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Gough Suppressant posted:'Asked why the office would not disclose the exact date, a spokeswoman for the Prime Minister said: "We just don't want to release it."' Operational Security
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Les Affaires posted:Repealing tax cuts is not on the cards, it's actually better to let bracket creep do its work in the long run.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 04:22 |
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And here I was thinking this sort of poo poo was done for the Libs already - by the media.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 04:27 |
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Captain Pissweak posted:You son of a bitch. Also requesting Sir Not Appearing In This Thread be added to the OP: Never forget.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 04:32 |
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The most AusPol paper: http://pss.sagepub.com/content/24/5/622.short
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 04:38 |
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Well, something stinks in the state of Victoria, and is apparently so damaging to the current government that they've taken the extreme step of slapping the known poo poo-rag the Herald Sun with a gag order and are now asking the police to ensure that it's applied to all media outlets. (More Info)
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 05:04 |
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TheHeadSage posted:Well, something stinks in the state of Victoria, and is apparently so damaging to the current government that they've taken the extreme step of slapping the known poo poo-rag the Herald Sun with a gag order and are now asking the police to ensure that it's applied to all media outlets. (More Info) Is it because its damaging to the Government or because they don't want a police informant suddenly disappearing, because it certainly looks like the latter to me.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 05:18 |
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TheHeadSage posted:Well, something stinks in the state of Victoria, and is apparently so damaging to the current government that they've taken the extreme step of slapping the known poo poo-rag the Herald Sun with a gag order and are now asking the police to ensure that it's applied to all media outlets. (More Info) Context: "Lawyer X" was a defence lawyer for mobsters Carl Williams and Tony Mokbel (among others) who is alleged to have been a police informant from 1996 until 2010 - Williams suspected and accused him, telling Mokbel not to trust him, but Mokbel continued to use him. This places a serious question on one of the onuses on lawyers in that their client has to have full belief in that their disclosures are privileged hence calls by the law association etc. for a royal commission into this. Bent Wookiee posted:Is it because its damaging to the Government or because they don't want a police informant suddenly disappearing, because it certainly looks like the latter to me. It's the latter but it's a murky area given the above.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 05:18 |
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Jumpingmanjim posted:
Yup (well, for a service provider that the ATO outsources to) - what do you need to know?
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 05:31 |
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gently caress it, I have no idea which is the real AusPol thread, so I'm sticking this here. Four international students killed in Brisbane since November Queensland police say they're completely unrelated. Don't worry people, it's not a serial killer or anything, it's just the toxic climate of xenophobia that's to blame.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 05:34 |
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Gorilla Salad posted:it's just the toxic climate of xenophobia that's to blame.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 05:41 |
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Seams posted:i hate australia its a lovely land Seams posted:
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 05:42 |
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I am unironically in favor of a complete overhaul of our tax system.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 05:43 |
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LordPants posted:I am unironically in favor of a complete overhaul of our tax system. Implement the entire Henry Review, dust hands, go home. Lose government for removing the reacharound Howard gave in the early '00s, but gently caress it. Worth it.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 05:45 |
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Gorilla Salad posted:gently caress it, I have no idea which is the real AusPol thread, so I'm sticking this here. This one has twice as many posts, ergo a mandate.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 05:47 |
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Bent Wookiee posted:Is it because its damaging to the Government or because they don't want a police informant suddenly disappearing, because it certainly looks like the latter to me. This is eerily reminiscent of the Carl Williams situation, if the lawyer's name was printed tomorrow they'd be sleeping with the fishes before the day is out. On the other hand from what we know so far the issue is pretty serious and needs to be explored, people have been calling for a royal commission into the police in Victoria for years. Elissimpark posted:Yup (well, for a service provider that the ATO outsources to) - what do you need to know? Just trying to write an application and was hoping someone would be able to give me feedback on what I have written.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 05:57 |
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Mr Chips posted:This one has twice as many posts, ergo a mandate. I do really like the other one, but Ludlam as Optimus Prime won my vote.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 05:57 |
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Mattjpwns posted:Vote 1 cut and paste Manus Island OP into this one, they're both great for their own reasons. You should use the banner I made any time (economic) refugee news comes up, I think it conveys the proper sense of welcoming and transparency surrounding the Manus Island multi-day-care center.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 05:58 |
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Xylo can we have that banner as a new thread icon.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 06:01 |
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Done.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 06:06 |
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Classic posts never die.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 06:18 |
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Lawyer X is actually Julia Gillard who has turned police informant to finally spill the beans about her evil corrupt union slush fund!! The truth is finally coming out. Royal commission now.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 06:20 |
