It looks like something “sci fi” from a 90s video game, when low-res polygon models were the best computers could do.

But quoting it implies it’s an invalid claim.

Interesting. I read the quotes as meaning: someone else said it, it’s not just some opinion we made up. In this case, it was reporting the coroner’s official finding.

In other words, I understood it to be reinforcing the claim rather than invalidating it.

Why are we quoting each other? I remember the comment before yours. I made it. Idiot.

Because quoting in a response provides structure to the response that improves readability.

Also, you are posting on a publicly accessible forum, not having a one-on-one conversation. In that context, that fact that you may remember what you said doesn’t mean that it’s not beneficial to repeat it for others.

The “idiot” comment was unnecessarily rude where someone was engaging in what appeared to be a good faith response, and only brings down the tone of your entire post.

It’s Australia. Everything tries to kill you.

American Officeworks

I think it’s far more likely that any lobbying to stymie rail expansion is coming from toll road operators like Transurban.

I don’t know about that. When I used to ride a bike to work near a busy truck route, I felt like the truck drivers were the most courteous and conscious of keeping a safe distance. Normal car drivers were a mixed bag: usually not a problem, but not reliable enough to trust. But bus drivers… it felt like bus drivers were actively pissed off by the existence of cyclists.

Time for him to get on the beers.

Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom were both great games, with good story (if a little cutesy, but it’s aimed at being family friendly), not even really any allusion to sex.

A bit yes and no with TOTK I think.

The summary missed an important part that makes this ridiculous:

During the same interview, Ms Keen-Minshull had said she would likely not have time to pursue legal action against Mr Pesutto over his comments.

On June 9, 2022, Fagan had been drinking when she drove erratically…

Fagan, who gave birth last month

That’s either a very poor life choice, or a very deliberate life choice for someone facing prison time.

Out of interest, what are some masculine traits that you feel are being rejected by society?

Even if the Uluru Statement was 200 pages long and called for white slavery, it would still be misleading for Sky News to imply it has any relevance to what is actually being voted on in the Voice referendum. The wording of the proposed constitutional amendment is only about 4 paragraphs long, and has already been set by Parliament.

People won’t stop just using social media.

We are discussing whether we should stop using social media via social media.

is virulent anti-renewables and, like many of his Coalition partners, pro nuclear

I’m guessing that the consequences of one of those being subjected to a cyber attack/sabotage is not on par with the other.

The 25% casual loading is calculated to take in notice of termination and redundancy pay too. Lots of people resign and fewer are made redundant, so wouldn’t get notice or redundancy pay anyway. That means in most circumstances, employees are better off in a pure money sense as casuals.

The big downside is if things are quiet at work you aren’t guaranteed any hours. As you mention, that also creates a hurdle when applying for loans.

Unfortunately the reference to full-time is sloppy reporting from the Guardian. The quotes from the Minister only mention converting to ‘permanent’ work

Currently casuals working regular part-time hours are supposed to be offered permanent part-time work. I doubt they’ll be changing that.

What would you expect the union to do? One of the union’s roles is to protect the health and safety of its members. If taking the books off the shelves stops the abuse, I suspect they would support the move.

same way stores can deny service to individuals.

That really depends on the reasons. Denying service for a discriminatory reason (like a disability) will generally breach discrimination laws.

I don’t see a strawman there. You seem to be assuming that women were originally forced to start working because suddenly dual incomes became necessary. In reality many women and men prefer the satisfaction of being able to exercise skills and perform work beyond housekeeping. Saying one income should be enough ignores the fact that in many couples, neither partner wants to have no career.

If nothing else, it’s not pragmatic to be the one that doesn’t work. Divorce or the death of a spouse can happen. If a person who never worked is suddenly left to fend for themselves, they find themselves in a job market with no experience or job history.

Once you have both people in a household wanting to work, and the resulting higher spending capacity of double incomes, inflation starts to take effect and drag everyone else along.