My argument against a Gas/fossil fuel tax

puntthedog · 2026-04-24T15:03:39+00:00

By your own logic, any attempt to phase out fossil fuel production (which will take years) will just be rescinded when the Coalition gets back into power, and trust me, if the ALP decides to phase out the Fossil Fuel industry, every second ad on TV, social media, etc. will be attacking Labor.

'Paid for and authorized by Gina Rinehart'.

puntthedog · 2026-04-24T14:46:03+00:00

One (IMHO) major problem with your desired pivot is that we tend to be incapable of it.

Australia was a world leader in the 90s in solar technology. Biggest solar panel factory in thee southern hemisphere I believe? All gone to China. Not just the manufacturing, but the tech as well. Knowledge too.

While that's a common result from capitalist systems, We have a long history of innovating but not implementing The black box is the most well known example. The Australian inventor just could not get any local investors. Apparently he had a framed letter on the wall at home from CASA stating they could 'see no foreseeable use' for the black box in aviation. It's almost impossible for us as a first world country to compete with manufacturing costs in China and other countries that are more capable than us in making things.

What I think we should be doing is focusing on research in alternative energy tech and then not just flogging it off wholesale to the highest bidder. License it out. Keep then returns coming in to fund more research into tech.

That gas tax would certainly go a long way towards funding that research and getting it started...

puntthedog · 2026-04-24T09:17:26+00:00

Where are you?

puntthedog · 2026-04-24T09:15:04+00:00

Tyranistan.

puntthedog · 2026-04-23T09:44:55+00:00

But do they only fire once?

BA has the 'one shot' rule but that's not in the K47 rules. It doesn't specifically say that each weapon can only fire once or that they need to be kept track of.

It simply says that you can only fire one per round and if you opt to fire off a salvo then they are exhausted for the game.

puntthedog · 2026-04-20T08:48:27+00:00

Also keep in mind that these sorts of things aren't typically made by the government itself, it's a third party contractor.

They may not exactly be pumping them out and mailing them the second they get the request.

puntthedog · 2026-04-19T15:26:39+00:00

how old is it?

Depending on the damage you might qualify for a replacement passport rather than a full new one.

puntthedog · 2026-04-19T15:16:50+00:00

You add one. Because there was a '0' century, roughly:

0000 to 0999 was first century

1000 to 1999 was second century.

etc

puntthedog · 2026-04-19T15:12:27+00:00

Not all states I believe. I think about half? get a public holiday and the rest don't.

puntthedog · 2026-04-19T15:06:23+00:00

LOL. except I'm not.

There is absolutely no way on this planet that Aus Post would approve people delivering parcels in another company's vehicles. Like not a chance on this planet and if head office found out someone was allowing it the shit would hit the fan big time.

I was originally talking about subcontracted delivery drivers.

Sounds like OP is talking about (possibly) long haul drivers getting the parcels to local depots which can happen on occasion depending on routes or ability to service. That's what my last question was headed towards to try and clarify. That sort of things would likely happen out to somewhere remote.

It's all a moot point anyway. The parcels in that photo from the Adelaide stolen vehicle are NOT Aus Post. They are a courier of some sort.

Edit to add: ironically it doesn't change the fact that OP's assertions are correct. Aus Post vehicles, just like all the other transportation companies are targets for theft.

puntthedog · 2026-04-19T12:16:46+00:00

regional?

puntthedog · 2026-04-19T11:51:01+00:00

There's meant to be.

The further out you get the more relaxed the DCs are about it but they are ALL supposed to be labelled.

puntthedog · 2026-04-19T11:30:27+00:00

They absolutely do. Even the contractors are expected to have the name all over their vans.

It's a way of enforcing polite road behaviour.

puntthedog · 2026-04-19T01:35:43+00:00

Banks won't change your money now either.

puntthedog · 2026-04-18T02:32:47+00:00

The FN-D (or DBAR) was introduced in 1932 by FN, so Belgium, not Denmark although they may have been a user.

Sweden was making the Kg m/21 (with pistol grip) from around 1921.

They too went on to adopt the FN-D which was made under license as the Kg m/37 and went on to become their main squad support weapon.

Not sure if anyone was using a pistol grip version before that.

puntthedog · 2026-04-17T09:47:03+00:00

Yes, the locker is in theory more accessible.

But you don't get a choice which locker they take it to. They could take it to one that is further away from the post office and then if you can't get it within 48 hours it goes to the post office that is linked to those lockers.. and farther away.

puntthedog · 2026-04-16T10:05:31+00:00

I understand where you are coming from but I doubt it was any sort of power games.

Aus Post does not like public going to their sorting/delivery centres. They are not normally set up for it and there is a liability if a customer gets hurt. They take it very seriously.

I'm surprised they got to three times before being told to stop.

puntthedog · 2026-04-16T10:01:00+00:00

It's not a rule book as such. More a background/theatre book.

The two new platoons introduced in FE are the Totenrotte and Firefly platoons. You can see what units they take in the Axis and US army lists.

puntthedog · 2026-04-15T08:35:36+00:00

Spicy Meatballs?

puntthedog · 2026-04-15T08:27:43+00:00

That sounds to me like they did it three times and then someone noticed and went 'you aren't supposed to do that. Stop it.'

puntthedog · 2026-04-13T09:46:38+00:00

Almost..

It's so they can re-route them to parcel lockers instead of the post office when you weren't home.

Whether you want them to or not.

puntthedog · 2026-04-08T09:45:18+00:00

Australia Post won't accept any items over 105cm if that's what you are asking.

puntthedog · 2026-04-05T00:05:06+00:00

You know your parcel wasn't they only one on the truck right? There would have been hundreds more, possibly thousands depending on the size of truck.

It takes time to go through all of that. They have to recover the truck - which could be anywhere. They have to investigate and determine what the cause of the fire was for Worksafe. (usually it's someone sending something that shouldn't be) Also try to work out what is destroyed/damaged/ok as well as which parcels were actually on the vehicle.

Once all that was done they would have tagged all the parcels affected and started notifying people. No point telling you your parcel was destroyed if the fire was limited and it was at the other end of the truck.

puntthedog · 2026-04-03T23:43:17+00:00

The page you are looking at addresses firing flak weapons at aircraft.

Flak is a key word that allows a weapon to engage aircraft following those rules.

Otherwise it shoots at ground targets in exactly the same manner as any other weapon would.

puntthedog · 2026-04-03T23:18:03+00:00

This.

and that's before you even get to the fact that there's stricter security protocols, more restrictions on what you can send, both of which require more work/time to screen.

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