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I thought that was actually a really good way of answering, especially refocusing on what he thought were actually important things in response like raising minimum wage etc.
Yeah, that's pretty much what I would have hoped Labor would say to the unemployment rate question.
"How good are those jobs though? Have wages risen yet?"
I heard a quote on the radio this morning from someone from the Liberal Party blaming Labor for the fact there hasn't been an ICAC yet (was driving and didn't note their name because I didn't realise how much they were going to piss me off - that's on me I guess).
The gist of it was "Yes, we want an ICAC, but we don't want to end people's careers".
Yes! We do! If someone has been corrupt, kick them the hell out!
Given that none of the Coalition cabinet or ministers in hot water resigned, merely gave up their front bench position their position is sadly consistent and checks out.
Jesus fucking christ, destroying careers is the whole fucking point. Corruption is a cancer on democratic society and needs to be excised and destroyed wherever it is found. Government service as an elected representative is a motherfucking privilege you are not entitled to.
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Not sure how much clearly they could have said "We are very corrupt and a ICAC with teeth will end us all."
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You know, I'm not surprised how fucking dumb Australian liberal candidates are:
The fact she did this is just sad. I can't believe how dumb, uneducated and fucking ignorant these people are. If they knew ANYTHING about the NAZIs, it's that they fucking hated LGBTQIA people almost as much as anyone else (it wasn't just Jews they exterminated en masse in concentration camps).
One of the first NAZI approved book burnings was in 1933 when German Students stormed Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft and took books on homosexuality, gender issues and so forth to stick on the pyre. One of the first transgender women Dora Richter was killed during their assault on the building, which is what makes her comparison go from just ignorant to beyond grossly inappropriate.
I can't fucking stand how dumb these people are. It's almost insufferable.
sometimes i think i'd be more okay with evil if they were at least smart about it
They only need to be smarter than the median voter, and sadly that's not a high bar.
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She’s now ‘apologised’ for the language used.
However, a deleted tweet from earlier this year from the same person claims “50% of men with trans identities are sex offenders compared to 20% of men”. Which, yeah, this isn’t a one off thing for her.
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However, a deleted tweet from earlier this year from the same person claims “50% of men with trans identities are sex offenders compared to 20% of men”. Which, yeah, this isn’t a one off thing for her.
Has she been reading shitty crime novels written by Rowling?
However, a deleted tweet from earlier this year from the same person claims “50% of men with trans identities are sex offenders compared to 20% of men”. Which, yeah, this isn’t a one off thing for her.
She is sorry people got angry at her, she is not sorry about her words or actions.
She has now apologised 3 times because there was so much horrific things she said and did. 1st for the "language" (gross), then again for the nazi comparison, and then later that day for the made up sexual assault statistics.
Morrison personally bent the rules to get her nominated, but wants us to believe he knew none of this from her freely available social media and podcast appearances.
I'm a bit over the NZ govt's appraoch to things being
1. we might do this
2. we're asking for input/permission to do it
3. jk, step 1 is that we already decided to do it and how it will be done
At this point when I see a "we're asking for input" ad campaign, my assumption is that any relevant decisions have already been made regardless of whatever feedback is received. Step 2 feels more like PR than anything else.
This was the person Scott Morrison specifically overruled NSW liberals to run.
Like holy shit.
Scotty has always been a great judge of character. I mean, he was pushing for Gladys to run before the ink had dried on her resignation for involvement in a state ICAC investigation.
Speaking of great characters, apparently Clive Palmer fell off stage.
I'm a bit over the NZ govt's appraoch to things being
1. we might do this
2. we're asking for input/permission to do it
3. jk, step 1 is that we already decided to do it and how it will be done
At this point when I see a "we're asking for input" ad campaign, my assumption is that any relevant decisions have already been made regardless of whatever feedback is received. Step 2 feels more like PR than anything else.
Not sure what in specific you’re referring to, but my wife tells me this is exactly what’s happening with the 3 waters stuff she’s dealing with via work lol
3 Waters would be step 3, but I'm seeing a couple of things currently at Step 2 through facebook/tv advertising. A review of road speed being the main one. I'm in favour of lower speeds mostly, they clearly reduce the road toll (we know this from the period when NZ had a max speed of 80kmph). But... I'm waiting for the eventual "jk, we already decided what we're doing before we asked".
