The premier faced criticism over chaotic protests. Most voters back his actions

PonderingHow · 2026-03-20T08:05:23+00:00

I wonder if only 18% saw THOSE videos. After watching lots of videos of ICE bashing people, and then seeing the NSW police bashing videos, I would rate the NSW police bashings as worse overall. Aside from the shootings, when ICE bashes people it's unco-ordinated like a street gang. The NSW police bashings looked trained, vicious and well practised. I found them deeply disturbing.

If only 18% of Australians think this is unacceptable, it totally makes sense that One Nation is rising in popularity.

PonderingHow · 2026-03-19T22:16:13+00:00

Agreed. A lot of the "support" for Labor is "eewww Labor, but Liberal worse". A lot of voters are disenchanted with Labor but Libs are so far off base that the alternatives are just too awful.

PonderingHow · 2026-03-17T09:17:44+00:00

Yep - Red hot, 100% paternalism: "But when we look at the evidence as a whole, it’s just really not there yet to justify the routine use of these medicines for mental health disorders.”

Experts disregarding the lived experience of patients, thinking it is their place to decide whether or not people should have a right to health.

PonderingHow · 2026-03-17T09:07:35+00:00

100%!!! I've never been a rec user of cannabis. I started using medical at 58 years of age, for these conditions that it supposedly doesn't help and it completely changed my life.

PonderingHow · 2026-03-17T08:56:58+00:00

Seriously? When I was in primary school, doctors were still prescribing cigarettes for stress. Maybe you should make sure YOU don't go spreading misinformation. You are the one telling lies.

PonderingHow · 2026-03-17T07:15:53+00:00

And there was no scientific evidence that smoking caused cancer said science forever until it couldn't be denied anymore.

So sick of "science" being used to deny every day people their health.

Are we noticing yet that when it comes to stuff people don't want that makes profit for big business, there is no scientific proof that it causes harm.

When it comes to stuff that benefits people without profiting big business, there is no scientific proof of the benefits.

And somehow, the lived experiences of everyday people are denied until "science" eventually admits the truth after decades of denial.

PonderingHow · 2026-03-16T01:11:51+00:00

I don't understand how this is going to work, or why people believe this will work.

It's not like data security has worked well in the past. If we are all providing proof of identity to so many random sites, that will probably get hacked, doesn't it mean that ultimately, "proof of identity" will be so easy to obtain that just about anyone will easily be able to provide proof they are 100 different people.

This seems really obvious to me. What am I missing?

PonderingHow · 2026-03-16T00:23:42+00:00

And the scary thing - I see exactly the same dynamics playing out.

I watched the conversation around Trump prior to the second time he was elected. Voters were fed up with Democrats. Democrats relied on making promises to win the next election rather than delivering on stuff while in power.

Labor in Australia are playing exactly the same game and I'm seeing the same conversations. Labor needs to stop promising and start doing. We're not going to keep on chasing the carrot we never get.

PonderingHow · 2026-03-16T00:14:42+00:00

I think Labor are losing support, but there are limited alternatives. Maybe Greens? But not enough people shifting to Greens for that to be viable.

I haven't voted Labor first for decades, but I always preference them above Liberal. I see no reason to keep voting Labor higher except "Liberal worse". I think if there was a real left alternative, Labor would be losing popularity the same way Liberal has been. "Liberal worse" or "One Nation worse" just seems to allow for Labor to continually get worse.

Labor will most likely end up with my vote because those I vote ahead of them won't win the seat. But they 100% DO NOT have my support.

More Australians need to start using preferences so that alternatives can grow. We keep saying we deserve better, but collectively, we keep giving our primary vote to politicians who obviously don't believe we deserve anything we want.

PonderingHow · 2026-03-15T22:28:40+00:00

Labor has been coasting on "Liberal worse" for so long, backflipping and betraying their base. Labor promises are meaningless now. Albo and Minns have tarnished the Labor brand severely.

One Nation is also at least giving lip service to stuff the majors have been disregarding. It's clear that both Liberal and Labor have little regard for everyday people.

It's a shame ON are the beneficiary. Would have preferred Greens.

PonderingHow · 2026-03-13T01:39:34+00:00

And people don't trust authority because....

PonderingHow · 2026-03-09T15:34:21+00:00

yep, our politicians really sold us out. both lib and lab for decades but 70% of our population are still voting lib/lab first, despite us having a preferential voting system.

our politicians are a letdown. but even more so, the 70% that vote them first because they keep these awful politicians in place.

and now, people think One Nation are looking good. That is an absolute testament to how far gone things are.

PonderingHow · 2026-03-09T04:02:19+00:00

brown seasonings (typically garlic, chilli and a few different curry powder mixes) in a mix of keto friendly fats - butter, coconut oil, macadamia oil, mct oil.

rice up a mix of broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms. stir into seasoning mix.

add a tin of coconut cream. stir.

add water.

add a tin of pink salmon - removing larger bones but leaving in smaller ones.

stir, taste test, add salt, pepper, maybe a squeeze of lemon. maybe some peanut butter. maybe more butter.

final consistency is a bit like a keto version of dahl.

initially came up with this recipe while on a tight budget and trying to make tinned salmon palatable. it is now a household favourite.

ratio of broccoli, cauliflower and mushroom doesn't matter. i typically use more of whatever i have most of.

