The Australian Zeitgeist Tracking Thread

^^ see list above

remember he was widely disparaged within his own party for being a giant weirdo before he became PM

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

I’m pretty sure the lists on immigration and indigenous affairs would bothe be longer and nastier.

Why is there a small corner of WA with its own Timezone 45 minutes ahead of he rest of the state?

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/

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.

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

get absolutely fucked

sooner that piece of shit locks itself in a racist broom cupboard the better

oh ffs

Hopefully this will go down as well as Abbott’s knights and dames scheme

Real talk: would Prince Philip get priority over veterans?

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)

We Hate To Govern! (The ScoMoBus)

as terrible as this guy is, it's also fucking hilarious

Hopefully this will go down as well as Abbott’s knights and dames scheme

Fantastically, it didn’t last 24 hours. Abbott couldn’t even have given a racist plane the keys to the city in that time.

got THREE (3) spam letters from the neo-nazi party today, all moaning about communist dan and his ~being nice~ policies

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)

Why the fuck is Clive Palmer advertising on sky news and not in prison?

Andrew bolt’s side parting toupee is not very convincing.

Why the fuck is Clive Palmer advertising on sky news and not in prison?

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 19:25 (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the answer to all your questions is either (a) rupert murdoch or (b) australia

got THREE (3) spam letters from the neo-nazi party today, all moaning about communist dan and his ~being nice~ policies

seven in two days, what the actual fuck

and the envelopes are plain on the outside, so essentially neo-nazis are trojan horsing their way into our home

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.

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?

Repeatedly breaking the law re ongoing court cases on air while drunk

Being given a new liver when hes a screaming alcoholic is probably a contender also.

also: v shouty

Being partly responsible for the whole preference whispering phenomenon

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)

I reckon Hinch only looks calm in context (the freaking Senate of Australia!!!!)

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

Can we have Frydenburg spayed and then taxidermied?

On the plus side, these clowns are on holiday, on the minus side we're still in child torture the business. Fuck all these clowns.

Still in the child torture business, no longer in the “having an internet” business

I’m still pre-nbn and I miss my water damaged Comcast connection from Pittsburgh. Having an internet is not something that has happened to me in Australia.

Also didn’t they give up on passing the delete the internet bill so they could keep child torture?

I mean they could have worked after 4:30 and had both but who would get in the way of an Aussie summer.

Nope, Labor shit the bed. Passed the security laws, held over the asylum seeker changes to next year.

The last week had me almost ready to consider voting Labor first or second for the first time next year. What a fucking waste of a skerrick of hope for reform, they’re back down to just above male Libs now.

agreed, what is the fucking point honestly

it’s almost like they’re all there exclusively to rort the system

Labor never met an ethical challenge they couldn't fuck up.

Also tonight, got polled by robot and asked who would get my first preference: "press 1 for the liberal party, press 2 for the liberal party"
I imagine this poll was paid for by the Liberal Party, and organised with their usual shitwittery. Bear thi

Argh fuck

bill shorten totally fucking things up? never saw it coming

Looks as though they finally got this cunt: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/australian-court-convicts-once-powerful-vatican-official-on-sex-abuse-related-charges/2018/12/12/da0d909c-fe20-11e8-a17e-162b712e8fc2_story.html?utm_term=.afb4b2a9a21b

Even though it can't even be reported here, ffs.

real normal prime minister

#auspol story of 2019: our latest PM (ScoMo) had nice white shoes photoshopped onto his feet for his official https://t.co/eXNtcX7xTa site?! Yup. Regular bloke. Our tax dollars hard at work. #shoegate pic.twitter.com/kA0gG0yy9L

— luxe (@lukerhn) January 8, 2019

still kind of amazed his schtick ISN'T going down well, given how stupid the Australian electorate has revealed itself to be

I mean, a gurning turd in a series of baseball caps doing a perpetual thumbs-up is about their level