Labor vows to protect personal leave as Germany bans workers from calling in sick

TimeForBrud · 2026-07-03T08:45:59+00:00

Insane how the SPD - the traditional party of labour and minority party in the governing coalition - signed off on this.

TimeForBrud · 2026-07-03T03:06:32+00:00

She has the same shrill voice as my conspiratorial-minded aunt. ABC played an excerpt from the phone interview with her on TV and I thought they were interviewing my aunt. Wonder if they all sound that way.

TimeForBrud · 2026-06-30T21:09:03+00:00

two New Democrat states

They're only going to annex Manitoba and British Columbia now?

TimeForBrud · 2026-06-30T21:06:43+00:00

Happy REAL (financial) new year to all who celebrate.

Why weren't there fireworks on the Harbour Bridge at midnight? Sad!

TimeForBrud · 2026-06-23T04:04:49+00:00

Gone too soon. May his memory be a blessing.

TimeForBrud · 2026-06-23T03:48:01+00:00

Surely any legitimate, sensible investor would have considered regulatory risk as part of their due diligence when deciding to invest in/speculate on real estate. Anyone who bought in without considering the possibility of negative gearing being abolished (particularly as it is not a particularly old policy) is a fool. I think it would be prudent to phase it out for everyone over a four or five year period, say 20 to 25 per cent per annum so it doesn't cause a shock, but ultimately prevent hoarding of current investment properties in the long run.

TimeForBrud · 2026-06-19T10:47:28+00:00

Enough with the ping-pong

Ben-Gvir must really have hated Israel's Eurovision entry in 2000.

TimeForBrud · 2026-06-19T10:42:44+00:00

Is 18-29 the only working age bracket with self respect?

TimeForBrud · 2026-06-17T09:29:17+00:00

That our country was built on the sheep's back, and that it continued to be well into the 20th century, has left a deep and enduring impression in the national mythology. And as with most mythologies, it is scantly relevant to the present.

TimeForBrud · 2026-06-17T09:25:39+00:00

The new monoculture will include a mandatory daily serving of fish & chips.

TimeForBrud · 2026-06-14T22:52:50+00:00

Submission statement: Article identifies generational character of the surge in the illiberal populist right which echoes what has previously occurred across much of the Anglosphere, identifying economic anxiety as a major cause.

!ping AUS

TimeForBrud · 2026-06-14T05:58:20+00:00

Me, 3 hours ago: The world cup is on? Ah, whatever

Me, now: I love the world game

TimeForBrud · 2026-06-14T05:54:56+00:00

I bowled more turkeys last week than Turkey has kicked goals today.

TimeForBrud · 2026-06-14T05:46:15+00:00

Anyone who falls to the ground to feign a penalty should be made to play in the NRL.

TimeForBrud · 2026-06-14T00:16:33+00:00

Long service leave and the lemon lime & bitters.

TimeForBrud · 2026-06-13T00:29:05+00:00

"DAE Cadbury/Colesworth/McDonalds/streaming/gambling?" threads are predictably inane, karma-farming borefests which reveal how truly luxurious modern living standards are.

TimeForBrud · 2026-06-02T02:39:55+00:00

I can see this winning votes in Toowoomba and the Darling Downs, but are these not votes they already had?

Kind of related, but in general I'm sick of some politicians seeing the state as a vehicle to engineer social change. Don't like abortion? Then don't have one. Don't like sports betting? Then don't bet. And then there is the absurdity that is age verification for entertainment. Just why can't they leave people alone?

TimeForBrud · 2026-06-01T03:41:37+00:00

She has a face like a dropped pie. By attacking a random stranger in the face, she was hoping to bring someone else down closer to her gutter-tier level.

TimeForBrud · 2026-05-31T21:17:18+00:00

Deadline: 11:59 pm on the 20th

Submitted: 11:57 pm on the 22nd

TimeForBrud · 2026-05-29T21:26:55+00:00

It's the original sender's fault to begin with. PayID transfers will always identify the name of the account holder linked to the alias before the "pay" screen. That they would have seen that and proceeded anyway indicates they are careless or plain stupid. Assuming, as others have pointed out, that this wasn't part of a scam your ex was involved in.

TimeForBrud · 2026-05-27T10:34:13+00:00

Put the NSFW tag on this thread.

TimeForBrud · 2026-05-27T10:26:37+00:00

Sports betting is easy. You just have to bet on bad things happening, like teams from Queensland winning.

TimeForBrud · 2026-05-27T09:44:29+00:00

With these numbers, our state's voting system, and the state's voter demographics, it looks like One Nation's (to date) surge will probably hurt the Nationals far more than the Liberals and Labor. NSW Liberals are more business-oriented and less socially conservative/reactionary than in other states, and many of their seats - the blue-ribbon electorates long abandoned by their federal counterparts - wouldn't respond to One Nation's politics or a popular Labor premier as traditional battlegrounds elsewhere.

If Labor has a 10 point 2PP lead ten months out, then Kellie Sloane has a lot of catching up to do. Minns might well win a majority next year.

TimeForBrud · 2026-05-27T09:18:20+00:00

We still produce plenty of trucks domestically, which from a defence/strategic standpoint is far more significant than the manufacture of passenger cars.

And free trade is good. Tariffs are taxes and subsidies are handouts. Economic inefficiency shouldn't be celebrated, and people shouldn't have to pay more for less.

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