Nath
@Nath@aussie.zone
- Comment on Australian PM Albanese says Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza is ‘an outrage’ 16 hours ago:
although birth to an Italian father would ordinarily confer citizenship by descent, Albanese had no father recorded on his birth certificate and thus meets the parliamentary eligibility requirements of section 44 of the Constitution.
That’s an interesting little bit of information. He could have been caught up in the whole citizenship dramas of 2017 had he not been exempted by this. Though he had likely already known about his exemption since he knew his father was Italian and would have investigated whether he needed to renounce Italian citizenship.
- Comment on More DDOS(?) traffic 1 week ago:
Ha! We are not even the biggest instance in Australia. Nor are we the oldest or most used.
The biggest/oldest Australian instance I know of is Blahaj. While you can argue they’re more global than Australian, I count them because 1. I am super proud of them and what they’ve built and 2. Ada is in Brisbane and active in our communities. 😀
- Comment on Almost 2,000 missing ballots found at election worker's home 2 weeks ago:
“While concerning, this case does remind us that there are many layers of protection built into the electoral system to ensure it is secure.”
“The system ensured there was accountability, although it seems likely there was some kind of failure to identify immediately that the container had not been delivered to the counting centre.”
My confidence in the AEC remains strong. It is a little concerning that the container wasn’t noticed immediately, but it doesn’t appear to be anything malicious. Just an oversight on both sides for a scenario that will undoubtedly be corrected.
I think they’d have made a point of saying that the temporary staffer was facing further consequences or wouldn’t be a part of future elections if there was more to this. The fact they haven’t and that the case was sealed/intact leads me to believe it was an innocent mistake.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🏟️ Tuesday 13 May 2025 2 weeks ago:
Damn, a movie she couldn’t finish still got 2 hobbits. 1 hobbit must truly be awful.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🏟️ Tuesday 13 May 2025 2 weeks ago:
Look at me! I can play Piano!
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- Comment on News and Politics in /c/australia: "She'll be right", or "not on, mate"? 2 weeks ago:
I mostly let the upvotes lead me on these sorts of questions. We aren’t algorithms - I’m happy for something worth talking about being posted on Australia (I do it often enough).
As a counter question: if you’d prefer to see less news and politics, what sort of content would you prefer to be posted instead? There might not be enough.
- Comment on Three-way race divides voters spread across Australia's newest electorate 2 weeks ago:
Kudos to whoever at the AEC drew up this seat. They hit the demographics perfectly for a balanced slice of the populace. This was a super close one, hopefully it stays as a swing seat. Trish Cook has just claimed victory of it, but she’s only ahead by 634 votes with 81.9% counted. She isn’t really a certainty, though is probable winner.
I’m a little sad that Mia Davies didn’t get a better showing. I suppose the voters of the Hills of Perth see themselves more a part of suburbia than a rural seat. Mia was leader of the State Opposition after the 2022 election when the State National Party actually got more seats than the Liberals and were the senior coalition partner for a term. Mia stepped down over the National Party’s decision to side with the Liberal on the question of the Voice to Parliament. She vocally supported the Voice and did not agree with the party’s stance. She may have actually done better as an Independent candidate, her profile is more than large enough to get consideration in her own right.
If she ran as an independent in my seat, I’d seriously consider her. She’s got experience, credibility and integrity. She’s historically been a too conservative for my tastes, but I don’t know how much of that is her and how much is her party.
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- Comment on Is Australia's Overton Window Shifting? 2 weeks ago:
I saw the ONP vote - Sadly, it was upwards of 15% in some seats. If they head right, they’ll be getting some of that action.
Personally, I think most of the population is to be found in the other direction. It might take them another decade or so to admit they’re wrong. Or perhaps a new political movement will pop up in that time and supplant them? Who can say? I doubt however a strong move to the right will lead them to government.
