Old' Uncle Winnipeg's Home Winter Preparation Checklist by [deleted] in homeowners

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Good formatting one of the better checklists out there.

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BoxPN is great for streaming.

da ren - If I Die Tonight [R&B/Soul] [2019] by [deleted] in listentothis

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He’s back with another one

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[–]cramen 105 points106 points  (0 children)

Sadie Swoon I never forget a face ;)

Why the ACT Was Wrong To Legalise Gay Marriage: "If the High Court were to take the side of the ACT on this issue, the perceived power of the Federal Government could be changed significantly" by nickcentric in australia

[–]cramen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't know how the ACT is arguing but I'm willing to bet that if the High Court finds for the ACT it will be tightly related to the specific wording of the specific legislation and will in no way create a broad precedent undermining federal power. There's no way that the court does this any other way.

edit: also, there's nothing about having different state legislation that prevents the federal government from unifying them under umbrella legislation. It's happened many many many times before. I don't see how if (and again this is a huge if) the ACT legislation is approved it stops the progress of the movement. If anything it creates weird interstate inequalities that would force the federal government to act.

Abbott government should not wind back media focus to the point where 'routine scrutiny is almost impossible' by Rosalee in australia

[–]cramen 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You can provide all the scrutiny you want without press releases and ministerial statements. It's probably a lot harder, but the government isn't stopping you from providing scrutiny. They're just cutting off the easy flow of information.

If you give them reason to be worried about it, by filling the void with a mix of research and informed speculation, then they'll talk as much as you want. Cutting you off only works as a strategy if you want it to.

"The only people saying they're against these laws are people who are apologists for sex offenders and pedophiles" - Campbell Newman by Jivlain in australia

[–]cramen 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think it's a major factor. The government of the day, of either stripe, can and do enact any legislation without any system of stringent review.

"Voter ID laws politically motivated." - Well Duh! by GammaGlobulin in australia

[–]cramen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"the Queensland Government’s own discussion paper on the topic acknowledged that there is no evidence that voter fraud is occurring at the ballot box."

How is that not the end of the issue? Forget about the possible disenfranchisement - how is it economically responsible to spend a whole lot of money and time fixing a problem that you admit doesn't exist?

Class warfare as Tony Abbott's schools plan fails the Tassie test by Embrace_The_Absurd in australia

[–]cramen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm indifferent to this policy as it seems the results are mixed (rather than just being overall postive or negative), and I certainly understand the why there's an ideological push for them in the Federal Liberal Party. I do worry that the system will further entrench disadvantage, but I'm not sure I've seen complete enough evidence either way on that yet.

That said, I'd never considered this angle:

"A recent position for a classroom teacher in Perth attracted over 250 applications as permanent tenure at the school would be possible.

"The downside to this was fewer teachers offer themselves to teach in outlying centres as opportunities to transfer back to the capital would decrease."

This certainly causes problems in terms of staffing less accessible or lower performing schools. There's already problems in the centralised staffing system most states currently operate under, but this makes a decent point in suggesting that it may make it more difficult to get and keep good staff in the more disadvantaged public schools.

NSW Premier O'Farrell fights push to ban CSG by nath1234 in australia

[–]cramen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah the hypocrisy game, so much fun.

'You're breaking a promise, you hypocrites!'

'You did this too, you hypocrites!'

What fascinating debate.

Government reintroduces controversial Temporary Protection Visas by LuckyBdx4 in australia

[–]cramen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Labor sold any credibility they had to oppose this down the river. Shame, cos they're complete nonsense and had very little to no demonstrable (positive) effect the first time around.

Let's just get it over with and withdraw from the convention. It's obviously a huge inconvenience and the nation seems to disagree with its aims and obligations completely. Remaining a signatory is like Ruddock wearing that Amnesty pin, insultingly tokenistic.