Australia - you're standing in it
adam12 wrote:Fun fact: the father of privatization in Australia, Jeff Kennett, the Victorian LNP leader who sold off all the power assets in Victoria under the ruse that privatization would make power cheaper, is a man in his 70's who still keeps an extensive collection of Gollywogs, one of whom he calls 'Buddy' after Lance Franklin, because it has long limbs like Buddy.
Fun fact: Who gives a fuck? Dan Andrews is ALP and privatisation is in his core being. Get with the program ya silly old clown. Partisan rah rah is 20th century rubbish for old fogeys and dumb cnts.
The only war is class war.
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".Fun fact: Who gives a fuck? Dan Andrews is ALP and privatisation is in his core being. Get with the program ya silly old clown. Partisan rah rah is 20th century rubbish for old fogeys and dumb cnts.
The only war is class war. "
No idea what you are saying other than trying to score some point in that fucken super fried burnt sausage brain of yours Blowin. The guy just announced the State was taking back control of electricity generation.
DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:adam12 wrote:Fun fact: the father of privatization in Australia, Jeff Kennett, the Victorian LNP leader who sold off all the power assets in Victoria under the ruse that privatization would make power cheaper, is a man in his 70's who still keeps an extensive collection of Gollywogs, one of whom he calls 'Buddy' after Lance Franklin, because it has long limbs like Buddy.
Fun fact: Who gives a fuck? Dan Andrews is ALP and privatisation is in his core being. Get with the program ya silly old clown. Partisan rah rah is 20th century rubbish for old fogeys and dumb cnts.
The only war is class war.
It's interesting that Kennett came up as i think him and Dan Andrews while being from different parties and different ideologies are actually very similar personalities, that completely self absorbed arrogant persona they are also very divisive in nature people either seem to love or hate both.
IMHO both are also kind of dangerous in that they think they have all the answers and try to do too much, that one man show mentally, i think history will show both to be damaging to the state in many ways.
I think lots of people are also attracted to their over self confidence/arrogant type nature, i guess in a way it's a leadership quality of sorts, but i dont think its a good one, its the kind of one that can result in a dangerous leader. (Yeah Trump had this quality too, yeah he was dangerous too)
DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:AndyM wrote:Anyone know how to get into these solar farm jobs? Website?
Same as it ever was. Get in your car and go find it yourself. Work odd jobs to pay for fuel until you hit the jackpot.
I swear society has become so Ghey. Pick up an old Wilbur Smith novel to be inspired how the past generations did things. Same as it ever was.
Why the fuck would I pack up my house put everything in storage and drive off blindly into western New South Wales?
Why wouldn’t I suss out availability, qualifications required etc??
AndyM wrote:DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:AndyM wrote:Anyone know how to get into these solar farm jobs? Website?
Same as it ever was. Get in your car and go find it yourself. Work odd jobs to pay for fuel until you hit the jackpot.
I swear society has become so Ghey. Pick up an old Wilbur Smith novel to be inspired how the past generations did things. Same as it ever was.
Why the fuck would I pack up my house put everything in storage and drive off blindly into western New South Wales?
Why wouldn’t I suss out availability, qualifications required etc??
Whoa…ease up there mate. I’m just speaking from experience gaining employment in remote areas. I built a career out of rocking up to tiny towns and getting job preferences over the foot high stack of applications from the cities. From Diamond mines to gas rigs to pearl diving to cray, prawns, fish and construction. Boots on ground beat words on paper every single time. Show up, don’t be a dickhead and the work is yours.
I didn’t mean to be rude with my initial post. Apologies if you took it that way. I’ve had a big day of dealing with useless young cnts with their heads imbedded in their arses acting like the world is too heavy cause it’s not handed to them on a platter. Didn’t mean to project but……..fuck!
indo-dreaming wrote:Supafreak wrote:“ Economy: longest run for any western country without a recession for something like 100 years “ ……….Seriously indo you are delusional if you believe Australia hasn’t had a recession in the last 100 years . Little Johnny was outstanding in getting a great gas deal with China. Fark me
THATS NOT WHAT I SAID!
Australia had over 27+ years without a recession, this is the longest recession free period of any developed country in something crazy like 100 years.
So in 100 years no other developed country has gone 27+ years recession free.
100 years was stated in an article, but even if its only 50, the premise remains the same Australia has gone a very long time without a recession, the longest for any developed country.
The LNP only achieved that by having sky high levels of immigration and population growth.
If not for that Australia would have had multiple recessions in the last three decades.
Great economic managers my arse - more like incredibly lazy and incredibly unimaginative.
And also, of course, totally compromised by business and lobby groups.
LNP….selling off the family jewels to pay the heating. ALP flogging whatever is left.
DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:AndyM wrote:DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:AndyM wrote:Anyone know how to get into these solar farm jobs? Website?
