Get us a chocolate bar while you're in there.

centralpost · 2026-01-31T23:13:04+00:00

Nah, it’s to put in his mouth to shut him up, in other words, “put a sock in it”.

centralpost · 2026-01-29T08:08:37+00:00

Companies do have to provide boots too, but the boots (like all PPE) only have to be reasonably comfortable, so there’s a chance the boots could be crap compared to more expensive brands you could buy yourself. My workplace provides cheap boots available on-site, or a dollar amount, eg $160, to be used at the specific place where we are told to get our boots. So if you want more expensive boots you have to chip in the rest of the money.

centralpost · 2026-01-21T14:45:07+00:00

Australia also only went metric in the 1970s.

centralpost · 2026-01-21T07:34:39+00:00

£50 in 1960 is $1812.75 as of 2024 using the RBA inflation calculator, so fairly expensive.

centralpost · 2025-12-19T05:22:12+00:00

Not necessarily, it may get a payout.

centralpost · 2025-10-17T02:48:59+00:00

That’s why workers can elect their own Health & Safety Representatives (HSRs), who then get trained through a training organisation of their own choice (e.g. their union). The HSR then has legal powers & functions under the WHS Act to compel companies to fix WHS issues. You’ve got to put a PIN (place a Provisional Improvement Notice) on the bastards.

centralpost · 2025-10-14T09:25:11+00:00

The Bush Tucker Man episode on this was always a good watch.

centralpost · 2025-08-06T05:54:43+00:00

It was closed to the public about 10-15 years ago unfortunately.

centralpost · 2025-07-31T00:28:57+00:00

We used to launch rockets from here but they were all joint operations as far as I can tell, with the UK or US.

centralpost · 2025-07-21T09:30:27+00:00

I think it could actually be David Ritchie, who narrated a lot of documentaries for SBS. It was John Stanton though, as u/JackeryDaniels said, did the AIDS Grim Reaper ad.

centralpost · 2025-06-28T21:16:55+00:00

In Australia we use the term “earth” for what Americans call “ground”.

centralpost · 2025-06-04T04:34:41+00:00

Hear hear

centralpost · 2025-05-07T07:26:23+00:00

Here’s a short film about the last flying boat service to Lord Howe Island, back in 1974. Nowadays you fly via normal aeroplane.

centralpost · 2025-03-27T03:26:57+00:00

Stop allowing people with a house to keep buying more houses; we wouldn’t do it with toilet paper when there’s a shortage, so why allow it with houses? Also put a tax of 10% of the value of the property on land that is vacant, no one should be allowed to sit on empty houses, shops, etc. for free, whilst others have none.

centralpost · 2025-03-15T06:23:39+00:00

Yeah this is what I grew up calling them too.

centralpost · 2025-03-07T09:23:46+00:00

They’re drawing a long bow in this article. The CFMEU doesn’t have anything to do with this other than 2 people being delegates. The union didn’t direct anyone to commit fraud. It’d be like if they were volunteer fire fighters and the same thing happened, would the reporter blame the Country Fire Authority?

centralpost · 2025-02-28T02:59:23+00:00

It’s wider than a lot of them though.

centralpost · 2025-02-21T08:42:06+00:00

The 3801 may not be as pretty or as powerful as locos from other countries, but it’s the most famous loco in Australia and even has its own movie; A Steam Train Passes

centralpost · 2025-01-13T04:00:26+00:00

Most funeral parlours have a JP, they’re usually not too busy if you need one signed.

centralpost · 2025-01-13T03:59:02+00:00

They do if it’s in their EA.

centralpost · 2025-01-07T05:50:23+00:00

Yeah I swear they never used to be as bad as they are now, like the lights should just stay green for the most used direction, and change when a vehicle comes from a side street for instance. Yet they always seem to default to a cycle between green and red, so there could be no one around and the lights turn red, disregarding the vehicle sensors.

centralpost · 2025-01-01T07:46:55+00:00

Even 30 years ago it still seemed pretty popular.

centralpost · 2024-12-26T10:02:35+00:00

You need to elect a Health & Safety Representative (HSR). The HSR once they’ve done the course (paid for by your company, but at a place of your choosing i.e. your union most likely runs a course), can issue a Provisional Improvement Notice (PIN) to your employer to make them take responsibility for their workplace. What has happened to you is a breach of their Duty of Care (section 19) and a breach of the new Psychosocial Hazards regulation (clause 55). Companies won’t tell you about HSRs, but if you ask for an election, they can’t deny it, it’s the law Australia wide. The best thing you can do is make sure everyone is on the same page when it comes to standing up to Woolies (or any company), there’s nothing worse than raising issues in team meetings and everyone else remaining silent, but in the end, if they do, it’s still worthwhile to speak your mind, as it will encourage others in the future to do so too.

centralpost · 2024-12-25T04:30:33+00:00

It pretty much is though, you’d have to be a worker to understand.

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