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QUACKTASTIC posted:

Hildebrand is gone

What?! How!?

# ¿ Sep 11, 2020 09:18

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 04:37

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If they start having local's doing the work, expect more reports of harassment/no pay/horrible stories.

# ¿ Sep 16, 2020 00:34

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Anidav posted:

Former Treasurer Peter Costello is warning the gap between company and personal tax rates is encouraging individuals to corporatise themselves to avoid paying their share, saying the rates should be slashed for the highest income earners.

Wait, what? Rich people are avoiding paying tax so we should lower their tax rate so they don�t pay tax? What?

# ¿ Oct 19, 2020 01:18

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Into The Mild posted:

So looks like Gladys is going to get away with this whole shredding the money grants thing... it defiantly looked like she�s got a fall person ready to go.

Cannot wait to see what ICAC comes back with.

Wouldn't they all be on a hard drive or cloud backup?

# ¿ Oct 24, 2020 03:20

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I hate discord and please don�t close this thread.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2020 00:31

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The corrupt head of aus post just told the Prime Minister to get stuffed she�s not standing down lol what talk to my lawyers.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2020 08:52

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NSW wants a land tax. But what�s scotty from marketing to pay for it. And all other states to do it as well.

No way it�s going to happen.

# ¿ Nov 17, 2020 03:22

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Urcher posted:

Source?

Land tax is a great idea but the devil is in the details, particularly managing revenue during the transition from stamp duty. If their plan is for the federal government to cover shortfalls during transition them they are probably trying to look like they are in favour of land tax while avoiding having to do it by making it the federal government's problem.

ABC news website

# ¿ Nov 17, 2020 05:58

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Crown got blocked from opening their new casino.

I expect it only be a delay.

# ¿ Nov 18, 2020 07:04

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Jerk Burger posted:

So are Aussie war crimes investigated by the AFP, or is it done by an international body? I.e. What's the likelihood of Channel Seven paying for defence lawyers at The Hague?

AFP.

So we already know the outcome. No Interviews, No charges and No justice.

# ¿ Nov 19, 2020 13:38

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-25/second-whistleblower-attacks-football-queensland-governance/12910828

This entire story is bonkers. I hate reading that when I see it on a twitter post, but this time it's true. And it all comes back to our old friend

# ¿ Nov 24, 2020 21:16

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Can someone explain to me what's China's game plan with not accepting Australian imports?

# ¿ Nov 25, 2020 20:53

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Knobb Manwich posted:

Australia is the dog, the blocked imports are the rolled up newspaper.

...it doesn't seem to be doing anything to the Government? I would have thought the coal companies would have been screaming at the National party and we'd see it in the media, but everyone seems to be ignoring it.

# ¿ Nov 25, 2020 21:08

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The Peccadillo posted:

https://twitter.com/marrowing/status/1332187989477183488

I'm going to need a link to this. Someone's getting paid to write their porn fantasy in a national newspaper.

# ¿ Nov 28, 2020 05:29

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JBP posted:

So they weren't confirmed or supported in the same way as the others, but you have a gut feeling it might have happened based on something.

After hearing about what's been happening, on the balance of probabilities, I'd believe it happened.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2020 03:02

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Presented without comment. The winner of the Groom by-election. Was deleted shortly after posting.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2020 10:32

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The Chinese regime removed the PM's post on WeChat.

Why are they doing all this now though? This whole "I'm not touching you!" needling is for whose benefit?

# ¿ Dec 2, 2020 21:10

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Opps. Our bad. We're very sorrrrrrrry.

Sounds like NSW police thought the 2 Germans who didn't go into quarantine were VIP's or the rich or powerful and ESCORTED them to the plane to Melbourne, through no fault of their own. If they were normal people they'd be getting the book thrown at them, but because the police themselves did it, no harm done!

# ¿ Dec 6, 2020 08:54

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Capitalists horrified to learn how capitalism works.

There are so many ponzi schemes out there that it it's just as easy to tweet that a company is a ponzi scheme, admit its a short stock scam, and make money from your own short stock scheme instead.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2020 21:00

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I'm honestly suprised anyone got charged. I have full confidence nothing will happen, merly the cost of doing business.

Leading bankers head to trial over criminal cartel allegations.

quote:

A group of some of the most senior investment bankers in the country have been committed to stand trial on criminal charges over an alleged capital raising cartel.

The landmark case relates to allegations ANZ Bank, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank acted in a cartel while executing a $2.5 billion capital raising by ANZ in 2015.

ANZ and its investment bankers will face trial over criminal cartel charges.

Six individual bankers have also been committed to stand trial and face maximum jail terms of 10 years or fines of up to $420,000 if they are found guilty.

Those bankers include the former head of Citi in Australia Stephen Roberts, Citi executives John Mclean and Itay Tuchman, the former head of Deutsche Bank in Australia Michael Ormaechea and former executive Michael Richardson. ANZ's former treasurer Rick Moscati was also committed to stand trial.