Same as it ever was. Get in your car and go find it yourself. Work odd jobs to pay for fuel until you hit the jackpot.
I swear society has become so Ghey. Pick up an old Wilbur Smith novel to be inspired how the past generations did things. Same as it ever was.
Why the fuck would I pack up my house put everything in storage and drive off blindly into western New South Wales?
Why wouldn’t I suss out availability, qualifications required etc??Whoa…ease up there mate. I’m just speaking from experience gaining employment in remote areas. I built a career out of rocking up to tiny towns and getting job preferences over the foot high stack of applications from the cities. From Diamond mines to gas rigs to pearl diving to cray, prawns, fish and construction. Boots on ground beat words on paper every single time. Show up, don’t be a dickhead and the work is yours.
I didn’t mean to be rude with my initial post. Apologies if you took it that way. I’ve had a big day of dealing with useless young cnts with their heads imbedded in their arses acting like the world is too heavy cause it’s not handed to them on a platter. Didn’t mean to project but……..fuck!
No worries it was only a reply with a swearword in it :)
I spent nine years travelling the world getting by by lobbing up on doorsteps, I love that sort of shit.
Point taken about turning up and physically showing your face.
I’d like to do it with extra quals though
Eg high-risk tickets already in hand
adam12 wrote:".Fun fact: Who gives a fuck? Dan Andrews is ALP and privatisation is in his core being. Get with the program ya silly old clown. Partisan rah rah is 20th century rubbish for old fogeys and dumb cnts.
The only war is class war. "
No idea what you are saying other than trying to score some point in that fucken super fried burnt sausage brain of yours Blowin. The guy just announced the State was taking back control of electricity generation.
Are you seriously that stupid bloke?
Dan Andrews has volunteered the taxpayer’s money to take all the risk in setting up new sources of energy and when they appear successful he’ll flog them off to his rent seeking corporate mates like every other profit making service.
Oh wait…you think this is a DIFFERENT Dan Andrews from the bloke who has previously sold off everything of value in the state of Victoria to his profiteering mates?
I swear Adam has the mind of a newly hatched caterpillar. The lack of depth is extraordinary.
Did anyone watch 4 corners last night ? We might get some of that iron ore back from China. https://iview.abc.net.au/show/four-corners/series/2022/video/NC2203H037S00
AndyM wrote:DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:AndyM wrote:DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:AndyM wrote:Anyone know how to get into these solar farm jobs? Website?
Same as it ever was. Get in your car and go find it yourself. Work odd jobs to pay for fuel until you hit the jackpot.
I swear society has become so Ghey. Pick up an old Wilbur Smith novel to be inspired how the past generations did things. Same as it ever was.
Why the fuck would I pack up my house put everything in storage and drive off blindly into western New South Wales?
Why wouldn’t I suss out availability, qualifications required etc??Whoa…ease up there mate. I’m just speaking from experience gaining employment in remote areas. I built a career out of rocking up to tiny towns and getting job preferences over the foot high stack of applications from the cities. From Diamond mines to gas rigs to pearl diving to cray, prawns, fish and construction. Boots on ground beat words on paper every single time. Show up, don’t be a dickhead and the work is yours.
I didn’t mean to be rude with my initial post. Apologies if you took it that way. I’ve had a big day of dealing with useless young cnts with their heads imbedded in their arses acting like the world is too heavy cause it’s not handed to them on a platter. Didn’t mean to project but……..fuck!
No worries it was only a reply with a swearword in it :)
I spent nine years travelling the world getting by by lobbing up on doorsteps, I love that sort of shit.
Point taken about turning up and physically showing your face.
I’d like to do it with extra quals though
Eg high-risk tickets already in hand
High risk ticket is the easiest money you’ll ever make. It’s a license to learn and a license to earn. Do a two day course and no one expects you to be able to drive a crane or rig, a load but you’ll have government and insurance company permission to have a go.
Unskilled worker > high income with a small investment of time and money.
Life has many twists and turns if you let opportunity take hold.
You know what I’m talking about Andy. Preaching to the choir. I love that shit!
Hiccups wrote:indo-dreaming wrote:If id known the internet was going to happen and i might need written language maybe i would have paid attention, but at the time i was like i dont need this shit.
This is amazing.
Guy should try stand-up. He’s hilarious
So your argument is based on your own biased supposition, that he's gonna do what your paranoid little world view suggests to you.
Seeing as though you appointed yourself moderator of this site, even giving scores for posts FFS, I might bail from this conversation with a lunatic before you give me the shits or start scoring my posts. "Ghosts" is on in a minute and I like that show.
We can do this some other time.
Yeah, for sure bloke. It’s my “paranoid little world view” which is responsible for selling everything in Victoria which wasn’t nailed down hey. Certainly not Dan Andrews!