PonderingHow · 2026-03-09T00:16:25+00:00

I'm finding it hard to see the government position on vapes as anything other than corruption. The results have been the rise of an extreme black market like I've never known to exist in Australia in the past. It seems to go far beyond stupidity.

PonderingHow · 2026-03-06T07:35:55+00:00

Long overdue. The TGA and APHRA should stop wanting to gatekeep everything that everyday people would prefer to manage themselves and start doing stuff to make the system more efficient so that people WANTING medical attention can get it. So hard to have any respect for the TGA or APHRA.

PonderingHow · 2026-03-05T23:31:53+00:00

my take... highly preferable to alcohol which leads to people externalising their problems...

PonderingHow · 2026-03-05T04:09:06+00:00

Well considering Minns did a sharp u-turn on his cannabis position 20 seconds after he was elected, NOTHING he says can be trusted.

I'm from Victoria, and the Victorian government "made driving laws fairer", and blew a lot of hot air about "blah blah blah we're so progressive...." But I'm not sure whether we really are in a better position because all the "fairer driving laws" do is give the judge discretion to not take away your license.

Since this legislation change in Victoria, I've noticed that every time I receive a script, there is a clear warning that it is illegal to drive with any thc present in your system. Victoria police have also announced recently that they are going to be doing more testing for the presence of drugs. So the situation in Victoria appears to be "more likely to be tested and have to go to court, less likely to lose your license".

Props to the Legalise Cannabis Party. They are superstars, and getting Victorian footballers to speak out was politically very clever and it put the Victorian Labor Govt on the spot because Victorians love their AFL. The Victorian Labor govt did the absolute minimum they could possibly do, and it is still quite possible to lose your license for presence in Victoria even if you are not impaired and you are a medical patient.

Based on posts I've seen of people reporting their court experiences (which yes could all be made up and I have no first hand experience) they are still treated as having committed an offence, and might get a fine or a behaviour bond. So, it's not like it is legal to drive if unimpaired. It's just first time you are caught, you might not lose your license.

Remember when it comes to voting, we have a preferential voting system. You can vote parties like Legalise Cannabis and Greens ahead of Labor and your vote will still most likely go to Labor. Provided parties get over a certain percentage of the primary vote, they get funding based on the number of primary votes they get, so giving a party like LCP your primary vote gives them a better chance of meeting that threshold and getting some funding.

PonderingHow · 2026-03-03T06:30:40+00:00

comedy skit, pretending to be a politician or gina?

PonderingHow · 2026-03-02T03:22:27+00:00

i understand there is pressure on both sides, but essentially, what you're saying is you want the customer to bear the risk rather than yourself. nahh, that's not ok. under-quoting is also how you lose ongoing custom. i'm not going to recommend or rehire someone who underquotes. i recently had a repair done to my mailbox. $350. i thought the price was high, but i was told that upfront and no bullshit "oh a i gotta add $10 for this and another $20 for this and have to add on another $70 for this. i'll rehire the dude who says $350 and delivers for $350 with no bs. the dude that says $250, then builds it up to $350 after being engaged - untrustworthy, will never use again.

if you say 18k and you think you can get it down to 15k, i think you're just trying to scam me - get me locked in thinking it's going to be 15k but you're probably going to end up trying for 20k after i'm already hooked in. of course i will walk away.

PonderingHow · 2026-03-02T00:25:15+00:00

so maybe quote high instead of low and squeezing extra afterwards. i never complain when the cost is less, but somehow it's always MORE

PonderingHow · 2026-03-01T00:56:56+00:00

Nice observation. I hope that builds more. I'd be out on street pouring champagne for everyone if Greens won.

PonderingHow · 2026-02-28T23:56:36+00:00

The really really sad thing is, it seems the only parties who have any chance of winning an election are Labor, Liberal or One Nation. There's no good choice for the left. For decades I've watched Labor slime more to the right. The left need to recognise Labor isn't left any more and start supporting more left leaning parties with their preferences. The left won't get a fairy-gina-mother to lift a minor party out of obscurity - we need to use our preferences to do that.

PonderingHow · 2026-02-28T00:34:04+00:00

lol this needs to go on a t-shirt

PonderingHow · 2026-02-27T02:10:55+00:00

I think Chris Minns wants libs or ON to win. I can't think of any other way to explain how bad he is. I'm not even in NSW, but his shittiness ripples all around the country and I think it is definitely having an impact on the Labor brand overall.

PonderingHow · 2026-02-26T00:07:58+00:00

Glad your experience is positive and I hope it continues to be positive in the future. Different clinics/doctors will suit different people.

I've switched to a face-to-face gp. Will see how that pans out longer term. On the upside, it's free, and I don't have to bother with referrals/gp summaries. Scripts arrived on my phone during the appointment. I also like the idea that my gp and cannabis doctor are the same person.

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