They COULD be fined 10% of their revenue, which makes me wonder if that could remove the DEBT AND DEFICIT, but we all know, nothing will happen.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2020 12:38

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Knobb Manwich posted:

Competing debt collectors. I am very smart.

quote:

The debt collection agencies that win contracts must have a plan to deal with the "management of escalations and threats" from customers.

The key ones are threats of violence or self-harm "as well as events that have potential for serious adverse impact to the department's reputation".

Specifically, companies must also have an action plan for when customers threaten to contact members of parliament or the media and inform the department "within 1 hour" of such a threat.

Contacting your MP or posting on r/australia (where the Media often just copies stories from) is now a threat to the debt collection agency.

I'm presuming the action plan will be to call the cops on the "customer".

Comstar fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Dec 8, 2020

# ¿ Dec 8, 2020 22:13

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Bad customer service? How about NO customer service - from Qantas!

Qantas has shut down their entire customer service branch it seems.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2020 03:31

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Women speak out against controversial religious Sydney drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre the Healing House

What The gently caress Is This. Who the hell are the Magistrates sending women to an extremest religious cult for drug rehabilitation. I expect there's a lot worse happening there and a lot worse places doing it.

# ¿ Dec 16, 2020 02:31

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We've gone from 3 cases...to 17 in 24 hours or so? This outbreak has already broken any containment. But we were told that NSW has GOLD STANDARD contact tracing. Guess we'll know for sure in a day or so.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2020 12:22

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JBP posted:

Yes we are at alert level: COMSTAR poo poo is about to get wild.

What are you suggesting? That I was wrong? That we should have shut down when we did and not days or weeks earlier?

Those 17 people infected are likely to have infected twice that amount, and you wouldn't know about it for another 1-3 days.

I was planning on traveling to Sydney. What do you...suggest I do now?

# ¿ Dec 17, 2020 14:05

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freebooter posted:

It would have to get pretty loving bad for Gladys to do a lockdown and I don't think it'll get there. Still sucks that it's ruined Christmas

It hasn�t ruined Christmas but it will ruin Christmas if they don�t lock down.

With the permits for Victoria it�s ruined my wife�s Christmas going to see her parents for the first time in a year. But we don�t want to get stuck in NSW or get locked down to a house for 14 days when we get back.

Still better than catching the thing though.

# ¿ Dec 18, 2020 04:55

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I was down on the Surf Coast in Victoria, and about 1 in 50 people are wearing masks indoors. Everyone else has given up.

If the rest of Victoria is the same, there's no way it's contained to a not-mask wearing and not-locked-down NSW or Sydney.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2020 10:48

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Good news everyone! Popular infant formula Infants Friend has been recalled because it contains chloroform and never thought to mention that since 1935.

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Parents have been warned to stop using Infants' Friend oral liquid immediately after the popular product was found to contain chloroform, a byproduct of chlorine.

The Therapeutic Goods Administration has issued a total recall of the product from all retailers in light of the discovery.

Infant's Friend is a registered complementary medicine and has been manufactured and sold in Australia since 1935, according to the brand's website.

The product is advertised for use to relieve colic and wind, reduce restlessness during teething, and keep babies' bowels regular.

The government regulator said it recently became aware that the liquid includes a small amount of chloroform as an inactive ingredient.

The company only lists the product's active ingredients on its website: cassia oil (from cinnamon), aniseed oil, dill oil, magnesium carbonate and ammonium bicarbonate.

There is no public mention of chloroform or any other inactive ingredients.

The TGA has warned that while intermittent use of the product is "not expected" to be harmful to children, the product label does not specify a maximum number of doses or duration of use, which may lead to prolonged use at harmful high doses.

"When used at high doses, Infants' Friend oral liquid can expose children to levels of chloroform that are higher than the level established to be safe," the TGA said in a statement.

"At high doses and/or following long-term use, chloroform is known to cause damage to the liver, kidneys and nervous system.

"The established safe level of intake for chloroform is based on studies in animals and include wide safety margins."

According to the Australian Government's National Pollutant Inventory, chloroform is a clear, colourless, volatile, non-flammable liquid with a pleasant, sweet odour. It is primarily used in the production of refrigerants and plastics and in the manufacture of other chemicals.

The TGA has recommended parents to stop using the product immediately and return any remaining product to the place of purchase for a refund.

Until now Infants' Friend has been widely sold at major supermarkets and chemists, including Coles, Woolworths and Chemist Warehouse.

Infants' Friend was considered a "grandfathered" medicine, the TGA said, which means it was available in Australia prior to 1990 when the regulator was first established.

"As a grandfathered medicine, the TGA has not evaluated Infants' Friend oral liquid for safety, quality or effectiveness," the statement says.

"Further regulatory actions are being considered to ensure any future supply of this medicine meets the TGA's high standards for safety, quality and effectiveness."

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# ¿ Dec 24, 2020 06:20

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 04:37

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Whelp. It's going to be back to square 1 in Victoria because NSW didn't LOCK DOWN EVERYTHING like they should of.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-30/three-people-test-positive-to-covid-19-in-victoria/13022340

# ¿ Dec 30, 2020 10:10

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