Has a real feel of importing US politics here.

How would you react if I said we were revisiting the very fast train proposal?

Wait, so my phone was brought through Telstra. It’s on boost so I assume no worries there. But my wife’s phone was brought from jb. Are you telling me an iPhone 14 Pro brought from an Australian retailer 12 months ago might no longer work on Telstra?!?!

Even IF the CFMEU is fucked, this is massive overreach, imo. Even if we take the claims at total face value, do they want criminals to not have jobs that pay the bills? Because that’s how you get crime. No one is getting into cooking meth for the funsies.

So what are we supposed to do here? Let the union clean itself up? We’ve been making that joke a very long time.

well, I’m stealing something next time I’m in the store then. Fuck this.

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So you’re not an Aussie? Cool ok so you’ve got no idea what this country is like. That makes sense.

I dont think you “get” it. I’m saying people are going to be cut off. 5g simply doesnt reach as far, its coverage range is greatly reduced compared to 3g or even 4g. And there is no solution for that. the telcos sure as shit arnt gonna go out there and build a bunch more towers for no one except a koala or 2 to regularly use. We’re cutting the service to a not 0% of the population.

This might be fine in Europe, But not a large country like us.

Better allocation of spectrum is not just for social media. That’s like saying nbn was not needed as what we had before was fast enough for email.

Kind of disagree. NBN didnt cost network to deploy. Well, kind of but kind of not. What does faster netflix mean to someone in a fringe 3g area when we upgrade their 5GN that they cant get anyway?

This thing should be shelved indefinitely. We’re taking a massive chunk of the coverage area and scrapping it with 0 intention of applying a better solution here, all so people can get their twitter and email faster.

people defaulting on the mortgages whilst coles and woolies profiteer like mother fuckers?

So what are lawmakers doing about social media algorithms? Age restrictions?

Look, fair. It’s a boon for the Dandenong corridor, and will have flow on effects, but we’re still just kind of patching an overall transit system rather than a proper reinvestment the whole thing needs.

But again, Melbourne airport are dealing in bad faith and should be stripped of the rights. The landlord is stuck taking lip from the person they leased the house out too, and the tenant is refusing essential works. Makes no sense.

Have you considered that you are the problem here?

I dont think there is any military worship in any australian town or city? We do have respect for it, especially around the AZACS. But I couldnt tell you jack shit about the aussie military beyond we screwed the french on some subs a while back.

crazy that they wouldnt with all the freight and vline services in addition to Metro services.

You can’t tell me you don’t know of someone on the doll who’s capable of working but doesn’t

Genuinely? No. I dont. I don’t know anyone on the doll at all. My own interactions with centerlink have been extremely limited but all legitimate and I get screwed like everyone else seems to.

I’m not saying people don’t rort the system. I’m not saying that we shouldnt do something about those that do. I am saying people are falling through the gaps who have a genuine need and thats a real issue, but your focus seems to be more on those doing the wrong thing and ignoring those who need help!

Hence, kindly, I suggest you get some perspective and stop making love to your own skull!

There is definitely a lot of abuse in the system as it stands unfortunately and making Centrelink less of an inconvenience doesn’t really make a lot of sense…

there is abuse of the NDIS too, but what do we do, stuff the NDIS participants and throw the baby out with the bathwater?

Needs to be managed a shit ton better, I agree. But we cant screw those who are vulnerable who are doing the right thing for “justice”.

What about those calling centerlink to sort of maternity leave because their employer screwed them out of job whilst pregnant? What about people who were stood down cause of the economy and needing support to get back on their feet? Also, and hear me out on this one, what about you not being a fuckhead?

If all of these charges are true, it appears two Russian spies came to Australia, obtained citizenship, and one subsequently obtained clearance to some documents through some form of employment in the ADF.

In that case the ADF needs a end to end 3rd party investigation as to how they fucked up this bad. How the hell does yogi bear get employed by the national parks service?! And thats not a Russian bear jab, I just couldn’t think of a less appropriate employee to a job posting.