- Comment on [Satire] James McGrath urges public to wait for outcome of Harold Holt’s disappearance before jumping to conclusions about Liberal leadership 2 weeks ago:
Gotta be fair to this chap. That ABC presenter was drilling him for who would be the next leader, while the poor dude was still in shock that his party lost the election with him sitting there live in front of the whole nation. He’s not come to terms with the loss, let alone his leader’s ousting.
And they’re trying to get the poor dude to speculate on leadership. Poor bloke didn’t even know who among his party was even surviving the wipe-out.
Not too fair though: He also called himself “a Regan republican; a Bush Republican” the same night.Not sure who the other Liberal dude they had on that night was, but he was spitting some hard facts. I liked him.
- Comment on MP berates informal voters after dud ballot spike in NSW seat 2 weeks ago:
🎶 Why can’t you seeee~eeeee~
You belong to meeee~eeeee~ 🎶 - Comment on Greens' Adam Bandt in danger as seat of Melbourne remains on knife's edge 3 weeks ago:
“In Danger” means “Seat in doubt”. Nobody knows, it’s all speculation.
Antony Green even this afternoon still thinks Adam is in there with a shot. Although he’s gone from “I think he’ll retain it” even as recently as yesterday to “Too close to call” this afternoon.It’s been a fascinating seat to watch though. This is all because Melbourne’s electoral lines were redrawn in October: Image
They took away Fitzroy North and Clifton Hill and gave him South Yarra and part of Prahan instead. This has done fairly predictable things to his votes.
- Comment on Labor's Josh Wilson wins Fremantle after nail-biting race with independent 3 weeks ago:
The same thing happened at the state election in Freo in March. 15+% swing away from Labor. Freo is no longer a safe seat at either level for the ALP.
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- Comment on Discussion Thread Tuesday 29 🛸 April 2025 4 weeks ago:
Ooh! Thanks for reminding me. The school was calling for sausage volunteers on Saturday and I forgot to reply.
- Comment on Discussion Thread Tuesday 29 🛸 April 2025 4 weeks ago:
To make matters worse: blokes are totally oblivious to it all. I wouldn’t notice or care what makeup you had on (or didn’t) so long as you are happy.
- Comment on Discussion Thread Friday 25 🫖 April 2025 4 weeks ago:
Same here. That’s how I managed to completely miss that she was now in her 70’s until she was literally in front of me.
- Comment on Discussion Thread Friday 25 🫖 April 2025 4 weeks ago:
Ran into Pauline Hanson this morning. She’s aged, which I suppose stands to reason. I just hadn’t considered that she’s 70, now. She’s clearly dying her hair bright red these days. I hope she does that for herself and not from some unspoken need to fit a certain look for women in politics. Men are allowed to age and go grey. Parliament is not Hollywood.
- Comment on Discussion Thread Wednesday 23 🎩 April 2025 5 weeks ago:
Yep. With the generous help from the admin at lemmy.ca sharing his code, I implemented a few layers of defense that blocked the bulk of the DMs. It got to the point where the spam would just be an image (because of our spam filters). That was harder to block and I’m still not sure I managed it, but the images have stopped.
- Comment on Discussion Thread Wednesday 23 🎩 April 2025 5 weeks ago:
It’s been a good week now since I have had to deal with any people receiving DM spam. I don’t want to jinx it, but we may have weathered that particular storm.
- Comment on ‘I would defy ICC, welcome Benjamin Netanyahu to Australia’, says Peter Dutton 5 weeks ago:
Does he hear himself? I thought this bloke used to be a cop?
Imagine hearing “I have grave concerns about the conduct of the magistrate’s court. I would welcome a fugitive I’ve never met to my home and not turn him over to the authorities”.
I’d sound like a criminal. Because at that point I would be. Australia is a signatory to the ICC. We are bound by its rulings.
Peter Dutton’s misgivings are irrelevant. Either the world can take Australia at its word when it comes to treaties or it can’t. It would not go well for us as a nation if we told the world that we no longer honour our treaties when our (possible) PM doesn’t feel like it.
- Comment on 'Read the room': WA Greens reschedule Anzac Day dance party fundraiser 1 month ago:
On reddit’s military forum, there are stories there of some ANZAC day memorial services themselves were excluding modern veterans, claiming the day isn’t about them.
