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Sep 2, 2015 11:58
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Birb Katter posted:You realise it's been spring for 4 weeks now right? Or your Canadian sensibilities are too precious for Australia. Wasn't it September 1st instead of the spring equinox on I want to say the 22nd but it might be the 23rd this year I can't remember. Spring definitely doesn't start in August though, according to either the Australian calendar or science.
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Sep 2, 2015 12:01
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HookShot posted:It's not loving spring yet, I can't believe Australia decided "oh no people are too dumb to have the seasons change when they actually change, we'll just move them to the beginning of the month instead and tell people Sept 1 is the first day of spring when it's really three weeks later" I only found out last year that other countries don't celebrate change of seasons on the first of the month. I've never seen the problem; of course the seasons don't actually change on the first of the month, I've never seen them change on the same date every season, it's just easier to pin the official start to the first of the month. Besides, it's been warm where I am.
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Sep 2, 2015 12:03
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Meanwhile, in Canberra... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_9nD-DICyU
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Sep 2, 2015 12:13
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I heard part of his interview. Never really heard much of this man outside of soundbites. God he has awful interview skills. HookShot posted:Wasn't it September 1st instead of the spring equinox on I want to say the 22nd but it might be the 23rd this year I can't remember. Spring definitely doesn't start in August though, according to either the Australian calendar or science. I was wondering when the Hookshot Cananananananananda experience was coming back 
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Sep 2, 2015 12:32
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HookShot posted:Wasn't it September 1st instead of the spring equinox on I want to say the 22nd but it might be the 23rd this year I can't remember. Spring definitely doesn't start in August though, according to either the Australian calendar or science. I just meant it's been mid 20's and sunny for weeks where I am now and seasons don't mean poo poo. poo poo 'wattle day' is the first of August because it's when wattle is meant to be out in full force and the bloom was almost over by then this year.
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Sep 2, 2015 12:44
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In proper auspoo stuff
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Sep 2, 2015 12:48
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Pretty telling if even The Australian newspaper media was initially snubbed.
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Sep 2, 2015 12:59
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Pickled Tink posted:First Dog! First Dong!  http://i.imgur.com/XuowMAy.jpg http://i.imgur.com/BX9Vvju.jpg I've been away for a week because my old computer finally gave up the ghost and I had to build a new one. Which sucked and was expensive. But now I'm using Windows 10 and I have to say, goddamn does the new spartan colour scheme suck. It's whiter than Tony Abbott's dreams for Australia. Megillah Gorilla fucked around with this message at 13:28 on Sep 2, 2015 |
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Sep 2, 2015 13:12
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I can't believe "partisan" isn't in the word cloud. I'll have to try harder next time.
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Sep 2, 2015 13:36
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hey, weird, it's almost as if a politician has no power over the media if they don't give a poo poo about access journalism.
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Sep 2, 2015 13:45
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Amethyst posted:I can't believe "partisan" isn't in the word cloud. I'll have to try harder next time. It was ranked very highly for the month - about the same score as "bias" and "border". Sometimes words aren't included even though they rank highly because the don't fit.
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Sep 2, 2015 13:55
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HookShot posted:It's not loving spring yet, I can't believe Australia decided "oh no people are too dumb to have the seasons change when they actually change, we'll just move them to the beginning of the month instead and tell people Sept 1 is the first day of spring when it's really three weeks later" Neither would really work in places that have distinct season though. In my experience in Adelaide and Melbourne winter and summer both last like 4-5 months and the transition seasons are pretty short.
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Sep 2, 2015 13:59
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HookShot posted:Wasn't it September 1st instead of the spring equinox on I want to say the 22nd but it might be the 23rd this year I can't remember. Spring definitely doesn't start in August though, according to either the Australian calendar or science. Wednesday, 23 September 2015 at 6:22 PM, AEST! Anyone who doesn't spend that night dancing around a bonfire -or interesting looking large rock- naked, drinking the cheapest wine available is un-australian. Praise Eostre the rad! dr_rat fucked around with this message at 14:15 on Sep 2, 2015 |
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Sep 2, 2015 14:12
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Is the blue body paint and antlers still compulsory or can I go casual
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Sep 2, 2015 14:17
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Meteorological seasons begin on the 1st of December/March/June/September in all countries. Astronomical seasons begin on the 20th of December/March/June/September in all countries. So in one sense we're all correct, but in another (better) sense Australia is correct, because any child can tell you what the most obvious difference between summer and winter is and it's not the time the loving sun goes down.
