im really not in the mood to explain it to you, im not for consultants, fuck no and i'm for the ndis, but the rorts farkAhhh the Kool-Aid is strong in this one.
Yeah like they don’t shop or spend.
Fucking police, ambos, nurses, firies, the list goes on. Leaches on society.
Sorry Benjamin but you crack me up.
Mine - The Rolling Stones Saturday 17 February, 1973 afternoon show. I was 12 years old.Random discussion thread here, right?
What was your first ever live gig?
Mine was in March 1981 at the West Runton Pavillion on the North Norfolk coast in the UK & I'd just turned 16. It was in the the days before noise restrictions.
Something of a baptism of fire:
It was the first venue on the "No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith" tour, but the sound quality wasn't good enough to make it onto the album.
My ears were ringing for days afterwards & I always wore earplugs at gigs after that, not that it was the loudest band I ever saw live. That would be a toss-up between Girlschool, Slade or Hawkwind (all at the same venue).
The last ever live concert at West Runton Pavillion before it was demolished was Motorhead.
They cranked-up everything so loud, that they blew the local power sub-station.![]()
Fire-fightersthrough in the fuckin ndis rort/rorts and the amount of public sector workers that are doing sweet fuck all and we are fucked, people forget that public sector workers dont reallyyy contribute to the fuckin economy
none.Fire-fighters
Police
SES - only critical staff. Mainly volunteers
Marine Rescue - only critical staff. Many volunteers
Rescue helicopters and staff
Doctors ( public hospital)
Nurses
Cooks in hospitals
Cleaners of all public amenities and buildings
Maintenance staff of public amenities
Gardeners ( public amenities)
Electricians ( public anenities)
Concretors( public amenities)
Carpenters( public amenities)
Metalworking ( public amenities)
School teachers
School admin staff
University staff
TAFEs
Navy
Military
Air Force
Border Control - yeah fair enough. Fuck them off. We don't need them seed thieves
Park rangers
Meteorologists
Social security staff - especially the ones that provide my daughters Disability Pension. Some of them pay us or our parents Old Age Pension.
Tax office staff - see Border ControlImmigration staff
Special Forces
Medicare
Veterans Affairs
Hearing Services
Roads
Maritime
Birth Certificates
Post office
Passports
I.T. staff/programmers
Judicial staff ( judges, lawyers, admin). And the people that pay our daily allowance if called up for jury duty)
Jury duty
Garbage collection.
Politicians.
Not including the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who support public services every single day in order to keep the country running
Yeah. Nah.
Aside from Politicians, most of these workers contribute plenty to society.
I approve of cutting waste.
But which services do you want to see cut?
I saw your reply after I had written out most of my message. It was alreasy too detailed to deletenone.
just completely ignored my explanation?
we are sitting pretty fuckin good at the moment
Ukraine has gone into parts of Russia in recent times. Russia has nuclear weapons.Poland and Germany are now seriously looking at options for nuclear weapons
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France and the UK have nuclear weapons. One needs the US to use them
As the early days of Donald Trump's second presidency up-ends established norms, Europe is contemplating what it might mean for their defence and nuclear arsenals.www.abc.net.au
Should Australia now be looking at our own nuclear weapons? ( I.e. separate to the AUKUS nuclear submarine plan)
NO COUNTRY WITH ( active) NUCLEAR WEAPONS HAS EVER BEEN INVADED.
Makes for a very compelling argument
Sure. But it's really a pushback to the invasion in Ukraine. Backed into a corner they either fight back or perish.Ukraine has gone into parts of Russia in recent times. Russia has nuclear weapons.
Ah yes, a tale as old as time itself. Funny - it's always the Sydney dudes.@Sun Ra
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Border Force employee alleged double agent for drug dealer
An Australian Border Force employee has been arrested after allegedly working as a double agent for a drug dealer and conspiring to import nearly 7kg of cocaine into Australia.thenightly.com.au
Since when did you become a military & international strategist, quoting age-old motivationals?Send in the drones.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.