maniacalmanicmania

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Housing, we all know in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 2 points 9 hours ago

The way back to affordability is 10-20 years of marginal house price growth, to enable housing to come into line with long term trends. Fluctuations that are radical pose radical problems for politics. So they opt for the sustained. This is what I think Australia's (and others) future housing comes down to the (continued) debasement of currency through broad (stealth) taxation.

Is this what you support or this you're description of current policy?

I suspect voting preferences will swing around the late 30s quite bad :-/

Pardon?

A minority Labor government could be truly progressive – and the conservatives know it | Lenore Taylor in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago

State by-election in Feb.

A minority Labor government could be truly progressive – and the conservatives know it | Lenore Taylor in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Speaking of unforgiveable, do you know why Labor didn't stand in Prahran earlier this year?

Council votes again to dump public EV fast charging station after TV news report in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 11 points 5 days ago

I move a motion to rename Capricorn Coast to Cooker Coast.

Security without submarines: the military strategy Australia should pursue instead of AUKUS in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago

I found this recent video by Puck Nielsen pretty enlightening.

Why exactly are STIs spreading more and more across Australia? in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago

Only until they are extinct which shouldn't be too far off now.

Liberal Party drops 'diss track' aimed at Labor in c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone
[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

This video is by SBS News. I don't know if any video shipped with the track. Didn't look further into it.

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Liberal Party drops 'diss track' aimed at Labor (files.catbox.moe)
 

From SBS News YouTube channel:

The Liberal Party has released a 'diss track' titled Leaving Labor, urging voters to reject Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party in the upcoming federal election.

Set against a heavy beat, an unnamed artist calls out the soaring costs of groceries, rent, and everyday essentials in the minute-long rap song.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton admitted he had not listened to the song before its release.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese responded by saying Labor will not be releasing their own diss track.

Rightwing lobby group Advance says it makes ‘no apology’ for support given to anti-Greens groups in c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone
[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

Lots of locals who'd fund this.

'A lifetime of disasters': Young protester interrupts PM's major announcement in c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone
[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

When you protest against ALP you inform low-information voters (which are the majority, by the way) that both parties are the same as regards climate change.

Can you back up both claims in this statement with any studies, sources etc?

Choking during sex: many young people mistakenly believe it can be done safely, our study shows in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

the study design is very dodgy

How so?

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Choking during sex: many young people mistakenly believe it can be done safely, our study shows (theconversation.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60635674

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Australia sees nearly 40% decline in plastic pollution along major city coastlines (www.independent.co.uk)
 

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/24199717

Thousands in Spain join nationwide march to protest against housing crisis in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You left where and where are you now?

Menthol cigarettes banned and every stick to hold a warning [CW: gross cancer pics] in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Warning: clicking the link to this article will show some gross pictures. If yo're not used to seeing images like this for whatever reason watch out.

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'Won't back down': Inside the anti-wind farm crusade threatening Australian Labor seats (www.abc.net.au)
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/20190657

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We found the only kangaroo that doesn’t hop – and it can teach us how roos evolved their quirky gait (theconversation.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/20941256

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Climate activists to plead not guilty en masse under NSW’s controversial anti-protest laws (www.theguardian.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/19624480

Rising Tide campaigners were arrested at Newcastle’s coal port in late 2024 after using kayaks and rafts to protest at facility

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Australian defence force officer stripped of security clearance over loyalty to Israel (www.theguardian.com)
 

I've been busy with work and haven't been following the news. I didn't see mention of this here. I saw it mentioned in Police and synagogue attendees shaken to the core by democracy. There is a follow up piece Officer stripped of security clearance over Israel loyalty still in Australian defence force.

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Japanese Yakuza leader admits trying to sell nuclear material to DEA agents posing as Iranian generals (www.middleeasteye.net)
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Israel to close Dublin embassy after Ireland supports ICJ genocide petition (www.theguardian.com)
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Sydney University academics pursued for speaking out against Gaza atrocities (michaelwest.com.au)
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A few Zionist colleagues of mine at the University of Sydney are currently trying to take me and fellow staff member John Keane to the Human Rights Commission for racial vilification, because we have dared to oppose this genocide. It’s classic ‘lawfare’, and it’s based on the baseless and absurd argument that when we say ‘Zionists’, we actually – so they tell us – mean ‘Jews’. We are, they claim, toxic antisemites.

If that’s what they thought, they could have come to my office at the university to talk about it. I would have bought them coffee, and made it clear just how far from the truth this is. Instead, they went direct to the Human Rights Commission, making a complaint that miraculously turned up on the front page of The Australian before it had even been acknowledged by the AHRC itself.

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