kerr
@kerr@aussie.zone
- Comment on Why Super for Housing is a Bad Idea - Purplepingers 1 month ago:
Absolutely. Great idea.
- Comment on Budget Night Thread 1 month ago:
He’s getting grilled about that now on 7:30 report!
- Comment on Budget Night Thread 1 month ago:
Looks like no increase in Jobseeker (big miss IMO). Everything was pre-released, so no big announcements.
- Comment on Budget Night Thread 1 month ago:
- 29 Medicare urgent care clinics ($227 million)
- National digital mental health service + other services ($361 million)
- Aged care ($2.2 billion)
- NDIS crack down on fraud ($469 million)
- Comment on Budget Night Thread 1 month ago:
- Biggest cost of living relief is the stage 3 tax cuts
- $300 for energy bill relief for all Australian households, beginning July 1 (eligible small businesses will receive $325)
- 10% increase to Commonwealth Rent Assistance ($1.9 billion)
- Cheaper medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
- Waiving $3 billion of student HECS-HELP debt (and adjusting the indexation rate)
- Aim to build 1.2 million homes ($6.2 billion)
- Superannuation to be paid on all government-funded paid parental leave ($1.1 billion)
- Limit university students based on how much student housing they build
- Sunshine Coast rail link
- Comment on Budget Night Thread 1 month ago:
Here’s what we know already: www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-14/…/103810306
- Submitted 1 month ago to australia@aussie.zone | 18 comments
- Comment on Daylight saving has 80% support in Australia and a majority in every state 2 months ago:
Because while the sun is up it’s extraordinarily hot and the UV is high. The more north you go, the hotter it is in the evenings and the less it makes sense.
- Comment on Daylight saving has 80% support in Australia and a majority in every state 2 months ago:
Exactly. That’s why we’re an early morning city. Once the sun is up it’s too hot to do anything.
- Comment on Hey Aussies. What are we all doing tonight? 3 months ago:
I’m trying to lift my mood with upbeat electronica but it’s not working. Maybe classic rock is the go to. Have a good one anyway 👍
- Comment on Hey Aussies. What are we all doing tonight? 3 months ago:
Doing the same! What music you listening to?
- Comment on Coles paper bags have been shrinkflated 3 months ago:
The elastic strap is a good idea. I have a couple of giant daiso bags that fit like 3 supermarket bags in them. Keeps them together and makes it a ton easier to carry instead of trying to loop 6 different bags through your fingers.
- Comment on Coles paper bags have been shrinkflated 3 months ago:
This was click and collect, and brought out in crates, so maybe that’s why.
- Comment on Coles paper bags have been shrinkflated 3 months ago:
Yeah they’ll try and cut costs anywhere I reckon. Won’t be long and they’ll be disintegrating before you get them home!
- Submitted 3 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 15 comments
- Submitted 5 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 0 comments
- Comment on How common is smoking in Australia? 5 months ago:
Wow 10.6% still seems really high to me
- Comment on As a trans man, Max Simensen says he has unique insights everyone could learn from 6 months ago:
No it’s a well-studied woman thing.
“… women tend to be underestimated more. They tend to be interrupted, more talked over more. They have to prove their competence more and we often feel uncomfortable when they’re in positions of authority.” forbes.com/…/the-authority-gap-why-women-are-stil…
- Comment on Yes, ‘Australian sushi’ exists. Get over it, argues Adam Liaw 7 months ago:
TIL Australian Sushi is a thing! It never occurred to me that they don’t have the easy to hold rolls in other parts of the world. I think they make up like 10% of my diet haha.
- Comment on With COVID surging, should I wear a mask? 7 months ago:
Yeah it’s a lonely life tho
- Comment on With COVID surging, should I wear a mask? 7 months ago:
Looks like it’s time to introvert again!
- Comment on Referendum Results, Congratulations, Comiserations 8 months ago:
Yeah I noticed that everyone has jumped on the “Australia is racist” bandwagon. I think there is that element but I’m optimistic that the referendum failed for other reasons and we can all move on.
- Comment on What did you pay for your democracy sausage? 8 months ago:
$2.50. Gluten free bread was 50c extra but I think they forgot to charge us for that.
- Comment on xkcd #2839: Language Acquisition 8 months ago:
I was wondering who else counted the words lol
- Comment on Referendum Q+A thread 8 months ago:
The closest polling place to me isn’t doing snags or sweets according to the democracy sausage website. What an outrage! I have to travel further to get a decent feed!
- Comment on Greens agree to support Labor’s $10bn housing fund, breaking months-long impasse 9 months ago:
Still a drop in the bucket of what’s needed and still not immediate enough. Lots of people gonna be doing a tough xmas this year.
- Submitted 9 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 4 comments
- Comment on The referendum is a Yes/No vote on 92 words. All other disputes should be shut out 9 months ago:
Interesting history of the 1967 referendum too.
- Comment on (Discussion) Organisation of Content in Australia-Related Communities on aussie.zone 10 months ago:
Probably a dissenter but I like having all those stories in one place now. I think the community is too new to start subdividing it up too.
- Comment on Make a submission to the National Rental Enquiry 11 months ago:
Yea it does feel like shouting in the wind at this stage but I hope it all goes on record somewhere.