Completely convinced this is WHY she was picked. Draws attention away from much of the rest of LNP, and forces Labor to comment who, whoops, aren't saying much!
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She was never going to win Warringah. The LNP knows this, and they also need their anti LGBTQ platform, so putting her there let’s them have that platform from someone who isn’t actually trying to win, because they won’t, but also without Scotty having to be the one that says it.
She’s a sacrificial megaphone.
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She was never going to win Warringah. The LNP knows this, and they also need their anti LGBTQ platform, so putting her there let’s them have that platform from someone who isn’t actually trying to win, because they won’t, but also without Scotty having to be the one that says it.
She’s a sacrificial megaphone.
Although Scotties "I agree with her views" puts a dampener on that plan if there was one.
I think it's less conspiratorial than that and they're just idiots. They don't have shame and I genuinely think they believe more people uncritically support their bigotry than they realize.
The case involved a Canadian man who was arrested and jailed after repeatedly violating a court order that banned him from speaking publicly about his son’s gender transition.
The teenager was born as a female and reportedly identifies as transgender and prefers the use of male pronouns.
The father's lawyer's argument:
The father and his legal team have cast the case in terms of personal liberties, arguing in court filings that the court’s order that he use his child’s chosen identity amounts to “totalitarian interference”.
“It’s a case about freedom of speech and the freedom to parent,” Carey Linde, the father’s lawyer, told the Guardian.
The Stolen Generation comparison is making it about the family and the government "interfering".
Ah so it was a parent not wanting a trans child and the government saying ‘don’t be an asshole’?
Until married, many religious households regard children as something akin to property to do whatever they want with (in particular, enforce only their beliefs).
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Holy shit - LNP campaigning on dropping the required home loan deposit down to 2% and no required mortgage insurance.
That’s not going to help the housing market at all you dipshits, there’s just going to be hundreds of thousand, maybe millions defaulting when we see a couple of minor rate rises.
Average Sydney house prices are $1.4 million. Letting people get that home loan on a $28,000 deposit with no insurance… that’s going to backfire massively.
Holy shit - LNP campaigning on dropping the required home loan deposit down to 2% and no required mortgage insurance.
That’s not going to help the housing market at all you dipshits, there’s just going to be hundreds of thousand, maybe millions defaulting when we see a couple of minor rate rises.
Average Sydney house prices are $1.4 million. Letting people get that home loan on a $28,000 deposit with no insurance… that’s going to backfire massively.
Yup. A smart buyer isn't going to be sucked in, but they're also going to be prices out of the market.
Because hey, previously if you had $50K, your limit was $1M. Now, $50K gives you an upper limit of $2.5M. Granted, you won't necessarily get a loan for that amount, but you might try and squeeze 1.1, 1.2, maybe 1.5, off of a $22-30K deposit.
Smart buyer can't compete with stupid buyer, and stupid buyer has to deal with having an extra 3% tacked on to their principal, which given the nature of home loans isn't just going to be an extra $30K in repayments.
It's dumb policy that looks good if you're not thinking it through, or don't understand the math involved.
The removal of mortgage insurance, is that a borrower thing or a lender thing? As in, is it what the banks pay, or the buyer? If tge former, any bank that doesn't still do it, is fucking stupid, and should not be bailed out if a run on defaults bankrupts them.
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"How good are those jobs though? Have wages risen yet?"
The gist of it was "Yes, we want an ICAC, but we don't want to end people's careers".
Yes! We do! If someone has been corrupt, kick them the hell out!
Edit: Found it. From AFR: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/pm-s-219m-pitch-to-forestry-workers-20220414-p5aded?post=p53ln4
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Um, Gladys isn't in jail, so NSW hasn't gone far enough.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/liberal-candidate-apologises-for-comparing-anti-trans-activism-to-nazi-resistance-20220414-p5adij.html
The fact she did this is just sad. I can't believe how dumb, uneducated and fucking ignorant these people are. If they knew ANYTHING about the NAZIs, it's that they fucking hated LGBTQIA people almost as much as anyone else (it wasn't just Jews they exterminated en masse in concentration camps).
