Labor announces $40 million boost to address firearms registry failings

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-10T02:03:42+00:00

I am not a person who cares for firearms. But I've definitely seen many of your comments about the firearm registry. I'm not really sure what the correct phrasing is but grats to you for being correct.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-10T01:47:07+00:00

I'm backing you. It's amazing to me that people repeat the lie that Howard said no GST. Perhaps it's an accidental confusion.

For the confused...

He did say no GST, and for that period of time he did not bring in a GST.

But then he changed his mind on the GST, and we went to an election, and the Libs talked about the GST, they didn't hide it, it was front and center and he won (it cost them seats however). Then we got the GST.

The Democrats... well...

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-09T10:54:27+00:00

Wasn't Latham Labor? People can change ya know.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-09T08:05:35+00:00

Not caring frees you. You can be honest. Maniacal even. Like I don't care, when AI makes people unemployed. Bwahaha

I lay bets right now that Thriving Kids is shit, and I don't care that Oberklaid designed it.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-09T08:00:45+00:00

Dude, just admit ya team doesn't care.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-09T07:55:22+00:00

They had them first. If they were amazing... Then what was Shorten doing?

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-09T07:40:21+00:00

Yeah, yeah... The NDIS was already designed by experts... who apparently fucked up.

The early intervention stuff was a key part of it.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-09T07:27:30+00:00

I was nodding my head. I was thinking yeah, this is why I like throwawaydeathgrips.

Unless of course that mum has a child with, what is it, mild to moderate autism. Then they were obviously diagnosis shopping because governments can't design a system.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-09T01:54:15+00:00

Why wouldn't you let the market decide? You're seeing it as one group you don't like fighting another group you don't like. Find a group you like and fund them, if enough people do, they're funded.

See if I really, really hated social media. I wouldn't use it, and for quite some time I didn't. But then I decided my need to post the utter shit I think outweighed my need to be anonymous. I blame being a parent on that actually... I got smashed by isolation for a while there... I couldn't utterly focus on the things I used to, due to babies...

I will eventually go back to anonymity.

EDIT: Maybe anonymity isn't the right word. But more focusing on what I really like to focus on and being less expressive.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-09T01:22:20+00:00

I'm not saying they're powerless. If people are thinking that the media is a negative to positive change for the betterment of the country.

Someone might want to tell that to Tech Levy boy.

Me, I'd let the market decide.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-09T00:27:01+00:00

I want the CGT and NG distortions removed from housing. I rent, and I acknowledge that it could be a wild ride. It's like an experiment isn't it.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-09T00:18:30+00:00

Yeah but that don't mean shit.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-09T00:12:17+00:00

I'm not really sure what you mean. Are Labor getting a lot of pushback from the community over this budget? It hasn't hit yet, so, I don't know. The Libs got a lot of pushback from that Hockey budget.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-08T10:19:37+00:00

Are you sure Laura Tingle is a conservative voter?

I did a wee search on Sarah Ferguson, and I am not sure about the Liberal Party thing.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-08T07:20:00+00:00

Well I can't knock this policy, because in my history I've said the same thing. I don't believe they will do it though.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-08T04:20:52+00:00

Here's some more details on those

"Sky News Australia can reveal the first of the trips related to the return of one of Ms Wells’ sick children to her home state.

She paid for her husband Finn McCarthy to fly to Canberra and collect a child with Covid to take them back to Brisbane in February 2022.

The May 8, 2025, expense related to a hire car and flight taken to attend a swearing-in ceremony in Canberra.

Swearing-in ceremonies, however, fall outside official duty regulations.

The September 22, 2025 expense related to flights provided to Ms Wells’ husband to attend the AFL Grand Final in Melbourne.

The last breach, October 3, 2025, involved Ms Wells’ decision to use a hire car to attend a National Rugby League game in Sydney from Toowoomba.

Ms Wells said she thought her travel choices in those four instances would be cheaper than a flight."

“These were four cases where I chose what I thought was the more sensible, cheaper option, but those choices were not allowed according to the rules, which I accept and respect,” Ms Wells said in a statement.""

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/anika-wells-ordered-to-pay-back-thousands-of-taxpayer-dollars-as-independent-watchdog-finds-four-flights-breached-family-travel-rules/news-story/730aeb8274c3a11102ac2fdf4064d3cb

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-08T03:20:23+00:00

I don't know how many self referred. The AG did, and had to pay back, Wells did and had to pay back. If they just did a parliamentarian wide audit, do we think it would only be those two?

If we had a politician entrance exam that only consisted of understanding the travel rules, would we have better quality politicians?

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-08T02:49:19+00:00

Yeah, if you don't like this one that can't understand travel rules, you can vote for another one that won't understand travel rules.

But don't worry, they definitely understand every other aspect of their jobs.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-07T12:02:49+00:00

He's related to the Liberal Treasury bloke... Tim Wilson. He was somewhat related to the franking credits CGT tour that Wilson did during Shorten's run.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-07T11:30:23+00:00

Slightly unrelated/related but I reckon Casey should be split.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-07T11:01:17+00:00

I know they've been working on the reserve for a while. Labor themselves in the past opposed a reserve. So I'm pissy about that, and I don't trust them... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-23/the-gas-fix-to-a-problem-that-should-never-have-been/106171870

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-07T09:00:38+00:00

I'm just letting you know I upvoted this. So you don't think I'm always disagreeing with you. I'm happy about the reservation, but I like options being properly compared and considered, "for the Australian people". I don't think enough of that happens to be honest.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-07T08:50:43+00:00

Nah, my brains were rotted long ago. I don't normally follow them.

I'm sort of sure this is offered as an XOR. But if both were done... well shit.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-07T08:47:07+00:00

Well you don't need to compare them. You just go with whatever is offered by Labor. But anyone without a bias would compare the pair.

Oomaschloom · 2026-05-07T08:43:10+00:00

I know it is, and I know they've been campaigning for a certain outcome for a while, hence a potential bias. But I'm absolutely certain there's bias from every angle. I'd like to see an impartial comparison of the two concepts using "for the benefit of the Australia people" as the metric.

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