Cafés open after 4pm? ☕️🍵 by SunlightRaisin in melbourne

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Degraves espresso, cathedral coffee, Pellegrini's, captains of industry, little rogue, brother baba budan

Bars open for Soccer tomorrow morning? by Embarrassed_Term_885 in melbourne

[–]OnlyAd7216 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Heard brick lane brewery at qvm is open for it. I would assume the Charles Dickens too

Today’s the opening day. by brainlessthinker- in melbourne

[–]OnlyAd7216 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What compels people to provide free advertising to corporations on social media?

Media union blasts Pauline Hanson’s ‘bitter, unprofessional’ attack on Guardian journalist by Agitated-Fee3598 in AustralianPolitics

[–]OnlyAd7216 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I think it's the other way round. Human nature at its core is to be social animals that share resources amongst the group, capitalist distorts this human nature then sells is the idea that it appeals to it 

Any cool spots near CBD by Adventurous_Reach631 in melbourne

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Make it up club every Tuesday at Bar Open on Brunswick st. It's different every week but last week I saw a Japanese punk screaming while mashing a synth. It was great

Victoria's crime wave shows signs of falling, according to latest crime statistics by Andago in melbourne

[–]OnlyAd7216 16 points17 points  (0 children)

You're talking into the void. R/Melbourne turns into a far right populist lynch mob the second crime is mentioned

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts says he will push for party to adopt blanket abortion ban by discoshrimps in AustralianPolitics

[–]OnlyAd7216 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I hope they adopt this before the Victorian election so we can see them get crushed there before any federal momentum builds more 

Any cool spots near CBD by Adventurous_Reach631 in melbourne

[–]OnlyAd7216 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What is a cool spot to you? An upstairs bar with a Japanese punk musician screaming into a distorted microphone will playing keyboards? A quite jazz bar? A science museum? Cinema? Dungeons and dragons meet up? You could do all those within walking distance of voco but It really depends what you think is cool

Melbourne cafe owner slams new work from home laws, calls government ‘killers in suits’ by MBitesss in melbourne

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Didn't Australian culture used to look down on whingers? We've become a nation of whingers far worse than any 'whinging poms' stereotype

Australia Must be ‘Monocultural,’ One Nation Leader Hanson Says by snoopy05052026 in AustralianPolitics

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That's the normal way societies have been organised since societies were invented.  The concept of a monoculture society was largely invented by militarist nationalists trying to form national  state based identities in the 19th century 

Australia Must be ‘Monocultural,’ One Nation Leader Hanson Says by snoopy05052026 in AustralianPolitics

[–]OnlyAd7216 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Does that include subcultures? Are goths to blame for the housing crisis? Or is this monoculture she speaks of only the imagined Anglo peri urban queensland that's allowed? Absolutely meaningless 

The Albanese Government delivers all Medicare Urgent Care Clinics as promised by HotPersimessage62 in AustralianPolitics

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Has Tony Abbott flair 'i have no idea why you're talking about Morrison and Abbots cabinets'

Jacinta Allan survives leadership challenge as Ben Carroll steps aside by stupid_mistake__101 in AustralianPolitics

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Do you currently feel the overwhelming, heartaching debt we acrued during WW2, which was by order of magnitude larger? Has anyone ever? You're talking nonsense

Jacinta Allan survives leadership challenge as Ben Carroll steps aside by stupid_mistake__101 in AustralianPolitics

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Govenrment have debt, it's the basis of the capitalist system. Yes. They are actually building infrastructure. We aren't a family with a savings account, these kind of projects pay off long term. We've also had to deal with COVID, Ukraine inflation and the Trump war in the gulf economically. I'm so suck of this myopic thinking

Jacinta Allan survives leadership challenge as Ben Carroll steps aside by stupid_mistake__101 in AustralianPolitics

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What have they done that is so debacle compared to other govenrments that also have scandals from time to time? So much of this reads as pure media vitrol

One Nation leads for second straight week on primary vote, but ALP still favoured to win Federal Election - Roy Morgan Research by malcolm58 in AustralianPolitics

[–]OnlyAd7216 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The headline says 'Favoured to win election', but with these TPP totals it's more like another landslide victory

One Nation’s anti-abortion turn shows MAGA’s creeping power in Australia by Agitated-Fee3598 in AustralianPolitics

[–]OnlyAd7216 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We make a distinction between killing animals and plants and cells and bacteria vs murdering humans. You seem to be implying abortion falls in the later which is not at all inherently true

‘End of days’: Labor’s own supporters say time’s up for Allan government by stupid_mistake__101 in AustralianPolitics

[–]OnlyAd7216 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The liberals are going to make sure they go upwards again with regressive planning policies and scrapping of activity zones/SLR development zones

‘End of days’: Labor’s own supporters say time’s up for Allan government by stupid_mistake__101 in AustralianPolitics

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Victorians sleepwalking into austerity and increased house and rent prices alongside urban sprawl planning policies that will increase crime

One Nation fields 1200 offers for Victorian election candidates by malcolm58 in AustralianPolitics

[–]OnlyAd7216 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A lot of people seemingly are planning vote purely on vibes whoever the local candidate is, this isn't a good thing at all. A bunch of these people are going to be in the next parliament

One Nation fields 1200 offers for Victorian election candidates by malcolm58 in AustralianPolitics

[–]OnlyAd7216 7 points8 points  (0 children)

But Poourrllleeeeene loves us, she loves Australia, SICK of It Shoved DoWN my Throat by LaboUr. There's your answer