The Random Discussion / Argument Thread

[Goonie Goat]

What about Family First? A bunch of Ultra-Conservative Bible-Bashing nut-jobs imo.

So put One Nation and Trumpet of Parrots above them ?

Yeah they were somewhere after independents and marijuana party. Means fuck all anyway

 

[Abnormal÷curiosity]

What about Family First? A bunch of Ultra-Conservative Bible-Bashing nut-jobs imo.

Is it me or people who go on about the most are always guilty like back in the day tjere was always tjst one kid who's only insults would be calling people diff versions of gsy thay kid always turned out to be in the closet so tjere religious people are doing it like behind closed doors I bet anything goes

 

[Abnormal÷curiosity]

I dot even know how to vote I forgot

 

[Goonie Goat]

I dot even know how to vote I forgot

I think its fucked too.

I don't understand why you have a choice to register to vote even though voting is compulsory.. i didn't want to vote either but they send a fine out if you don't.

 

[SAW]

You don’t have to vote, just get your name ticked off.

Vote below the line.
So voter determines where individual preferences go, instead of backgroom deals deciding for us

It would be nice if in the HOR it was a minimum of two to mark, so your vote would exhaust before the final two major parties. Then they’d take their job seriously. As it is currently you have to choose one or the other.

 

[Abnormal÷curiosity]

I think its fucked too.

I don't understand why you have a choice to register to vote even though voting is compulsory.. i didn't want to vote either but they send a fine out if you don't.

I got enrolled sutomaticly or I think idk I don't remeber ever being fined tho what happe s if u don't pay fines do u go to jail or do thay just take Ur license cause I can't drive anyway

 

[Sun Ra]

I think its fucked too.

I don't understand why you have a choice to register to vote even though voting is compulsory.. i didn't want to vote either but they send a fine out if you don't.

It's a better system than elsewhere, like USA - the fine ain't much and you always have the informal dick and balls option.

 

[benn0]

I got enrolled sutomaticly or I think idk I don't remeber ever being fined tho what happe s if u don't pay fines do u go to jail or do thay just take Ur license cause I can't drive anyway

How old are you? Are you young?
I know schools now push voter enrollment forms and also tax file number forms onto students in class and use their school enrollment information to verify their identity.
There are heaps of people out there that have never enrolled and never voted, secret is if you don't enroll they can't fine you. Despite the law saying voting is compulsory, only after you've enrolled apparently lol
Allegedly there's been thought from some federal governments of going after the roughly 10% that isn't enrolled. Also back 10 years ago there was a huge number of young people not enrolled but they either didn't go after them because it was illegal or they thought it would disincentivize them to even participate, dno.

 

[Sun Ra]

How old are you? Are you young?
I know schools now push voter enrollment forms and also tax file number forms onto students in class and use their school enrollment information to verify their identity.
There are heaps of people out there that have never enrolled and never voted, secret is if you don't enroll they can't fine you. Despite the law saying voting is compulsory, only after you've enrolled apparently lol
Allegedly there's been thought from some federal governments of going after the roughly 10% that isn't enrolled. Also back 10 years ago there was huge number of young voters not enrolled but they either didn't go after them because it was illegal or they thought it would disincentivize them to even participate.

This is true. Also applies to tax. A friend of mine's dad was a carpenter who never voted nor payed tax.

Not sure about the TFN stuff though ....

 

[Rabbitlicker]

Apply for a postal vote, rip the forms to shreds & send it back to them in the "Registered" return envelope. Officially, you've voted.

Brought to you by the Civil Disobedience Party.

 

[SAW]

Yep, only compulsory to vote if enrolled.
I’m happy to pay tax. Nothings perfect but I like the benefits.
Actually the benefits are a bargain.
The other option just isn’t worth considering, unless I had legal access to an assault rifle.

 

[Sun Ra]

Meet the woman who turned female votes into political dynamite

In 1972 an Australian woman could not even open a bank account without the backing of a man. This is the inside story of how a group of feminists forced political change.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Goonie Goat]

How old are you? Are you young?
I know schools now push voter enrollment forms and also tax file number forms onto students in class and use their school enrollment information to verify their identity.
There are heaps of people out there that have never enrolled and never voted, secret is if you don't enroll they can't fine you. Despite the law saying voting is compulsory, only after you've enrolled apparently lol
Allegedly there's been thought from some federal governments of going after the roughly 10% that isn't enrolled. Also back 10 years ago there was a huge number of young people not enrolled but they either didn't go after them because it was illegal or they thought it would disincentivize them to even participate, dno.

In nsw they just automatically sign you up if you don't enroll. Might take a few years but that's the way it goes.

 

[Rabbitlicker]

Yep, only compulsory to vote if enrolled.
I’m happy to pay tax. Nothings perfect but I like the benefits.
Actually the benefits are a bargain.
The other option just isn’t worth considering, unless I had legal access to an assault rifle.

Two things:

1. Legal ownership of an "assault weapon" (I won't go into the intricacies of this) was removed from the Australian public following the Port Arthur massacre. Martin Bryant ruined it for others.

2. They're inaccurate & only intended for spraying bullets around indiscriminately at short range on a battlefield to suppress the enemy. The two idiots that tried to shoot Trump had pathetically poor rifles.

If you want to resolve your petty differences with a neighbour via the use of automatic firepower, then the good ol' US of A is where you want to be.

If you want to save the world with a single shot, then you need a good quality firearm & good quality ammunition & do it from a long distance. Only a Professional would know how.

I wax lyrical.....

 

[Sun Ra]

Two things:

1. Legal ownership of an "assault weapon" (I won't go into the intricacies of this) was removed from the Australian public following the Port Arthur massacre. Martin Bryant ruined it for others.

2. They're inaccurate & only intended for spraying bullets around indiscriminately at short range on a battlefield to suppress the enemy. The two idiots that tried to shoot Trump had pathetically poor rifles.

If you want to resolve your petty differences with a neighbour via the use of automatic firepower, then the good ol' US of A is where you want to be.

If you want to save the world with a single shot, then you need a good quality firearm & good quality ammunition & do it from a long distance. Only a Professional would know how.

I wax lyrical.....

Poison is always an option and it's the go to choice of woman so here's hoping Melania gives it a go.

One way out of the marriage and she'd get a better payout than the pre-nup she signed.

A fentanyl martini perhaps ?

 

[Harry bootlace]

anyone who gets a fine for not voting.
send them an email explaining you have social anxiety and couldn’t leave the house.
they will forgive the fine.
or pay it. it’s $20 or something stupid.

 

[med180]

Originally you could only enrol if you were an Australian citizen and had a permanent place of residence, whenever a letter asking me to sign up chased me down, I'd circle that point and write homeless and send it back. They changed the rule about 20 years ago so the homeless were allowed to vote.

 

[benn0]

In nsw they just automatically sign you up if you don't enroll. Might take a few years but that's the way it goes.

Dunno then because I know of 2 New South Welshpeople that aren't enrolled. They said they have gotten letters but never got enrolled or forced, ones younger than me and others older.