The father of the shooters is a nutjob of a different flavour
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...ligious-upbringing-of-the-wieambilla-shooters
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...ligious-upbringing-of-the-wieambilla-shooters
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Far more restrictive gun laws and taking domestic/white supremacists/QANON type terrorists far more seriously would be a start I'd say.
The country as a whole feels much better.
Not having an utter religious nutter at the helm is a huge upgrade.
His disgraceful robodebt performance brought it all back to me. Imagine being that much of a cnut that both the Chair and the lead counsel have to tell you to "answer the fecking question and stop interrupting".
Nuttier than squirrel shit.
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...-youtube-video-published-after-killing-police
He lies like most of us breath. Then lies about lying.
George Pell died. Shame it wasn't in prison.
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...y-scandal-obituary?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...y-scandal-obituary?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Secretly cheering here. Disgraceful human being who was backed by even more disgraceful human beings.
Another premier another scandal. This time wearing a nazi uniform. Who'd have thought that most privileged dickheads would be just that. You just need to look at the shit that goes down at all boys schools in sydney to see the rot starts young.
NZ Pm Jacinda Adern has resigned.
That pretty much means we will have a new center right govt at the next election.
Best PM we I have seen here in my lifetime.
That pretty much means we will have a new center right govt at the next election.
Best PM we I have seen here in my lifetime.
Didn't see that coming. What a shame.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...dern-resigns-as-prime-minister-of-new-zealand
Im not surprised to be honest, the abuse she had to deal with over the last year has been horrendous.
The swing of voters to the center right has been preety strong over the last year.
1 step forward and now 2 steps back sadly.
Shame for NZ, as from what I can gather she was one of the better politicians.
Best in the 60 years I have been on this planet but sadly the fallout from the pandemic and the massive misinformation/disinformation going on here has worn her down. We currently have compared to the rest of the world some of the lowest unemployment, lowest inflation, highest economic growth but unfortunately most NZers dont see it. I am worried about whats coming as its almost certain that a right wing govt will be in power at the end of October and they have plans for lowering taxes for the rich, lowering welfare assistance to prepandemic levels, killing off electric car purchase subsidies, lowering the minimum wage, stopping payments into our pension fund, resuming coal, oil and gas exploration, stopping the billion tree planting program and a long list of other things that will be bad for our future here in NZ.
A damn shame, from the outside looking in I really liked her.
Anecdotally, close cousins of mine and their families who moved to NZ 20 years ago have just shifted to Oz. Including kids that's around 10 people. Four of them are doctors (GPs) and one an IT specialist.
Their decision wasn't based on the change of government, though they probably foresaw some things, i.e. growing right wing tendencies. According to them the opportunities in NZ were stagnating if not diminishing.
Seems like their economy like everywhere else is in the shits - from November last year
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...eted-this-year-things-could-get-worse-in-2023
Also another good article -
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...eted-this-year-things-could-get-worse-in-2023
I think the problem we have here is Australia is a high wage economy and we arent. Its been like this for 40 years now, a lot of people move to Australia and right now with the world wide shortage of Health professionals wages in that sector are so much higher in Australia.
With respect to doctors and IT specialists there are plenty of opportunities, we have a real shortage in those sectors and a ton of jobs there but we cant compete with Australias higher wages.
Sorry anything quoting Nicola Willis should simply be ignored, she is an utter moron and sadly will be our next finance minister.
A couple of weeks ago she was giving a radio interview and was asked about her proposed tax cuts which are heavily in favour of the highest income earners. For example her proposed tax cuts mean those on minimum wage would be better off by $112/year, those on $70k would be better off by $900/year and the new PMs wage (when her leader wins) would be better off by $18k/year. Push that out over 10 years and you get minimum wage being better off by $1120, those on $70k better off by $9k and the future PM would be better off by $180k. When quizzed on how she could justify this she told the interviewer that it would help stop our best talent from leaving NZ for other countries. She was then asked where do most go and she replied Australia (which is true). The interviewer then pointed out Australia had a higher top tax rate and the problem wasnt taxes but wages at which point Willis was completely flummoxed and finished the interview.
Since that interview National have quietly pushed tax cuts to the back of their agenda but they will still happen.
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Global right wingers on twitter seem delighted at her departure. Not entirely sure why, although the fact that she was pretty effective against COVID and the usual right wing misoginy would seem like leading contenders.
