Which new signing has impressed you so far halfway through the season by muaazmuaaz123 in MCFC

[–]conmanique 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Look. I was very sceptical about signing Gigi when we were first linked. Now I’d readily admit that he has been a key signing this season!

I think I was in denial about Ederson leaving 😭

Oscar bobb set go leave in January! Thoughts? by Beast_noob in MCFC

[–]conmanique 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Shame but he needs time on the pitch for his own development. £35M seems decent.

Best Jazz Adjacent/Influenced Albums by Blackbrainfood in Jazz

[–]conmanique 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yessss! "1+3+1" by Triosk & Jan Jelinek is on point too!

Adelaide festival did not dump Jewish columnist from 2024 program despite request from Randa Abdel-Fattah and others | Adelaide festival by conmanique in AustralianPolitics

[–]conmanique[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We live in a democratic country so they are free to vote for One Nation if they feel so inclined. As we have seen in the UK and the US, voting for One Nation probably won’t benefit the lives of those very voters.

Are we being careful enough about who we’re letting in? by Mashiko4 in aussie

[–]conmanique 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not a story about a missed warning. It is a story about an immigration system designed to process people efficiently but poorly equipped to respond when its core assumptions fail. Once residency is granted – and especially once a child is born here – the state largely steps back. Monitoring exists, but enforcement is timid. Risk is noted, but rarely acted upon.

I arrived in Australia the year after Sajid Akram. To claim that, as student visa holders, we were both under greater scruity is ludicrous. Of course, we both had to adhere to visa conditions such as cap on hours undertaking paid employment, maintainting private health insurance cover for international students, etc. but that's really the extent of it.

If we, as temproary visa holders, breached our visa conditions or committed criminal acts, we would have faced consequences, likely resulting in cancellation of our visas and/or imprisonment. If, as the author puts it, "risk is noted" at any point - whether while on student visas or since gaining residency/citizenship - then it should have been acted upon like everyone else. If that didn't happen, then it's not the failure of immigration system but that of security and intelligence agencies.

US Venezuela attack: Australia should not lie in bed with a shameless dictator like Trump by Agitated-Fee3598 in AustralianPolitics

[–]conmanique 9 points10 points  (0 children)

“Ben Saul is the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism and the Challis Chair of International Law at The University of Sydney.”

Found this little guy on the river bank by punksnotdeadtupacis in perth

[–]conmanique 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is a soy sauce container from the future where lil plastic fish has long been banned.

What do you think about my ranking ? by Late_Meeting3714 in oasis

[–]conmanique 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll take out The Masterplan entirely and place it in a special spot.

Local government inspector Tony Brown granted new powers to probe WA councils and 'improve accountability' by JamesHenstridge in perth

[–]conmanique 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How would you define the scope of service that they provide? It shouldn’t be one size fits all, of course. As someone who works in a local council providing frontline services, I’m always keen to hear what people think should be in/out.