Shrillland wrote:

Perikuresu wrote:So uhhh, I heard the Berejiklian Government has lost its majority after Michael Johnsen left or something similar

That it did....we may be seeing an early vote.

State Governments have a fixed four year term. They can’t call an early election.

New Jeromia wrote:I’m not sure if anyone’s said this, but why wouldn’t they amend the racist imagery found in the books?

I suspect it’s easier to stop publishing the books than it is to get Dr Seuss to redo the illustrations. He hasn’t done much drawing for the past two decades, after all...

You do realise that: 1. The school didn’t create the sign 2. The school likely would have taken it down had they known. Did you bring it to their attention? 3. The Board of Studies hasn’t existed since 2013 4. The successor to the Board of Studies - the Board of Studies, Teaching and Education Stan...

So the fence of my local public school had an ad for a charity that said "Australians need your help to". (Instead of Australians need your help too). This gave me the shits. What the hell kind of "education" system would allow such a blatent grammatical error to be displayed on...

Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts wrote:I don't like the idea of 100+ new Chernobyls in Australia

I don’t think anyone is suggesting that we use poorly maintained soviet era technology.

Also, I've heard of rumours surrounding the NSW bushfire recovery grants. Apparently non-Coalition seats only saw $2.5 million out of $170 million or so in recovery grants - one of those being the Blue Mountains, one of the hardest-hit areas, being a Labor seat. Not sure why that's going on. John B...

And also, uh, I found this on Jodi's Twitter. You know Sydney probably better than anyone on the thread, so what's it looking like down there in the chopper, Aus rePublic? (or any other Sydneysiders?) (i'm only joking) https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/thousands-of-vehicles-flooding-sydney-roads-...

Pretty much our f-t-t-n internet *bleeping* https://www.dialupsound.com/ Feels about right as i feel i lag more when playing in MP now on NBN to when i wasn't. My mum was lucky enough to get connected to NBN before the Liberals took government, so she’s on fibre to the home. It is amazing and shows...

I thought stuff like this only happened on the frozen concentrated orange juice market.

In my opinion, the NSW LNP are really good at building transpirt infrastructure really badly How so, Aus rePublic? Something something light rail something something ferries too tall. Objectively, the current NSW Government have done more to increase and improve public transport in Sydney than any ...

Lura wrote: May 9 and July 9 don't feel important enough to make Australia Day.

You don’t feel that the adoption of Australia’s constitution, the highest law of the land and literally the document that defines Australia as a country, is important enough for a national holiday?

My biggest complaint with the idea of changing the date is that there aren't any other days significant enough, in my opinion, to change it to. January 1 - Federation March 3 - the passing of the Australia Act, which gave Australia political independence from Britain May 9 - the opening of federal ...

What do you guys make of the change the date (of Australia Day) debate? If you ask me, it's just window dressing. There are serious problems in Aboriginal communities, but trying to solve them would require actual effort, so let's just to clutch onto straws to try to solve imaginary problems. That ...

https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/fresh-testing-push-for-sydney-suburbs-as-another-mystery-case-emerges-c-1877664.amp Facemasks are finally compulsory in Sydney. Score one for common sense! It's good to see so many people already wearing them, even though they don't become mandatory u...

What exactly is a jolly swagman, and why would he dance by a billabong, whatever the fuck that is. Since Aussie Republic already answered this, I'll merely add, before you ask, that a jumbuck is a sheep, a tuckerbag is where a swagman stores his food and a billy is what you make tea in when camping...

So did Australia collapse in 1984 when the anthem was changed from God Save the Queen to Advance Australia Fair? God Save The Queen is still used in Australia next to Advance Australia Fair No. It isn't. On an official level, God Save the Queen is our regal anthem and is used only at official occas...

Ridiculous. Changing the anthem of a country is basically collapsing the country. A national anthem should never change as it belongs to the traditions, culture and history to the country So did Australia collapse in 1984 when the anthem was changed from God Save the Queen to Advance Australia Fair?

Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts wrote:Who's the worst politician in Australia?

For me, it's a tie between Joh-Bjelke Petersen, Fraser Anning, Pauline and *no surprises* Clive.

Everyone you listed is bad, but Fraser Anning was in a class of his own. That he was ejected from KAP for being too extreme says it all.

Just saying something would be a start. True. But at the same time, you don't wanna piss off the Indonesians, they can cut off our shipping/trading routes. Why do you think we give them so much aid? Kindness of our hearts? Because we’ve totally never stood up to Indonesia before... Of course, Morri...

P.S. why is there only...1 seat for the whole Northern Territory? Because electoral boundaries are based on population size, with each electorate having as close to the same number of people living it in as possible. NT has a very small population, thus the entire territory fits in a single elector...

Bob Brown, former leader of the Greens was very pro wind-turbine, until the government wanted to build a wind farm in his state, Tasmania. It's funny how environmentalists are very environmentalism until it actually affects them. From The Guardian: The former Greens leader said the $1.6bn Robbins I...

Infected Mushroom wrote:It results in sub-optimal economic outcomes.

It means that instead of having to buy 50 people gifts at my workplace, I only need to buy one. Seems like an optimal economic outcome to me.

As a student, PE.
As a teacher, art.

This weekend, Sydney has had the hottest November night on record, the first time two consecutive November days have had temperatures above 40 degrees and a bushfire.

At least with the borders closed, Morrison can’t fuck off to Hawaii this time.

Australian rePublic wrote:I never supported Gladys' calls to ban Greyhound racing

That was Mike Baird.