Cough land titles registry cough
Cough motor registry cough
https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2022/07/liar-victorian-government-priva...
I don't know that he followed through with the land titles? Anyone know?
velocityjohnno wrote:I don't know that he followed through with the land titles? Anyone know?
"The Victorian Government has privatised the Land Titles and Registry office, reaping an extra $2.86 billion for the state and giving both political parties more cash to make promises with in the lead-up to the November election."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-27/victoria-privatises-its-land-titl...
Ah bugger. Did they then digitise the lot, or have they kept it sane?
Also, did DSDS get a ban?
No idea,
BTW. Im generally for privatisation especially where companies can compete and provide the public a variety of varied services or price structures for example phone companies or electricity companies or provide an additional option to the public system like private hospitals or private schools (even though im not a fan of private schools myself)
But to me privatising this kind of thing is just weird, only one company can provide the service and it's fully linked in with the government.
velocityjohnno wrote:Ah bugger. Did they then digitise the lot, or have they kept it sane?
Also, did DSDS get a ban?
Looks to be digital VJ.
Re your other question, looks like it.
Starting with Howard, every PM/Gov't since has given away Australia's geological inheritance. Norway proved that even when taxed at nearly 80%, oil companies could still make vast profits. Norway now has enough invested wealth for all its citizens to retire at 50 indefinitely!
— Sam Powrie (@PowrieSam) November 3, 2022
Supafreak wrote:https://twitter.com/powriesam/status/1588007428075159552?s=46&t=PsUqMLPg...
Opportunity lost.....
Qantas
The Shonky Award for... being the Spirit of Disappointmenthttps://www.choice.com.au/shonky-awards/hall-of-shame/shonkys-2022/qantas
I'd give one to Sydney Airport too. International transfers have to go through a security screening, and there are only 2 (TWO!) X-Rray machines to service the whole place. Massive queues, delayed flights, frustrated travellers.
Bloody amateurs.
Oh, and they managed to not load my board bag (which was checked through to NZ for the third time in a row.
What a Pair of Council C##kheads
https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/fiery-debate-aft...
I'd give one to Sydney Airport too. International transfers have to go through a security screening, and there are only 2 (TWO!) X-Rray machines to service the whole place. Massive queues, delayed flights, frustrated travellers.
Bloody amateurs.Island Bay. I hear you brother. Just came through Sydney this morning and also ten days ago. Both Melbourne and Sydney Airports are a national embarrassment, totally fucked up and lack any system of order. Converse to those two, Jakarta Airport is an exemplar of how to build a fluent airport, well signed, helpful staff and just an amazing building to boot. FAC can go take a look and take a lot of notes.
Yep, I was impressed with Jakarta last time I went through there.
And just a further whinge (sorry): Sydney Airport failed to load my boards yesterday, incl my beloved 6'10 DS, and to add insult to injury AirNZ baggage services put the wrong tag nr in the report we filed at the airport.
So now my boards are somewhere, but can't be tracked. And AirNZ baggage services have a massive phone queue - over an hour so far.
I find it infuriating to not be able to get hold of anybody. Brave new world of deferred responsibility.
All Australian airports need to be in a museum - ‘how did we do airport travel 50 years ago’
Low ceilings in Melbourne top the list for me. I get claustrophobic.
Singapore Changi was always 50 years ahead. Not to mention places like Doha. Flew through Doha few times and it’s super impressive. The magnitude is just on another level, playgrounds for kids, shopping, everything is just 2-3 levels above anything in Australia. Last time on my way to Europe I landed around 6am. I had to catch another flight around 9am and the morning rush was insane. Literally, thousands of people were moving in waves and there were dozens of flights across every single possible destination on the planet. But everything still worked seamlessly, I didn’t see anyone panicking or having any issues. No big lineups, nothing. I was amazed.
https://m.
Good ol shitfuckery....
Yeew, how good is a political duopoly?!
AndyM wrote:Yeew, how good is a political duopoly?!
Cool n normal....
News Awards: Lachlan Murdoch presents trophies to Herald Sun & Australian journalists News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson also addressed the winners by video praising the editorial teams for their high standard of journalism. https://www.mediaweek.com.au/news-awards-lachlan-murdoch-presents-trophi...
Supafreak wrote:News Awards: Lachlan Murdoch presents trophies to Herald Sun & Australian journalists News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson also addressed the winners by video praising the editorial teams for their high standard of journalism. https://www.mediaweek.com.au/news-awards-lachlan-murdoch-presents-trophi...
Supafreak. Simply, urine flowing out of one pocket into another and another and another. The ‘beat goes on’.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2022/nov/14/how-much-mo...
Ah Australia, the clever country!!
Seeing some good stuff by the Labor party (and Biden) at the G20 wrt China. Hopefully it's a new beginning to a more constructive and positive relationship.
