WENTWORTH WIPEOUT
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 20 October 2018 08:43 (five years ago) link
keen for a bunch of "ACTUALLY, it was Malcolm's fault" hot takes from the usual gang of idiots
― riposte malone (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 21 October 2018 01:10 (five years ago) link
they’re already doing exactly that, attacking malcolm for not gleefully supporting the people who destroyed him just a few weeks ago
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 21 October 2018 04:33 (five years ago) link
it's been a big weekend!!!!!
here’s a photo of tony abbott coming back to a parking ticket at balmoral this morning pic.twitter.com/rpuVQ5jKId— abraham bloodshack 🏗 (@pleasedontatme) October 21, 2018
― riposte malone (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 21 October 2018 11:31 (five years ago) link
~snif~ it’s beautiful
― My Gig: The Thin Beast (sic), Sunday, 21 October 2018 13:25 (five years ago) link
~magic happens~
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 October 2018 15:26 (five years ago) link
Former head of a union (odd that nobody ever calls it that) is elected by rich voters, the world is upside-down.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Sunday, 21 October 2018 23:56 (five years ago) link
Not exactly a union, more a lobbying organisation for a group of wealthy professionals.
I lived in Wentworth until recently, and it's a bit more mixed than you'd imagine. Up at the Rose Bay/Vaucluse end, yes it's all about extreme wealth, but elsewhere there are plenty of young people renting flats in crappy blocks who are not all millionaires.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 22 October 2018 00:43 (five years ago) link
Who can we get to roll Tony Abbot's smug smirking mug out of Warringah? Who is this Jane Caro lady?
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 22 October 2018 01:27 (five years ago) link
an empty chair would do it tbf
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 22 October 2018 01:29 (five years ago) link
even Rose Bay has some pretty creaky old blocks of flats tbrr
― My Gig: The Thin Beast (sic), Monday, 22 October 2018 01:51 (five years ago) link
Jane is a great advocate for equality in education among other things, iirc.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 22 October 2018 08:40 (five years ago) link
The AMA is a fucking union. So's the Law Society. So are fucking Chambers of Commerce, etc. You pay fees to have a representative body fight for your rights and interests as a worker. They just don't get called unions because they vote Liberal.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Monday, 22 October 2018 22:54 (five years ago) link
Breathtaking list in the comments section of this Guardian op-ed about the Coalition's environmental record:
Prime Minister Tony Abbott16 Sept 2013: Abolishes key ministerial positions of climate change and science 19 Sept 2013: Abolishes the Climate Commission 23 Oct 2013: Denies there is a link between climate change and more severe bush fires and accuses a senior UN official of “talking through their hat” 8 Nov 2013: Abolishes the Antarctic Animal Ethics Committee which ensured research on animals in the Antarctic complies with Australian standards 8 Nov 2013: Cuts 600 jobs at the CSIRO 12 Nov 2013: Abandons Australia’s emission reduction targets 9 Dec 2013: Downgrades national environment laws by giving approval powers to state premiers 9 Dec 2013: Removes the community’s right to challenge decisions where the government has ignored expert advice on threatened species impacts 10 Dec 2013: Approves the largest coal port in the world in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area 11 Dec 2013: Approves Clive Palmer’s mega coal mine in the Galilee Basin which opponents say will severely damage Great Barrier Reef 11 Dec 2013: Overturns the “critically endangered” listing of the Murray Darling Basin 13 Dec 2013: Scraps the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water 13 Dec 2013: Starts dismantling Australia’s world leading marine protection system 17 Dec 2013: Axes funding for animal welfare 17 Dec 2013: Defunds the Environmental Defenders Office which is a network of community legal centres providing free advice on environmental law 17 Dec 2013: Scraps the Home Energy Saver Scheme which helps struggling low income households cut their electricity bills 17 Dec 2013: Cuts funding to the Energy Efficiency Opportunities Programme which makes it mandatory for large energy-using-businesses to improve their efficiency 21 Dec 2013: Requests the delisting of World Heritage status for Tasmanian forests 23 Dec 2013: Breaks his promise to provide a customs vessel to monitor whaling operations in the Southern Ocean 18 Jan 2014: Defunds all international environmental programs, the