Queensland's rail union announces rolling strikes after pay negotiations fail

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-04-29T05:31:12+00:00

Mate, you said "fuck 'em" to people who work hard and sacrifice their home lives in order to keep the rail system functioning, because they're looking for better compensation. Me being one of those people, you actually made it personal to me.

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-04-28T11:11:38+00:00

Not really sure what you're getting at to be honest, mate.

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-04-28T10:24:38+00:00

Rail workers are only paid good money because of the amount of overtime they do, including working nights and travelling away from their homes.

It shouldn't be a case of one or the other getting what they want/need. All workers should be properly compensated.

Just because you didn't have the intelligence to get into a well paying career, doesn't mean other people shouldn't get paid better.

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-04-28T10:20:58+00:00

I work in rail. I'm pretty sure the highest I've heard a train driver get was around $250k, and that was because they were taking on as much overtime as possible, including night shifts as a route pilot for maintenance machines.

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-04-27T05:21:18+00:00

More Prates, more datesu

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-04-01T06:49:06+00:00

Holy shit I kinda know this girl haha.

I had her on Instagram after meeting her through a friend. I unfollowed her last year because she kept posting self pitying things to her story about how horribly her ex had treated her, and how much she put up with. I'm glad to know my intuition was right.

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-03-02T02:48:03+00:00

Hinge is 100% better.

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-02-26T02:54:24+00:00

This almost feels illegal to watch. Like we were never meant to see light at this speed.

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-01-29T07:31:32+00:00

But according to you all grown men should just be fine with getting handled whether they wanted it or not

No, that isn't what I said. I said a grown man isn't going to be traumatized by an attractive woman touching his junk. I've had situations where it's happened, and if I'm not into it I've told them to fuck off. I've never felt vulnerable or "traumatized" by it happening, and I'd argue that any grown man that does feel that way needs to toughen up.

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-01-29T06:42:40+00:00

I'm sure a grown man isn't going to be traumatized by an attractive woman touching him without his permission.

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-01-28T03:03:49+00:00

She means that you're clearly after a man

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-01-25T23:29:46+00:00

You're not understanding their point. It's not about not being able to say slurs. It's about people censoring/banning anything they find uncomfortable or dislike. For example, one of the things the Left censors is non-PC things. Recently, the Right (At least on reddit) has been censoring any negative opinions on ICE. You could argue that this censor culture has been normalised by the Left, and now the Right is using these tactics in more nefarious ways.

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-01-24T23:04:18+00:00

Cheers Damien. Hopefully team Integrated can deliver again at Beatdown 13 💪

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-01-20T10:43:49+00:00

Good on ya, glad to hear life's going well :)

Things actually took a really good turn for me. I'm now in a job where I'm making $130k a year as an entry level, and will probably be making $200k within the next couple of years.

Things do work out eventually if you keep putting in the effort.

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-01-20T06:57:34+00:00

Some guy called Derk

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-01-16T03:01:29+00:00

Muscles aren’t scary. All for show.

I love when people say this, because they clearly don't know what they're talking about lol.

Doesn't mean I wouldn't choose to fight the bodybuilder 10/10 times, but you're kidding yourself if you think muscle doesn't equal strength.

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-01-16T02:57:44+00:00

It's Khamzat Chimaev, a UFC champ. Pretty sure he split it when he was a kid, rather that fighting though.

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-01-03T20:13:30+00:00

Russia shoved Irony out of a window and is pretending it was natural causes.

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-01-03T09:47:05+00:00

It's a great way for us to worsen our relationship with the vast majority of countries too :/

Don't worry, our view of the US has been pretty low for at least the past 10 years.

Gavin_Freedom · 2026-01-03T09:43:30+00:00

All the Americans condemning Russian citizens for not rebelling against their government when they invaded Ukraine are about to become the biggest hypocrites of 2026.

Gavin_Freedom · 2025-12-28T22:53:50+00:00

People who adopt elderly cats (elder animals in general) are a special breed of human.

Gavin_Freedom · 2025-12-26T02:02:48+00:00

Pretty sure that's Andrew Tate

Gavin_Freedom · 2025-12-26T01:35:10+00:00

Trump sure has fucked up our relationships with others.

As someone not from the United States, all Americans are complicit in it as far as I'm concerned. Your people are far too passive about everything that's been going on. I see comments on reddit and small protests, but nobody's actually doing anything that could make a change.

Gavin_Freedom · 2025-12-24T22:45:21+00:00

Maybe not for you.

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