The sun isn’t always a fixed distance from earth. It’s closest in January
Forgive me if I'm just missing a joke, but it's not about the distance, it's about the angle. In the summer the angle means the days are longer, and sunlight travels through less atmosphere (and is therefore less attenuated) before it reaches you and gives you sunburn.
Personally, not often, but I've been.
Some statistics here: https://www.tourismnewzealand.com/assets/insights/market-overview/TNZ-Insights-Infographic-Market-Snapshots-2024-AUS.pdf
Australia is New Zealand’s largest visitor market. Last year, 1.3 million Australians (44% of all arrivals) visited New Zealand, with 517,000 (40%) being holiday visitors.
Yeah, it's not great.
I'd look to explain it as part of the flight of voters from the Liberal party, but would people who were turned off by Dutton really choose to vote for One Nation instead?
I think, unfortunately, it's probably genuine gains by PHON, and unlikely to just evaporate at the next election.
I already know how to vote, from over a decade of voting, and even longer of discussing elections and having an amateur interest in psephology.
Haha, well, yes, same. But imagining I'm the average disengaged voter who hasn't planned their vote ahead of time and I'm arriving at the polling place not totally clear on what I'm doing? I think I'd probably read the instructions. Maybe I'm kidding myself though.
Oh, to be clear, I think it's absolutely a problem when AEC staff are giving incorrect information. However, I'd like to think that if I were in the same situation I'd have the sense to trust the printed information over what some random temporary employee said.
What I find more disturbing is that this could have happened anywhere. Do people really not read the instructions on the ballot?
Don't worry, I have full confidence the U.S. will always stay one generation ahead of us 🫡🍔
None of what I said is a rule or anything. I was only making suggestions (I said "you can"). The comment got a few upvotes, though, so I'm not alone in thinking it's a good way of going about things.
To be honest, I hadn't considered the possibility of posting the screenshot as an alternative thumbnail. At the time I was suggesting putting an excerpt in the body as a means of posting an excerpt at all while still linking to the article, but you found another way to achieve that which I can see definite advantages in.
I think a lot of people here prefer text in general, though. Recent examples of people pasting key excerpts as text in the body: https://aussie.zone/post/20764770 https://aussie.zone/post/20646025
if his stories are to be believed
As a general rule, you shouldn't trust what a One Nation candidate says about anything.
It's unclear if any of the biographies cited in the article would have been verified before being posted by those organisations. He did give a lecture on ransom at the Australian Army Research Centre, which would seem to be an indicator they judged him as credible in that area.
It's an unusual feeling to see a One Nation member who appears to be competent. Almost certainly a bad sign.
Can be disambiguated with 'hot chips' if you ever need to - no worries!
And if you want to point out a certain part, you can put it in the body of the post (even as an image if you absolutely must, but copy-pasting the text would be better)
Thanks, I was finding it pretty astounding as well, so it'd make sense if it was the misinterpretation you've described. Maybe send the Guardian a message noting it so they can check?