guest of someone else and they didn’t remove the flags. Unrelated but funny: https://youtu.be/MrRAO_vG_K4
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https://junkee.com/gladys-berejiklian-music-festivals/179001 NSW Government Doubles Down: No Pill Testing, Tougher Penalties For Drugs At Festivals What a bunch of short-sighted idiots. Is Australia ever going to get sensible drug policies?
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I’ve also seen people on Twitter arguing that ABC is funded by Soros. But Halloween is too American.
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I used to get really angry about how Australians have no right to free speech because it’s lead to things like videogame censorship and the proposed Internet filter. At least now I support hate speech laws after the rise of Trump. It’s a real culture shock, though. I’m trying to explain Australian healthcare to an American and it’s not working. Apparently we suffer long wait times and have what procedures we need are determined by an army of faceless beaurocrats. I haven’t really experienced that.
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I guess it goes both ways, i’ve met Aussies who assume Obamacare was socialized medicine instead of whatever insurance company clusterfuck it is. But moving here and experiencing government healthcare is like exiting the Matrix and having my eyes opened to a better way of life. I wish I could make my former countrymen understand it! Maybe countries with government healthcare should run ads in America promoting it?
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MysticalMachineGun posted:? I was comparing the NPC meme to Soros since they’re both American crazy.
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Cpt Soban posted:Australian Liberty Party - ALP. I wanted to start a party like that. It’d be for free speech, high density living, nuclear power and fast Internet. I gave those ideas up ages ago though, it was just a product of culture shock.
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That was before I started caring about refugees and drug laws. I also wanted restrictions on Tasers, MACE, and handguns loosened. I was, like the band says, a real American Idiot. A few years here cured me of all that, though I still support fast internet, urban density, nuclear power and no Internet filter/videogame censorship. I’m still mad about Shadow Warrior 2 not making it here. Speaking of American ideas: https://twitter.com/DrDemography/status/1054510859974627328?s=20
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