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I don’t think I like Jordan Peterson.
A real shame that she had to be put through all of the undeserved crap and then step down as a result. If it was not for her, I don't think anyone would have seen the PM of New Zealand as the real deal among top world leaders out there.
I thank any name given to God on every day that the world has the likes of Jacinda Ardern, Tsai Ing-wen, Justin Trudeau, Sanna Marin, Joe Biden, and Katrín Jakobsdóttir to lead their respective countries out of the pandemic crisis. Those aforementioned leaders are the ones to praise and use as examples to follow. Be any of them rather than being any between Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, Vladimir Putin, or Xi Jinping.
If Peterson is a psychologist, then he's a shame to the entire profession by having a go at someone enduring mental health problems.
I thank any name given to God on every day that the world has the likes of Jacinda Ardern, Tsai Ing-wen, Justin Trudeau, Sanna Marin, Joe Biden, and Katrín Jakobsdóttir to lead their respective countries out of the pandemic crisis. Those aforementioned leaders are the ones to praise and use as examples to follow. Be any of them rather than being any between Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, Vladimir Putin, or Xi Jinping.
What do you mean by "like" ? Define it. Only then can we process your comment for its true intent.
Essentially because she values kindness over corporate profits and wasn't afraid to say so. Then her navigating a huge terrorist attack, a volcanoe tragedy and COVID so well really pissed them off.
As in the "I wouldn't pee on him if his hair was on fire" sense?
I thought this was self evident?
Precisely.
Oregon to ban Kangaroo leather - mainly Nike footy boots. Which is a bit odd as Kangaroo leather is mainly the result of population control which actually benefits kangaroos in the wild as it prevents over population (the dead ones may disagree of course). Leather and meat are a by-product of culling rather than the root cause. Without an economic incentive it will be farmers who are culling them and they won't care as much about how they die as they don't need to take head shots to maintain the quality of the meat and skin.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...ducts-is-emotive-misinformation-says-industry
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...ducts-is-emotive-misinformation-says-industry
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Renewables showing promise in AU
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...ctricity-to-all-time-low-for-december-quarter
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...ctricity-to-all-time-low-for-december-quarter
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02...shooting-religious-terrorist-attack/101983612
What a waste of life
NSW has just elected a new Labor government. Labor now hold all 7 mainland state and territory governments as well as Federally.
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...s-in-opposition-at-historic-2023-nsw-election
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...s-in-opposition-at-historic-2023-nsw-election
As usual Tazmania is a decade or two behind.The red wave
can't blame them though...news has to be delivered by hand, via ferry across the strait. I imagine they're only now just finding out about the GFC.
Very interesting to see Australia go conservative considering ageing population.
Labour have fallen just short of majority government with numerous Liberal seats just hanging on by far less than 1%. Let's hope Labor do a good job and Libs get wiped out next time around. Still a great result for Labor.
I actually wanted a minority government with the 3 Greens now having much more power to influence things.
Federally there was a by-election in Victoria in a safe Liberal seat and Labor won. The first time in more than 100 years that a government has won a seat from the opposition in more than 100 years. Voldemort (Dutton) would be gone if there were almost anyone else to challenge him for the leadership. Hopefully this means Lib/Nats will be in opposition long enough for their aging base to significantly reduce further and we consign them to the bin/history.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-01/byelection-result-aston-melbourne-labor-win/102157990
I actually wanted a minority government with the 3 Greens now having much more power to influence things.
Federally there was a by-election in Victoria in a safe Liberal seat and Labor won. The first time in more than 100 years that a government has won a seat from the opposition in more than 100 years. Voldemort (Dutton) would be gone if there were almost anyone else to challenge him for the leadership. Hopefully this means Lib/Nats will be in opposition long enough for their aging base to significantly reduce further and we consign them to the bin/history.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-01/byelection-result-aston-melbourne-labor-win/102157990
Just had a report into our tax system appear in our news. The wealthiest NZers paying roughly 10% tax whilst the median are paying about 20%. Im not surprised, would be interested how this sort of thing plays out in Aussie.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national...ate-than-most-other-new-zealanders-ird-report
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national...ate-than-most-other-new-zealanders-ird-report
Aren't we moving more progressive, as the Liberal party are considered the more conservative of the two major parties? As the Labour party seem to be the ones winning in recent times.
Sorry, meant to say move away from conservative. Usually ageing populations are naturally more conservative.