As the son of a Vietnam vet, and grandson of an OG Anzac, I say that’s the stupidest take I’ve ever heard. And I’ve heard people say Anzac day is dumb for glorifying war.
Imagine if WWII vets were excluded because they were never a part of the original Anzac campaign? It’s unfathomable. There has never been an exclusion of any veterans in the Anzac movement. Even post Vietnam when returning vets were unpopular, they were a part of Anzac marches.
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- Comment on Nintendo confirms $90 price for full Breath of the Wild experience on Switch 2 1 month ago:
I agree with your first statement, but disagree with the rest. I am not their target market. I enjoy playing their games, but primarily because I am spending time with the kids as I do. Not many of their games are targeted to my demographic.
I disagree that they focus only on digital. Every single Nintendo game comes out on a physical chip. And sales on digital copies are rare and minor (30% off maybe). It is often cheaper to get a physical copy on sale cheaper than digital. And you can then sell it / buy it second-hand. I’ve read that with Switch 2, even the digital codes can be transferred to a new owner. Nintendo for all their faults have never forced you to lock in a digital library you can never resell.
- Comment on Nintendo confirms $90 price for full Breath of the Wild experience on Switch 2 1 month ago:
I bought it second hand. Nintendo got $0 from the sale. In fact, two thirds of our physical games have been purchased second hand.
- Comment on Guardian Australia had a dream run. Has it lost its edge? 1 month ago:
I’ll start by saying the sauce is questionable. I don’t think they’re asking an objective question here.
That said, I’ve never really vibed with the Guardian’s writing style. It always feels like I’m reading the opposite of Newscorp’s propaganda - but it is still propaganda. I dislike being nudged to think a certain way, even if I’m being nudged in a direction I’d probably be inclined to go anyway. Actually, especially if it’s in a direction I’d be inclined to go. Did I come up with this position on my own? Or am I being helped along by some publication with an agenda?
Just give me the bare facts and let me form my own opinions, thanks.
I do love that Guardian Australia exists, however. I love that it has thrown a spanner into the Newscorp near-monopoly on journalism in Australia. I want to see it succeed and stay.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎮 Friday 11 April 2025 1 month ago:
Image. This bit of shrinkflation amounts to a 20% price rise. For what is already a luxury/occasional purchase.
Err, I’ll take the big one thanks, Aldi. And I probably won’t be buying this treat very often any longer.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 👾 Wednesday 9 April 2025 1 month ago:
The dietician has taken ham and salami off my wife’s menu to address cholesterol. It should likely apply to me also, but I’m not organised enough to book things like “check ups” and dieticians. So I bought a large whole chook last weekend and we roasted it. It’s going into sandwiches this week (and will likely be a weekly thing for the foreseeable future) instead of ham/salami. So far, everyone likes the change. It works out far cheaper also: over 2kg of chook is about he prices of 500g of ham/salami.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ⭐ Tuesday 8 April 2025 1 month ago:
So I was the pied piper on the weekend and took a troop of kids to see the Minecraft Movie. It was an experience.
The movie itself was pretty typical middle-aged kids’ fare. Fairly awful dialogue and cliched characters. Jason Moama was a surprise, I thought Jack Black was the only famous star in it. I have a feeling that in the right role, Jason would have some wonderful comedy chops. This movie was not it. Stiffler’s Mum was funny, but all I could see was Stiffler’s Mum. I think the two female leads were great and a good foil for the Jack Black/Jason Moama antics. Pity the girls didn’t really have a lot to do in the plot.If I’d been watching it on Blu Ray or streaming, I might have turned it off. As a movie, it’s not great. However, watching it in a cinema on opening weekend in a room full of kids really made it wonderful. They were cheering at obvious fan-service references that I didn’t get. Screaming out at “Chucky Chicken!” and I can’t remember other bits. But you get the idea. The energy in the room was great.
So while I didn’t particularly love the movie, I loved the experience of watching it.