International Labour Organisation and cuts funding to a range of international aid programs run by NGOs such as Save the Children, Oxfam, CARE Australia and Caritas 21 Jan 2014: Exempts Western Australia from national environment laws to facilitate shark culling 17 Feb 2014: Appoints a climate change skeptic to head a review of our renewable energy target 19 Feb 2014: Blames carbon pricing for the closure of Alcoa smelters and rolling mills and the loss of nearly 1,000 jobs, despite the fact the company states it had no bearing on their decision 28 Feb 2014: Axes funding earmarked to save the Sumatran rhinoceros from extinction 14 March 2014: Cuts hundreds of jobs at the CSIRO 7 Apr 2014: Cuts 480 jobs from the Environment Department which help protect places such as Kakadu, Antarctica and the Great Barrier Reef 13 May 2014: Scraps the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) which was set up to support new and emerging renewable technologies and in doing so breaks an election promise 13 May 2014: Axes industry and community clean energy programs including the Low Emissions Technology Demonstration Fund, the National Low Emission Coal Initiative, Energy Efficiency Programmes, the National Solar Schools Plan, Energy Efficiency Information Grants and Low Carbon Communities 13 May 2014: Cuts Australia’s Animal Welfare Strategy 13 May 2014: Rips a further $111.4 million over four years out of the operating budget of the CSIRO 13 May 2014: Reduces funding to the Australian Institute for Marine Science 13 May 2014: Breaks a promise to have one million more solar roofs across Australia and at least 25 solar towns 13 May 2014: Breaks a promise to spend $2.55 billion on the Emissions Reduction Fund by committing less than half this amount in the budget 13 May 2014: Terminates the Office of Water Science research programme 13 May 2014: Slashes the Biodiversity Fund 13 May 2014: Scraps the National Water Commission 17 Jul 2014: Axes the carbon tax with no viable policy to address climate change or Australia’s emission targets 2 Sept 2014: Repeals the mining tax on the profits of big coal and iron ore companies 7 Oct 2014: Cuts spending on science and innovation to the lowest levels since the data was first published 13 Oct 2014: Describes coal as “good for humanity” while opening a coal mine in Queensland 17 Nov 2014: Refuses to contribute to the fund Green Climate Fund, which Abbott described the year before as “socialism masquerading as environmentalism” 24 Nov 2014: Cuts CSIRO funding, which means that CSIRO will lose 1/5 of its workforce 15 Dec 2014: Cuts the Climate Adaptation Outlook Independent Expert Group 15 Dec 2014: Cuts the Biological Diversity Advisory Committee 15 Dec 2014: Abolishes the Subcommittee on Animal Health Laboratory Standards 15 Dec 2014: Abolishes the Antarctic Science Advisory Committee 15 Dec 2014: Abolishes the Emissions Intensive-Trade Exposed Expert Advisory Committee15 Dec 2014: Disbands the Commonwealth Environmental Water Stakeholder Reference Panel 15 Dec 2014: Abolishes the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water 15 Dec 2014: Abolishes the Bureau of Meteorology Water Accounting Standards Board 15 Dec 2014: Abolishes the National Marine Mammal Scientific Committee 15 Dec 2014: Disbands the National Marine Mammal Advisory Committee 15 Dec 2014: Abolishes the National Landscapes Reference Committee 15 Dec 2014: Abolishes the Technical Advisory Committee for the Coal Mining Abatement Technology Support Package 15 Dec 2014: Abolishes the Marine Council 21 Dec 2014: Appoints a climate skeptic who praised Rupert Murdoch as the “starting point for green innovation” to the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment 12 May 2015: Cuts $12.5 million from the National Heritage Trust 24 Jun 2015: Establishes a Commissioner for Wind Farms 24 Jun 2015: Slashes the renewable energy target 2 Jul 2015: Intense lobbying keeps Great Barrier Reef off JUNSCO’s world heritage in-danger list despite many government decisions which threaten it 12 Jul 2015: Directs the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to stop investing in wind power 12 Jul 2015: Bans the Clean Energy Finance Corporation from investing in roof top solar panels and other small scale solar energy 11 Aug 2015: Reduces Australia’s carbon emissions reduction target 19 Aug 2015: Tries to introduce laws to stop citizens exercising their legal rights to stop big developments that damage the environment
