Yeah, but having lived in NZ for 5 years, most Kiwis I met have a high disregard for Australia. Their economies are entwined but their attitudes are decades apart.
Nothing ever happens in NZ so their thread would be empty and we wouldn't want them to be upset
Before I lived down there I thought they were similar. They’re as similar in people as English and Scottish people. The two countries look as similar as England and Turkey. Blew me away.Nothing ever happens in NZ so their thread would be empty and we wouldn't want them to be upset
Joking aside there are many differences but huge similarities.
Interestingly the Australian Constitution still contains a clause allowing New Zealand to merge with Australia. I'd vote for that as long as Jacinda Ardern replaced #scottyfrommarketing.
I think if you asked you would get a similar repose in reverse. However, in both directions much (but by no means all) is banter/rivalry. There is much affection as well.
Yes and no. Our politics is toxic. mainly from the right in comparison to NZ. I'd take the NZ government in a flash and twice on Sunday.
Lots to criticise but their government are an order of magnitude better than Australia's. Which to be fair isn't that hard.
We have done really well with the pandemic which has resulted in decent economic outcomes but like the UK if you elect far right evil clowns you get what you vote for. Racism within the country is nowhere near as bad as it is perceived not that when there is it can be very overt. Where we are terrible is our treatment of refugees. We do what Trump could only dream of, ship them off to third world gulags with no prospect of ever reaching Australia even if you are assessed as a genuine refugee (which oddly ends up being the majority). It is staged as a way of discouraging people smugglers and saving refugees lives whereas it is mainly a pitch to the worst instincts of the Lib/National's base in much the same way part of Brexit was sold to the Tory base.
I think the Kiwi Aussie thing can be at times overplayed. With respect to sports absolutely there is a rivalry that can get nasty but in terms of my own experience I like Aussies, have lots of Aussie friends and get over there frequently. You could be right on the attitudes in some areas but in lots we have a similar outlook on life.
Agreed.
And I'm not really challenging yours. I'm sure your observations were accurate although Australia is so huge the observed geographic differences will depend where you visited. Tasmania is much closer to NZ that many other areas of AU for e.g. and the difference between who you meet in hipster inner suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne, remote outback areas and far Northern places in Qld and NT can be huge.
Laming has stood down from his duties to take this sensitivity training, hilariously asking for privacy, after further revelation came out that he took upskirt shots of a woman bending over to put something in a fridge and accidentally revealing her underwear. The woman's manager had to make him delete the photo before leaving the shop. He as admitted it but thought it was just a bit of a joke.
Out of interest why did you leave? Please tell me to sod off and mind my own business if necessary.
Met a kiwi. She wanted to see Europe. So did I. We’ll go back soon. 5 years probably.
Christ, all in a day's work for some I guess!
Excellent idea even if the timing could be better.
Again, does it surprise anybody?
Totally agree. But it seems to be getting worse and worse. Or maybe less hidden or something.
I would say it’s empowerment for the victims. The power of the “me too”movement won’t really be understood for a number of years, but what is has done is finally allow people to feel empowered to speak up and publicly about abuse. Something that was previously swept under the rug because of huge power embalances no longer happens because people will now actually listen.
I'm sure that is a significant factor.
Looking worse and worse for him
Looks like he has been running wild for some time
Kicked out of his party and moved to the cross-bench but has now resigned from parliament.
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Howard is far worse I think. Why do we keep electing these scumbags? Howard, Abbott and #scottyfrommarketing - many politicians are scumbags but the Libs seem to do it better and more consistently than most.
in light of Australia TV losing their minds over the death of Prince Phillip (to the point that Breakfast TV show hosts dress like they are going to a funeral
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So let me get this straight. People dying young is bad for the economy but doctors have also noticed their families are upset and also suffer economic impacts. Who would have guessed?
"Sudden Cardiac Arrests in young people hurt the economy and productivity....oh yeah and the family is devastated"
wtf ABCNews
no idea who thought that would be a good idea for a story blurb. A good amount of the story that's actually written is about how devastating it is on families to lose love ones for seemingly no reason that can be detected.
These are consistently great.
Not fecking much except for bumbling incompetence. Which may or may not be a bad thing.
