Straya!

[Forty Two]

These kids are doing the kanga:

That's racist.

[tattuchu]

In the news today:

'I have this Russian guy': Extraordinary moment Malcolm Turnbull is caught on tape MOCKING President Donald Trump - making fun of their infamous phone call, the Russian hacking scandal and his awkward speeches


Straya!

[JimC]

The revenge of the Turnbull!

Yes, Donald, the entire rest of the world (including relative conservatives) holds you in utter contempt...

[pErvinalia]

In the news today:

'I have this Russian guy': Extraordinary moment Malcolm Turnbull is caught on tape MOCKING President Donald Trump - making fun of their infamous phone call, the Russian hacking scandal and his awkward speeches


Straya!

This is going to get good. The Liberals here are traditionally seen as the more serious (read: kiss ass) government. They've refused to mock Trump openly. I hope Trump has a twitter rant about this.

[Hermit]

In the news today:

'I have this Russian guy': Extraordinary moment Malcolm Turnbull is caught on tape MOCKING President Donald Trump - making fun of their infamous phone call, the Russian hacking scandal and his awkward speeches

Investment bankers are not renowned for their skills as comedians and Turnbull is a prime example. Tryhard.

[Brian Peacock]

What do Manus Island detainees and Tony Abbott have in common?

[Hermit]

[Hermit]

Re: Hardy animals downunder. Here's one demonstrating just how much a koala can bear.

[rainbow]

http://www.snopes.com/australia-teen-sea-lice-fleas/

Flesh-eating bugs at Brighton beach: What really ate Sam and why

Carolyn Webb Ebony Bowden Liam Mannix


News of a teenage boy's legs being treated as dinner by flesh-eating sea critters as he took a dip at a Melbourne beach has brought back all-too-vivid memories of the frenzied feasting in 1970s flick Piranha.

Social media and radio talkback was awash on Monday with members of the public vowing never to swim in the sea again after 16-year-old Sam Kanizay​ emerged from a dip at Brighton beach on Saturday night with his lower legs covered in blood and tiny bite marks.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/flesh ... xqsab.html

[JimC]

Yep, it's been the big local story for a while. Rather a freak thing, actually - he was standing still in the water for quite some time, probably right next to wear a number of amphipods were feeding on something dead, and they latched on to him (he probably had a small existing cut). The marine biologists are speculating that something in there equivalent of saliva has an anti-clotting agent, to explain the extent of his bleeding.

[Brian Peacock]

Poor little mite.

[Hermit]

Something to laugh at before the Trump 'n Kim show goes nuclear.

Our conservative government has finally recognised that legalising same sex marriages is only a matter of time. So, what has it decided to do about it? Delay the inevitable. Of course. Cheap at 120 million bucks. Yes, that is the budget for the plebiscite on the matter it has announced. Plebiscites are of course non-binding in Australia, so once we have voted in favour of legalising same sex marriages, the government will forbid its parliamentary members to vote according to their conscience, and reject the result. As if it could not have done so without spending all that mulah first.

Makes me proud to live in Australia. No. Wait.

[pErvinalia]

yeah this is getting ridiculous.

[JimC]

Hermit wrote:

Plebiscites are of course non-binding in Australia, so once we have voted in favour of legalising same sex marriages, the government will forbid its parliamentary members to vote according to their conscience, and reject the result.

If Turnbull clearly and publicly states (as I think he already has) that a yes result will mean a free vote in Parliament, I think that a free vote will occur. I'm fairly certain that this would be a yes vote in parliament, as well.
But I agree it is still absurd - there should be a free vote right now, which would save time and money. But Turnbull is in political danger from the conservative faction of the coalition, and cannot allow it, without a plebiscite, either postal or otherwise.

[Hermit]

Ridiculous? You ain't seen nothin' yet.

Take our strictified entry conditions to this lucky country, for instance. So, now someone has been refused a skilled work visa coz' she's flunked the computer-based Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic), which was approved by the Australian Government’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection in 2014, and uses voice recognition technology. The person concerned has a doctorate in veterinary science and is Irish.

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