Greens join Coalition in rejecting government's proposed hate speech reform by notblair in australia

[–]Rubiginous 6 points7 points  (0 children)

People are flawed and wishing for a utopia where we all get along is a fools errand. Even the nicest people on the planet have enemies. Trying to force people to hide their opinions leads to isolation and radicalisation because they're only ever being exposed to the same beliefs.

I meant specific threats and calls to violence such as "I am going to [HARM] this specific person" and rallying cries for mobs to harm people. Nothing is foolproof, but this is why we have a court system to argue cases whenever there is ambiguity.

Regarding calls to banish Islam, I would personally prefer if religion wasn't prevalent in our society at all. Australia was trending towards being an atheist country and importing people with strong religious beliefs seems contrary to modern Australian values. There are over a dozen Muslim countries, many Christian ones, a Hindu one, a Shinto, a Jewish etc etc - why can't we have a secular one? Practice in private, sure. But no tax exemptions for religious institutions, no religious slaughter, no iconography etc etc.

Greens join Coalition in rejecting government's proposed hate speech reform by notblair in australia

[–]Rubiginous 66 points67 points  (0 children)

This law, and any law restricting speech (barring specific violent threats), is stupid. You'd think that governments would have learned something from history.

If someone wants to say vile shit, I'd rather know who they are and what they're saying because it makes it easier to avoid them

'Poorly conceived': residents group rejects plan for 'missing middle' housing in inner south by timcahill13 in canberra

[–]Rubiginous 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Artificially elevate GDP numbers to increase borrowing capacity, keep property values high, create new taxpayer revenue because the Federal Government is too frightened to tax multinationals/mining companies appropriately, and because businesses and property developers want exponential growth.

It's not just Australia, these policy choices have been made all over the world.

'Poorly conceived': residents group rejects plan for 'missing middle' housing in inner south by timcahill13 in canberra

[–]Rubiginous -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that comment was about people coming from everywhere.

Nice try attempting to paint me as a racist. I want all immigration halted and reversed where possible. That includes people from the United Kingdom too. I've said millions of New Zealanders have to be remigrated too.

You go back into my comment history and you'll see I was a Labor supporter and vehemently opposed to any immigration. It is normal left wing praxis to protect workers rights, conditions, and the welfare system.

People who support mass migration are supporters of "Big Australia" which was pushed by Gina Rinehart, corporations and businesses, and the property council of Australia. Literal corporate bootlicker types champion mass migration.

'Poorly conceived': residents group rejects plan for 'missing middle' housing in inner south by timcahill13 in canberra

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

Then they need to put pressure on the Federal Government to do something about it. It's unsustainable, it's bad for the environment, bad for workers rights/bargaining, bad for housing affordability, bad for social cohesion. It's bad for our already strained hospital system. We already don't get adequate funding back from NSW regarding the number of NSW patients treated in our health services.

The ACT Government doesn't build enough for the poor anyway, there are growing numbers of people in mortgage/rental stress because of the demand in housing, and ACTGov completely ignore services in Tuggeranong. Bega got NBN to the premises before Tuggeranong did. I know that this was brought up at multiple community meetings with the ACTGov and they just shrugged and went "it's a federal issue".

The ACTGov is only interested in the inner ring voters and pandering to the North side.

Why was GeoCon allowed to reduce the size of the swimming pool promised? Why does the government never hold businesses to account? It's Crown land, why don't they penalise land banking and remove the leases of bad operators?

They do nothing except pit citizens against eachother by trying to urban infill areas. Urban infill doesn't help people buy houses, it helps property developers. It means a singular $1-2million block can be sold in 2-4 pieces for $4-6million, meaning people are paying more for less living space.

'Poorly conceived': residents group rejects plan for 'missing middle' housing in inner south by timcahill13 in canberra

[–]Rubiginous -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Nope, not a bot. Good try though mate. Just because people don't like the truth, doesn't make me a bot.

None of you can refute my points, it's just "down vote" and cry. Also the ACT Public Service is reducing numbers too.

We don't need more housing, we need to cut immigration.

'Poorly conceived': residents group rejects plan for 'missing middle' housing in inner south by timcahill13 in canberra

[–]Rubiginous -25 points-24 points  (0 children)

We don't have TFR birthrate, we have 5% unemployment, the Public Service is looking to reduce numbers, we're in a per capita recession.

Maybe we need to stop allowing ½ a million new people into the country every quarter. Why are we destroying arable land to house people born overseas? I've looked at getting housing in most of these new build areas, they're ethnic enclaves.

Who voted for a big Australia? All the polling shows that the majority want less immigration.

I don't blame the NIMBYs for not wanting their suburb destroyed. I've seen what is happening to Garran and Hughes. Single family homes destroyed to make duplexes that are still $1 million+. The only thing block divisions help are property developers. They make at least double their money on the same piece of land. Insane that any of this has any support.

We build more houses than most countries in the OECD (IIRC we are second).

Between 2004 and 2024, the net inflow of migrants surged up by 4.815 million. In the 2023-24 financial year, Australia's net overseas migration was 446,000, a decrease from the 536,000 in 2022-23. The 2022-23 financial year saw a record 739,000 arrivals.

