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- Comment on Raygun: The Musical cancelled after Olympian issues legal threat 2 weeks ago:
I just read the ABC version of this article, which has some zingers in it I think are worth quoting:
She said the lawyers told her she was “damaging” breakdancer Rachael Gunn’s brand, and joked, “She doesn’t need me to do that”.
“They also said I wasn’t allowed to do the dance, because she owns the kangaroo dance. That one did puzzle me. I mean, that’s an Olympic-level dance. How would I possibly be able to do that without any formal breakdancing training?”
- Comment on Timeout errors in last few days 1 month ago:
Thanks :)
I’ve clicked around a bit this morning and so far so good, so all might be well again after your changes.
- Submitted 1 month ago to meta@aussie.zone | 5 comments
- Comment on If Australians knew the whole truth about Indigenous history, Lidia Thorpe’s royal outburst would not have been a shock | Celeste Liddle 1 month ago:
The same argument that won the gay marriage plebiscite - people should be equal under the law and, by extension, our constitution.
- Comment on If Australians knew the whole truth about Indigenous history, Lidia Thorpe’s royal outburst would not have been a shock | Celeste Liddle 1 month ago:
Last year, Australia showed how unengaged and racist this country remains by refusing to insert an Indigenous advisory voice
Convenient that the author forgot to mention that the very person they’re writing about was a vocal No voter. You can say many things about Lydia Thorpe but politically unengaged is not one of them, and while she might be a little bit racist it’s definitely not against Indigenous people.
I’ll also note that the Tent Embassy had a giant banner hung up urging people to vote No, guess they’re all politically unengaged and racist…
- Submitted 2 months ago to worldnews@aussie.zone | 0 comments
- Comment on ABC NEWS unveils new-look website and app 3 months ago:
Not keen at all on how it increases picture sizes and makes certain articles more prominent at the expense of actual information.
Also, what pelican told them that video shorts should take up such a massive section of the page (and not at the bottom either)? One of my bugbears these days is how information that can be conveyed much faster as text keeps getting pushed as video so people can spend both more time and vastly more data to find it out.
- Comment on These are Victoria's most dangerous country roads, according to drivers 4 months ago:
It would’ve been completely unsafe to drive at 80
That’s why it’s called a speed limit, emphasis on limit. I believe limits should be set at a point such as you describe - a speed which reasonable people would consider clearly unsafe for a road. Drivers should then use their judgement of the corners/visibility, the current conditions, and their vehicle to choose a speed safe for their particular circumstances - this will obviously vary widely for different parts of the road, different conditions, and different vehicles. Setting speed limits to a point where you can safely drive the slowest sections of the road in poor conditions makes them effectively recommended speeds rather than limits, and I believe this trend has (and will continue to have) a negative effect on driver skill levels.
- Comment on Winding through snow covered bush 4 months ago:
Thanks :)
- Submitted 4 months ago to pics@aussie.zone | 5 comments
- Comment on Out finding snow in the ranges 5 months ago:
It was pretty busy up there, plenty of 4wds out and about heading to Mt Coree and up Mt Franklin road to either Bulls Head or where the road was closed at the Snow Gum gate. Luckily not at a traffic jam sort of level though - the dirt roads tend to dissuade a lot of people.
I can imagine Corin road would indeed have been a mess today, it can be bad enough on a regular weekend let alone a snow day where you have considerably more traffic and even more chance of people driving super slowly or trying to pull over for photos.
- Submitted 5 months ago to pics@aussie.zone | 3 comments
- HECS indexation to be overhauled in budget with $3 billion in student debt 'wiped out'www.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 7 months ago to news@aussie.zone | 1 comment
- Comment on Greens senator threatens Woolworths CEO with six months in prison for contempt of Senate 8 months ago:
I feel like inflation has rather diminished the impact of the monetary side of a contempt finding - $5k just doesn’t have the same impact as six months in prison anymore. It’s like how you see the occasional old sign in lifts warning that smoking can be punished by a (the presumably initially impactful) fine of up to $20…
- Comment on Bondi Junction attacker's interactions with Queensland Police 'forensically' examined amid debate over stop-and-search laws 8 months ago:
I was concerned these recent stabbings would start a push towards screwing over people like me who regularly carry pocket knives, and unsurprisingly it’s started. It’s rather disappointing how many people go straight to pearl clutching at the mention of a knife even though I and many others have had them on hand as useful tools for decades without feeling the need to stab anyone.
- Bondi Junction attacker's interactions with Queensland Police 'forensically' examined amid debate over stop-and-search lawswww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 8 months ago to news@aussie.zone | 8 comments
- Comment on Who to vote for? 8 months ago:
They do get funding, but not in the next election. If you get more than 4% of first preference votes then you can get money after an election to help repay expenditure for that election, up to the lesser of the amount you have spent or the number of first preference votes multiplied by a few dollars (currently $3.29). Reading the info page it seems to make it easier they pay out $12k if you qualify and you can claim more if necessary.
This does mean it’s worthwhile spending your first preference on a smaller candidate you approve of though. They aren’t necessarily getting ahead with that funding but being able to offset their election spending would be a real benefit to people/groups which don’t have piles of money to spend (and makes it more likely they’ll be able to try again next election).
- Comment on Gilmour Space's Eris rocket to ignite crowds at Abbot Point's new Bowen Orbital Spaceport launch pad 8 months ago:
Didn’t even notice until now, but yes it is an unfortunate choice of words in that title…
- Gilmour Space's Eris rocket to ignite crowds at Abbot Point's new Bowen Orbital Spaceport launch padwww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 8 months ago to news@aussie.zone | 2 comments
- Submitted 8 months ago to pics@aussie.zone | 0 comments
- Comment on Stuck truck under the Napier Street bridge 8 months ago:
That’s an expensive way to learn the difference between a hi cube and a standard container…
Impressed at the strength of that beam - to do that to a container (and the twist locks) would take a solid whack.
- Comment on End colonial violence graffiti in Flemington (more below) 9 months ago:
It is political - there are a variety of people who are against modern Australia’s British colonial roots, ranging the gamut from those who want all European influence gone and the remaining people to revert back to a romanticised view of the Stone Age to those who (more realistically) want more Indigenous influence upon our current system. Somewhere along that line is where the writers of this would fall, the ‘colony’ they want to fall would either refers to all European practises and institutions or some more abstract view of European influence over our society.
- Comment on Checking out fire trails on the dirt bike 11 months ago:
The chain was going to be in the water regardless, because unless you’re really carrying a lot of speed bikes don’t float over water. Sure it would have been better environmentally to stay home and not venture out at all, but I actually like to see some of said environment and a dirt bike is a fun way to do so (and it even has less of an environmental impact than a 4wd).
- Comment on Checking out fire trails on the dirt bike 11 months ago:
It’s where Jerrabattgulla fire trail crosses Jerrabattgulla creek, in Tallaganda state forest. It’s a nice little green section around there surrounded by drier more scrubby country on the way in and out.
- Comment on Checking out fire trails on the dirt bike 11 months ago:
The fire part comes along when the water dries up
- Submitted 11 months ago to pics@aussie.zone | 9 comments
