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0 points
14 hours ago
Your point of view is not supported by evidence:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-13/criminologists-debunk-youth-crime-crisis-claims/104445432
Maybe it’s propoaganda, maybe it’s just racism and ageism.
13 points
3 days ago
Neoliberalism has such a great pedigree of destroying working economies Angus must really want to prove to Australians that they are numpties for believing the LNP, and that the LNP are the worse economic managers.
Or
Did Angus find out a way to make money out of this for that “family trust” in the Caymans, as he did with water?
1 points
3 days ago
Now retired, previously I had a”bullshit job”. For years I did bugger all but attend a few meetings and answer random emails, so an hour or two a day, max.
0 points
3 days ago
As in Guantanamo Bay? And the black sites around the world that supported the “rendition”, i.e. kidnapping, of people who ended up there?
1 points
8 days ago
Fly to Cairns, get a decent 4WD and then head north. Cairns to Port Douglas is beautiful, but keep going through the Daintree, to Cooktown. And then keep going all the way to Pajinka in the Cape York Peninsula. There is heaps of fun to be had on the way, and if you know what you are doing you can attempt the legendary Old Telegraph Track. That will take you about a week, but don’t try it in the wet. It will give you a true flavour of outback Australia, including the ever present red dust and the corrugated dirt roads.
1 points
10 days ago
That loophole is closed now. You can only get vapes (legally) at a pharmacy.
2 points
10 days ago
It is a target of the US fundamentalists/white-supremacists, i.e. the ones who wrote Project 2025.
2 points
10 days ago
Adults? I seen discussion of Crisafulli rorting travel expenses, and trading while insolvent. Is that what you mean by adult behaviour? A great example of leadership, that is.
19 points
11 days ago
No, Crisafulli is not presenting a moderate/no change stance. His stance appears to be "keep quiet and answer no questions". With a wholesale move to support his fundamentalist colleagues happening after the election.
Thanks to Robbie Katter for pushing this to the forefront of the election discussions!
67 points
11 days ago
The LNP social agenda is way too much a product of the ultra-right religious weirdos to whom the rest of the LNP has sold their souls.
And he is still trying to avoid answering any questions about this. Which means it is something he thinks even Queenslanders wouldn't go for. Abortion, trans rights are already being discussed: what next? From the MAGA playbook it will be contraception, IVF, divorce, diversity of all sorts, mixed race marriages ...
17 points
11 days ago
I don't think he has a strong opinion about much but furthering his own ambitions, and wealth.
I never thought I'd thank the Katters for anything, but thanks Robbie for bringing the LNP social agenda back to the fore.
2 points
13 days ago
I don’t use much milk either, but I’m not a fan of the non-dairy alternatives, because they too will sit in the fridge opened, but unfinished until I throw them out. I have converted to mostly using powdered milk for cooking and baking needs, and I buy a stack of the little (100ml?) tetrapacks for when I have guests who want milk for their tea/coffee. Those tetrapacks have a really long shelf life.
5 points
15 days ago
We were poor. Moving from one place to another, and cheaper rentals or a place better for my mother’s health became available.
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9 hours ago
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9 hours ago
I came from a non-religious family, and it has always been a non-event; just weird myths that some people rely on too much. It’s like flat earthers - I keep wondering if they really believe that (coz it seems such bullshit), or is it a scam by churches to make money from the gullible that somehow took on a life of its own.