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Sep 2, 2015 15:13
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Australia doesn't have a spring though. Autumn lasts one week as well. "OK leaves are shed, pack it up, it's winter*." *"winter" does not occur in 4/8 states and territories. Seriously, Western Australians consider 25 degrees to be "cold" Diet Crack fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Sep 2, 2015 |
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Sep 2, 2015 15:37
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For all the arguments you can make about the temperature barely changing, you can say the same for the fact that the difference between winter and summer sunsets barely changes. When I was living in London and putting up with a constant smarmy barrage of "hehe COLD ENOUGH FOR YA" from friends and family back home, it was difficult to explain to them that it wasn't so much the cold sapping my will to live - it was the dark. The horrible dark. The torpid days where the sun skulks along the horizon for a few hours and then goes back down.
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Sep 2, 2015 15:58
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Preggers french girl was marketing stunt hoax Water wet
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Sep 2, 2015 16:26
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Lid posted:Preggers french girl was marketing stunt hoax Marketing for getting pregnant? drat youth of today, won't even get pregnant unless an ad tells them to. Back in my day people drat well knew how to get pregnant as a teenage without being told to by some drat advertising suits.
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Sep 2, 2015 16:39
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Kat Delacour posted:Is the blue body paint and antlers still compulsory or can I go casual Go with what ever your heart tells you to! Although sandals can be good if you think they're may be glass about. Safety first!
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Sep 2, 2015 16:43
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Birb Katter posted:In proper auspoo stuff That is a very telling article, and not in the least surprising. I was wondering if anything like this were going on whilst all those photos were popping up in news articles. I'm sure it's safe to assume it's the same just about everywhere he goes?
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Sep 2, 2015 17:04
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Auspol September: A Handmate's tale.
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Sep 2, 2015 18:12
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dr_rat posted:Marketing for getting pregnant? "Come to the Gold Coast, Get Knocked Up"
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Sep 2, 2015 23:19
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Anidav posted:Atm the polls say 50/50 but some preference whisperer bullshit will probably happen. David, have you done any polls in Canning lately, what's the word?
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Sep 2, 2015 23:37
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Diet Crack posted:Australia doesn't have a spring though. Autumn lasts one week as well. http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_009225.shtml you have to so you acclimatise to 40° highs. 30°C in the UK and nannas die. That's half the year in the south west. oh balls it's like humans adapt to their surroundings.
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Sep 2, 2015 23:52
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You Am I posted:"Come to the Gold Coast, Get Knocked Up" "The Gold Coast - The only fucks given are by horny backpackers!" Too classy?
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Sep 3, 2015 00:00
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Birb Katter posted:In proper auspoo stuff "Don't take any pictures of the Prime Minister eating" hahaha
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Sep 3, 2015 00:08
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Kommando posted:David, have you done any polls in Canning lately, what's the word? quote:An Essential Research poll, commissioned by advocacy group GetUp, has the coalition leading Labor 51-49 per cent after preferences.