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull16 Oct 2015: Approves Carmichael coal mine 10 Dec 2015: Environment Minister Greg Hunt claims selling India Australian coal will cut carbon emissions 22 Dec 2015: Approves Abbot Point Coal Terminal expansion 28 Jan 2016: Presides over a drop in Australia’s ranking on the Environmental Performance Index of 10 places 28 Feb 2016: Approves logging in Murray Valley National Park 11 Apr 2017: Tries to loan Adani $1 billion to build a railway link to the Carmichael mine and promises to “fix” native title problems 27 Apr 2016: Describes Labor’s emissions trading scheme as “jobs destroying”, a handbrake on the economy, leading to “much higher energy prices.” 25 Oct 2016: Says coal will be important for “many, many decades to come” Oct 31 2016: Seeks changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act to stop conservation groups challenging environmental ministerial decisions 1 Feb 2017: Says “if anyone had a vested interest in showing you that you could do really smart, clean things with coal, it would be us” 3 Feb 2017: Opens $5 billion infrastructure fund for “clean-coal” power stations 3 Feb 2017: Hires Sid Marris, former head of climate and environment at the Minerals Council of Australia, to be his climate and energy adviser 9 Feb 2017: Scott Morrison brings a lump of coal to question time and says “This is coal. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be scared.” 13 Feb 2017: Ignores advice that renewable energy was not to blame for South Australian blackouts 01 March 2017: Oversees 3.4% rise in emissions within 12 months and 7.5% increase since the Abbott-Turnbull government scrapped the carbon price 31 May 2017: Diverts funds from Clean Energy Finance Corporation to fund coal with carbon capture and storage 7 Jul 2017: Stops releasing pollution data that used to be announced on a quarterly basis 14 Aug 2017: Attacks South Australian renewable energy policy as “ideology and idiocy in equal measure” 5 Sept 2017: Lobbies AGL to delay closure of ageing Liddell coal power station for another five years 17 Oct 2017: Dumps Clean Energy Target 13 Dec 2017: Plans to reduce environmental spending to less than 60% of 2013-2014 budget 19 Dec 2017: Data released in the week before Christmas shows highest greenhouse gas emissions on record when land use change emissions excluded 19 Dec 2017: This data shows emissions increasing to 2030 and beyond 19 Dec 2017: Declares climate policies are a big success 19 Dec 2017: Climate policy review loosens the safeguard mechanism that sets limits on pollution 6 Mar 2018: Government fails to list a single piece of critical habitat for protection despite 1800 species and ecological communities being identified as threatened in Australia 27 Jun 2018: Backs Pauline Hanson’s motion for new coal-fired power stations 18 Jul 2018: Turnbull’s signature emissions reduction policy, the National Energy Guarantee, described as having ‘no benefit’ to emissions 31 Jul 2018: Personally approves $443m fund for Great Barrier Reef Foundation, an organisation with ties to BHP, Shell and Peabody Energy 20 Aug 1018: Removes emissions reduction target from National Energy Guarantee
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 23:11 (five years ago) link
fucking hell
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 23:31 (five years ago) link
I would be more than happy if every lib/nat knuckledragger on climate change had to fight off a determined independent. Where can I sign up to help?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/24/anyone-but-nats-rural-figures-come-out-against-barnaby-joyce-and-nationals
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 03:27 (five years ago) link
the acid's kicking in
1 minute of Tony Abbott today #auspol pic.twitter.com/LhB8FBwJru— Gavin Harlow (@HarlowGavin) October 24, 2018
― riposte malone (King Boy Pato), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 09:38 (five years ago) link
by now i am 100% convinced he has some level of brain damage/injury, and i don’t mean that in a disparaging way, i mean there are too many things he does for which the only explanation is a breakdown in processing
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 25 October 2018 10:22 (five years ago) link
^^ see list above
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 25 October 2018 11:51 (five years ago) link
remember he was widely disparaged within his own party for being a giant weirdo before he became PM
― She Bang My Tight Tie (sic), Thursday, 25 October 2018 14:15 (five years ago) link
the main thing that scares me about the list above is that it's all the bad shit they've done ONLY on climate change, and that somewhere there's a full 4,000 page list of every single nasty thing those fucks have done
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 25 October 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link
I’m pretty sure the lists on immigration and indigenous affairs would bothe be longer and nastier.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:30 (five years ago) link
Why is there a small corner of WA with its own Timezone 45 minutes ahead of he rest of the state?