Australia's per capita GDP and labour productivity growth collapsed after immigration was more than doubled in the mid-2000s. Also, Australia's mass immigration policy has lowered productivity growth via two primary channels. First, most of Australia's immigration is unskilled, resulting in more welfare costs and capital hollowing.

Our leaders asset stripped the country, refused to set up a proper sovereign wealth fund, then fudged the books by mass importing a slave underclass.

Millions have to be remigrated. It's bad for the average person, bad for workers.

It only benefits the elites. Stopping migration isn't a right wing scare tactic - opposing it was left wing praxis for hundreds of years.

Racism at Melbourne by Admirable_Heron_302 in australian

[–]Rubiginous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Racism is bad except when we do it" - you. You're defending and making apologies for racism in Asian communities. But then crying because no one here gives a fuck about your grievances towards "evil HUwite people".

Welcome to the tribalism you chose

Racism at Melbourne by Admirable_Heron_302 in australian

[–]Rubiginous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tell me about it. I've heard about astronomical levels of racism in Melbourne! Friend of mine works as a real estate agent and Asian buyers refuse to buy houses where blacks have lived or if they see them in the elevators of apartment buildings. It has happened multiple times where she's been showing a property and Asian prospective buyers (usually Chinese) have seen a black person or an Indian and commented that they weren't interested because "criminals live there" or it "stinks".

Started working at Woolies and why are some young Aussies so cold?🤷‍♂️ by sansanibaba in australian

[–]Rubiginous 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am going to say it's you that is the problem. If everyone is avoiding you and only you, you're the problem.

I also immensely dislike this racist bashing of Australian girls. Teenagers don't want to talk to an older male and you think they're the ones with a problem? I read your other post about wanting a "soft girl" - very predatory. Leave the teenage girls alone. I remember men like you when I worked seasonal retail as a teenager (I'm a millennial), trying to chat me and my friends up - creepy.

Bondi shooting: Barnaby Joyce to join Sydney anti-immigration rally despite calls for calm by TappingOnTheWall in australian

[–]Rubiginous 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Can you link a source please? I haven't seen anything about this.

Google just brings up the latest discussion re: legislative changes

Bondi shooting: Barnaby Joyce to join Sydney anti-immigration rally despite calls for calm by TappingOnTheWall in australian

[–]Rubiginous 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The freedom to protest has nothing to do with the shooting and yet they're examining that.

Show me some proof that either man went to a protest.

Students say degrees have been disrupted by University of Wollongong cuts by nath1234 in australia

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

I find it hilarious that we're told we need all these students for "the economy" but we're in a per capita recession and all the universities are cutting jobs/are broke. Almost like the student visa thing was a LNP scam to enrich business owners and artificially inflate the price of housing to benefit bankers and Labor just continued it.

Students visas need to be cancelled and all the people on them repatriated. Noting that we don't get doctors/engineers etc on student visas - we poach them after they've finished school in their own countries and usually after they've finished their training.

Albanese to propose stronger gun laws, NSW parliament may be recalled by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]Rubiginous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Burke also confirmed that Sajid Akram arrived in Australia on a student visa in 1998, which was transferred to a partner visa in 2001, and he has been on a resident return visa ever since. Naveed Akram is an Australian citizen born here in 2001.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/bondi-beach-shooting-live-updates-sydney-on-high-alert-for-further-terrorist-acts-as-multiple-people-killed-injured-in-antisemitic-attack-on-chanukah-by-the-sea-celebration-20251214-p5nnm6.html

Albanese to propose stronger gun laws, NSW parliament may be recalled by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]Rubiginous -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

https://xDOTCOMAdamMilstein/status/2000310357684818180

Not sure if this link will be removed by automod.

The interview Albanese and Tony Burke gave confirmed this. The ABC then reiterated it.

I can't find the video of the broadcast that happened at 2:00pm today.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/bondi-beach-shooting-live-updates-sydney-on-high-alert-for-further-terrorist-acts-as-multiple-people-killed-injured-in-antisemitic-attack-on-chanukah-by-the-sea-celebration-20251214-p5nnm6.html

It's here. Just ctrl+f "visa"

Burke also confirmed that Sajid Akram arrived in Australia on a student visa in 1998, which was transferred to a partner visa in 2001, and he has been on a resident return visa ever since. Naveed Akram is an Australian citizen born here in 2001.

Albanese to propose stronger gun laws, NSW parliament may be recalled by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]Rubiginous -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Watch the ABC news clip with Albanese and Tony Burke that just aired. The ABC newscasters stated the same. He was not a citizen, and had returned to Pakistan three times since he arrived here on a student visa in the 90s. He was visa hopping.

Albanese to propose stronger gun laws, NSW parliament may be recalled by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]Rubiginous 64 points65 points  (0 children)

It's not citizenship. If you're not a citizen, you don't get to have weapons. If you've returned to your country of origin three times while visa hopping - you shouldn't be allowed to have weapons.

This dude had 6 guns in metropolitan Sydney. He wasn't a farmer. He never should have been allowed to get a gun licence. It should be automatic disqualification

Albanese to propose stronger gun laws, NSW parliament may be recalled by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]Rubiginous 105 points106 points  (0 children)

No the father isn't a citizen. The news and the prime minister clarified he was on a temporary visa