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I wonder what their reaction would be if you are running Graphene OS and you gave them the duress PIN.
I wonder what their reaction would be if you are running Graphene OS and you gave them the duress PIN.
Probably overkill but I still run an old x86 office PC I picked up cheap in an auction. Currently running Linux mint + Kodi. Really like the Kore phone app to control it.
Straight from the fuckwits page here: https://minister.dcceew.gov.au/bowen/media-releases/joint-media-release-new-vehicle-efficiency-standard-tailored-australia
Recategorising a limited number of 4WDs from passenger car to light commercial vehicle. This acknowledges that some off-road wagons use similar ladder-frame chassis, and need comparable towing capacity above 3 tonnes, to dual cab utes. This includes models such as the Toyota Landcruiser and Nissan Patrol;
Land cruiser and patrol? Oh fuck off. They are primarily used as soccer mum taxis in urban areas.
Apparently Bowen’s job title shouldn’t be taken as first thought. The “Minister for Climate Change and Energy” actually means the minister for causing further climate change rather than preventing it.
We know the liberal party have been itching to do this for a while now. Scummo mentioned it in the last days before the election.
No doubt it’s happening next time the liberal party gets in.
As if it isn’t enough that they transfer tax dollars to established real estate owners, they will transfer super balances to them as well.
I’m not sure the families living in tents and cars will agree with you.
Perhaps you aren’t aware that we have a housing crisis in Australia.
Record low rental vacancies. Housing is too expensive and scarce for people on median incomes.
The people we import typically have enough money to displace those who don’t. Those who don’t end up homeless. Our politicians don’t give a fuck as many own multiple investment properties.
Excellent news for the economy, and by the economy I mean “rich people’s yachts”
Dear peasants who don’t own real estate,
fuck you, got mine.
Sincerely, Politicians
It’s not about blaming the immigrants themselves, it’s the rate at which the government has chosen to bring them in. We can’t build housing at anywhere near that rate to accommodate them.
All that happens is those at the bottom end of the socioeconomic spectrum end up not being able to get a rental and living in their car or a tent.
Those in the next few rungs up end up with reduced standard of living also. Meanwhile the 1% laugh at us losers calling each other names and squabbling amongst ourselves instead of pointing the pitchforks at those who orchestrate it.
We have been in a per capita recession for ages. The govt avoids a technical recession with mass immigration.
Think of “the economy” as “rich people’s yachts” next time you hear a politician or bobble headed reporter talking about something (like immigration) being good for the economy.
Can’t quite remember. I seem to recall WFH becoming important, and not being able to travel interstate or overseas easily. Also house prices dipped for a bit until the govt over corrected with a shower of money.
What was it that caused all that again?
That period during 2020 was the first time in ages I’d felt positive about the economy. Due to the immigration tap being turned off demand in my industry increased and pay and conditions got better.
After Labor decided to open the immigration flood gates, the shoe is obviously on the other foot again as far as employer vs employee relationships go. Pay has flat lined and conditions like WFH are getting wound back. Thank you Labor for living up to your liberal lite™ tag.
The coalition will need to improve their double speak if they are to appeal to both the working class outer suburbanites and their elite business lobby donors. The two groups have polar opposite political wants.
For at least the past 40 years the coalition have waged a vicious class war against anyone not in the top percentiles of wealth. I doubt they are seriously considering changing course there.
Yup, have some relatives who live in the outer burbs of Perth and they get worse speeds on turdbulls fibre to the node mess than they did on ADSL . They are considering 5g and musk net at present. Thanks Malcolm!
Meanwhile I’m pretty happy with gigabit fibre to the home for $100 a month. The low upload speed of 50MB/s still has me scratching my head.
We tax income — wages — massively. Wealth and assets? Lightly.
Ironic given the LNP’s comments about lifters and learners. If you are sitting back leaning with wealth, you pay fuck all tax. If you (lift) work for a living you pay through the nose.
All the hot air about stage 3 tax cuts would have been better saved for a debate on negative gearing, capital gains tax discounts and broad based land taxes. Can’t shift land offshore to dodge tax.
Could do, but likely won’t. The voters punished Labor when shorten mentioned policies that maybe might have started making houses more affordable.
Personally i think CGT discounts should never have been a thing. Negative gearing should only have been for new builds and with a time limit of say 10 years.
Short of a time traveling assassination of John Howard I don’t think we can easily unfuck the last few decades of bad policy.
I very much doubt the fediverse is in anyway representative of mainstream Australia.
Yes the road toll from emissions is thought to be higher than from crashes. https://www.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/4498161/Expert-Position-Statement_Vehicle-emissions_FINAL.pdf
Not sure if that message resonates with the average land cruiser driver though.
They certainly need to be banned from urban areas.
On the list of things i don’t want within a few km of my kids, diesel fumes are next on the list after pedos and just above organised religion.
Ironically it was when the stock android upgrade on my pixel 7 completely bricked my phone (due to the multiple user profiles bug) that I decided to jump in to Graphene head first.
Compared to my experience running random ROMs on Samsungs back in the era of galaxy note 1 to 4, Graphene installer was so easy!