MisterFrog
@MisterFrog@aussie.zone
- Comment on [TW] Convicted r**ist runs One Nation election campaign 2 weeks ago:
I think your heart is in the right place, but they’re gonna know what the word is either way.
Content warnings are a valid thing, to warn you what’s about to be discussed.
But totally avoiding the topic all together in all contexts isn’t really possible, or good for society.
I think censoring words like rapist isn’t a good idea.
- Comment on GP visits to become free for most under $8.5b Labor [campaign] Medicare promise 5 weeks ago:
Here’s a crazy idea, we could just employ health workers directly. Cut out the practice owners making a profit/charging rent to the doctors practicing out of their location.
Just not make the insane mistake the UK made by not paying health workers competitively. There’s a reason we have so many ex-NHS staff working in Australia, lol
We are super wealthy per capita by international standards, we could absolutely afford it. (If we bothered taxing the multinationals shipping our minerals overseas…)
- Comment on GP visits to become free for most under $8.5b Labor [campaign] Medicare promise 5 weeks ago:
I’m not super versed in Medicare billing, but what I do know is doctors can set their own rates, for which part is covered by medicare, and rates have been going up faster than rebates.
There has definitely been price gouging, because shopping around on GP visits is a pain, and often people just cop it.
It’s been years since you’ve been able to get bulk billing within like 7 km from Melbourne CBD.
Some of it is genuine cost of living increases, but there still doesn’t seem to be any mechanism to control prices other than the “free market”
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: Sunday, 9 February 2025 1 month ago:
Turns out the City of Melbourne have a reporting form for illegally parked cars, which they action in real time.
Just got a Tesla fined for parking in a car share spot lol
Wouldn’t normally do this, but it’s always a Tesla or BMW parking in car share spots.