Australian Political & Infrastructure Discussion Thread

[Australian rePublic]

Anti-vaxxers harass restaurant staff for demanding to see their vaccine passports

In New South Wales, you can't enter any dining establishment unless you're fully vaccinated. But why would you go around abusing a minimum wage employee because you disagree with law? If you're opposed to a law, take it out on the politicians who make those laws, not the poor minimum wage employee trying to do his/her job. But then again, I guess you can't really expect much in terms of common sense from the staunch anti-vax mob.

https://amp.abc.net.au/article/100489618
New South Wales is on track to being 90% fully vaxxed, making us one of the highest vaxxed jurisdictions in the world

[Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts]

The plot thickens.....
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/dominic-perrottet-drawn-into-icac-gun-club-scandal,15651

Meanwhile, ex-NSW Labor minister Eddie Obeid has been sentenced to prison for skulduggery surrounding corrupt conduct,
effective tomorrow.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/22/former-nsw-labor-minister-eddie-obeid-to-begin-seven-year-jail-term-on-the-weekend

[Perikuresu]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... sed-people

> The US Military should invade Australia
> Comparisons to Hitler, Stalin, Castro and the Taliban
> We're oppressed under a totalitarian regime and a tyrannical police state

It's clear we need to make fun of America more

[Imperial isa]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/22/rightwing-pundit-candace-owens-suggests-us-invade-australia-to-free-an-oppressed-people

> The US Military should invade Australia
> Comparisons to Hitler, Stalin, Castro and the Taliban
> We're oppressed under a totalitarian regime and a tyrannical police state

It's clear we need to make fun of America more

I keep hearing we need a revolution to over throw the totalitarian regime.

[Saiwania]

Australia is a lost cause in my view. I don't know exactly when it'll be, but I'm inclined to believe that perhaps Australia is going to become unhabitable some time this century or next. Its very gradually getting too hot to live there and Australia is burning a lot of coal which isn't going to help matters. Australia was on the brink of collapse as it is, from all the out of control wildfires they had last year or not too long ago.

[Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts]

https://www.michaelwest.com.au/perrottets-catholic-cemeteries-bid-dwarfs-gladys-gun-club-scandal/
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/further-details-emerge-as-premier-perrottet-linked-to-icac-gun-club-grant,15665
Further details have emerged about Perrottet.

[Australian rePublic]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/22/rightwing-pundit-candace-owens-suggests-us-invade-australia-to-free-an-oppressed-people

> The US Military should invade Australia
> Comparisons to Hitler, Stalin, Castro and the Taliban
> We're oppressed under a totalitarian regime and a tyrannical police state

It's clear we need to make fun of America more

Nut jobs are just that, nut jobs. Don't pay too much attention to them. Ironically, with few notable exceptions (i.e. nanny state and gun laws), without Covid, Australia is much freer than the USA in almost every measure as determined by objective measuring organisations

[Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts]

[url]https://www.[region-tag]weatherzone.com.au/news/tornado-impacts-brisbane-airport-in-supercell-storm-event-more-wild-weather-predicted-for-weekend-from-inland-low-pressure-system/535235[/url]
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/how-common-are-tornadoes-in-queensland-and-is-it-a-sign-of-things-to-come/535240
Three tornados in just one week in Queensland.
And the PM's still dilly-dallying around net-zero by 2050.

Honest thoughts:
I get it, 'Queensland has always had bad storms, 2011 floods happened, and you weren't screaming about it then' - oh, sure, people were. It's just social media activism wasn't as big then as it is today. The scientific community knew about it - the IPCC knew about it - before the Queensland floods hit - Exxon was one of the first to discover this - through its own research - and actively fuelled climate change disinformation for decades to come.
https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Exxon_Mobil
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2021/03/australia-is-a-land-of-flooding-rains-but-climate-change-could-be-making-it-worse/
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/qld-floods-linked-to-climate-change

But it seems that, one, we've been getting worse rain events. Which is great, for farmers and all, but right now, even with all this rain, a good part of Queensland is still drought-declared - including some of Australia's prime food bowls.
https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/drought/drought-declarations/

