UnfortunateDoorHinge
@UnfortunateDoorHinge@aussie.zone
- 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:
Lidia Thorpe is an example of someone who thinks they are superior to everyone else, and who thinks everyone owes her something.
- Comment on Balls 3 months ago:
- Comment on Federal Coalition commits to dumping 2030 climate target as it pursues nuclear power 6 months ago:
If the Teals have the funding behind them of course, but because they are not an organised party, it would be difficult for them to run a campaign and gather enough support.
2022 was very good for the independents, but overall, that’s not a common result. The Teals pretty much fill the vacuum between Labour’s centre right MPs, and Dutton’s wacky right wingers
- Comment on Federal Coalition commits to dumping 2030 climate target as it pursues nuclear power 6 months ago:
So they don’t want to get into government.
They won’t have a path to 76 seats if they can’t win back the Teal seats. Seems like they’ve given up on that, and they are trying to rally their right wing base in QLD just to keep hold of that region.
- Comment on Riding in style 6 months ago:
Yeah English police are much more welcoming than the US police.
- Comment on Who to vote for? 8 months ago:
The beauty of preferential voting is that the major parties are incentivised to cater for their opinions to gain more first preference votes in the next election. Climate change was frankly a non issue 15 years ago, now where I am in Kooyong (now with a teal independent), it would be impossible for a candidate to win without a climate policy. Victorian liberals tend to be much more moderate (think Frydenburg) than your Queensland liberals (Mr Potato head).
Last time I went to the polls I voted in order, Greens, Teal, Labor, Liberal, right wing independents.
Some seats are safe seats, in that case parties are less incentivised to throw money at your electorate. In marginal seats like Kooyong you’ll see a corflute sign on every corner, and will get doorknocked every second day by a volunteer.
The best thing you can do is volunteer. The teals would not have won without thousands of volunteers doorknocking.
- Comment on Push to lower Australia's compulsory voting age to 16 as advocate says youngsters feeling 'disenfranchised' 8 months ago:
An action to make society more democratic is one I can get behind. Few countries can really call themselves democratic.
- Comment on I'm working on it, ok? 8 months ago:
If you’re under 30, full-time job, no looming debts, no kids, then the 6 months can really be 3 months or around $10,000. If you have a partner, you are even more secure. Remember this is a figure derived from very conservative financial commentators who assume you have a linear college and job progression (which is rarely the case). Even a 1 month savings buffer will save you for 90% of the unexpected expenses.
If you’re in your late 50s, finding a new job will be tough, especially if you are laid off during a recession. In that case a generous buffer beyond 6 months would be good.
Either way, having savings is a good thing. Yes you will miss out on those “epic Bitcoin gains”, but once you have made an emergency savings buffer, then you can really knuckle down on contributions to retirement.
- Comment on It's not enough to touch grass 8 months ago:
I live in a small unit that had dusty ultra-compacted dirt around the house that was called a lawn. I broke the soil with a hoe, threw a few bags of soil mix down and planted some moss I harvested growing wild down the laneway. 2 years later the ground is mostly covered in a spongey moss. Give it a few more years it’ll be completely covered and thick.
It requires virtually no mowing and needs little water. Apparently growing moss is even good for air and ground water purification. Not sure how much purifying it’s doing but it’s good to know I’m doing my little part.
If you have a small yard, grow moss.
