Jeor Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Short of endorsing the violent overthrow of a democratically elected government, voting is the only way to change anything. When people complain that voting doesn't change anything, what they're actually complaining about is the fact that their own personal vote doesn't magically determine the outcome of the election. They seem to somehow miss that that's the whole point of democracy - that if you want to make change you need to both participate and to convince other people of the value of those changes, rather than sitting on your hands and bitching. :agree: Well said, Arkhangel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Just received (and accepted) an offer from ANU, looks like I'm going to be a Canberran(?)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Nice one Gears. :) What discipline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Science Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 :thumbsup: I hope you aren't a surfer - you won't get much joy on Lake Burley Griffin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I briefly went to ANU. It didn't work out because of family reasons but I loved the uni. Bonus points if you're living on campus most of the science buildings are/were directly across from the accommodation which is helpful when you're lazy and have 9am lectures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 :thumbsup: I hope you aren't a surfer - you won't get much joy on Lake Burley Griffin. Definitely not a surfer. I am, however, a fan of large picturesque lakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhangel Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Congrats, it's a good uni, and the science disciplines get all the good buildings. Us lowly humanities students are, or at least were, stuck in these godawful brickboxes from the sixties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arya_underfoot Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Just received (and accepted) an offer from ANU, looks like I'm going to be a Canberran(?)! Congrats! I worked in Canberra for a year. Don't think I'll go back to live there, but it's a nice little town, very quiet and sterile. Also close to the snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Congrats Gears. For all we butt heads over some issues (largely where sexism is concerned tbh) I can tell you are a smart kid and you should do well. Good luck at uni, get out there and experience the world. Getting out of my parents house was one of the best things I ever did and if you've been reading certain other threads here you'd see I love the fuck out of them, so that isn't a slight on your parents - it's just really good for personal development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh_wulff Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 The original co-payment was one of the few (partially) sensible policies the Liberals came up with in their budget. Pity that populism alwasy trumps good policy in this country. This sneaky cut to short consultations, however, was never going to fly- not only were they trying to make savings by forcing GP's to charge a co-payment (no way any bulk billing GP could have suddenly accomodated such a big drop in their income), the timing was also cynically devious. I hope some advisers got fired over this. This was the sort of reasoning Newman used when he decided to take on hospital specialists (to trash their conditions) in Queensland last year. He had no idea about the amount of community support doctors enjoy, and the inevitable backlash happened. The result- a humiliating backdown that is now likely to play a role in his unseating at the upcoming election.If the price signal was on top of the Medicare rebate, great, however it never was. It's a pay cut to GPs who actually decrease costs by keeping people out of hospitals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Congrats Gears! Enjoy the Uni life, it will be the best years of your life. It's all downhill from there :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Meh uni sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Meh uni sucks. Says the guy who went back to Uni tutoring after graduating! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 So, Mr Melanin Man, have you been down to the ticket office for a semi-final seat yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 None left at the moment. Another release coming soon I think. But at the moment the ticket prices are a bit out of my price range. Either way, I don't mind going to the pub to watch it with friends. Almost as good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arya_underfoot Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Meh uni sucks. I agree. There are far bigger things in life after uni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Drunkard Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 "What if this is like math, or algebra? And you add a plus douchebag to a minus douchebag, and you get, like, zero douchebags?" http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-23/campbell-newman-and-jeff-seeney-suing-alan-jones-for-defamation/6041274 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 We seriously just gave a knighthood to Prince Philip? Like that's not actually a joke but a real thing that happened?*dies laughing* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 We seriously just gave a knighthood to Prince Philip? Like that's not actually a joke but a real thing that happened?*dies laughing*Ugh. Incidentally, how many of us are republicans? edit: (in the sense that we favour being a republic, not that other kind of republican) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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