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You don't think the Kingborough Chronicle will give him a fair go Peter? (Free local rag). We pick up multiple copies of the KC... they're great for starting the fire.

Didn't they made a movie about that, with Matt Damon... what was the title again? "Shaving Ryan's Privates" I think.

If you decide to run as an independent in the seat of Franklin, there's at least 1 vote for you Litespeed.

Wonder if the scammers are using AI. When I came here this morning there were only 2 threads in the "unread"... this one (should social media be anonymous), and "Buy fake passport Buy other document". It's all about the anonymity!

I've been meaning to go in for a test. Heard nothing but good things about them by those who use them.

Last point first, no one should ever believe anything Sky puts out, that's obvious. However I think that we should be able to bag pollies when their statements or behaviour are not to the standard we deserve from our representatives. They chose to become politicians to represent the people in their electorate, and knowing that they are becoming a public figure. If their party becomes government, they have a broader duty to ALL people in the country. So part of that responsibility includes never knowingly making false or misleading statements, but unfortunately, that's what happens. When they use hyperbole to score a political point (eg Tony Abbott's "$100 lamb roasts") then they're lying to the country. When they put ideology before facts (eg Dutton's blind support of nuclear power and hatred of renewables) then they're lying to the country. When they argue against political donation transparency, against greater scrutiny of integrity, and as @nomadpete mentioned - against requiring truth in political advertising, then they're acting against all our interest and should be called out on it. How many times have you listened to a politician on the radio avoiding the questions put to them by the interviewer, never giving a straight answer, making blanket statements and doing everything they can to push the party line, even if they don't agree with it? Would I be prepared to do their job? No way. But that's not a reason for them to be dishonest.

Interesting side thought, if you could snap your fingers / rub a genie and make it impossible for any politician, anywhere, to lie, obfuscate, mislead or cloud the issue - would it be better or worse for the world?

Good (and more) moderation is the thing. While I agree that you should be able to post anonymously (you can imagine the murder rate increasing dramatically if everyone had the real world names and addresses of people who posted something they violently disagreed with), I also think it's the responsibility of any platform to moderate properly. The problem comes then that these are private for-profit corporations whose owners and boards may be, in some cases, (what's the medical term? - oh yeah) "bat-shit crazy". The other problem is that the corporations are often based overseas. The recent court case by Australia's e-safety commissioner against one such corporation to remove the video footage of that priest being stabbed has proved how little power nation states have against them. The other problem is VPN's. This allows anyone to mask what country they're actually in, and they're getting more and more common (many anti-virus programs actively encourage users to use a VPN). However, you really don't want to stop this feature because it's the only way people living in authoritarian countries can actually get information from the outside world. Verifying age would be a good thing, but obviously as you say, who holds that data? You really wouldn't want that treasure trove of ID documents getting hacked. It's a conundrum all right. On the one hand it's obvious these corporations need more legislative oversight (including forcing them to pay tax in countries where they're making a profit), but if they find this too oppressive / profit limiting, they'll just move to a country with laxer laws.

I'd just like to point out there's no side mirrors - how does the driver tell when someone is trying to overtake him?? 🤔

Yes, the crash even changed the colour of their life raft!

Shallow and Inconsistent describe pretty much everything that comes out of Voldemort's mouth. I don't think Albo and his government have done too badly. Are there things I didn't agree with? Of course. But on the whole I'd rate them a solid 7/10.

People who pose for photos?

Jared.

I didn't know either Glod Coast or Gellong were playing... (sorry Jerry!)

The Rabbit with the bad 'abbit

The original title was a joke, if you look at the first post you'll see. In reality the sort of idiots who support Clive Palmer might be closet Trump supporters.

I agree in general with what you're saying. If the stats show that the murder rate is going down, especially in the area in question (domestic & family violence), then that's a good thing and should be published as a caveat in news stories about D&FV. As far as "are you happy to have it claimed to the World that you are a homicidal, controlling sex maniac? ", I don't think anyone thinks that the mere fact of your gender means that, just as the existence of female prostitutes doesn't make one assume that every woman will have sex for money. Not sure why you emphasised heterosexual there either, as the recent double murder in Sydney proved, this is not a phenomenon unique to hetero males.

Ah, one of those sentences, usually followed by a "but" - where the statement following the comma completely reverses the first part of the sentence. Some other examples are: "I'm not a racist, but..." "No offence, but..." "With all due respect, ..." "I've got nothing against <insert ethnic/cultural/sexual group here>, but..."

Arse trumpet perhaps, but he was that long before Trump was a politician.

What, Donny's going to have his way with him then pay him to keep quiet about it?

Good, common sense prevails. I know it's not a big deal in and of itself, but more a symptom of attempts to de-liberalise our democracy. We REALLY don't want to go the way of the USA in this regard.

Not trying to be rude here Peter... but check out their butts.

Landlords don't pay utilities. Usually.

They've all got very good leg muscles.

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