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 2 November 2018 00:28 (five years ago) link
I had no idea! It's (unofficially) set half way between Central and Western times, apparently.https://www.howderfamily.com/blog/australias-weird-little-time-zone/
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Friday, 2 November 2018 00:36 (five years ago) link
Huh. I never knew about that. Funny to read this just now as I was literally just looking at a map of the NSW/QLD border and being suprised that the border cuts Coolangatta airport clean in half.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 2 November 2018 00:38 (five years ago) link
thank you for your service, champ
Landmark changes to the way our nation pays respect to our war veterans will be announced today by @ScottMorrisonMP. They're to get priority boarding on Virgin Australia flights with a special acknowledgement to thank them for their service, before planes takeoff. #7News pic.twitter.com/7FxwxzfXjQ— 7 News Sydney (@7NewsSydney) November 3, 2018
― riposte malone (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 3 November 2018 22:57 (five years ago) link
get absolutely fucked
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 3 November 2018 23:43 (five years ago) link
sooner that piece of shit locks itself in a racist broom cupboard the better
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 3 November 2018 23:44 (five years ago) link
oh ffs
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Sunday, 4 November 2018 01:45 (five years ago) link
Hopefully this will go down as well as Abbott’s knights and dames scheme
― badg, Sunday, 4 November 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
Real talk: would Prince Philip get priority over veterans?
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 4 November 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
can’t wait for the crying from all the other groups who want recognition for being on a plane (homophobic lobbyists, males under siege by ~women~, “it’s okay to be white” cardholders)
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 4 November 2018 20:52 (five years ago) link
We Hate To Govern! (The ScoMoBus)
as terrible as this guy is, it's also fucking hilarious
― riposte malone (King Boy Pato), Monday, 5 November 2018 09:14 (five years ago) link
Hopefully this will go down as well as Abbott’s knights and dames schemeFantastically, it didn’t last 24 hours. Abbott couldn’t even have given a racist plane the keys to the city in that time.
― Sing The Mighty Beat (sic), Monday, 5 November 2018 10:31 (five years ago) link
got THREE (3) spam letters from the neo-nazi party today, all moaning about communist dan and his ~being nice~ policies
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 07:58 (five years ago) link
I think dan is now a Maoist, or at least that’s what the bolt report wants us to think. (I’m in the airport and I can’t find an off button for the TV, at least the sound isn’t on)
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 08:17 (five years ago) link
Why the fuck is Clive Palmer advertising on sky news and not in prison?
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 08:25 (five years ago) link
Andrew bolt’s side parting toupee is not very convincing.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 08:31 (five years ago) link
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the answer to all your questions is either (a) rupert murdoch or (b) australia
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 08:41 (five years ago) link
got THREE (3) spam letters from the neo-nazi party today, all moaning about communist dan and his ~being nice~ policiesseven in two days, what the actual fuck
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 8 November 2018 07:49 (five years ago) link
and the envelopes are plain on the outside, so essentially neo-nazis are trojan horsing their way into our home
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 8 November 2018 07:50 (five years ago) link
melbourne full of “NOT HAPPY DAN” billboards without any direct accreditation or even a policy position. turns out they’re paid for by cashed-up gun lobbyists. this vic election campaign is going to be fuuuuuuuuucked.
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 11 November 2018 09:12 (five years ago) link
Derryn Hinch continues to fascinate me
We are with @drkerrynphelps and @JimmyBarnes for #KidsOffNauru pic.twitter.com/ohOQ5Pw7WK— ASRC (@ASRC1) November 27, 2018
What are his flaws?
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 00:16 (five years ago) link
Repeatedly breaking the law re ongoing court cases on air while drunk
― Bing The Mighty Seat (sic), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 00:59 (five years ago) link
Being given a new liver when hes a screaming alcoholic is probably a contender also.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 02:25 (five years ago) link
also: v shouty
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 02:51 (five years ago) link
Being partly responsible for the whole preference whispering phenomenon
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 05:19 (five years ago) link
he's calmed right down, seems to sit somewhere in the centre now (although this week he was blaming dan andrews for the libs setting that $2bn time bomb just before they got voted out in 2014)
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 08:07 (five years ago) link
I reckon Hinch only looks calm in context (the freaking Senate of Australia!!!!)
― riposte malone (King Boy Pato), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 02:50 (five years ago) link
Billy Nomates
PM Scott Morrison during the ongoing debate on amendments to the encryption laws @AmyRemeikis @GuardianAus @murpharoo #politicslive https://t.co/tj67JpI7ls pic.twitter.com/TTj694uIBh— Mikearoo (@mpbowers) December 6, 2018
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 6 December 2018 01:31 (five years ago) link