To ppl who might say, "Climate change has no impact on weather systems", I say, "Okay, but how come we've just had three supercells strong enough to create tornadoes in Queensland this past week? That's not normal for southern Queensland."
How come during the Black Summer bushfires, the Gold Coast Hinterland - which is rainforest, caught on fire? Answer: Years of drought and little substantial rain.
Subsidising green technologies is great, and I openly encourage it. I think it's the best shot we have
at decarbonisation.
But net-zero by 2050 - without a better 2030 target to go along with it - isn't going to work.
While coal is on its way out, oil and gas are set to replace it - which seems to be what our government's going for
with this whole 'gas-fired recovery' crap.
https://johnmenadue.com/climate-action-subsidies-taxes-and-moral-hazard/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/21/climate-leaders-cop26-uk-climate-crisis-glasgow
[url]https://johnmenadue.com/zero-chance-of-net-zero-the-human-security-challenge-after-2050/
[/url]
And if the articles I've linked above are anything to go by, I can't put it into words
how much the international community have failed us.

[Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P-VC9cTpkc
Also, I dont think Gen Z wants to go to war, thanks,
Tudge.

[Australian rePublic]

[url]https://www.[region-tag]weatherzone.com.au/news/tornado-impacts-brisbane-airport-in-supercell-storm-event-more-wild-weather-predicted-for-weekend-from-inland-low-pressure-system/535235[/url]
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/how-common-are-tornadoes-in-queensland-and-is-it-a-sign-of-things-to-come/535240
Three tornados in just one week in Queensland.
And the PM's still dilly-dallying around net-zero by 2050.

Honest thoughts:
I get it, 'Queensland has always had bad storms, 2011 floods happened, and you weren't screaming about it then' - oh, sure, people were. It's just social media activism wasn't as big then as it is today. The scientific community knew about it - the IPCC knew about it - before the Queensland floods hit - Exxon was one of the first to discover this - through its own research - and actively fuelled climate change disinformation for decades to come.
https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Exxon_Mobil
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2021/03/australia-is-a-land-of-flooding-rains-but-climate-change-could-be-making-it-worse/
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/qld-floods-linked-to-climate-change

But it seems that, one, we've been getting worse rain events. Which is great, for farmers and all, but right now, even with all this rain, a good part of Queensland is still drought-declared - including some of Australia's prime food bowls.
https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/drought/drought-declarations/

To ppl who might say, "Climate change has no impact on weather systems", I say, "Okay, but how come we've just had three supercells strong enough to create tornadoes in Queensland this past week? That's not normal for southern Queensland."
How come during the Black Summer bushfires, the Gold Coast Hinterland - which is rainforest, caught on fire? Answer: Years of drought and little substantial rain.
Subsidising green technologies is great, and I openly encourage it. I think it's the best shot we have
at decarbonisation.
But net-zero by 2050 - without a better 2030 target to go along with it - isn't going to work.
While coal is on its way out, oil and gas are set to replace it - which seems to be what our government's going for
with this whole 'gas-fired recovery' crap.
https://johnmenadue.com/climate-action-subsidies-taxes-and-moral-hazard/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/21/climate-leaders-cop26-uk-climate-crisis-glasgow
[url]https://johnmenadue.com/zero-chance-of-net-zero-the-human-security-challenge-after-2050/
[/url]
And if the articles I've linked above are anything to go by, I can't put it into words
how much the international community have failed us.

Apparently, tornados are common in Australia, but the means of communication about them has only now just caught up

[Imperial isa]

https://www.michaelwest.com.au/perrottets-catholic-cemeteries-bid-dwarfs-gladys-gun-club-scandal/
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/further-details-emerge-as-premier-perrottet-linked-to-icac-gun-club-grant,15665
Further details have emerged about Perrottet.

If cemeteries are running out of space maybe compulsory cremation could be something that happens in the future.

[Perikuresu]

https://www.michaelwest.com.au/perrottets-catholic-cemeteries-bid-dwarfs-gladys-gun-club-scandal/
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/further-details-emerge-as-premier-perrottet-linked-to-icac-gun-club-grant,15665
Further details have emerged about Perrottet.

