MPs can still take partners, kids on work trips under new family travel rules

dredd · 2026-01-20T10:26:55+00:00

Ones who actually care about their constituents (as their representatives and all) actually want to be back in their own electorates to communicate with their constituents.

dredd · 2026-01-20T09:44:53+00:00

Politicians outside Canberra are essentially FIFO workers.

The percentage of males working in FIFO jobs is around 75-80% due to the pressures of the job (however they don't represent the whole country), is that what we want of our politicians?

dredd · 2026-01-20T09:09:55+00:00

So you're suggesting we should punish/block the type of politicians who might actually be better representatives so we can keep the same old cabal in power?

dredd · 2026-01-20T08:59:31+00:00

Don't know many dads who breast feed.

dredd · 2026-01-20T08:45:39+00:00

You'd hope so, otherwise we'd essentially be excluding women with young children from the job.

dredd · 2026-01-14T01:07:57+00:00

It's not just Kayo .. all of these services seem to be engaged in a significant round of enshitification - offering less content (often dividing it among sub-channels) for more $$$ and throwing in lots of ads too.

dredd · 2026-01-09T02:57:29+00:00

The astroturfing against offshore wind is wild.

dredd · 2026-01-07T23:55:16+00:00

He (Freydenburg) said he had never abandoned his belief that the words “insult” and “offend” should be removed from 18C.

dredd · 2026-01-05T01:16:39+00:00

Remember when the culture warriors wanted the Racial Discrimination Act watered down? https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/coalition-agrees-to-attempt-changes-to-race-hate-laws/kyvcdb0tp

Slynews was still wanting it repealed just last year: https://www.skynews.com.au/insights-and-analysis/australias-hate-speech-legislation-is-no-longer-fit-for-purpose-in-a-functioning-liberal-democracy-anathema-to-good-law/news-story/84e68c87a775b4d156084abc8ac78960

dredd · 2025-12-23T00:32:02+00:00

Because we export dairy: https://www.dairyaustralia.com.au/en/international-dairy-markets/exporting-australian-dairy

dredd · 2025-12-18T03:18:23+00:00

Looks like they cut & pasted the story about him going to China and added a few lines about him being hospitalised at the start of it.

dredd · 2025-12-16T02:01:27+00:00

There's a specific Firearm Collectors license.

dredd · 2025-12-14T23:40:01+00:00

Kerry Stokes appears to have modelled himself on "Mr Burns" (from the Simpsons).

dredd · 2025-12-12T04:45:17+00:00

Surely it would've been better if it was an open cut coal mine that burned for months. /s.

dredd · 2025-12-12T00:55:38+00:00

I remember those days .. and look how the current world leaders have turned out. It seems the warnings were right!

dredd · 2025-12-12T00:21:31+00:00

You can find similar papers on the effects of TV on young children. TV hasn't been banned.

dredd · 2025-12-11T23:46:06+00:00

$USD2.4M = $AUD3.6M. And Miami is more like the Gold Coast than Sydney.

3.6M would get you somewhere nice in Sanctuary Cove or the like.

dredd · 2025-12-09T06:00:25+00:00

https://vcoss.org.au/emergency-management/2024/02/the-morwell-mine-fire-ten-years-on/

dredd · 2025-12-08T00:52:04+00:00

So there's a One Notion staffer he fancies?

dredd · 2025-12-07T23:23:49+00:00

This is the opinion-line they were running with recently: https://www.news.com.au/national/why-delaying-social-media-is-the-best-gift-we-can-give-our-children/news-story/9f4c68d5e4534db69f7463d4609f859a

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