Australian Politics thread [merged]

[Andyy]

Sure do. They don't take off like this unless the weather is ripe though.

Personally I think we should have huge prison sentences for lighting fires like this. If people die it should be manslaughter. Elsewise 10+ years for lighting a fire.

Anyone who gets a hard on for lighting them should be told to come forward so they can be watched every summer, elsewise the excuse of being mentally stuffed up and getting a stiffy over fires doesn't count for Jack.

[one-eyed]

Australia Talks

The intimate survey revealed that:

• A third of Aussies often have “difficulty making ends meet”

• Just under 50 per cent think it is OK to smack children

• 48 per cent think our economy will be worse in the next few years

• 84 per cent believe climate change is real and think action should be taken

• 82 per cent of Australians think indigenous people face discrimination

• 18 to 24-year-olds and people over 75 are having the least sex out of any age groups

• 45 per cent agree there are more than two genders

• 43 per cent agree January 26 is the wrong day to celebrate Australia Day

• 90 per cent think big businesses care more about profit than what’s best for Australia

• 90 per cent think politicians will lie if the truth will hurt them politically

• 93 per cent think Australians should show more respect to each other

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AUSTRALIA’S MOST DIVISIVE ISSUE

Of all the questions people were asked, one came out on top as the issue causing the biggest split in opinion.

Those who took the survey were asked whether they agree or disagree with the statement: “Australia Day should not be celebrated on January 26”.

The answers leaned more towards agree but only slightly, with 43 per cent agreeing with the statement and 40 per cent disagreeing.

From these numbers 28 per cent strongly agreed and 30 per cent strongly disagreed.

The second most divisive issue facing Australians is whether there are more than two genders.

From the survey, 45 per cent of Australians agreed there are more than two genders, while 38 per cent disagreed.

The third most divisive issue came when people were asked whether the decline of the traditional family has made Australia worse.

Forty six per cent of people thought that the decline in the traditional family had impacted Australia in a negative way, while 37 per cent disagreed.

Of this, 21 per cent strongly agreed and 19 per cent strongly disagreed.

Around 14 per cent chose to stay neutral on the topic and three per cent said they didn’t know.

For a full description of the survey methodology, click here.

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/current-affairs/australia-talks-survey-gives-insight-into-our-lives-and-the-issues-dividing-us/news-story/3daf89a44abf1bba31e7d8be55d77f3f

[Rampsation]

Catastrophic bushfires in spring.

But climate change is crap apparently haha

ARSONISTS deliberately lighting fires is not climate change.

[WilliamPowell]

Catastrophic bushfires in spring.

But climate change is crap apparently haha

ARSONISTS deliberately lighting fires is not climate change.

And not all the fires burning in NSW or QLD were deliberately lit. think by last reports it was 2 that were

How do you explain the rest?

Worst drought in decades, Earth is getting hotter year on year... Climate Change is real

the damage it is causing is open to debate

But to deny like many of our esteemed morons in the various Parliaments around the country are is totally irresponsible and gutless

[Francois Jackson]

Catastrophic bushfires in spring.

But climate change is crap apparently haha

ARSONISTS deliberately lighting fires is not climate change.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/arson-mischief-and-recklessness-87-per-cent-of-fires-are-man-made-20191117-p53bcl.html

200 fires deemed suspiscious, 60 people questioned.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGkYvjaFLwY

[mightytiges]

More fires are started by accidental sparks than deliberately by arsonists.

Nevertheless, it's the climate conditions though that enable the spread of these fires and give them their intensity. That's what the fire services are concerned about. The fire season is lengthening and they are struggling more and more to contain fires as the climate conditions worsen over time.

Of course our clueless pollies keep their head in the sand. But what should we expect when only about 4 of them (out of around 230 in federal parliament) have any STEM qualifications. They are totally unqualified and lack the knowledge and understanding needed to handle the issue. But hey, let's keep the status quo of doing nothing and offer more "thoughts and prayers" instead .

[1965]

Medevac law has been repealed only because Jacqui Lambie has done a secret deal with ScoMo and Mathias.


My guess is that the New Zealand resettlement offer will be taken up but only after the USA resettlement deal is finalised.


The Government, and rightly so, don't trust Trump not to renege on the deal.


 

[mightytiges]

The media are claiming the deal involves NZ resettlement but that would go against everything this federal government has said in the past about allowing it (i.e. claiming it would be a backdoor way into Australia for people smugglers).

[mightytiges]

Glad I'm not in Sydney.

[Damo]

People keep banging on about climate change

Australia contributes stuff all to this problem .. the idiot protestors etc should get on a plane to Beijing and focus their crap there

China causes more pollution in a day that Australia in a year .. anyone thinking Aussies can fix this issue is in fantasy land

[WilliamPowell]

 But aren't we responsible for what we can control? What is ours?

Isn't it incumbent on us to ensure the sustainability of the Great Barrier Reef, Daintree, Kakadu, 12 Apostles etc for generations to come?

[Diocletian]

The 11 remaining apostles are doomed regardless of climate change... even little St.Greta can't hold back the tides and stop the wind with her magical autistic superpowers....

[1965]

The 11 remaining apostles are doomed regardless of climate change... even little St.Greta can't hold back the tides and stop the wind with her magical autistic superpowers....

Words

[Diocletian]

Deep...

[Francois Jackson]

But aren't we responsible for what we can control? What is ours?

Isn't it incumbent on us to ensure the sustainability of the Great Barrier Reef, Daintree, Kakadu, 12 Apostles etc for generations to come?

So follow st greta's lead and stop driving a car, catching a plane, using gas/air con etc

if not then with respect to the climate change lovers shut the stuff up.

at least she has stopped doing a lot of those things so kudos to her. from what i know and have read anyway