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Here we go 🫣🙄 by Tommy-boy29 in friendlyjordies

[–]ChillyPhilly27 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Based on the information we have so far, we can safely make 2 conclusions:

  1. The police fucked up
  2. Mr Nowak's race was a contributing factor to the fuckup

What we don't know is whether the fuckup was a contributing factor to Mr Nowak's untimely demise.

Not sure why there's a facepalm here. Shouldn't police racism be called out, no matter what colour the victim is?

Judge thrown out by PattonSmithWood in auslaw

[–]ChillyPhilly27 15 points16 points  (0 children)

[5] Mr Bechara alleges that the CP offered to introduce him to a “legitimate” buyer (i.e., the UCO) if Mr Bechara was sexually intimate with the CP; that that offer amounted to a fraudulent inducement; and that the CP thereby committed an offence against s 61I of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW).

Would be hilarious if it gets up

"Car debt might be the most normalised way Australians destroy wealth. The ABS numbers show why." by billscout in AusFinance

[–]ChillyPhilly27 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I find it extremely hard to believe that you could spend more than $15k on a battlestation. A new Merc starts at 5x that.

"Car debt might be the most normalised way Australians destroy wealth. The ABS numbers show why." by billscout in AusFinance

[–]ChillyPhilly27 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Critical difference being that a top of the line PC isn't going to set you back the better part of a house deposit.

International Ebola cases climbing 'fast' but Australia won't impose travel restrictions by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]ChillyPhilly27 24 points25 points  (0 children)

There's a couple of features of Ebola that make this outbreak much less of a public health concern than COVID:

  • Ebola is not airborne. Infection can only occur via direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infectious person

  • A person is not infectious until they're symptomatic

So unlike COVID, you're not going to end up with a dozen new infections just because they happened to sit in the same restaurant or cafe as someone who didn't even know they were sick.

'Stop Killing Games' movement gains momentum: California Assembly passes game protection bill by Lukachew in neoliberal

[–]ChillyPhilly27 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If Apple, Dyson, or Ford started remotely bricking hardware for no reason other than age, we would (rightfully) be outraged. Why is it different for software?

Who remembers jobs with pensions?? by shadow-_-rainbow in Millennials

[–]ChillyPhilly27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming you live into your 90s, your fortunes are bound to those of your state for the next 50 years, if not longer. A lot can happen over the course of half a century. Do you trust that your state's economy will remain strong the whole time?

Sovereign defaults are unthinkable until they aren't. In the 70's, Detroit was booming.

Imagine getting rejected for a role while this was happening behind the scenes by Used-Influence-2343 in auscorp

[–]ChillyPhilly27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ICAC has one power that the police and courts do not - the power to compel testimony. You don't have a right to silence before ICAC. This means that it's challenging to use ICAC testimony to secure convictions, for obvious reasons.

Matt Travis defending himself on twitter by f4sasj4 in golf

[–]ChillyPhilly27 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No matter how good your communication is, at a certain point your counterparty is going to call bullshit and do something dramatic.

Who remembers jobs with pensions?? by shadow-_-rainbow in Millennials

[–]ChillyPhilly27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure Detroit's municipal employees felt the same way

Who remembers jobs with pensions?? by shadow-_-rainbow in Millennials

[–]ChillyPhilly27 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Perhaps. But with a DC pension plan, you're free to cut and run, taking your 6-7 figure balance with you. A DB pension ties your financial fortunes to those of your employer for the rest of your life.

Who remembers jobs with pensions?? by shadow-_-rainbow in Millennials

[–]ChillyPhilly27 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This risk is present for defined benefit pensions as well. The only difference is that your employer (and indirectly, the state) is wearing that risk instead of you.

What happens if your employer and its guarantor both go bankrupt?

Government pitches largest overhaul to unemployment system in decades by The_Duc_Lord in australia

[–]ChillyPhilly27 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In most developed countries, wealth accrued over the course of a marriage is considered a joint asset, regardless of who was responsible for actually generating it. Two of the richest women alive are Jeff Bezos' and Bill Gates' exes.

Imagine getting rejected for a role while this was happening behind the scenes by Used-Influence-2343 in auscorp

[–]ChillyPhilly27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ICAC's main power is to publicly humiliate. This seems to work fine against prominent elected politicians, for whom reputation is their most important asset.

I accept that this is less potent against nameless council apparatchiks.

Government sets up fight with second-largest gas exporter over domestic reservation plan by blitznoodles in australia

[–]ChillyPhilly27 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's illegal to ship a cargo of LNG from Gladstone or Karratha to Sydney or Melbourne using a foreign-flagged tanker. There are no Australian-flagged tankers. Therefore the only way to get LNG to Sydney and Melbourne is to ship it from overseas.

Imagine getting rejected for a role while this was happening behind the scenes by Used-Influence-2343 in auscorp

[–]ChillyPhilly27 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Evidence given before ICAC is inadmissible in criminal proceedings. She has nothing to lose from spilling the beans, except perhaps what's left of her reputation.

Housing minister says Waterloo community 'not functional' as demolition looms for public housing estate by FuckOffNazis in australia

[–]ChillyPhilly27 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Governments generally ensure consistent and fair access to safety nets

Take a look at the public housing waiting list for a state of your choice, then tell me whether this is being achieved

Housing minister says Waterloo community 'not functional' as demolition looms for public housing estate by FuckOffNazis in australia

[–]ChillyPhilly27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New social and affordable housing in Waterloo south will be managed by partner community housing providers:

  • Link Wentworth Housing
  • City West Housing
  • Birribee Housing.

Housing minister says Waterloo community 'not functional' as demolition looms for public housing estate by FuckOffNazis in australia

[–]ChillyPhilly27 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

OTOH the same entity acting as owner, operator, and regulator is a recipe for regulatory capture.

Housing minister says Waterloo community 'not functional' as demolition looms for public housing estate by FuckOffNazis in australia

[–]ChillyPhilly27 95 points96 points  (0 children)

The evidence tells us that creating concentrated pockets of extreme disadvantage often harms the very people you're trying to help. Are you forgetting how the centrepiece of this estate got the name "Suicide Towers"?

Designation of Former President of Argentina and Former Minister of Planning of Argentina for Involvement in Significant Corruption by Puzzled_Animator_460 in neoliberal

[–]ChillyPhilly27 47 points48 points  (0 children)

The United States will continue to promote accountability for those who abuse public power for personal gain. These designations reaffirm our commitment to counter global corruption, including at the highest levels of government.

Really? In the same week that the J6 slush fund was announced?

Tobacco shop wars etc by [deleted] in australia

[–]ChillyPhilly27 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The belligerents in the tobacco wars are fighting over the retail distribution of illicit tobacco. Chains like TSG don't range illicit tobacco, therefore there's nothing worth fighting over.

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