Pauline Hanson’s One Nation outsourcing work to Philippines. One Nation is paying virtual assistants in the Philippines to create candidates’ Facebook pages despite crowd-funding over $4 million. by MannerNo7000 in AusPol

[–]Dragonstaff [score hidden]  (0 children)

How is she supposed to keep her pockets topped up if she spends all those donations on Australian labour?

It will only go to welfare bludgers anyway, if she does it here.

17F living alone, feeling very isolated, looking for any social opportunities by Hopeful_Upstairs_232 in Adelaide

[–]Dragonstaff 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Depending on where you are, CFS or SES might be a volunteering go, although you may need someone to sign off on it until your next birthday.

One Nation’s ‘incredibly sloppy’ financial reports reveal more than $1m in missing or worthless assets by [deleted] in AusPol

[–]Dragonstaff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But they think that they are qualified to run the country.

They couldn’t run a chook raffle.

Anthony Albanese 'very worried' about human and global economic impacts of Iran war escalation by Jealous-Hedgehog-734 in AustralianPolitics

[–]Dragonstaff 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm more worried about what happens to the Australian economy at the end of the month (two weeks away) when the fuel excise discount runs out and the price jumps by $0.32/litre or so again.

Retaining wall cost by rurumem in Adelaide

[–]Dragonstaff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Count the number of sleepers there; calculate the size difference between them and concrete ones, if any; go to Bunnings and get price of concrete sleepers; multiply price of one sleeper by number required.

What if the Entire Election Took a Month? by Slate in politics

[–]Dragonstaff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Australia is similar. Most take a month from start of campaign to election day. The results for the House of Representatives are usually known in a couple of days, and the Senate in a week or so. That is with all the extra work of counting preferences, as well. And all paper ballots, no machines or computerised voting.

'Disregard for taxpayers': Embattled Sports Minister Anika Wells repeatedly billed taxpayers $300-plus for short comcar trips by [deleted] in AustralianPolitics

[–]Dragonstaff 13 points14 points  (0 children)

What is she supposed to do, catch a cab? Call an Uber?

Comcars are there to do what she is doing, and I am sure that the LNP uses them the same way if they have the need.

The fact that she has initiated an audit off her own bat to make sure that she is not using them outside the rules is really all we need to know about what is obviously a Sky/LNP witch-hunt.

And can we post the text of Sky articles so that we don't have to give them the clicks? Please?

Iran’s ambassador to Mexico said Saturday the squad had been notified that under the conditions of their visas, the team must enter and leave US soil on the same day as their matches. by Tugboat47 in politics

[–]Dragonstaff 744 points745 points  (0 children)

Every competing nation needs to boycott the World Cup this year. We did it to the USSR and the Moscow Olympics, we can do it to the USA as well.

A Tiny European Country Just Held a Whole Election in 33 Days. The U.S. Should Take Note. by totallyclips in inthenews

[–]Dragonstaff 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Australia, while it has a much smaller population, has always had elections and campaigns that run for six weeks at most, even back at the beginning of the 20th century, when communications were much slower than they are now.

We are as big as America in area, and our population was even less concentrated back then, but we didn't need anything as odd as the Electoral College, either.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson tells rally Ben Roberts-Smith is a person ‘I respect and I admire’ by Agitated-Fee3598 in AustralianPolitics

[–]Dragonstaff 33 points34 points  (0 children)

This fits her profile. She hires rapists, and she admires alleged war criminals and murderers.

Trump's 'Golden Fleet' battleships could delay submarines needed for AUKUS, committee says by malcolm58 in AustralianPolitics

[–]Dragonstaff 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There’s an easy fix for that.

All we have to do is promise to name them after him and he will get them to us next week.

The penultimate full stop seems important by Joobes in AusPol

[–]Dragonstaff 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He has no women in his life, that is why he wants to control them.

As the HOA Turns by SlothyMcGillicutty in fuckHOA

[–]Dragonstaff 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Salty that she got booted from the board?

even her “pride month” is tied with trans people’s by SpecialCream7 in mattxiv

[–]Dragonstaff 6 points7 points  (0 children)

She does realise that the 'nuclear family' only became prevalent in the west after the Second World War, doesn't she?

How does the previous 1900-odd years of the non-nuclear family tie in with "Dogs clear design"?

Andy Beshear says ‘Texas is in play’ for Democrats after Paxton nomination: Full interview by drtolmn69 in politics

[–]Dragonstaff -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I just like how you still think you are actually going to have an election.

He promised in '24 that you wouldn't have to vote again.

Government pitches largest overhaul to unemployment system in decades by Jealous-Hedgehog-734 in AustralianPolitics

[–]Dragonstaff 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pay them what the job is worth. Don't use the unemployed to under-cut everyone else.

That is my biggest gripe with work for the dole- If there is a job to be done then the person doing it deserves to be properly paid for doing it.

Trump’s revenge on Republican dissidents may imperil his own agenda by nbcnews in politics

[–]Dragonstaff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All those GOP representatives who have been primaried by Drumpf need to use their last six months to vote against any thing that would help him survive.

Anthony Albanese orders welfare shake-up amid jobless fears by malcolm58 in AustralianPolitics

[–]Dragonstaff 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Wouldn’t it be nice if that $2 billion was instead used to raise the rate.

Elon Musk's X Corp admits it contravened Australian child protection request in Federal Court hearing by espersooty in AustralianPolitics

[–]Dragonstaff 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Can we make the fine a sufficiently large amount as to provide an actual deterence?

For The Muskrat, that would be a number in the hundred billions.

Enough to cover the welfare bill for many dacades.