[-] SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 49 points 2 weeks ago

So increased land taxes and unoccupied home taxes do work to stop prices rising quickly. Now take away negative gearing and CGT discounts and do all of this across the country!

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It's their best as far as I am concerned!

[-] SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 82 points 3 weeks ago

For those wondering how a parking fine can be 100K, it's actually many smaller fines:

"However, one of the cars has to be parked slightly over the grass in Martinez's yard, in violation of a local property-maintenance ordinance, which has led to a $250 fine every day since 2021"

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[-] SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 173 points 1 month ago

Newspeak: "In the 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984), by George Orwell, Newspeak is the fictional language of Oceania, a totalitarian superstate. To meet the ideological requirements of Ingsoc (English Socialism) in Oceania, the Party created Newspeak, which is a controlled language of simplified grammar and limited vocabulary designed to reduce a person's ability to think critically."

See also: "the officer's gun discharged" instead of "police shot the man"

[-] SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

“A lay person is very easily impressed by a large number of followers,” said immigration lawyer Elektra Yao, founding partner of the Yao Law Group. “You don’t need to be a rocket scientist,” she said.

This world seems to get more anti-intellectual by the day.

Also as Snot Flickerman points out there are some real "The Handmaid's Tale" vibes here and I would not be surprised!

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Can't say I have ever seen this pose before !

[-] SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 113 points 1 month ago

“I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters,”

Or the support of the press !

[-] SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago

Police and government should not get to decide what we can protest or not.

Because according to Chris Minns, pro-Palestine rallies were to blame for the Bondi attack (it's definitely not religious extremism everybody!!!).

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/19/anti-protest-laws-extraordinary-powers-nsw-premier-linking-gaza-rallies-bondi-terror-attack-ntwnfb

"The New South Wales premier wants parliament to grant his government “extraordinary powers” to effectively ban protests for three months, claiming the “implications” of pro-Palestine rallies could be seen in the Bondi terror attack that killed 15 people."

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“When you see people marching and showing violent bloody images, images of death and destruction, it’s unleashing something in our community that the organisers of the protest can’t contain,” Minns said.

“The truth of the matter is, we can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW. The implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday.”

[-] SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago

Using a butt plug will mitigate the poo particles.

[-] SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 144 points 1 month ago

"Thunberg, 22, was earlier arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign that said “I support the Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide”. The British government has proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist group."

The group uses direct action to disrupt the UK arms industry, which it accuses of being complicit with Israel in conducting a genocide. Palestine Action have mounted 45 documented direct actions in the United Kingdom.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/07/un-experts-urge-united-kingdom-not-misuse-terrorism-laws-against-protest

“We are concerned at the unjustified labelling of a political protest movement as ‘terrorist’,” the experts said. “According to international standards, acts of protest that damage property, but are not intended to kill or injure people, should not be treated as terrorism.”

The Government asserts that the group is “terrorist” because some members have allegedly caused criminal damage to property, including at military bases and arms companies, with the aim of progressing its political cause and influencing the Government."

[-] SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago

Bit dark OP

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"Psychedelic drug use appears to be increasing in Australia.

The latest National Drug Strategy Household Survey from 2022–23 saw the percentage of Australians who used a psychedelic drug rise from 1.6 per cent in 2019 to 2.4 per cent three years later taking the number of people who use these drugs annually up to about 500,000 people."

I wonder if this is because alcohol is harder to afford for many now ?

[-] SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 55 points 1 month ago

More about Grok and Elon:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/10/what-is-grok-and-why-has-elon-musks-chatbot-been-accused-of-anti-semitism

'One Grok user ask[ed] the question, “which 20th-century figure would be best suited to deal with this problem (anti-white hate)”, received the anti-Semitic response: “To deal with anti-white hate? Adolf Hitler, no question.”'

It's a nazi chat bot!

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What they didn't mention is the other small forums that won't require age verification:

4chan.org

stormfront (Neo Nazis)

KiwiFarms (facilitates stalking and harrassment)

But thanks for stopping kids getting on Facebook Australian government!

edit: try https://ausinds.com/image-boards/

No logins, no age verification

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