QUACKTASTIC posted:

lmao they backed down

Amethyst posted:

I've become convinced that the Nats are literally the most destructive political force in the country. Dinosaurs with a tiny (<6%) voter base who wield enormous power, ruining the country.

TheLastRoboKy posted:

QLD having ACT as a hot-spot has always seemed weird to me but maybe they just want to stop Federal politicians from coming to QLD to campaign during the state election? I joke and god that sounds jaded as gently caress but everyone's playing politics so obviously and clumsily right now I wouldn't even be shocked.

hambeet posted:

we all want a house elf

dobbie rhymes with

Urcher posted:

The source blog post is long but absolutely worth reading. Lots of details about the hack and all the effort that went into contacting relevant government departments and Tony Abbott to do responsible disclosure.

https://mango.pdf.zone/finding-former-australian-prime-minister-tony-abbotts-passport-number-on-instagram

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Lid posted:

A former stock trader who drunkenly robbed Sydney banks more than four decades ago has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail.

Ross McCarty, now 71, admitted to police he had a double life in which he would "get boozed at lunch time" for the hold ups in 1977 and 1978.

Using a water pistol and disguises including fake moustaches and sunglasses, McCarty wrote his demands for cash on withdrawal slips handed to tellers.

bandaid.friend posted:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/26/one-nation-paid-500000-to-company-behind-billion-dollar-development-in-queensland


Did One Nation get scammed out of half a million?

Zenithe posted:

What's the odds on QLD LNP still being in power in the next *checks watch* month and 4 days time?

Electric Wrigglies posted:

I half suspect that because of the BLM/HK/Yellow Jackets and other popular unrest around the world the policing human resource increase is less about cars in Townsville and more about resourcing up for revolt putdowns.

APS fully expect to have to manage unrest in Australia and it is the politicians of both sides jobs to provide the resources and to sell it to the Australian population. Similarly why the drive for normalisation of army use for civilian control (ostensibly for covid control but despite public messaging, diggers trained to shoot people are not any better than ex airline staff at quarantine, a soldier with guaranteed employment dragged down from his/her QLD base does not have any more fucks to give about being near diseased people than a local employed to protect their community).

That's why QLD ALP is doing something that you think would have been anathema post Fitzgerald and re-enforcing the police empire which historically has marched towards the LNP.

bandaid.friend posted:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-28/queensland-police-appeals-detective-neil-punchard-sentence/12711306

When the article says QPS is appealing, does it mean QPS is seeking a harsher or softer sentence?

quote:

The Queensland Police Service (QPS) will appeal the downgrading of the sentence for an officer who leaked the home address of his friend's ex-wife from the QPS database

bell jar posted:

check out the unicameral state lol

get a upper house nerds

Electric Wrigglies posted:

I think this is most likely and they think it is close enough to be worth putting in the effort.

To be honest I thought the ALP would be a shoo in for QLD because;
~ Covid has not really impacted QLD to the same degree as other states and the government has loosened up internal travel and freedoms cautiously but fairly actively. Crises that aren't completely mishandled generally favour the incumbent.
~ Keeping out other states - always a popular move to keep out "others".
~ Federal is Lib/Nat and that's not going anywhere soon by the looks and Australians generally seem to like having one of each in federal / state.
~ ALP QLD doesn't seem to have had recent major stuff ups - parties get voted out, generally, not oppositions getting voted in.
~ The Nat opposition does not seem to be incompetent but not exciting either.
~There has been plenty of news in 2020 to be bored of the status quo and wanting to change things up just because.

Against that is that ALP has had what 25 or something years in government out of the last 30? Maybe also there is some mud sticking against ALP from all that is being flung against Andrews for being taking the strongest actions on Covid with the worst result nationally. I would not have thought it would be too much of an impact so because polls are quite often completely wrong these days, are we actually looking at a comfortable ALP victory there?

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

bell jar posted:

Amoeba102 posted:

So this icac stuff is also to do with paying 30 mil for land worth 3 mil, right? Pity icac can't nab the feds involved.

freebooter posted:

I think you will find other countries do not exist; in fact, nowhere exists outside of Victoria and the Model Coronavirus Response State New South Wales, where everyone is still working from home and small businesses in and around the CBD are going bankrupt

kirbysuperstar posted:

I wear a bike helmet when I post

Tommunist posted:

Hambeet has been smugging victorians out of the "ring of iron" for large amounts if cash. It makes sense that he'd want the lock down to continue.

Tommunist posted:

https://twitter.com/ClareBarnes_10/status/1318692339351658498

powerful queensland worst state energy

freebooter posted:

Now that Vic is going to NSW-normal, NSW people: what is life in Sydney actually like at the moment? Are you going out to pubs and restaurants as much as you used to? I'm glad we'll be able to visit friends again but can't imagine myself feeling comfortable sitting in a pub (or catching public transport) for some time yet.

Pile Of Garbage posted:

hambeet posted:

Capt.Whorebags posted:

As if QLD would allow my NSW gutter blood across the border.

...Or I would be inclined to visit

Sulla Faex posted:

nice posts, whered you buy them -- at the bad post store ???

Solemn Sloth posted:

This seems real loving dumb to me


https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/empty-offices-prompt-fears-workers-won-t-return-20201113-p56ege.html

Comstar posted:

Crown got blocked from opening their new casino.


I expect it only be a delay.

Laserface posted:

everyone is loving rip roaring to get back into the office for literally no other reason than to make things 'back to normal'

maybe in the CBD it makes sense to push people back 'for the economy' but my office(s) are in the middle of bumfuck nowhere in western Sydney and there is nothing around them to support besides lovely tuckshops that are too far to walk to during your lunch break.

we (my team) literally got told we had to be back in the office to prevent other teams utilising 'our' space in the office as those teams had spread out in the office while we worked frome home. that was the only reason given.

JBP posted:

I disagree. Everyone should voluntarily sign up for the angry click machine.

hambeet posted:

fixed for me

hambeet posted:

i think that's an overreach of power

Buttcoin purse posted:

Someone needs to stop führer Dan!!

Sulla Faex posted:

this isnt australian specific so i dont know if its significantly different there, but most stuff ive been reading kind of point at a 2 week lag time for finding out whether preventative measures have been having an effect, like you gotta wait 2 weeks to see whether number go up or number go down

is that also true for aus covid tracking? what does a 3 day soft lockdown mean, in that context? you lockdown for 3 days and then a week later count the number of self-reported covid infections, and say either "yes, 3 days seems to have been ok" or "no, it turns out we really should have done more, and now we're a week or two behind where we would have liked to have known that" ?

it feels like you might as well just implement micro-lockdowns, like for eg every tuesday between 7 and 10pm at gladys' favourite restaurant. max 5 customers total, all at the same table, one waiter per person, no reporters