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8 months ago@whybird @skribe @ajsadauskas @eatham @unionagainstdhmo As someone said the other day - let’s go for the existing Wattle Day on 1 September!
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@whybird @skribe @ajsadauskas @eatham @unionagainstdhmo As someone said the other day - let’s go for the existing Wattle Day on 1 September!
@skribe @ajsadauskas @eatham @unionagainstdhmo Could always be moved.
@ajsadauskas @eatham @unionagainstdhmo I think 9 May, when federal parliament first met in 1901. It’s the right year, and more convenient than 1 Jan.
@ajsadauskas @kowcop @naevaTheRat Everyone loves talking about trains. :)
@ajsadauskas @pluralistic @technology Needs to be nationalised; or more precisely, converted to a non-profit body.