One of the first NAZI approved book burnings was in 1933 when German Students stormed Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft and took books on homosexuality, gender issues and so forth to stick on the pyre. One of the first transgender women Dora Richter was killed during their assault on the building, which is what makes her comparison go from just ignorant to beyond grossly inappropriate.
I can't fucking stand how dumb these people are. It's almost insufferable.
They only need to be smarter than the median voter, and sadly that's not a high bar.
However, a deleted tweet from earlier this year from the same person claims “50% of men with trans identities are sex offenders compared to 20% of men”. Which, yeah, this isn’t a one off thing for her.
Has she been reading shitty crime novels written by Rowling?
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Morrison personally bent the rules to get her nominated, but wants us to believe he knew none of this from her freely available social media and podcast appearances.
If Liberals keep her in, Zali Steggall will have an easy win.
1. we might do this
2. we're asking for input/permission to do it
3. jk, step 1 is that we already decided to do it and how it will be done
At this point when I see a "we're asking for input" ad campaign, my assumption is that any relevant decisions have already been made regardless of whatever feedback is received. Step 2 feels more like PR than anything else.
Oh look, the TERF is also a homophone? What a surprise!
Like holy shit.
Scotty has always been a great judge of character. I mean, he was pushing for Gladys to run before the ink had dried on her resignation for involvement in a state ICAC investigation.
Speaking of great characters, apparently Clive Palmer fell off stage.
https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/united-australia-party-leader-clive-palmer-rushed-to-hospital-after-stage-fall/news-story/d71321bc3eea9c453ea67302c43135c6
"United Australia Party leader Clive Palmer rushed to hospital after stage fall"
Normally, I wouldn't actively cheer on a stage fall... so I'll be silent on it, and just think it instead.
Apparently it's his second fall in recent weeks while campaigning. Hopefully he takes the hint.
Obligatory "Fuck off, Clive.".
Not sure what in specific you’re referring to, but my wife tells me this is exactly what’s happening with the 3 waters stuff she’s dealing with via work lol
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
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Completely convinced this is WHY she was picked. Draws attention away from much of the rest of LNP, and forces Labor to comment who, whoops, aren't saying much!
She’s a sacrificial megaphone.
Although Scotties "I agree with her views" puts a dampener on that plan if there was one.
I think it's less conspiratorial than that and they're just idiots. They don't have shame and I genuinely think they believe more people uncritically support their bigotry than they realize.
They keep getting voted in.
It is deeply disappointing that we have wasted almost a decade of government to Coalition rule due to Labor infighting and general incompetence.
Bill Shorten's impatience for the Prime Ministership was a blight, rivaled only by the sheer fucking malice and incompetence of the Coalition.
I don’t get the Stolen Generation comparison at all.
The father's lawyer's argument: The Stolen Generation comparison is making it about the family and the government "interfering".
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
bit.ly/2XQM1ke
Until married, many religious households regard children as something akin to property to do whatever they want with (in particular, enforce only their beliefs).
That’s not going to help the housing market at all you dipshits, there’s just going to be hundreds of thousand, maybe millions defaulting when we see a couple of minor rate rises.
Average Sydney house prices are $1.4 million. Letting people get that home loan on a $28,000 deposit with no insurance… that’s going to backfire massively.
it'll be ok, they'll just blame it on labor
Because hey, previously if you had $50K, your limit was $1M. Now, $50K gives you an upper limit of $2.5M. Granted, you won't necessarily get a loan for that amount, but you might try and squeeze 1.1, 1.2, maybe 1.5, off of a $22-30K deposit.
Smart buyer can't compete with stupid buyer, and stupid buyer has to deal with having an extra 3% tacked on to their principal, which given the nature of home loans isn't just going to be an extra $30K in repayments.
It's dumb policy that looks good if you're not thinking it through, or don't understand the math involved.
The removal of mortgage insurance, is that a borrower thing or a lender thing? As in, is it what the banks pay, or the buyer? If tge former, any bank that doesn't still do it, is fucking stupid, and should not be bailed out if a run on defaults bankrupts them.