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- Comment on Policy banning vape sales outside of pharmacies to go before Senate, health minister says 5 days ago:
The Greens have always been against prohibition more broadly, but they can articulate their reasoning better than I can: …org.au/…/greens-secure-amendments-vaping-legisla…
- Submitted 5 days ago to australia@aussie.zone | 14 comments
- Comment on Policy banning vape sales outside of pharmacies to go before Senate, health minister says 6 days ago:
Yeah, I don’t see why they shouldn’t be treated exactly like cigarettes.
From October that’ll pretty much be the case, except only purchasable at a pharmacy. I can’t see why they shouldn’t be sold at servos, etc., but I don’t think it’s a massive problem in terms of personal freedoms. It’ll give pharmacies a cash boost, and maybe even cause expansion of their opening hours in some cases, which could be helpful.
In any case, I think that the deal the Greens got is probably the best one Labor were ever going to give.
- Comment on South Australia to legislate 'world leading' electoral donation ban prohibiting donations and gifts to political parties, backed by tough penalties for those who seek to circumvent the law 2 weeks ago:
This is definitely a step in the right direction.
It seems likely, though, that they’ll end up with something like the ‘Super PACs’ (Political Action Committees) they use as a workaround in the US.
- Comment on Australia Community Anniversary Thread 2 weeks ago:
Nice to be noticed! Thanks for moderating ♥️
- Submitted 1 month ago to australia@aussie.zone | 20 comments
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- Comment on Australian Eurovision performer posts in support of Palestine 🍉 1 month ago:
I fucking love Hatari in general.
They went on to collaborate with Palestinian musician Bashar Murad: youtube.com/watch?v=Xy84LnL_ghA
Bashar Murad actually competed to represent Iceland this year, but came runner-up.
- Submitted 1 month ago to australia@aussie.zone | 10 comments
- Comment on How many of you 9-5s have been given work from home forever ? 2 months ago:
Well you can ask them if it’s fully remote forever, and then don’t sign a contract unless it also states that.
- Comment on How many of you 9-5s have been given work from home forever ? 2 months ago:
You can just search for ‘fully remote’ on the job ad sites: www.seek.com.au/fully-remote-jobs
- Comment on Inside the plan that could rein in vice chancellor salaries and overhaul uni boards 2 months ago:
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- 'Nothing short of horrifying': Rental affordability in Australia the worst it's ever been, report sayswww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 2 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 6 comments
- Comment on How's the server going? 2 months ago:
- Comment on Trial finds cashless gaming makes little difference to gambling behaviour on pokies 2 months ago:
The government also gets their cut from taxes, and poltical parties from donations, so they are likewise incentivised
- Comment on Trial finds cashless gaming makes little difference to gambling behaviour on pokies 2 months ago:
No, which is exactly why the industry is pushing for a scheme like this.
- Submitted 2 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 32 comments
- Comment on Molly the magpie is homeward bound, but carers barred from using bird for commercial gain 2 months ago:
… but you can guarantee other Instatockers who want their five minutes of fame will be out there collecting whatever they can get their selfish mitts on …
Yeah, but hopefully this has at least made people aware of the law now, enough that this kind of thing will get people reported quickly.
I worry, though, that people might keep an animal secretly until it’s non-rehabitable, at which point they figure they can get away with doing the same thing these people have done.
I don’t know if it’s possible under the law, but swift seizure of the proceeds of crime would go a long way. Probably most people aren’t going to want to go to the hassle of getting licensed, so at least they will be black-and-white in the wrong and it’s doesn’t have to be investigated in detail whether they’re making profit.
I imagine (I’m not a lawyer) that it might be hard to delineate what exactly is commercial gain from the animal, and what is commercial gain from ‘expertise’ or ‘life experience’ of the keeper.
I’ll be interested to see where the book deal goes from here. I expect proceeds will be given to wildlife causes (upkeep of the bird is fair enough), and I’m hoping there will be a HEFTY chapter towards the end about how you should not do what they did.
- Life on Willis Island in the Coral Sea, one of the world's most remote weather stationswww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 2 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 1 comment
- Comment on An Australian citizen under surveillance by the Chinese Communist Party: "I’m not the only China scholar who lives in fear of abduction or assassination" 2 months ago:
Off-topic, but because a few people have been shocked when I’ve mentioned it lately, just a note that Schwartz Media outlets - including the Saturday Paper - have long been under boycott for their erasure of Palestinian people (the owners are strongly pro-Israel):
The Schwartz Media group has faced accusations of supporting Zionism and Israel, and of avoiding critical discussion of both, as ABC journalist John Lyons has written. Indeed, as Randa Abdel-Fattah has observed, Schwartz Media “has what seems almost a policy position of avoiding coverage of Israel (and not publishing Palestinians, let alone Palestinians critical of Israel)”.
The company is currently under boycott from Palestinian and other writers in solidarity, including many First Nations writers, because of this continued work of erasure. Projects like The Sunday Paper — in contrast to the Schwartz-owned The Saturday Paper — have arisen to highlight this and to build alternative spaces for political discussions around indigeneity and solidarity.
- Comment on Federation delays with lemmy.world, again 2 months ago:
Stuff was still coming through slowly when I posted this, but it seems to me like it’s gotten worse since then. No announcements I could see over on !lemmyworld@lemmy.world, but maybe it’s only an outbound problem?
- Submitted 2 months ago to meta@aussie.zone | 5 comments
- Comment on Draining entire superannuation savings wouldn’t cover most young couples’ home deposits, research finds 2 months ago:
With the key difference that it’s compulsory to have one and contribute 11% of your income to it.
- Comment on Artist behind Mona’s ladies-only lounge ‘absolutely delighted’ man is suing for gender discrimination 3 months ago:
I think the men-only clubs have either been granted special exemptions, or pre-date legislation and are grandfathered-in.
- Comment on Donald Trump calls Kevin Rudd ‘nasty’ and says he ‘won’t be there long’ as Australia’s ambassador to US 3 months ago:
I heard he was a little bit nasty.
I think he’s right that Rudd is nasty 😆 I have my doubts that he “heard” it from anyone, though, or that he knew anything about Rudd until Farage read him that tweet.
- Comment on Inside the quota-driven culture that boosted police searches from 88 to 550 a day 3 months ago:
Here’s a fact sheet for NSW: rlc.org.au/…/factsheet-strip-searches-and-your-ri…
I would assume you could find similar guides for other states and territories.
- Submitted 3 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 6 comments
- Comment on Coles paper bags have been shrinkflated 3 months ago:
I had assumed they were introduced specifically for home delivery because they are the same height as the crates. Are you saying they’re using these in-store?
- Comment on Federation schmederation issues 3 months ago:
It seems like the problems with lemmy.world are ongoing. I made a post over there 13 hours ago and only one comment and none of the upvotes have been federated back to this instance.
- Submitted 3 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 3 comments