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Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


ScreamingLlama posted:

I hereby register my strenuous objection to this part of the OP on the grounds that you are going too loving far. We (yes, we, there's still plenty of Dems) are still a party as far as the AEC is concerned, and until remain so until such time as the party is actually deregistered. Also stop being a bunch of shitlords carrying on about something that happened twenty years ago that half of today's party membership had no loving control over (due to, you know, being children at the time).


Gods preserve me.

First page of the new thread delivers.

I admire your effort to keep the bastards (in charge of the OP) honest though.

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Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


ScreamingLlama posted:

we have actual economic policies as opposed to the Greens just belching out clouds of weed smoke like the factories they profess to hate

Might want to check out which party quite consistently gets their policies costed before elections.

Plus, policies mean nothing when you'll just work with the Libs to put a tax on food.

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


Graic Gabtar posted:

If only they had of been able to put more into super.

Still can't figure out if you are trolling or actually don't get it. For the people who are getting the vaat majority of these super tax exploits, their mandatory contribution means they would already be out of the pension range.

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


Anidav posted:

As if Dominos needs to apply a loving surcharge. They're not a small time pub they're a multinational cheap pizza brand.

I have absolutely no issue with paying a surcharge on public holidays. If it's done in an overly aggressive and over the top way (such as the signs the Bombay Bicycle Club in Adelaide put up last year saying they would have to double all their prices) then yeah, gently caress them. If it is however done in a straightforward "hey, to make it worth opening on this day we have to charge a little bit more" way like Dominoes does then I'm happy to pay.

Plus lots of those chain places are franchisees that already get screwed over by the head office.

Amoeba102 posted:

Easter Saturday is a public holiday, except for WA and SA.

This year in SA there were public holidays on Good Friday, Easter Saturday, and Easter Monday. The Sunday wasn't a public holiday, but shopping centres were closed.

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


Amoeba102 posted:

They must have changed it since December. Did SA have it last year?

And apparently only NSW has a public holiday for Sunday.

From what we were told at work (so don't hold it as gospel) this was the first year that SA had Easter Saturday as a public holiday.

Also, the Bombay Bicycle Club example of how not to do public holiday surcharges:

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


Jumpingmanjim posted:

Why would you name your restaurant after an Indie band from England?

The pub predates the band by a few years, wouldn't be surprised if the name copying was the other way around.

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


Graic Gabtar posted:

I dunno, that looks like a very effective way to explain the message to your customers.

How many places do you know where labor accounts for 100% of the costs?

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


Low lying areas like Melbourne are submerged, inland Coalition strongholds like Western Sydney take over.

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


quote:

Mr Hockey questioned the two big miners' strategies to drive out domestic and international rivals, including Chinese ore producers.

"I'm reluctant to tell people how to run their companies. Not that it stops them from telling us how to run the country," he said.

"But ... they've got a fiduciary obligation to act in the best interests of their companies and their shareholders and they're doing that."

So close to realising that maybe an unrestrained market with companies having that much power isn't always a good thing.

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006



Australia is weird.

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


Looking through his Twitter feed, I'm willing to bet he must be under some contractual obligations about speaking out too much about it.

There is nothing in the past few days that addresses it, except this:

quote:

Dr Karl retweeted
PJ Rosenberger III @DoctorPJR
Intergenerational Report ad calls for #innovation @DoctorKarl yet Government guts #CSIRO and projects opposite image on science. #Curious

and

quote:

Dr Karl @DoctorKarl
Despicable activity from any government to stop/slow growth in Renewable Sector. PM said "Climate Change is Crap"!

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


I used to work at the Adelaide Casino where we got free meals, which meant bread and sliced cheese, or leftovers from the Casino restaurants.

It was some pretty good bread and butter pudding though, so bring on Libertopia.

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


Kommando posted:

Oh loving really :cry:

I was studying at uni with a guy who would proudly talk about how he had been part of the "riot squad" that would be called in to bust heads in detention. He was also a dog handler.

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


Since shoechat is still going, does anyone know of a good brand of leather free shoes?

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


Under the turnback policy, Jewish refugees would have been (and in fact were) pointed back to Germany. I know which side of that situation I'd rather take.

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


Negligent posted:

when did Schindler do anything even vaguely comparable to a wealthy person paying a people smuggler money

He falsified identification documents of people to get them to places they otherwise wouldn't have been taken, took public money under false pretences and arguably commited treason by actively undermining his countries war production efforts.

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


Zenithe posted:

Kate and Kate from the Katering show should be on this list.

This. Not quite sure when people first started being able to get government funding for Youtube videos, but money well spent.

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


Graic Gabtar posted:

You know what they say about statistics.

If you disagree about the numbers then you should probably let Hockey know, since he's spending that much in the budget for this policy.

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


Libertarianism: Not even once.

http://www.afr.com/news/policy/budg...20150427-1mu62y

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Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


hooman posted:

Hahahaha oh my god, what an insane hit list. Jesus christ.

Do yourselves a favor and read it for the chuckle.

You don't get it man, the CSIRO is stopping businesses doing their own research, hogging all the science. We just need to get out of their way so they can usher in a new golden age of discovery.

This is what Lib Dems actually believe.

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