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@voodoo said in Aussie Politics:
Youse must all be racists.
FWIW i would have voted Yes
If Qantas can pay people to get the Government to fuck over the tourism industry in order to benefit shareholders and the CEO's bonus structure, then i am not against indigenous Australians getting the same access.
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Politics:
@voodoo said in Aussie Politics:
Youse must all be racists.
FWIW i would have voted Yes
If Qantas can pay people to get the Government to fuck over the tourism industry in order to benefit shareholders and the CEO's bonus structure, then i am not against indigenous Australians getting the same access.
This is probably the best case I’ve seen laid out to vote yes and has made me think.
Throughout the campaign, it felt like the argument was based on the logic issue: things are bad for indigenous populations, something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do this.
I never heard a coherent argument why this was the right thing, or why this wasn’t divisive legislation that prioritises one group of poor underprivileged people over those groups from other parts of Aus in the same situation.
I accept I’m not close to the campaigns or the material that was shared, but I had this conversation with my sister in law, an Australian GP, who was a strong advocate for yes. She’s incredibly bright, but always seemed to come back to ‘we must do something, this is something, we must do this’
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@Dodge said in Aussie Politics:
I accept I’m not close to the campaigns or the material that was shared, but I had this conversation with my sister in law, an Australian GP, who was a strong advocate for yes. She’s incredibly bright, but always seemed to come back to ‘we must do something, this is something, we must do this’
I spoke to a number of people over the campaign and this was a very dominant position, albeit amongst colleagues and friends in the leafy inner eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
All the political games have now started and the baggage of this referendum will continue to hang around the PM in particular. At some point the activists will come knocking on the door but Albo is an old political dog so he will quickly try and change the subject, his election night promise will quickly become a non-core promise but still find a way to pay lip service to the Indigenous people he made promises too.
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Every argument I heard was circular. And this was from supposedly smart people. No explanation from the Minister for Indigenous Australians what the fuck she's been doing if the NIAA isn't providing 'whole-of-government coordination of policy development, program design, and service delivery for Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander people'.
I voted on the exact same principle I did for the marriage plebiscite.
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The Qld govt has announced that if any of their employees feel aggrieved over the outcome of the recent referendum they can take an extra five days rec leave this year.
On a completely unrelated note, I have found myself to be quite stressed Australia voted no.
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Albonomics is unsurprisingly attempting to make a case for spending ever more sums of public money in an indecent haste to hit zero emissions targets. A "green bond" program to target 'refining and processing critical minerals; supporting manufacturing of generation and storage technologies, including batteries; producing renewable hydrogen and its derivatives like ammonia, and; forging “green” metals.'
So heavy industry in an environment of increasing energy and worker costs. I'm guessing Jim Chalmers hasn't asked Germany how that's working for them lately.
Speaking of pissing away good money after bad: Snowy 2.0 - the Turnbull gift that keeps on giving. A completion date of unknown (if they're honest) and predicted cost of $12 billion for the battery itself and more than $10 billion for the additional transmission lines.
Keep in mind that the much criticised Olkiluoto 3 will cost less, probably built quicker and provide more energy once this white elephant becomes operational.
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Big cyber attack on Australian ports (DP World). Article from the AFR:
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So academic doctors that are apparently experts on climate are handing out medical certificates for absences from school and work to attend today’s climate rally in Melbourne. And yes the rally is outside in the climate…
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@ACT-Crusader said in Aussie Politics:
So academic doctors that are apparently experts on climate are handing out medical certificates for absences from school and work to attend today’s climate rally in Melbourne. And yes the rally is outside in the climate…
Pfft, I see your medical certificates and raise you a hiring policy
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-17/qut-defends-removing-merit-from-hiring-policy/103114562
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i literally just read that article and burst out laughing
i should really get out of the private sector and get in to the public. You don't have to be good at anything to get a decent gig there
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Politics:
i should really get out of the private sector and get in to the public. You don't have to be good at anything to get a decent gig there
you do have to be good at not saying 'this is a load of bollocks'. It's a skill I'm struggling with when presented with dumb ideas in a professional context.
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i submitted a milestone report to a Govt Grant body on Wednesday
Yesterday the usual bullshit follow up questions came back
One was what we meant by a particular term. A term literally only used by Government Departments in Grant funding returns. I, again, burst out laughing.
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Politics:
i submitted a milestone report to a Govt Grant body on Wednesday
Yesterday the usual bullshit follow up questions came back
One was what we meant by a particular term. A term literally only used by Government Departments in Grant funding returns. I, again, burst out laughing.
Say the term ... ?
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Defies belief doesn't it?
Inflation is super bad for real dudes, lets fucking working people by constantly increasing interest rates.
But also lets increase government spending.
And lets bring a couple of hundred thousand extra people in to the country every year
But lets not do the infrastructure projects that are needed because of those extra people.Lets pass lots of policies which have resulted in some of the highest energy prices around too.
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Politics:
i literally just read that article and burst out laughing
i should really get out of the private sector and get in to the public. You don't have to be good at anything to get a decent gig there
The fact its taken you this long to realise that suggests you might have the intelligence for the public sector ....
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So, what's our collective thoughts on the Chinese sonar incident on the Aussie naval divers?
For the ill informed Chinese warship in "International waters inside Japan's exclusive economic zone" (not entirely sure how the two concepts remain compatible) apparently sounded off sonar against HMAS Toowoomba whilst divers apparently attempting to disentangle fishing nets from props.
Apparently causing ear injuries.
Not reported on for about 5 days to avoid issues with Albo-Xi meeting.
Not really sure what to make of it.
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