If cemeteries are running out of space maybe compulsory cremation could be something that happens in the future.

An even better idea is to have people opt in for "burial pods" which iirc puts a human body inside a pod made of biodegradable material and buries it in the ground, then over the years, it grows into a tree.

Compulsory burning of bodies just seems... Off?

[Mathuvan Union]

If cemeteries are running out of space maybe compulsory cremation could be something that happens in the future.

An even better idea is to have people opt in for "burial pods" which iirc puts a human body inside a pod made of biodegradable material and buries it in the ground, then over the years, it grows into a tree.

Compulsory burning of bodies just seems... Off?

I mean, we’re pretty good fuel.
And the government seems to like non-sustainable fuel.

[Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts]

Apparently they're converting the T3 line between Sydenham and Bankstown into metro.
My question is, "why?"

Also, on an unrelated note, why does Wondabyne station exist? It's the only station in Australia to not have a road connection....
just the creek

[Australian rePublic]

How can I create a platform to get my voice across to many Australians?

[Neuer California]

How can I create a platform to get my voice across to many Australians?

Web hosting (blog) and spending big bucks on advertising it

[Australian rePublic]

Apparently they're converting the T3 line between Sydenham and Bankstown into metro.
My question is, "why?"

Also, on an unrelated note, why does Wondabyne station exist? It's the only station in Australia to not have a road connection....
just the creek

The T3 is getting converted to reduce congestion through the CBD. If you ask me, there were probably better ways to do so, but sadly, no one cares what I have to say

As for Wondabyne, meh. There were originally buildings at the station, and now the station is pretty much deserted. It still serves a few houses on the Hawkesbury River (which is hardly a little creek). There was really no reason to pull the station out of existence, and the train only stops there if you tell the guard that you want it to. There is really no reason to get rid of it, the train only stops there if someone wants it to, and it's not hurting anybody

[Perikuresu]

How can I create a platform to get my voice across to many Australians?

Create your own platform (e.g. blog, YouTube channel, book, etc.) and make it's contents engaging to audiences

[Australian rePublic]

How can I create a platform to get my voice across to many Australians?

Create your own platform (e.g. blog, YouTube channel, book, etc.) and make it's contents engaging to audiences

YouTube? Fuck Google. Thanks for that.

[Perikuresu]

Create your own platform (e.g. blog, YouTube channel, book, etc.) and make it's contents engaging to audiences

YouTube? Fuck Google. Thanks for that.

YouTube was just an example, but if you're thinking of making videos to get your voice across, YouTube is probably your best chance, maybe except for Twitch but come on, you're not Hasan are you?

[Australian rePublic]

YouTube? Fuck Google. Thanks for that.

YouTube was just an example, but if you're thinking of making videos to get your voice across, YouTube is probably your best chance, maybe except for Twitch but come on, you're not Hasan are you?

Not making videos, per sa, just trying to get people to listen to me

[Perikuresu]

YouTube was just an example, but if you're thinking of making videos to get your voice across, YouTube is probably your best chance, maybe except for Twitch but come on, you're not Hasan are you?

Not making videos, per sa, just trying to get people to listen to me

Welp, my initial advice, which was making your content engaging still holds up. Have that something to draw them in and convince them to give you your time.

[Australian rePublic]

Not making videos, per sa, just trying to get people to listen to me

Welp, my initial advice, which was making your content engaging still holds up. Have that something to draw them in and convince them to give you your time.

I see. I'll try to think of how to do so

[Amorosa-Coonarra Coasts]

Welp, my initial advice, which was making your content engaging still holds up. Have that something to draw them in and convince them to give you your time.

I see. I'll try to think of how to do so

Why not start a podcast?

[Perikuresu]

I see. I'll try to think of how to do so

Why not start a podcast?

The podcast scene is overbloated nowadays, unless you've got a decent following behind you, or actually have the personality and the right people to catch people's attention, I doubt it'll take off (ik that it's not AUS' intentions here but it's more likely to get overlooked)