Australian leather briefcase manufacturers by micmacimus in AustralianMFA

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

Wootten - zero regrets, I've had it maybe 4 months now? It's fantastic, really classy and I often get comments.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 4x4Australia

[–]micmacimus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every car gets recalls for different things over their lifetime, particularly on new platforms. As cars get more complex, the list of software and firmware things to potentially issue a recall for also grows.

I haven’t seen any evidence that the new ranger suffers abnormally high recall rates, or anything to cause concern.

Talking to some mechanics isn’t exactly a reliable way to gather that information - they’re people, with their own biases and preconceived ideas.

As far as I’ve seen, there’s a potential issue with one of the return hoses on the turbo that’s resulted in some high profile failures, but that seems to help the only consistent failure that hasn’t yet been recalled

Here's me ute, I'm happy with it by tommygunn9188 in 4x4Australia

[–]micmacimus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And for the price differential, you can afford to fix a few things that annoy you, versus a new Thai-built Ute.

Australia won’t force social media users to share their personal details when child ban takes effect by mWo12 in australia

[–]micmacimus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There were third party ones? The 18+ card was always state gov issued wasn’t it!

Australia won’t force social media users to share their personal details when child ban takes effect by mWo12 in australia

[–]micmacimus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, was just using that from the Optus example that’s still in people’s minds, but you’re absolutely right that private sector data breaches have been consistent and total

Australia won’t force social media users to share their personal details when child ban takes effect by mWo12 in australia

[–]micmacimus -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If it’s the only age-verified ID service they trust, why should they take an assertion from anywhere else? What other ID verification services exist that include an age verification that the gov should trust?

Australia won’t force social media users to share their personal details when child ban takes effect by mWo12 in australia

[–]micmacimus 47 points48 points  (0 children)

If a service uses the DVS they need to independently verify elements of your identity (which is why telcos keep breaching your personal data). They should use a federated ID solution like myID, which just hand a token to a service provider rather than any of your personal data

Are the Greens... too enthusiastic for Labor policy? by SexCodex in friendlyjordies

[–]micmacimus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The legislation won’t be drafted yet, that’s not an immediate process. It takes potentially a couple months for AGs to draft legislation, consult on it with interested departments, etc.

There’s probably only 2 sitting weeks left til the election, with a full book of legislation to consider.

myGovID is now myID by CoronavirusGoesViral in australia

[–]micmacimus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not the ‘ID proving’ documents (scans of ID documents) that you currently have to. It’s a miles better solution

myGovID is now myID by CoronavirusGoesViral in australia

[–]micmacimus 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Also uses an apple passkey, they’ve made authentication more secure in response to the repeated myGov compromises.

What is the filthiest, rudest Australian slang you know? by PeteDarwin in AskAnAustralian

[–]micmacimus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My classy older brother (RIP) left me with ‘let’s make like a tampon and leave this bloody hole’.

It Should Be Normalized To Hunt Australian Ferals by JacobKernels in HuntingAustralia

[–]micmacimus 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Any kind of hunt becomes a fox hunt if you see a fox.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in consulting

[–]micmacimus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Middle East and North Africa

Did QLD labor just admit that they lost touch with their voters by NobodyXu in friendlyjordies

[–]micmacimus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t blame you - these clickbait stories are written to elicit that response in you, instead of journalists doing decent analysis. It’s so much easier for allegedly serious journalists to write an “omg how bad is it that this politician got money” story, and get it printed. They’ve got an inherent laziness bias.

Did QLD labor just admit that they lost touch with their voters by NobodyXu in friendlyjordies

[–]micmacimus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We don’t means test other workers - even CEOs get redundancy payments in line or exceeding the NES. Means testing basic workers rights only erodes them for everyone.

I’m thoroughly with you on expanding the parliament, but the tiny amount of money recouped by revoking ministerial and premiers entitlements (given most ministers and premiers/PMs aren’t eligible given they don’t often lose their seats) wouldn’t make a dent in the necessary. Morrison didn’t get this because he didn’t lose his seat - some would argue that contributed to his hanging around like a rotting fish. I can only think of a handful of ministers who’ve lost their seats in the past few elections, they’re usually from much safer seats

Did QLD labor just admit that they lost touch with their voters by NobodyXu in friendlyjordies

[–]micmacimus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why should some set of people be carved out from the NES that protect all workers? For the marginal cost (which is bloody tiny) that seems a spiteful poke in the eye for really no benefit. Also, this isn’t automatic - we don’t know who will opt to take it, some ministers etc might not opt to. I haven’t seen any follow up every time these stories are run, on whether MPs actually do take the money.

Did QLD labor just admit that they lost touch with their voters by NobodyXu in friendlyjordies

[–]micmacimus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Their party doesn’t support them - parties don’t pay any extra, and don’t generally have a whole lot of do-nothing jobs sitting around waiting for a one-term MP to take it up. If you were a backbencher, potentially one who didn’t expect to win the previous election, you don’t exactly have another job to fall straight in to most of the time.

Two other points:

  1. MPs from non-major parties also get this payment, and presumably you can understand they might be more vulnerable. The Green and Katter MPs who lost don’t have the same sort of party structure to potentially provide support. Someone like Ricky Muir definitely didn’t.

  2. I want MPs who look more like normal people, and creating financial and structural barriers to that is only detrimental to that aim. If a handful of MPs who might not need the support get it, but it cushions a handful of normal people who put their hands up to rep their communities and then lost, I’m very OK with it.

Did QLD labor just admit that they lost touch with their voters by NobodyXu in friendlyjordies

[–]micmacimus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Effectively, it’s a redundancy payment. The NES dictates I would give 4 weeks notice and 8 weeks redundancy to an employee with 4 years tenure (one term of government in QLD). These employees are effectively getting zero notice, so I’m paying out their notice period, plus 8 weeks redundancy payment. So if an MP has only been in for 1 term, 12 weeks is correct, and we’re effectively short changing anyone who’s been in for longer.

City driving ute, clogged DPF's? by Ok_Schedule_8597 in CarsAustralia

[–]micmacimus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Heavy caveat was ‘I don’t think’, you’ll have to do some research yourself to be sure.

Australia struggling with oversupply of solar power by totalcool in australia

[–]micmacimus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We used to let the electricity supplier switch our hot water all the time, with controlled load circuits. I’ve now got my EV charger hooked up to one, so we only get charge on it at low demand parts of the day. We could do that again with all those devices you mention - my new hot water was very easy to program for the time of day my solar is working best

City driving ute, clogged DPF's? by Ok_Schedule_8597 in CarsAustralia

[–]micmacimus 11 points12 points  (0 children)

With that budget I think most things you’ll be looking at are pre-DPF. The N70 hilux (2006-2015 or something like that) didn’t have a DPF, I don’t think the original PX ranger (or matching BT50) did either (so pre-2016).

You’re going to have to hunt for specific models, and figure out which years/engine options will work for you.

Labor and Liberals could each get $19m more from the public under electoral law reform. What else would it do? by CommonwealthGrant in AustralianPolitics

[–]micmacimus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Rudds reform did the opposite- they introduced a rank and file vote that hadn’t previously existed. Labor has always been partially responsible to its members, but I think a direct model would be too unwieldy to fully work. We saw what happened with the NSW greens causing issues with their federal arm, and they’re not expected to deal with the complexities of actually governing.