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Sep 3, 2015 00:12
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Birb Katter posted:In proper auspoo stuff constant supervision. starkebn posted:"Don't take any pictures of the Prime Minister eating" "Abbott might eat another onion, don't let anyone photograph that." Negative Entropy fucked around with this message at 00:22 on Sep 3, 2015 |
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Sep 3, 2015 00:19
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Australia's top CEOs earn 72% more than declared, research shows Stock options among factors that took incomes of ASX100’s 10 highest paid chief executives to a cumulative $171.4m in 2014, against the $99.6m reported The rules governing Australia’s biggest companies may only reveal “the tip of the iceberg” when it comes to senior executive pay in Australia. The collective pay packet of the ASX100’s 10 highest paid chief executives was more than 70% larger than the pay declared in their companies’ 2014 financial reports, the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors says. Shares awarded in previous years under long-term incentive plans, and chief executives exercising rights to shares as performance hurdles are met, are among the factors that took income to a cumulative $171.4m, 72% more than the $99.6m in reported earnings. Chris Rex, who leads Ramsay Health Care, tops ACSI’s top 10, with his $9.1m reported income leaping to $30.8m when all other share-based considerations are included. Peter and Steven Lowy of Westfield are in second place, although more than 90% of their $24.4m total was reported in the company’s annual report. Some chief executive pay had also been overstated by conventional reporting, owing to companies failing to meet performance targets that allow equity awards to vest. ACSI said the average cash bonus in the ASX100 in 2014 was up more than 10% to $1.35m, and average realised pay of $5.63m was up from $5.01m a year earlier. ACSI’s chief executive, Louise Davidson, said there was nothing untoward about the way in which earnings are declared but shareholders might welcome another way of judging whether rewards are excessive compared with the return on their investments. “Statutory reporting is, perhaps, disclosing only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the wealth accruing to senior executives,” Davidson said. “While the packaging and disclosure of CEO pay has undoubtedly become more disciplined in recent years, thanks to legislation like two strikes and termination pay as well as challenging scrutiny from ACSI and others, company investors and owners cannot afford to lose sight of the quantum of reward being delivered.” Top 10 1. Chris Rex, Ramsay Health Care, $30.8m v $9.1m 2. Peter and Steven Lowy, Westfield, $24.4m v $22.1m 3. Louis Gries, James Hardie, $20.8m v $12.6m 4, Andrew Bassat, Seek, $17.9m v $4.2m 5. Andrew Mackenzie, BHP, $15.6m v $7.8m 6. Colin Goldschmidt, Sonic Healthcare, $13.4m v $3.8m 7. Gail Kelly, Westpac, $12.9m v $11m 8. Ken MacKenzie, Amcor, $12.7m v $8.4m 9. Mike Wilkins, IAG, $11.5m v $7.5m 10. Nicholas Moore, Macquarie Group, $11.4 m v $13.1m http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/sep/03/australias-top-ceos-earn-72-more-than-declared-research-shows
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Macquarie group over reporting the CEO's income?
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 ----------------- Millionaire's wife jailed for Centrelink fraud https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/29415107/millionaires-wife-jailed-for-centrelink-fraud/ quote:The wife of a millionaire resources boss has been jailed for nine months after admitting claiming tens of thousands of dollars in Centrelink payments while he was earning up to $1.8 million a year during the mining boom.Julie Bohannan married the former chief executive of Bathurst Resources Hamish Bohannan in 2006, the year after he had made just over $1.8 million in taxable income. Halo14 fucked around with this message at 01:00 on Sep 3, 2015 |
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Sep 3, 2015 00:55
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I think my outrage is somewhat eclipsed by my confusion at why someone would subject themselves to dealing with centrelink for what amounts to pocket money compared to their family's existing income. Maybe the husband was abusive by means of financial control?
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Sep 3, 2015 01:25
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Halo14 posted:But Judge Andrew Stavrianou said the frauds were planned and deliberate, and therefore an immediate prison term was required to punish and send a message to the community. Good thing that menace is off the streets and we can feel safe again.
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Sep 3, 2015 01:28
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Dear future OPs please include the Loon Pond in your lists of resources. They most definitely have a lefty bias but their value consists in good clear resources for their pieces, often making useful pictures of political history for backup. Such as today's piece which includes a very entertaining Nikki Savva column (as well as a handy chart for understanding Liberal political policy). Just one gem in the column: they tried to organize a fundraiser in Perth to get at least 10 people paying 20k to meet Tony Abbott. They got 4 possibles but 2 didn't want to front up. So in desperation they were offered half the cost which pissed off the other two who had already paid in full and wanted the same discount. So it's not just the Victorian and Qld branches that are hopeless.
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Sep 3, 2015 01:35
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open24hours posted:Good thing that menace is off the streets and we can feel safe again. What in your opinion is the correct sentence for this? Right or wrong, our justice system is based around punishment and deterrent rather than rehabilitation. What deterrent would you suggest is effective in this case? A small fine? Solemn Sloth fucked around with this message at 01:38 on Sep 3, 2015 |
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Sep 3, 2015 01:35
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Probably to pay back the money plus any administrative costs and legal fees and a fine. It depends on her reasons for doing it I guess. Prison should only be for people who are an actual threat to public safety.
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