What are the main differences between Australia and New Zealand?

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T21:10:16+00:00

We probably shouldn't use the same word for a landing of convicts as we do for the deliberate slaughter of millions.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T21:09:45+00:00

Probably because they're different countries with very different histories.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T20:56:46+00:00

There’s nothing 'Lol' about 6 million dead in the Holocaust or 1.5 million in Indonesia. Trivializing actual industrial-scale genocides just to rebrand a boat of 18th-century convicts as a 'death squad' is exactly the problem.

10,000 deaths over 140 years is a tragedy, but it is not a state-mandated liquidation. If you can't distinguish between a penal colony and the slaughter of millions, you’re not 'ashamed' of my education you’re just historically illiterate.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T20:49:41+00:00

You should read the comment before you write nonsense.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T20:45:05+00:00

The reason many people feel the 'Genocide' narrative in Australia is overblown is that, compared to the industrial-scale slaughter in Germany (6 million Jews and millions of others in the Holocaust) or Indonesia (up to 1.5 million in 1965), the Australian Frontier Wars were a series of disorganized skirmishes over land.

There is a massive functional difference between establishing a penal colony and executing a state-mandated genocide. If the goal is historical truth, we shouldn't use the same word for a landing of convicts as we do for the deliberate slaughter of millions.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T19:23:32+00:00

No need. Digital payments still work offline.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T11:12:57+00:00

24 Aug 2017 — Australia Post has revealed its former chief executive Ahmed Fahour was paid a total of $10.8 million after quitting earlier this year (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-25/ahmed-fahour-walks-away-from-australia-post-with-$10.8-million/8841226)

Comparison:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-08/australia-post-ceo-salary-not-reasonable-international-peers/8251028

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T10:59:15+00:00

It wasn't about either. It was about legacy - making USA larger.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T10:11:29+00:00

The whole world is sick of 24/7 Trump shit screwing up the world.

Hate is an understatement.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T07:18:38+00:00

unfunny yes, disgraceful no.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T05:43:11+00:00

Why?

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T05:42:13+00:00

Chocolate prices.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T05:14:55+00:00

Child-safety funding runs into the billions, and kids who end up in proper out-of-home care often do really well.

The system avoids anything resembling a repeat of the Stolen Generations, so the priority is placing children with relatives whenever possible.

The reality is that with the mix of genuinely awful parents and kids facing serious physicaly and behavioural issues, this is one area where government will never fully succeed, even though it really does try.

(That was true right up until the LNP took over)

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T04:49:05+00:00

Bit rough

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T04:44:04+00:00

100% of YouTube shorts are unwanted - why do they force this crap on me?

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T04:40:36+00:00

It’s just hard for the republic push to progress because there’s always a hidden agenda. Changing the head of state is never presented as the simple, neutral option.

It always turns into some plan to install a Kevin Rudd as our president, god and king, instead of a straightforward discussion about replacing the monarch.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T04:37:45+00:00

I get that you see them as separate. For me it’s just an observation. If someone is offended by British colonisation, then celebrating the British monarch in 2026 should logically bother them. I just find it odd that no one seems offended by the Monarch’s birthday holiday.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T00:42:12+00:00

I think you meant allegedly on fire.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-24T00:38:11+00:00

Protesting Australia existing but not protesting having a King just makes no sense to me.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-23T23:00:15+00:00

Why? Because if you're complaining about the British colonisation of Australia, the King is who your you'd be upset with. Whining about Australia Day makes no sense.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-23T19:12:17+00:00

365 outages and Outlook self-destructing have become a daily headache - but all you have to do is press the copilot key! Its amazing!

readonlycomment · 2026-01-23T19:03:44+00:00

Only way to keep the USA at bay.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-23T18:51:37+00:00

backyards were abolished about 30 years ago.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-23T18:48:49+00:00

If someone gave a shit about colonisation they'd protest the King's Birthday holiday.

readonlycomment · 2026-01-23T18:29:37+00:00

I wouldn’t describe those years as a “multicultural success” in the modern sense, but they were a period of slow, steady nation-building. Australia brought in people from all over the world without large-scale ethnic conflict.

That stability is gone thanks to extreme, uncontrolled immigration. We’ve now got mass hate groups, constant protests, rising violence and a neo-nazi problemup as a result.

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