Even China's state-owned media Global Times is flirting with having something positive to say. That's nearly unprecedented.
Yep, nice to see some talking, without all the chat of inevitable war...
whoops, russia just bombed poland
(or someone did....)
russian minister packs up toys and leaves g20 early (before the bombing)
A magnitude-7.0 earthquake, with a depth of 10 kilometres, has struck Malango in the Solomon islands, the United States Geological Survey said. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-22/tsunami-warning-issued-as-earthqu... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-21/deadly-earthquake-hits-indonesia/... Indonesian earthquake death toll climbs, governor says victims mostly children, as search for survivors underway
I find it hard to believe that some cops are so useless at performing their duties, fark me the dudes 80 years old.
Right now in hospital: Condition serious Danny Lim after police violence today. Staff in tears. https://t.co/FeXL36PkDk pic.twitter.com/lM71t49Uh7
— chris murphy (@chrismurphys) November 22, 2022
Follow up maybe?
https://apple.news/AjQMIyvzMSXeGH_kpgDwEvw
They “discontinued” after they slammed a non violent 80 year onto the ground to hand cuff him. Pathetic! You could hear their worry for themselves, once they realised they’d screwed up, with their nice words and tone after he was handcuffed with a facial injury.
I‘m not condoning what the cops did, but don't you think for a minute he brought a tiny little bit of this upon himself?
zenagain wrote:I‘m not condoning what the cops did, but don't you think for a minute he brought a tiny little bit of this upon himself?
My main beef is how the two thugs handled the situation, sure they asked him to move on and he could’ve simply done that . Is this the way police are trained to deal with the frail elderly that won’t do as they are told ? You can win people over by the way you approach them and the manner you speak with them, having a sense of humour and joking with them usually works to getting a better dialogue happening. This old fella is well known and harmless.
There would be plenty of people with an axe to grind over some of friendly jordies topics , he’s playing with fire for exposing some of these crooks . https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-23/police-investigate-friendlyjordie...
Would you expect anything less from the N.S.W police,theirs is the most corrupt organisation in Australia ,by far!
Friendly Jordies giving it to the press.
Supafreak wrote:Friendly Jordies giving it to the press.
Though it comes at some cost, that street-side presser would've been satisfying.
Reckon this story has the potential to evolve into something extraordinary. For all his personality failings - fuck he can be annoying on camera sometimes* - his work has been among the most important political journalism of the last few years. That it's largely been ignored by the MSM, even when he's handed them leads on a platter, is another unsavoury aspect of the whole carry on.
It doesn't take much to read between the lines: Who's being protected here and why?
If there's CCTV or other clues leading towards someone FJ has investigated then this could blow up in any number of ways. For one, MSM will be pretty much forced to follow the story, perhaps even asking what the motivation was, potentially bringing old news, ignored by the MSM, back into the spotlight, and two, it'll increase FJ's infamy and profile. Daring to go where other journalists wouldn't, he was martyred for the cause. After that, the only way is up.
*His view counts show he has a large and loyal following who don't mind his smarmy schtick. Maybe it's just me.
stunet wrote:Supafreak wrote:Friendly Jordies giving it to the press.
Though it comes at some cost, that street-side presser would've been satisfying.
Reckon this story has the potential to evolve into something extraordinary. For all his personality failings - fuck he can be annoying on camera sometimes* - his work has been among the most important political journalism of the last few years. That it's largely been ignored by the MSM, even when he's handed them leads on a platter, is another unsavoury aspect of the whole carry on.
It doesn't take much to read between the lines: Who's being protected here and why?
If there's CCTV or other clues leading towards someone FJ has investigated then this could blow up in any number of ways. For one, MSM will be pretty much forced to follow the story, perhaps even asking what the motivation was, potentially bringing old news, ignored by the MSM, back into the spotlight, and two, it'll increase FJ's infamy and profile. Daring to go where other journalists wouldn't, he was martyred for the cause. After that, the only way is up.
*His view counts show he has a large and loyal following who don't mind his smarmy schtick. Maybe it's just me.
I find him at times extremely annoying and wish he’d tone his behaviour down a bit . Having said that he’s done some really good stories that if didn’t have some element of truth then he would’ve been sued for everything he’s got . Maybe those that he’s exposed didnt want the media attention if challenging his accusations and simply remained silent therefore avoiding the spotlight. The baddest MP and the prayer room story just faded away without a whisper from the msm. I’ve always thought FJ is a very brave journalist and can’t blame him if he pulls back a bit with everything currently on his plate .
No surprise at all, although for some reason Ive always expected one day to hear of him being stabbed in a pub or night club toilet.
No surprises he lives in Bondi either.
Not into his crusade against corrupt politicans, Indo?
The "I can't believe it's not politics" thread.