DavidDoesLemmy

@DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ban under-16s from riding ebikes and e-scooters then require a driver’s licence, Queensland inquiry to recommend⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Some sort of licensing might be appropriate advice a certain power level, but a driver’s licence is not really relevant to riding a bike.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lesbian group seeks legal exemption to exclude trans women from events⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  How do you know if a trans woman is passing? You probably only notice the ones that don’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lesbian group seeks legal exemption to exclude trans women from events⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “The Victorian-based LAG says it subscribes to the philosophy of lesbian feminism and does not believe humans can change sex.”.

  Nobody’s suggesting people can change their biological sex. But gender is a social construct, separate from sex. That’s why it’s literally called transgender.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lesbian group seeks legal exemption to exclude trans women from events⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You use your words, I’ll use mine. But I think we agree.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NSW To Impose Minimum Age For E-Bikes Following Review⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I’ve had mine for at least 3 years, riding several times a week, and it’s still going strong. Not expecting to replace it any time soon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NSW To Impose Minimum Age For E-Bikes Following Review⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably makes sense. But they don’t enforce the ebike laws they already have, so will they enforce this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grace Tame event moved after Murdoch coverage fuels harassment campaign⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Grace tame does whatever she wants. Gotta respect that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What makes people proud to be Australian? The answer might surprise you⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m proud of some of our sane government policies. Preferential voting, health care, welfare, some environmental policies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia: Chinese HungryPanda food delivery drivers say police contacted family members back home as part of pressure campaign to stop them protesting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t they get to choose when they work? It’s conceivable they all just had other plans on Chinese New year

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man jailed for a year after endorsing neo-Nazi views and making antisemitic speech at Sydney rally on Australia Day⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Charge him with planning a terrorist act then, if that’s what he was doing.

  I think he should be punished for the speech but I don’t think the punishment fits the crime.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Coles downplays meaning of 'Down Down' price tags and advertising in case against ACCC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck Coles. This is super shady.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Carmakers face possible heavy fines in Australia for failing to meet climate targets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Byd sells petrol cars as well as EVs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man jailed for a year after endorsing neo-Nazi views and making antisemitic speech at Sydney rally on Australia Day⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I year in prison seems excessive to me for a 40 second speech. I could imagine a few hundred hours of community service.

  People kill cyclists and get less punishment than this idiot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The whole family is destroyed’: Australia’s inheritance disputes aren’t just increasing – they’re becoming messier⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally I’ve emailed my will to all interested parties so they have plenty of time to object.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The whole family is destroyed’: Australia’s inheritance disputes aren’t just increasing – they’re becoming messier⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree in principle that inheritances perpetuate inequality, but it’s very hard to implement. Many elderly people would “gift” their money to their children before their death to avoid an inheritance tax. They would argue it’s their money, they should be able to decide what to do with it. Either that or elderly people would try to spend it down in their final years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The whole family is destroyed’: Australia’s inheritance disputes aren’t just increasing – they’re becoming messier⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As the article mentioned, wills are often contested. The cases they presented were all from people with wills, but the surviving parties didn’t accept what the got in the will.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The whole family is destroyed’: Australia’s inheritance disputes aren’t just increasing – they’re becoming messier⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hopefully when the time comes, my siblings and I can do an even split and everyone’s happy.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia and EU on verge of striking free trade deal long stalled by beef, parmesan and prosecco⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Lots of good things about Europe, but I doubt there would be enough benefit of us joining the EU. I think we can further relations with them without being in the EU.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah it’s tricky. Maybe the answer is to buy less. Keep it longer. Maybe second hand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t feel bad for killing the poor sheep?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Three Australian millionaires say the nation’s super-rich should face higher taxes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People already rich often support higher income taxes because it won’t affect them so much. They already have their wealth.

  Wealth taxes are required but they are very tricky to implement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Three Australian millionaires say the nation’s super-rich should face higher taxes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s kind of propaganda that government only wastes tax dollars and big businesses are more efficient. There are inefficiencies in both and one is not significantly more efficient than the other.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New video sheds light on beginning of altercation between police officers and a Town Hall protester⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like he tries to steady himself to stop from falling backwards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New video sheds light on beginning of altercation between police officers and a Town Hall protester⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So he was standing there doing nothing and they attacked him? Great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Take them away, crush them’: Australia faces an ebike surge that some say poses a health emergency⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why is the guardian conflating E motorbikes and normal legal ebikes? Overpowered ebikes are already illegal on roads. We either need to enforce it more or the commonwealth needs to ban them being imported.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two months into the social media ban, a teenager says it's 'useless'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Having a law the adults can point to helps them enforce boundaries. That’s what the social media ban was meant to be about

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Australia a Good Place To Be Transgender? | FairyPrincessLucy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s also true. I don’t think this change will fix everything.