u/Fairbsy

It's amazing how "tax the billionaires and megacorps" suddenly becomes communism hey.

Absolutely ludicrous. Can you even define communism?

The comment we're all discussing is "It's a good thing One Nation and the Nationals actively campaign against the reality of climate science and the risk/ preparedness we must face from extreme weather events like floods. Otherwise, they might start to realise that it could be life-threatening to anyone, anywhere."

I'd hardly compare that to the depths the far-right sink to.

Nothing is off limits to the far-right. I'm not going to clutch pearls over a member of the leopards-eating-face party.

That's not me celebrating. It's me refusing to waste tears while pointing out that these climate events will continue to get worse as long as these kinds of politics are entertained.

"Political attacks".

Climate change is real and it is going to get worse. The only thing that is unbelievable is the lengths people will go to to pretend it is just political pointscoring. 

It's not fair enough - he's talking garbage. Nobody who supports taxing billionaires more is talking about a 100% one time seizure and redistribution. It's about changing the system that allows individuals to accumulate billions of dollars, removing their concentrated influence in politics, and using the funds to provide social services for the rest of the population.

It is plain as day more nuanced than the hill he is stubbornly dying on.

And the average shareholder is still only getting the scraps. 

The more money that we allow the billionaires and megacorps to have, the less there is to go around for the rest of us. Everything else is a distraction.

Tax their wealth and we'll see living standards improve.

Respectfully, you didn't know the Greens policy platform, I'm going to guess you don't know that they get their policies costed by Treasury, and you dismiss them with "they'll never have to deliver" which is just abject speculation and apathy.

Then your chief focus with ON is how they're going to stamp down on Muslims?

I think you're distracted mate. I think you sense something is politically wrong but you are looking in the entire wrong place for answers. You need to do way more research into positions you don't agree with, especially before you come out and publicly preach about the Greens.

What is the behind-the-scenes artist experience like at Boom? Any surprises for you?

The tickets sold out in 2 hours, I'd say if you were there on time you were pretty much guaranteed a ticket. Its the 30th anniversary edition so it was popular.

It isn't bots or hackers, you can't sell a Boom ticket without going through their platform - their platform also limits the price to what you paid for it. It's impossible to profit from resales.

Resale tickets will be available early next year, they'll announce when, so thats your chance to grab a ticket.

It's less understandable to have an article framed around our elected officials breaking down in tears on the floor of Parliament about it.

Gives me hope that there are decent employers out there.

While your results may always vary, I would encourage people to check out Public Service roles. In my experience you are much more likely to receive your bare minimum rights at work.

I know there are nightmare teams/departments but making the switch from private to public was night and day for me in terms of how I'm treated as a human being at work.

I don't get free snacks in the office anymore, but I'm also not burning through sick leave on stress, checking each and every paycheck/super contribution, or spending my life on the Fair Work website.

None of this is new or isolated to politicians. I have a relative who receives death threats near daily for making LGBTQI+ music videos.

The attack on Haines was serious but you are feeding the flame if you go around suggesting it is signalling a wave of violence against politicians. And to return to my point, this is an incredibly melodramatic headline/framing of the article

Be realistic about what just happened. From all accounts, Haines' attacker was a random cooker who committed a crime of opportunity. It also took place on the street on an occasion where no politician would be expected to have mass security.

It was serious, yes. But it is not signalling a wave of nation-wide violence against every (or any other) politician. For sure they need to look at their security, what was flagged sounds serious, but a headline talking about them breaking into tears over a security briefing is melodramatic.

Poorly performing minister in a poorly performing government sees an opportunity to blame voters for her jumping ship.

I'm no fan of Albanese and personally think his tactic of sledging any political opponents who criticise him plays a giant part in 'raising the temperature' and destroying social cohesion - ie how he treats the Greens and Pocock.

But come on, his piss-weak 'dirt sheet' does not compare with anything Hanson does. Even if you ignore her entire career and just focus on this comparison - you are comparing a weak response to criticism with a politician directly creating/endorsing cartoons of car rammings or mocking serious health conditions.

Hanson doesn't get to be commended for apologising. Our media is sanewashing her with this crap.

Can you censor his name? Children might see it and accidentally click onto a spreadsheet.

Maybe click the link steam support sent you? Reddit can't help you with this.

Get some sleep mate.

Okay? I bet she also brushed her teeth before the attack too, do we need an article about that?

God our media will comment their thoughts and prayers and publish how we need to lower the temperature while they salivate over all the content they can push.

Overall I think the term "lucky country" summarises us best. It's not really a compliment, it has always referred, basically, to the fact that Australia has so much going for it that we can't help but fail upwards.

Politically, I think we are crippled by two useless major parties who have made this country into a shadow of what it could be - we've sold our resources for pennies on the dollar, we've allowed companies to merge into one-another until we have one of the most concentrated media and supermarket industries in the world. We will continue to get rorted by every giant multinational who steps foot into this country.

But for most people, things will be all right - and as long as things are all right for most people then there's no real push to change the things that need changing. My frustrations come from the people left behind, ie the number of unhoused people in this country has been rising consistently over multiple Governments reaching its current peaks under a Prime Minister who used a housing commission upbringing in his campaign messaging. We could do so much more to help them but our political class prioritises sending obscene amounts of money to the already-rich.

Love you too buddy

AKA you ignored the whole thing and will pretend nobody has ever explained this to you next time.

My approach is different. I’m direct, practical and focused on results. I’ve built great relationships with operational teams, regularly get high-fives, get included in jokes and receive positive feedback about my work. I don’t feel disliked by corporate staff, but she seems to have a different kind of popularity.

Some people don't rock the boat, don't achieve the best results, but are friendly and make other people happier to be at work.

I find that its people who are very 'results focused' who don't understand how these people get by. Sometimes its just being someone others are happy to see. Not everyone actually cares about the company's optimal success pathways.

I'm commenting broadly. I don't care any more about this specific sheet than I do about the many others within Parliament. I find the idea of sitting on information in the public interest(provable information that is) instead of referring it or publicising it to be gross.

If anything, it looked like Labor were clutching at straws when it comes to Haines.

The real issue with dirt sheets is that, by definition, our politicians are keeping secrets for other politicians. Regardless if they're waiting for a better moment to strike, if any of these sheets include corruption of any form then why are they not out in the open being investigated by our anti-corruption body?

How many of the many, many dirt sheets in Parliament have information that is in the public interest?