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Old White Male, deg.Civ Eng, MBA & abiding respect for Environ, live NE Vic. Work involved a fair bit of Geotechnical (soil) Engineering, hence the monka http://jamesrapleymemorial.com.au - Scholarship Rural Studets studying Eng or Sci at MU
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“The girl who can’t dance says the band can’t play.” #auspol

Their stance on Gaza was a big positive in their campaign as far as I'm concerned. My biggest complaint about them was letting Chandler-Mather run free with his WRONG ideas about how to fix housing, and his load mouth self serving “look at me” presentations. Supporting LNP with his BS was too far

In Australia your quite likely to hear him called “that fvcking orange arsehole"

Cruel. Accurate But Cruel

I imagine the media, which constantly refers to ‘Climate200-backed Teals’, will henceforth be referring to Wilson as ‘Zionist-backed Tim Wilson’. He is a slimy little twat. #auspol

I think it’s time to revise our taxation olicies and royalties on mining operations

Assumed wife& I (she had to retire very early due to health & has virtually no super &mine isn’t flash-had to retire 10 years early to look after her) would never qualify forpension but thought should see if we qual. for health card. Visited Centrelink. Not a hope in hell of ever getting H card even

They had to use the salary of teh Canadian Ambassador’s wife, who was working as a research scientist in Iran, to pay for it all. Clearly a lovely Australian Lady.

That is to enrol to vote. Once you’re on the role that’s it. Rock up to the polling place on (or increasingly, before) election day and you’ll be asked for your name, address and whether "you have voted at this election before”. No proof required, just take the House of Reps & senate ballot paper

Of course in Australia it’s vote on Saturday (or before, we’ve opened polling places) or you’ll get fined. We realise voting is a privilege, but also regard it as a responsibility, so it’s compulsory.

Australia votes in Federal Election on Saturday and we expect the same acceptance of the result. Mind you we use a much more secure system than the American computer systems. It’s call "pencil & paper" And we don’t need to show I.D.

Goes with trams that can only run on 1/2 the lines(raising q in parl about why they didn’t ask Melb.) ferries that can’t go under bridges on Parramatta River.Other new ferries full of asbestos they couldn’t be used(not sure where that’s at)& Ferries that can’t dock at Manly unless it’s high tide.

Owww, that’s not fair. I went to a State co-educational High School and was 2 years younger than my class mates. So 16yr old in year 12 and in Aus (Victoria at least ) drivers licences obtained at 18. I had no hope

You do know what smoking (anything) does to the complexion) please stop. And for a change give Bundaberg OP Rum a try, straight

Why is Gina Rinehart speaking at a formal Anzac Day event? And apparently said to lift defence spending to 5% of GDP. Conscription is next #auspol

Looking very serious and the long range forecast isn’t to swish either

I’ve been reading that Thorium reactors (cleaner than conventional reactors) have been "coming soon” for 20 years, so I’m hoping it’s getting close but I’m betting it’s still decades from practical application

Actually the latest over the air upgrade to our cars operating system automatically lowers the volume of the sound system when we put in reverse. Is it trying to tell us something??

It was probably in a brown envelope and she’d just been slipped it

You could start with the Kea. Interestin Parrot with a vicious beak

Peter Dutton: hypocrisy personified. #AusPol #pezzullo

Did I get this right? The same Coalition that leased Darwin's port to China now blame Labor because Russia spoke to Indonesia? #auspol

Maybe we should rename it Kiwimite and see how it sells. After all no one bought Chinese Gooseberries until they were renamed Kiwi Fruit. 😁😁😁

When Google maps gave in to Mango Maniac and called the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of MAGA I switched to DuckDuckGo. DuckDuckGo. claim to not sell your data, but main reason was that Google doesn’t earn income from my searches

Well done

“It appears that humans are reacting the same way to their melting democracies as we first did to our melting ice. Denial, then anger, and soon: depression. Let’s hope they never reach the acceptance stage without a dash of good trouble or gallant fight worthy of an Obituary.” -Premier Tuxley II

New share-trade drama ignites for Peter Dutton over BHP shares sell-off!!

The best place for quandong jam is Copley, but that doesn’t look like that

It would be good if the answer was that all the decent, sane, moral people wouldn’t touch them with 3 barge poles, but I suspect that’s not the answer. Probably just that he’s cheaper than all the other potential shills #Ausvotes2025

Geez, that’s nice. Next time I’m in Benalla I’ll make sure to call in to her cafe for a coffee

how good is #capitalism

Public safety alert: Reports of an intruder. He’s saying he’s just looking to “make a deal” with krill, but we believe it’s of a nefarious nature. Stay away.

In Australia that would be a rock.

You do realise the male portion of the readers of this post are just saying “put aa cardigan on"

To celebrate @deakinuniversity.bsky.social's 50th they're featuring staff and their experiences, and they've kindly included me in this series. I reckon this summarises what I do and why I do it quite nicely :) 50years.deakin.edu.au/story/profes...

I don’t know. If they are a fvcking imbecile then it seems fair to call them that. Especially in these times when Murdoch is trying to make the liberals seem almost normal

I'm surprised Canada only guarantees 10 days. 20 days in Aystralia, with a 17% increase in pay for those days so they can go so.ewhere. plus 22 days paid sick leave. Plus mandatory 12% employer contributions, per annum, to superannuation

Not when they're getting insider tips on all the ups and downs Buy low, sell high. Next tip, short sell before they go down, and so on

With all the other things he does, no he won't. If anything they'll think he's sticking it to the man, or swamp or some other crap. If they couldn't see his insider trading in 2017, and short selling before this latest round of bouncing markets, they'll just bow down before king mango as usual

Which, if nothing else tells the world you're American

There’s a local chap here (in Seymour, Vic, admittedly) that makes corr Gal water tanks. He also makes planter beds that are shaped like that. See if there’s a water tank maker up your way that could do it??

“Coalition says it is actually committed to Paris agreement hours after refusing to rule out withdrawing” Seriously who can trust anything they say? #auspol #ausvotes2025

The Australian Industry Group still expects Peter Dutton to ban WFH despite promising not to. They know him well, and they expect him to lie for them. #auspol

Yes, until last night I'd never watched sky, but in the bush it is free to air so I thought I'd check it out. & again tonight I thought I'd check out ChalmersvTaylor. It was Chalmers V Greenwood with Greenwood Last night Albo was held to answering the Q Tonight it interupting every 15 seconds.

I started in 2017

If Brits pull the plug first then we will have an out to abandon the Subs as well.......that French deal is looking a whole lot better. AUKUS #auspol