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[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Who was our best Prime Minister and why?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Honestly, they should be. Even their rank and file members have been betrayed. As for supporters, the CFMEU fiasco gave many people in my union's chat rooms cold feet, with the pro-Labor peeps in disbelief they would do what they have, and that's on top of the Party's active complicity in the Middle East conflict. Labor have mirrored the US Democrat Party in many clear ways. The main difference I see in the situation is that is much easier for Australia to swing left instead of right, since we don't have the same FPTP spoiler effect in our federal voting system, so they can't just fearmonger over the Coalition to scare the socdems and socialists into joining them.

It will be interesting to see how the Victorian council elections pan out as a litmus test, interestingly in NSW council elections the Labor Party lost 26 seats, with the Greens gaining 8. That's just surface level looking at numbers but its enough for me to wonder if Federal Labor are worried.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Well that's some bad news. A lot of my favourite TV shows are local, and it's not even because of the familiarity or locality. We have an excellent culture of satire and often veer away from the lowest-common-denominator style of entertainment we get with most of the documentaries we import and the reality shows we duplicate from overseas.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

My friend (HIGHLY REPUTABLE) who has links with the secret alien research wing of CSIRO told me they're voting on whether to eject themselves from the solar system. Most Important Election of their Lives!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

This is clearly a conspiracy to distract from the upcoming Mauritian general election. Don't be fooled, sheeple!!1

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

It’s illegal to support a terrorist organisation, not to support Palestine/Lebanon etc. those are two different things, cheers.

Yes, they're two different things. I brought it up because there are plenty of people there too who are openly in defense of Hamas and Hezbollah, even handing out pamphlets in support of them. The only real legal suppression I'm aware of is over people flying Hezbollah flags in the past month (the symbolism you mention).

The law is tricky but basically either pushing for terrorist acts, or displaying designated terrorist symbolism, or provide support to a terrorist organisation.

Which are not particularly relevant to the situation of aussie.zone federating with lemmy.ml. Them writing posts which side with Hamas or Hezbollah isn't violating those laws.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

So supporting terrorist organisations isn’t against australian law? Hamas is designated as a terrorist organisation and advocating for them is therefore banned under australian law.

Hi! I go to pro-Palestine/Lebanon/etc. protests on the weekends here (among other things) and can confirm for you that publicly declaring approval of designated national enemies is not illegal. It would be pretty absurd for a liberal democracy like Australia to do so. Please don't invent laws to pressure our admins.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Don't be an ignorant troll, comrade. That's clearly not what they were talking about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah, dismal job from the ABC this time. If you want a better account with quotes, there was one shared here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

it seems to just be a constant drama among everyone, is it not?

Correct, it is not. That isn't close to constant nor everyone.

i want to block the whole instance

See instructions from our admin here: https://aussie.zone/comment/13007067

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

The thousands of users necessarily affected are far more important than up to five admins being hypocrites and jerks when it comes to specific political topics.

Ultimately I think aussie.zone users should be the most serious consideration, and as admin Nath said, users here who disapprove can easily block their admins or their instance at will.

 

The CFMEU are hosting rallies in various cities this Tuesday and are encouraging the community to join them. Despite any critiques we have of the union leadership, it is important to show solidarity in protesting the dictatorial union-busting administration laws, which were covered well in a post made here this week and which have a serious chilling effect on other unions and workers altogether as we fight for better conditions. Among other things, it's noteworthy that the CFMEU have been one of the few unions to strike in solidarity with Palestine encampment protestors at ANU.

"We encourage all members of the community to join us. CFMEU members deserve control over their Union, just like any other worker. Together, we stand strong to defend the future of our families and our union. ✊"

CHECK YOUR OWN CITY, the following are just some examples I've been able to find out so far, and more are being added as I've typed:

 

Linked is the USyd magazine article published by their Student’s Representative Council.

The article says 'over 500 students', although other sources such as Green Left estimate over 700, with even News Corp publications (The Australian, Sky News, etc.) claiming almost 800 students.

One part which isn't mentioned in those articles: Witnesses at the meeting told me there was some attempt to finish up the meeting before the second motion could be declared, which was counted with a chorus of "Let us stay!". Apparently the meeting was only scheduled for an hour and delayed by a filibuster from a S4P speaker.

 

Unfortunately the guides I could find for Dixon Street (Chinatown) were ten years old and the places no longer exist, but I've heard there's a place somewhere upstairs in Dixon House Food Court with huge plates for average prices.

Outside of this and memories of the Town Hall classic 'Big Bite', I wouldn't know where to start.

 

When I try and upload an image for my avatar, I receive the message:

{"data":{"files":null,"msg":"ffprobe Failed with exit status: 1"},"state":"success"}

This happened with both a WebP and a PNG file, so I suspect it's a bug.

I can upload images fine here, and when I export my account details it shows a valid image URL for my avatar.

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