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Also, I know I don't usually post more than twice in the Auspol thread but I want to say congratulations to all there out there who don't identify as either male or female for your High Court win today. edit: And of course Admin law Best law 420 appeals erryday.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 06:25 |
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Lawyer X is actually George Brandis and the forces of political correctness want him dead.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 06:27 |
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Mr Chips posted:Is restricting the spending power of the bulk of consumers through bracket creep a good way to compensate for the structural defecitis caused by the Howard era tax policies? No, not entirely. It's just that either pushing up the tax rate of lower brackets, or pushing down the threshold of existing brackets will do more to strain the lower strata of society than leaving them alone, because the lower you go in income brackets the more you're pushing against non-discretionary income, like say food budgets, or rent. What I'm thinking will happen is a new bracket will be added at the top which is at a higher rate more along the lines of where the old ones used to be. The top rate is at 45%, bringing it back up to 49% would generate new revenue from the upper strata's disposable income. Les Affaires fucked around with this message at 06:34 on Apr 2, 2014 |
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It can't be Brandis because he would demand to be called Queens Council X.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 06:29 |
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To explain why this situation is causing a particular murky conundrum:quote:'Lawyer X' marks a sticky spot in criminal justice system
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Les Affaires posted:What I'm thinking will happen is a new bracket will be added at the top which is at a higher rate more along the lines of where the old ones used to be. The top rate is at 45%, bringing it back up to 49% would generate new revenue from the upper strata's disposable income. Mr Chips fucked around with this message at 06:43 on Apr 2, 2014 |
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Mr Chips posted:I'd love to see the Murdoch press respond to a 49% marginal tax + capping negative gearing, getting rid of CGT on property. Just means testing the healthcare rebate was 'class warfare'. You'd find they'll either ignore it or it'll be a small two paragraphs somewhere in page twelve. They want to play with the winning team, not push an ideology.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 06:43 |
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Jumpingmanjim posted:
Ah. I'm probably not the one to ask then - like I said, I'm with an outsource company (gee, guess who!) and I can't say my job application was a sparkling example of the resume art.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 07:09 |
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Any lawyer acting as a police informant relating to their clients deserves to be strung up, it's a grotesque breach of professional ethics.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 07:39 |
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Zenite posted:Still sceptical. To raise that much money, over 200,000 people would need to go bankrupt, even on the assumption of zero cost of admin and collection etc. We're currently looking at about 80,000 bankruptcies over 4 years during Labor (the figures have gone down substantially in the last year), and given that Libs are in now power and pretty much loving over any one that is poor, an increase to 200,000 over 4 years doesn't seem that implausible. I doubt it's an April Fools thing because it was posted at 11.20pm on the 1st, and then updated 8 hours later. Usch. Ler fucked around with this message at 07:48 on Apr 2, 2014 |
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Anidav posted:I dunno about that, this recent one and that Korean girl were both apparently walking through parklands at like 3am in the morning. Now in a utopia, sure it should be safe to walk wherever you want but walking through those forest-like Brisbane parks at 3am in the morning isn't exactly the brightest choice. She was abducted on Albert St and dragged up into the park though. Also how many murders have taken place in the Brisbane CBD that weren't international students? Alcohol related violence aside, the CBD is probably the safest part of Brisbane in general. I live literally 5 minutes walk from both these crime sites and it was particularly reality shattering when the Korean girl died in Wickham Park just because of how safe the area feels, even at 3 am. I'm hesitant to jump to the conclusion that people might intentionally be targeting international students for these murders because RACISM, but to try to write them off as people just in the wrong place at the wrong time also seems really inaccurate. drowned in pussy juice fucked around with this message at 07:53 on Apr 2, 2014 |
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Charging people money to be bankrupt sounds like the most ridiculous idea ever.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 07:50 |
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Yeah its loving creepy to think about, a mate of mine lives near the bridge that poor French girl's body was found under.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 07:52 |
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Lid posted:To explain why this situation is causing a particular murky conundrum: Wait, what? What's murky about it? The Policeman who perverted the course of justice that "may" have stopped a crime? quote:So were police wrong to cultivate the lawyer? Certainly not. Wait, what? It sounds completely wrong that the police cultivated a defence lawyer to inform on his clients. Comstar fucked around with this message at 07:56 on Apr 2, 2014 |
# ? Apr 2, 2014 07:53 |
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What does it mean when your government's policies become indistinguishable from satire?
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Jumpingmanjim if you want to write a successful job application to the ATO just watch blade runner a dozen times and write down all the answers to the VK test that identify the respondent as a replicant
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thatbastardken posted:Any lawyer acting as a police informant relating to their clients deserves to be strung up, it's a grotesque breach of professional ethics. When you get admitted to practice I'll give you a call I have some money I want embezzled.
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Jumpingmanjim posted:Also does anyone here work for the ATO I could use some help. Doctor Spaceman fucked around with this message at 10:40 on Apr 2, 2014 |
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