Impmk2 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 14 hours ago, Paxter said: Â Energy - new price caps announced that producers hate (and may have long-term negative impacts), but retail and business customers will enjoy Will be interesting how this plays out. The major objection doesn't seem to be the temporary price caps, more the code of conduct which gives the government power to override contracts and set domestic market supply share and pricing in perpetuity. The gas industry says it'll kill investment. Otoh the domestic market is comparatively small, and there's still plenty of $$ to be made at $12/gj - they're selling to Japan at $9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 (edited) As you all know, I am an enduring pessimist on matters concerning social justice in Australia. But I think I hit a nadir this week re-listening to Keating's 1992 Redfern speech, which was featured on a historical article on the ABC website. The speech is, of course, better than any of his contemporaries or successors could ever have managed. But the concluding line "I am confident that we will succeed in this decade" made my stomach turn. Fast forward 30 years and many of the measures currently being tracked through initiatives such as Closing the Gap are actually getting worse (e.g. around 6% of all Aboriginal kids have been removed from the care of their parents; around 2% of all Aboriginal adults are in prison - both way off target and trending negatively). Edited December 17, 2022 by Paxter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 And speaking of Aboriginal Affairs, the Coalition now has one fewer representative in the lower house, with a Nationals MP defecting following the early decision to oppose The Voice. Nice! ants 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 I'm proud of this joke i just made up: What do Australian rockets launch from? Drop bear towers.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Update on the meetup for tomorrow: Meet up at Mountain Goat Newtown around 4pm-ish (pretty close from Newtown Station) Head off to dins around 6.30pm to Konak Turkish Restaurant (a short walk from Mountain Goat) Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 2 hours ago, The Winged Shadow said: Update on the meetup for tomorrow: Meet up at Mountain Goat Newtown around 4pm-ish (pretty close from Newtown Station) Head off to dins around 6.30pm to Konak Turkish Restaurant (a short walk from Mountain Goat) No Tamana’s? Sacrilege. Though I think it changed name anyway, which is equally profane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 (edited) Meet up at Mountain Goat Newtown around 5pm-ish (pretty close from Newtown Station) Head off to dins around 6.30pm to Konak Turkish Restaurant (a short walk from Mountain Goat) edit: bolded Edited December 30, 2022 by The Winged Shadow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 @The Winged Shadow Sorry - I saw your earlier post but I can't make it! I had the wonderful news of being COVID positive on Christmas Day of all days...feeling better now, but still RATted positive today. The kids got through it quickly, my wife is still under the pump though. The Anti-Targ, ants and The Winged Shadow 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 16 hours ago, Jeor said: @The Winged Shadow Sorry - I saw your earlier post but I can't make it! I had the wonderful news of being COVID positive on Christmas Day of all days...feeling better now, but still RATted positive today. The kids got through it quickly, my wife is still under the pump though. Hope you all bounce back swiftly. My grandmother is currently confined to her room in her aged care centre due to simultaneous COVID, scabies and gastro outbreaks. No visitors permitted indefinitely. What a life. The Anti-Targ and The Winged Shadow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 All good Jeor, hope you and the fam recover swiftly! Same to your grandma Pax, sounds like a rough time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 To start the new year: a cogent argument in favour of Labor’s approach to this year’s likely referendum (by Constitutional supremo Anne Twomey). Let’s not fuck this one up! And happy new year to all of our Antipodean borders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 (edited) Terrible start to the year for people living in the Fitzroy Valley, with an historic flood causing widespread devastation to homes and property in a very isolated part of the State. I have a lot of sympathy for the government departments charged with responding to the crisis, as resources are extremely limited and services are patchy so many kms from Perth. But based on the coverage so far, they aren’t exactly covering themselves in glory in terms of engagement with the local Aboriginal community (which is the majority of the population). Albo is up there now, which will hopefully assist with channeling financial and other support to the region. Edited January 9, 2023 by Paxter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 On 1/2/2023 at 8:04 AM, Paxter said: To start the new year: a cogent argument in favour of Labor’s approach to this year’s likely referendum (by Constitutional supremo Anne Twomey). Let’s not fuck this one up! And happy new year to all of our Antipodean borders. What the hell kind of constitutional change is this? Quote When it comes to the proposed constitutional amendment for an Indigenous Voice to parliament and the government, the people are being asked to approve what is in the amendment. That involves the establishment of a body, to be called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, which may make representations to parliament and the executive government on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. The purpose behind it is to allow parliament and the government to be better informed when making decisions affecting Indigenous Australians. This reads like basically a body will be set up, with membership comprising Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders who can...tell the govt what they think on a limited range of issues and...the govt can completely ignore them if it doesn't like what they have to say? Seems pretty toothless and quite an indictment that a constitutional referendum is needed to create a consultative body with no actual power to help determine the future and welfare of the people it represents. That a constitutional change is needed to protect the existence of a consultative body with no power feels like Australia has a long way to go with indigenous relations. Then again we do have a constitutional document in the form of a treaty with Maori, without which I think colonist-indigenous relations would be complete shit for Maori. But at least that constitutional document has the power to force the govt's hand, and right the wrongs of the past. Or am I missing some detail where the Voice will actually have meaningful influence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) 49 minutes ago, The Anti-Targ said: That a constitutional change is needed to protect the existence of a consultative body with no power feels like Australia has a long way to go with indigenous relations. Yup! And no, I don’t think you’re missing any salient details. Edited January 9, 2023 by Paxter The Anti-Targ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Pax, I saw a pic from the Fitzroy River Lodge. Comparing the water level to how it was when I was there in 2021, the entire car park would have been under water. Devastating. Paxter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 George Pell dead at 81. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 9 minutes ago, Paxter said: George Pell dead at 81. I propose using his name as rhyming slang for where he deserves to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Tony Abbott thinks he should be canonized. Not sure even the Vatican would go for that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 21 minutes ago, Paxter said: Tony Abbott thinks he should be canonized. Not sure even the Vatican would go for that one! Tony Abbott thinks Tony Abbott should be canonized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 23 minutes ago, Stubby said: Tony Abbott thinks Tony Abbott should be canonized. Haha. Reminder when he knighted Prince Philip!?! Glory days for our mighty Commonwealth. Stubby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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